These things are said in utter shock and disdain as if God may come down and strike me dead for using Brand X in a cocktail.

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Cerny then saved a fine dead-ball strike from Buddies centre-forward Billy Mehmet, partnering Michael Higdon up front as they sought their first three points in the SPL since a 1-0 win over Aberdeen in January.

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South Africa has just seen the worst disturbances since the apartheid era, with 34 platinum miners shot dead during a wildcat strike.

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