HONG KONG: Holland have replaced Argentina in the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament after the South American nation pulled out amid concerns about war in Iraq and an outbreak of a mystery disease here, organisers said on Tuesday.
Argentina were the third nation after France and Italy to withdraw from the tournament because of the mysterious pneumonia, which has killed 10 people in Hong Kong and sickened more than 200. The two European nations were replaced by Namibia and Tonga.
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