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/ 10 December 2001

Harsh life of a woman sentenced to death

AMINU ABUBAKAR, Tungar Tudu, Nigeria | Monday SAFIYA Husaini, a 35-year-old Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning, has led a harsh life, from marriage at 12 to a sentence of death which she says is due to rape. Born the fifth of 12 children to a farmer and illiterate herbal doctor in a remote […]

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/ 10 December 2001

JAPANESE WOMAN DIES LOOKING FOR FARGO LOOT

A JAPANESE woman who apparently set out to find one million dollars in ransom money depicted in the hit comedy-thriller ”Fargo” may have died from exposure, Japanese media said on Monday. The body of the woman, a resident of Tokyo, was found in the Detroit Lakes area of Minnesota on November 15, Jiji Press said, […]

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/ 10 December 2001

2ND PORT STRIKE RESOLVED

THE second strike to hit South African ports in two weeks ended on Thursday morning when Portnet management and unions signed an agreement. Two unions — the SA Logistics Services and Transport and Allied Workers’ Union, and the United Transport and Allied Trade Union –downed tools on Monday in a dispute over performance bonuses. Last […]

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/ 10 December 2001

A FACE ONLY A MOTHER COULD LOVE

THE mother of prime terror suspect Osama bin Laden said in remarks published on Saturday that she was not angry with her son though she does not approve the ”ambitions, ideas and actions attributed to him.” ”I do not approve the ambitions, ideas and actions attributed to him. But I deny what was attributed to […]

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/ 10 December 2001

JOE MODISE? THE MAN, THE MONUMENT

PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki on Saturday said the government would build a monument in honour of the late Joe Modise and in commemoration of his contribution to South Africa. ”We will build a monument to him. He will be a visible particle in our continuous movement towards the unfathomable eternity of the evolution of the earth, […]

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/ 7 December 2001

Change your Body Language

I have recently arrived in the New South Africa, and I was wondering what is the point of your column entitled “Body Language”? As a gender specialist, I do not see the purpose of employing an archaic “inyour-face” tone as a method toward greater awareness in tackling gender-related issues. It is more likely that you […]