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/ 14 January 2001
NIGERIA’S President Olusegun Obasanjo should press visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to write off Nigeria’s debts and urge investment, a leading newspaper said. “Rather than the fragmented grants given to Nigeria from time to time, Nigeria’s debts should be written off in order to give Nigeria an economic breathing space,” the newspaper This Day […]
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/ 14 January 2001
ARMED robbers have swooped on a South African gold mine near Carletonville, west of Johannesburg, and made off with gold concentrate, cash and guns. Police said the six-hour long raid on the mine, owned by world number one producer AngloGold, saw 15 robbers armed with assault rifles and pistols rush into the mine’s security control […]
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/ 14 January 2001
A SPECTACULAR fire has engulfed the Algerian embassy to the United States, but caused no injuries, witnesses and officials said. The inferno blazed through the four-story building and part of a neighbouring hotel in the tony Kalorama section of Washington, forcing the evacuation of the embassy, but was contained by firefighters about an hour after […]
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/ 13 January 2001
MALAWI’S opposition lawmakers gave a standing ovation to three legislators who were expelled from the governing party when they entered parliament on Thursday. Former cabinet minister Brown Mpinganjira, who is facing corruption charges, and his allies Peter Chupa and Greshan Naura were expelled by the United Democratic Front (UDF) for alleged rebellion. They were greeted […]
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/ 13 January 2001
MALAWI’s largest passenger association has rejected a government probe into the country’s deadliest bus accident yet, and demanded an independent commission of inquiry.Twelve commuters were killed and scores more injured when an overloaded Shire Bus Line double-decker exploded 40km from the capital Lilongwe on December 12. The bus was reportedly carrying 200 passengers at the […]
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/ 12 January 2001
Eight years ago he was broke and desperate in New York. Now Ang Lee is hotly tipped to be the first Chinese director to win an Oscar.
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/ 12 January 2001
Ang Lee’s career as a director displays a remarkable variety – from the investigation of Taiwanese family matters in <i>Eat Drink Man Woman</i> to the sweeping American Civil War drama <i>Ride with the Devil</i>; from the delicate social mores of Jane Austen’s <i>Sense and Sensibility</i> to the martial arts fantasy of his new film, <b>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon</b>.
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/ 12 January 2001
In her latest exhibition, <em>Hide</em>, Christine Dixie could be defined as a land artist, taking serious issue with landscape art.
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/ 12 January 2001
The crime boss was in the family home, issuing orders from a secret room behind a kitchen cupboard and a sliding wall panel.
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/ 12 January 2001
Support is growing for the people’s general and Yasser Arafat’s potential successor.