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/ 14 November 2003
Three thousand volunteers were in Paris this week to attend the European Social Forum, the anti-globalisation movement’s combustion chamber for alternative political and social ideas.
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/ 14 November 2003
Harmony Gold Mining, African Rainbow Minerals Investment (Armi) and Avmin have agreed on a deal that will make Avmin South Africa’s largest diversified and empowered mineral resources company.
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/ 14 November 2003
Iran this week glossed over embarrassing revelations that it had lied to United Nations inspectors about its nuclear programme. The state media and government officials quoted the UN nuclear watchdog as saying that Tehran had recently displayed a more cooperative attitude.
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/ 14 November 2003
British Prime Minister Tony Blair will use talks with United States President George W Bush during his visit to London next week to argue for a cautious shift of power within Iraq, concessions for the Britons held at Guantanamo Bay and reassurances for the Americans about Europe’s military intentions.
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/ 14 November 2003
Let’s stop this nonsense about how Wales and Scotland gave Australia and England a fright and admit that the Rugby World Cup has reached its penultimate week without providing a single shock result. And what that means is that there won’t be a shock in the entire tournament: from here on in everybody can beat everybody else.
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/ 14 November 2003
The purists want New Zealand versus France. The popularists are crying out for England versus Wales. I think it’ll be New Zealand versus England, but only if Clive Woodward’s men finally get their act together against France on Sunday. The semifinal between Australia and New Zealand is getting all the hype in Sydney.
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/ 14 November 2003
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has never pretended to enjoy sheltering Liberian strongman and former president Charles Taylor. And last week Washington drafted a Bill channelling money for the redevelopment of Afghanistan and Iraq and a -million reward for the capture of “an indictee of the Special Court for Sierra Leone”.
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/ 14 November 2003
The South African Hockey Association and its long-standing sponsor, Nedbank, parted ways this week after a fruitful relationship dating back about 15 years. The president of the South African Hockey Association, Charles Smith, announced on Thursday that Nedbank has not renewed its sponsorship.
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/ 14 November 2003
The 2004 African Cup of Nations is looming, with Bafana Bafana having just two more preparation games and the man at the helm of the national team has finally to separate the wheat from the chaff. Next month Ephraim ”Shakes” Mashaba will announce the players who will help him restore some pride.
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/ 14 November 2003
It’s that time of the year when some pretty strange things start happening in the world of golf. Nick Faldo buys an island for £2,5-million to develop a golf course there. And this weekend a British supermodel and a former Nascar champion will be among the field assembled for the Nelson Mandela Invitational in the Western Cape.