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/ 5 November 2003
Owners of Zimbabwe’s only independent daily newspaper, The Daily News, vowed on Tuesday to fight through that country’s courts for the right to publish. ”That they have chosen to shoot the messenger won’t make the message go away,” said Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe chairperson Strive Masiyiwa.
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/ 5 November 2003
Former apartheid spy Vanessa Brereton has apologised to the anti-apartheid activists she betrayed during her time as agent RS452, saying she does not deserve or expect forgiveness. The former Eastern Cape human rights lawyer said she was ”spellbound” by her lover — senior security policeman Carl Edwards — who recruited her into the secret police in the 1980s.
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/ 5 November 2003
Marginal South African gold miner Durban Roodepoort Deep has again come under fire for allegedly causing pollution to the river system next to its Tolukuma gold mine in central Papua New Guinea.
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/ 5 November 2003
In a case seen as critical for all journalists, the definition of media freedom was heavily disputed on Tuesday in day-long arguments in the Bloemfontein High Court.
Judge president JP Malherbe and Judge DJ Lombard were hearing an urgent application by journalist Ranjeni Munusamy to set aside an order forcing her to testify before the Hefer commission. Judge Joos Hefer said Munusamy had the right to object to certain questions.
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/ 5 November 2003
A soft-spoken, bespectacled Irish priest on Tuesday became the first person in South Africa to participate in human trials of an experimental HIV vaccine. Cameras flashed as Kieran Creagh rolled up his sleeve to show off the injection site and shared a glass of champagne with medical staff at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.
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/ 5 November 2003
The American TV network CBS admitted yesterday it had abandoned plans to broadcast a major two-part film about the life of Ronald Reagan. The move follows protests from conservatives who claimed that the mini-series was biased and dwelled on the former president’s gaffes.
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/ 5 November 2003
Sri Lanka was plunged into crisis on Tuesday night as the country’s president suspended parliament, sacked three ministers and brought the army on to the streets of the capital Colombo, in a move criticised by her own prime minister as seeking ”chaos and anarchy”.
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/ 5 November 2003
The band pumped out brassy dance tunes, many dedicated to the gritty urban realities of New York. A few couples in the black tie and taffeta crowd found a space to dance, but most milled about in the packed ballroom, gravitating towards the stage as they waited for the president.
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/ 5 November 2003
Large quantities of British arms and internal security equipment are being sold to Israel despite the government’s public criticism of the country’s human rights record and growing violence there, the Guardian can reveal.
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/ 5 November 2003
The Pentagon has begun recruiting for local draft boards, dredging up painful memories of Vietnam era conscription at a time of deepening misgiving about America’s occupation of Iraq.