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/ 7 September 2004
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Monday night refused to order a public inquiry into how the Beslan school was captured by gunmen and then ended with such a high death toll, and told The Guardian that people who call for talks with Chechen leaders have no conscience.
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/ 7 September 2004
On May 10 in 1995, Beyers Naude, the man many South Africans came to know as ”Oom Bey”, celebrated his 80th birthday. At the time, president Nelson Mandela told the gathering: ”Beyers Naude became an outcast amongst the Afrikaners, amongst many whites and amongst the church that he loved. Such is the price that prophets are required to pay.”
‘A true son of Africa’
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/ 7 September 2004
Comparing South Africa’s telecommunication charges to that of other countries, South Africa is generally more expensive and price increases in recent years were also generally higher than in most other countries, according to Efficient Research economist Dawie Roodt.
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/ 7 September 2004
The private sector is often unfavourably compared with the parastatals in meeting employment equity targets — Eskom, Telkom and Transnet have for the past decade put in place radical equity programmes and are largely black-led. In response, business argues that the parastatals have been able to embrace transformation because, as monopolies, they don’t have to worry about profitability.
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/ 7 September 2004
As the Travelgate debate squabbled on, the real politics was taking place offstage in the corridors and rooms behind the National Assembly. Media attention was on the debate. As Speaker Baleka Mbete noted in her speech: “Our people are justifiably eager to know what happened.” Yet it was when the debate ended that the really interesting stuff began.
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/ 7 September 2004
Fast-bowler Darren Gough has rounded on all those who queried whether he should still be playing top-flight cricket after becoming the first Englishman to take 200 one-day international wickets. Gough became the 19th bowler in history on Sunday to reach the 200-mark.
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/ 7 September 2004
South Africa captain Graeme Smith said his side have the opportunity to become heroes during the Champions Trophy one-day tournaments, which start in England later this week. The Proteas come into the ”mini World Cup” on the back of a 5-0 one-day whitewashing in Sri Lanka.
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/ 7 September 2004
Defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne crashed out of the ,8-million US Open in New York on Monday, losing 6-3, 6-2 in a stunning fourth-round upset to unheralded Russian Nadia Petrova. Henin-Hardenne is the first top seed to lose before the quarterfinals since Billy Jean King was ousted in the third round in 1973.
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/ 7 September 2004
Andre Agassi tried to get this over in a hurry. He wanted a fast day at the US Open, just like Roger Federer. Agassi made short work of marathon man Sargis Sargsian on Labour Day, sweeping out his longtime friend and occasional practice partner 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. The win came after Federer set up an incredibly attractive match-up in the quarterfinals.
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/ 7 September 2004
Fiji’s Vijay Singh won a head-to-head match-up with Tiger Woods to end the American’s record reign atop golf’s ultimate leaderboard. Singh shot a 69 to beat Woods and Adam Scott by three strokes in the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday, clinching the number-one ranking in the world with his sixth victory of the year.