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Yearly Archives: 2008

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Article
/ 24 December 2008

Motlanthe promises to consider review of Scorpions Bills

Motlanthe’s office has agreed to consider a request by Hugh Glenister to submit legislation disbanding the Scorpions to the Constitutional Court.

By Emsie Ferreira
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Article
/ 24 December 2008

Bush and his cronies must face a reckoning

Heinous crimes are now synonymous with this United States administration. If it isn’t held to account, what does that say about us?

By Jonathan Freedland
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Africa
/ 24 December 2008

Zimbabwe faces bleak Christmas amid food crisis

At overflowing dumpsters in Zimbabwe’s capital, desperate vagrants pounced on garbage bags and fought over chicken bones and scraps of discarded food.

By Angus Shaw
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Article
/ 24 December 2008

Bail-outs? Can we have some too?

In the season of goodwill, Henry Paulson is proving to be an American Santa Claus, doling out sacks of money to aid ailing businesses across the US.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 24 December 2008

Investor takes life after massive losses in Madoff scandal

A French investment manager who plowed €1,5-billion ($2,1-billion) into Bernard Madoff’s fraudulent scheme was found dead on Tuesday.

By Paola Messana
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Article
/ 24 December 2008

Woman found alive after three days buried in a snowdrift

For Donna Molnar in Ancaster, Canada, Christmas is a time of joy compromised by tragedy. Eight years ago, her father-in-law died on December 22.

By Staff Reporter
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Analysis
/ 24 December 2008

2008: A year of dogged legal war

As we move into 2009, one prediction can be made with confidence: while the Zuma case continues, turbulent constitutional times are likely.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 24 December 2008

Global guide to shoe throwing

When he threw his shoes at George W Bush, Iraqi TV reporter Muntadhar al-Zaidi became an instant news celebrity.

By Emine Saner
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Africa
/ 24 December 2008

The land of pedestrian millionaires

Forget cholera and hunger. The new kid on the block of crises in Zimbabwe is change.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 24 December 2008

The beauty of books

<i>Mail & Guardian</i> reviewers celebrate the page-turners and head-turners in their Best Reads of 2008.

By Percy Zvomuya
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