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/ 29 September 2003
Japan’s Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, has pledged -billion for education and health care in Africa at a conference on African development. South African President Thabo Mbeki said a Japan-Africa dialogue, exploring ways in which Japan can support trade and investment in Africa, should begin in earnest.
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/ 26 September 2003
British rock singer Robert Palmer, best known for his Eighties hits Addicted to Love and Simply Irresistible, died on Friday in Paris of a heart attack. He was 54. Born Alan Palmer, the singer was a member of several British rock bands before he achieved solo fame.
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/ 15 September 2003
Students from the University of Pretoria packed a Pretoria Magistrate’s Court courtroom on Monday morning to attend the appearance on rape charges of four hostel mates — including two grandsons of apartheid-era minister of foreign affairs Pik Botha.
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/ 8 September 2003
A new tape purporting to be from Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network has threatened an onslaught against the United States so devastating it would obliterate memories of the September 11 suicide attacks.
The Mail & Guardian walked away with two industry awards this week, proving once more that it’s Africa’s best read.
The African National Congress and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have responded to claims made by cleric Allan Boesak on Wednesday at a media conference at which he gave his reasons for not participating in this week’s 20th anniversary celebrations of the United Democratic Front.
Two American fugitives, on the FBI’s most wanted list for a spate of bank robberies across the American West in the Nineties, were arrested in Cape Town on Tuesday after years on the run. They had been living and working in the Mother City for at least two years.
A huge explosion rocked the headquarters of the United Nations in Baghdad on Tuesday, leaving several people injured — including Sergio Vieira de Mello, the UN special representative in Iraq — and at least three dead.
Former Iraqi vice-president captured