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/ 27 September 2003
Of all Johannesburg’s perils, the one they don’t warn you about is chubbiness. There are alarms, sensors and panic buttons for the house, the car, the office, the garden, but nothing, no siren, no flashing lights, to signal your expanding self.
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/ 25 September 2003
This week, Bill Gates travelled to a rural clinic in Mozambique to announce the donation of £100-million to fight malaria in Africa and to reaffirm a promise to give away his billions before he dies. The founder of Microsoft is leading the charge in a new era of philanthropy.
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/ 16 September 2003
The era of evicting indigenous people from ancestral lands to make way for protected nature areas and parks will have to end, conservationists were told last week. Minority communities said they would no longer accept being brushed aside by governments and environmentalists in the name of protecting world heritage sites.
Charles Taylor stepped down as president of Liberia and flew into exile last night as three US warships neared the country’s coast, boosting hopes that US marines would join Nigerian-led peacekeepers enforcing a fragile ceasefire.
First the drugs, then the bullets and then the battle. Jungle Fire battalion knew the routine and lounged on the abandoned market stalls, waiting for the marijuana and crack cocaine to kick in.
Praying for the peace troops to arrive
President Robert Mugabe escalated Zimbabwe’s war of words with Britain yesterday by threatening to expel London’s high commissioner from Harare, claiming that Sir Brian Donnelly had aided opposition protests.
Bizos fights to save Tsvangirai
What had been the sleepy capital of Mauritania turned into a war zone yesterday when rebel army units tried to seize control of the west African state in a pre-dawn coup, triggering street battles with loyalist troops involving tanks, mortars and aircraft.
Resorting to a surreal mix of charm, bluff and terror, President Robert Mugabe is fighting to buy himself time to save his regime.