Rory Carroll
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/ 2 November 2002

The catastrophic twins

In the bleached shantytowns of Southern Africa they call them the ugly sisters — a twin force of such devastation that from the wreckage it is seldom possible to distinguish one sibling’s impact from the other: Aids and hunger have become inseparable.

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/ 17 September 2002

Biggest mismatch in military history

April 11 2002. About 10.20am. A coach full of German tourists is bumping down the road that leads to the ancient El Ghriba synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba. Around the corner, in a narrow, cobbled lane that runs alongside, an old Iveco tanker truck is waiting, driver inside.