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/ 21 October 2006
On February 19 1945 Thomas McPhatter found himself on a landing craft heading toward the beach on Iwo Jima. Sadly, African-American Sergeant McPhatter’s experience is not mirrored in Flags of Our Fathers, Clint Eastwood’s big-budget, Oscar-tipped film of the battle for the Japanese island that opened on Friday in the US.
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/ 21 October 2006
About 160km from its source on the northern slopes of Mount Kenya, the great River Ngiro was just ankle deep on Friday as nomadic farmers walked through waters that have become the focus of conflict. Kenya’s second-largest river sustains big business for flower farms supplying United Kingdom supermarkets.
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/ 21 October 2006
Kim Jong-Il has apologised to China and reassured his powerful neighbour that he has no plans to conduct further nuclear tests, according to reports on Friday that suggest the North Korean leader is backing down in the face of unprecedented pressure from a historic ally.
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/ 21 October 2006
A bid to put medical scheme Pro Sano under curatorship was put on hold on Friday as legal teams sought to reach an out-of-court settlement. ”Pro Sano is pleased to announce that the matter with the registrar of medical schemes will be resolved in terms of a court order,” said Pro Sano chairperson Brian Jacobs.
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/ 21 October 2006
Criticism of the South African National Editors’ Forum by home affairs portfolio committee chairperson Patrick Chauke earlier this week was ”uninformed”, the Media Institute of Southern Africa and the Freedom of Expression Institute said on Friday in a joint statement.
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/ 21 October 2006
Hollywood star Wesley Snipes, wanted in the United States after being indicted this week for dodging millions of dollars in taxes, is filming a new movie in Namibia, an official said on Friday. A newspaper report claimed the movie’s producers were trying to delay his extradition until shooting had been completed.
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/ 21 October 2006
Polish side Wisla Krakow and their Serbian defender Nikola Mijailovic face investigation by Uefa after Blackburn striker Benni McCarthy lodged a formal complaint about racial abuse. The black South African striker squared up to Mijailovic at the end of Blackburn’s 2-1 Uefa Cup win in Krakow on Thursday night.
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/ 21 October 2006
The Congress of South African Students (Cosas) has come out in support of Billy Masetlha, the former spy boss, who appeared in court on Friday. ”We reaffirm our unwavering support for our living monument, a founder member of Cosas and a tried and tested veteran of the congress, comrade Billy Masetlha,” Cosas said on Friday.
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/ 21 October 2006
The African National Congress (ANC) parliamentary caucus has denied seeking to use public money for ”unauthorised purposes” after reports that it wanted Parliament to boost the party’s funding. ”We reject with contempt the allegation,” said ANC parliamentary caucus spokesperson Mpho Lekgoro in a statement on Friday.
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/ 21 October 2006
”We will not resign.” That is the line African National Congress MPs who have pleaded guilty to charges of theft and fraud in the Travelgate scandal are taking with their party bosses. Five MPs who last year entered plea agreements with the National Prosecuting Authority were asked to resign their parliamentary seats.