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/ 15 February 2008
Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan said on Friday that a deal to end Kenya’s post-election turmoil was ”very close” and voiced hope that the ”last difficult and frightening step” would be taken next week. Annan has been leading talks between negotiators for President Mwai Kibaki and the opposition to end weeks of violence since a disputed December 27 election.
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/ 15 February 2008
Last season’s wooden spooners, the Queensland Reds, weathered a second-half fightback to cling on to a 22-16 Super 14 victory over New Zealand’s Otago Highlanders on Friday. The Reds, who only won two games last year, opened their season under new coach Phil Mooney with a determined win after playing their best rugby in the first half to lead 12-3 at half-time.
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/ 15 February 2008
They’re not that serious and they’re not heroes, writes Francis Burger about art collective Avant Car Guard.
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/ 15 February 2008
The producer of this year’s two most critically successful movies, Scott Rudin, will stuff his pockets with acceptance speeches at the Oscars.
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/ 15 February 2008
Mark Brown reports on the winners of the recent Bafta film awards.
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/ 15 February 2008
Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk has faced criminal charges and even death threats in his native Turkey, yet he refuses to be disillusioned.
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/ 15 February 2008
Author Jonny Steinberg’s <i>Three-Letter Plague</i> has attracted serious critical and retail attention in the US, writes Charlotte Bauer.
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/ 15 February 2008
Vosloorus’s monthly gig is gaining momentum, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
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/ 15 February 2008
Artist Michael MacGarry’s new exhibition subverts stereotypes of the "darkest" continent, writes Niren Tolsi.
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/ 15 February 2008
The new Quentin Tarantino flick, writes Shaun de Waal, is unbelievably bad — and nasty to boot.