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/ 21 September 2007
Darryl Accone reviews Michael Dibdin’s End Games, the last instalment of the Zen novels.
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/ 21 September 2007
September 11 has galvanised the West’s curiosity about that most misunderstood and demonised religion, writes Naseem Khan.
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/ 21 September 2007
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Judgement was reserved by the Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday in the appeal hearing of Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thint against efforts by the national director of public prosecutions to get original documents from Mauritius related to investigations against them.
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/ 21 September 2007
Peacekeeping missions in Africa are hampered by difficulties in generating forces and a shortage of funding, a senior United Nations official said on Friday. Nick Seymour, senior political officer with the UN’s peacekeeping department, said getting enough troops to conflict zones will always be a challenge.
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/ 21 September 2007
Gordon Brown or Robert Mugabe? One won’t go to a summit between Europe and Africa in December, but the Portuguese hosts say the potential rewards of closer ties between the two continents outweigh the antagonism between the leaders of Britain and Zimbabwe.
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/ 21 September 2007
A man accused of snatching another man’s false teeth straight from his mouth during a fight has been charged with robbery. Robert Henry Stahl (62), was charged on Thursday with felony robbery and battery causing bodily injury, a misdemeanour. If convicted of robbery, he could face two to eight years in prison.
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The inaugural Twenty20 World Championship has been whittled down from 12 teams to just four, and by 10pm on Saturday evening, it will be known which two teams will battle it out in the final at the Wanderers on Monday. The first semifinal, pits Pakistan against New Zealand, and the second, between Australia and India, should be a cracker.
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/ 21 September 2007
A mass grave containing 21 bodies was found outside Rustenburg on Friday in a search for five bodies of Umkhonto weSizwe cadres, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said. Spokesperson Tlali Tlali said the bodies of children, young women and men were discovered in Lethabong village in North West.
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/ 21 September 2007
The son of Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula smelled of liquor when he allegedly drove into oncoming traffic and caused a head-on collision earlier this year, the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court heard on Friday. Siyabonga Nqakula was also unsteady on his feet, the victim, Yaseen Moses, told the court.
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/ 21 September 2007
Kroonstad blogger Juan Duval Uys (39) stepped free from the dock of the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday, after a charge of crimen injuria, laid by Independent Democrats politician Simon Grindrod, was withdrawn. Uys said that he in turn had laid charges of crimen injuria and harassment against Grindrod.