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/ 15 December 2005
Mike van Graan presents the <i>Dummies Guide to Being or Becoming an African for the Four Main Population Groups — As Defined Then and Now</i>.
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/ 15 December 2005
Peter Jackson’s <i>King Kong</i> is the ultimate creature feature, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 15 December 2005
Roy Keane’s long-cherished dream of ending his career in the famous green and white hoops of Celtic was realised on Thursday when the former Manchester United skipper signed for the Scottish club. Keane, who parted company with United last month, has signed an 18-month deal.
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/ 15 December 2005
Gauteng police put a halt to a meeting on Thursday at Khutsong Stadium by residents protesting their municipality’s incorporation into the North West from Gauteng. Although the situation in Khutsong remained calm on Thursday, police maintained a strong presence in the area.
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/ 15 December 2005
Sectarian infighting swamped academic considerations in the controversial selection last week of Ihron Rensburg as the University of Johannesburg’s new vice-chancellor. This is the view of several senior academics, at the university and beyond, who spoke to the Mail & Guardian on condition of anonymity.
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/ 15 December 2005
McDonald’s, the very symbol of globalisation, is used to having its windows broken during violent protests at World Trade Organisation (WTO) summits, but not in Hong Kong where one group met for breakfast on Thursday. Eight demonstrators feasted on Sausage McMuffins as they planned how to get across their anti-capitalist message.
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Neither the police nor the VIP protection services had instructions to bar the media from last week’s court appearance of former deputy president Jacob Zuma in Johannesburg, police said on Thursday. Editors sent a strongly worded lawyer’s letter to National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi on Tuesday.
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/ 15 December 2005
The United Nations on Thursday began pulling North American and European peacekeepers out of Eritrea, 24 hours ahead of a deadline for their expulsion as ties between Asmara and the world body plummeted amid soaring tensions along the Ethiopian-Eritrean border and fears of a new war between the arch-rivals.
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/ 15 December 2005
The radical Palestinian group Hamas will step up attacks against Israel if the Jewish state takes military action against Iran, its political chief said in Tehran on Thursday. Khaled Meshaal also praised Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his ”courage” in having dismissed the Holocaust as a myth.
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/ 15 December 2005
Most people are bound to have an opinion on plans to poison the pesky Indian mynah birds that have colonised South Africa’s suburbs. Jennifer Kemp, an office-bearer at environmental NGO Earthlife Africa, contacted the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> this week to express concern that poisoning mynahs, would lead to indigenous birds like starlings also being poisoned.