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/ 27 January 2006

UN prepares to send peacekeeping force to Darfur

The United Nations is preparing to intervene in the Darfur crisis in Sudan after admitting that an African Union (AU) mission has failed to curb the violence that has seen two million people displaced and thousands killed. With violence increasing over the past few months, Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general, said the replacing of the AU force with a UN one is ”now inevitable”.

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/ 27 January 2006

Travelgate: Evidence of huge new fraud

The Travelgate scandal is growing. Investigators are working through a new list of 100 names that could implicate senior MPs, including two Cabinet members, members of the whippery and parliamentary office-bearers. New information gleaned by the legislature’s axed finance chief, Harry Charlton, and liquidators indicates that Parliament may be owed as much as R36-million by travel agents and MPs for fraudulent travel claims.

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/ 27 January 2006

India media condemns US envoy for Iran comments

Indian newspapers hit out on Friday at the United States envoy to New Delhi, who warned a landmark nuclear deal could be scuppered if India votes against referring Iran’s nuclear programme to the United Nations Security Council. <i>The Hindu</i> newspaper said US ambassador David Mulford had "outrageously crossed the line of diplomatic propriety".