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/ 17 January 2006
Differences between the West and Russia and China were exposed on Monday during a meeting in London to discuss strategy for tackling the crisis over Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme. After seven hours of talks, Britain, France and Germany announced they are to seek Iran’s referral to the United Nations Security Council.
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/ 17 January 2006
The Presidency is to issue clarification on Tuesday on Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka’s controversial trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over Christmas, media reports said. Presidency spokesperson Murphy Morobe promised late on Monday afternoon everything would be clearer on Tuesday.
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/ 17 January 2006
The visit to South Africa by Evo Morales, the recently elected President of Bolivia, was an evocative reminder of the spirit of 1994. He came looking for solidarity, ideas and concrete assistance for the future. He left with all three. He will need all three. Morales is the first indigenous president in a country where a largely white elite has hitherto enjoyed an oligopoly of political and economic power.
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/ 17 January 2006
After a decade of democracy, supported by a liberal constitution that outlaws discrimination, it is useful to contemplate the question: ‘How have women fared in terms of their representation on boards?” To understand this question fully, Memela Pratt & Associates explored the following areas: Do women bring something different to boards? What specific challenges do […]
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/ 17 January 2006
First and foremost, always be honest with your insurer or broker if you do not know the answer to any question they ask, always check it out and get back to them with the correct answer. 1st For Women recommends keeping an insurance history record, to make sure you never forget important historical insurance details. […]
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/ 17 January 2006
Some residents of the northern Canadian town of Churchill sleep with a pistol under their pillow. Others never go out unless they are armed. Children are taken to school under guard and can’t play outside during certain times of year. The reason is the growing desperation of the magnificent beast of the north, the world’s largest land predator, the lord of the North: the polar bear.
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/ 17 January 2006
The African Union will this month decide the fate of one of the continent’s most brutal dictators — Hissène Habré of Chad. Habré’s victims, who have been seeking to bring him to justice for 15 years, are counting on South Africa and other democratic countries not to let him slip away again.
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/ 17 January 2006
Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi and his Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) have expressed anger at the Independent Electoral Commission’s refusal to reopen voter registration for the benefit of UDPS supporters. The DRC must go to the polls for legislative and presidential elections by June 30.
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/ 17 January 2006
After 19 tame and underfunded years, Africa’s human rights watchdog appears to have grown teeth. Not a moment too soon, say the two South Africans most closely associated with the body known as the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights, which is one of the few continental structures to have twice criticised rights abuses in Zimbabwe.
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