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/ 3 September 2005
Turkey on Friday threatened to abandon ”for good” its 40-year dream of joining the European Union if it is offered anything less than full membership. As the EU paved the way for negotiations to open on October 3, the Turkish foreign minister pledged to walk away if a proposal to downgrade its membership is on the table.
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/ 3 September 2005
The number of dead left in the wake of Typhoon Talim rose on Saturday to 18 on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported from the eastern coastal province of Zhejiang. Meanwhile, powerful Typhoon Nabi was churning on Saturday toward the southern Japanese island of Okinawa.
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/ 3 September 2005
United States President George Bush arrived on Friday night in the ravaged Gulf Coast region amid mounting criticism of his handling of the crisis and a prediction by one senator that the death toll in Louisiana alone could top 10Â 000 people.
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/ 2 September 2005
Thousands of National Guardsmen with food, water and weapons streamed into hurricane-ravaged New Orleans on Friday to bring relief to the suffering multitudes and put down the looting and violence. Their arrival came amid blistering criticism from the mayor and others who said the federal government was bungling the relief effort while people lay dying in the streets.
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/ 2 September 2005
The ongoing Thabo Mbeki-Jacob Zuma ”saga” is an outlet for pent-up frustration and even hatred in South Africa’s ruling African National Congress as it is being released from ”a presidency of fear”, says official opposition Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon.
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/ 2 September 2005
”The first part of the Springboks’ season has ended in much the same way as it started — with a bit of sulking, slandering and speculating,” writes Rob Davies. He also looks ahead to Saturday’s Tri-Nations match, saying ”it will be a great surprise if the Wallaby pack manage to subdue their opponents in Wellington”.
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/ 2 September 2005
Côte d’Ivoire’s President Laurent Gbagbo has issued a new version of laws on electoral and nationality matters after causing a storm of protest in the divided country, his office announced on Friday. The laws relate to the nationality code, naturalisation of citizens and the independent electoral commission.
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/ 2 September 2005
A Cape High Court matter about Independent Democrats deputy leader Themba Sono’s cessation of party membership because of failure to pay a R10 membership fee was on Friday postponed to next Wednesday. Friday’s court proceedings against Sono follow a gruelling legal battle with ID dissident Lennit Max.
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/ 2 September 2005
At least four municipal managers received remuneration packages exceeding R1-million last year — closely matching or exceeding that of President Thabo Mbeki, according to Treasury statistics released on Friday. The municipal manager of eThekwini in KwaZulu-Natal received a package of R1,091-million in the 2004/05 financial year.