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/ 23 September 2005
He was whisked away from his newsroom, bundled into a police van and detained for four years before being released without charge. Years later, Levison Lifikiro still isn’t sure of his crime. Instead he lives with the pain of losing his job and family as a constant reminder of those wasted years.
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/ 23 September 2005
Can’t seem to navigate China’s mammoth city of Shanghai? Check your map, it’s probably counterfeit. An increasing number of drivers in Shanghai are having trouble getting to their destinations when they rely on their car’s global positioning system because many electronic maps installed are fake.
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/ 23 September 2005
Troubled British supermodel Kate Moss got sympathetic words on Friday after she apologised following allegations of cocaine abuse that saw her high-profile catwalk career crumble around her. British cosmetics giant Rimmel, which has featured Moss in its advertising since 2001, welcomed her statement late Thursday, offering the 31-year-old some hope of at least holding on to her lucrative deal with them.
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/ 23 September 2005
While the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> is under active police investigation, the subject of its exposés, Oilgate company Imvume Management, has suffered no similar misfortune. In late July and early August, the Freedom Front Plus and the Democratic Alliance tried to have criminal investigations initiated into Imvume.
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/ 23 September 2005
The Gaza Strip’s dangerously low drinking water reserves, dilapidated decontamination facilities and a nearly dry water table are warning signals of a looming crisis, Palestinian experts say. ”We are heading toward an ecological catastrophe,” said Shaddad al-Atili, water and ecological affairs advisor to the Palestinian Authority, citing Gaza’s rapidly growing population.
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/ 23 September 2005
Nigerian separatist militants issued what they described as a final warning to international oil giants on Friday demanding they evacuate installations in the Niger Delta within two days or face armed attack. ”We will kill every iota of oil operations in the Niger Delta,” said the statement from the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force.
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/ 23 September 2005
Demand for palm oil, which is widely used in processed foods, is driving the orang-utan towards extinction by speeding the destruction of their forest habitat, Friends of the Earth said on Friday. The campaigners said Asia’s only great ape could be wiped out within 12 years unless there was urgent intervention in the palm oil trade, which it said was also linked with human rights abuses.
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/ 23 September 2005
Mpumalanga Premier Thabang Makwetla met Moutse residents on Thursday in an attempt to address their concerns over demarcation into Limpopo. Mpumalanga government spokesperson Lebona Mosia said Makwetla’s visit to the town followed protests and violence over the integration of the town into the Limpopo province.
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/ 23 September 2005
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) on Friday welcomed the government’s view of a single police force in South Africa. On Wednesday, Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula said the African National Congress is considering forming a single police force under one command.
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/ 23 September 2005
Earthlife Africa expressed concern on Friday over the exclusion of its nominees to a team conducting a health study at the country’s nuclear facility in Pelindaba. ”We now have no hope that the Necsa [Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa] study will be independent. It looks like a whitewash,” said spokesperson Mashile Phalane.