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/ 8 September 2005
US environmental experts warned on Wednesday night that the putrid flood waters swamping New Orleans are 10 times more toxic than safety levels, posing a serious danger not just to die-hard residents refusing to leave, but to rescuers as well. ”Everybody needs to leave,” mayor Ray Nagin said on Wednesday.
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/ 8 September 2005
Change your partner, two by two. We have had a week now, to watch our elected representatives doing their dosi-do across the legislature floor. And our worst expectations have largely been confirmed. The case of Louis Marneweck, sole representative of the Freedom Front Plus in the Mpumalanga legislature, is emblematic.
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/ 8 September 2005
South African Rugby’s MD has been ordered to go on leave following an allegation of sexual harassment against him, the Daily Dispatch reported on Thursday. SA Rugby deputy president Mike Stofile issued the order on Johan Prinsloo on Wednesday night.
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/ 8 September 2005
When Lemmer checks his e-mail he expects the usual advertisements for (entirely redundant) penis enlargements — ahem — and the odd somewhat creepy briefie from Sannah Hanna-Hanna, his recently divorced childhood sweetheart, asking him for directions to Dorsbult. So, when he got spam of a different nature this week it was such a delightful change that he actually read it.
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/ 8 September 2005
Biblical in its uncontrolled rage and scope, the storm has left millions of Americans to scavenge for food and shelter, and hundreds reportedly dead. With its main levee broken, the evacuated city of New Orleans has become part of the Gulf of Mexico. But the damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina may not entirely be the result of an act of nature, but Bush administration’s policies and actions.
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/ 7 September 2005
United States Senator Hillary Clinton fuelled the political debate over Hurricane Katrina on Wednesday, insisting on an independent inquiry into the federal response and sharply rejecting President George Bush’s bid to lead the probe himself. ”I don’t think the government should be investigating itself,” Clinton said.
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/ 7 September 2005
Egyptians voted on Wednesday in the country’s first contested presidential election, with veteran leader Hosni Mubarak all but certain to head off all challengers amid reports of widespread irregularities. The electoral commission described turnout as ”remarkable”, but confusion marked Egypt’s democratic experiment.
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/ 7 September 2005
British-based aid agency Oxfam criticised rich countries on Thursday for failing to heed warnings of a Niger-like food crisis that could affect 10-million people in Southern Africa. ”Niger was forecast six months in advance, yet rich countries did almost nothing until the eleventh hour,” said Oxfam’s regional coordinator for Southern Africa.