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/ 17 January 2005
If Zimbabwe’s elections are to be declared free and fair, the opposition Movement for Democratic should be allowed to hold public meetings, African National Congress secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe said on Monday. He was addressing the media after the ANC’s national executive committee meeting at the weekend.
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/ 17 January 2005
The Golden Globes set up an Academy Awards rematch between Hilary Swank and Annette Bening, while Jamie Foxx firmed up his Oscar front-runner status. And a win for The Aviator gave Martin Scorsese the edge for finally coming away with a best-picture win at the Oscars.
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/ 17 January 2005
South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma was due to arrive in Uganda late on Monday for talks with officials on Burundi’s fragile peace process, Uganda’s foreign ministry said. Among others, Zuma, the chief mediator in the process, is to meet with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who now serves as chairperson of a regional peace initiative for Burundi.
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/ 17 January 2005
The Sudanese government and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), an umbrella grouping of opposition groups, signed a political agreement in Cairo ahead of sealing a final deal, diplomats said on Monday. The talks leading up to the agreement with the country’s largest exiled political bloc were held under the auspices of Egypt.
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/ 17 January 2005
United States special forces have been on the ground inside Iran scouting for US air strike targets for suspected nuclear weapons sites, according to the renowned US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. ”The last thing this government wants to do is to bomb or strafe, or missile attack, the wrong targets again. We don’t want another WMD flap. We want to be sure we have the right information.”
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/ 17 January 2005
South African business owners are the second most optimistic among their peers internationally, the first results from the 2005 Grant Thornton International Business Owners Survey released on Monday reveal. Proudly at number two, South Africa beat countries such as Ireland, Australia and Canada
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/ 17 January 2005
Wilbert Rideau, imprisoned since the days ”whites only” signs hung across the South in the United States, enjoyed his first full day of freedom, after a jury effectively decided he had been punished enough for a killing that continues to divide his hometown along racial lines.
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/ 17 January 2005
The last time an ousted Chinese leader died, in 1989, millions marched in the streets and gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in student-led protests that shook Beijing’s Communist Party leadership to the core. Today’s leaders looked determined to ensure that the death of former leader Zhao Ziyang on Monday does not result in similar upheavals.
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/ 17 January 2005
The government of Canada has cancelled $21-million in debt owed to Canada by Madagascar under the Canadian Debt Initiative. Canada has also announced $42-million in increased funding to support the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, according to Paul Boothe, the G8 personal representative for Canada.
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/ 17 January 2005
Health and beauty retailer New Clicks has increased its turnover from continuing operations by 25% in the four months from September 1 to December 31 2004, versus the previous year, aided by the inclusion of pharmacy operations compared with the year-earlier period. Group sales totalled R2,97-billion for the four months.