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/ 3 December 2004
President Joseph Kabila accused Rwanda on Friday of trying to create a confrontation with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in an effort to disrupt Congolese efforts to secure the country and move toward 2005 elections. It was Kabila’s first public statement since Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame began warning last week that his country would act against Rwanda Hutu rebels in the eastern DRC.
Thousands flee clashes in the DRC
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/ 3 December 2004
Iran will resume enriching uranium after a maximum of six months, powerful former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani vowed on Friday, reaffirming that Tehran’s freeze on nuclear fuel cycle work is only temporary. The United States accuses Iran of running a covert nuclear weapons programme, but the Islamic republic insists it only wants to enrich uranium to low levels to produce fuel for a series of atomic power stations.
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/ 3 December 2004
The world’s most prestigious art prize has gone to a political artist who created a video of George W Bush’s ranch, writes Maev Kennedy.
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/ 3 December 2004
An independent candidate running for next week’s parliamentary polls in Taiwan stripped to his underwear on Friday as a gimmick to attract attention on television.
Chen Sheng-chun succeeded in getting the much-needed media attention by taking off his suit and giving his political views in front of TV cameras.
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/ 3 December 2004
The Cape High Court’s rejection of the medicines appeal bid would not affect the Supreme Court of Appeal hearing, the Pharmaceutical Society of SA said on Friday. ”We note the judgement, also again that it’s a split decision,” said PSSA executive director Ivan Kotze.
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/ 3 December 2004
Jonathan Hyslop has done a remarkable job piecing together the life of Bain in his book <em>The Notorious Syndicalist</em>. He has brilliantly integrated literary studies, history of the British empire and a range of other related disciplines to create a rich, finely textured work, writes Anthony Egan.
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/ 3 December 2004
For those who are fascinated by South African history and political biography, several books offer excellent prospects for a "comradely Christmas".
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/ 3 December 2004
As the festive season approaches, world publishing displays its finery, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the cookery book industry. The stars and their publishers fight for display space with gaudy dollops of ink. The texts come from deep within the psyches of the sensitive celebrity chefs (and their ghostwriters), each one giving more than they’ve ever had to give.
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/ 3 December 2004
Always combative, conservative commentator RW Johnson gives an historical overview of this country’s past and a summation of his views on its present in South Africa: The First Man, the Last Nation (Jonathan Ball). Johnson argues that since 1994 crime, unemployment, inequality and Aids have flourished in President Thabo Mbeki’s South Africa, and he delivers […]
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/ 3 December 2004
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (Unmee) began scaling down the size of its force this week, a spokesperson announced. On September 14, the UN Security Council extended Unmee’s mandate until March next year but called for a reduction in its size, so as to reduce its annual budget of around -million.