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/ 17 January 2005
Last Sunday, more than 20 heads of state arrived in Nairobi to attend the signing of a final agreement between the Sudan government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/ Movement that formally ended Africa’s longest-running civil conflict. But the pronouncements about peace and stability throughout Africa’s largest country that this triggered are premature.
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/ 17 January 2005
A recent statement by the Kenyan government that many students who graduated from primary school last year will not find places in the country’s secondary schools has generated widespread concern. While some children will be able to attend private secondary schools, many children may be forced to abandon formal schooling.
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/ 17 January 2005
Zanu-PF will contest the March parliamentary elections a divided house. The old guard might have wrestled control of the ruling party in Zimbabwe but its authority has become increasingly tenuous since the bruising leadership struggle at its December congress in which Joyce Mujuru emerged triumphant.
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/ 17 January 2005
The toll of people killed in Somalia when a deadly tsunami tidal wave struck the Horn of Africa country’s Indian Ocean coast on December 26 has climbed to 176, a presidential spokesperson said on Saturday.
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/ 16 January 2005
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday gave his army orders to crush militants in the Gaza Strip as the Palestine Liberation Organisation called for an end to attacks that ”harm the national interest”. ”The current situation is unacceptable and cannot be allowed to continue,” Sharon said.
Time of crisis for new Palestine leader
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/ 16 January 2005
France’s Stephane Peterhansel wrapped up his second successive Dakar Rally title on Sunday while compatriot Cyril Despres made it a double French celebration by taking the motorcycle honours in the gruelling event. Peterhansel has now added his two car wins to his six motorcycle crowns.
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/ 16 January 2005
England came out all guns blazing after lunch on the fourth day of the fourth Castle Lager/MTN Test against South Africa at the Wanderers on Sunday. At tea, England had 131 for two, giving them an overall lead of 123. Resuming after lunch on seven for one, Marcus Trescothick and Robert Key raced to 50 at just about a run a ball.
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/ 16 January 2005
Kaizer Chiefs whipped Bloemfontein Celtic 4-1 in their entertaining Premier Soccer League match at FNB Stadium on Saturday night. It was Celtic’s inaugural match under their new sponsors, Vodacom, who have just signed an R8-million, three-year deal with the Free State-based side. AmaKhosi led 3-0 at half-time
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/ 16 January 2005
See Dick and Jane. See Dick and Jane get a lawyer. Pearson Education, the publishing company that owns the copyright to the single-named stars of countless United States reading primers, is suing a division of Time Warner for co-opting the characters in a book called Yiddish with Dick and Jane.