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/ 11 December 2004
The International Bar Association has accused Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe of conducting a reign of terror and said he should not be allowed to elude international justice. In neighbouring countries, human rights groups protested the Zimbabwe Parliament’s approval of legislation seeking to curb the activities of NGOs there.
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/ 11 December 2004
Cape Town’s water-resource situation remains of crisis proportions, despite the city’s water-restrictions campaign entering its third month. The city will be intensifying measures to ensure that the targeted water savings are achieved through measures including heightened awareness and media campaigns.
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/ 11 December 2004
The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) has unconditionally apologised to President Thabo Mbeki for infringing his dignity and that of his office. ”The breakdown of procedures to protect the confidentiality of donor and medical information is deeply regretted,” the SANBS chairperson said on Friday.
Apology for Mbeki blood slip-up
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/ 11 December 2004
Adults tend to ignore the scruffy kerbside shrine. However fast they walk past the drooping flower arrangements, the people of San Juan Ixtayopan admit the consequences of what happened are not so easy to leave behind. It was here that two police officers were murdered three weeks ago, set upon by an enraged mob.
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/ 11 December 2004
For years, pipelines from the former Soviet Union have shipped the prosaic necessities of oil and gas to western Europe. But now smugglers have developed their own pipeline network for a more potent fuel — moonshine. Border guards in Lithuania have unearthed a lengthy pipeline that was intended to convey illicit alcohol.
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/ 11 December 2004
Several thousand people remain stranded without adequate food, water or shelter on a remote south Pacific island following repeated volcanic eruptions, local authorities said on Friday. Five people have already died after drinking ash-contaminated water on Manam in Papua New Guinea.
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/ 11 December 2004
He is most famous for his far-fetched tale of how dinosaurs could be brought to life with DNA from mosquitoes trapped in amber. Now the bestselling author Michael Crichton has written a thriller about ecoterrorism that the critics say is equally fantastic in its refusal to accept that global warming is a clear and present danger.
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/ 11 December 2004
Kenya has started to repossess millions of hectares of land illegally seized by former president Daniel arap Moi and his cronies during his 24-year rule. An official report published on Friday depicts a vast, kleptocratic looting of land for political patronage, which damaged the economy and stoked ethnic tension.
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/ 11 December 2004
Italy’s Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, was on Friday night cleared of the most serious corruption charge hanging over him when a Milan court ruled that a key accusation — that of bribing a judge with almost 000 — was ”out of time”. He was found not guilty of all other charges.
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/ 11 December 2004
In a night of thrills and great excitement, the Mercedes Warriors beat the Nashua Titans by 23 runs in a Standard Bank Cup limited-overs match at Mercedes-Benz Park in East London on Friday. Set 251 for victory, the Titans, under pressure throughout after losing two quick wickets, finished with 227 for five in a great attempt to win.