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United States President George Bush named Alberto Gonzales, the White House lawyer who advised him he could disregard the ”obsolete” Geneva conventions, as the US’s new attorney general on Wednesday. Unveiling the first new Cabinet appointment since his re-election last week, Bush said the 49-year-old had already been instrumental in the war on terror.
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/ 11 November 2004
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan early on Thursday was ”deeply moved” by the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who ”symbolised … the national aspirations of the Palestinian people”, Annan’s spokesperson said in a statement. The passing away of Arafat, Annan said, must intensify the search for peace in the Middle East. Palestinians reacted with tears and tributes to news of Arafat’s death.
Arafat ‘in the hands of God’
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/ 11 November 2004
The Klipdrift consumption in the Dorsbult has reached crisis proportions since Tuesday last week. But a message from Michael Moore — yes, he of <i>Fahrenheit 9/11</i> fame/notoriety (and, in the Dorsbult, hero worship; well, ok, among some of us) — has done his bit to cheer us up. He offers "17 reasons not to slit your wrists", a few of which follow …
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/ 11 November 2004
‘My hand," Yasser Arafat once said, "is the only hand that can sign a peace agreement with Israel." The assertion may sound vainglorious, but it was undoubtedly true. Israelis may yet come to rue the death of the 75-year-old Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) leader they refused to deal with for so long, and spent so much time demonising.
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/ 11 November 2004
The South African ”A” team in Argentina overcame strong resistance from Buenos Aires Province on Wednesday night to emerge 47-28 victors in a tightly contested match that kept supporters on their feet for the better part of the game. It all came down to the tactical superiority of the visitors.
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/ 11 November 2004
In the days when Britain was being forced to give up one colony after another, the phrase ”father of the nation” was much in vogue. Julius Nyerere in Tanzania, Archbishop Makarios in Cyprus and Kenneth Kaunda in Zambia were among the many who won this informal title. Forty years on from the age of decolonisation, Yasser Arafat is the last man who can claim that status.
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/ 11 November 2004
President Thabo Mbeki has his work cut out as mediator in Côte d’Ivoire. Mbeki was dragooned into this job by the African Union after the West African regional mechanism failed to bring about peace in the country. Relations between France and Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo have spiralled into the violence that now necessitates the evacuation of France’s 14 000 nationals.
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/ 11 November 2004
Airliners were shuttling hundreds of trapped foreigners out of Côte d’Ivoire on Thursday, as South Africa convened urgent peace talks on a crisis that it said threatens to destabilise West Africa. The mayhem has been unanimously condemned by President Laurent Gbagbo’s fellow African leaders.
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/ 11 November 2004
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has insisted he will continue to put out a reserve side in the League Cup even though the club have now reached the quarterfinals of the competition. He also praised former Fulham striker Louis Saha, who is battling for a regular place in the United starting line-up.
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/ 11 November 2004
Test cricket’s leading wicket-taker, Shane Warne, said on Thursday the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) new proposal on cricket’s ”chucking” controversy might create more confusion. An ICC committee has recommended a new rule allowing bowlers to straighten their arms by up to 15 degrees.