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/ 26 October 2004
Unites States hip-hop has had many messages beyond the current lyrical obsessions for bling and gangster lifestyles: the good-time party spirit of the Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight, the social comment of Grandmaster Flash’s The Message, the black politics of Public Enemy’s Fight the Power or the inclusivity of Eric B and Rakim’s anthem I Know You Got Soul.
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/ 26 October 2004
Bill Clinton, the perennial Comeback Kid of American politics, returned from his sick bed to centre stage on Monday, proving that his ailing, quadruply bypassed heart is still in the fight. But it was a much thinner, frailer man who took the stage alongside John Kerry in Philadelphia’s Love Park than the vigorous leader who dominated the past American decade.
More accurate voting expected in US
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/ 26 October 2004
Ariel Sharon opened a bitter debate in Parliament on Monday over his plan to remove Jewish settlers from Gaza by saying it paves the way towards a Palestinian state while strengthening Israel’s grip over its West Bank colonies. Sharon was repeatedly interrupted and heckled as he defended the ”disengagement plan” ahead of a vote on Tuesday.
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/ 26 October 2004
Sitting on a stool in one of Berlin’s most expensive Italian restaurants, Peter Liddell recalled the moment when he had been asked whether he would like an all-expenses paid trip to Germany. Liddell, a comprehensive schoolteacher in Burgess Hill, west Sussex, gave the offer a brief thought.
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/ 26 October 2004
Fraud and corruption accused Schabir Shaik threatened to withdraw his Nkobi group from Thomson-CSF operations in 1996, the Durban High Court heard on Monday. The court also heard about a tailor who appeared to act as a go-between for parties interested in acquiring a stake in the government’s multibillion-rand arms deal.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-National&ao=124349">Shaik thought connections would help</a>
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/ 26 October 2004
Close to one of Cape Town’s most popular beaches lies a wetland area that some claim is even more important than South Africa’s better-known wetlands — such as St Lucia, Langebaan and De Hoop Vlei — because it supports a higher number of endangered bird and plant species. But balancing Cape Town’s urban needs with the fragile biodiversity in the proposed False Bay Ecology Park is becoming increasingly tricky.
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/ 26 October 2004
The chemical industry has consistently maintained that regulatory best practice comprises unambiguous requirements set out in legislation, supported by compliance assessment and sanctions for non-compliance. In our ongoing series on proposed changes to environmental impact assessment regulations, Laurraine Lotter gives the chemical industry’s view.
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/ 26 October 2004
August brought a breakthrough for conservation in Africa when the governments of Malawi and Zambia concluded an agreement for the creation of new transfrontier conservation areas that will eventually cover 33 000km2.
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/ 26 October 2004
The national broadsheet <i>ThisDay</i> did not appear on Tuesday morning. <i>ThisDay</i> editor Justice Malala called the newspaper’s staff together after 6pm on Monday and told them that the publication would not be on the streets on Tuesday. Staff members were to meet later on Tuesday to be informed about their future.
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/ 26 October 2004
The JSE Securities Exchange bounced into the black at the opening on Tuesday, buoyed by a softer rand and a rebound on world markets. Early volumes were light as the market awaited Finance Minister Trevor Manuel’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement.