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/ 23 January 2004
Morocco has approved one of the most progressive laws on women’s and family rights in the Arab world, which will see polygamy almost completely eradicated from the north African country. Last-ditch attempts by Islamist deputies in the Rabat Parliament failed to derail a law that had the backing of King Mohammed VI.
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/ 23 January 2004
For months Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s bitterest opponents have gleefully speculated on the nature of his downfall. Would he be toppled by the ”Greek island affair” allegedly involving millions of dollars in bribes and plans to build an exotic casino on a tiny island in the Aegean Sea?
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/ 23 January 2004
Swaziland is currently in the midst of its sacred Incwala ceremony, which many believe is crucial for the welfare of the country. However, the celebrations have not been without controversy. The pageants have a strong supernatural element, relying on ancestral spirits, magic and ritual for success.
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/ 23 January 2004
Psychiatrist Robin Murray had never really planned on studying the effects of cannabis on mental health. Rather, he found himself falling into it after noticing that some of his patients, who had been gradually climbing out of the well of schizophrenia, were having relapses after smoking the occasional spliff.
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/ 23 January 2004
The reruns of the 1998 one-day series against the West Indies, broadcast as Centurion dripped, were a startling reminder of how South African cricketers used to look. Energetic and eager, the high-fives tinged with none of the blasé hipness of today’s squad, they seemed to be having fun.
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/ 23 January 2004
Nobody spreads panic quite like a man of his word. Louis Saha ensured that he would be departing as soon as he proposed to see out the full term of his agreement with his club. The sale of Saha to Manchester United for an estimated £10-million has now been agreed.
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/ 23 January 2004
One of the world’s best skysurfers has died after landing heavily during a freefall competition in Australia, the family of Queenslander Pauline Richards said on Friday. Richards (44) had made almost 4 000 jumps and was Australia’s top female skysurfer.
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/ 23 January 2004
Andre Agassi issued a clear statement of intent to win his fifth Australian Open title with an overpowering victory in the third round on Friday. The American fourth seed dismantled the 96th-ranked former finalist Thomas Enqvist of Sweden winning 6-0, 6-3, 6-3 in 89 minutes.
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/ 23 January 2004
As a child, Jean-Remy Bitana lived through the horrors of the 1994 genocide which pitted Rwanda’s Hutus against Tutsis and killed more than half a million people. ”I could see it, I could feel it. I saw so many murders, bodies,” he said in a voice barely stronger than a whisper.