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/ 22 December 2003
Post-apartheid South Africa has some of the most comprehensive legislation for controlling corruption and conflicts of interest in the world. But the government’s anti-corruption campaign has suffered from a lack of leadership and a serial inability to implement the anti-graft systems that it has put in place.
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/ 22 December 2003
Turkish rescue teams were searching on Sunday for about 60 illegal immigrants missing in the Mediterranean after their boat sank. The ship, carrying migrants from Jordan, Iraq and Afghanistan, left the Turkish Mediterranean resort of Marmaris late on Saturday and was heading to the Greek island of Rhodes when it sank.
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/ 22 December 2003
Hundreds of people have been left homeless after a heavy storm in Malamulele township and its surrounding villages in the Giyani area of Limpopo, police said.
Inspector Moses Chauke said the storm started on Sunday afternoon and went on for only three hours. Although it was brief, the destruction was ”insurmountable”, he said.
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/ 22 December 2003
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday said his party would engage in mass action next year to bring about democratic change. ”We are determined to ensure democratic resistance and mass action. It’s the agenda for 2004 and we don’t have to hide it,” Tsvangirai told reporters.
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/ 22 December 2003
The Bush administration on Sunday put the United States on a high state alert, saying it had picked up credible intelligence of a possible terrorist attack ”that could either rival or exceed” September 11. The homeland security secretary, Tom Ridge, did not give details of the expected nature of a potential attack, but mentioned ”significant concern” that aircraft could be used again.
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/ 22 December 2003
”Wandering around Istanbul, you can still feel an exciting shiver of danger, even without four kilos of hashish strapped to your waist like Hayes. But the irony is that there is possibly no safer city to walk at night and I have learned that in bad times and sudden disasters there are few better people to have on your side than the Turks.” Ben Mallalieu visits the world’s oldest city.
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/ 22 December 2003
The list of celebrity visitors has been growing ever since the Western Cape became a favourite location for filmmakers and commercials directors, and it comes as no surprise to learn that Cape Town is a regular body double for Los Angeles, Monterey and San Francisco.
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/ 22 December 2003
The Pentagon’s top general, Richard Myers, said on Sunday that the intelligence learned from Saddam Hussein’s capture had led to the arrest of more than 200 people in a series of sweeps through centres of resistance.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?ao=28864">Months of interrogation before trial</a>
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/ 22 December 2003
"My last <i>Going Places</i> for this year is a reflection of a truly special place," writes Sharon van Wyk. "I caught my first glimpse of the smoke that thunders from the gardens of the Victoria Falls Hotel while trying to sneak up on some unsuspecting baboons". Sharon takes on a trip down memory lane.
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/ 22 December 2003
Ever dreamed of a Star Trek wedding in Vegas? Or been searching in vain for that special undergarment Woolies never seems to have in stock — the spikey bra? Or perhaps you’ve noticed the mysteriously high number of deaths in the microbiology faculty and thought this smelled a bit fishy. Ian Fraser found it all online.