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/ 3 March 2004

Registration is repugnant

First was Minister of Foreign Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. ”But what’s wrong with registering journalists?” was the bottom line of her message. Then came Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Penuell Maduna. The gist of his theme: ”Why assume that registration of the media is necessarily bad?” Their mantra has been making many media people angry, because it whitewashes Zimbabwe’s repression of the press via registration.

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/ 3 March 2004

Sun Air goes belly up

The domestic airline Sun Air, operating between Johannesburg and Cape Town, was liquidated on Tuesday and all flights have been cancelled until further notice, the managing director said. Rowald Kresfelder said the airline was liquidated at 5pm after suffering losses and developing a cash flow problem during the past four months.

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/ 3 March 2004

What women want: More

More than a year ago, Volvo Car Corp. gave women employees a special project: design the car they would like to drive. The result — a roomy, 215-horsepower coupe — makes a statement about what women want. Simply put, they want more.

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/ 3 March 2004

Mystery of Aristide’s final hours

Jean-Bertrand Aristide was sitting in his car on the tarmac at Port-au-Prince airport early on Sunday morning waiting for the plane to take him to exile when the United States diplomat Luis Moreno tapped on his window. ”Mr President, with all due respect, the plane is 20 minutes away, I really need the letter,” Moreno said, meaning Aristide’s letter of resignation.

  • Still no Aristide asylum request