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/ 27 February 2004

Looting, killing in Haitian capital

Looting and killings were reported in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, on Friday as loyalists of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide manned barricades and vowed to beat back an expected rebel assault. Banks and most other businesses were shuttered and there was virtually no traffic in the city centre.

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/ 27 February 2004

Thousands of refugees pour into Chad

Thousands more Sudanese refugees have poured into eastern Chad to escape fighting in neighbouring western Sudan in recent weeks, a United Nations official said on Friday. A yearlong rebellion in Sudan has killed thousands of people and forced more than 600 000 others to flee their homes.

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/ 27 February 2004

‘The situation is very grim’

A delegation from Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change is in South Africa to draw attention to the plight of Zimbabwe. They are, yet again, calling for pressure to be brought on the government of President Robert Mugabe, which has presided over a political and economic crisis in the country.

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/ 27 February 2004

Manuel slams opposition’s economic populism

South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel tore into opposition parties on Friday — particularly the official opposition Democratic Alliance — for promoting populist economics that would not be sustainable in the country. Manuel argued that two million jobs have been created in the past 10 years and that is where the debate should begin.

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/ 27 February 2004

Scorpions raid South African Airways

The Scorpions conducted raids at 11 residents and business premises of employees of South African Airways (SAA) Technical in a bid to root out alleged corruption at the unit on Friday, the airline said. Some of the raids were conducted at the purchasing department of SAA Technical at the request of SAA, the airliner said.

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/ 27 February 2004

‘Give us hope’

”All across the country, artists were huddled around their hire-purchased television sets, holding their breaths, their thumbs and the ”final warning” letters from their bank managers. Some musicians were shamelessly plagiarising Eddie Grant as they waited. ‘Give us hope, dear Trevor, Help us cope, please Trevor, Give us rope, ou Trevor, when the Budget comes”’, writes Mike van Graan.

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/ 27 February 2004

Monster mania

”For all Monster‘s flaws, Charlize Theron’s performance can’t be faulted. It is richly detailed and upsetting, and manages to retain the audience’s sympathy despite the gruesome killings.” Hollywood reporter John Patterson is more moved by the documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos than the new film about her life.