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/ 25 February 2004

Act before disaster strikes

In the first three months of the United Nations’s 2003 Iraq appeal, donor governments raised nearly $2-billion — $74 for every person in the country. In comparison, the Democratic Republic of Congo — where an estimated three million people have lost their lives in years of conflict — has received only $17 a person.

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/ 25 February 2004

Miracles in Malawi

Grace Matnanga is a happy woman. She is about as poor as you can be, earning the equivalent of R75 a month selling shoes from a tiny market stall. In the past year something fundamental has changed. One doctor’s act of kindness has led
to a lifeline for the HIV-positive in stricken Malawi.

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/ 25 February 2004

The art of online seduction

Perhaps you thought there could be nothing new in affairs of the heart. Think again. ”Computers have changed not just the way we work but the way we love.” So declares Aaron Ben-Ze’ev in Love Online: Emotions on the Internet,a study of online amorousness published on Valentine’s Day.

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/ 25 February 2004

Tshiakale challenges Morais again

Trainer Benny Pailman confirmed on Wednesday that his charge Baldwin Tshiakale had lodged a formal challenge with Boxing South Africa to fight Earl Morais. If approved the two will be meeting for the second time after having met at the Wembley Arena, south of Johannesburg, in August last year.

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/ 25 February 2004

Bulls coach drops lock pairing

Bulls coach Rudy Joubert has dropped his lock pair as he surprisingly made four changes to the side that narrowly lost to the Sharks in the opening Super 12 game at Loftus on Saturday. Joubert dropped both Springbok locks Danie Rossouw and Geo Cronje ahead of Saturday night’s game against the Hurricanes.