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/ 18 February 2004
Shares in listed South African banking group Nedcor tumbled on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) on Wednesday morning on speculation that the group was to announce a rights offer, possibly as big as five billion rand, when it releases its final results on Monday.
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/ 18 February 2004
Papa Wemba, the Congolese music star accused of involvement in an illegal immigration scam, was questioned in Belgium on Tuesday after his arrest and extradition from France, officials said.
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/ 18 February 2004
A new dirty tricks campaign to embarrass the Democratic frontrunner, John Kerry, backfired ignominiously on Tuesday when it emerged that a widely circulated photograph of a protest against the Vietnam War was a crude forgery.
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/ 18 February 2004
The United States has tacitly approved Ariel Sharon’s plan for ”unilateral disengagement” from the Palestinians but set a series of conditions, including a refusal to let Israel formally annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
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/ 18 February 2004
The Haitian president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was under increasing pressure to seek a political settlement to the escalating violence in Haiti, after he called for international help to stave off civil war and a humanitarian disaster.
Aristide calls for help
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/ 18 February 2004
He was, it seemed, the perfect spy — discreet, dedicated, experienced. In the glowing words of his 2002 service report, ”X’s constant engagement and sense of initiative allow him to obtain consistently excellent results, to the great satisfaction of his superiors”.
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/ 18 February 2004
Thousands of Rwandans accused of participating in genocide have been offered a ”final chance” to be released from prison if they confess their guilt and ask for forgiveness before a deadline next month.
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/ 18 February 2004
South Africa’s banks are using their formidable joint product development capacity to create a national savings account designed to service millions of people who have no banking services. The scheme is scheduled to be launched late this year. It is aimed at up to seven million South Africans who don’t have bank accounts.
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/ 18 February 2004
Mrs Akinyi’s husband died of Aids in 1990. She believes her husband infected her with HIV — he had a history of extra-marital affairs. When he died, her in-laws denied her of her property inheritance: in her words, "Immediately after the burial I was chased away from home with my children."
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/ 18 February 2004
David Mabunda, the new head of South African National Parks (SANParks), brings a personal style to the job. He promises to get the public more involved in the management of their natural heritage. Mabunda talks to Fiona Macleod about his mission.