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A car crash in the remote desert of Niger killed French film director Jean Rouch, whose pioneering 1960s work in the documentary-style filming known as cinéma-vérité inspired filmmakers in France and the United States. Rouch helped pioneer cinéma-vérité, known for blurring boundaries between fiction and reality, director and subject.
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Rwanda is to release a large number of prisoners accused of participating in the country’s 1994 genocide who have confessed to their roles in massacres that claimed the lives of up to a million people, the chief prosecutor said on Wednesday. The release plan comes as Rwanda prepares to commemorate the 10th anniversary genocide.
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Dangerous awaiting-trial prisoners swapping identities with inmates wanted on lesser charges is one of the scenarios a pioneering correctional services programme intends to eliminate. The Department of Correctional Services is expected to start a ”tagging system” among awaiting-trial prisoners by the end of April.
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The Democratic Alliance’s complaint that the Government Communication and Information System’s (GCIS) publishing of the government’s Ten Year Review was electioneering is likely to fail, the GCIS said on Thursday. The GCIS said the DA made a similar complaint before the 1999 elections and failed.
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/ 19 February 2004
President Thabo Mbeki’s assurances to the world that a resolution to the economic crisis and political impasse in Zimbabwe is imminent are meaningless, the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday. Media reports earlier on Thursday quoted Zimbabwe state radio as saying Mugabe had no plans to retire from political life.
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The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday that the crushing drought in Swaziland, now entering its third year, has prompted the government this week to declare a state of national disaster. WFP Johannesburg information officer Richard Lee said it was the first time the government had taken this step since 1992.
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With the current legal loopholes that exist around electronic communication companies should be more vigilant and prevent undue liabilities. E-mail recipients could sue companies if an employee sends or forwards a virus-infected e-mail, Cape Town-based law firm Jan S de Villiers warns.
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Insurgents launched new attacks on Thursday against United States troops as the US was reported ready to make changes to its blueprint for handing over power to a new Iraqi government. Officials were awaiting an announcement by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on the feasibility of holding legislative elections before June 30.
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Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel does not appear to have applied his mind fully before rejecting the call to scrap value-added tax (VAT) on books, Care campaign coordinator Terry Bell said on Thursday. Manuel said the case for reducing tax on magazines or coffee-table publications was not very compelling.
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Prominent Zimbabwean businesswoman and women’s activist Jane Mutasa and her son Terence have been detained on suspicion of corruption, the latest casualties in President Robert Mugabe’s anti-graft blitz. They were detained under Mugabe’s new anti-graft regulations, which allow for detention of up to 30 days without trial.