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/ 12 February 2004
The United States military in Iraq on Wednesday night sought to blame al-Qaeda loyalists and foreign militants for a series of recent suicide bombings, including two attacks that killed more than 100 Iraqis in 24 hours. Commanders released details of a 17-page letter they claim was written by Abu Musab Zarqawi, a Jordanian fugitive allegedly linked to Osama bin Laden.
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/ 12 February 2004
French public prosecutors said on Wednesday they had opened a money-laundering inquiry into suspect transfers totalling about â,¬9-million (about R78-million) into Paris bank accounts held by the wife of the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat. The Bank of France and an anti-laundering agency noticed payments of about â,¬1-million a month entering Suha Arafat’s accounts.
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/ 12 February 2004
The African National Congress in the Western Cape has won Wednesday’s ward 42 by-election in Guguletu with an 86% majority. The Independent Electoral Commission spokesperson, Courtney Sampson, confirmed the result on Thursday morning. The only other party that contested the poll was the Pan Africanist Congress.
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/ 12 February 2004
He is one of Germany’s hottest young novelists. And, until last week, few in Germany’s literary world doubted that Thor Kunkel’s latest novel, Final Stage, was going to be anything but a rip-roaring success. The novel had all the right ingredients — sex, a lot of sex, Nazis, more Nazis, and a spectacular romantic finale.
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/ 12 February 2004
Much of South Africa’s commercial law is years out of date and this has severe implications for auditors, accountants, directors and investors, says South African Institute of Chartered Accountants executive president Ignatius Sehoole. "South Africa is very slow to respond to the legislative requirements of a changing marketplace," he said.
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/ 12 February 2004
"Pirate software fans, ahoy. Remember the laughable campaigns about home taping killing local music? Yeah, right. The truth is something else entirely." And Bush, Blair, Mugabe, chemistry students, the Minister of Education, Mel Gibson and Condoleezza Rice also fall under the knife of Ian Fraser.
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/ 12 February 2004
Australia drew first blood in the Spar Challenge hockey series when they beat South Africa 2-1 in an exciting first Test played at the Randburg Hockey Stadium on Wednesday night. The win exacted a measure of revenge for the visitors, who were beaten 4-3 in the four-Nation tournament in Athens at the weekend.
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/ 12 February 2004
The odds are heavily stacked against the South African national under-23 soccer team, AmaGlug-Glug, who will face Zambia in the Athens Olympics second-leg qualifier in Zambia on February 21. They failed to take advantage of the cash-strapped Zambians and instead were beaten 1-0 in front of their vociferous fans last month.
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/ 12 February 2004
The manne clicked last week. The pres chose Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang for his Cabinet because of her millinery sense, amply on display at last year’s opening of Parliament. After all, she hasn’t remained in office for her deft handling of the HIV/Aids pandemic or ability to sweet-talk our doctors, nê?
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/ 12 February 2004
French public prosecutors said on Wednesday they had opened a money-laundering inquiry into suspect transfers totalling about €9-million (about R78-million) into Paris bank accounts held by the wife of the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat. The Bank of France and an anti-laundering agency noticed payments of about €1-million a month entering Suha Arafat’s accounts.