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/ 3 February 2004
Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, has admitted selling nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya, government officials said on Monday. However, diplomats and analysts in Islamabad suggested on Monday that Khan may not be charged. In fact, he is a hero to many in Pakistan.
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/ 3 February 2004
South African farmer body Grain South Africa (GSA) on Monday reacted sharply to the statements made by the Deputy Director General of Agriculture, Masiphula Mbongwa, regarding efforts by GSA to get producers to cut back grain production in an attempt to increase prices to consumers.
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/ 3 February 2004
As workers began to clear the scenes of the two explosions in Irbil, Iraq, that claimed 67 lives and injured at least 267 on Sunday, hundreds of people gathered at mosques across the Kurdish town to mourn the victims of one of the worst acts of violence in Iraq since the war.
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/ 3 February 2004
”Stupid as boots,” the old Russian saying goes, but the makers of ”valenki”, the traditional woollen boots worn in the countryside in Arctic temperatures, are determined to see that their product earns a little more respect.
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/ 3 February 2004
Boxing in South Africa could change for the better if Boxing SA (BSA) and its licensees lived up to the resolutions that were agreed upon during BSA’s two-day convention at Birchwood hotel over the weekend. The inaugural conference went smoothly after fears that there could be ugly scenes from disgruntled licensees.
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/ 3 February 2004
South African Football Association deputy president Irvin Khoza — better known to some at the Iron Duke of soccer — has resigned from all his posts at the organisation with immediate effect. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Khoza said: ”I am tired of being used as a scapegoat.”
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/ 3 February 2004
Pity poor Faieza Desai. On Monday she was at Cape Town International airport to welcome back the judge at the heart of the Mumbai jiggery-pokery and was immediately lauded by at least four daily newspapers for standing by her man.
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/ 3 February 2004
Despite a bad preparation campaign, an opening defeat and the expulsion of three players, Nigeria is still in a good position to reach the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations on Wednesday. Morocco is still in pole position to advance and only needs a draw against South Africa to win Group D.
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/ 3 February 2004
Financially stricken Leeds United have held on to Australian striker Mark Viduka and England international goalkeeper Paul Robinson as the transfer window closed with the star pair still at Elland Road. Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren was believed to have offered £4-million for the 28-year-old Viduka.
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/ 3 February 2004
South African midfielder Macbeth Sibaya has retired from international football ahead of his country’s final group game at the African Cup of Nations, team officials announced on Monday. Sibaya, who plays his club football for Rubin Kazan in the Russian league, returned to South Africa last week after his brother died.