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/ 30 January 2004
Zimbabwe’s coming 2003/04 maize crop is likely to produce a harvest of between 800 000 to 900 000 tons, which is 33%-38% below the country’s national cereal requirement for both human and livestock consumption, the latest Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fews-Net) report says.
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/ 30 January 2004
The Libyan government daily Al-Zahf al-Akhdarhas been suspended for one week for suggesting that Colonel Moammar Gadaffi should no longer be referred to as the ”guide of the revolution” and should instead start behaving as a genuine head of state.
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/ 30 January 2004
The police have opened a case of attempted murder against the man who let loose a number of venomous snakes in an Absa bank in Johannesburg on Thursday. ”Obviously the guy was cross with the bank, but he must bear in mind that someone could have been killed,” said police Superintendent Chris Wilken.
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/ 30 January 2004
Five Saudi security agents were killed in a shoot-out with suspected terrorists in the Saudi capital as nearly two-million Muslims from around the world began the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca amid heightened security after a year of terror attacks in the kingdom.
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/ 30 January 2004
A German court was on Friday due to pass its verdict on a self-confessed cannibal who killed and ate a man he claims was a willing victim. Armin Meiwes (42) faces a life sentence if convicted of the murder of the other man, who had responded to his advertisement on the Internet for someone prepared to be consumed.
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/ 30 January 2004
Mix economics with Aids and generally my first response is a glazing of eyes, shifting of feet and quick dash to the nearest exit. But a new book makes even financially-challenged individuals like me grasp the concept of budget deficits, gross domestic product and how we can afford to pay for an anti-retroviral treatment plan, writes Nawaal Deane.
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/ 30 January 2004
Another HIV book arrives on my desk to add to the groaning pile of what I call my "HIV/Aids bandwagon" collection. But it was heartening to see the usual pitfalls being avoided in a new book called <i>Long Life</i>, a compilation of stories from 13 HIV-positive women who are refreshingly not just the subjects of an Aids book but also the authors, writes Nawaal Deane.
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/ 30 January 2004
There is something perversely appealing about the photograph, the complexity we graft on to that ostensibly simple thing. Since its birth in the 19th century, the photograph has fascinated and perplexed us in equal measures. So much so we now call it art. Which presented a bit of problem to the organisers of the 2004 DaimlerChrysler Art Award, writes Sean O’Toole.
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/ 30 January 2004
It’s hard to believe that one of the best rappers ever to walk the face of the earth, Jay-Z, is leaving the rap game. This is the same game that took him from a street hustler to a rap superstar, writes Brian Letlhabane.
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/ 30 January 2004
A friend called me excitedly. "Guess who I am friends with?" she asked. I wondered about the six billion people on Earth — who could she be referring to? Finally she put an end to my misery: "Mzekezeke". Mzekezeke’s identity is known, but that does not make him less of an enigma, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.