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/ 23 January 2004
President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa said on Thursday that the government and opposition in Zimbabwe were to negotiate a solution to their their country’s crisis. He said President Robert Mugabe and the Movement for Democratic Change had agreed to begin formal talks to end the political repression and economic collapse which has made the regime an international pariah.
Govt moves to gag Daily News again
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/ 23 January 2004
A new front has opened up in the battle for the White House — on the internet’s leading search engine. The practice of ”Google bombing” is gaining momentum as political webloggers realise they can manipulate the results of Google, the top-ranked search site, to make a satirical point.
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/ 23 January 2004
Spirit, the six-wheeled rover that 19 days ago made a triumphant touchdown on Mars, has fallen mysteriously silent. Late on Thursday night, the robot geologist had failed to transmit any coherent message for more than 24 hours. Nor could Nasa’s mission controllers in Pasadena make it respond to commands.
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/ 23 January 2004
The bird flu crisis in Asia grew on Thursday as Thailand was said to have recorded its first human case and a warning was given that the virus could mutate into a more serious form. The World Health Organisation said that if bird flu started spreading between humans it could cause a more serious epidemic than Sars.
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/ 23 January 2004
Ariel Sharon has rejected calls for his resignation following the indictment of an Israeli businessman for allegedly paying him substantial bribes for political favours. But pressure on the Israeli prime minister grew on Thursday after he stuck doggedly to his refusal to explain publicly his relationship with the accused man.
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/ 23 January 2004
Crossover crew Saharadja hail from Indonesia with a sound that is led by classically trained Australian violinist Sally Jo. They have arrived in Johannesburg for a run in dowdy Randburg, having done a couple of gigs in Cape Town. And their sound is pretty and infectious, writes Matthew Krouse.
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/ 23 January 2004
We boarded the ferry at the impressive Nelson Mandela Gateway along with the Dutch, American, Swedish, British and other golden geese that migrate from colder climes to Cape Town at this time of year. I was in the company of two young tourists — a nine-year-old and a six-year-old — who double as my sons, writes Mike van Graan.
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/ 23 January 2004
It must have seemed all innocent — the kind of fun people get up to when they are at distant locations far from spouse and family, and free of collegial restraint.
There were the Saturday afternoon snacks, the nightclub, the post-midnight drinks. Then came the now infamous 3am SMS…
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/ 23 January 2004
"How far can one go in criticising a judge? Our law, while saying that ‘justice is not a cloistered virtue’ and that ‘it is right and proper that [judges] should be publicly accountable’, does place limits on the criticism of judicial officers and the administration of justice for which they are responsible."
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/ 23 January 2004
"I knew I shouldn’t have had that last glass of champagne when the carriage moved one way and I moved the other, falling unceremoniously into a lavishly stuffed wing-back chair". Sharon van Wyk discovers the meaning of overindulgence on Rovos Rail.