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/ 26 January 2004
The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday criticised the early closure of voter registration stations in the Durban area despite an assurance by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to the contrary. The ANC said it was ”outraged” at the way IEC staff members conducted themselves at the voting stations.
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/ 26 January 2004
Judge Siraj Desai thanked his supporters on his arrival at Cape Town International Airport on Sunday following allegations of raping a South African woman in India. He thanked everybody, including his lawyer, for the support they had given him, saying his wife had been ”a pillar of strength”.
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/ 26 January 2004
While large parts of southern Africa battle with drought, Namibians, especially those in the north-east of the country, are bracing themselves for floods. Jennifer Moetie, chief meteorological technician at the Windhoek Weather Bureau, said substantial downfalls have been recorded in recent months, even though the rainy season has yet to start properly.
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/ 26 January 2004
Governments that employ e-government will not eliminate jobs but will provide their citizens with a more efficient and transparent administration, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on Sunday.
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/ 26 January 2004
Mining magnate Brett Kebble believed that by ”giving financial assistance for the development of democracy, he was performing a public duty and would continue to do so throughout his career”. Kebble was on Sunday responding to media enquiries regarding the financial support he had given to the African National Congress.
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/ 26 January 2004
"We live in one world. Not in the first, second, third, fifth or sixth world," Michael Sommer, head of the Confederation of German Trade Unions, said in South Africa last week. Sommer is a member of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s official delegation, currently touring Africa with the leader.
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/ 26 January 2004
A second United States robot rover crashed through the atmosphere of Mars early on Sunday at 19 200kph and bounced to a standstill in a region called the Meridiani Planum. The arrival makes Mars a relatively crowded place. There are already three satellites in orbit around the Red Planet and the Opportunity was the third landing on Mars since Christmas Day.
‘Holy grail’ within reach
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/ 26 January 2004
With just 23 days to go before he delivers his eighth Budget speech on February 18, South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel on Monday once again called on his fellow citizens to give him tips on how to tailor the Budget to better reflect their priorities.
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/ 26 January 2004
Indonesia on Sunday admitted that millions of birds in dozens of districts across the sprawling archipelago have been dying of the avian flu virus and other illnesses for the past five months. Officials in the world’s fourth most populous nation insisted that no human cases of bird flu had been reported.
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/ 26 January 2004
With the words ”United States Navy” emblazoned on its side, a plane touched down in Tripoli on Sunday carrying six US congressmen on a goodwill mission: the first such visit since Colonel Moammar Gadaffi came to power in 1969. ”We are extremely excited about the direction your leader has taken in recent months,” said on the visitors.