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/ 12 October 2003
Three themes continuously emerge during discussions with the articulate and determined people of southern Sudan. The first is that they are victims of a double apartheid: of race, because they are Africans not Arabs, and of religion, because they are infidels or "kafirs" to the Muslims.
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/ 12 October 2003
When Liberia’s new leaders gather on Tuesday to take the next step on the path towards peace in their shattered country, one man’s long shadow will hang ominously over proceedings. The UN has alleged Taylor is still pulling strings from the Nigerian city where he is exiled.
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/ 12 October 2003
Nigeria has lodged a request for judicial cooperation with Switzerland as part of an ongoing probe into an alleged multi-billion-dollar embezzlement by the late military dictator Sani Abacha. Abacha, who died in 1998, is suspected of having looted the Nigerian treasury to the tune of about ,2-billion.
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/ 12 October 2003
IFP President Mangosuthu Buthelezi accused the Mail & Guardian newspaper of purveying ANC propaganda ahead of the general elections next year. Buthelezi said the newspaper was diverting attention away from the ruling party by publishing an article under the headline ”Scorpions hunt for Inkatha’s arsenal”.
Scorpions hunt for Inkatha’s guns
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The ongoing appreciation of the local currency and the drop in the interest rates were a testimony that South Africa’s economy was in good standing, Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin said on Saturday.
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/ 12 October 2003
Mining magnate Patrice Motsepe was on Saturday elected as the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of SA (Chamsa) and Business Unity South Africa — two new bodies which unite black and white business organisations. Mbeki called the occasion ”historic and momentous” .
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/ 12 October 2003
Israeli and American officials have admitted collaborating to deploy US-supplied Harpoon cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads in Israel’s fleet of Dolphin-class submarines, giving the Middle East’s only nuclear power the ability to strike at any of its Arab neighbours.
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/ 12 October 2003
President George Bush yesterday launched the latest salvo in a White House public relations offensive to convince Americans that things are going well in Iraq.
In his weekly radio address to the nation, Bush said Iraq was ‘making progress’ despite a steady stream of bad news on front pages.
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/ 12 October 2003
South Africa’s World Cup got off to a rousing start with a 72-6 defeat of Uruguay in Perth, the highest score recorded by South Africa in three World Cups. The Springboks scored 12 tries — six in either half — and were far more convincing than against the same opposition at the 1999 tournament.
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/ 12 October 2003
Three tries from Yannick Jauzion and an almost faultless kicking display by Toulouse team-mate Frederic Michalak saw France to an ultimately crushing 61-18 victory over Group B rivals Fiji on Saturday.