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/ 24 September 2003
United States President George Bush has been increasingly isolated on the global stage after he defied intense criticism from a litany of world leaders at the United Nations over the war on Iraq. The US president called for the world to set aside past differences and help rebuild the country.
Mbeki: UN has to protect weaker nations
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/ 24 September 2003
Hurricane Marty, which battered the Baja California peninsula and sideswiped Mexico’s western mainland coast, has been downgraded to a tropical depression. Marty’s 160kph hurricane-force winds slammed into the Los Cabos tourist region on the Baja California peninsula on Monday, causing at least five deaths.
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/ 24 September 2003
New Zealand’s leading current affairs broadcaster, Paul Holmes, has apologised for calling United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan a ”cheeky darkie” on his morning radio show. Holmes said he ”surrendered to baseness” when he said that the world was not going to be told how to live by a Ghanaian.
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/ 24 September 2003
The United States East Coast’s recovery from Hurricane Isabel has been dealt a setback by another round of storms that caused renewed flooding, flattened trees that had withstood the hurricane and knocked out power to thousands of customers, some for the second time.
Hurricane Marty loses steam
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/ 24 September 2003
North West province is one of the most diverse tourism destinations in Africa, with some of the finest wildlife reserves, cultural sites, archeological treasures and entertainment resorts calling it home.
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/ 24 September 2003
Sharon van Wyk visited Emerald Casino Resort and found an uncut gem on the banks of the Vaal river. An hour south of Johannesburg, the luxurious resort caters to a variety of needs and whims including an indoor water-world, a tourist-friendly zoo, a range of adventure sports and up-market conference facilities.
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/ 24 September 2003
You’re watching the sun set from the huge veranda of a house on the Caribbean island of Nevis. It’s a large, cool and airy home, full of old colonial furniture. There are limes, grapefruits and coconuts to pick in the garden. Beautiful, isolated beaches are just a few steps away. And the best bit? It’s free. As long as you don’t mind the owners taking a holiday in your home at the same time.
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/ 24 September 2003
Dissidents in a rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are trying to undermine the peace process in the strife-torn Central African state. Senior rebel-group officers are refusing to assume commands assigned to them as part of a new restructured army in the peace and reconciliation process.
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/ 24 September 2003
The now routine long lines of customers outside of banks have eased for the first time in two months after Zimbabwe’s central bank launched new temporary bank notes printed in full only on one side. The poor quality notes are the latest in a series of desperate measures intended to bolster the struggling economy.
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/ 24 September 2003
The jobs of more than 1 500 mineworkers at Durban Roodepoort Deep (DRD) have been saved, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Tuesday. The agreement to retain the group came after 10 000 NUM members threatened to strike at DRD’s North West operations to protest against the retrenchments.