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/ 10 September 2003
President Thabo Mbeki has been quietly appealing to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to intervene and save the life of Amina Lawal, the woman sentenced to die by stoning for having a child out of wedlock.
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/ 10 September 2003
A suicide car bomber has struck the United States intelligence headquarters in Irbil, Iraq, a Kurdish security official said on Wednesday. Three Iraqis were killed, including a 12-year-old boy, and six Americans were wounded.
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/ 10 September 2003
While the Department of Health said a survey released on Tuesday showed that South Africa’s HIV infection rate was slowing, the Treatment Action Campaign and the Democratic Alliance said the findings had not been properly interpreted.
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/ 10 September 2003
South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has declared no financial interests in the latest parliamentary register of members’ interests released on Wednesday.
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/ 10 September 2003
Israeli warplanes have bombed the home of a senior Hamas leader, Mahmoud Zahar, wounding him and killing three of his family members, witnesses and hospital officials said. In all, about 20 people were hurt.
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/ 10 September 2003
Thousands of Zimbabweans jostled in line outside the South African visa office in Harare on Tuesday to apply for travel permits in hopes of some relief from their homeland’s crushing political and economic crises. Many slept outside the building after South African authorities relaxed visa restrictions.
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/ 10 September 2003
Cape-based direct wine marketer the Wine-of-the-Month Club is to proceed with an urgent court interdict to stop listed retailer Woolworths from launching its in-house lifestyle magazine, which it plans to call <i>Taste</i> after the failure of last-minute talks to resolve the conflict.
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/ 10 September 2003
A Japanese government watchdog has warned the owners of hot springs resorts nationwide to come clean on the benefits of their baths, claiming advertisements exaggerating quality and healthiness are rampant. Many of the inns mix spring water with outside water sources, it says.
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/ 10 September 2003
The Islamic militant mastermind of the Bali bombings has been sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia after an Indonesian court found him guilty of an ”extraordinary crime against humanity”.
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/ 10 September 2003
”I was not going to vote for this government if my child died of Aids.” This was the vow that Nombuyiselo Maphongwane mother made after witnessing her daughter suffering from full-blown Aids. Six weeks ago Maphongwane had her will ready. But, having taken anti-retroviral drugs for six weeks, she rediscovered her determination to beat the disease.