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Hurricane Isabel has plowed into North Carolina’s Outer Banks with 160 kph winds and pushed its way up the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, weakening to a tropical storm by evening but not before swamping roads, knocking out power to more than 2,5-million people and resulting in at least four deaths.
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/ 19 September 2003
The surviving members of The Beatles are releasing a remixed version of their classic 1970 album Let It Be that strips away many of the elaborate string arrangements and recreates the way the band originally recorded the music. The re-release, called Let It Be … Naked, will hit stores in November.
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/ 19 September 2003
Three United States soldiers were killed and two wounded late on Thursday in an ambush near the hometown of Saddam Hussein, the latest attack since the release of a new purported message of defiance by the ousted leader. The troops came under fire near the town of Tikrit, which is still a bastion of support for Saddam.
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/ 19 September 2003
Concluding the eighth national congress of the federation in Midrand on Thursday, Congress of South African Trade Unions president Willie Madisha delivered an impassioned plea to members of the tripartite alliance, urging them to respect the views of each organisation.
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/ 19 September 2003
President Thabo Mbeki’s promises about Zimbabwe have the same value as the bearer’s cheques being printed by that country’s Reserve Bank, Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon has remarked in his weekly newsletter. ”They look real enough, but in the end they are worthless,” he said.
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/ 19 September 2003
A special report by the provincial auditor general has highlighted financial mismanagement in most of the Eastern Cape’s municipalities. The shocking facts in the report include that 21 local authorities have not provided financial statements for two or more years.
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/ 19 September 2003
The Zimbabwe government said late on Thursday it would appeal against a High Court ruling overturning the forced closure of the country’s only independent daily newspaper. Earlier the High Court ruled that the outspoken <i>Daily News</i> could resume publishing.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=19686">Zimbabwe daily to reopen</a>
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/ 19 September 2003
After a hard day at work a game ranger heads for home, never knowing if he will reach his family. So says Tim Snow of the Game Rangers Association of Africa, striving to ensure better protection for rangers. In addition to taking on poachers, public ignorance and even aggressive tourists add to the hazards of the job.
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/ 19 September 2003
On Monday of last week Mbeki cheerfully set off in his spanking-new Boeing, launching the "Spring Collection" in his popular "Personable African Statesman" international appearances. Each time he jets off, Mbeki installs a try out for the Cabinet reshuffle he’ll be making next year.
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/ 19 September 2003
Cosatu must step into this gap and ensure that its members drive the revival of community involvement in civic issues. In this way its attempts to influence public policy will gain greater clout; it will also be able to win more significant material victories for South Africa’s poor.