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/ 18 September 2003
South Africa’s National Assembly has passed into law the Land Rights Amendment Bill aimed at speeding up the restitution process in the country. The Bill allows Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Thoko Didiza to purchase, acquire in any other manner or expropriate land for purposes of restoration.
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/ 18 September 2003
Former United Nations arms inspector Hans Blix has said that the war on Iraq was not justified and that Washington and London ”over-interpreted” intelligence data, while a new message attributed to ousted president Saddam Hussein urged Iraqis to fight United States occupying forces.
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/ 18 September 2003
Do Cape Town city councillors have something to hide? Only five out of 200 councillors voted yes to a question to have the city’s register of interests viewed. Assistant city manager Dr Stewart Fisher said the city still needs to determine which aspects of the register be made public and which remain private.
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/ 18 September 2003
The death toll in a ferry tragedy at the Zambia-Namibia-Botswana border rose to 18 on Thursday, after more bodies from the ill-fated pontoon were pulled out of the Zambezi river by rescue teams. The ferry sank on Wednesday after an overweight South African truck caused it to tilt over.
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/ 18 September 2003
A forensic audit of the Mpumalanga health department has recommended criminal proceedings be instituted against two Mpumalanga health department officials implicated in financial mismanagement. The SABC has reported it is in possession of the audit report, which Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu has refused to make public.
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/ 18 September 2003
”You don’t realise what you are doing until everything has changed,” says 16-year-old John Wagster as he explains his decision to embrace chastity. ”You are having oral sex, and you don’t realise it’s wrong. It’s like eating Pringles. Once you start, you can’t stop.” Only you can — or you should, according to Bush’s administration.
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/ 18 September 2003
Osama bin Laden is running the terror war against the United States from a cave, a press report said on Thursday, quoting a source it said was the chief of training for the al-Qaeda network. ”Al-Qaeda is everywhere around the world and in strength,” said an e-mail interview published on Friday by a Saudi-owned weekly.
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/ 18 September 2003
A remorseful Islamic teacher has been jailed for life by an Indonesian court after being found guilty of playing a key role in last October’s Bali bombings that left more than 200 people dead. Ali Imron admitted helping plot the attacks, which police blamed on the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror network.
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/ 18 September 2003
Africa should enjoy stronger growth rates next year, but devastating political instability, health crises and natural catastrophes are still undermining the continent’s economic performance, the International Monetary Fund has said in its World Economic Outlook released in Dubai.