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/ 18 September 2003
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has made a direct appeal to Israel for a new truce, saying it can win the backing of Hamas, as one of the radical group’s fighters was killed in a raid by Israeli ground forces on Thursday. In interviews with the Israeli media, Arafat fleshed out a proposal for a new truce that was initially snubbed.
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/ 18 September 2003
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i>’s Wisani wa ka Ngobeni has been announced as the northern and southern regional winner in the print news category of the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards 2003. The regional winners were announced at a ceremony in Sandton on Wednesday.
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/ 18 September 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was flat in dull noon trade on Thursday as players took to the sidelines ahead of the September futures closeout, which starts at 2pm. Gold and platinum stocks provided a bright spot on the
bourse on the back of higher precious metals prices.
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/ 18 September 2003
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has again called for free primary and secondary education as well as universally accessible education for early childhood development. ”We think that free quality public education for all is a basic human right,” read a document at Cosatu’s national congress.
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/ 18 September 2003
Violent clashes between ruling and opposition party supporters in Zambia have marred the campaign on the eve of crucial parliamentary by-elections. The ruling party and opposition supporters traded blows and stones after accusing each other of trying to rig the vote ahead of Thursday’s voting in four constituencies.
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/ 18 September 2003
President Thabo Mbeki will face questions in the National Assembly on Thursday afternoon and there is speculation he will break his silence on allegations of corruption surrounding Deputy President Jacob Zuma and the fight between the deputy president and National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka.
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/ 18 September 2003
The death toll from the devastating Typhoon Maemi that swept through South Korea last weekend has risen to 113 with 14 others still unaccounted for, officials said. Damage estimates snowballed to -billion dollars from earlier estimates of -billion.
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/ 18 September 2003
One of the world’s most aggressive volcanoes has stepped up its eruptions in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula. Volcanic bombs flew as far as 7km away from the irate Karymsky volcano, which had fired 6km plumes of ash and debris into the air.
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/ 18 September 2003
Three former senior Merrill Lynch bankers have been charged with criminal conspiracy stemming from a 1999 deal with bankrupt energy firm Enron. The men were involved in an obscure but now notorious transaction to sell three barges carrying generators off the coast of Nigeria.
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/ 18 September 2003
Saudi Arabia, in response to the current upheaval in the Middle East, has embarked on a strategic review that includes acquiring nuclear weapons. This new threat of proliferation in one of the most dangerous regions of the world comes on top of a crisis over Iran’s alleged nuclear programme.