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/ 2 September 2003
In a move that is certain to put pressure on other countries to follow suit, The Netherlands this week became the first country to legalise the medical use of cannabis, allowing doctors to prescribe the narcotic as a painkiller for those who are seriously ill.
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/ 2 September 2003
Employees are willing to help combat crime, and can be recruited as allies in the war against fraud and corruption — as long as the correct approach and attitude is maintained by management.
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/ 2 September 2003
Israeli helicopters have killed a Hamas activist and wounded about a dozen bystanders in a missile attack on Gaza City. The dead militant was named as Khader al-Huseri, a member of Hamas’s military wing.
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/ 2 September 2003
Two Arabic television channels have broadcast what they said was a recorded message from Saddam Hussein, denying responsibility for last week’s devastating car bomb in Najaf.
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/ 2 September 2003
Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi is acting president while President Thabo Mbeki and his deputy Jacob Zuma are abroad, but DA spokesperson Sheila Camerer said Mbeki and Zuma appear to be dodging the alleged corruption drama surrounding Zuma.
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/ 2 September 2003
Transnet’s announcement last week that it plans to spend R80-billion on infrastructure over the next 15 years coincided with the release of its best financial results to date — raising the question of whether the state utility is now ripe for privatisation.
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/ 2 September 2003
How <i>Lord of the Rings</i> ends, <i>FHM</i> photo lies and chatting to Adolf Hitler online, Ian Fraser is on a mission to reveal the truth. Or as it is according to the Internet anyway.
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/ 2 September 2003
Doped up on the tranquiliser Azaparone 11 glassy-eyed ”baby” elephants stood as still as a life-size frieze on a Lost City hotel wall inside their individual metal shipping crates. An operation that Swazi conservationists said saved the lives of these elephants was carried out in secret last week.
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/ 2 September 2003
Whether because major nobodies have won the last two major championships, or because a few high-profile Americans have been administered a miracle cure for xenophobia, the announcement of the teams for the Presidents Cup was hardly the acrimonious affair anticipated 12 months ago.