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/ 3 September 2003
Mozambican children are being smuggled across the border and forced to work as sex slaves in neighbouring South Africa, says a spokesperson for the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Co-operation Organisation.
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/ 3 September 2003
North Korea’s rubber-stamp Parliament endorsed on Wednesday a government decision to boost the Stalinist state’s nuclear weapons drive, the Korean Central News Agency said.
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/ 3 September 2003
Media group Naspers (NPN) said on Wednesday that the group was presently trading better than anticipated and should this continue, its results for the six months to the end of September were expected to be substantially higher than those for the corresponding period last year.
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/ 3 September 2003
The Zimbabwe government has more than doubled the price it will pay for maize and wheat in a bid to boost production in the famished Southern African country. It was reported that farmers were holding on to their harvests because of poor prices offered.
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/ 3 September 2003
Counsel for Deputy President Jacob Zuma told the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday that Zuma’s side of the story should be told as well. Zuma’s counsel brought an application before the court on Wednesday in an effort to get a copy of an encrypted French fax that pertains to the alleged arms-deal bribe.
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/ 3 September 2003
Poland took control of a large chunk of Iraq on Wednesday, becoming the third country after the United States and Britain to accept official responsibility as an occupying force.
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/ 3 September 2003
President Thabo Mbeki has suggested on Wednesday that poorer nations link up with anti-globalisation protest groups to win a better deal on international trade, while expressing pessimism about the next round of global trade talks.
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/ 3 September 2003
The National Assembly has given the Liquor Bill the nod, paving the way for the controversial legislation to complete its passage through Parliament.
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/ 3 September 2003
There were 276 022 South Africans ”on the run” from the police at the end of April this year, according to figures provided by Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula.