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/ 10 September 2003
On the eve of the second anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, President George Bush is embarking on two days of events in which he will claim progress in bolstering the United States against future attacks.
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/ 10 September 2003
Women who are overweight experience slower HIV progression than women who are underweight, according to research.
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/ 10 September 2003
Elections are still many months away, yet political jostling is well underway and media is already deeply implicated. Do you know if the coming poll will be about the politicians or the citizens, and what role media may play in this? And, a related issue, do you know that 11 million South Africans won’t vote unless media (and others) can change the status quo in voter registration?
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/ 10 September 2003
President Thabo Mbeki has been quietly appealing to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to intervene and save the life of Amina Lawal, the woman sentenced to die by stoning for having a child out of wedlock.
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/ 10 September 2003
A suicide car bomber has struck the United States intelligence headquarters in Irbil, Iraq, a Kurdish security official said on Wednesday. Three Iraqis were killed, including a 12-year-old boy, and six Americans were wounded.
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/ 10 September 2003
While the Department of Health said a survey released on Tuesday showed that South Africa’s HIV infection rate was slowing, the Treatment Action Campaign and the Democratic Alliance said the findings had not been properly interpreted.
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/ 10 September 2003
South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has declared no financial interests in the latest parliamentary register of members’ interests released on Wednesday.
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/ 10 September 2003
Israeli warplanes have bombed the home of a senior Hamas leader, Mahmoud Zahar, wounding him and killing three of his family members, witnesses and hospital officials said. In all, about 20 people were hurt.
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/ 10 September 2003
Thousands of Zimbabweans jostled in line outside the South African visa office in Harare on Tuesday to apply for travel permits in hopes of some relief from their homeland’s crushing political and economic crises. Many slept outside the building after South African authorities relaxed visa restrictions.
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/ 10 September 2003
Cape-based direct wine marketer the Wine-of-the-Month Club is to proceed with an urgent court interdict to stop listed retailer Woolworths from launching its in-house lifestyle magazine, which it plans to call <i>Taste</i> after the failure of last-minute talks to resolve the conflict.