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/ 30 July 2003

Maduna asks US judge to drop reparations cases

The South African government has officially asked a US court to dismiss apartheid reparations litigation before it. In a strongly-worded letter from Minister Penuell Maduna to United States District Judge John E Sprizzo, the South African minister asked Sprizzo, a federal judge, to dismiss two apartheid reparations lawsuits.

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/ 30 July 2003

Stronger euro increases cost of living

The cost of living in the eurozone has soared in comparison with the rest of the world, according to a new portrait of living costs around the globe. The survey, compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit, sampled the prices of a host of goods and services, ranging from a carton of milk to the cost of hiring a babysitter.