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/ 15 January 2003

SA no longer immune to famine

Agricultural experts fear that adverse weather and government policies could soon expose South Africans to the kind of famine that is devastating communities in neighbouring countries. El Niño caused unusually dry conditions in the southern hemisphere.

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/ 15 January 2003

Inconvenient facts for anti-war protesters

Matt Barr is 21, the same age that I was the year the Vietnam War ended and the last disgraced vestiges of American intervention were airlifted over the rooftops of Saigon. In the next few months, if the war against Iraq looks like going ahead, Barr plans to be part of a human shield protecting potential civilian targets.