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/ 15 January 2003
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
British Prime Minister Tony Blair landed another blow to his battered relations with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Thursday by welcoming the leader of Israel’s opposition Labour Party to London just three weeks before a general election.
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/ 15 January 2003
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.
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/ 15 January 2003
Britain’s Foreign Office on Wednesday warned of a terrorist threat on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar in east Africa. The Foreign Office updated its travel advice for Tanzania to include a warning of a possible attack in Zanzibar, a popular tourist destination for Westerners.
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/ 15 January 2003
Vast zones off US coasts must be declared off-limits to fishing and other resource extraction to help reverse the depletion of marine life in the nation’s waters, a commission found.
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/ 15 January 2003
SABMiller’s John Bowlin, incoming President and CEO of the Miller Brewing Company, is resigning, to be replaced by Norman Adami, currently chairman and managing director of South African Breweries ltd, effective from February. 1, 2003.
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/ 15 January 2003
South African budget airline kulula.com on Tuesday ushered in its new fleet of three 737-400s, replacing its old fleet of 727s.
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/ 15 January 2003
An alleged rightwinger accused of planning to blow up the Vaal Dam testified on Tuesday in the Bloemfontein Regional Court with his Bible at hand.
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/ 15 January 2003
Details of an alleged plot by Saddam Hussein’s regime to acquire the means to deliver weapons of mass destruction were laid out before a German court yesterday.
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/ 15 January 2003
Israel’s opposition Labour party has ruled out rejoining a government headed by Ariel Sharon after the general election in two weeks, a decision which will almost certainly push his administration further to the right if he is returned to power.