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/ 14 January 2003
With the turning of every year we expect our lives to improve. As long as the economy continues to grow, we imagine, the world will become a more congenial place in which to live. There is no basis for this belief if we take into account such factors as pollution and the depletion of natural capital
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/ 14 January 2003
The landlocked African kingdom of Swaziland is believed to have the world’s highest rate of HIV, with almost four out of 10 adults infected with the virus which causes Aids. Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini said the official rate of infection had risen to 38,6% from 34,2% in January 2002.
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/ 14 January 2003
Zimbabwe’s independent press, the target of a sustained government offensive last year, has entered 2003 in disarray. The country’s largest circulating daily has seen the removal of its editor, a financial weekly appears to have fallen into hands with close ties to Mugabe while papers owned by his supporters have started up.
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/ 14 January 2003
One of the country’s most conservative church communities faces a showdown over its apparent failure to grant equal rights to women. The Reformed Churches in South Africa kicked off a 10-day synod in Potchefstroom where the ordaination of women will be voted on.
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/ 14 January 2003
Two days after his stunning decision to clear Illinois’s death row, Governor Ryan left his office on Monday having ignited a firestorm of controversy over the commutations, but having garnered the admiration of death penalty foes around the world.
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/ 14 January 2003
Lufthansa is to become the first airline to offer its passengers onboard internet access, news reports said on Tuesday.
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/ 14 January 2003
A Mozambican judge said he would give a verdict on January 31 in the high profile murder trial of the country’s top investigative journalist, state radio said on Tuesday.
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/ 14 January 2003
Police rejected reports on Tuesday that it was investigating large-scale gun-running to Iraq by a Finnish fugitive extradited to his home country last month
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/ 14 January 2003
The Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) renewed a call for the multi-billion rand Gautrain rapid rail project to be halted, to allow further substantive research into its feasibility, the chamber said in a statement on Tuesday.
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/ 14 January 2003
Environmental and community groups are vehemently opposing plans for a toll road running through the wetland areas of False Bay and the south-eastern Cape Flats. The proposed road affects fragile ecosystems with a rich bird, insect, reptile and plant life including a number of endangered species.