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/ 27 December 2002
The Iraqi government disclosed yesterday that food distribution has been increased so that civilians can stockpile supplies for a US-led war.
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/ 27 December 2002
By the time police swept into the poshest suburb of Malawi’s capital and surrounded the high red walls of house number 159 it was too late. Peter Wang had disappeared, leaving behind a family, a criminal empire and a gaping hole in what was supposed to be a triumph over elephant poaching.
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/ 27 December 2002
France is planning to tighten restrictions on the smoking of cannabis in an attempt to curb its steadily rising popularity.
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/ 27 December 2002
The Israeli army killed at least seven Palestinians in a series of ”targeted assassinations” in the West Bank yesterday.
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/ 27 December 2002
Kenya’s unpopular ruling party was yesterday accused of waging a campaign of murder, intimidation and corruption, ahead of an election today which is expected to result in the country’s first change of government since independence in 1963.
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/ 27 December 2002
Celebrities, or rather personalities, infuse our lives with laughter, anger, ideas and idle chatter. Personalities intrigue us as much in their lives as in their deaths. This year Peter Mokaba and Hansie Cronje made us rethink the departed.
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/ 27 December 2002
A doctor always keeps records. In hospitals, even those in the developing world, they are required for clinical and legal reasons. But my first assignment as a volunteer surgeon found me working in a place where written records were almost an absurdity. In northern Iraq, during the Kurdish uprising at the end of the Gulf […]
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/ 27 December 2002
The highlight of the past year for those involved in corporate social investment must have been a business-sponsored project making it on to the front page of a major financial magazine.
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/ 27 December 2002
In spite of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, which was supposed to save Earth from further destruction, the planet seems to be in worse shape than ever. A report shows that at least 11 167 species of plants and animals face a high risk of extinction soon.
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/ 27 December 2002
In an age defined by the staggering amounts of information sloshing about, it is remarkable how many questions, abroad and at home, remain unanswered. How many doppelgängers does Saddam have?