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/ 24 December 2002
However cramped for space, soldiers have always taken books into battle, writes John Sutherland.
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/ 24 December 2002
‘Was that real?” Possibly the three words a woman most dreads hearing in bed. Bad things come in the traditional three-packs: bad luck, such as death in the family, a car crash, relationship disaster; and words like ”I Hate You”. And a many good things also come in sets of three.
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/ 24 December 2002
Desperate efforts began yesterday to head off the growing Korean crisis as Pyongyang and Washington continued to talk up the tension.
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/ 24 December 2002
South Africa’s nine provinces weave a fascinating tapestry of the vibrant and awe-inspiring, as well as the peculiar, embarrassing and moribund. Many small towns grapple with transition and big cities are asserting their importance.
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/ 24 December 2002
It was not quite the validation they expected, but the aid workers knew they were doing something right when an armed gang stole their 146 toilets.
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/ 24 December 2002
UN inspectors yesterday opened a new phase in their operations inside Iraq, questioning key scientists in the hope they will provide evidence of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons which the Bush administration believes will act as the trigger for military action.
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/ 24 December 2002
The Christians stole the winter solstice from the pagans, and capitalism stole it from the Christians. But one feature of the celebrations has remained unchanged: the consumption of vast quantities of meat.
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/ 24 December 2002
I thought I had exposed Father Christmas as an old fraud at the tender age of seven. And then, last year, I not only learned that he exists, I actually became the old fellow. It was quite a revelation.
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/ 24 December 2002
The fact that the ANC’s National Congress was held in Stellenbosch, and in the DF Malan Memorial Centre, has been held up as a sign of the vigorous transformation that has swept through South Africa in the past 10 years.
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/ 24 December 2002
The Springbok year began and ended with resignation. In January Harry Viljoen resigned as coach of the national team, while in November the team returned from Europe, tails between legs, resigned to the fact that South Africa is no longer among the elite rugby nations of the world.