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/ 27 February 2003
A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was on its way to Nigeria on Thursday to investigate the disappearance of two radioactive devices.
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/ 27 February 2003
An SA Express flight from Cape Town to East London, carrying a number of sports officials and other passengers connected to the Cricket World Cup, had to turn back after take-off on Wednesday when air started leaking through the front door.
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/ 27 February 2003
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Thursday his government would review its controversial drugs blitz, which has led to the killings of around 1 000 people across the country.
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/ 27 February 2003
A teacher from Bulwer in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands will appear in court on Thursday morning on a murder charge after she allegedly knocked together the heads of four schoolboys, apparently killing one of them, Beeld reported.
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/ 27 February 2003
The Ngezi opencast operation has reached full production and plans are under way to establish a -million to -million mechanised underground mine, which will double production to 400 000 oz a year by the end of 2005.
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/ 27 February 2003
It was not only tax cuts that Trevor Manuel was distributing so liberally on Wednesday — he also handed out a large number of ripe red plums.
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/ 27 February 2003
Ivory Coast rebel leader Guillaume Soro on Wednesday denied accusations by Amnesty International that his armed group carried out summary executions after a rebellion broke out last September.
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/ 27 February 2003
Sixteen years of civil war, cyclic floods and severe drought have collectively caused much hardship in Mozambique. But the current drought alongside the devastating impact of the HIV/Aids epidemic, are pushing a growing number of families to the brink of survival.
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/ 27 February 2003
Fifty years after the death of Joseph Stalin, the former Soviet dictator, North Korea remains the world’s only country routinely referred to as Stalinist.
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/ 27 February 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa opened firmer on Thursday on the back of a weaker rand. The market remained quiet, however, with many players choosing to take to the sidelines until uncertainties over Iraq are resolved.