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/ 25 February 2003
They survived for two weeks on the Atlantic by gnawing the wood of their boat for moisture, and were rescued only after 12 of their companions had died.
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/ 25 February 2003
Ethiopia’s prime minister called on the west yesterday to reform damaging trade policies and increase development aid to help his country break its 20-year-long cycle of poverty and famine.
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/ 25 February 2003
A Canadian off-spinner who normally bats at number nine and who has never scored a century smashed the fastest 100 in World Cup history this weekend.
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/ 25 February 2003
Uganda’s war-ravished northern provinces are in worse shape than at any time since the fighting began 15 years ago, according to United Nations officials. Recently 17 children were abducted in northern Uganda by the rebels, who will train them to fight the Ugandan army
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/ 25 February 2003
Uganda’s war-ravished northern provinces are in worse shape than at any time since the fighting began 15 years ago, according to United Nations officials. Recently 17 children were abducted in northern Uganda by the rebels, who will train them to fight the Ugandan army
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/ 25 February 2003
What the London Agreement exposes clearly is that the Third World debt trap is an instrument of deliberate policy. At the stroke of a First World pen, things could be very different. A contemporary London Agreement would go a long way towards freeing the Third World from its debt bondage
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/ 25 February 2003
Government plans for a tax rise sparked a week of bloody riots — and yet another South American country self-imploded. The 18 members of Bolivia’s Cabinet have resigned in protest against the violence
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/ 25 February 2003
The future of the South African National NGO Coalition hangs in the balance after a meeting of its national executive committee last weekend to discuss allegations by staff members against executive director Abie Ditlhake
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/ 25 February 2003
South Africa’s victory over Bangladesh was — at a fleeting glance — all the hosts would have asked for.
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/ 25 February 2003
After the excitement of Saturday night and the big game between Pakistan and England at Newlands, I was looking forward to chilling out on Sunday with a half-sartorial eye on the cricket.