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/ 20 February 2003
More than 65-million Africans risk catching trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness, the common name of the illness, every year and the disease is a major threat to Africa’s development, a report by the African Union warns.
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/ 20 February 2003
Western nations were attacked on Thursday for double standards on human rights and racist policies in the war against terrorism as the 114-nation Non-Aligned Movement began a conference expected to be dominated by the Iraq crisis.
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/ 20 February 2003
The SABC’s correspondent in Zimbabwe was an experienced journalist who had worked for a number of credible news organisations and the stories he produced were of a high journalistic standard, the corporation said on Wednesday.
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/ 20 February 2003
Israel stepped up its pursuit of Hamas yesterday by sending dozens of tanks and attack helicopters deep into Gaza to destroy alleged weapons factories.
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/ 20 February 2003
Five people were wounded when two men opened fire on a group of people at a shebeen in Grassy Park near Cape Town on Wednesday, Western Cape police said on Thursday.
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/ 20 February 2003
The National Assembly is likely to take action against former African National Congress chief whip Tony Yengeni for lying to Parliament when he made a special statement proclaiming his innocence to the House on March 28 last year.
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/ 20 February 2003
It is hard to be a boy in South Africa. A recent survey of schools in KwaZulu-Natal found that male students and teachers experience uncertainty about their status and a sense of displacement due to the loss of their privileged space in society.
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/ 20 February 2003
Political tensions heightened this week in South Africa’s volatile province of KwaZulu-Natal, following threats that the provincial premier would be charged with incitement to violence.
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/ 20 February 2003
The stage has been set at Parliament for MPs and members of the provincial legislatures to switch parties, possibly even as early as next month.
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/ 20 February 2003
A North Korean Mig-19 fighter jet violated South Korean air space on Thursday, prompting South Korean fighters to scramble, military officials said.