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/ 18 February 2003
K-Bot is the face of the future of robotics. It is a mask of elastic polymer placed over worth of stereoscopic cameras, wiring and tiny motors. And because K-Bot can sneer, scoff, and smile warmly, it is the ultimate in automaton sophistication.
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/ 18 February 2003
More than 20 people were crushed to death and dozens more injured in the early hours of yesterday morning after bouncers sparked panic when they used pepper spray to break up a fight in a crowded Chicago nightclub.
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/ 18 February 2003
Australian politicians are using President Thabo Mbeki’s stance to shore up their case for or against war. Many Australians, including political leaders, are impressed by Mbeki’s calm counsel to world leaders about the need to avoid a war with Iraq if at all possible.
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/ 18 February 2003
Frene Ginwala wants to move the media out of the precincts of Parliament. Not out of Parliament, it must be emphasised, just out of the precincts. They are to be rehoused across Plein Street in an admittedly ghastly building. But moving the press away from Parliament will have dire consequences.
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/ 18 February 2003
When the maid shows up late on a Monday morning, you start having those involuntary feelings of whining aggressiveness that we used to observe from afar when we watched white families in the big house take it out on our hard-working grandmothers.
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/ 18 February 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange SA opened a tad firmer on Tuesday in quiet trade. Gold stocks opened flat after posting big losses on Monday. With the US markets closed on Monday and the gold price and rand steady, there was little direction for the local bourse. US markets were closed on Monday for the Presidents Day Holiday.
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/ 18 February 2003
Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF has instituted a wide-ranging campaign of torture and may be about to commit genocide against its opponents, say church organisations and Zimbabwean and international human rights groups.
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/ 18 February 2003
On the potholed road that leads to Langa Cricket Club there is little outward sign that it is home to one of the World Cup’s unlikeliest venues.
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/ 18 February 2003
The United Cricket Board of South Africa will not be taking any further action against its president, Percy Sonn.
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