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/ 5 February 2003
Zimbabwean banks ran out of cash and supermarket shelves were emptied as panic that a new showdown between the government, the opposition and trade unions was looming gripped the Southern African country.
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/ 5 February 2003
After a flamboyant exiting ceremony, Uganda finally began the long-awaited withdrawal of its army from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on April 25 — one day later than the deadline it had agreed with the United Nations and Kinshasa.
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/ 5 February 2003
A report on the prospects for the genetic engineering giant Monsanto, which has 91% of the world’s market in genetically modified (GM) seeds, says the company ”could be another financial disaster waiting to happen”.
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/ 5 February 2003
An estimated 30 000 Mozambican workers marched through the streets of the capital Maputo on Thursday under tight security to demand better wages and working conditions.
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/ 5 February 2003
At least 84 people were confirmed dead and 390 injured on Thursday when a strong earthquake rocked south-eastern Turkey.
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/ 5 February 2003
Franz Beckenbauer, president of the organising committee for the 2006 World Cup, has sharply assailed the world governing body of soccer, accusing Fifa of being greedy and threatening to resign if the Germans didn’t have full control over ticket pricing.
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/ 5 February 2003
Resistant: Researchers in Vancouver, Canada, have identified two
separate cases where anti-retroviral-resistant HIV was transmitted up
to three years after the virus developed its resistance.
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/ 5 February 2003
The Auckland Blues secured the top spot on Friday in this year’s Super 12 rugby union competition, and a home semi-final, with a 33-9 win over the bottom-of-the-table Golden Cats.
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/ 5 February 2003
Brazilian coach Luis Oscar Fullone-Arce has been appointed head coach of Sundowns.
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/ 5 February 2003
Not many South Africans score centuries on their Test debuts, but when they do, they tend to make a meal of it.