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/ 3 February 2003
Statistics released on Friday show that South Africa’s 2002 exports increased most to Oceania, which includes Australia and New Zealand. Import growth in 2002 increased most from Africa, in part because South Africa switched oil imports from the Middle East to African countries.
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/ 3 February 2003
The Kenyan press on Monday appealed to New Zealand to reconsider its refusal to play its World Cup matches in Nairobi this month because of security concerns.
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/ 3 February 2003
While it now seems that Tshwane is as far north in Africa the New Zealand cricket team is going to get during the World Cup tournament, the city rolled out its zebra-striped carpet for the squad on Sunday night.
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/ 2 February 2003
Mozambicans have hailed a court here for sentencing six men to long jail terms for murdering a top investigative reporter, saying the verdict will restore confidence in the country’s judicial system.
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/ 2 February 2003
Faces lit up and people scurried to shake hands or just get close to Zimbabwe’s opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, when he went for an unexpected walkabout in Harare’s Budiro township.
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/ 2 February 2003
Saddam Hussein is using an elaborate network of deception to frustrate the United Nations’ weapons inspectors and conceal Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, according to new intelligence documents released by Downing Street.
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/ 2 February 2003
In a dramatic turnaround, the South African government is to announce next month a programme that will eventually provide anti-Aids drugs free to all those who need them.
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/ 2 February 2003
Former Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha will visit Iraq to warn President Saddam Hussein that he is making a serious mistake by not co-operating fully with United Nations weapon inspectors, according to former President Nelson Mandela.
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/ 2 February 2003
Human remains believed to be from the crew of the Columbia have been found in Hemphill, Texas, police said, as the recovery efforts following Saturday’s disastrous loss of the US space shuttle continued.
Shuttle disintegrates into flames
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/ 1 February 2003
The space shuttle Columbia, with seven astronauts aboard including the first Israeli in space, disappeared from radar screens on Saturday as it returned to Earth after a 16-day mission, Nasa said.
Nasa loses space shuttle