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/ 4 February 2003
The man responsible for some of the world’s best-known pop songs, record producer Phil Spector, was charged with murder yesterday in connection with the death of woman found shot at his home in a Los Angeles suburb.
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/ 4 February 2003
The UN will lay down an ultimatum to the Iraqi government on Saturday, calling for better cooperation and warning that the world is losing patience, the chief nuclear weapons inspector said yesterday.
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/ 4 February 2003
The trial for treason of the Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai opened yesterday amid scenes of violence and chaos with baton-wielding police preventing diplomats, MPs, lawyers and journalists from entering court.
Journos barred from Zim treason trial
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/ 4 February 2003
We have been told endlessly that we live in a society in transition. I suppose no one can tell us when the transition will be over and we can start living like real human beings. The Leadership has long given up talking about transition.
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/ 4 February 2003
The looming war on Iraq, coupled with calls for the re-acceptance of Pakistan into the Commonwealth, helped cement an Afro-Asian alliance on Zimbabwe. Interviews with diplomatic representatives confirmed that most Commonwealth members do not favour further sanctions.
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/ 4 February 2003
SA is haemorrhaging skills at a rate of 10 times its ability to import skills. This has to be cause for concern, especially as official figures have to be optimistic. Forex regulations encourage permanent emigres to fib – forex allowances for emigration are less generous than for temporary sojourns.
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/ 4 February 2003
Zimbabwe’s governing Zanu-PF party, upbeat that its charm offensive is starting to bear fruit, has told its combative ministers to tone down anti-Western rhetoric. French leader Jacques Chirac broke ranks with the rest of Europe to invite President Robert Mugabe to a summit in Paris later this month.
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/ 4 February 2003
Two Bills, more than five years in the making, have finally been released by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism to ensure the conservation, sustainable use and fair sharing of benefits arising from South Africa’s natural heritage.
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/ 4 February 2003
By day Lazoghly Square, in Cairo, is a fume-filled circus of honking taxis and frustrated drivers. By night, the heavily guarded entrance to the Ministry of the Interior is one of the most feared addresses in Egypt. Here detainees are routinely tortured.
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/ 4 February 2003
He was unearthed by Santos, but never used to his full potential. His move to Supersport United brought him out of his shell into the limelight with his dazzling display of dribbling and his ability to outmanoeuvre defenders and score goals.