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/ 30 January 2003
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Carla Del Ponte, announced on Wednesday the appointment of South African lawyer Bongani Majola as deputy prosecutor of the UN court.
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/ 30 January 2003
With the words ”the train has left the station — there’s no turning back now”, the South African government on Thursday launched what is considered its biggest privatisation venture to date — the long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) of shares for 25% of telecommunications giant Telkom.
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/ 30 January 2003
Homeowners around South Africa, particularly those situated in vicinities where the numerous Cricket World Cup games are to be held, stand to benefit from the positive exposure to be gained from hosting this high-profile event, according to Andrew Golding, CEO of the Pam Golding Property group (PGP).
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/ 30 January 2003
An army of women is fanning out across northern Nigeria, dressed in brightly coloured, ankle-length robes, heads covered with scarves for modesty, each carrying an insulated box with ice packs and an oral vaccine.
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/ 30 January 2003
Swedish police said on Wednesday they had dismissed a former secret agent for South Africa’s apartheid regime as a possible suspect in the unsolved assassination of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme 17 years ago.
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/ 30 January 2003
A man accused of violently murdering a young mother on New Year’s Day 2002 may have been so drunk that, when he discovered her blood-soaked body on his double bed, he could not remember what had happened during the preceding few hours.
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/ 30 January 2003
Iraq responded to chief weapons inspector Hans Blix’s tough assessment of its disarmament, accusing him of misrepresenting its record of compliance, offering some new information and pledging continued cooperation.
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/ 30 January 2003
The New York based advocacy group, Human Rights Watch, has called for nearly 100 000 citizens expelled by both Eritrea and Ethiopia during their 1998-2000 border war to be allowed to return home and to have their citizenship restored.
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/ 30 January 2003
In a tiny, one-roomed house in Alexandra, Magdalene Segomela lives with her two grandchildren. The room is cluttered with family pictures, china paraphernalia and toys. Segomela, 59 years old and sickly, conveys a resolute strength and acceptance about her life.
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/ 30 January 2003
The South African rand rallied in early trade on Thursday after better than expected December credit extension data and the announcement that the Telkom initial public offering (IPO) would take place on February 25.