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/ 29 January 2003
The US’s top arms control envoy refused to rule out a military strike on North Korea this week, saying all options remained on the table to secure Pyongyang’s compliance with nuclear nonproliferation accords, raising the stakes in the four-month stand-off.
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/ 29 January 2003
The use of the death penalty in the United States is to be challenged by a case brought by the Mexican government on behalf of 51 Mexicans awaiting execution in jails across the border. The case highlights the international unease about the US justice system.
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/ 29 January 2003
Year-on-year consumer price inflation excluding mortgage rates (CPIX) slowed down to 12,4% last month from 12,7% in November, Statistics SA reported on Tuesday.
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/ 29 January 2003
The England and Wales Cricket Board is next week expected to ask the World Cup organisers to move England’s controversial fixture with Zimbabwe to South Africa on security grounds.
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/ 29 January 2003
World number two Ernie Els returns to Australia’s Heineken Classic this week where he kickstarted his phenomenal 2002 golf season.
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/ 28 January 2003
An estimated 6 000 Zambian villagers overpowered an armed policeman and looted food aid consisting largely of maize rejected by the government because it was genetically modified, police said on Tuesday.
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/ 28 January 2003
The South African Competition Commission confirmed on Tuesday that it has received a complaint against pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) seeking the British drug-maker to allow licensing and manufacturing of life-saving Aids drugs by generic makers.
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/ 28 January 2003
The Environment Justice Networking Forum criticised the South African government on Tuesday for a lack of action in cleaning up the environment of asbestos.
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/ 28 January 2003
In a threadbare Paris theatre, on January 5, 1953, several years after the playwright Samuel Beckett had fled the sharp censors in his native Ireland, the groundbreaking ”Waiting for Godot”, first graced the stage.
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/ 28 January 2003
Trading in shares of retailer Edgars Consolidated Stores has proved particularly frenzied in Tuesday’s morning session, with 2,23-million shares worth R131,56-million changing hands in 53 trades by 1300 local time.