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/ 27 January 2003
Computer experts were investigating on Monday whether Hong Kong was the origin of the Sapphire worm, a computer bug that infected internet traffic worldwide.
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/ 27 January 2003
Britain has passed sensitive intelligence information to UN security council members in an attempt to persuade them that the Iraqis are systematically failing to cooperate with the weapons inspectors, bolstering Anglo-American claims that Baghdad is in breach of UN resolutions.
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/ 27 January 2003
Just two days before an Israeli general election in which Ariel Sharon is campaigning on his militarist policies, Israeli forces yesterday launched their biggest raid on Gaza since the prime minister came to power two years ago.
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/ 27 January 2003
Pro-government rioters yesterday lobbed stones and petrol bombs at the French embassy in Abidjan, the commercial capital of Ivory Coast, in furious protest at a peace deal they said had been imposed by France and favoured rebel factions.
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/ 27 January 2003
The replacement for Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele as housing minister is likely to be drawn from the ranks of existing deputy ministers, political observers speculate. rominent among the names being bandied about is that of Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
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/ 27 January 2003
A terrorist warning issued by the US, UK and Australian governments has hampered the tourism trade in the popular beach resort of Zanzibar. Zanzibar’s economy is bolstered by a foreign tourism trade that brings in thousands of travellers every year.
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/ 27 January 2003
In the build-up to the last general election in 1999, I found myself sitting at a workshop lunch next to the then head of the Independent Electoral Commission, Judge Johann Kriegler. The chief story of the week concerned emigration.
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/ 27 January 2003
In December last year President Thabo Mbeki paid special attention to the judiciary when he opened the African National Congress conference. He made two significant comments. He wished that the people appointed to judicial office must uphold the spirit of the Constitution.
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/ 27 January 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa followed weaker global markets and opened in the red on Monday, although losses were pared by a rise in gold counters. Gold shares firmed on the back of the bullion price, which moved above $370 an ounce ahead of the UN weapons report on Iraq this afternoon.
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/ 27 January 2003
England’s cricketers will today express grave reservations about travelling to Zimbabwe for the World Cup next month as the England and Wales Cricket Board steps up efforts to persuade tournament organisers to shift the match to South Africa.