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/ 27 January 2003
One of the most popular themes on the placards of anti-war demonstrators across the US and Europe is that the looming confrontation is primarily about oil. The US and British dismiss such a charge, and instead argue that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has to be dealt with.
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/ 26 January 2003
The death toll in the Sizzlers gay massage parlour massacre where eight men were murdered and two seriously injured earlier this week has risen to nine, say Cape Town police.
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/ 26 January 2003
Peace talks between Burundian President Pierre Buyoya and rebel leaders started in South Africa on Saturday, the first in a series of weekend meetings to shore up ceasefire accords signed last year.
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/ 26 January 2003
Former high-ranking police officer Andre Edward Lincoln, formerly commander of the presidential investigative task unit was on Friday effectively jailed for nine years.
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/ 26 January 2003
A medical scientist from the University of Cape Town (UCT), collaborating with a colleague from the United Kingdom, has made a breakthrough that will lead to more effective medicines for heart patients and people with high blood pressure.
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/ 26 January 2003
A top UN official said on Saturday that one million Zimbabweans are likely to die from Aids between now and 2010, as the virus continues to take its toll on the famine-hit southern African country.
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/ 26 January 2003
The most serious attack on the internet in more than a year stranded millions of online and phone users and knocked out bank machines across the United States on Saturday, in what security experts feared was just a prelude to a bigger cyber-assault.
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/ 26 January 2003
A huge and brutal crack down is underway in Zimbabwe, aimed at crushing any form of opposition to the regime of President Robert Mugabe. The reason is simple: Zimbabwe is to host six matches of the Cricket World Cup. The event will provide a perfect opportunity for Mugabe to present a sanitised view of Zimbabwean life to the world.
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/ 26 January 2003
Tony Blair has raised the temperature in the confrontation with Iraq by insisting there is no need for United Nations weapons inspectors to find a ”smoking gun” for Saddam Hussein to be in breach of UN resolutions and face military action.