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/ 19 January 2003
Israel’s Labour Party, which has pledged to initiate immediate peace talks and negotiations for the creation of a Palestinian state, is facing a humiliating rout in what may be the most important elections in a decade
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/ 19 January 2003
Evidence of a deep split between the UN, US and Britain over a timetable for war against Iraq emerged as UN officials made it clear that a vital 27 January study by weapons inspectors was only a ”progress report”, not a trigger for military action.
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/ 19 January 2003
Not since Live Aid would there have been a concert like it. Dozens of rock stars performing on Robben Island before Nelson Mandela and a global television audience to raise funds to fight HIV/Aids. Now, two weeks before showtime, it has fallen apart.
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/ 19 January 2003
As millions go hungry, some African leaders have splashed out on jets and fleets of cars. Paul Harris reports from Eritrea and Malawi on a natural disaster compounded by war and corruption.
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/ 19 January 2003
State torture and unwarranted arrests have increased dramatically in Zimbabwe in the past week, highlighting a drastic decline in the country’s security that could force the International Cricket Council to re-think the six World Cup matches planned for next month.
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/ 19 January 2003
Year-on-year consumer price inflation excluding mortgage rates (CPIX) continued its decline last month, subsiding to 11,8% from 12,4% in December.
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/ 19 January 2003
Italian tortellini pasta, Camembert cheese from France, or Thai oyster sauce: a delicatessen in the heart of sanctions-struck Baghdad sells all of life’s little luxuries, if you can afford them.
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/ 19 January 2003
A High Court judge seen as having angered the government by ruling against it was released on Tuesday after 24 hours in police custody.
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/ 19 January 2003
Former deputy minister David Malatsi and controversial Western Cape politician Peter Marais are to appear before a New National Party disciplinary hearing on Wednesday.
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/ 19 January 2003
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was due to arrive in Paris on Wednesday ahead of a Franco-African summit likely to be dominated by his controversial presence and the absence of embattled Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo.