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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.
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/ 18 January 2003
A powerful earthquake hit west-central Mexico on Tuesday night, sending panicked residents spilling into the streets of major cities and knocking out power supplies to many areas.
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/ 18 January 2003
The west is accused of ”unjustifiable and objectionable” protectionism in its dealings with developing countries, in a report attacking the ”shameful” level of global poverty.
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/ 18 January 2003
Thousands of children are being smuggled into Europe from war-ravaged Somalia every year, with Britain the most popular destination, according to a UN report released yesterday.
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/ 18 January 2003
The Saudi government is canvassing a plan to give Saddam Hussein a last-ditch chance to go into exile if the United Nations security council passes a new resolution authorising war against Iraq, western and Arab diplomats have confirmed.
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/ 18 January 2003
Sony said on Wednesday it has begun sales in Japan of CD singles that require users to pay a small fee over the internet each time they make copies.
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/ 18 January 2003
The United States hopes to send an astronaut to Mars in a nuclear-powered rocket, according to a senior Nasa official. Under the space agency’s ambitious plan, humans would be sent on a two-month journey to Mars in a spaceship travelling at three times the current speed of space travel.
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/ 18 January 2003
The controlling shareholder of listed fast food group Nando’s (NDS), Brozent Holdings, has made a formal offer of 70 cents per share to Nando’s minorities, with the aim of de-listing the company, the group announced on Wednesday.
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/ 18 January 2003
South African insurer Santam (SNT) announced on Wednesday that it has taken full and unconditional control of the British niche insurer Westminster Motor Insurance Association for 23,3 million British pounds.