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/ 15 January 2003
Vast zones off US coasts must be declared off-limits to fishing and other resource extraction to help reverse the depletion of marine life in the nation’s waters, a commission found.
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/ 15 January 2003
Britain’s Foreign Office on Wednesday warned of a terrorist threat on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar in east Africa. The Foreign Office updated its travel advice for Tanzania to include a warning of a possible attack in Zanzibar, a popular tourist destination for Westerners.
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/ 15 January 2003
SABMiller’s John Bowlin, incoming President and CEO of the Miller Brewing Company, is resigning, to be replaced by Norman Adami, currently chairman and managing director of South African Breweries ltd, effective from February. 1, 2003.
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/ 15 January 2003
South African budget airline kulula.com on Tuesday ushered in its new fleet of three 737-400s, replacing its old fleet of 727s.
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/ 15 January 2003
An alleged rightwinger accused of planning to blow up the Vaal Dam testified on Tuesday in the Bloemfontein Regional Court with his Bible at hand.
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/ 15 January 2003
Details of an alleged plot by Saddam Hussein’s regime to acquire the means to deliver weapons of mass destruction were laid out before a German court yesterday.
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/ 15 January 2003
Israel’s opposition Labour party has ruled out rejoining a government headed by Ariel Sharon after the general election in two weeks, a decision which will almost certainly push his administration further to the right if he is returned to power.
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/ 15 January 2003
South Africa’s Deputy President Jacob Zuma urged the African Union’s (AU) conflict resolution body on Tuesday to deploy the so-called African Mission to Burundi as soon as possible to enforce the cease-fire in the region.
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/ 15 January 2003
The unrelenting horror of the Aids epidemic is taking a heavy toll on caregivers in Mpumalanga. Their daily experiences have left many traumatised. "I was upset when I saw my patient coughing up blood clots. Bits of lung came out," says one caregiver at Schoemansdal.
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/ 15 January 2003
The South African rand was little changed against major currencies late Tuesday morning compared with its previous close. Dealers said the market had been characterised by good two-way trade, which had seen the rand trade in a range of between 8,59 and 8,65 to the US dollar.