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/ 28 October 2002
Two men wanted for questioning in connection with the wave of deadly sniper attacks in the United States were arrested early on Thursday after they were found sleeping in their car at a Maryland rest stop, authorities said.
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/ 28 October 2002
Kenya’s fractured opposition united this week behind a single candidate for December’s presidential elections to try to prise President Daniel arap Moi’s party from power. Mwai Kibaki, a close runner-up in the past two polls, is backed by the new National Rainbow Coalition.
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/ 28 October 2002
Israel signalled this week that in deference to Washington’s campaign against Iraq it will hold back from its usual tough response after Monday’s suicide bombing that killed 14 people. But it swiftly made life harder for Palestinians with a ban on drilling for water.
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/ 28 October 2002
President Thabo Mbeki performed a gutsy version of the defiance campaign song Senzeni na (What have we done?) during his three-day imbizo tour of Gauteng last week. Mbeki’s point was that there was no longer any need for defiance.
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/ 28 October 2002
Chechen gunmen shot and killed one of the hundreds of hostages being held at a Moscow theatre, Russian news media reported. A female hostage held by Chechen militants in a Moscow theatre was executed by her captors. A TV report showed a stretcher with a body being taken out.
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/ 28 October 2002
OBITUARY: LEARNMORE JONGWE. The old adage that age brings wisdom may well be true and has been the hallmark of many political orders, but a politician’s job requires more than just wisdom — it requires dynamism, swift decision-making and the ability to convey confidence.
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/ 28 October 2002
‘Money has no loyalty. Investors take it where they will receive the most returns. If South Africa is perceived to be failing or adopting the wrong policies, investors withdraw their money and take it elsewhere — simple as that.”
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/ 28 October 2002
South Africa’s best black rugby player has prompted uproar by denouncing the national sport as a bastion of white supremacy which faked multiracial harmony to host the 1995 world cup with Nelson Mandela’s blessing.
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/ 28 October 2002
South Africa’s best black rugby player has prompted uproar by denouncing the national sport as a bastion of white supremacy which faked multiracial harmony to host the 1995 world cup with Nelson Mandela’s blessing.
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/ 28 October 2002
The man who tackled rugby referee David McHugh during a Tri-Nations test between South Africa and New Zealand earlier this year has been sentenced to a fine of R10 000 or 30 days imprisonment.