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/ 7 May 2002

Bethlehem: new deal to solve church standoff

PALESTINIAN leaders have agreed to exile 13 militants holed up in the Church of the Nativity, a Palestinian official said early on Tuesday, but approval of each of the 13 was needed. Two Palestinian officials entered the church to talk to the gunmen inside, the official, a Palestinian policeman in the church, told The Associated […]

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/ 6 May 2002

Le Pen trounced – but can Chirac lead?

WORLD leaders reacted with relief on Monday after French President Jacques Chirac trounced extreme right-winger Jean-Marie Le Pen in an election that had cast a cloud over France’s image on the world stage. With almost one voice, governments in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Asia lauded the result as a resounding defeat for […]

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/ 6 May 2002

TAC, govt still slugging it out over nevirapine

THE Treatment Action Campaign’s (TAC) battle with the government over its antiretroviral programme is set to continue in the Constitutional Court on Monday. The 11 judges are to hear argument from counsel for the University of the Western Cape’s Community Law Centre, the Institute for Democracy in SA and Cotlands Baby Sanctuary. These organisations have […]

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/ 6 May 2002

Ravalomanana to be sworn into office

Ravalomanana was on April 29 officially declared the winner of a December presidential election, after months of dispute with incumbent president Didier Ratsiraka who has refused to accept the result, leaving the island with two rival governments. In a sign of international recognition for Ravalomanana, the popular mayor of the capital, France and the 15-nation […]