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/ 20 November 2006

If you don’t get it, forget it

Branford Marsalis, McCoy Mrubata, Greg Georgiades and Paul Hanmer may not have planned things this way. But as sometimes happens in the Republic of Bohemia, they find themselves firmly the focus of debate at dinner tables, where conversation revolves around the question: What is jazz? Marsalis took Sunday Times journalist Bongani Madondo to task for […]

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/ 20 November 2006

‘UK not bound to respect human rights abroad’

The British government argued at the European court of human rights in Strasbourg this week that it should not be held accountable for human rights breaches by British troops in the course of military operations abroad. The grand chamber of 17 Strasbourg judges will decide whether the European convention on human rights applies to the military operations of European troops abroad.

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/ 20 November 2006

Uncle Sam no longer big in Asia

As a young man, he was less than keen to go to Vietnam. But after his mid-term "thumping", President George W Bush may welcome the chance to hole up in Hanoi at the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit meeting. Vietnam is a one-party state. After recent events, the United States is not.

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/ 20 November 2006

Dear Judge Jali

As bank customers we are able to shop around for the best banking package, and the banks have been fairly aggressive in offering cheaper banking options. However, there is an additional fee over which we have no control. It provides a large but conveniently indeterminate revenue fee for the banks and faces no competition.