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/ 23 October 2005
The Thabo Mbeki-Jacob Zuma ”fight” was affecting government’s performance at every level, Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Tony Leon said on Saturday. ”And the DA, as the official opposition leader, cannot remain neutral and detached. But which side, if any, should we support in the ANC’s internal battle?”
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/ 23 October 2005
A Nigerian airliner on a scheduled flight is missing and presumed crashed, officials said on Sunday, adding that helicopters have been scrambled to find any survivors. Once the plane had been missing for more than eight hours, officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (Faan) confirmed that it may have plunged into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after takeoff.
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/ 23 October 2005
In the film, there are demonstrations on a bridge in Paris. Last week there were protests on the Pont St Michel over the Seine. In the film, there are angry accusations of racism and counter-accusations of betrayal and treason. This weekend the harsh words, insults and racial slurs were as virulent as ever.
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/ 23 October 2005
Fallout from the scandal of how a secret CIA operative’s name came to be leaked to the United States media, which is threatening to engulf the White House in crisis this week, has also reached the newsroom of the venerable New York Times. In an extraordinary memo to the paper’s staff, executive editor Bill Keller has launched a thinly veiled attack on its controversial reporter Judith Miller.
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/ 23 October 2005
Judges, prosecutors, attorneys, even law clerks and accountants involved in cases linked to Saddam Hussein’s decades of rule in Iraq live in constant fear of being targeted for death. Last week’s murder of Saadoun Janabi, attorney for one of Saddam’s seven co-defendants, points to the delicate issue of protecting the hundreds of people involved in the case.
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/ 23 October 2005
A group of ultra-nationalist Israelis on Friday claimed to have prayed at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, despite the site being off-limits to Israeli Jews, the <i>Maariv</i> daily reported. Police have long upheld a complete ban on Jewish prayers at the disputed compound in order to avoid provoking Muslim sensitivities.
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/ 22 October 2005
The Cheetahs won only their second-ever Currie Cup title when they shocked the defending champions Blue Bulls 29-25 in a pulsating final played in front of a packed Loftus Versfeld on Saturday evening. The Bulls led 12-9 at half-time and 25-15 with nine minutes remaining.
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/ 22 October 2005
Wildlife experts and government officials from South Africa and Cameroon wrapped up talks on Friday on the future of four rare gorillas claimed by both countries. The Western Lowland gorillas were smuggled out of Nigeria through South Africa and to Malaysia’s Taiping Zoo about three years ago.
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/ 22 October 2005
Efforts at self-determination by groups of South Africans still face various obstacles, Rhodes University chancellor Jakes Gerwel said on Friday. ”Though there is room to move forward in terms of Article 235 [in the Constitution] it should not be accompanied by the perception of crude ethnic diversity,” Gerwel told delegates at a conference on self-determination.
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/ 22 October 2005
New Zealand’s reputation as a nation obsessed with rugby was enhanced by figures released by the New Zealand Rugby Union which show both television and live audiences are increasing. The figures, compiled by the survey company AC Nielsen, contradict anecdotal evidence that attendances at major matches are declining and that television audiences have been saturated by an oversupply of live games.