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/ 28 January 2005
Colonel Rocklyn Williams passed away in his sleep from natural causes last Sunday at the age of 44. Soldier, policymaker, government official, civil-society activist, academic, teacher, freedom fighter and father, he made an indelible impact on everyone he met. He never really thought of himself as white and the political angst of the ”white left” was a mystery to him.
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/ 28 January 2005
The governors of America’s states intermittently meet for policy conferences and social events, and there is a chance that such a gathering in 2006 could feature a handshake between governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, of California, and governor Kinky Friedman, of Texas. The latter, a popular country and western singer, announced last Thursday that he will run as an independent against George W Bush’s successor in Texas, the Republican Rick Perry.
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/ 28 January 2005
A workman is pinning a banner to the wall as a chill draft swirls through the near-empty ballroom at the Palestine hotel. ”An equal, secular Constitution is the first step to total fairness,” the sign says in Arabic. This is supposed to be one in a series of pioneering public meetings to address the growing inequalities of women in the new Iraq. But since the war, life has badly deteriorated for women, and girls are being forced to wear the veil again.
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/ 27 January 2005
The war of words between former Western Cape Independent Democrats leader Lennit Max and the ID’s top brass refused to settle on Thursday, with Max refuting earlier claims by party leader Patricia de Lille that he had ”unconditionally” withdrawn high court litigation.
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/ 27 January 2005
Winning rare praise on Thursday from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for steps to end violence, the new Palestinian leadership banned civilians from carrying weapons and indicated it will appoint a new interior minister known for his hardline stance against militants. The moves come amid signs of a renewed peace process between the two sides.
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/ 27 January 2005
World leaders and death-camp survivors mourned victims of the Holocaust on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp on Thursday, gathering at the place where Nazi doctors once sent new arrivals to the gas chambers. The ceremony opened with the sound of an approaching train.
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/ 27 January 2005
SA Rugby has named a team of 12 to represent the country in the next two rounds of the International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens Series to be held in New Zealand and the United States in February. The players leave on Sunday January 30 for the Wellington leg and then jet off to the US for the Los Angeles tournament.
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/ 27 January 2005
Former Burundi president Pierre Buyoya and his wife ordered the killing of a senior World Health Organisation official in Burundi and should be brought to trial, a defence lawyer told a court on Thursday. The Burundian and Ivorian governments should ask for a WHO report on the killing to be made public, said the Belgian lawyer.
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/ 27 January 2005
Marat Safin gave himself the perfect birthday present by scoring a stunning upset over world number one Roger Federer to reach the Australian Open final in Melbourne on Thursday. Swiss ace Federer, the overwhelming tournament favourite, saw his hopes of a third consecutive grand-slam title dashed.