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/ 20 January 2005
George Bush will be sworn in as President of the United States for a second term on Thursday in a lavish Washington ceremony, amid mounting international concern that his new administration will make the world a more dangerous place. A poll of 21 countries published on Wednesday showed that a clear majority have grave fears about the next four years.
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/ 20 January 2005
Renault’s Kangoo Multix 1,4 follows a recent trend — it’s an affordable and useful little entry-level MPV based upon a delivery van. The Renault’s panel van heritage shows through in the interior fittings, with loads of painted metal where one would normally expect to find plastic panels. Gavin Foster loved it.
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/ 20 January 2005
The Mini Cooper S may not be the cheapest or most practical car on the road, but it is sure to appear on the top of every enthusiast’s shopping list. The new Mini II boasts a new front grille, tail-light clusters with reverse light and clear lenses and restyled front headlights, while the bumper remains unchanged in the S version.
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/ 20 January 2005
"What one wants in the CEO of South Africa’s public broadcaster is easy to identify, but hard to find: a commitment to the belief that broadcasting can be a force to improve society…and a resolute political independence that puts the Constitution and Bill of Rights, rather than the government and the ruling party, at the centre of the frame".
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/ 20 January 2005
Andy Roddick won the battle of the power-servers with an impressive four-set victory over Greg Rusedski to book a place in the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday. The American second seed dismantled the British world number 48’s serve-volley game to move confidently into the next round.
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/ 20 January 2005
From Senzeleni Nxumalo — a prison warder who has been fired for participating in a Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union protest deemed unlawful — and Mark Thatcher’s wonga to a new broadcasting venture between Zimbabwe and Iran, Krisjan Lemmer talks the talk.
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/ 20 January 2005
The former Zimbabwean consul-general to South Africa, Godfrey Dzvairo, was the ringleader of a network of Zimbabwean spies that has been selling confidential Zanu-PF documents, including minutes of the party’s supreme organ — the Politburo — to the South African government.
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/ 19 January 2005
Scientists in Nigeria have discounted warnings that the West African coastline risks a tsunami but stress the need to plan for other extreme events. Yevgeny Dolginov, a professor of geological studies at the Russian University for People’s Friendship said that African countries including Cameroon, Gabon and Nigeria were at risk.
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/ 19 January 2005
The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency on Wednesday inspected a nuclear reactor in northern Nigeria that officials said was designed for research on peaceful uses of atomic energy. Foreign analysts have expressed concern that Nigeria, a nation of more than 126-million people, is angling to become the world’s latest nuclear power.