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/ 4 November 2004
There are no great expectations in Washington that a second-term Bush administration will have a radically different complexion from the first term. George Bush values loyalty and prefers to stick to a tried and tested team. However, after four years in office, much of it at war, some of his Cabinet are anxious to move on.
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/ 4 November 2004
Crucial evidence for the forthcoming trials of Saddam Hussein and other senior Iraqi officials is likely to have been lost or tainted because United States-led forces have failed to safeguard official documents and the remains of victims in mass graves, the New York-based group Human Rights Watch says in a report out on Thursday.
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/ 4 November 2004
The re-elected Bush administration will continue to view China as a strategic threat in its second term, but is unlikely to make any rash moves with so much at stake, analysts said. There are not expected to be any dramatic shifts in Bush’s current policy towards China in the short-term, although the Republicans’ view of Beijing as a rising power means more conflicts may arise further down the road.
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/ 4 November 2004
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/140248/USA2.GIF" align=left>The Democrats surprised themselves by their ability to raise tens of millions, inspire hundreds of thousands of activists, and present themselves as unified around a centrist position. Expectations were not dashed. Former Clinton adviser Sidney Blumenthal reflects on how the Bush campaign overcame the surge in support for the Democratic party.
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/ 4 November 2004
Tri-Nations champions South Africa begin their bid to complete an historic Grand Slam against Wales in Cardiff at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday in a buoyant mood. It is 20 years since Australia became the last southern-hemisphere side to achieve the feat, but it is South Africa who are the Slam specialists.
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/ 4 November 2004
Formula-one supremo Bernie Ecclestone has given South African motor-racing fans a boost by promising to stage a grand prix in Cape Town within three years. ”We are definitely coming to Cape Town,” Ecclestone told Cape Town daily Die Burger on Thursday.
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/ 4 November 2004
Buoyed by the surge of public support for his policies on Iraq, the most controversial issue of the campaign, United States President George W Bush will continue his strategy there with renewed vigour. From the war in Iraq to wider foreign policy, the economy, social policy and energy issues, Guardian writers explore what the next four years will mean for the US and the rest of the world.
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/ 4 November 2004
As tearjerkers go, they don’t come more emotional than a letter received from the outgoing students representative council (SRC) president of the University of Zululand. In the letter, Sicelo SS Mdletshe wails about the divine intervention that saw his organisation, the South African Students Congress (Sasco), lose the SRC elections.
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/ 4 November 2004
After Sundowns’ goalless draw against Wits University last week Friday and Pirates’ emphatic 2-1 victory against their arch-rivals Kaizer Chiefs, the supporters of both these teams are in for a pulsating encounter on Sunday in the Coca-Cola Cup. Pirates have never managed to go beyond the last 16 stages of the tournament.