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A full-blown emergency is threatening Ethiopia’s Somali region, the United Nations warned on Thursday. Wells are drying up and malnutrition is beginning to set in, according to a joint UN rapid-assessment team sent to monitor the crisis. "The Somali region is declining into a crisis situation with some districts already in a state of emergency," said the UN agencies report.
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A series of bomb explosions at a bridge in Soweto and ”heathen” mosques and temples were aimed at creating a climate for a Boeremag revolution, a self-confessed Boeremag coup plotter told the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday. Former Bela-Bela farmer Deon Crous was testifying in the trial of 22 alleged Boeremag members — who have pleaded not guilty to charges including high treason, murder, sabotage, terrorism and those relating the manufacturing and possession of explosives and firearms.
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/ 28 October 2004
Gold Fields net earnings for the September quarter was R102-million (21 cents per share) compared with a net loss of R186-million (39 cents per share) in June, the gold miner announced on Thursday. Earnings were however down compared to September last year when a sum of R421-million (89 cents per share) was posted.
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Three soccer referees accused of match fixing were each sentenced to four years or a fine of R16 000 by the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, police said. Senior Superintendent Selby Bokaba said assistant referees in the first division, Patrick Banda and Ishmael Mzwandile Fatyela, and referee Justice Lungile Dywili were arrested during Operation Dribble.
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/ 28 October 2004
The South African government said it regretted the ”outcome” of the Congress of South African Trade Union’s visit to Zimbabwe but that the country had been within its rights to deport them, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in Pretoria on Wednesday. ”We will consult with the Zimbabwean authorities and Cosatu to avoid a reoccurrence,” said spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa.
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/ 28 October 2004
Australian and Indonesian scientists have identified a new and completely unexpected species of human. It was only a metre high, had a small brain but a distinctly human face. It made delicate stone tools and it shared the planet with Homo sapiens at least 18 000 years ago.
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The Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, was in a serious condition on Wednesday night after a sharp deterioration in his health, Palestinian officials said. A three-man emergency committee of Palestinian leaders was rapidly appointed as an ambulance rushed doctors to his Ramallah compound, where he has been confined by Israel for more than two years.
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/ 28 October 2004
Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday he had revised his opinion of President Thabo Mbeki’s attitude to the crisis in that country, calling their recent talks "very productive".
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Zimbabwean police arrested a white lawmaker as he prepared to leave the country on Thursday, a day after Parliament recommended that he be given a one-year jail term for shoving a minister during a debate, his lawyer said. Roy Bennett was arrested at Harare International airport early on Thursday.
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Four years ago, the <i>Chicago Sun-Times</i> endorsed George Bush for president. On Sunday, it became one of a growing number of American newspapers to admit they had got it wrong. At least 37 newspapers that backed Bush in 2000 have switched sides to John Kerry.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-InternationalNews&ao=124459">’Love thy neighbour'</a>