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/ 17 September 2004

Naybet the spur for new-look Tottenham

With precious little to crow about since the last time England looked to a cocky young Tottenham player for inspiration, those who have spent the post-Gazza years traipsing to White Hart Lane will this season be excused for skipping all the way. Maybe the years of miserable mediocrity are coming to an end.

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/ 16 September 2004

Mamas, saints and spies

The Mail & Guardian can reveal that this week’s launch of the Pan African Parliament went ahead thanks to quick action by the intelligence community and foreign affairs staff who fought off freedom of expression activists, Christian fundamentalists and a women’s lobby group.

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/ 16 September 2004

Fighting for freedom

Brenda Wardle is one of more than 100 prisoners who have cases before Gauteng courts this month arguing that they should be released on parole. She presents the fact that she now has a law degree, enabling her to represent herself in the court proceedings, as her first exhibit.

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/ 16 September 2004

Jazz legend Dolly Rathebe dies

Jazz legend Dolly Rathebe (74) died at the Ga-Rankuwa hospital outside Pretoria on Thursday. Rathebe was admitted to hospital on Sunday after suffering a mild stroke and is survived by two daughters and a son. Former president Nelson Mandela was among many who paid tribute to Rathebe on Thursday.

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/ 16 September 2004

Darfur camps: ‘Death is everywhere here’

The displaced of Darfur are hard pressed to find space for their dead, or enough water for Muslims’ ritual washing of the body. Three or four people die every day in Camp Hessa Hissa, most of malaria or waterborne diseases such as typhoid, Jason Azevedo, an International Rescue Committee worker in the camp, said on Thursday.

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/ 16 September 2004

Wet surprise for fancy diners

They came to dine at an expensive restaurant along the normally calm harbour in Hamburg. Instead, they got soaked. About 50 patrons found themselves up to their waists in water on Wednesday evening when a 195m-long cargo ship entered the harbour at high tide, creating a giant wave that inundated the chic eatery.