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The ballot papers have been printed and distributed around the country, where they are being kept in warehouses under the watchful eyes of armed security guards. ”By and large we are a little too early with some things,” says Norman du Plessis, the deputy chief electoral officer of the Independent Electoral Commission.
It all started at the White House. This is where African National Congress leaders in the Free State held an impromptu rally last week in preparation for Mbeki’s arrival to launch his drive to be elected for a second term as South Africa’s president. The president’s recent visit to the Goldfields area to canvass votes saw a poverty-stricken community open their doors and speak their minds.
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The United Democratic Movement urged its supporters on Friday to remain ”calm and patient” after the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) published incorrect versions of the party’s candidates lists. Spokesperson Malizole Diko said the order of candidates on all of the party’s 19 lists was ”completely wrong”.
Special Report: Elections 2004
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/ 10 February 2004
A car bomb exploded on Tuesday morning at a police station south of Baghdad as dozens of would-be recruits lined up to apply for jobs, and a hospital official said at least 50 people were killed and another 50 injured. United States troops sealed off the area around the station and refused to allow journalists near the blast site.
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/ 10 February 2004
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Now that the election date has been announced the Independent Electoral Commission plans to gather the party national liaison committee this week to discuss voting details. The committee will decide when to announce voters rolls, voting stations, and deadlines for oversees registration.
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/ 3 February 2004
Striker Dennis Oliech celebrated his 19th birthday on Monday with an outstanding performance as Kenya won their first-ever African Cup of Nations match with a 3-0 romp over Burkina Faso. Kenya’s win ended Burkina Faso’s slim hopes of reaching the quarterfinals.
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/ 29 January 2004
The man who gave the world All Shook Up may now be all cut up, according to a company selling what it claims are two-inch pieces of one of Elvis’s famous songs. The sale has provoked a row within the music world over what some critics call sacrilege.
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/ 29 January 2004
Giorgio Vasari’s Last Supper is to be restored, 38 years after it was severely damaged by floods which killed 30 people in Florence. Experts at the city’s Opificio restoration institute will begin a preliminary inspection of the work on Friday.
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/ 9 December 2003
Zimbabwe’s state press called on President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday to sever diplomatic ties with Britain and Australia, blaming British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government for all the southern African country’s economic and political crises.
Money no longer talks in Zimbabwe