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/ 3 November 2023

Africa to leverage East-West battle in Agoa talks

Africa’s stock is rising amid the United States’ efforts to wrestle back economic influence on the continent

By Sarah Smit

Africa

/ 18 March 2022

New migration policy could cut remittances lifeline

Migrant workers are seen as contributing to South Africa’s unemployment crisis. But cutting them off threatens to throw the regional economy off kilter

By Sarah Smit

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Article

/ 20 April 2008

Super-rich face backlash as credit crunch hits home in US

The ”American dream” of unashamed wealth and the opportunity for all to acquire it has reached a crisis point before: in the Depression, the oil shock, in the ”greed is good” Eighties and the madness of the dotcom bubble. But America’s relationship with wealth — uncomfortable as it has sometimes been — has always been built on the same foundation.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 19 March 2008

Obama battles to transcend toxic race row

Democratic front-runner Barack Obama battled to defuse the most serious threat yet to his presidential hopes after incendiary, racially tinged sermons by his former pastor triggered an uproar. The Illinois Senator on Tuesday condemned the sermons while standing by his black spiritual mentor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

By Jitendra Joshi

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/ 7 February 2008

Now McCain must win over the right

John McCain, the irrepressible Senator from Arizona, stood on the brink of winning the Republican party’s nomination for United States president this week with almost half of the magic number of 1Â 191 delegates needed to win the race in the bag. McCain emerged as the clear front-runner from Super Tuesday.

By Ed Pilkington and Suzanne Goldenberg

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/ 5 February 2008

Clinton and Obama neck and neck

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama spent the final, tension-filled hours before Tuesday’s Super Tuesday primaries squeezing out votes in the East Coast battlefield states where opinion polls place the contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination almost neck and neck.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 5 December 2007

True to form, Bush refuses to budge on Iran

United States President George Bush is not known for changing his mind. Unmoved by the collective wisdom of the US intelligence community, he still insists that Iran is a threat, even if it did give up its nuclear weapons programme four years ago.

By Tabassum Zakaria

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/ 1 December 2007

Bush handed blueprint to seize Pakistan’s nukes

The man who devised the Bush administration’s Iraq troop surge has urged the United States to consider sending elite troops to Pakistan to seize its nuclear weapons if the country descends into chaos. In a series of scenarios drawn up for Pakistan, Frederick Kagan has called for the White House to consider various options for an unstable Pakistan.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 28 November 2007

Bush launches Middle East talks amid scepticism

United States President George Bush invited Israeli and Palestinian leaders to the White House to renew long-stalled peace talks on Wednesday but faced deep scepticism over chances for a deal. Finally embracing a hands-on approach, Bush will ceremonially inaugurate the first formal Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations in seven years.

By Matt Spetalnick

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/ 28 November 2007

Doubts linger about US commitment after Annapolis

United States President George Bush has set himself the herculean task of shepherding an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by the end of next year, but doubts remain about his commitment. Talks on borders, settlements, the status of Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees — are to begin on December 12.

By Arshad Mohammed

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/ 21 November 2007

Rice’s skills as Mideast mediator face a serious test

Condoleezza Rice taught crisis management at Stanford University but experts say the top United States diplomat will need more than academic prowess to mediate an end to six decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ”The question is, will she have that diplomatic skill to pull it off?” asked Daniel Levy, a former Israeli mediator.

By Sue Pleming

New migration policy could cut remittances lifeline

Super-rich face backlash as credit crunch hits home in US

Obama battles to transcend toxic race row

Now McCain must win over the right

Clinton and Obama neck and neck

True to form, Bush refuses to budge on Iran

Bush handed blueprint to seize Pakistan’s nukes

Bush launches Middle East talks amid scepticism

Doubts linger about US commitment after Annapolis

Rice’s skills as Mideast mediator face a serious test

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