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29 Jul 2008
 
 
Australia dumps jail rule for immigrants
AUSTRALIA
Almost seven years after Australia sent commandos onto a freighter at sea to block illegal immigrants, the government on Tuesday said it would abandon a controversial policy of jailing asylum...
 
 
13 Dec 2007
 
2007 Verbatim
QUOTES OF THE YEAR
“It’s in regard to the issue of honesty that I find many of them deficient… I don’t want to work with people who cheat and who think they should work in every company that...
 
 
27 Aug 2007
 
Removing Mugabe won't mean democracy - opposition
ZIMBABWE
Removing Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe would not automatically deliver democracy to the troubled African nation, said opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
 
 
27 Feb 2004
 
Former UN chief weapons inspector says he was bugged
News
Former United Nations chief weapons inspector Richard Butler said today that at least four countries bugged his conversations as he held delicate negotiations attempting to disarm Iraq.
 
 
03 Feb 2004
 
Bush tries to avoid fallout over missing Iraqi weapons
News
As President George W Bush scrambled to avoid political fallout over Iraq's missing weapons of mass destruction, his closest allies came under pressure yesterday to follow his example and order an...
 
 
11 Dec 2003
 
Howard shrugs off Zim threat to cut Aussie ties
News
Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday brushed aside a threat by Zimbabwe to break off diplomatic relations with Australia because of his leading role in extending the African nation's suspension...
 
 
04 Dec 2003
 
Commonwealth to meet under shadow of north-south split
News
The 52 leaders of the Commonwealth of Nations are to meet tomorrow in Abuja for a summit designed to promote democracy and development but overshadowed by the threat of a north-south split over...
 
 
29 Nov 2003
 
Zim ready to 'say goodbye' to Commonwealth-Mugabe
News
President Robert Mugabe said yesterday that Zimbabwe was prepared to give up its membership to the Commonwealth if it was not treated as an equal, hinting he was still waiting for an invitation to...
 
 
02 Oct 2003
 
Mbeki accepts Mugabe’s exclusion from Commonwealth summit
News
President Thabo Mbeki accepts Nigeria's decision not to invite Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to this year's Commonwealth summit, the presidency said yesterday.
 
 
20 Sep 2003
 
Zim paper still off newsstands after “reopening”
News
Zimbabwe's sole independent daily, closed by the government a week ago, was still off the newsstands yesterday as police failed to comply with a High Court order to allow the paper to resume...
 
 
19 Sep 2003
 
Mbeki continues push for Zim to attend Commonwealth
News
There was no additional sanction barring Zimbabwe from attending the Commonwealth summit to be held in Nigeria in December, President Thabo Mbeki said yesterday.
 
 
13 Aug 2003
 
US urges world to help Indonesia’s terrorism
News
US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage urged the world community today to help Indonesia achieve economic and political reform and to help rid Southeast Asia of terrorism.
 
 
08 May 2003
 
Skosana: National Prisoners' Choir Competition (08/05/2003)
2003
SPEECH BY THE MINISTER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR BEN M SKOSANA, MP, AT THE NATIONAL PRISONERS' CHOIR COMPETITION, Good Hope Centre, Cape Town, 8 May 2003
 
 
07 May 2003
 
Blair, Howard renew pressure on Mugabe
News
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Australian counterpart John Howard united Wednesday to renew pressure on President Robert Mugabe to take genuine steps to restore full democracy in Zimbabwe.
 
 
18 Mar 2003
 
Zim slams Commonwealth ban as unilateralist
News
Zimbabwe has reacted angrily to news the Commonwealth has extended the country's suspension from the 54-member organisation, saying the decision was taken unilaterally, the state-controlled Herald...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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