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Was Hansie Cronje murdered?

On what would become the last afternoon of his life, Hansie Cronje was returning late from a business meeting in Swaziland when he became caught up in traffic in the eastern suburbs of Johannesburg. (Getty Images)

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On what would become the last afternoon of his life, Hansie Cronje was returning late from a business meeting in Swaziland when he became caught up in traffic in the eastern suburbs of Johannesburg. (Getty Images)...The Observer

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Pilots in body armor and airmen toting machine guns are part of the everyday routine as the US military struggles for control here.

High-risk flight missions threaten S.C. soldiers
Baghdad, Iraq -- Pilots in body armor and airmen toting machine guns are part of the everyday routine as the U.S. military struggles for control here. | "It's been deemed... (photo: US Air Force File) The State
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Jerusalem Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, eager to strike a deal with Israel that would end his longtime confinement in a compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, ordered the arrest Saturday of 17 Palestinian militants accused by Israel of perpetrating terror attacks(UN File)

Arafat arrests militants, hopes to deal for freedom
Jerusalem Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, eager to strike a deal with Israel that would end his longtime confinement in a compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, or... (photo: UN File) The State
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The US administrator for Iraq declared yesterday he had not seen hatred of US troops among the Iraqi people, even as American forces in Tikrit were attacked with three remote-controlled bombs after tribal leaders buried Saddam Hussain's two elder sons and a grandson in the rocky soil of the deposed leader's birthplace. L(US Army)

Bremer blames four groups for attacks on U.S. troops
| The U.S. administrator for Iraq declared yesterday he had not seen hatred of U.S. troops among the Iraqi people, even as American forces in Tikrit were attacked with th... (photo: US Army) Gulf News
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Batelco is gearing up to bid for a telecoms licence in Iraq, following a U-turn over a clause which would have blocked its chances.The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) announced at an international conference last Thursday it may bar companies which were at least five per cent government owned(IAEA File)

Batelco set to launch bid for Iraq telecoms licence
Batelco is gearing up to bid for a telecoms licence in Iraq, following a U-turn over a clause which would have blocked its chances. | The Coalition Provisional Authority ... (photo: IAEA File) Gulf Daily News
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By Aamir Shafaat KhanKARACHI, Aug 2: Overall petroleum consumption in Pakistan declined by a mere two per cent in 2002-2003 owing mainly to 6.17 per cent fall in the black oil (fuel oil) consumption which enjoys 40 per cent share out of total oil products consumption.A total of 16.8 million tons of petroleum products were consumed in the outgoing fiscal year as compared to 17(ABr)

Petroleum off-take falls by 2pc
By Aamir Shafaat Khan | KARACHI, Aug 2: Overall petroleum consumption in Pakistan declined by a mere two per cent in 2002-2003 owing mainly to 6.17 per cent fall in the b... (photo: ABr) Dawn
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JOHN CHERIAN THE dramatic claim by Pyongyang, in the second week of July, that it possessed a couple of nuclear weapons has once again brought the Korean peninsula back into the international spotlight(UK MoD )

A nuclear gamble and some fears
| JOHN CHERIAN | THE dramatic claim by Pyongyang, in the second week of July, that it possessed a couple of nuclear weapons has once again brought the Korean peninsula ba... (photo: UK MoD) Frontline
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Stocks and bonds on the slide
| NEW YORK: US stocks fell on Friday and bonds spent most of the session sliding after the government reported that employers kept cutting payrolls in July, although the ... (photo: WN) The Star
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With their coffins wrapped in the Iraqi flag but guarded by troops of their mortal enemy, the bodies of Uday and Qusay Hussein were laid to rest yesterday in a dusty cemetery in the village where their father was born. (Getty Images)

Tribe gathers to bury Saddam's sons
With their coffins wrapped in the Iraqi flag but guarded by troops of their mortal enemy, the bodies of Uday and Qusay Hussein were laid to rest yesterday in a dusty ceme... (photo: Getty Images) The Observer
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No weapons of mass destruction have yet been found and Saddam Hussein's putative links to al-Qaeda remain unverified. Moreover, there's reason to believe that intelligence agencies in Britain and the United States were pressured by both administrations into providing such evidence. Tony Blair is in trouble, yet George W. Bush is still riding high. On the face of it, this seems curious(White House)

The honeymoon continues for George
No weapons of mass destruction have yet been found and Saddam Hussein's putative links to al-Qaeda remain unverified. Moreover, there's reason to believe that intelligenc... (photo: White House) The Observer
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