New leader pledges fairness in post election South Africa
President-elect Thabo Mbeki faces Cabinet choices as the ANC seeks a two thirds majority to alter the constitution. About 270000 voters appeared on non lists but had registration documents. ANC held 66.2 percent with final results pending and opposition parties hiring an auditor. Winnie Mandela touted for a deputy post.
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South Africa
Thabo Mbeki
National Party
Mbeki
Winnie Muouthizela- Mandela
Wit
ANC
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Kwa-Zulu Natal
African National Congress
Democratic Party
New National Party
President Lahoud Visits Jezzine Lebanon Sparks Spontaneous Welcome
Hundreds of residents flood Jezzine with cheers as President Emile Lahoud arrives unannounced in a small motorcade. Church bells ring while officials greet him at Government House, signaling a return of state control to the Christian mountain town north of the Israeli occupied buffer zone in south Lebanon.
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Jezzine
Lebanon
Emile Lahoud
Lahoud
Israel
Port-au-Prince police chief arrested in 11 killings
Port au Prince police chief Jean Coles Ra meau, linked to 11 killings of men, was captured in the Dominican Republic and extradited to Haiti. Dominican officials say Ra meau was arrested at Santo Domingo airport while attempting to fly to the United States and was returned to Port-au-Prince later Saturday.
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Port-au-Prince
Jean Coles Rameau
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Rameau
Port-au- Prince
Santo Domingo
United States
Haru
Sudanese air raid kills 24 in Congo town Kisangani
Sudanese aircraft bombed Kisangani in northern Congo, killing 24 civilians and wounding 19, a rebel leader said Saturday. Jean-Pierre Bemba, leader of the Congolese Liberation Movement, reported the Wednesday bombing of Binga, about 185 miles northwest of Kisangani, a Congo River port, as rebels strive to oust President Laurent Kabila.
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Kisangani
Congo
Jean-Pierre Bemba
Congolese Liberation Movement
Laurent Kabila
Antonov
Binga
Congo River
South Africa’s democracy matures after 1999 election
J Barron Boyd, Le Moyne College chair, notes South Africa’s second democratic vote in 1999 marks political normalcy and peaceful transition. He highlights ANC victory, DP as opposition, crime and unemployment concerns, and the nation’s avoidance of civil conflict as a model for the world.
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J. Barron Boyd
le Moyne College
South Africa
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