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HOLIDAY FUN By ANDREW ROSS-THOMPSO
*Outing -- Playball Child Sports Festival THE HOLIDAYS have barely begun and already your kids are tired of watching the Lion King on video. Already, you're wishing for the start of school and if you have to hear "Ma I'm bored what can I do?" o...

People around the world still suffer abuse
by Christiane Oelrich in Geneva THE Universal Declaration of Human Rights is one of the most important documents in the history of the United Nations. Nevertheless the person in charge of protecting those rights acknowledges that, on the occasi...

50 years of universal human rights
Adopted on the ashes of the nazi holocaust by the United Nations General Assembly, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has broadened its scope and application in the last 50 years. But human rights activists warn that despite advances, inclu...

UK verdict means dictators could face trial
Chilean ex-dictator General Augusto Pinochet, it now seems, could actually stand trial for crimes against humanity, after a UK legal decision which constitutes a landmark in international law. JEREMY SCOTT-JOYNT reports from London on the implicat...

Formato formidable
GARY Formato rocketed into the international limelight at Kyalami on Sunday when he and Frenchman Jerome Pollicand, driving a Riley and Scott Ford, won the eighth and final round of the FIA International Sports Racing Series. After two and a half...

Luxury Corolla with lots of 'go'
THE Toyota Corolla is South Africa's best selling car and worldwide is close to the top too, so it is no wonder that a wide range of models is offered. They cover basic 1300s -- in this country at least -- up to luxury 1800s with a trio of 1600s ...

Cars in the Park in East London
SEVERAL cities stage annual "cars in the park" exhibitions and after the success of East London's last one the exercise is to be repeated at James Pearce Park this Sunday. It is open to all marques, vintage and veteran cars, classics, hot rods, h...

Irvine looks forward to coming second
EDDIE Irvine is looking forward to an usual role in next year's world Formula One championship -- being Michael Schumacher's No 2 at Ferrari. The British driver, who was fourth in this year's World Championship, said he hoped to improve by two pl...