The palace is portraying the Jefri affair as a case of the law taking its course.

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The trial in Pretoria's Palace of Justice is surrounded by the highest security for a court case in more than a decade.

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The Produce Palace, a retailer in Michigan, brought the first millennium-bug case to court earlier this year, suing the makers of its sales terminals because the terminals cannot handle credit cards that expire after 1999.

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