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/ 28 October 2003
Thai soldiers were scrambling on Tuesday to save a royal palace, an important historical landmark, from floodwaters that have submerged parts of southern and central Thailand, affecting more than 200 000 people and leaving one boy dead. Thailand’s royal household has helped in relief efforts.
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/ 28 October 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was trading in the black in noon trade on Tuesday, driven by positive corporate news and good performances by heavyweight dual-listed stocks offshore. Gains were seen across the board, with advancers outnumbering decliners on the all-share index by more than two to one.
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/ 28 October 2003
Rescuers at a coal mine in southern Russia had hours left on Tuesday to save 13 miners believed trapped for the fifth day, as they got to within metres of the spot where they believe the men are.
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/ 28 October 2003
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) on Tuesday said it would resist plans by steel group Iscor to axe 2 000 workers by December 1 as a result of the strong rand. Numsa spokesperson Dumisa Ntuli said the company would resume consultation with the union on Wednesday.
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/ 28 October 2003
Tom Devine is a decent American. A fighter for what he calls "free speech dissent" — whistle-blowing to you and me — he conceals the steel of a lifelong professional commitment to whistle-blowers beneath a gentle, soft-spoken exterior. It seems like he could not hurt a fly. But when he talks about Executive Order 13303 a quiet rage gathers about him.
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/ 28 October 2003
South African Zoo officials were due to start a hunt on Tuesday for a Nile crocodile which set up a home in a river near Pretoria, frequently swam in by children and dogs, the Johannesburg-based <i>The Star</i> newspaper reported.
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/ 28 October 2003
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said on Monday that conditions for a general election would be ripe within two years
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/ 28 October 2003
Available data on HIV prevalence and Aids as a cause of death in South Africa shows the situation is still far from ideal, a report by the South African Reserve Bank illustrates. It indicates more needs to be done to strengthen the "generalisability" of statistics and to provide an empirical basis for modelling assumptions.
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/ 28 October 2003
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe was in good health and was chairing a Cabinet meeting in Harare on Tuesday morning, according to that country’s high commissioner to South Africa, Simon Moyo.
SA govt’s ‘scandalous silence’
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/ 28 October 2003
The Economic Commission for Africa is convening a major conference in Addis Ababa on Tuesday on Africa’s economic future, bringing together several African finance ministers, development ministers from throughout the developed world, and the heads of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.