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/ 27 October 2003
A little of Pavlov’s dog is hiding in all of us, scientists said after an experiment in which they taught human volunteers to associate abstract computer images with ice cream. During an initial training period, 13 hungry volunteers were shown abstract computer images while being exposed to the smell of vanilla or peanut butter.
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/ 27 October 2003
The United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) southern African 2003/04 regional operation is currently only 28% funded, with donor contributions of $147,9-million received compared with a requirement of $533-million, the WFP said in a statement on Monday.
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/ 27 October 2003
A director of Zimbabwe’s Daily News was arrested on Sunday, a day after police again shut down the troubled southern African country’s only independent daily newspaper. The arrest of Washington Sansole in Bulawayo came after police occupied the paper’s offices in the Harare on Saturday and briefly detained 18 staff members.
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/ 27 October 2003
After taking a walk around Hyundai’s new Terracan 4X4 at the Durban Motor Show, but before I heard its price, I reckoned that if the importers could keep the price below about R370 000 they’d be onto a very good thing.
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/ 27 October 2003
When writing about the newly launched Ford Ranger Super Cab we stated that because there are no rear seats fitted the bakkie is classed as a commercial vehicle, allowing VAT to vendors can claim back the tax on the vehicle, saving over R30 000. Reader James Motlanthe took us to task. Here’s the deal.
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/ 27 October 2003
Subaru’s fourth generation Legacy range was unveiled to keen viewers at the Durban Motor Show earlier this month, weeks before its official launch and will create considerable interest from two areas of the market.
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/ 27 October 2003
In the eco-rich forests and savannas of western Congo poachers slaughter endangered wildlife with continued impunity from local authorities. ”The situation in the Conkouati park is unlawful,” said Paul Elkan of the Wildlife Conservation Society in Congo.
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/ 27 October 2003
A Holocaust memorial in Berlin to Europe’s six-million murdered Jews was at the centre of huge embarrassment on Sunday night after it emerged that one of its German construction firms had supplied Zyklon B used in Nazi gas chambers.
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/ 27 October 2003
The Bush administration was embroiled yesterday in a new controversy over its handling of intelligence after the chairman of the commission investigating the September 11 attacks warned he would use the courts and issue subpoenas to obtain evidence from an uncooperative White House.
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/ 27 October 2003
The Israeli military has ordered thousands of Palestinians living near the steel and concrete ”security fence” through the West Bank to obtain special permits to live in their own homes.