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/ 23 September 2004
Kenneth Bigley, the Briton held by kidnappers in Iraq, appeared in internet video footage on Wednesday night pleading with British Prime Minister Tony Blair to take action which could save his life. For the most part composed but with desperation in his voice, the 62-year-old addressed the prime minister directly, telling him he was the only person on earth who could save his life.
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/ 23 September 2004
United States President George Bush has failed to win over any of the traditional Jewish backing for the Democrats, despite the unwavering White House support for Israel and a vigorous campaign by the Republican party. In a poll released on Wednesday by the American Jewish Committee, Jewish voters preferred John Kerry to Bush by a margin of nearly three to one: 69% to 24%.
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/ 23 September 2004
The death toll from flash floods and mudslides in northern Haiti could rise to more than 1 800 when a full assessment of Tropical Storm Jeanne’s devastation is complete, say government officials. More than 1 000 people were declared missing on Wednesday, and 800 have been confirmed dead.
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/ 23 September 2004
The Vatican is hoping to raise 2,9-million euros to fund the restoration of Michelangelo’s last two frescos, which are hidden from the public in a chapel where the Pope prays and reads mass to private audiences. The frescos — the Crucifixion of St Peter and the Conversion of St Paul — are faded after being exposed to dust and soot over centuries of candlelit prayer in the Pauline chapel, close to the better-known Sistine chapel.
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/ 23 September 2004
Sweeping counter-terrorism laws were debated in the Russian Parliament on Wednesday, including proposals that would allow the country to declare itself at war and impose tight restrictions on travel and the media. Under the plans, Russian television and radio journalists would not be allowed to report on a siege until the situation had been resolved.
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/ 23 September 2004
Assemble a portrait of your customer Published: July 26, 2004 By Keeran Sewsunker for The Daily News Before your research is over, your ideas about your target customers may change several times. Add explanations and qualifiers under each category as they occur to you; these will document your thought processes and remind you of how […]
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/ 23 September 2004
How to tell if you should go it alone Published: July 12, 2004 By Keeran Sewsunker for The Daily News Considering whether to take the plunge and make a business of one of your hobbies? Here are some questions to answer (truthfully) before you make the leap from hobbyist to full-time entrepreneur. There is obviously […]
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/ 23 September 2004
"Last week, close to 500 African journalists and information and communication technology (ICT) policy-makers gathered in Grahamstown at the annual Highway Africa conference. In the run-up to the conference, I had the opportunity to teach two groups of mid-career journalists about the broader issues around reporting on Open Source Software. I must admit, it was an eye-opener," writes Vincent Maher.
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/ 23 September 2004
Disappointing results of clinical trials for a promising pair of new Aids vaccines have highlighted the dilemmas faced by those determining strategy in this field. Recently, a prominent Kenyan newspaper carried the headline "Aids vaccine trials flop". The following day, the same newspaper carried a second news story, this time with the headline "Search for Aids cure ‘not a flop’". At first sight, the two headlines appear contradictory.
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/ 23 September 2004
I guess the only thing that can be said is what Bra Hugh said: that there is nothing more to be said except that Dolly Rathebe was about laughter, joy and music. Sis Dolly Rathebe passed on when nobody expected her to on Thursday last week. The question is: Why did nobody expect her to? She was born, after all, in 1928, which is quite a long time ago. John Matshikiza plays tribute to this lady of jazz.