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About 50 women from the pressure group Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) demonstrated outside the South African embassy in Harare on Thursday, calling for an end to human rights abuses in the country. They were singing protest songs and carrying banners calling for an end to harsh press and public-order laws.
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/ 16 September 2004
Egyptian Mohammed Hussein Heikal has three feet — considering that each of his feet is a foot and a half (45,5cm) long — and is about to get his first pair of shoes at the age of 51. At a towering 7,5 feet (2,3m) in height, Mohammed is reputedly Egypt’s tallest man, and his gargantuan proportions have been a life-long source of grief.
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/ 16 September 2004
Briefing the media at Parliament on Thursday, the Democratic Alliance accused the African National Congress of using opportunistic enticements to lure municipal councillors during the 15-day floor crossing period, and vowed to look into the possibility of amending the relevant legislation.
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/ 16 September 2004
Africans look to the Pan African Parliament (PAP) to help them escape from poverty and underdevelopment, South African President Thabo Mbeki on Thursday told the opening of the PAP’s second sitting at Gallagher Estate in Midrand. Earlier,
about 300 protesters arrived to press for democratic reform in Zimbabwe.
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/ 16 September 2004
With HIV-infected children dying much faster than adults, doctors are scrambling to design new treatment protocols that work even in the most resource-poor settings. In Romania, which two years ago had more than half of all pediatric HIV/Aids cases in Europe, a new initiative has seen mortality rates reduced from 15% to 3%.
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/ 16 September 2004
Congress of South African Trade Unions secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi has called on public servants to stay home on Monday and Tuesday next week. As Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi arrived to address a massive protesting crowd in Pretoria, Vavi told the public servants the department was robbing them.
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/ 16 September 2004
With the election of a Speaker of its newly formed Parliament late on Wednesday, Somalia edged closer to its first national government in 13 years. In a delayed and drawn-out session, the parliamentarians elected businessman Shariff Hassan Sheikh Adan as the new Speaker.
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/ 16 September 2004
Hundreds of guests and delegates gathered for the opening of the Pan African Parliament’s (PAP) second sitting at the Gallagher Estate conference centre in Midrand on Thursday morning. Delegates from 46 countries that have ratified the PAP protocol are to take part in deliberations from this Friday until October 7.
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This may not come as a surprise to millions of working mothers. And their partners probably know it too. But a comprehensive study of 21 000 people suggests that the rise of ”new men” has been greatly exaggerated. According to the survey, the average American working woman spends twice as much time each day on housework and childcare as the average working male.
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/ 16 September 2004
In a mea culpa as welcome as it was unexpected, the owners of France’s 60 000 bars, brasseries and cafes admitted on Wednesday that all too often their staff are surly, service slow and hygiene horrendous. ”Customers are right to complain of a poor or non-existent welcome, an excessively long wait and a lack of basic courtesy and reactivity,” said André Dugoin, president of the French hotel and catering in dustry’s main trade association, UMIH.