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Seven years ago, passers-by barely glanced at a handful of protesters on the steps of a Cape Town cathedral, unaware that they were witnessing the birth of Africa’s most powerful Aids lobby group. They were the first members of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), an NGO led by activist Zackie Achmat.
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/ 29 November 2005
Namibian officials refused on Monday to sign a deal under which Germany would pay reparations to its former colony for the massacre of the local Herero and Dama populations during the colonial era, which lasted from 1884 to 1915. ”I regret this,” said German Minister for Development and Cooperation Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul.
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/ 29 November 2005
The final results from Gabon’s presidential vote are expected on Tuesday, election officials said, as an opposition candidate claimed an early lead despite reports giving the 38-year incumbent the edge. Another main challenger in the race charged ”massive fraud” in Sunday’s ballot.
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The tiny Southern African kingdom of Lesotho is one of the world’s worst Aids-hit countries with a 27% infection rate, but only about 11% of people in need have access to free anti-retroviral drug treatment. Aids kills nearly 70 people each day in the landlocked mountainous state.
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/ 29 November 2005
South African media group Naspers on Tuesday reported fully diluted headline earnings per share of 342 cents for the six months ended September 30, from 221 cents a year ago. Core headline earnings per share were 345 cents from 163 cents before. The company’s policy is to pay an annual dividend, therefore no interim dividend was declared.
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/ 29 November 2005
The European Union’s top justice official warned on Monday that any EU country found to have operated secret CIA prisons could lose its EU voting rights. The EU justice and home affairs commissioner, Franco Frattini, said there would be ”serious consequences” if reports of CIA jails in Europe turned out to be true.
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/ 29 November 2005
Honduras’s governing party on Monday accused an electoral official of prematurely declaring wealthy land owner Manuel Zelaya the winner of elections, and the outgoing president urged the candidates to maintain calm as the final results are tallied.
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/ 29 November 2005
Officials declared water safe for drinking on Tuesday in a northern Chinese city where supplies to 3,8-million people were shut down for five days after a pollution scare in a nearby river, but residents remained wary about taking their first sips. Russian authorities are bracing for the toxic spill to reach the border within days.
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/ 29 November 2005
Canada will go to the polls for a snap general election after opposition parties on Monday used a no-confidence vote to oust Prime Minister Paul Martin’s scandal-hit government. The country’s three opposition parties, which control a majority of seats in Parliament, called for the vote last week.
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/ 29 November 2005
Shi’ite politicians expressed anger on Monday as the trial of Saddam Hussein was adjourned for another week, after three hours of procedural wrangling and testimony from the first prosecution witness. The Chief Judge, Rizgar Amin, was accused of being ”unduly indulgent” of mass murderers.