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The Department of Foreign Affairs has appealed to the government of Equatorial Guinea to either charge or release two South African air-crew members being refused exit from the oil-rich West African state. Sechan Pillay and Ruwaide Kalbine have been unable to leave since November 17.
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A defiant Saddam Hussein on Monday exchanged angry words with the presiding judge and heard testimony from the first prosecution witness as the trial of the former Iraqi dictator resumed after a 40-day break. After barely two hours in session, the court was adjourned to December 5.
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”A curse on Saddam,” demanded relatives of victims of the 1982 Shi’ite massacre for which Saddam Hussein went on trial again on Monday, calling for a quick execution for the ousted Iraqi dictator. But Saddam’s supporters also turned out in his hometown of Tikrit, blasting as unjust the trial of the once-all-powerful leader.
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The drug maker Merck & Co said on Monday that it will cut about 7 000 jobs, or 11% of its work force, by the end of 2008 and will close or sell five of its 31 manufacturing plants in moves that it says will save up to -billion. It employs just less than 63 000 people.
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/ 28 November 2005
The CEO of listed plastic packaging group Astrapak, Ray Crewe-Brown, on Monday said that if the plastic industry can manage to come up with a technology that will enable the shelf life of beer in plastic to stretch to 24 months, then some parts of the beer industry might switch to plastic packaging.
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The onset of winter claimed the lives of at least two earthquake survivors on Monday — the first confirmed victims of what officials fear will be a new disaster for the 3,5-million Pakistanis who lost their homes last month. More than 100 people were brought to hospitals with hypothermia and respiratory diseases.
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Jacques Kallis fell nine runs short of his 14th one-day century on Monday, but helped South Africa recover from a shaky start and set India a challenging target in the fifth and final limited-overs cricket international. Kallis posted a composed 91 to boost South Africa’s score to 221 for six in 50 overs.
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Jacob Zuma should still become president of the African National Congress, the ANC Youth League said on Monday. This follows statements by the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions that they had never said they wanted Zuma to be the president of the ANC.
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Health officials in the Eastern Cape are still searching for 19 boys believed to be at an illegal initiation school in the bush near Flagstaff, said a spokesperson for the provincial department of health on Monday. Also, one boy died after falling ill at another circumcision school in the area.
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The arms deal between South Africa — through Denel — and India should be rescued by the intervention of Minister of Public Enterprises Alec Erwin, says the official South African opposition Democratic Alliance. The DA said Erwin should put pressure on the Denel board to save the deal.