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/ 3 July 2006

Heads of EADS, Airbus resign over delays to A380

The co-chief executive of the European aerospace group EADS and the head of its Airbus subsidiary paid with their jobs on Sunday for the crisis that has wiped billions of euros off the value of the company. The two companies issued terse statements announcing EADS’s French co-boss Noel Forgeard and Airbus’s head Gustav Humbert, a German, were stepping down.

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/ 3 July 2006

Four arrested after missionaries raped in KZN

Four men have been arrested in connection with the rape of two foreign missionaries and the shooting of one of them on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast. Captain Vincent Pandarum said the two women — one from Kenya and the other from the United States — were raped on Friday night as they were walking home on the Old Harding Road near Oslo Beach.

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/ 3 July 2006

DA decries toothless African Union

It seems the African Union (AU) is repeating the ”sad past” of the old Organisation for African Unity, particularly with regard to Zimbabwe and Sudan, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Monday. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has again outwitted President Thabo Mbeki, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and the AU, DA foreign affairs spokesman Douglas Gibson said.

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/ 3 July 2006

Outbreak of avian flu in W Cape not H5N1

A small outbreak of avian influenza was detected on an ostrich farm about 30km west of Mossel Bay in the Western Cape, the Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs said on Monday. Preliminary surveillance indicated that the outbreak was probably limited to the single farm on which it was detected and which had been put under quarantine, the department added.

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/ 3 July 2006

Streamlined environmental regulations take effect

South Africa’s revised Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) regulations came into effect on Monday, the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism announced. ”It’s all systems go … we are happy that the new regulations are now law in this country,” department spokesperson JP Louw said. The new regulations had been revised to be quicker, simpler and better, and resulted from a substantial consultative process.

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/ 3 July 2006

Captors set deadline for Israel

Three Palestinian militant groups holding a teenage Israeli soldier on Monday set Israel a one-day deadline to meet their demands to free Palestinian prisoners. ”Faced with the Zionist enemy’s persistence in taking military measures and aggressions, we give it a delay expiring Tuesday, July 4 at 6am,” said a statement issued by the Popular Resistance Committees.

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/ 3 July 2006

JSE up marginally in quiet trade

The JSE was slightly firmer just after midday on Monday, benefiting from higher commodity prices. Volumes were extremely light, however, ahead of Tuesday’s Independence Day holiday in the US. By 12.15pm, the all-share index inched up 0,15%. Resources rose 0,21%, the gold-mining index gained 0,72% and the platinum-mining index perked up 1,26%.