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/ 1 September 2005

Brothel Cinderella attracts a red light

Cinderella may have been down on her luck, but no one expected her to show up in the red light district. Least of all the descendants of Sergei Prokofiev. They are so incensed at a Latvian production of the Russian composer’s ballet that they have forced the show to close by refusing rights to use the music.

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/ 1 September 2005

CCMA staff mull whether to strike

The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has not succeeded in negotiations with their staff over a wage dispute. According to a statement on Wednesday, the Commission Staff Association is preparing to poll its membership on whether to strike, following the deadlock in salary negotiations.

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/ 1 September 2005

‘A towering figure in the search for peace’

Joseph Rotblat, a physicist who campaigned against nuclear arms and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, has died, his spokesperson said Thursday. He was 96. Rotblat and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, the group he founded to help rid the world of atomic arms, received the prestigious prize in 1995.