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/ 13 October 2005
Thousands of children in Ravensmead in the Cape Town area are to be photographed and fingerprinted in a bid to curb child abductions, the Cape Argus website reported on Thursday. It said a campaign will begin soon at 17 schools and crèches in the area.
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/ 13 October 2005
A charge relating to allegations of racism has been laid by the Cape Bar Council against Cape Judge President John Hlophe, Beeld newspaper reported on Thursday. Hlophe was recently accused of calling a Cape Town lawyer Joshua Greeff a ”piece of white shit” and telling him to go back to The Netherlands.
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/ 13 October 2005
Brazil has reached an agreement with US pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories to lower Aids drug Kaletra’s price.
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/ 13 October 2005
The Democratic Alliance has called on the Judicial Services Commission to intervene in the ongoing controversy over Cape Judge President John Hlophe. Hlophe was recently accused of calling a Cape Town lawyer a ”white shit” — a claim that he has denied.
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/ 13 October 2005
The Cabinet voiced concern on Wednesday at public displays of anger at President Thabo Mbeki at the corruption court appearance of his dismissed deputy Jacob Zuma this week. Concern was expressed about the burning of T-shirts displaying Mbeki’s picture and insults directed at him, a government spokesperson said.
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/ 13 October 2005
Scorpions head Leonard McCarthy told the Khampepe commission on Wednesday it would be a ”nightmare” to relocate the unit and it should be left in place and enhanced by legislation. ”The DSO [Directorate of Special Operations] is a good institution,” he told the commission on its eighth day of public hearings.
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/ 13 October 2005
Giant mining group Anglo American warned on Wednesday that South Africa’s plans to increase the supply of diamonds to local cutters and polishers would affect employment, growth and investment in the sector. Anglo American spoke during public hearings in Parliament on the proposed Diamond Amendment Bill.
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/ 13 October 2005
A strong aftershock shook Pakistan on Thursday, rattling the nerves of those who lived through last weekend’s devastating earthquake and bringing an even greater sense of urgency to efforts to find survivors under the precarious rubble. The death toll is believed to be more than 35 000.
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/ 13 October 2005
Aziz Khan pushed impatiently through the crowd outside Mansehra hospital, gripping his blood-splattered son Javed by the hand. Moments later, the 11-year-old boy was lying on the emergency-room table, a bare metal bed frame in a chaotic room filled with quake victims and littered with bloodied swabs.
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/ 13 October 2005
Osama bin Laden’s deputy has sent a letter to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the militant leader in Iraq, setting out a blueprint for taking control of the country when American troops leave, according to United States intelligence officials. The plans are set out in a 6 000-word letter dated July 9 this year.