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/ 14 October 2005
The first rapid home test kit for HIV is expected to be approved in the United States next month, after years of controversy and fears that people who find they are infected may kill themselves. For nearly 20 years, experts and activists have agonised over tests that allow people to find out their HIV status in privacy.
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/ 14 October 2005
Beneficiaries of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) have been given until November 1 to put their bank accounts in order. Those who are without any accounts are running the risk of experiencing unnecessary delays in the payments of their UIF money once this deadline has lapsed.
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/ 14 October 2005
Seve Ballesteros endured a nightmare return to the European Tour after a two-year absence on Thursday when he carded a six-over-par 77 in the first round of the Madrid Open. The 48-year-old Spaniard, who gave fans a taste of his old magic when he hit one shot on his knees, never recovered from a horror start.
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/ 14 October 2005
South Africa’s National Industrial Participation (NIP) programme has generated investment and sales credits valued at $3,5-billion during the past eight years, says the Department of Trade and Industry. This translates into about R23-billion at the current exchange rate.
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/ 14 October 2005
The twin infants wrestle for their mother’s breasts as the young woman stops to catch her breath. Weak and exhausted she is standing in the shade of a large tree at the United Nations food distribution centre in rural Malawi, one of Africa’s poorest
countries.
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/ 14 October 2005
Human remains were discovered this week in two mass graves near Rutshuru in the eastern province of Nord-Kivu, where three similar graves were uncovered in September, a Congolese army officer said on Thursday. ”We found two new graves in the Rutshuru area, using information from local people,” said the commander of the Fifth Brigade, Colonel Jean-Marie Shekasikila.
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/ 14 October 2005
Matthew Hayden defied attempts to pension him out of the Australian Test team with a fighting century to lead his country into a strong position after the opening day of the six-day Super Test against the World XI in Sydney on Friday. Hayden’s position has been under threat after a below-par Ashes campaign against England.
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/ 14 October 2005
”International week is over and life returns to normal: Chelsea nine points clear after eight games, all their foreign stars flying home to their mansions and fast cars — and Bolton set to become the latest side to bow before the record-breaking £330-million army.” Neal Collins looks ahead at the weekend’s matches.
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/ 14 October 2005
A strain of Sol Campbell’s troublesome hamstring, another furrow on Arsene Wenger’s careworn brow, and once again the cry goes up: clubs should be ”compensated” for releasing their players for internationals. It is understandable on the face of it, but in football nothing is straightforward, all is political.
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/ 14 October 2005
There was a time not so long ago when talk of the country’s big three meant Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs and Moroka Swallows. How times have changed. Mamelodi Sundowns, who lost 1-2 to Swallows on Wednesday, have replaced the once-mighty Dube Birds as part of the troika ruling the roost in the local game.