International agencies, public health experts and Aids activists have dismissed the Indian government’s claim of a massive drop in new HIV infections between 2003 and 2004 as incorrect and misleading, according to reports on the <i>Science and Development Network</i>. India ranks second only to South Africa, which has 5,3-million HIV infections.
Zimbabwe’s tourism industry, once the country’s second largest foreign currency earner, has declined sharply in the past few years as a result of the ongoing economic and political crises. In a bid to combat negative perceptions about the country and encourage visitors to return, tourism officials and the government have roped in an unlikely ally — taxi drivers.
When rock star Bob Geldof named his new aid concert Live 8, everyone knew who the real audience would be. And when he timed the five simultaneous concerts for July 2, just days before the G8 summit to be held at Gleneagles in Scotland, he removed all doubts that the audience would not be the millions who would attend or watch the concerts, but eight leaders in a Scottish retreat.
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The government will shortly start moving the community on Modderklip farm to give effect to a recent Constitutional Court judgement, the Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs said on Tuesday. The department, which gave no date for when the 70Â 000-strong community is to be moved, said the matter is a ”priority”.
Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmad Nazeef admitted on Tuesday that ”mistakes” took place during last week’s constitutional referendum, according to the Middle East News Agency. Last week, 83% of Egyptian voters said yes to a constitutional change to allow more than one candidate to run for presidential elections.
The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm for destroying Enron Corporation-related documents before the energy giant’s collapse. In a unanimous opinion, justices said the former Big Five accounting firm’s June 2002 conviction was improper.
The Competition Commission’s statement that it has found evidence of anti-competitive practices by motor manufacturers, dealers, importers and distributors came as a surprise, Volkswagen South Africa’s general manager of communications, Bill Stephens, said on Tuesday.
Irish musician Bob Geldof on Tuesday outlined plans to stage a follow-up spectacular 20 years after the 1985 Live Aid concert, in order to draw world attention to global poverty and debt. The event, called Live 8, will be held in London’s Hyde Park, with other concerts being staged in Philadelphia, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
Somalia’s government will not abandon plans to return from exile and establish itself in the country, a presidential spokesperson said on Tuesday, a day after militias loyal to rival Somali lawmakers fought for control of the town of Baidoa.