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/ 24 January 2005
By pursuing an application for leave to appeal against their fraud convictions, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and broker Addy Moolman risk another court imposing heavier sentences, the state warned on Monday. ”There is no prospect of the sentences changing to their benefit,” advocate Jan Ferreira argued for the state in the Pretoria High Court.
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/ 24 January 2005
A powerful international consortium set up to accelerate research into a vaccine against HIV/Aids has identified major barriers to the first generation of commercially available HIV vaccines — and ways to overcome these obstacles, says a Science and Development Network report.
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/ 24 January 2005
The new pharmacy operations of listed health and beauty retailer New Clicks Holdings continue to show a loss four months into the company’s 2005 financial year, with the government’s new dispensing-fee regulations eating into margins. This is leading the company to focus on rolling out pharmacy dispensaries in larger Clicks stores.
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/ 24 January 2005
Judges from Malawi’s high and supreme courts of appeal have gone on strike to press demands for a fleet of 26 new four-wheeled drive vehicles, a court official said on Friday. The judges said they want the new 4X4s because they regard themselves as equals to other top governmental officials and are entitled to the luxury vehicles.
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/ 24 January 2005
Kenyan government plans to send 300 wild animals from the East African country to a zoo in Thailand has been heavily criticised by animal welfare organisations in the country. Animal welfare groups have questioned Kenya’s commitment to protecting its wildlife, as some of the animals on the list have been in steady decline in Kenya.
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/ 24 January 2005
Côte d’Ivoire’s air force took to the skies again at the weekend following permission from the United Nations to repair aircraft wrecked in November by French forces after they killed French peacekeepers, witnesses and UN officials said on Monday. a helicopter gunship made several test flights over the political capital of Yamoussoukro.
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/ 24 January 2005
Supporters of Iraq’s most wanted man, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, executed an Egyptian driver on a street in broad daylight, accusing him of working with United States-led forces, according to an internet video on Monday. On Friday, Zarqawi’s group posted a video on an Islamist website showing the beheading of two Iraqis.
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/ 24 January 2005
A film starkly portraying genocide in Rwanda, in which 800 000 people died a decade ago, received its world premiere in Kigali this weekend in a stadium where thousands had sought refuge during the slaughter in the central African state. Sometimes in April” was shown on a giant screen on Saturday evening in the Rwandan capital Kigali before a select audience of 5 000.
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/ 24 January 2005
In May last year, teachers in Swaziland were at loggerheads with the government over the delicate matter of admitting Aids orphans to schools free of charge. With the new academic year looming, has the situation improved? Certainly, Minister of Education Constance Simelane is making all the right noises.
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/ 24 January 2005
The north-eastern United States was emerging on Monday from a snowstorm, ranked among the five worst in the past century, that was linked to at least 18 deaths across eight states. The storm, which started on Friday, dumped 35cm in New York City and close to a metre in some parts of the state of Massachusetts.