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/ 6 December 2004
Half of all e-mails received in Hong Kong are spam and nearly all of it comes from outside the territory, according to a government survey released on Monday. Only five per cent of the unsolicited e-mails come from Hong Kong, while 40% come from Asia and the remainder come mostly from the United States, the study found.
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/ 6 December 2004
The 300-year row between Spain and Britain over Gibraltar enters a new and different phase this week as talks begin with, for the first time, the Gibraltarians also sitting at the negotiating table. Although the meeting is billed as talks about talks, the presence of Gibraltar’s chief minister, Peter Caruana, marks a radical change in the process of deciding what is to be done with the Rock.
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/ 6 December 2004
The ancient city-state of Teotihuacan was long thought a relatively gentle place because its art lacked the glorification of sacrifice and war so common in other Mesoamerican civilisations. Now a team of archaeologists has gone beneath that peaceful appearance and revealed the skeletons in the city’s pyramid.
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/ 6 December 2004
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe silenced discussion in his party about his retirement and quashed a power struggle over his succession at a party congress over the weekend. Mugabe imposed a loyal but political lightweight young woman as Zanu-PF party vice-president, to put her directly in line to succeed him when he either retires or dies.
Joyce Mujuru elected Vice-President
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/ 6 December 2004
South African-based Metcash Trading announced on Monday it intended to make an Aus-million dollars (-million) off-market takeover offer for the Australian operations of Foodland Associated. Metcash said that they would acquire only the Australian business of the Perth-based wholesaling and retailing group and Foodland shareholders would retain ownership of Foodland New Zealand.
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/ 6 December 2004
The South African consortium formed by the Airports Company South Africa, Old Mutual plc, the BidVest Group and Indian partner GVK Industries Limited has received official notification from the government of India that it has been pre-qualified in the bid to participate in the privatisation of India’s Mumbai and Delhi airports.
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/ 6 December 2004
The Arrive Alive campaign will not tolerate traffic offenders this coming holiday season — this is according to a statement by the Department of Transport issued on Monday. With schools countrywide closing for the December holidays, Arrive Alive is gearing itself up for the holiday rush.
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/ 6 December 2004
Bangladesh’s first flyover road is attracting hundreds of visitors a week, prompting safety fears among officials. Some visitors come on day trips from rural areas while others live in the capital Dhaka who enjoy the atmosphere around the new overpass, Monday’s English language Daily Star said.
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/ 6 December 2004
Empty villages and reports of houses being torched in a score of communities on Sunday indicated a growing conflict in the remote eastern regions of this sprawling country, where Rwandan troops are feared to have invaded. A spokesperson for the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo said armed men suspected of being Rwandan soldiers have been attacking and burning villages for more than a week.
Rwanda threatens to reignite the DRC
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/ 6 December 2004
Private letters handwritten by anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela while imprisoned at Robben Island off Cape Town have revealed touching details.