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/ 19 November 2004
A South Korean gorged for 24 days on fast food to warn his countrymen about its health consequences, mimicking the United States box office-hit documentary Super Size Me about the ill effects of a man’s month-long binge on McDonald’s fare. Yoon Kwang-yong is now in rehab therapy to lose weight and lower his liver fat.
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/ 19 November 2004
The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was flat and very much a mixed bag in noon trade on Friday, with little or anything to drive the market as players took a bit of a breather after the bourse’s recent record highs. At 12.10pm, the all-share index was flat (0,02%). Industrials were 0,24% stronger.
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/ 19 November 2004
In the past eight months a study has shown 10 000 movements by sharks in False Bay, the site of this week’s fatal shark attack. Marine biologists maintain sharks have always been around. But the increased number of people in the water because of a ready availability of wetsuits and the increased popularity of water sports has heightened the likelihood of attack.
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/ 19 November 2004
George W Bush’s second term as United States President is good news for Africa, says Tony Leon, Democratic Alliance leader. He bases this judgement on the views of a notorious diamond merchant allegedly linked to supporting undemocratic and corrupt regimes in Africa. However, Leon’s new friend, Maurice Tempelsman,
has a dodgy record when it comes to Africa.
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/ 19 November 2004
Despite an upbeat report to Parliament by the Department of Trade and Industry, questions about the performance of the offset programmes agreed with foreign contractors in terms of the 1999 arms deal persist. Only limited information is available in the public domain, but it seems increasingly likely that at least one major contractor involved in the German submarine consortium will miss its extended deadline for investment.
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/ 19 November 2004
Artists from the United States swept the board at the MTV Europe music awards on Thursday night, highlighting the global influence of the US television network. British rock group Muse took the awards for best alternative act and best United Kingdom act.
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/ 19 November 2004
United Nations Security Council President John Danforth on Friday urged Sudan and its warring rebels to shoulder the responsibility for ending their civil war and bringing peace and prosperity to Africa’s largest country. "We came here not for a ceremony, not for a photo op, but for results," he insisted.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Africa&ao=125788">Sudan peace pledge at rare UN meeting</a>
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/ 19 November 2004
South African food and pharmaceutical group Tiger Brands on Thursday reported a 19% increase in its final headline earnings per share to 927,3 cents for the year to September 30, from 778,2 cents in the previous comparative period. Tiger Brands announced a final dividend per share of 270 cents.
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/ 19 November 2004
Shares in information and communications technology (ICT) group Dimension Data (Didata, DDT) spiked sharply on Thursday on the back of an impressive set of financial results on Wednesday, an ICT analyst said. Its adjusted profit was recorded at $11,434-million (R68,604-million) — a recovery from an adjusted loss of $36,356-million.
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/ 19 November 2004
Another legal stand-off between brand parody specialist Laugh It Off and SABMiller has forced the small company to drop a satirical image of Carling Black Label beer to get its calendar and annual on youth culture into stores. Delays caused by the global brewery’s legal moves to halt publication are extracting heavy costs, said Laugh It Off founder Justin Nurse.