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Thousands of hawkers handed over a memorandum to Johannesburg mayor Amos Masondo’s office on Thursday, demanding an end to the confiscation of their goods in the inner city. The protest march was also intended to introduce the new Johannesburg Traders’ Alliance to the mayor.
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Yasser Arafat, who triumphantly forced his people’s plight into the world spotlight but failed to achieve his lifelong quest for Palestinian statehood, died on Thursday at age 75. He was to the end a man of many mysteries and paradoxes — terrorist, statesman, autocrat and peacemaker.
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/ 11 November 2004
South Africa’s largest commercial banking group, Nedcor, has confirmed its previous earnings forecasts for the financial year to the end of December, saying on Thursday it expects its headline earnings per share (excluding translation gains or losses) to be between 6% and 19% lower than the 502 cents per share reported in 2003.
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/ 11 November 2004
World leaders reacted to the death on Thursday of veteran Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat by accepting him as a symbol of his people’s cause, but differed sharply over his contribution to the Middle East peace process. They united, however, in calling for an end to the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict via a peace settlement that would include the creation of an independent Palestinian state.
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/ 11 November 2004
Amid conflicting reports about the state of affairs at national daily <i>ThisDay</i>, its executive director Gbenga Oni-Olusola dismissed suggestions that the newspaper owners were planning to quit, adding that their plans to resume publication "soon" remained on track. Oni-Olusola said the newspaper’s owners were continuing to investigate ways in which they could resuscitate the newspaper.
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/ 11 November 2004
The Johannesburg High Court on Thursday dismissed Gold Fields’ application to block Harmony Gold’s bid for the group, with the court dismissing Gold Fields’ argument that Harmony’s offer to Gold Fields’ shareholders was in contravention of South Africa’s Companies Act.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Business&ao=125303">Gold Fields bid too close to call</a>
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/ 11 November 2004
Peeping Toms who photograph sunbathers with cellphone cameras could face hefty fines or jail terms following a crackdown on the practice in Australia. The first man to be arrested for surreptitious photography was charged with offensive behaviour by officers in Sydney at the weekend.
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/ 11 November 2004
The campaign to get cheap Aids drugs to millions of Africans was dealt a blow on Wednesday when a manufacturer in India admitted it could not prove the quality of its medicines and withdrew them from the list approved by the World Health Organisation.
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/ 11 November 2004
French and United Nations troops on Wednesday began evacuating from Côte d’Ivoire thousands of terrified expatriates who fled their homes after a frenzy of mob violence by pro-government gangs cost the lives of 27 people.”The government is pushing to kill white people — not just the French, all white people,” said Marie Noel Mion, rescued by a wooden boat at daybreak on Wednesday.
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/ 11 November 2004
It’s the same dilemma every holiday season: what to buy as a present for mum and dad. It’s easier to pick something for girlfriends, boyfriends, brothers and sisters. But often nothing comes to mind for your parents. The big day approaches, and in a panic you buy dad a tie and mum some perfumed soap.