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/ 28 October 2004
A Kenyan street boy emerged 000 richer this week after stumbling across a local radio station’s top treasure-hunt prize while relieving himself in a Nairobi park. Evans Kamande’s first thoughts were for his mother, who works as a house cleaner in Nairobi.
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/ 28 October 2004
An Indonesian cleric appeared in court on Thursday accused of leading the militant Islamist group responsible for a series of attacks including the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people. Prosecutors read out a 65-page indictment accusing Abu Bakr Bashir of running Jemaah Islamiyah, a south-east Asian terror network, and of using his ”religious charisma” to incite followers to carry out attacks.
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/ 28 October 2004
A member of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in the National Council of Provinces, Nelson Raju, died while playing a round of golf on Wednesday. Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi said in a statement that it was with ”profound sorrow and a sense of loss” that he had received the news that Raju had passed away.
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/ 28 October 2004
Five foreigners and a Ghanaian were sentenced to 20 years in jail with hard labour on Monday for their part in smuggling nearly 600kg of cocaine into Ghana for onward shipment to Europe. The High Court in Accra found all six men guilty of conspiracy and possessing narcotic drugs without lawful authority.
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/ 28 October 2004
A cholera outbreak has killed two people and affected about 50 others in the largest camp for people who fled their homes to escape an 18-year insurgency in northern Uganda, the United Nations said on Thursday. UN investigations have shown that all household domestic water pots are contaminated with faeces.
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/ 28 October 2004
A total of 272 of South Africa’s most-wanted criminals have been arrested since President Thabo Mbeki’s State of the Nation address in May, Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula said on Thursday. He said the police had a long list of most-wanted criminals but Mbeki urged the country’s security agencies to arrest at least 200 of them.
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/ 28 October 2004
Stinky and dingy toilets in the Philippines’ premier international airport will soon get a facelift under a massive renovation programme, officials said on Thursday. A total of 42 restrooms at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International airport will be renovated under the project, according to the Manila International Airport Authority.
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/ 28 October 2004
She became the face of famine, yet no one knew her name. Birhan Weldu’s emaciated face became the despairing image of Ethiopia in 1984 and was beamed to TV screens all over the world. Now Birhan, who miraculously survived the 1984 disaster that claimed the lives of one million Ethiopians, has become a symbol of hope for her country.
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/ 28 October 2004
Scientists in Singapore have invented a contact lens capable of releasing precise amounts of medication to treat glaucoma and other eye diseases so doing away with eye drops, the developers said on Thursday. The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology is now looking for partners to commercialise the product, which also minimises the harmful seepage of drugs to other body organs.
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/ 28 October 2004
The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was slightly firmer at midday on Thursday, but gains were being capped by weakness in gold-mining and resources stocks. By midday, the all-share index was up 0,33% and the industrial index added 0,83%. Financials were up 1,06% and banks jumped 1,73%.