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/ 22 November 2004
For three young men fleeing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Africa was supposed to be a haven. Instead, it was a detention centre — a dirt-floored pen made of chain-link fencing and razor wire, with no roof, toilets or running water. With temperatures soaring to 40°C, immigrants are caged for days at a time in an open-air, unsanitary facility near the Zimbabwean border.
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/ 22 November 2004
Police investigations were continuing on Monday after the discovery of the plastic-wrapped bodies of two adults and two children in a drainpipe in Centurion in recent days. Investigators were on Monday trying to trace the families of the deceased, who had earlier been reported missing in Pretoria, said police spokesperson Captain Piletji Sebola.
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/ 22 November 2004
The Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) is changing, albeit painfully. The old must remain in place, but the new, the threatening present, must also be hung there in such a way as to make you see the connection between these two inevitably colliding worlds. This, it would seem, would be the underlying reason for the Negotiated Identities: Black Bodies exhibition being there in the first place.
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/ 22 November 2004
Good news for adolescents who cop criticism from their parents for spending Saturday and Sunday mornings asleep in bed: the experts approve because long lie-ins are an antidote to the sleep deficits that teenagers build up during the week. The University of Pennsylvania’s Professor David Dinges said the pace of city life meant it was harder and harder for urban types to get enough sleep.
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/ 22 November 2004
The JSE Securities Exchange was deep in the red just before midday on Monday, in line with world markets. However, volumes were fairly light compared to recent days. By 11.53am, the all share index was down 0,85%. Resources retreated 1,58%, with the gold and platinum mining indices losing 0,71% and 1,24% respectively.
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/ 22 November 2004
Palestinian leaders will tell Colin Powell, the United States Secretary of State, who is visiting the occupied territories on Monday, that they want the Bush administration to commit itself to the creation of a Palestinian state by the end of next year. Powell arrived in Israel on Sunday night, launching a week of diplomatic activity aimed at reviving the peace process after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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/ 22 November 2004
Peering into the crater of Mount Nyiragongo, 25-year-old park ranger Safari Kimanuka confirms with the naked eye what scientists are already warning. ”That’s high, a lot higher than last week.” The lava lake of the volcano, which overlooks the Congolese city of Goma, has risen sharply, prompting fears of a devastating eruption and causing unease among those who survived the last disaster.
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/ 22 November 2004
A Taiwan jewellery shop robber turned himself into police after hiding for a month in an apartment building attic, saying he could no longer stand the smell of his own body odour, a news report said on Monday. Authorities told Taiwan’s United Daily News that Wang Wen-long (28) was unemployed and addicted to playing video games.
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/ 22 November 2004
A mouse that stowed away on a Chinese passenger jet in Singapore ended up costing the airline 000, a news report said on Monday. The mouse sneaked on board the China Eastern Airlines jet while it was preparing to fly from Singapore to Shanghai, according to the Hong Kong edition of the China Daily.
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/ 22 November 2004
South African Breweries, the South African arm of global brewing giant SABMiller (SAB), has confirmed that it will invest R5-billion in its South African operation over the next five years to expand capacity and to improve its ability to meet changing consumer needs locally, underpinning the company’s strong growth prospects.