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/ 25 October 2004
A self-confessed Boeremag coup plotter told the Pretoria High Court on Monday he felt ”uncomfortable” with plans to annihilate the ”enemy”, who had been identified as all blacks, coloureds and Indians. He said the Boeremag had plans to shoot holes into electricity transformers, causing them to blow up and leave people without electricity.
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/ 25 October 2004
The launch of France’s first gay television channel, Pink TV, on Monday has been touted as a big step for television and a new era for homosexuality in this largely Roman Catholic country. The channel is ”a giant leap for television, a small step in high heels”, presenter Eric Gueho says in a promotional clip.
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/ 25 October 2004
A witness told the Schabir Shaik trial in Durban on Monday that Shaik believed his political connections would enable his company to get a slice of the multibillion-rand arms deal. He said French firm Thomson CSF regarded political connections as important in the adjudication process of the arms deal.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?cg=BreakingNews-National&ao=124329">Shaik trial tracks ‘the tailor'</a>
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/ 25 October 2004
The man who is said to be responsible for Nelson Mandela’s wardrobe, Yusuf Surtee, was mentioned several times in the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial in the Durban High Court on Monday. Surtee, also known as ”the tailor”, is alleged to be the person responsible for short-listing potential bidders in the government’s multibillion-rand arms deal.
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/ 25 October 2004
Male freshwater bass are producing eggs in the South Branch of the Potomac River in West Virginia, a possible sign of environmental pollution. Although the waters of the South Branch were described as ”clear as bottled water” by the Washington Post, the newspaper quoted scientists as saying the water could actually be highly polluted through poultry manure or other sources.
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/ 25 October 2004
Typhoon Nock-ten lashed northern Taiwan with powerful winds and driving rain on Monday, disrupting international flights and closing financial markets, schools and government offices. Flash flooding killed three people, including a television cameraman and a firefighter. The typhoon’s eye passed just north of the capital, Taipei.
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/ 25 October 2004
Several hundred tonnes of conventional explosives are missing from a former Iraqi military facility that once played a key role in Saddam Hussein’s efforts to build a nuclear bomb, the United Nations nuclear agency confirmed on Monday. The explosives include HMX and RDX, which can be used to demolish buildings and down jetliners.
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/ 25 October 2004
A deer hunter in Wisconsin is marketing a new type of chewing gum he claims can mask human-smelling breath and help hunters move closer to their prey. Neil Bretl says his Gum-o-Flage helps fool the animals’ hypersensitive noses to human scent.
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/ 25 October 2004
Provision of anti-retroviral therapy to people living with HIV/Aids in Botswana is progressing at a steady rate, resulting in fewer deaths, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday. ”The overall mortality of patients on treatment is less than 10%,” says a report compiled by Botswana’s Health Ministry and WHO experts.