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/ 1 September 2004
Two members of environmental action group Earthlife Africa climbed on top of the Sandton Convention Centre on Wednesday afternoon and then abseiled over the edge, unfurling a six-storey-high yellow banner saying "Don’t let big business rule the world".
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/ 1 September 2004
In the next six years, the number of Tanzanians killed by malaria could be halved. They just need to start using insecticide-treated nets. Currently, Tanzania has the highest rate of death from malaria in Southern Africa. A staggering 100 000 Tanzanians die from the disease each year.
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/ 1 September 2004
Israel moved to speed up construction of its West Bank separation barrier on Wednesday after a double suicide attack in the southern city of Beersheva that left 16 people dead. A senior government official said that work on the southern sector of the barrier will begin on Thursday.
Israel shaken by suicide bombers
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/ 1 September 2004
The Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) has expressed an interest in participating in the privatisation of India’s two largest airports and the board is studying the details of the project, Acsa MD Monhla Hlahla said on Wednesday. Hlahla said the project is still in its early stages.
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/ 1 September 2004
The Independent Democrats welcomed 18 municipal councillors — mainly from the New National Party — to its ranks on Wednesday, the first day of the two-week period for councillors to change parties without losing their seats. Former NNP Cape Town councillor David Sassman said the NNP ”sold out to the highest bidder”.
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/ 1 September 2004
After a volatile start, the JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) settled in positive territory by noon on Wednesday, buoyed by strength on European markets. Retailers and banks were features on the upside, with many hitting new highs. By 11.59am, the all-share index was up 0,37%. Industrials and financials firmed 0,53% and 0,58% respectively.
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Japan’s death toll from Typhoon Chaba rose to 13 on Wednesday as another powerful Pacific storm threatened to hit its southern island of Okinawa. The Philippines were on Wednesday still mopping up from torrential rains that killed 43 people and Richmond, the capital of the US state of Virginia, was flooded by tropical storm Gaston.
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A Bengal tiger on the loose in the thick brush surrounding an American army base is winning a game of hide and seek. A team of about 40 soldiers and sheriff’s deputies searched the woods on Fort Polk on Tuesday, but saw no sign of the tiger. It was unclear where the animal came from, but it is likely a pet that escaped or was set free.
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Large swathes of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, and adjoining towns have gone without water for weeks, forcing residents to store water in often unhygienic drums borrowed from elsewhere in the city. Worst affected are the four-million-strong city’s middle-class eastern suburbs.
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/ 1 September 2004
Government cutbacks in New York are hitting a continental soldier below the belt. The statue of Copper John, a continental soldier who sits atop the state’s Auburn Correctional Facility, was removed earlier this summer for renovation. The beloved figure is set to return to his perch this fall, albeit a lesser man.