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/ 20 October 2004
Less than two weeks before United States voters choose the next commander in chief, Democrat John Kerry prepared to pound home his argument that President George Bush’s conduct in Iraq isolates and weakens the US. ”This president likes to say he’s a leader,” Kerry said. ”Mr President, look behind you. There’s no one there.”
Brush-off for new broom Nader
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/ 20 October 2004
A Portuguese car mechanic who was given a lottery ticket as a tip, after earlier refusing to buy it, has scooped a €50 000 jackpot, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday. Lottery salesperson Jose Macedo tried to sell the €5 winning ticket to Artur Luis but ended up giving it to the mechanic.
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/ 20 October 2004
Godzilla, the fire-breathing movie monster born in a nuclear accident, is joining Hollywood royalty with a star on the Walk of Fame. A ceremony will honour the giant lizard in front of Hollywood Boulevard’s famed Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on November 29, the world premiere of Godzilla Final Wars, Toho Pictures president Shogo Tomiyama said on Wednesday.
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/ 20 October 2004
Worldwide sales of industrial robots surged to record levels in the first half of 2004 after equipment prices fell while labour costs grew, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) said on Wednesday. In an annual survey, the UNECE said the number of robots in operation in industry exceeded the 800 000 mark for the first time at the end of 2003.
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/ 20 October 2004
All Southern African countries need to outlaw money laundering because it is costing their economies several billion dollars a year, says a specialist researcher. Angola, Malawi and Lesotho are some of the countries in the region that still do not have in place legislation criminalising money laundering.
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/ 20 October 2004
The Free State government has decided that three of the province’s bigger district municipalities be placed under administration because they cannot perform their duties. Free State premier Beatrice Marshoff said on Wednesday that the Motheo, Moqhaka and Phumelela municipalities had been informed that they would be placed under administration.
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/ 20 October 2004
The JSE Securities Exchange was awash with red in noon trade on Wednesday on the back of weaker world markets and a stronger rand – even though the currency had come off its best levels seen earlier in the morning. Weakness was most pronounced on the Top 40 index, where decliners outnumbered advancers by more than four to one.
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/ 20 October 2004
At least 15 people were killed and 20 others were missing on Wednesday as Japan’s biggest typhoon for more than a decade pounded the south of the country with heavy rain and powerful winds, officials said. Typhoon Tokage, which also injured at least 31 people, became the record 10th typhoon to land on the Japanese islands in a year.
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/ 20 October 2004
The problem of human trafficking in South Africa is coming under greater scrutiny as the state investigates new legislation to plug existing loopholes. According to the International Organisation on Migration, South Africa is the regional centre of an intricate trafficking network that recruits women and children.
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/ 20 October 2004
Scores of United States citizens cast their ballots on Tuesday in Cape Town, ahead of the November presidential election in the US, with the number of voters taking officials by surprise, a US consulate spokesperson said. The consulate staged a ”voting event” for the November 2 election, in which citizens living in the Western Cape could come and cast their ballots, said Louis Nazer.