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HIV/Aids could be responsible for five million deaths by 2011 and this figure could rise to nine or 10-million by 2021, according to new research released on Monday. The report, A Projection of the South African Population, 2001 to 2021 shows the total number of Aids-related deaths a year between 2007 to 2011 is expected to exceed 500 000 per year.
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The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was drifting in the red at midday on Monday on the back of profit-taking after its strong rally last week and softer European markets. Dealers said that there was also a general lack of interest in the market, which had no fresh news to drive it.
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/ 20 September 2004
Roy Disney said he had heard the myths at Walt Disney for a long time — that Salvador Dali’s artworks from a long-forgotten project were somewhere in the studio’s archives. It turned out not to be a myth. The artwork — which Disney valued at -million to -million — sat in the studio unseen by the public for 58 years. That is, until now.
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/ 20 September 2004
India on Monday was set to launch its first satellite to be used exclusively for education, which will connect classrooms in remote parts of the country, the space agency said. The satellite was built with a mission life of seven years and will transmit information that will train teachers and provide primary and university education in remote regions.
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/ 20 September 2004
The disappearance of a Russian tanker laden with crude oil from the custody of Nigerian authorities is a national embarrassment, the head of the parliamentary committee investigating the case said on Sunday. The MT African Pride was seized last October by the Nigerian navy along with 13 Russian sailors on suspicion of smuggling, but disappeared last month along with its cargo of 11 300 tonnes of crude oil.
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/ 20 September 2004
A massive search is under way for five armed convicts who escaped from the Westville Medium B prison outside Durban on Monday morning, police said. Police spokesperson Superintendent Vish Naidoo said the prisoners had broken out of their cells, overpowered three guards and held a fourth guard hostage while stripping them of their uniforms.
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/ 20 September 2004
Sudan’s justice minister told visiting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour that there was no genocide or rape in the strife-torn region of Darfur, a newspaper reported on Monday. But Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin said ending the crisis in Darfur is at "the top of the government priorities".
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Africa&ao=122458">Khartoum to abide by ‘unfair’ resolution</a>
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/ 20 September 2004
Coca-Cola has emerged as the world’s best global brand and the most admired company in South Africa, according to research published by the <i>Sunday Times</i> this weekend. The annual Top Brands Survey also revealed that eight of the top 10 brands in the soft/cool-drink market belong to the Coca-Cola stable.
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/ 20 September 2004
Pharmaceutical companies will on Monday be told by their shareholders to do more to help improve the health of the developing world. They will also be warned that they are not ready to face the coming demand for drugs for diseases other than Aids.
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Cofimvaba hospital near Umtata is in financial crisis, with patients being fed mostly on dry rice and eggs and staff often arriving at work drunk, an investigation by the provincial health portfolio committee has found. Committee chairperson Mzukisi Mpahlwa said the hospital would run out of money within a month.