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A hemp growing project which offers hope to small farmers in the poverty stricken Eastern Cape could be derailed because hemp is still an illegal substance. Department of Health rules which lump hemp together with dagga could scupper plans for the effective mass production and marketing of the fibrous plant.
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Five Palestinian militants were killed on Wednesday during a gunbattle after Israeli forces launched a pre-dawn raid in the northern West Bank town of Nablus, security sources said. The victims, four of whom were members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, were shot dead after troops had encircled a house in the Old City area.
Sharon hints that Arafat may be killed
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The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has recaptured the town of Minova in the eastern province of Sud Kivu from a dissident general, a military spokesperson said on Tuesday. ”The soldiers of General Laurent Nkunda retreated northwards to Goma and Masisi” in neighbouring Nord Kivu province, said army spokesperson Lieutenant Kasanda wa Kasanda.
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The Pharmaceutical Society of SA (PSSA) has welcomed the pharmacy council’s intention to provide clear guidelines about service fees. ”The PSSA is relieved to know that pharmacists are going to be given clear guidance by their statutory body as to what a legal but fair charge would be,” said president Siddiq Tayob in a statement on Wednesday.
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South African trade union Solidarity has received notice from gold mining group Harmony that the group plans to shut down its Welkom 1, Elands and Merriespruit shafts. Large-scale dismissals are also planned at the Bambanani mine, Solidarity added. Trade unions, including Solidarity and the National Union of Mineworkers, have 30 days in which to respond to the planned dismissals.
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The Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) on Tuesday evening threatened a consumer boycott of all SA Breweries products if some of their members were not reinstated. ”We will take the matter forward. Some issues we will take up seriously, including a total boycott of SAB products until such time as the matter is resolved,” said Fawu president Patrick Jonson, one of a group of about 20 Fawu members who chained and shackled themselves outside SAB’s Newlands depot.
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/ 15 September 2004
The number of Aids cases in Japan is slowly increasing, and the number of HIV-positive people is estimated to be far higher than reported.
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Hurricane Ivan on Wednesday had the northern United States Gulf Coast in its sights, its howling winds and lethal surf sending thousands scrambling out of its way, fearing the worst after it punished Cuba and killed more than 70 people across the Caribbean.
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/ 15 September 2004
Microsoft announced on Tuesday it has found a new security flaw with its Windows XP operating system and warned that an attacker could infiltrate other computers by persuading their owners to open a specialised graphics file. The company released a patch to fix the flaw as well as a tool that allows users to scan their systems to see if they need it.
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Yahoo is buying online jukebox provider Musicmatch for -million in a deal designed to broaden the internet giant’s appeal with the growing audience of consumers who buy songs off the web. The all-cash acquisition, announced on Tuesday, gives Sunnyvale-based Yahoo a major drawing card as it competes against the likes of Apple Computer, RealNetworks and Napster in the rapidly growing field of digital music management.