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/ 24 December 2003
Former Miss South Africa Diana Tilden-Davis underwent further surgery on Wednesday following an attack by a hippopotamus in the Botswana delta earlier this month. Tilden-Davis, who won the pageant in 1991, was attacked last Thursday while paddling in the remote northern reaches of the delta.
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/ 24 December 2003
Despite massive culling of chicken and ducks, a highly contagious bird flu continues to spread in South Korea with new cases confirmed and more suspected cases reported on Wednesday. Authorities have ordered the killing of all chickens and ducks within 3km of all affected farms.
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/ 24 December 2003
Countries across Asia banned the import of United States beef products on Wednesday after a cow on a Washington state farm tested positive for mad cow disease. Japan, the number-one importer of US beef, imposed an indefinite ban and planned to recall certain meat products already on the market.
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/ 24 December 2003
The change in leadership of global pulp and paper producer Sappi has gone smoothly and new CEO Jonathan Leslie has already made his mark on the organisation, chairperson Eugene van As says. Writing in the group’s annual report, Van As said Leslie has taken decisive actions to improve returns and reduce costs.
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/ 24 December 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa ended a seven-day winning streak on Wednesday, closing marginally weaker after an abridged Christmas Eve trading day. With a large number of players away, volumes were exceptionally light. When the bourse closed at noon, the all-share index was a marginal 0,13% in the red.
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/ 24 December 2003
Queen Elizabeth II is mourning the death of one of her beloved corgis, mauled by a terrier belonging to her daughter, Princess Anne, a British newspaper reported on Wednesday. The Sun tabloid said Pharos the corgi was injured in an altercation with bull terrier Dotty on Monday.
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/ 24 December 2003
The Department of Agriculture on Wednesday announced the issue of a precautionary ban on the importation of all "risk materials" from the United States after a case of mad cow disease was reported in the US on Tuesday. All beef and beef products for sale in South Africa are considered safe, the department said.
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/ 24 December 2003
Risk, auditing and financial services consulting group RisCura has released the results of its monthly investment performance survey, RisCView, to the end of November 2003. The surveys assess the risk and performance of retirement fund products offered by the largest fund managers in the local South African market.
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/ 24 December 2003
As the government announced additional drought relief measures on Tuesday, hopes remained dim for substantial rains in the near future. A comprehensive drought mitigation programme has been put in place following an urgent meeting called on Monday, the Ministry of Provincial and Local Government said.
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/ 24 December 2003
A baggage-handling company was denied an urgent interdict on Tuesday to have a strike by South African Transport and Allied Workers Union members at South Africa’s larger airports declared illegal. Equity Aviation Services was seeking the interdict against workers who were in their sixth day of striking.