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/ 16 January 2004
Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs raced to their third double century stand as South Africa’s dominance over the West Indies continued on the first day of the fourth cricket Test against the West Indies on Friday.
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/ 15 January 2004
Malawi on Thursday appealed for international food relief, saying a third of the country’s 11-million people face imminent starvation. ”Over 3,5-million Malawians … have already run out of food and are on the verge of starvation,” Agriculture Minister Chakufwa Chihana said.
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/ 15 January 2004
South Africa will announce draft regulations on Friday that aim to slash medicine prices by up to 70%, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said in Pretoria on Thursday. These regulations on transparent pricing had been delayed by four years due to legal action by pharmaceutical companies.
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/ 15 January 2004
The world’s largest ocean liner, the Queen Mary 2, arrived on Thursday at the Portuguese island of Madeira under tight security following an anonymous bomb threat. The British shipping company Cunard received three anonymous phone calls in which the caller claimed there were bombs on board the ocean liner.
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/ 15 January 2004
Ethiopia’s fledgling film industry is turning its attention to fighting the HIV/Aids virus. Documentary filmmaker Kidane Yilak tells why he felt compelled to make Hidden Tears, the country’s first film addressing the stigma and discrimination prompted by the virus, and the threat posed by HIV/Aids.
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/ 15 January 2004
The official opposition has proposed a tax rebate system for both individual taxpayers and corporates to boost employment levels and spur economic growth. The Democratic Alliance’s leader, Tony Leon, introduced a "solutions at work" document on Thursday.
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/ 15 January 2004
A parliamentary commission in Morocco has unanimously recommended a new family code putting wives on a more equal footing with their husbands, officials said on Thursday. The legal age at which girls can marry will be raised from 15 to 18 and polygamy will be permitted only under highly restrictive conditions.
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/ 15 January 2004
Preparations are under way for the establishment of South Africa’s first Aids museum, to be located at the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital in Soweto. Historian and organising committee member Sue Krige said they are currently in talks with international donors to secure the funding.
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/ 15 January 2004
Among the cases that will come before the Competition Tribunal next Wednesday is the proposed merging of two former Rouxcor Holdings subsidiaries into Nedbank. Nedbank acquired all shares in Retail Brands and Continental Beverages after their holding company defaulted on its obligations to the bank in December 2000.