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/ 10 December 2003
With its large staff of 250 caring for roughly 7 500 outpatient visitors a month, they call the sprawling Médécins sans Frontières compound at Akuem ”classic MSF” or ”pure MSF”. By that they mean it is remote, serves a vast population, and is indispensable because there are no other comparable medical facilities nearby.
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/ 10 December 2003
The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is being sued for libel by a stuntwoman who alleges that he groped her on a film set. The news of the libel suit came on the same day that Schwarzenegger announced he had decided not to carry out a promised investigation into the groping allegations made by 15 women in the final days of the gubernatorial election in October.
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/ 10 December 2003
I’ve often wondered how Grace Kelly and Ava Gardner managed to beat their way through the African bush in the old Hollywood classic <i>Mogambo</i> without ever breaking into a sweat. And (in Ava’s case, at least) in high heeled mules to boot! But putting together your own safari is now no sweat, thanks to a handful of enterprising companies.
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/ 10 December 2003
We drove the Toyota 160i RX at the launch of the RunX range in January this year and were impressed with its build quality and the level of specification offered. Now, after driving Toyota’s South African Car of the Year finalist for a week we see no reason to change our minds.
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/ 10 December 2003
The zooty new Volvo V50, unveiled earlier this month at the Bologna Motor Show in Italy, offers specification levels more in line with the larger V70.
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/ 10 December 2003
Hyundai Automotive South Africa (Pty) Ltd. (HASA) is introducing the HD72 medium-duty commercial vehicle to the South African market.
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/ 10 December 2003
We’ve become big fans of the Ford models launched in the last couple of years, and feel that their sales figures don’t really reflect their worth. The Bantam bakkie, the Mondeo and the Focus are all favourites of ours, and now that the all-new Fiesta has arrived we can add it to our list
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/ 10 December 2003
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a US agency that helps
businesses to invest abroad, has launched a $400-million facility to be
invested in the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) sectors in 152
countries.
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/ 10 December 2003
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan opened a four-day meeting of the World Electronic Media Forum (WEMF) yesterday in Geneva as a parallel event to the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS).