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/ 25 February 2004
The Japanese government is looking to extend its involvement in conflict resolution in Africa beyond just providing money to include participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations, an embassy official said on Wednesday.
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/ 25 February 2004
More than a decade after De Beers was indicted on price-fixing charges, representatives from the diamond giant are scheduled to appear in a United States federal court for an arraignment and plea hearing. The indictment was issued on February 17 1994, but no one from De Beers has appeared to answer the charges.
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/ 25 February 2004
Telkom has complained that media reports gave the impression the company had been tried and found guilty of breaking the Competition Act. Telkom was responding to the Competition Commission’s decision on Tuesday to refer complaints brought against Telkom to the Competition Tribunal for determination.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=31731">Telkom faces fine of billions</a>
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/ 25 February 2004
The White House suspended plans to lift travel restrictions on Libya on Tuesday after the country’s prime minister, Shokri Ghanem, refused to accept responsibility for either the Lockerbie bombing or the murder of British police officer Yvonne Fletcher.
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/ 25 February 2004
After a flat 2003, global resources group Anglo American (Anglo) is set for a very strong 2004 financial year driven by strong gains in commodity prices and the possibility of a weaker rand, analysts say. Given current commodity prices, Anglo could set record headline earnings per share for the year to December 2004.
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/ 25 February 2004
A national strike called by Zimbabwe’s largest trade union movement on Wednesday to press for changes in the management of the country’s national pension fund had little effect in the capital, Harare. The city centre was bustling, with the majority of banks, shops and businesses functioning normally.
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/ 25 February 2004
Justice Minister Penuell Maduna is expected to spend some time in hospital after being injured in a car accident, the Sandton Medi-Clinic indicated on Wednesday. ”We do not expect him to be discharged soon,” spokesperson Vicky Nash said.
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/ 25 February 2004
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) was slightly stronger in noon trade on Wednesday, with heavyweight resources stocks benefiting from higher precious metals prices. However, volumes were fairly light and the market lacked overall direction, dealers said.
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/ 25 February 2004
The Catholic Church in South Africa says it is ”dismayed” at Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s criticism of the church’s stand against condoms. Tutu, an Anglican, earlier this week used an international Aids conference in Dublin to speak out against Catholic disapproval of condoms as a way of preventing the spread of Aids.
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/ 25 February 2004
Connoisseurs have long appreciated the merits of Kenyan coffee, typically described as having a fruity, acidic flavour. But now coffee farm output has seriously declined — something attributed to rising production costs, mismanagement within cooperative ventures and poor policies on the part of the government.