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At least 26 people were killed and more than 400 injured in two massive explosions in Istanbul on Thursday, one badly damaging the HSBC bank headquarters and the other hitting the British consulate. Turkish television reported that British consul general Roger Short had been killed.
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Anti-retroviral drugs will not be available for Aids patients in the state health system within the next week or two, a government official cautioned on Thursday. On Wednesday the Cabinet instructed the Department of Health to immediately implement an Aids treatment plan, which includes anti-retroviral drugs.
DA: It’s a ‘bittersweet victory’
Cabinet approves HIV/Aids plan
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Mo Shaik on Thursday told the Hefer Commission of Inquiry, which is investigating spy claims involving National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka, that he would be happy to concede he had been wrong about Ngcuka, as long as he could be shown to be wrong.
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South Africa needs rand stability to grow faster, Moody’s Investors Service head of sovereign ratings Kristin Lindow said on Thursday. One of the ways that the South African Reserve Bank can aid rand stability is to buy more dollars to boost its foreign reserves, which were only $7 839-billion at the end of September 2003.
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The decision by the South African government to approve a comprehensive roll-out of anti-retroviral drugs to treat HIV/Aids is a bittersweet victory, says opposition leader Tony Leon. "It comes after over a million lives have been lost to the disease — unnecessarily," he said in his newsletter this week.
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The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was back in the red in noon trade on Thursday after the aftershocks of bomb blasts in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, sent European markets south and the JSE followed suit. Gold stocks spiked, however, as investors sought safe havens.
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The parliamentary joint committee on ethics and members’ interests has apparently cleared Deputy President Jacob Zuma of all charges of alleged non-declaration of benefits required in terms of South Africa’s parliamentary code of conduct. The charges concerned amounts amounting to more than R1-million.
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The National Assembly has given the nod to 12 names recommended by the communications portfolio committee to serve on the new board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation. The Democratic Alliance, New National Party and Inkatha Freedom Party opposed the recommendations.
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At least 25 people were killed and 390 injured on Thursday in huge explosions that rocked Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, badly damaging the British consulate and two offices of the HSBC bank, Turkish media reported. Turkey’s Justice Minister, Cemil Cicek, said the bomb attacks were the result of suicide car bombs.
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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has accused the Gallo music group of trying to ”rip it off” over a venture involving the recording of workers’ songs. The venture, which was the highlight of Cosatu’s eighth national congress this year, hit a snag because of several disagreements between Cosatu and Gallo