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/ 19 November 2003
Japan will send government officials to the Philippines on Thursday to investigate unconfirmed reports that a few Japanese soldiers are still hiding out in the jungle, refusing to surrender after World War II. If the reports prove true, it would be the first confirmation of Japanese holding out since 1974.
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/ 19 November 2003
Oman’s Health Ministry has put out an alert for the deadly West Nile fever following the discovery of an equine form of the virus, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. The new measures follow the ”limited outbreak” of West Nile fever in horses in March. The diagnosis was confirmed by the University of Pretoria in South Africa.
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/ 19 November 2003
Kenya finds itself in a quagmire as it struggles to contain the HIV/Aids pandemic ravaging the country. According to the National Aids and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Programme, about 270 000 people urgently require ARV treatment. But, at most, only 11 000 Kenyans are receiving the drugs.
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/ 19 November 2003
The Kagiso consortium said on Tuesday it is still engaged in processes to secure certain of the media assets of New Africa Investments Limited (Nail). The consortium is engaged in a tussle with rival bidders the Tiso consortium for Nail’s assets, with the latter looking at this stage to be the preferred bidder.
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/ 19 November 2003
Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel has introduced legislation in the National Assembly that provides greater flexibility for foreign corporate reorganisations. The current system of foreign taxation has "the unintended consequence of discouraging the repatriation of dividends", he said.
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/ 19 November 2003
The church may not be full, but the mainly male congregation is enthusiastic as a gay pastor leads a service in the heart of Johannesburg for the city’s gays, lesbians and transsexuals. South Africa, with a post-apartheid constitution that bans discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, stands out on a homophobic continent.
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/ 19 November 2003
Trade negotiators worked at hammering out a draft outlining the creation of the world’s largest free-trade region, with Canada, Mexico, Chile and several Caribbean nations advocating a compromise agreement that attempts to skirt the thorny issue of agriculture.
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/ 19 November 2003
The National Council of Provinces, the second House of the South African Parliament, on Tuesday gave the controversial National Health Bill the green light. One of the most controversial elements of the Bill is the requirement that the government regulate where private doctors can practise.
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/ 19 November 2003
South African President Thabo Mbeki on Tuesday called on the developed world to work with African nations to help the world’s poorest continent along the path to democracy and economic prosperity.