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/ 17 November 2003
Turkish officials are investigating claims that the al-Qaeda terrorist network was behind the weekend’s bomb blasts outside two Istanbul synagogues that killed 23 people. At least six Jews at Beth Israel were among those killed in the blasts, which also wounded 303 people, including Jews and Muslim passers-by.
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/ 17 November 2003
Banking group Nedcor on Monday cautioned shareholders that core earnings for the second half of the year will be materially lower than analysts’ forecasts. It also announced that a recovery and restructuring programme has been initiated to take the group back on to a sustainable growth path.
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/ 17 November 2003
Former Western Cape premier Peter Marais and his co-accused David Malatsi on Monday pleaded not guilty to corruption charges related to the Roodefontein golf development. In court, Marais and Malatsi were seated in specially placed soft chairs behind their advocates, and not in the hard wooden dock.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=23627">Marais and Malatsi on trial</a>
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/ 17 November 2003
The SA government’s proposed Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill 2004 would have far-reaching and negative impacts not only on the tobacco industry and millions of smokers, but also on social and economic conditions in the country, say British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA).
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/ 17 November 2003
Counsel for the police obtained permission from the Boeremag treason trial judge on Monday to study an alleged secret informer file compiled on the strength of information supplied by police spy Johannes Coenrad Smit. The police intend opposing an application by the defence for access to the file.
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/ 17 November 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was awash with red at midday on Monday, with weak world markets and a robust rand taking their toll on local stocks. While weakness was most pronounced on the Top 40 index, selling was seen almost across the board.
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/ 17 November 2003
President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria met with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in Harare on Monday, ahead of next month’s Commonwealth summit to which Mugabe has not been invited. Obasanjo, as the host of the summit, holds the key to invitations to the meeting.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=23630">Why Mugabe can’t come to summit</a>
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/ 17 November 2003
The skies had cleared by late Sunday, but the weak autumn sun that gradually replaced the driving rain did little to lift the mood of the people of St-Nazaire. Queuing up to sign the condolence book outside the shipyard, many were openly weeping.
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/ 17 November 2003
Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo arrives in Harare on Monday for a meeting with Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe over next month’s Commonwealth summit in Nigeria, the state-controlled press reported on Sunday.
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/ 17 November 2003
As some of the world’s top golfers gather in George for the prestigious President’s Cup, former Western Cape premier Peter Marais might be forgiven for thinking the game is more trouble than it’s worth. He and his one-time environment and development MEC David Malatsi go on trial in this southern Cape town on Monday on charges of corruption.