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/ 4 February 2004
Water scooped up by ships for ballast and dumped at the end of a voyage can cause as much damage as an oil spill by carrying marine life to new coastlines, environmental group the WWF warned on Wednesday. The water is loaded with marine species that can invade new environments when released in ports.
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/ 4 February 2004
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Wednesday accused world number two gold miner AngloGold’s Tautona mine near Carletonville of being the latest contributor to what it called the company’s "mines of death". This comes after two mineworkers died in an accident related to a mine elevator on Wednesday morning.
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/ 4 February 2004
President Thabo Mbeki is expected to review South Africa’s achievements and future challenges when he delivers his State of the Nation address to Parliament on Friday, according to analysts. Political and economic analysts are predicting that Mbeki would stick to safe topics.
DA suggests tips for Mbeki
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/ 4 February 2004
The fastest growth for IT outsourcing services will be in the government, financial markets, services, and discrete manufacturing, the latest forecast on information technology (IT) outsourcing indicates. Automated Reasoning MD Charles Anderson said the market opportunity for IT outsourcing services can vary largely.
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/ 4 February 2004
The new leadership of the beleaguered Ethiopia Free Press Journalists’ Association on Wednesday vowed to boost freedom of expression and to fight repression and harassment. Its vice-president, Getachew Simie, also insisted that the newly elected leadership was free from government interference.
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/ 4 February 2004
Two more fatalities in Vietnam lifted the death toll from the bird flu outbreak to 15 on Wednesday as the World Health Organisation (WHO) said the disease is spreading so quickly that no part of Asia was safe. The warning came as a leading United States medical expert said China probably already has human cases of bird flu.
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/ 4 February 2004
The Church in Africa is concerned about United States pressure on African countries to introduce anti-terror legislation on pretext of fighting terrorism. The church is cautioning African governments against enacting such laws blindly, which it warns infringe on human rights.
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/ 4 February 2004
Embattled High Court Judge Siraj Desai was given special leave by Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Penuell Maduna on Tuesday. Desai was arrested on January 19 after Aids activist Salome Isaacs accused him of raping her in a Mumbai hotel room, but Isaacs later withdrew the charges.
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/ 4 February 2004
New regulations to compel the replacement of non-functioning emergency exits on South African buses and taxis will still take an indeterminate time to come into effect, it emerged on Tuesday. In the meantime millions of public transport passengers run the risk of meeting the same fate as the 51 Saulspoort bus disaster victims.
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/ 4 February 2004
South African stocks presented a mixed picture in noon trade on Wednesday, with the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) lacking major drivers and clear trends. At 12.05pm, the all-share index was down a marginal 0,1%. Financials and banks were 0,38% and 0,8% weaker respectively.