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/ 16 September 2003
Somali delegates to a peace conference in Nairobi have endorsed a transitional federal charter under which the strife-torn country will be governed when a final peace accord is reached, but the charter was immediately rejected by key figures who shunned the talks in the Kenyan capital.
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/ 16 September 2003
The government should let pharmaceutical companies know that if negotiations on cheaper Aids drugs fail, it will not hesitate to issue compulsory licences, the Aids task team, set up last month by the Ministry of Health, has been told.
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/ 16 September 2003
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) national congress was interrupted on Tuesday as labour federation members sang liberation songs to welcome Deputy President Jacob Zuma. Shortly before Zuma’s arrival, President Thabo Mbeki shot down media reports that he had snubbed the congress.
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/ 16 September 2003
Police in Zimbabwe on Tuesday raided the offices of the country’s sole independent daily newspaper, shut since Friday for operating illegally, and began to confiscate equipment. The Daily News, which is critical of President Robert Mugabe’s government, was forcibly shut down last week.
Editor-in-chief of Zim paper quits
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/ 16 September 2003
The failure of some governments to regulate the activities of their fishing fleets in international waters means new ways must be found to manage and protect the biological diversity of the high seas, a coalition of marine participants said on Tuesday at the fifth World Parks Congress in Durban.
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/ 16 September 2003
Investigators ruled out sabotage on Tuesday as a cause of a blaze that killed at least 67 inmates at the biggest prison in Saudi Arabia, where the war against Islamist extremists linked to al-Qaeda is raging. A massive security cordon around the prison resulted in a major traffic jam.
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/ 16 September 2003
The survey results of the first-ever <i>South African Investment Management Index</i> released by Ernst & Young reveal that 71% of investment management companies rated prevailing business conditions as satisfactory during the third quarter of 2003 compared with only 40% in the second quarter.
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/ 16 September 2003
Prime Minister John Howard has denied misleading the Australian public over whether the country’s involvement in the Iraq invasion increased the risk of terrorist attacks in Australia. The government has admitted knowing of a British intelligence document contradicting Howard’s position in the lead-up to the war.
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/ 16 September 2003
The world’s oldest person has turned 116 in Japan. Kamato Hongo, who was born in 1887, celebrated her birthday quietly ”by doing her usual dance with her arms”, said her 47-year-old grandson.
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/ 16 September 2003
The Congress of South African Trade Unions’ (Cosatu) annual conference was dealt a blow on Monday when it was discovered one of its most prominent and active participants, Phumuza Patrick Cokotho (53), had died in his sleep.