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The leader of Britain’s main opposition Conservative Party has said that Prime Minister Tony Blair should resign if an inquiry links him to the treatment of weapons adviser David Kelly, who apparently committed suicide after being caught up in a political row.
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/ 8 September 2003
Resources stocks steamed ahead on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) on Monday, pulling the all share index safely into the black in noon trade. Dealers said the strength was primarily a rand play, with no other major drivers on the market.
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/ 8 September 2003
South Korea’s second largest handset maker, LG Electronics, said on Monday it had unveiled a new cellular phone targeting the Islamic world. LG said the new model, its LG-G5300 phone, has a compass and location-tracking software to show the direction of Mecca, the holiest place in Islam, although it can be used for a variety of
directional purposes.
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/ 8 September 2003
A federal programme created to monitor the health of rescuers who worked at the World Trade Centre site after the September 11 attacks in 2001 has found thousands still suffering from asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis and depression.
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/ 8 September 2003
Financial services group Metropolitan, the subsidiary of listed South African empowerment group New Africa Capital and a major sponsor of SA Rugby, has offered to assist the organisation in its transformation efforts.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=20174">Rugby probe adjourns</a>
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/ 8 September 2003
A new tape purporting to be from Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network has threatened an onslaught against the United States so devastating it would obliterate memories of the September 11 suicide attacks.
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/ 8 September 2003
The World Health Organisation’s director general, Lee Jong-Wook, warned in Manila on Monday that the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) virus could return and called for strengthened surveillance to contain the global threat.
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A public-private partnership agreement to design, build, finance and operate the new R500-million head office campus of the Department of Trade and Industry in Pretoria has been signed between the Trade and Industry Department, the Department of Finance, the City of Tshwane and an empowered consortium, Rainprop.
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/ 8 September 2003
South African Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi says he does not believe it is appropriate for Deputy President Jacob Zuma to step down as head of the moral regeneration campaign as he remains innocent of any alleged wrongdoing until proven guilty.
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/ 8 September 2003
President George W. Bush has announced he will seek -billion to cover military operations and reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan over the next year. He said military and intelligence operations would cost -billion over the next year.