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/ 21 February 2003
Italy’s plan for a suspension bridge linking Sicily to the mainland have been put in doubt following a report which says that the structure will be anchored on a shifting seabed.
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/ 21 February 2003
A -million fund to pay for residents to clean up their flats after the attacks on the World Trade Centre has been targeted by fraudsters, according to officials.
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/ 21 February 2003
The Israeli prime minster, Ariel Sharon, last night further entrenched his obstacles to a peace settlement by ruling out the division of Jerusalem or the return of Palestinian refugees from negotiations.
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/ 21 February 2003
South Africa has been ranked 36th out of 82 countries surveyed by the World Economic Forum, the World Bank and the Paris-based international business school INSEAD in the latest Network Readiness Index.
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/ 21 February 2003
The government will not elevate HIV/Aids above other diseases by giving it priority attention, says Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.
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/ 21 February 2003
In what is being labelled as a major scoop for HIV/Aids activism, top South African playwright Gibson Kente has proclaimed himself HIV-positive, national newspapers reported on Friday.
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/ 21 February 2003
New Zealanders, long the butt of sheep jokes, are giving up mutton and wool production for the lucrative pursuit of wine, milk and avocados, Statistics New Zealand reported on Friday.
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/ 21 February 2003
To read the menu, click once. To place your order, click twice. Computers have replaced waiters at a restaurant in the western Indian city of Pune, a news report said on Friday.
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/ 21 February 2003
In Gbadolite, in the tropical forests of northern DRC, women in bright cotton dresses and high heels saunter along to the sound of soukouss music. But, like the rest of the population, they are still haunted by the memory of the late Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko.
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/ 21 February 2003
Afrikaner hero Danie Theron’s bones were stolen from his grave, allegedly by fanaticsts, Beeld newspaper reported on Friday.