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/ 30 November 2006
Despite their notorious reputation, ”conflict diamonds” make up less than 1% of the global trade in the sparkling gemstone, according to a South African report released on Wednesday. However, the report warns that consumer concerns over conflict diamonds ”pose a long-term threat to the industry”.
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/ 30 November 2006
The City of Cape Town says it is still waiting for a decision from the National Treasury on whether it will underwrite ”risk factors” attached to the construction of the Green Point Stadium, proposed venue for a 2010 Soccer World Cup semifinal. These factors include excessive construction-cost inflation and foreign-exchange rate fluctuations.
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/ 30 November 2006
Kim Jong Il enjoys the fine things in life. Unlike his repressed subjects, the diminutive North Korean leader has a well-developed taste for fine wines, gourmet foods and Western electronic goods. But now the United States administration has decided to take away the Dear Leader’s toys.
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/ 30 November 2006
British Prime Minister Tony Blair made the startling claim on Wednesday that Britain and other Nato members are "winning" the war in Afghanistan despite increased Taliban activity and a sharply rising death toll. The prime minister was speaking to the press at the end of a two-day Nato summit in Latvia.
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/ 30 November 2006
Microsoft will announce availability of business versions of its long-awaited Vista operating system on Thursday, according to analysts invited to a release event in New York City. The final version of Microsoft’s Office 2007 business applications software is to be available along with Vista.
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/ 30 November 2006
Desperate for youth appeal, the solo Stone has launched a teen website to show that he has not faded away, write Vanessa Thorpe and Ed Helmore.
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/ 30 November 2006
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/291293/aidsday06.gif" align=left>The advances of Aids treatment in South Africa currently are groundbreaking. This must continue, expand and reach every person who needs drugs. A good starting point would be a seven-point prevention plan, to counter the seven people that become infected for every antiretroviral treatment.
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/ 30 November 2006
Whether one sees Abuja, Nigeria’s 30-year-old federal capital, as an urban paradise or a place where survival is a constant struggle depends largely on one’s income bracket. Set on the dry plateau in the centre of this West African country, Abuja is the Nigerian authorities’ attempt to build a world-class city from scratch, an urban centre far removed from the deafening, refuse-strewn chaos of the commercial capital, Lagos.