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/ 1 June 2006

Celtic confirm talks with Fortune

Scottish champions Celtic have confirmed that they are in talks with South African international Quinton Fortune, aimed at signing the former Manchester United midfielder. Fortune (29) was released by United at the end of the season after an injury plagued seven years at Old Trafford, but he has been recommended to Celtic by his former teammate, Roy Keane.

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/ 1 June 2006

Hewitt, Myskina move into third round

Lleyton Hewitt and Anastasia Myskina, two players with plenty to prove at the French Open, moved into the third round on Thursday. Hewitt, the former world number one, overcame a difficult first set before seeing off French wildcard Mathieu Montcourt 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 and now faces Slovakian 22nd seed Dominik Hrbaty for a place in the last 16.

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/ 1 June 2006

Uganda meets UN Aids target

Uganda is among six African countries that have met the 2001 United Nations Declaration of Commitment on HIV/Aids and reduced HIV prevalence among young people by 25%, according to the 2006 report on the global Aids epidemic by the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/Aids.

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/ 1 June 2006

Do you suffer from ringxiety?

If you don’t, you probably know somebody who does. With Britain stuffed full of more cellphones than people, connected members of the public are developing an increasing number of ways to fret about their handsets. The result, say experts, is the telecommunications equivalent of phantom limb syndrome, where amputees still feel the sensations of a limb that isn’t there any more.

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/ 1 June 2006

Vista visions

The moving train wreck that is Windows Vista finally began to approach its destination last week with the release of another major test version: beta 2. This should mean it is ”feature complete”, with only bug fixes, performance tuning and a final polish before it reaches businesses at the end of this year, and consumers at the start of next year.

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/ 1 June 2006

Eastern Cape feeding scheme collapses

Thousands of Eastern Cape children are going hungry after the province’s new school feeding scheme collapsed before it got off the ground, Dispatch Online reported on Thursday. Problems apparently arose after the previous suppliers for the feeding scheme, including two major bakery groups, were dumped.