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/ 25 October 2005
There was no breach between the United Nations and the South African government over HIV/Aids, the health department said on Tuesday in reaction to an article in The New York Times. According to the article about a book published by the UN special envoy to Africa on Aids, Stephen Lewis, there was an ”extraordinary breach” between the government and the UN.
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/ 25 October 2005
The White House on Tuesday defended Vice-President Dick Cheney after a news report appeared to deepen links between him and the criminal investigation into who unmasked a CIA agent in 2003. ”The vice-president is doing a great job as a member of this administration, and the president appreciates all that he’s doing,” said Scott McClellan, chief spokesperson for US President George Bush.
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/ 25 October 2005
The government is set to increase its capital spending from R18,9-billion to R39,5-billion over the next three years. ”We are hitting the sweet spot, and you can see that in the way in which the numbers are aligning,” Finance Minister Trevor Manuel told journalists at Parliament on Tuesday, ahead of delivering his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement in the National Assembly.
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/ 25 October 2005
British telecoms equipment maker Marconi, a victim of the high-tech bubble, agreed on Tuesday to sell most of its assets to Swedish rival Ericsson for about £1,2-billion ($2,12-billion) in cash. Ericsson, the world’s biggest supplier of mobile telecommunication systems, said later that it planned to cut up to a fifth of the 6 500-strong workforce it would inherit.
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/ 25 October 2005
Tanzania’s outgoing President Benjamin Mkapa has said African leaders should be guided by continental ”elders” like Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe instead of being dictated to by former colonisers. Mkapa, who steps down later this month after a decade in power, was speaking late on Monday at a farewell banquet in Harare.
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/ 25 October 2005
Draft hunting regulations, including a ban on ”canned hunting”, will be published for comment early next year, Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said in Cape Town on Tuesday. ”The unfortunate reality is that hunting, at present, is not well-regulated,” he said.
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/ 25 October 2005
Unicef on Tuesday said it was a ”disgrace” that more than 95% of children with HIV/Aids around the world were not receiving any treatment. The United Nations charity, launching a global campaign to highlight the disease’s impact on children, said 1 800 were infected with the virus every day.
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/ 25 October 2005
Pakistani captain Inzamam-ul Haq has vowed to salve his country’s earthquake wounds with an exciting Test series against a resurgent England, who arrive on Wednesday on a high from their Ashes triumph. ”Cricket has been a great healer and we hope that both teams put on their best show to heal some of the wounds caused by the earthquake,” Inzamam said from Lahore.
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/ 25 October 2005
African nations in increasing numbers are slapping bans on poultry imports and stepping up monitoring of wild fowl amid growing fears of outbreaks of a deadly strain of bird flu on the continent. About a dozen countries in Africa have imposed full or partial bans on imports of poultry and poultry products.
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/ 25 October 2005
While the United States and France are seeking a resolution to pressure Syria to cooperate with an investigation into the murder of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, other members are asking for more time, The Washington Post said on Wednesday.