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/ 21 November 2005
The opposition Democratic Alliance party has urged the government not to use Zimbabwean flying instructors to train South African Air Force (SAAF) pilots. DA defence spokesperson Rafeek Shah questioned if Zimbabwean Air Force instructors have sufficient knowledge of, or experience with, SAAF aircraft.
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/ 21 November 2005
At least 85% of South Africans in need of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) had still not received them by mid-2005, a United Nations report revealed on Monday. The report said the South African Aids crisis shows no signs of abating. Preventing infection and providing ARVs is key to halting the death spiral from Aids on the continent.
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/ 21 November 2005
The free-to-air Soweto Community TV service is to launch on November 26 despite a shortage of funding required for licensing fees and administration costs among other expenses, station CEO and head of marketing Tshepo Thafeng said on Monday. The project should be able to start airing from Saturday November 26 as scheduled.
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/ 21 November 2005
Last week’s discovery of mass graves in Namibia proves once again that truth often is the first casualty of war. In the conflict between the South African Defence Force and the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia, both sides were accomplished in propaganda by 1989.
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/ 21 November 2005
United States President George Bush on Monday became the first sitting US president to visit Mongolia, in a show of support for a fledgling democracy that has sent troops to Iraq and Afghanistan. Bush said in remarks released by the White House that US forces were proud to fight alongside the ”fearless warriors” of Mongolia, once home to fearsome 13th century conqueror Genghis Khan.
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/ 21 November 2005
Test cricket’s leading wicket-taker Shane Warne was ”stiff and sore” after bowling a long stint in the second Test with a sore back but was likely to play in the third Test against the West Indies, skipper Ricky Ponting said on Monday. Warne was in doubt to play on the eve of the Test match, but satisfied Ponting he would be able to stand up to five days of the game.
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/ 21 November 2005
The upset of the year in the season’s most gripping final came to the rescue of a troubled ATP Masters Cup which was rocked by high-profile withdrawals and complaints over the playing surface. David Nalbandian’s shock, come-from-behind win over hot favourite Roger Federer in a pulsating five-setter drew a line under the farcical early days when five big names dropped out.
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/ 21 November 2005
A French woman with a fear of flying and a history of sleepwalking appeared in an Australian court on Monday after she attempted to open a jet airplane’s door in mid-flight so she could light a cigarette. Sadrine Helene Sellies had taken sleeping tablets and alcohol ahead of the Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Australia on Saturday, Brisbane’s Magistrates Court heard.
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/ 21 November 2005
What began as a whisper on Wall Street became a deafening roar at the end of last week. Could General Motors, the largest carmaker in the world and the backbone of American industry, be preparing to file for bankruptcy? Shares in the company skidded to their lowest level since 1987 amid fears for its future.
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/ 21 November 2005
Shareholders in South African construction group Murray & Roberts on Monday voted in favour of the company proceeding with the implementation of its broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE) transaction. Group chief executive Brian Bruce said: "We are pleased that shareholders have supported our empowerment strategy."