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/ 8 September 2005
Health ministers, development agencies and experts on anti-malarial drugs opened a two-day World Bank conference on Thursday aimed at improving fund-raising to fight malaria, a disease that kills over a million people worldwide each year, mainly in Africa.
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/ 8 September 2005
The National Union of Mineworkers and Northam Platinum have settled their wage dispute, the union said on Thursday. They agreed to a wage increase of between seven and eight percent, and a living-out allowance of R1 000. The union had initially demanded a 10% wage increase across the board and a living-out allowance of R1 500.
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/ 8 September 2005
Ever since computer programmers began collaborating online to build software applications, the ”open source” movement has been developing into a serious rival to the multinational software companies. Since the term was coined in the late 1990s, open source has rapidly matured from an egalitarian approach to software design into a movement whose practices underpin the internet.
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/ 8 September 2005
A horrific glimpse of Hurricane Katrina’s wrath emerged on Thursday, as more than 30 patients were reportedly found dead in a suburban New Orleans nursing home overcome by floods. The grim discovery is likely the first of many awaiting rescuers scouring ravaged areas for bodies.
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/ 8 September 2005
If there’s one company that gets people talking technology, it’s Google. Many love it, and a handful hate it — but more often than not, we are interested in it. Not only does Google organise our information, but it shapes the way we think about the web. Indeed for many, it is the telescope through which they see the world.
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/ 8 September 2005
Russian energy giant Gazprom and German firms EON and BASF signed a deal on Thursday to build a $5-billion pipeline linking the Russian Federation and Germany, at a ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. The North European Gas Pipeline will allow the world’s largest gas reserves to be piped directly to the western European market.
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/ 8 September 2005
No changes to South Africa’s floor-crossing legislation — which allows a window period for members of the National Assembly and the nine legislatures to switch political allegiances — are envisaged, Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Johnny de Lange said on Thursday.
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/ 8 September 2005
Patricia de Lille’s Independent Democrats has won its first municipal by-election since the party was established two years ago. The ID snatched the seat in Vryburg in the North West province from the African National Congress, which won it in the general municipal election in 2000.
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/ 8 September 2005
The European Union urged President Viktor Yushchenko Thursday to act fast to restore stability after sacking Ukraine’s government, while saying it is sure he remains committed to western values. The European Commission said it was watching developments closely after Yushchenko — who was elected in December after the country’s ”Orange revolution” — appointed a senior regional official as acting prime minister.
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/ 8 September 2005
South Africa coach Stuart Baxter admits he is on borrowed time following Wednesday’s 4-2 friendly defeat by Germany. The visitors conceded three goals in the first five minutes of the second half at the Weserstadion and the manner of the defeat has convinced Baxter that his time is up.