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Eritrea is to demand the return from Ethiopia of hundreds of archeological artefacts taken from ancient sites in the 1960s, an official said on Thursday, threatening a new row between the feuding Horn of Africa neighbours. Asmara also will petition Italy for the return of objects it says were taken by Italian nationals.
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/ 10 February 2005
Britain’s Foreign Office reacted with shock and sadness at the news of the fatal shooting of a British journalist in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday. Kate Peyton, a 39-year-old producer based in Johannesburg, died while undergoing surgery at the Medina hospital after she was gunned down by unknown attackers outside a hotel.
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/ 10 February 2005
Foreign donors stepped up pressure on Kenya to battle rampant corruption on Thursday as the European Union warned its aid may be jeopardised by the government’s inability or unwillingness fight graft. The bloc issued the warning amid a new outcry over sleaze that has already seen the suspension of millions of dollars in United States funding.
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/ 10 February 2005
South African real wholesale trade sales, excluding diamonds, rose by 21,7% year-on-year (y/y) in November 2004 after rising by a revised 19,8% y/y (original estimate 17,1% y/y) in October 2004, Statistics South Africa reported on Thursday. The original estimate had been at 17,1% y/y.
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/ 10 February 2005
Nominated for two Grammy Awards, the voices of South Africa’s most famous Zulu group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, are as much in demand today as they were 40 years ago. The Zulu group’s Raise Your Spirit Higher has been nominated in the best traditional world music and best surround sound categories of the Grammys, to be awarded on Sunday.
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/ 10 February 2005
A man was stabbed and five other people received hospital treatment after thousands of bargain-hungry customers caused a stampede at the midnight opening of a new Ikea furniture store in north London, British authorities said on Thursday. The Swedish retailer expressed shock and regret at the incident
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/ 10 February 2005
Prince Charles is to marry his partner Camilla Parker Bowles, the prince’s office said on Thursday. The prince will marry Parker Bowles on Friday April 8, his official residence in London confirmed on Thursday. It also said Parker Bowles will be known as the Princess Consort, and not Queen Camilla, once Prince Charles becomes the British monarch.
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/ 10 February 2005
The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was slightly softer in noon trade on Thursday, with a firmer rand and weaker world markets taking the edge off the local bourse. Banks and gold miners led the market’s upside, continuing Wednesday’s recovery from an oversold position. At 11.58am, the all-share index was down 0,27%.
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/ 10 February 2005
African National Congress Youth League president Fikile Mbalula was stung into action this week after the Mail & Guardian raised concerns that politics and big business make uneasy bedfellows. Mbalula said that, according to the M&G, ”comrades are … not entitled to participate in the country’s economy”.
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/ 10 February 2005
Begging on street corners will soon be a thing of the past for Johannesburg street children and beggars in general, the Gauteng social services department said on Thursday. The department has begun a drive to register street children for birth certificates and identity documents.