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/ 12 November 2004
To widespread applause, Martin Jol thumped his chest after delivering a rousing address to Tottenham’s shareholders. He had hit the right notes. Evoking the spirit of the recently deceased Bill Nicholson was always going to go down well, even though the Dutchman once referred to the first double-winning manager of the modern era as ”Jim Nicholson”.
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/ 11 November 2004
No licence application by a dispensing doctor has been turned down, the Constitutional Court heard on Thursday. This was in response to argument by dispensing doctors that their constitutional right to practice freely is being hampered by regulations linking the licence to where a health practitioner plans to operate.
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/ 11 November 2004
A Nigerian court on Thursday declared a planned general strike over fuel prices illegal, dramatically raising tensions less than a week before the nationwide protest is due to begin. ”We are not bothered by the court order. They cannot stop us. No court order can stop us,” said the national mobilisation officer of the Nigerian Labour Congress.
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/ 11 November 2004
Microsoft launched its own internet search engine on Thursday in a move aimed at challenging market leaders Google and Yahoo. The move marks a new strategy for Microsoft, which up to now has relied on the underlying technology of Yahoo and others for its MSN Search.
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/ 11 November 2004
Swaziland’s highest court finally resumed hearings on Thursday after a two-year feud between its judges and the monarchy was resolved. The six judges of the Appeal Court took up their jobs again after resigning en masse in 2002 when the monarchy refused to abide by a court ruling that effectively scrapped an eviction order from King Mswati III.
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/ 11 November 2004
In a precedent-setting decision, the Cape High Court on Thursday ordered the attachment of the car of a Western Cape man arrested for drunken driving. ”This is the first, and we expect to do a lot more, particularly over the festive season,” said National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Sipho Ngwema.
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/ 11 November 2004
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be buried in his Ramallah headquarters in the West Bank but on soil from Jerusalem, Local Affairs Minister Jamal Shubaki said on Thursday. Meanwhile, Israel will continue implementing its unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Israel Premier Ariel Sharon said on Thursday.
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/ 11 November 2004
British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s personal organisation to spearhead development activities in Africa issued a call on Thursday for massive international cooperation to assist the continent. In an interim report, the Commission for Africa produced a lengthy list of areas needing action, ranging from fairer trade to concerted efforts to end conflict.
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/ 11 November 2004
One of the world’s ancient alphabets could flash on the screen of cellphones in the third-most-populous nation in Africa, easing communications for millions who can only read and write the Ethiopic script. Ethiopian and United States-based scientists adapted the script, which dates back to the fourth century, for use in text messages.