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The European powers secured a pledge from Iran at the weekend that Tehran would halt its uranium enrichment programme within weeks, an agreement that may avert a showdown later this month between Iran and the West. But the agreement, reached after a marathon round of negotiations in Paris between Iran and the European Union troika of Britain, France, and Germany, looks unlikely to satisfy Washington and may yet fall apart.
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Backed by a barrage from warplanes and artillery, American troops fought their way into the western outskirts of Fallujah on Monday, seizing a hospital and two bridges over the Euphrates River in the first stage of a major assault on the insurgent stronghold. "We are determined to clean Fallujah of terrorists," Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said.
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/ 8 November 2004
Authorities in Equatorial Guinea have hailed President Robert Mugabe as a savior of their nation for preventing a mercenary invasion of the country, the state radio said on Sunday, but ordinary Guineans gave the visiting Zimbabwean leader the cold shoulder.
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/ 8 November 2004
Former Scorpions head Bulelani Ngcuka, who has been appointed executive chairperson of black economic empowerment company Amabubesi Investments, is to become actively involved in the private security industry. Ngcuka will play an active role in the investigations arm of Stallion Security.
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/ 8 November 2004
The South African Prisoners’ Organisation for Human Rights called on Monday for a probe into weapons smuggling in jails following Sunday’s killings at Pretoria’s C-Max high-security facility. It condemned Sunday’s shooting, apparently by a prisoner who killed another inmate and two warders before turning the gun on himself.
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South African trade union Solidarity on Monday announced it is about to launch a campaign to save workers’ jobs at the South African gold-mining operations of both world number-six gold miner Gold Fields and world number-four gold miner Harmony. In October this year, Harmony announced it was making a bid for Gold Fields.
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/ 8 November 2004
Famous South African playwright Gibson Kente, who told the world he had HIV/Aids in early 2003, died at his Soweto home on Sunday, a close relative confirmed. Kente’s cousin, Nomathemba Kela, said that the playwright, called a ”living treasure” by the National Arts Council, died in his sleep at about 2.30am.
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Stressed former police officer Abraham Smith is unfit to give evidence at the Palazzolo inquiry, a clinical psychologist said on Monday. Psychologist Petrus Roux was called to testify at the hearing in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court after Smith broke down in the stand last week and was admitted to a clinic.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-National&ao=125069">Italian judge criticises SA magistrate</a>
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South African global pulp and paper producer Sappi on Monday reported headline earnings per share of 26 United States cents for the quarter ended September 30, from 18 cents in the June quarter. This brought headline earnings per share for the year ended September 30 to 45 US cents.
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After starting higher, the JSE Securities Exchange was lower on Monday morning as investors took profits from the exchange’s strong recent run. However, with the rand weaker, the JSE is likely to move higher later in the morning. At 9.19am, the all share index was down 0,07% and the industrial index lost 0,19%. Resources gained 0,14%, while the gold mining index was up 2,41%.