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/ 4 November 2004
As Yasser Arafat lay brain dead in a Paris hospital on Thursday, Palestinians in the town that he left less than a week ago for life-saving treatment were already preparing to mourn their veteran leader. Flags were flying half-mast over Arafat’s headquarters compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah in tribute to the United Arab Emirates’ founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, who died earlier this week.
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/ 4 November 2004
The minister of home affairs made an impassioned plea on Thursday for foreigners to apply for the necessary permits to be in the country legally. In a personal statement to the South African Human Rights Commission hearings on xenophobia, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said: ”There are many different permits they can apply for in South Africa.”
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/ 4 November 2004
At these Winter Games, there are no strenuous slaloms or figure-eights. But if you can’t shimmy up a chimney or wrap a Christmas gift, forget about competing. The annual Santa Winter Olympics kick off this month with about 50 Santas from across Europe testing their holiday mettle in Sweden’s cold, northern reaches.
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/ 4 November 2004
Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata on Thursday announced the permanent closure of Xstrata Alloys’ Vantech vanadium operation in South Africa, resulting in a write-down of R63,2-million. ”The decision to close Vantech follows a thorough assessment of the operation’s future prospects,” Xstrata said in a statement.
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/ 4 November 2004
State media said on Thursday that 40 Zimbabwean employees of the British embassy are engaged in a work slowdown to protest pay conditions and alleged racism. Embassy spokesperson Gillian Dare denied the report carried by state radio and the government news agency. ”We strongly deny any charge of racism,” she said.
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/ 4 November 2004
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s condition is ”extremely grave” and he will probably not recover from his illness, a French doctor said on Thursday. The 75-year-old Arafat ”is still in a coma”, said the doctor. However, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei told reporters Arafat is not in a coma.
Arafat in intensive care
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/ 4 November 2004
The National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa) on Wednesday issued a press statement regarding its declaration of a deadlock on the payment of educator backlogs. The matter arose out of the absence of any salary progression for educators from 1996 to 2002.
Dispute could affect matric exams
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/ 4 November 2004
Politicians and members of the judiciary, with the exception of magistrates, are to receive a maximum salary increase of 6% this year, the Presidency announced on Thursday. Mbeki’s decision comes after the recommendations of the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers.
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/ 4 November 2004
Recipes for kangaroo testicles won’t be knocked until they’re tried next year at the World Testicle Cooking Championships in Serbia, news reports said on Thursday. The annual event is organised by the Serbian Tourism Board, and an invitation has gone out to Australian chefs to come to Belgrade next year.