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/ 28 October 2004
After months of negotiations, South Africa’s rugby bosses and the South African Rugby Players’ Association (Sarpa) have reached an agreement regarding representation on the board as well as funding to look after the rights of the players.
Meanwhile, the Springbok players’ contracts are expected to be finalised by Friday.
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/ 27 October 2004
New York’s main crude oil contract plummeted on Wednesday as traders were swept with relief by news of a surge in United States commercial crude oil inventories. Light sweet crude for delivery in December plunged to a low of a barrel and was trading late in the morning at ,65, still down ,52.
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/ 27 October 2004
Police in the Southern African nation of Malawi on Wednesday arrested a former finance minister over graft allegations involving the illegal sale of strategic grain reserves, which led to a food crisis. A police spokesperson said Jumbe was arrested at Blantyre airport while on his way to South Africa on a private visit.
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/ 27 October 2004
An Australian court ruled on Wednesday that a convicted heroin dealer can claim a Aus 000 (about R1,02-million) tax deduction for money that was stolen during a drug deal. The Australian Taxation Office lost a bid in to overturn a lower court decision that Francesco Dominico la Rosa could write off the money as lost income.
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/ 27 October 2004
Russia’s Upper House of Parliament on Wednesday ratified the Kyoto Protocol and sent it to President Vladimir Putin for the final stamp of approval that will bring the global climate pact into force early next year. The Federation Council voted 139-1 to endorse the protocol, which aims to stem global warming.
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/ 27 October 2004
Humans are not alone in suffering from stress-related illnesses, a team of British veterinarians reported Wednesday: their pet cats can be affected too. A team from Edinburgh University found that the presence of another pussycat in the same house, moving home or the arrival of a new member of the household can produce anxiety conditions.
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/ 27 October 2004
The Pan Africanist Congress has cheered the decision by Harare to boot out a Congress of South African Trade Unions fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe. But Mosiuoa Lekota, chairperson of the African National Congress and Minister of Defence, said his party was ”a bit” embarrassed by the deportation.
Cosatu member tells of Zim eviction
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/ 27 October 2004
A member of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) delegation to Zimbabwe, which was thrown out of the country on Tuesday night, has talked of the group’s seven-hour ordeal at Harare International airport. ”They [Zimbabwean police] attempted to beat us when we asked for food,” Simon Boshielo said.
‘Mbeki should rebuke Mugabe’
Cosatu leaves Zimbabwe