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/ 26 October 2004
Grocers Shoprite Checkers have launched a chain of discount pharmacies called MediRite, joining the growing number of retailers adding pharmacies to their portfolio, the group confirmed on Tuesday. The group successfully applied to the Department of Health for a pharmacy licence.
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/ 26 October 2004
The United Nations Security Council voted on Tuesday to hold a rare meeting in Africa next month to try to focus international attention on the crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region. It will be the first time the Security Council has held a formal meeting outside UN headquarters in New York since a gathering in Panama in 1973.
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/ 26 October 2004
Sudan’s health minister has announced an Aids-free policy will be applied to African Union troops, tasked with monitoring a ceasefire deal in crisis-hit Darfur, who have earned a steamy reputation for assiduous off-duty mingling. He said the measure is purely precautionary and aimed at ”safeguarding the health of the people of Darfur”.
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/ 26 October 2004
A marathon public inquiry into Kenya’s biggest financial scandal was suspended on Tuesday amid a legal row over the ejection of two lawyers representing the state. The suspension was announced on the 282nd day of hearings by Peter le Pelley, one of three judges presiding over the Goldenberg inquiry.
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/ 26 October 2004
Two people have died of cholera in the West African nation of Senegal’s capital, while 82 others have contracted the waterborne disease, the health minister said on Tuesday. In comments broadcast on state radio, Issa Mbaye Samb called on Dakar residents to observe basic hygienic practices.
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/ 26 October 2004
Diners in a small town in central Italy went a step beyond the vision of bulls in china shops when they witnessed a furious bull storming into their restaurant. According to media reports on Tuesday, the bull horned open the front door of the La Divina restaurant, in the town of San Vittore del Lazio, and then charged its tables, causing panic.
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/ 26 October 2004
Minister of Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri on Tuesday announced that the third, unnamed bidder for the second national operator (SNO) failed to meet the required deadline and subsequently was disqualified. As a result, the unsuccessful bidder leaves the competition open for Tata Africa Holdings and Old Mutual Asset Managers.
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/ 26 October 2004
Media and entertainment group Johnnic Holdings said on Tuesday that it is still considering certain proposals with regards to eliminating the pyramid structure between it and Johnnic Communications (Johncom) and strengthening its black economic empowerment profile.
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/ 26 October 2004
A second day of peace talks on the crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region broke off early on Tuesday, with rebels refusing face-to-face talks with the government until the African Union meets separately with both sides to draft an agenda. Delegates said the AU-brokered talks in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, will resume on Wednesday.
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