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/ 1 September 2004
The Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi on Wednesday added his voice to growing calls from the Arab world for the immediate release of the two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq. Colonel Gadaffi said kidnapping foreigners in Iraq amounted to ”terrorism” and that kidnappings were especially reprehensible when they involved ”hostages from countries that stood against the war in Iraq”.
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/ 1 September 2004
National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete, speaking to the Cape Town Press Club on Wednesday, said the amount owed to Parliament through the irregular use of parliamentary travel vouchers has risen to R17-million. Previous figures provided by Parliament amounted to between R13-million and R14-million.
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/ 1 September 2004
Pharmacists on the Cape Peninsula closed shop on Wednesday following threats of arrest from customers angry that they are not charging prices laid down by law, following last week’s reintroduction of medicine-pricing regulations, a pharmacist said. ”We will stay closed until we get leave to appeal,” said one pharmacist.
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/ 1 September 2004
Shareholders of Metropolitan, one of South Africa’s top five life insurers, have voted overwhelmingly to approve the company’s proposed partnership with broad-based empowerment consortium Kagiso Trust Investments, thus paving the way for KTI to take ownership of a 10% stake in Metropolitan.
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/ 1 September 2004
The Airports Company South Africa has earmarked a further R3,58-billion for investment in infrastructure upgrades over the next five years. Projects will include measures to increase capacity and efficiencies at all airports, including the domestic airports in Kimberley, Bloemfontein and East London, the company said on Tuesday.
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/ 1 September 2004
Two members of environmental action group Earthlife Africa climbed on top of the Sandton Convention Centre on Wednesday afternoon and then abseiled over the edge, unfurling a six-storey-high yellow banner saying "Don’t let big business rule the world".
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/ 1 September 2004
In the next six years, the number of Tanzanians killed by malaria could be halved. They just need to start using insecticide-treated nets. Currently, Tanzania has the highest rate of death from malaria in Southern Africa. A staggering 100 000 Tanzanians die from the disease each year.
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/ 1 September 2004
Israel moved to speed up construction of its West Bank separation barrier on Wednesday after a double suicide attack in the southern city of Beersheva that left 16 people dead. A senior government official said that work on the southern sector of the barrier will begin on Thursday.
Israel shaken by suicide bombers
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/ 1 September 2004
The Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) has expressed an interest in participating in the privatisation of India’s two largest airports and the board is studying the details of the project, Acsa MD Monhla Hlahla said on Wednesday. Hlahla said the project is still in its early stages.