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/ 15 September 2003
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe will not be invited to attend this year’s Commonwealth summit in Nigeria, despite efforts by some African countries, led by South African President Thabo Mbeki, to convince the Commonwealth to relax its sanctions on Zimbabwe.
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/ 3 September 2003
Two unusual cases of HIV transmission within two Australian families are reported in the latest issue of Aids.
The rising number of HIV infections in Australia requires urgent government action, a leading Australian HIV/Aids community organisation said.
Charges have been laid against a couple who are alleged to have held a teenage girl captive in the bedroom of their suburban home for two years.
Australian scientists were on Monday studying a giant squid which washed up on a Tasmanian beach at the weekend and could be a new species of the deep sea Leviathan.
Australia have continued their policy of resting senior players, announcing on Monday that captain Ricky Ponting would be given a break from the triangular one-day series against Sri Lanka and South Africa. Ponting, who made just 13 runs during Australia’s loss to Sri Lanka in Sydney on Sunday, will be replaced by batsman Brad Hodge when the two teams next meet in Adelaide on Thursday.