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SA in talks with World Bank over Eskom loan
SA is in talks with the World Bank over a loan of up to $5-billion for Eskom's expansion programme, an official at the Treasury said on Wednesday.
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IEC to oppose ANC application against Cope name
The IEC will oppose an urgent application by the ANC against the use of the name Congress of the People (Cope), it was reported on Wednesday.
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SA man dies of mystery disease in Rio
Brazilian authorities were on Wednesday working to identify a mystery illness that killed a 53-year-old South African man visiting Rio de Janeiro.
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ANC pulls out of constitutional debate
The African National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday pulled out of a public debate on the protection and defence of the Constitution.
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Union concerned over job cuts in mining industry
Another 1 000 permanent and contractual jobs could be lost in the mining industry, trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday.
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Namibian court grants bail to SA journalist
A Namibian court has granted bail to an SA journalist arrested for allegedly entering the country on a tourist visa in order to do reporting.
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Cholera-hit Zim restores water to most parts of Harare
Zimbabwe authorities on Wednesday restored water to most parts of the capital, Harare, after a cut more than 48 hours ago amid a cholera outbreak.
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WFP warns of fresh crisis in DRC
The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday it is extending its humanitarian operations across the eastern DRC.
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Medicines body in poor state, says DA
A clinical trial which could benefit Aids patients is about to lose its funding because the Medicines Control Council won't answer its phones.
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Building confidence plunges
Confidence in the country's building industry tumbled in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a survey by FNB released on Wednesday.
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Moonlight 1.0 beta now out
Moonlight, the open source world’s alternative to Microsoft’s Silverlight rich media technology, has shipped a beta of its forthcoming 1.0 release. Moonlight 1.0 is known to support Ubuntu, Suse, OpenSuse and Fedora systems at this time. Downloads and installation intructions can be found here.
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Zille throws down debate gauntlet ... again
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille has once again challenged African National Congress president Jacob Zuma to a public debate.
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Angry protesters slam leaders over Mumbai attacks
Thousands of people took to the streets of Mumbai on Wednesday to demand that India's leaders do more to protect them from extremists.
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World Bank sees challenges ahead for Aids funding
Funding for the fight against HIV/Aids may be hit by the current financial crisis, a World Bank economist told a conference on Wednesday.
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Nokia eyes Linux for high-end phones
Mobile market leader Nokia said yesterday that it was considering using open source Linux on its more expensive phones.
Ukko Lappalainen, vice president at Nokia’s markets unit, told Reuters in an interview that “in the longer perspective, Linux will become a serious alternative for our high-end phones.”
Nokia already uses Linux Maemo software in its niche offering of Internet tablets, while it uses Symbian software for its phones.
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Songbird 1.0 flies
Open source media browser and player Songbird this week finally announced the release of version 1.0.
First announced in 2005, the Songbird player is a Mozilla-based browser and player that runs on most popular desktop platforms.
Although the player interface hasn’t changed a great deal since earlier test releases, there are a number of new feautures now included in the package. Among these are the use of GStreamer as the primary playback on all systems which improves audio preformance.
Songbird supports MP3, FLAC, and Vorbis on all platforms, WMA on Windows and AAC on Windows and Mac.
Improvements specific to this release, the development team says, include faster media importing, faster search, better start times and reduced memory usage.
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Alonso eyes third world title in 2009
Spanish Formula One driver Fernando Alonso said he is aiming for a third world title with Renault in 2009, it was reported on Wednesday.
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'Bailout' top buzzword in dictionary contest
Reflecting what's on the minds of Americans, "bailout" and "socialism" have beaten "maverick" in a US dictionary word-of-the-year competition.
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US sharpens focus on South Asia's Gordian Knot
The outgoing Bush administration was always going to leave president-elect Barack Obama with the problem of what to do about Pakistan.
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Gauteng launches new crime-fighting strategy
A Gauteng aggravated robbery strategy was launched by Premier Paul Mashatile on Wednesday to boost crime-fighting initiatives in the province.
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