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Fate and Merit
12.11.2008 22:02
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Two deaths in a row placed Rita Muianga at the helm of Xai-Xai's municipal council. In 2003, council presidents Ernesto Mausse and Faquir Bay died suddenly and successively.
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Cholera Death Toll Rises
12.11.2008 22:02
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The number of deaths from cholera in the district of Guro, in the central Mozambican province of Manica, has risen to 53, out of 180 cases notified, since the outbreak of the disease began about two weeks ago, reports Wednesday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias"..
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World Bank Increases Budget Support
12.11.2008 22:02
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The Mozambican government and the World Bank signed in Maputo on Tuesday two agreements whereby the Bank is to grant 100 million US dollars to support the Mozambican state budget for 2009 and also to help respond to the high cost of foodstuffs.
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Beira Mayor Responds to Frelimo Claims
12.11.2008 22:02
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The mayor of the central Mozambican city of Beira, Daviz Simango, has dismissed as "lies" claims by the ruling Frelimo Party that the only improvements in Beira during the five years he has been mayor are due to the central government, and not to any initiatives by the City Council.
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Roads Director Sacked
12.11.2008 22:02
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Mozambique's Minister of Public Works, Felicio Zacarias, has sacked the general director of the National Roads Administration (ANE), Eusebio Siquela, after little more than a year at the post
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Guebuza Urges Companies to Coordinate
12.11.2008 22:02
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Mozambican President Armando Guebuza has urged companies to coordinate their charitable work and social responsibility actions and complement each other for the benefit of the users of their services or their potential clients.
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Dollar Crash Sparks Fears of Social Unrest
12.11.2008 14:03
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Fears of social unrest in Zimbabwe are growing, as swelling numbers of Zimbabweans become daily victims of the crash of the local currency.
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Exams Must Be Taken Seriously
12.11.2008 14:02
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EXAMINATIONS are an important tool meant to enable teachers assess how much knowledge has been grasped by or imparted into their pupils.
Zambia
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Setting the Tone for the Next Three Years
12.11.2008 14:02
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IT was as presidential as it was a large, pregnant speech. Some even called it a collector's item. President Rupiah Banda, popularly known as RB by his colleagues clearly spelt out his vision for the next three left over years for late President Levy Mwanawasa's term which was due to expire in 2011.
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State Warns Millers
12.11.2008 14:02
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THE Government has warned that it will sanction the importation of maize and allow the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to offload maize on the market if millers do not stop hoarding maize and lower prices of mealie meal.
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Nineteen PF MPs Walk Out of Parliament
12.11.2008 14:02
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NINETEEN Patriotic Front (PF) members of Parliament (MPs) led by vice-president Guy Scott yesterday walked out of Parliament in protest against the Speaker's ruling that the current executive was legitimate and should be allowed to carry out its mandate.
Zambia
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Zamtel Strike Fizzles Out
12.11.2008 14:02
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ZAMBIA Telecommunication Company (Zamtel) employees in Lusaka, Ndola and Kitwe yesterday started trooping back to work after a three-week work stoppage.
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State Acts to Curb Counterfeit Drugs
12.11.2008 14:02
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THE Government has launched a medical drugs task force aimed at checking the proliferation of counterfeit drugs in order to safeguard people's health.
Zambia
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35 Pupils Expelled Over Exam Leakages
12.11.2008 14:02
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THIRTY-FIVE pupils have been expelled from various schools in Luapula Province while police have arrested four boys from Mansa Skills Training Institute for examination malpractices.
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Less Food for More Mouths
12.11.2008 12:04
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is moving into top gear this month to feed four million Zimbabweans, but severe funding shortages mean the organisation's coffers are beginning to run on empty, which has caused a cut in rations to below the minimum dietary recommendations.
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