My Nov. 2002 Web Clippings, part 1.


==== 2002-11-07 ====

== iafrica.com/news ==

British banker escapes kidnappers
A British banker who spent four months tethered by the neck in a hole in the ground after being kidnapped in Georgia, told with relief how he managed to escape from his captors on Wednesday, as they were preparing to kill him.
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Should Mbeki visit Iraq?
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has invited Thabo Mbeki to visit his country at a time which Mbeki judges as opportune. This follows the delivery of a letter from Mbeki to Hussein inviting reinforced relations between the two friendly countries and reiterating Pretoria's desire to reinforce bilateral cooperation. The NNP has strongly urged Mbeki not to accept the invitation.
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PRETORIA : Anger over Aids tests for domestics
The labour department will take the strongest possible action
against employers who tested domestic workers for HIV/Aids and
drove them away if they tested positive, Labour Minister Membathisi
Mdladlana said.
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UNITED NATIONS
Draft gives Iraq last chance to disarm
The United States on Wednesday unveiled a new draft resolution to the UN Security
Council that gives Iraq one last chance to scrap its weapons of mass destruction.
France and Russia welcomed the new text but their leaders said they still
wanted "ambiguities" taken out.
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ZIMBABWE. Zim farmers plan end to land impasse
Zimbabwe's white farmers' union has launched a plan to break a deadlock
between it and the government over land reform, a week after two of its
leaders resigned, a statement said on Wednesday.
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== M & G ==

US may intervene to save Zimbabweans
The US government warned yesterday that it might take "intrusive,
interventionist measures" to deliver food aid directly to millions of
famine-hit Zimbabweans if President Robert Mugabe continues to starve his political opponents.
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Cabinet rules out Afrikaans-only universities
No university should use Afrikaans as its single medium of instruction,
according to a policy framework for higher education approved by Cabinet on Wednesday.
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US to force vote on Iraq
George Bush's presidency emerged triumphant on both foreign and domestic stages
yesterday, as a UN deal was effectively brokered on a concerted hardline stance
towards Iraq, and after Republicans seized total control of Congress in midterm elections.
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== ZDNet ==

Fun & Functional! Say the Time
Say the Time is the newest evolution of the cuckoo clock. Hear the time, set multiple alarms,
customize the look of your taskbar clock, sync your PC with an atomic clock server, and more!
Try it FREE.
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Test your connection speed with ZDNet's Bandwidth Meter.
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Troubleshoot your home office PC with our new guide.
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Visionary Web design
Transcend the doldrums of coding with these sophisticated WYSIWYG authoring tools. With features such
as graphical user interfaces and drag-and-drop functionality, these tools let you focus on how your
content should appear while avoiding the pitfalls of bad design.
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Internet Researcher
Free to try: Download and manage collections of resources to organize your Web research.
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Can WirelessUSB bite Bluetooth?
A new wireless technology from Cypress Semiconductor aims to be everything that Bluetooth
is not in the world of PC peripherals.
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Study exposes shaky Web "facts"
Many Web sites are putting surfers at risk by providing information that is inaccurate and
misleading. Health, finance and price-comparison sites stand out.
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IBM ENHANCES NEW STORAGE SERVER
IBM recently announced the Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) 800 and the
800 Turbo. Gartner says it features many enhancements in terms of
throughput, performance, scalability, and RAID-10 support.
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== ZDNet [earlier] ==

Why I just love Microsoft's new cell phone
AnchorDesk's David Coursey says the first handset based
on Microsoft's new Smartphone OS may be the best phone he's ever
used. But that doesn't mean he's going to toss his PDA anytime soon.
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All-in-one: PC, TV, TiVo, DVD
The HP Media Center PC is a PC, a TV, a TiVo, a DVD player, and
a stereo all in one. Expect more home convergence systems like
the HP Media Center. They promise to supplant various home-
entertainment boxes with one PC-powered device for the space-
constrained.
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Master Windows XP:
ZDNet's handy guide shows you how.
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Evaluate IT choices for your business
.. with our extensive White Papers directory.
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== CNN Computing ==

SITES BRING TINY, MIGHTY GADGETS TO U.S.
Want to find the latest computer gadgets on the market? Chances
are the ones that will make friends green with envy haven't
made it to the electronics store around the corner, but they
can be found on the Web.
Sites such as Japan-direct.com, JapanRush.com and TKNY.com help
U.S. customers keep up with the latest tech trends ....
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AT A LOSS FOR WORDS? BUY THEM ON WEB
For the right price, dozens of sites promise to find the right
words for just about any occasion: political rallies, baptisms,
bar mitzvahs, funerals, even corporate pitches....
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ARMY USES LASER TO SHOOT DOWN ARTILLERY
The U.S. Army said it used a high-energy laser to shoot down an
artillery shell in mid-flight on Tuesday in a defense industry
breakthrough. The Army and TRW Inc., which developed the
weapon, said the laser tracked, locked onto and fired a burst
of concentrated light energy photons at the speeding shell.
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MICROSOFT SETTLEMENT OK'D
A federal judge on Friday approved most of the provisions of an
antitrust settlement between Microsoft Corp. and the Justice
Department.
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Details:
Microsoft's place in history
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United States vs. Microsoft
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FindLaw: U.S. v. Microsoft / State of N.Y. v. Microsoft
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== BBC ==

Australia's resources 'running out'
A new report says even if Australia's population does not grow in the
next 50 years, it faces an environmental crisis unless practices change.
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== Attache ==

Edcon earnings seen 85% higher
Clothing retailer Edgars Consolidated Stores Ltd (Edcon) is expected to
report an 85 percent surge in half-year headline earnings per share next
week as rising domestic prices boost margins.
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== CNN [25 Sep] ==

SCIENTISTS: STEM CELL RULES HALT PROGRESS
Advances in medical research are being hindered by federal rules governing the
use of embryonic stem cells, scientists told a Senate panel Wednesday.
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== Bizjournals ==

Here's how you can take the futility out of employee reviews.
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Clicks and bricks: Holiday season will smile on dual strategy
It's shaping up to be a cheery holiday season in the virtual shopping
mall, especially for retailers that don't rely entirely on the Web.
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==== 2002-11-06 ====

== ZDNet ==

Find out how your salary and overall job satisfaction compare to
your peers. Activate your free SearchHP.com membership today and
see the results of our interactive salary survey:
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THE HORROR OF XML
Programmers have always been willing to cheat to get improved performance,
and now the cheating has begun with inherently verbose XML. But Larry
Seltzer wonders, is it acceptable to compromise interoperability for
efficiency?
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GETTING A HANDLE ON WEB SERVICES
Find out how a service-oriented model for Web services can help keep
development processes under control.
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WebFerret 5.0 helps you find what you need on the Internet fast!
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Is there a cure for battery overload?
Batteries might seem like a pretty trivial topic. But the
power supplies we use to run our laptops, PDAs, and cell
phones are crucial to the future of personal tech. Here's
what David Coursey has been hearing about the Next Big Thing
in portable power.
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Sony's all-purpose wonder drive
Our labs took a look at the Sony DRU-500A, the first DVD-
recordable drive to support all four popular formats. Does
it live up to the hype?
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PORTALS

The Google gods
So powerful has Google become that many companies view it as
the Web itself: If you're not listed on its indexes, you might
as well not exist. Does the world's most popular search engine
pose a threat to the Web's independence?
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Can he take Yahoo down?
Does the world need another general interest Internet portal?
MyWay.com founder Bill Daugherty says the time is right for a
commercial-free Web site that swears off pop-up advertisements.
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==== 2002-11-05 ====

== ITWeb ==

CompTIA fights attendance certificates
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is working with
training providers to eradicate the issuance of attendance certificates.
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== iafrica.com/news ==

Hussein invites Mbeki to visit Iraq
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has invited Thabo Mbeki to visit his country
at a time which Mbeki judges as opportune. This follows the delivery of a
letter from Mbeki to Hussein inviting reinforced relations between the two
friendly countries and reiterating Pretoria's desire to reinforce bilateral
cooperation.
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Can we beat the French?
The unpredictable flair of French rugby has been coupled with an aggressive
pack of physical forwards in recent times. With mercurial fullback Thomas
Castaignede back in the squad, France - who have never lost at Marseilles
- are a tough prospect. Rudolph Straueli has taken an exciting side with
him to Europe, and talismanic former president Nelson Mandela will be in
the crowd, but will it be enough for Corne Krige and the Boks to overcome
Fabien Galthie's tricolore army?
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Senior Boeremag member arrested
A senior member of the right-wing group, the Boeremag, will
appear on Tuesday in the Pretoria Magistrates Court to face
charges of terrorism, high treason and sabotage.
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Minister mulls how to keep SA's doctors
Special steps were being considered to make it easier for South
African health professionals to resist the lure of greener pastures
overseas, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said on Monday.
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USA: CIA missile 'killed al-Qaeda suspects'
A missile fired by a pilotless drone operated by the US Central
Intelligence Agency has killed six al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen,
including a man believed to be responsible for the 2000 bombing
of the US destroyer Cole, US media reported on Monday.
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== ITWeb ==

IBM claims fastest silicon transistor
IBM says it has built a transistor that can run at speeds of 350 billion cycles
per second, three times as fast as current technology. [Tuesday, 5 November 2002]
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Oracle iLearning service reaches milestone
The Oracle iLearning course management service has been provided to more than
300 000 users worldwide, says Oracle. [Tuesday, 5 November 2002]
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== M & G ==

Pledges to fight malaria not kept
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Millions of children's lives are being lost or blighted because pledges to take action to curb the spread of malaria have not been kept, either by heads of state in poor countries or by wealthy donor states,
a leading economist has claimed.
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Right-wing leader arrested
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A senior member of the right-wing group, the Boeremag, will appear on Tuesday in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court to face charges of terrorism, high treason and sabotage
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Suzman 'tremendously disappointed' with SA govt
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Helen Suzman is widely regarded as an unsentimental liberal -- one who has always spoken the truth to those in power in South Africa.
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== CNN ==

'GENEROSITY INDEX' SHOWS SOUTHERN KINDNESS
Southerners still take the prize when it comes to charitable giving, though a
few Yankee states are making progress toward shedding their stingy
reputations.
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MILITARY URGED TO TRY NONLETHAL WEAPONS
Development of nonlethal weapons such as bad smelling chemicals to control
crowds or psychological methods to calm them, energy beams to stop vehicles
and underwater barrier systems should be given a high priority by the Navy and
Marine Corps, the National Research Council recommended Monday.
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IS MICROSOFT'S GOOD NEWS BAD FOR TECH?
Once a federal judge approved the terms of Microsoft's antitrust settlement
with the government and nine states on Friday afternoon, you didn't need a
clairvoyant to tell you that Microsoft's stock would be up on Monday.
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WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Why aren't there more women in business? Fortune's Andrew Serwer joined Paula
to discuss a new study that interviewed teenage girls about their attitudes
towards business. Approximately 97 percent of the 4,300 teens surveyed said
they expect to work to support their families, yet only 10 percent said they
were planning on going into the business field. "Basically, teenage girls say
they want to help people, and they don't see business as a way of helping
people," explained Serwer. "Maybe that's why only six out of the Fortune 500
companies have women CEOs."

== BBC ==

* Vaccine 'starves cancer cells' *
Scientists believe they may have found a vaccine which can kill cancer cells
by depriving them of vital nutrients.
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* Turkey on verge of new era *
The Islamist-based AK party wins an overwhelming victory in Turkish elections,
but faces court battles to secure its grip on power.
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* Russia pursues new assault in Chechnya *
Russian troops go on the attack in Chechnya, amid fears that more rebel activity
will follow the Moscow theatre siege which ended last week.
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* Blunkett renews asylum battle *
Home Secretary David Blunkett braces himself for a fight to overturn changes imposed by peers to his controversial asylum bill.
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== CNN ==

.. about ways to stay healthier this winter.
Lyons advises, "Probably the single most important thing you can
do in the wintertime -- and all year long -- is hand-washing. That is one of
the most common ways of spreading germs from one individual to another --
skin-to-skin contact."

== Attache ==

SE Asia, China create new free trade area
Southeast Asian nations and China have signed a landmark agreement which is
aimed at creating the world's biggest free trade area, officials said.
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Foschini's earnings up 58%
Fashion retail chain Foschini reported a 58 percent jump in headline earnings per
share to 69.2 cents on Monday and said that it expects trading over the festive
season to be up on last year.
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Investment Solutions H1 eps up 32%
Asset manager Investment Solutions posted a jump of more than 30 percent in
half-year headline earnings on Monday and said a committee of independent
directors had recommended it accept a buyout offer.
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Petrol, diesel, paraffin prices set to rise
The price of petrol is expected to rise this week, the Department of Minerals and
Energy said on Monday.
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== Top10sa.com ==

Teacherseeker
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Another great idea! Here schools can advertise teacher vacancies
free of charge and teachers can list themselves free of charge.
The site is well organised and a further plus is the chatroom
where educators can meet online. (It happens on Sundays.)


==== 2002-11-04 ====

== iafrica.com ==
The Monday Phenomenon newsletter

TRAVEL
The last Shangri La
Deep in the Himalayan mountains lies a tiny Buddhist country that has
remained untouched by modern civilisation and fast-paced life. The
government of Bhutan is gradually welcoming more tourists into this
remote paradise, which was also the last country in the world to allow
television in 1999. Find out more about this mystical destination.
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HEALTH
Skin cancer: prevention better than cure
The statistics say it all ? among South African whites nearly 14 out of
every 100 000 men and 13 out of every 100 000 women get melanoma. Yet we
remain a nation of sun worshippers, with skin cancers in general and
malignant melanoma in particular on the rise. Skin cancer CAN be
prevented, however. Find out more...
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MONEY
Get passionate about your job
People spend approximately 100 000 hours of their lives working.
Sadly statistics show that only a small percentage actually love what
they do. For many highly successful people, their chosen careers do not
represent work, but rather a passion. This passion for the job and
positive attitude often translates into hard cash...
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FIREWORKS
.. you CAN view some of the best fireworks displays in the world on
your pc ? and you won't even have to worry about the safety of your
pets! This site allows you to view some pretty impressive fireworks
without having to go anywhere!
Learn about the anatomy of a firework, ingredients in a firework,
bursting charge and many other fun facts.
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