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ILO 03/06/11

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The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International

Monetary Fund (IMF) have joined hands to support a broaddialogue on polices for employment creation in Zambia.

The two international organisation say apart from Zambia their

support for broad dialogue also include Bulgaria and Dominican

Republic.

The organisations agreed at a meeting conference to held in

Norway to work in three key areas.

The areas are cooperation on defining social protection floorpolicies in low income countries, among others. This was

contained in a press briefing made available to ZANIS in Lusaka

yesterday.

The two organisations and the Ministry of Labour and Social

Security, employers and trade unions met in Lusaka last month to

prepare for a tripartite social dialogue to be held later this year.

IMF African Department Senior Advisor, Sean Nolan said themeeting was an important step in preparing for in-depth dialogue

on employment policies in Zambia.

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VENDING 03/06/11

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Minister of Local Government and Housing Brian Chituwo says hisministry plans to regulate street vending in the city throughfacilitating the construction of markets, kiosks and mobile carts insome selected areas.

He said the initiative is expected to help decongest the centralbusiness district.

Dr Chituwo said Government has also embarked on the national

market development programme aimed at building modernmarkets and rehabilitating the existing ones.

He was speaking on Wednesday after touring vending sites in thecity centre. During the tour, Dr Chituwo, in the company of topmanagement from his ministry, engaged in dialogue with variousillegal vendors to get their views on the formation of mobilekiosks.

He said during the discussions with the vendors, one the key

issues that rose was that illegal trading in the streets posed adanger in terms of public safety and security, public health andgeneral public order.

However, the vendors said they could not leave the streetsbecause that is their source of livelihood.

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MOPANI 03/06/11

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Government has urged mining companies in the country to

continue nurturing the emerging local entrepreneurs who it says

help in reducing production costs.

And Mopani Copper Mines says the financial turnaround in the

mining sector has helped its increased sizeable contribution to the

community.

Mines and Minerals minister Maxwell Mwale says following the

liberalization of the economy, most members of the generalpublic are at liberty to engage in meaningful business related to

mining industry, among others.

Mr Mwale said this during the Copperbelt mining agriculture and

commercial show ( CMAC ) luncheon hosted for him by Mopani

copper mines held at jubilee lodge in Kitwes show grounds. This

year's theme is : 2011 prosperity on the Copperbelt.

He urged the emerging business community to diversify theirbusinesses so that it is able to survive in an event of a global

crisis and continue to run their business beyond the life of the

mines.

And Mopani chief executive officer Emmanuel Mutati said the

financial turn-around in the mining sector has enabled the

company to increase its already sizeable contribution to the

community.

Mr Mutati said his company has taken advantage of the current

good metal prices to expand on production capacity by investing

in new projects that will increase not only production levels but

also extend the life of the mines.

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ECONIMIC GROWTH 03/06/11

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Government says nothing will deter its goal ofyielding the target of four billion kwacha economic growth.

Commerce, Trade and Industry Felix Mutati says government willremain focused to achieve this goal despite the 2011 tripartiteelections.

Mr. Mutati expressed gratitude at the unwavering support fromthe private sector through the Public Private Partnership (PPP).

He says investors in the country has assured of the good policiesthat have continued to flourish under the able leadership ofPresident Rupiah Banda.

Mr. Mutati was speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Lusakayesterday.

The minister said Zambia has reached a level of maturity ofconducting elections and that had nothing to derail to yield itsintended target of growing the economy.

And Zambia has finalised preparations for much anticipated 10thAfrican Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) summit to be attended bythe US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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SOUTHAFRICA 03/06/11 12:00

South Africa is mourning one of the leading lights of the anti-

apartheid movement, Albertina Sisulu, who has died aged 92.

Mrs Sisulu was the widow of Walter Sisulu, a friend and mentor offormer South African President Nelson Mandela.

A political figure in her own right, she was active in the women'sleague of the African National Congress (ANC).

ANC spokesman Brian Sokutu said Mrs Sisulu had dedicated herlife to bringing democracy to South Africa.

On Thursday, social networking websites in South Africa wereflooded with tributes to the veteran campaigner.

Mrs Sisulu first met Walter Sisulu in the 1940s after she moved toJohannesburg to work as a nurse.

Although not from a political background, she quickly establishedherself as an anti-apartheid activist in her own right and was

among those who in 1956 led a march of 20,000 womenprotesting at being forced to carry passbooks.

While her husband was confined to jail with Nelson Mandela, shefound herself subject to periods of house arrest.

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AUSTRIALIA 03/06/11 12:00

The authorities in Australia have announced plans to sendunaccompanied children seeking asylum to Malaysia.

They will be held in detention centres while their cases areprocessed.

Australia's immigration minister, Chris Bowen, said it would senda strong message to deter people-smugglers selling passage toasylum seekers.

The move is part of a controversial swap being negotiated withMalaysia under which some Malaysia-based refugees would be

settled in Australia.

Mr Bown said it will send a strong message and break thebusiness model of the people smugglers who sell passage toasylum seekers hoping to start a new life in Australia.

He spoke of how he hoped he would never again have to seechildren buried as a result of an overloaded boat trying to reachAustralia's shores.

Last December, an asylum-seekers' boat smashed onto rocks atChristmas Island, killing at least 30 people, including children andbabies.

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BOSNIA 03/06/11 12:00

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Ex-Bosnian Serb army head Ratko Mladic is due to make his firstappearance at The Hague war crimes tribunal.

He was arrested last week in Serbia after 16 years on the runfrom charges of having committed atrocities during the 1992-95Bosnian war.

His lawyer and his family say he is too ill to stand trial but doctorshave so far declared him fit to be in court.

He is charged with masterminding the massacre of nearly eightthousand Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995.

In his first hearing before the International Tribunal for the former

Yugoslavia, Gen Mladic is to be asked if he understands thecharges against him.

The tribunal indictment charges him with genocide,persecution, extermination, murder, deportation, inhumane acts,terror, deportation and hostage-taking for his alleged part in aplot to achieve the "elimination or permanent removal" ofMuslims from large parts of Bosnia in pursuit of a "GreaterSerbia".

As well as Srebrenica, Europe's worst atrocity since World War II,Gen Mladic is also charged over the 44-month siege of the capitalSarajevo from May 1992 in which 10,000 people died.

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HACKERS 03/06/11 12:00

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A hacker group has claimed it has attacked the Sony network andstolen more than one million passwords, email addresses andother information.

Lulz Security said it broke into servers that run SonyPictures.com.

The Associated Press reported that Sony said it was aware of LulzSecurity's statement and was investigating.

In April, hackers broke into Sony's PlayStation Network and stoledata from more than seventy seven million accounts.

That attack was considered the biggest in internet history and ledto Sony shutting down the PlayStation Network and other services

for almost a month.

The company has estimated the data breach will result in a onehundred and seventy million hit to its operating profit.

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VAN NISTELROOY 03/06/11 12:00

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Former Manchester United striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy has joinedSpanish club Malaga on a free transfer.

Van Nistelrooy, 34, who previously played in La Liga for RealMadrid, has signed a one-year deal.

The Dutchman successfully passed a medical and will be unveiledto the fans on Thursday.

He returns to Spain after an 18-month spell at Hamburg SV,where his contract expired at the end of the 2010/11 season.

Malaga, who finished 11th last season, were taken over by amember of the Qatari family and have outlined ambitious plans to

turn the modest Andalucian club into a major footballing force.

Having signed ex-Arsenal loanee Julio Baptista and Argentineinternational Martin Demichelis in the January transfer window,they showed their pulling-power by agreeing a deal with theveteran striker.

Van Nistelrooy, a former Holland international who scored 34goals for his country, has enjoyed a fruitful career having wonleague titles with PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United and Real

Madrid.

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HEADLINES

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The International Labour Organisation and the International

Monetary Fund have joined hands to support a broad dialogue on

polices for employment creation in Zambia.

Government to regulate street vending in Lusaka throughfacilitating the construction of markets, kiosks and mobile carts inselected areas.

South Africa is mourning one of the leading lights of the anti-apartheid movement, Albertina Sisulu, who has died aged 92

Former Manchester United striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy has joinedSpanish club Malaga on a free transfer.