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British Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged on Thursday to quit within a year, but declined to give an exact date to mutineers in his Labour Party who want a speedy change of leader to revive its fortunes. Blair’s statement came in a tumultuous week that saw his authority crumbling in the face of party revolts after nearly a decade in power.
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/ 7 September 2006
The team that investigated last December’s fuel shortages has urged that immediate steps be taken to prevent another supply crisis towards the end of this year. This emerged after Minister of Minerals and Energy Buyelwa Sonjica met the governors of the South African Petroleum Industry Association on Thursday.
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/ 7 September 2006
The extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal must be dealt with urgently, international health experts said in Johannesburg on Thursday. ”There is no time to wait before we embark on decisive action,” said the World Health Organisation’s Dr Ernesto Jaramillo.
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/ 7 September 2006
Trade ministers from 21 developing nations will try to find ways to restart talks on a global trade treaty during a weekend gathering of the Group of 20 (G20) in Rio de Janeiro. Led by Brazil and India, the group of emerging-market nations will hold two days of talks at Rio’s famous Copacabana Palace hotel.
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/ 7 September 2006
South Africa is investigating the possibility of enriching uranium locally, but there is ”no ways” it will produce nuclear weapons from the enriched material, the government said on Thursday. Briefing the media at Parliament following Cabinet’s meeting on Wednesday, government communications head Themba Maseko said concerns about the initiative are unfounded.
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/ 7 September 2006
A mansion that once belonged to slain mining magnate Brett Kebble was auctioned for R14,5-million in Inanda, Johannesburg on Thursday. The bid for the 0,8ha property, known as ”Hoëveld House”, was won by Johannesburg businessman Terry McKlintock and his wife Merle. ”We were looking for a house in the area. We used to live up the road,” McKlintock said.
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/ 7 September 2006
Defending champion Adam Scott and three-time Major winner Ernie Els arrived in Asia for this week’s Singapore Open with big reputations and both will be happy to have negotiated the first round firmly in contention. Els recovered from two over after three holes to post an even-par 71 on the testing Serapong Course hosting the -million tournament.
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/ 7 September 2006
The United States on Thursday handed over formal command of the Iraqi army to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s government, a significant step towards the withdrawal of about 150Â 000 US-led foreign troops. Hours before the handover, 14 people were killed in a spate of bomb blasts targeting Iraqi security forces in Baghdad.
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/ 7 September 2006
The Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs has formed a national steering committee (NSC) to consider the recommendations of last year’s land summit, Minister Lulu Xingwana said on Thursday. ”The NSC has to date developed and adopted terms of reference to guide its operations,” the minister said at a press briefing in Pretoria on her first 100 days in office.
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/ 7 September 2006
United States President George Bush acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday the existence of a secret CIA prison network, and said the mastermind of the September 11 2001 terror attacks and other high-value detainees had been transferred to Guantánamo Bay.