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Shinzo Abe, the man widely tipped to become Japan’s next leader, announced his bid for the premiership on Friday with policies that include sweeping reforms to the country’s pacifist Constitution. He said Japan’s security would continue to depend on maintaining strong relations with the United States.
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/ 1 September 2006
Only a week after Pluto was stripped of its status as a full-fledged planet of the solar system, rebel astronomers have launched a campaign to have it restored in pomp and glory. A petition already signed by more than 300 researchers is attacking the International Astronomical Union decision to expel Pluto from the solar system’s A-list and doom it to the status of ”dwarf planet”.
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/ 1 September 2006
The trial of two men implicated in the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) hoax e-mail saga will start in November. Software salesperson Muziwendoda Kunene and the NIA’s manager for electronic surveillance Funokwakhe Madladla stand accused of fraud relating to the hoax e-mails.
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/ 1 September 2006
The government must let the public know exactly what perks presidents are entitled to when they retire, the Democratic Alliance said on Friday. This was after reports that the government was funding a R22-million retirement mansion in Houghton for President Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 1 September 2006
Sabido, the sole shareholder of e.tv, has applied for a satellite television subscription broadcasting licence, e.tv said on Friday. The company intends to serve to middle-income South Africans who are ”presently under-served” by subscription television.
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/ 1 September 2006
What occurred outside the gates of Pollsmoor prison last week was to be expected. A few years ago, another dedicated swindler, as admired and coveted by his accomplices in the upper nestings of the African National Congress, was up in the same place, also displaying his arrogance to his gathered political brethren. He’d also emptied his own well-stocked pantry of lies and evasions.
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/ 1 September 2006
South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs and bowler Nicky Boje have made themselves available to play in the Champions Trophy tournament in India starting next month. Since 2000, the pair has declined to tour India over fears they may be detained in connection with police investigations into match-fixing.
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Jacob Zuma will have to provide hard evidence of a political conspiracy against him if he wants his corruption trial dismissed, the state said in heads of argument filed in the Pietermaritzburg High Court. The state argued that ”if the first accused [Zuma] wishes to establish that a political conspiracy exists, he is required to adduce evidence to this effect”.
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/ 1 September 2006
South African President Thabo Mbeki underwent medical tests at a hospital this week after suffering a bout of the flu, but he is in good health and expected to return to work shortly, officials said. Mbeki (64) cancelled an appearance in Parliament in Cape Town on Wednesday after complaining of flu-like symptoms.
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/ 1 September 2006
Intel, the world’s leading computer chip maker which employs 99 000 people worldwide, could soon slash up to 20 000 jobs, a report said on Friday. The layoffs could come as early as next week, when Intel has scheduled an internal announcement, The Wall Street Journal said quoting analysts and former employees of the company.