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/ 28 September 2005
British Prime Minister Tony Blair let it be known on Tuesday that he will not pull out of Iraq soon, or rush to pass the reins of power to his finance minister and heir apparent Gordon Brown. He delivered what aides called a "policy-rich" speech to the Labour Party’s annual conference.
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/ 28 September 2005
Author M Scott Peck, who wrote the bestseller The Road Less Traveled and other self-help books, has died. He was 69. Peck died on Sunday at his home in Connecticut, long-time friend and Los Angeles publicist Michael Levine said. He had suffered from pancreatic and liver-duct cancer.
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/ 28 September 2005
Many corrupt police officials believe nothing serious will happen to them if they are caught — and police corruption often goes unchecked because it is not reported. Almost half of police disciplinary hearings in 2003/04 resulted in no action against accused officers, giving rise to the perception that "absolutely nothing" will happen to corrupt officers.
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/ 28 September 2005
The oil industry may be underestimating to its own peril the potential of renewable energy in the decades to come, the World Petroleum Congress in Johannesburg heard on Wednesday. The president of the Worldwatch Institute, Christopher Flavin, said the perception that ”real energy men don’t do renewables” is changing.
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/ 28 September 2005
Steve Marcus, a jazz saxophonist who recorded and toured with Stan Kenton, Herbie Mann and Buddy Rich, has died. He was 66. Marcus died on Sunday in his sleep at his home in New Hope, family members said. He was a pioneer of the jazz fusion movement of the late 1960s, a musical movement that combined elements of rock ‘n’ roll and jazz.
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/ 28 September 2005
On the day Benedict Vilakazi’s rape accuser laid a charge against him, his wife SMSed the girl pretending to be the soccer star, the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court heard on Wednesday. The girl earlier in the week told the court that if Vilakazi’s wife had not found out about the rape, the secret would have died with her.
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/ 28 September 2005
The community of Acornhoek has evicted the family of Simon Mathebula, who was found guilty in April of killing farm worker Nelson Chisale, the Phalaborwa Circuit Court heard on Wednesday. Mathebula was convicted in April of acting in concert with Mark Scott-Crossley in committing the premeditated murder of Chisale, who was thrown to lions.
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/ 28 September 2005
The Samsung group was in hot water on Wednesday after its patriarch was told to appear before South Korea’s Parliament. The parliamentary move coincided with an attack by President Roh Moo-Hyun, who charged the group is seeking to sidestep a government drive for corporate governance reform.
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/ 28 September 2005
Oil prices weakened further on Wednesday as traders awaited the weekly snapshot of crude inventories data in the United States, dealers said. New York’s main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in November, lost 14 cents to ,93 per barrel in electronic trading.
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/ 28 September 2005
The claimed discovery of a -billion 18th century treasure trove on Chile’s Robinson Crusoe island has touched off an epidemic of gold fever among treasure hunters. The modern-day gold rush began on Monday when Chilean security firm Wagner announced that its ground-scanning robot had located a legendary pirate hideaway containing a lost bounty of jewels and gold coins.