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Wanting to be as punctual as possible, Japan will next year move its clocks ahead — by one second. Japan will head one second into the future on January 1 2006 when it adjusts the high-precision atomic clock that keeps Japan Standard Time using advanced physics.
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Muslims in the Middle East and Malaysia can now rely on their cellphones at prayer time. The Ilkone i800 includes the complete Qur’an, points the way to Mecca and has a prayer alarm and Ramadan calendar. The smart-looking phone has English and Arabic language options.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died from an unidentified infection that was ”highly unlikely” to have been caused by HIV/Aids or poisoning, The New York Times reported on Thursday. Citing US and Israeli medical experts, who were shown Arafat’s medical records, the paper said it remains a mystery as to what underlying infection killed the Palestinian leader.
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Kwabena Mensah said his mother thought sending him into virtual slavery to work as a fisherman’s helper on Ghana’s Lake Volta was the only way to earn money to send him to school. The 15-year-old spent seven years at the dangerous job, earning little beyond regular beatings.
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There is no need for a probe into the stand-off between the VIP protection unit of the police and the Scorpions during the recent raid on former deputy president Jacob Zuma’s home, Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula said on Thursday. ”What would we be investigating?” Nqakula asked.
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Critics and public at the Venice film festival have made the George Clooney directed Good Night, and Good Luck the clear favourite to win the two-week event’s prestigious Golden Lion award, to be announced on Saturday. With just a few of the 20 films in the official competition yet to be screened, Clooney’s film remains the most popular with critics and public alike.
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A Belgian priest arrested in Kigali this week on suspicion of involvement in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide will face crimes against humanity charges before a village tribunal. The case of Father Guy Theunis is to be referred to prosecutors who are expected to transfer it to the gacaca courts that have been set up to deal with genocide suspects, they said.
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The JSE was weaker just before noon on Thursday as players took profits following the bourse’s rally over the prior two days, which took it to a record high. The weakness was in line with the trend on world markets. By 11.57am, the all share index lost 0,32%. Financials and resources fell 0,52% and 0,55% respectively, while the banks index was 0,5% lower.
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Americans mark the fourth anniversary of the September 11 2001 terror attacks on Sunday nagged by new burning questions about their readiness to confront a major disaster after the debacle of Hurricane Katrina. Meanwhile, the reconstruction of Ground Zero where the World Trade Centre once stood has become a byword for discord and disorder.
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Donald Horne, a historian and author who first labelled Australia ”The Lucky Country” and was credited with helping launch its republican movement, has died at age 83, his agent said. Horne, who also was a respected journalist, died early on Thursday at his Sydney home, said his literary agent, Jane Cameron.