ANC: No record of sex-pest
News24 (SA) - 2 ore fa
Oliphant was recently exposed on SABC 3's Special Assignment programme as an alleged sex-pest. Oliphant was more recently a member of the Congress of the People party. The party's spokesperson Palesa Morudu said Oliphant was an ordinary member of Cope and that the alleged offences were committed ... |
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PM swaps tips with Mr Motivator
BBC (UK) - 4 ore fa
TV fitness guru Mr Motivator has met Gordon Brown, fresh from a morning run, at Downing Street. . The PM, who was more formally dressed, joked: "I'll tell the cabinet ministers that you're after them. Earlier this week, Mr Brown told the Observer on Sunday he wanted to be fitter and had taken up ... |
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Parents of three-year-old arson victim make plea to find killer
Telegraph.co.uk (UK) - 6 ore fa
The parents of a three-year-old victim of an arson attack in Liverpool pleaded for help to find her killer and spoke of their heartbreak that she tried to take refuge by hiding in her bed. . Her mother, Eleanor Skelhorne, wept as she told a press conference: "The place where she should hae felt ... |
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Britons panic buying last stocks of conventional lightbulbs
Telegraph.co.uk (UK) - 14 ore fa
Britons are panic buying the last remaining stocks of traditional lightbulbs after the Government agreed to plans to phase them out completely. . Leading supermarkets and DIY chains, including Sainsbury's, Asda and Homebase, have already sold all their final stocks of the bulbs. Other stores have ... |
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UK 'far from through' recession, warns Darling
The Independent (UK) - 8 ore fa
Mr Darling also indicated that the Bank of England would be required to work "hand in hand" with the Treasury if interest rates approached zero and it wanted to take the further step of "quantitative easing" - or printing money. In his Pre-Budget Report in November, Mr Darling predicted that ... |
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Cabinet meetings outside London cost £200,000 each
The Independent (UK) - 10 ore fa
West Yorkshire Police have revealed they spent £138,000 on security for the Leeds event on 28 November. The Prime Minister has previously said the Cabinet's first regional meeting, held in Birmingham last September, cost £62,000 excluding security costs. If similar sums were spent on each event ... |
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Cope suspends alleged sex pest
News24 (SA) - 14 ore fa
Special Assignment said one of the girls had laid a charge of statutory rape against him, yet he remains in his job at the SA Social Security Agency. We expect the criminal justice system in Beaufort West to proceed with speed and efficiency in dealing with this case," said Morudu. "If it is ... |
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Burris expects to join Senate 'very shortly'
The Seattle Times (USA) - 3 ore fa
Roland Burris said Wednesday he should be able to join the Senate "very shortly," after talking to newly supportive Democratic leaders and working on lingering legal obstacles. Talking to reporters on the second day of a Washington power odyssey that would intimidate many, the 71-year-old Burris ... |
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Panetta Viewed As Unusual Pick For CIA Head
cbs2chicago.com - 6-1-2009
The former eight-term congressman from California has had plenty experience in overseeing all aspects of the federal bureaucracy as a former chairman of the House Budget Committee, as budget director and then chief of staff for President Bill Clinton; and more recently as a member of the ... |
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Brown voices Gaza ceasefire hopes
BBC (UK) - 6-1-2009
Gordon Brown has said he is hopeful a basis for a truce in Gaza will be found - but called recent events the "darkest moment yet for the Middle East". . He spoke after Israeli shelling caused scores of casualties at a Gaza school. UN officials said at least 30 people died and 55 were injured. " I ... |
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