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...should succeed him flared up last week. The chatter came after the Durban High Court convicted Schabir Shaik, a friend and financial adviser to Deputy President Jacob Zuma, on fraud and corruption charges. After a riveting eight-month trial and a three-day verdict broadcast live on television and radio, Judge Hillary Squires found Shaik guilty on all three charges against him. Squires announced Shaik had paid some $180,000 to Zuma in bribes between 1995 and 2001 in order to keep in the Deputy President's good books and gain advantages for his company, and had also brokered...
...kitchen because cooking had always been part of his relationships. "Either I became the cook, or it was part of my courtship practice." He also finds cooking "deeply comfortable and satisfying." "There's nothing better," he says, "than being in the kitchen and listening to baseball on the radio. That's my idea of heaven...
...patrol leader disputes this account. His first priority, he says, was to move the radio to safety. Its weight, and its antenna and trailing cables, made it impossible to pick up the rifle. As for claims that he pushed the scout, "That just didn't happen." Nor did he order the scout to brave a hail of bullets. Instead, the young trooper was told to "retrieve my rifle, which was approximately 5 m away, when he could," and "he carried out this task during a lull in fire...
...radio kept the patrol leader in touch with the coalition base at Bagram, and in theory gave him access to the might of the U.S. Air Force. Convinced he was under attack from al-Qaeda fighters, he called for air support. It was refused: the risk of anti-aircraft missiles meant the Americans were unwilling to fly at the low altitude necessary. Headquarters also ruled out flying in more troops because the landing zone was deemed too dangerous...
...Thirty-five kilometers to the south, the rest of Three Squadron were lying about on their vehicles, dozing in the sun after an exhausting night patrol, when a message came over the radio - Kilo 3 was in trouble. Forming a convoy, the squadron charged to the rescue, telling the patrol they were on the way. But it would take them more than two hours to reach the besieged men: RK3 would have to hang on until nightfall. As the shadows lengthened, and the assault grew less intense, the troopers saw the SAS vehicles' lights heading up the Taraka valley...