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Japan’s parliament has elected Yukio Hatoyama prime minister, handing power to an untested government that faces tough economic and social challenges.

Yukio Hatoyama's victory ended a half-century of LDP dominance.

His Democratic Party of Japan won a huge poll victory last month, ending more than 50 years of almost unbroken rule by the Liberal Democratic Party.

Mr Hatoyama said he was excited by the prospect of changing history. “The battle starts now,” he said.

The new prime minister’s next step is to formally appoint his cabinet.

He has already named former DPJ leader Katsuya Okada as foreign minister, and local reports suggest Hirohisa Fujii has been given the finance portfolio.

Another former DPJ leader, Naoto Kan, is expected to head a new National Strategy Bureau set up to oversee the bureaucracy.

The defeated LDP, meanwhile, will hold an election later this month to choose its new leader, after former Prime Minister Taro Aso stepped down. (continue reading…)

Johannesburg – The ANC is to investigate adverts offering services including free porn and penis enlargements on its website.

“I wasn’t aware of such an advert and I’m not aware that the ANC website had ever been used for commercial purposes,” African National Congress spokesperson Brian Sokutu said on Sunday when Sapa questioned him about the adverts.

Adverts on the party’s home page on www.anc.org.za were offering the following to web users: free porn, penis enlargement, prefabrik, cortix, tarot, reverse mortgage, security system report, jet charter, APC battery, autism, a dating service and website promotion.

Sokutu said he would look into the matter, but could not do anything until Monday.

taken from News24