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No group claimed responsi- jility for the attacks, but uthorities said they were nvestigating whether right- ving militant groups were ehind the bombings. “Whoever is responsible for his... is going to face the full night of the law,” said Safety Security Minister Charles 'iqakula. He said the first bomb ixploded at about 1 1:55 p.m fuesday and the ninth went off at about 1:40 a.m. Wednesday. Another bomb was found at a gas station and defused. "Had it exploded it would have caused maximum damage given the fact we have fuel at the filling station,” said Nqakula. Police fanned out across the massive township and began searching public places, includ ing schools. Roads all over the township were closed. Authorities said they did not know what type of explosive was used. National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi said two white men reportedly were seen acting suspiciously near the gas station where the bomb was later defused. "We think we know who Receptions ♦ Parties ♦ Seminars Rehearsal Dinners ♦ Banquets Comer of Ponderosa & Longmire did this,” Selebi told Parliament. "We think that the people who did this wanted to send a message.” "We calculate that there are many more bombs than those that have exploded,” he said. Nqakula said police were try ing to put together a profile of the bombers. "Whoever manufactured ... the bombs and placed them are experts,” he said. He refused to say whether investigators suspected the blasts (were part of an alleged white extremist plot to attack the government uncovered ear lier by police. In recent weeks, police have discovered several weapons caches and arrested 14 people accused of involve ment in the plot. .. ZIM&. 0 100 mi^ BOT ^ \ 0—0 km/ 3* ) MOZ. / Johannesburg Soweto*^, SOUTH AFRICA £ / i sw V_j Indian Ocean •Nj LES. 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I The announcement was an achievement ir Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who as embarrassed earlier this month when ipponents in his own ruling Liberal temocratic Party blocked the release of the lueprint, fearing that its reforms were too ievere. However, critics of the new program omplained that it does not go far enough. think it is a good start,” said Japan’s et-tough Economy Minister Keizo akenaka after unveiling the plan. The program aims to clear $336 billion in the bad loans saddling the nation’s banks and reverse the trend of falling prices, or deflation, that has undermined corporate profits and caused some firms to go under. Takenaka’s original measures called for tightening accounting rules for the nation’s banks in a way that could have increased the number of bad loans on their books. Some feared the rules would bankrupt banks and debtor companies alike. Reflecting LDP concerns, the final ver sion of the plan guarantees special loans to companies that hire people thrown out of jobs. However it is vague on other safety net items. It also backs down by containing no timeframe or numerical targets for imple menting the suggested accounting reforms. Some economists were disappointed by other things the package left out. Ryo Hino, an analyst with JP Morgan investment bank in Tokyo, said the govern ment would need to spend more money to fur ther stimulate the economy. Koizumi has been uncommitted to the idea because of the gov ernment’s already huge public debt. “Obviously these reforms are necessary, but they are just a first step,” Hino said. “Even if they get this through, it is not enough.” Some members of the ruling party coali tion agreed. Takenori Kanzaki, a leader of the LDP junior member New Komeito party, said the package would have only a “weak impact” without a supplementary budget, according to Kyodo news agency. 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