Unable to enter keyboard shortcut preferences

OK, I've received my new aluminum keyboard today. I connected it to my "old" (November 2006) iMac 20" 2.16 GHz and installed the Keyboard Software Update 1.1. I'm encountering the issue with non-working F3 and F4 keys, like (almost) everyone else, but that's not the problem bothering me right now (I'll just wait for an update).
What's new is that I'm unable to enter the "Preferences -> Keyboard and mouse -> Keyboard shortcuts" pane. If I click on it, it just "hangs", with the "Keyboard shortcuts" highlighted, but still showing the contents of the previously selected tab.
I can then quit Preferences normally (it doesn't fully crash). If I re-enter, the same thing happens.
I have already cleared all caches, repaired preferences, re-installed the Keyboard Software Update, created a new user account, deleted com.apple.HIToolbox.plist (both the user's and the system's), even zapped the PRAM - nothing helps.
Other software I have installed which might interfere are Butler and Witch - disabling them didn't help.
Any ideas of what else could be causing this?
Thanks for your help

I also have an error message in console.log every time I try to open that tab:
2007-08-20 19:50:56.941 System Preferences(521) * -(NSCFString count): selector not recognized (self = 0x1641b510)
There's more - this only happens if I'm using the Italian localized version of Preferences. If I use the English version it works. It definitely looks like a bug.
Can anyone confirm it's happening on their system as well if switching to Italian?
If it's really a bug, what's the best way to file it with Apple?
Message was edited by: ManuCH

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