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Gary Kirsten is a coach like many, especially the likes of Virender Sehwag who were never too much to put weight on tour matches. But Kepler Wessels, former South African captain, believes that the lack of warm up is what cost South Africa...
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The Leonardo DiCaprio film “Blood Diamonds” informed a whole generation of moviegoers how illicit trading in diamonds fuels oppression of native people in...
made popular Jun 26 2009
It was Brazil’s President Lulu da Silva who remarked that while it was the blue eyes and blond of the Western world, it was the brown people whom were paying the...
made popular Jun 22 2009
Engaging in selling and buying products and services while in africa is a nightmare! Most of the big E-commerce websites like paypal still do not allow users in these...
made popular Jun 19 2009
An entry in the Design for Children competition, the “Umbrella” by Visiondivision Architects is a children’s hospital project for Rwanda that will allow an...
made popular May 22 2009
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Productions set in Africa have taken the top Lucille Lortel Awards for the best of off-Broadway.
made popular May 4 2009
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Tuareg rebels fighting the government of Niger released their last hostage on Sunday, an interior minister said on state TV.
made popular May 3 2009
AP, Nairobi
A Seychelles coast guard boat arrested three suspected pirates in the Indian Ocean off the islands that depend heavily on tourism, state media reported Sunday.
made popular May 3 2009
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Special forces on a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on an oil tanker, but later freed the 19 men. Hours...
made popular May 2 2009
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A NATO spokesman says Somali pirates have hijacked a British-owned cargo ship crewed by Ukrainians.
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Nairobi
A NATO spokesman says a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on a Norwegian oil tanker.
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Antananarivo
A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers in the latest move against those who oppose the troubled nation’s new leader.
made popular Apr 30 2009
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A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers in the latest move against those who oppose the troubled nation’s new leader.
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Antananarivo
A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers, according to images aired by a private television station of the latest move against...
made popular Apr 30 2009
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American naval forces handed Somali authorities the bodies of three suspected pirates on Thursday, officials said, after U.S. snipers shot the trio earlier this month...
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Rabat
Moroccan national television reports that Saudi Crown Prince Sultan has arrived in the north African kingdom after undergoing surgery in the United States.
made popular Apr 29 2009
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Security forces in Nigeria arrested a man for taking a Canadian woman hostage this month, but other kidnappers were still believed to be holding her, police said...
made popular Apr 29 2009
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Police in Nigeria say a Canadian woman kidnapped this month in northern Nigeria has been released unharmed.
made popular Apr 29 2009
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Huge explosions rocked an ammunition dump at an army camp in Tanzania’s commercial capital Wednesday, killing three people and injuring more than 150, officials...
made popular Apr 29 2009
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Thousands of Kenyan women vowed Wednesday to begin a weeklong sex strike to try to protest their country’s bickering leadership, which they say threatens to...
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, Arusha
Huge blasts rocked an ammunition dump at an army camp in Tanzania’s commercial capital on Wednesday, officials said.
made popular Apr 29 2009
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After taking an early lead, Tiger Woods fell behind Tim Clark in Thursday’s second round of the Accenture Match Play Championship. Woods was 1-up through four...
made popular Feb 26 2009
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A young male hippo has made a new home in a sewage plant, South African wildlife officials said Thursday.
made popular Feb 20 2009
New Zealand could not have made it more comprehensive than the victory at the MCG against their Trans Tasmanian rivals, beating them more mentally than by the six...
made popular Feb 6 2009
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South African dock workers won’t unload ships carrying goods from Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians, a union leader said Wednesday.
made popular Feb 4 2009
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Giniel de Villiers held onto his nerves in the last stage to become the first South African to win the Dakar Rally on Saturday.
made popular Jan 17 2009
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South African police and game park rangers say they have arrested 11 suspects in an international rhinoceros poaching ring.
made popular Jan 16 2009
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The International Atomic Energy Agency says a Japanese diplomat and a South African official are in the running to become the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s next chief...
made popular Jan 2 2009
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The Nelson Mandela Foundation says that South African anti-apartheid activist Helen Suzman has died. She was 91.
made popular Jan 1 2009
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A well-known emigre South African writer has unleashed his pen against crime and corruption in his homeland in a U.S. magazine, prompting a rebuke from Nelson...
made popular Dec 18 2008
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A South African man accused of attempting to smuggle hundreds of rare chameleons, snakes, lizards and frogs out of Madagascar inside his jacket and luggage was...
made popular Dec 9 2008
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A South African man accused of trying to smuggle hundreds of rare animals out of Madagascar inside his jacket and hand luggage has been convicted and sentenced to a...
made popular Dec 9 2008
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British defense company BAE Systems PLC said Thursday that South African police visited its offices near the capital of Pretoria as part of an investigation by...
made popular Nov 27 2008
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Zimbabwe said it blocked Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter and a South African human rights advocate from visiting on a humanitarian mission because they had not properly...
made popular Nov 23 2008
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A state-run newspaper in Zimbabwe says a humanitarian mission by Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter and a South African human rights advocate was blocked because the three failed...
made popular Nov 23 2008
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Zimbabwe has refused to let Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter and a South African human rights advocate visit the impoverished country for a humanitarian mission, the three said...
made popular Nov 22 2008
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South African organizers of the 2010 World Cup expressed concern Friday about the effect the global financial crisis will have on the tournament, which is already...
made popular Nov 21 2008
AP, Johannesburg
South African police say a truck carrying workers collided with another truck, killing 23 people and injuring nine.
made popular Nov 12 2008
AP, Rome
Miriam Makeba, the South African folk singer and anti-apartheid activist fondly known as “Mama Africa,” died early Monday in southern Italy after performing...
made popular Nov 10 2008
AP, Rome
A hospital in southern Italy says South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba has died after a concert performance there.
made popular Nov 10 2008
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