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South Africa: Mandela taken to hospital
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela is in "serious but stable" condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated for a lung infection, the government said Saturday, prompting an outpouring of concern from admirers...
Tags: Tuberculosis, U.S. Congress, Africa, Gallbladder Disease, Television Industry
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Body count grows in a South African murder mystery
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police are chasing a killer more than a year after the owner of a string of strip clubs was shot and killed in a saga replete with graphic violence, sex and cash. The mystery has deepened after the recent deaths of... -
Danny Glover in South Africa for Aristide
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The lawyer of Haiti's Jean-Bertrand Aristide says actor Danny Glover has arrived in South Africa to escort the exiled former president home. Miami lawyer Ira Kurzban flew to Johannesburg Wednesday on the same mission amid...Tags: Haiti, Harry Belafonte, Politics, Danny Glover, Africa
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South Africa's ANC deplores ... sushi on models?
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's governing party has pronounced: eating sushi off the body of a model in a bikini is politically incorrect. A Monday statement from African National Congress secretary general Gwede Mantashe is unequivocal:...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Sushi and Sashimi, South Africa, Foods and Beverages
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Police probe death of baby born to Oprah student
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Police are investigating whether to file charges after the death of a newborn baby born to a student at Oprah Winfrey's elite South African high school. In a statement Monday, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy said it was...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Oprah Winfrey, Assault, Crimes
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AFRICA INVESTMENT-Africa's taste for a top tipple draws in luxury brands
ReutersBy Tim Cocks and David Dolan LAGOS/JOHANNESBURG, June 14 (Reuters) - With its rows of wooden shacks selling street food and cut-price haircuts, Lagos island's McCarthy Street isn't the kind of place you'd think to raise a glass of bubbly. But turn into a...Tags: Diageo Plc, Bars and Clubs, Lagos (Nigeria), Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure
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In South Africa, talk of Mandela's mortality
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The desk is spotless and books neatly line the shelves in Nelson Mandela's office at a Johannesburg-based foundation that carries his name, but the former South African president and anti-apartheid leader hasn't worked there...
Tags: Rentals, Prisons, Racism, Nelson Mandela, Africa
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Nelson Mandela hospitalized in serious condition with lung infection
JOHANNESBURG — Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been hospitalized in serious condition with a lung infection, according to government officials here, the latest in a worrisome series of medical ailments plaguing the nation's...
Tags: Tuberculosis, U.S. Congress, BBC, Nelson Mandela, Gallbladder Disease
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Nelson Mandela's condition 'serious but stable'
JOHANNESBURG --South Africa’s beloved former president, Nelson Mandela, is in a hospital in serious condition with a lung infection, according to South African government officials, the latest in a worrying series of lung problems. South...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Peru, Government, Nelson Mandela
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Lay preacher turned union boss wages S.African class war
Reuters* Preacher's son angered by poverty, income disparities * Evangelical style appeals to downtrodden miners * Investors take notice as AMCU dominates platinum belt * Wildcat strikes have cost billions, led to credit downgrades By Ed Stoddard and...Tags: Work Relations, U.S. Congress, Gold and Precious Material, Metal and Mineral, Africa
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