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Media Freedom Threatened in South Africa
Nearly half of South Africans believe proposed secrecy laws would curtail media freedom and make it easier for government officials to hide corruption – while just 13% disagree, a survey has found. The...
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Hundreds Killed in The Congo
GOMA, Congo — With Congo’s army diverted to fighting a new rebel group in eastern Congo, new militia groups have arisen and older ones are reasserting themselves, killing hundreds of defenseless...
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S. African Mine Protesters Face Murder Charges For Colleagues Killed By Police
Workers arrested at South Africa’s Marikana mine will be charged later with the murder of 34 colleagues shot by police, an official has said. A prosecuting authority spokesman told the BBC that 270...
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World’s 100 Richest Earned Enough Last Year to End Global Poverty 4 Times Over
The world’s 100 richest people earned a stunning total of $240 billion in 2012 – enough money to end extreme poverty worldwide four times over, Oxfam has revealed, adding that the global economic...
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South Africa Has Highest Rate for Violence Against Women
JOHANNESBURG — Reeva Steenkamp, the model and law graduate shot and killed by Oscar Pistorius, was statistically just one of three women killed on Valentine’s Day by an intimate partner, according to a...
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The Pirate Bay Sails to the U.S.A.
After its failed experiment in North Korea, The Pirate Bay has set course to the land of the free, the United States of America. The infamous BitTorrent site has renamed itself to The Freedom Bay and...
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Child Soldiers Patrol Central African Republic Capital
BANGUI, Central African Republic — As fighters in fatigues lounge in the shade of the rebel camp in the capital of Central African Republic, a boy jumps up to greet visitors with a wide toothy grin. He...
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