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S. Africa's Most Famous Township Gets New Theater
- 3 Hours ago
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South Africa's most famous township, Soweto, is getting its first state-of-the-art theater that could spark a theater revival in the area known for its apartheid-era works that exposed the horrors of
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Lockerbie bomber Megrahi to be buried in Libya
- 3 Hours ago
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TRIPOLI, May 21 (Reuters) - The Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie will be buried on Monday in a quiet ceremony that Libyans hope will allow them to leave behind the
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S.Africa's most famous township gets new theater
- 2 Hours ago
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Playwright, director and actor John Ledwaba gave up theater during South Africa's turbulent 1980s and left his Soweto home to train to be an anti-apartheid guerrilla. But he soon stopped training to lead
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Mali's junta leader recognized as ex-head of state
- 96 Minutes ago
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BAMAKO, MaliThe chief mediator in Mali says the leader of the junta there will get the status of a former head of state as part of a transition deal to new elections.Djibrill Bassole, the foreign minister
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Zimbabwe denies claims of state-sponsored violence
- 114 Minutes ago
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HARARE, Zimbabwe � Zimbabwe's justice minister says there is no state sponsored violence in his nation and after meeting with the UN human rights chief, he vows not to recognize gay rights. Patrick
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Lockerbie bomber's funeral due
- 6 Hours ago
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The funeral of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is due to take place in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, later. Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing above Scotland which
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Man with grenades arrested at Nigeria ministry
- 75 Minutes ago
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Nigeria's state-run television channel says a man carrying hand grenades and rifle ammunition has been arrested after gaining access to the grounds of the country's Information Ministry.The
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UPDATE 2-Vodacom says will fight on to keep Congo unit
- 118 Minutes ago
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* Will appeal court ruling from January * Headline EPS 706 cents vs 654.3 cents * Dividend up 54 pct to 710 cents * Shares up 14 pct this year By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura JOHANNESBURG, May 21 (Reuters) -
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RPT-East Africa to join world gas giants
- 7 Hours ago
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To East Africa's assets of spectacular wildlife, abundant land and shimmering beaches you can now add gas - so much gas it could transform global energy flows along with some of the world's poorest countries.
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Egyptian Candidate: â??Believe in Free Market Economyâ??
- 13 Hours ago
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Amr Moussa, one of Egyptâ??s top presidential candidates, has reiterated his belief in free markets and told CNBC in an interview on Tuesday that the country needed to â??open upâ?. With the Muslim Brotherhoodâ??s
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4 Egyptian voters offer divided views on next president
- 90 Minutes ago
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CAIRO -- Turmoil has prevailed in the 15 months since Hosni Mubarak was forced to resign after three decades of ruling Egypt with unchecked power. The once-revered military's role as guardian of the people's
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Egypt's GDP grows 5.2 pct in Q1 2012: minister
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by an annualised 5.2 percent in the first quarter of calendar 2012 compared to a 4.3 percent contraction in the same three months a year earlier,
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S.Africa turns to China for refinery project
- 88 Minutes ago
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The Mthombo project, in the industrial port of Coega near Port Elizabeth on South Africa's south coast, has been in the pipeline for several years but progress has stalled mainly because of a lack of
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S.Africa's Vodacom will not let DRC asset go: CEO
- 7 Hours ago
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"The bottom line is that we will not let that asset go, we will not get to a situation on the 3rd of June where the asset is just sold," Pieter Uys said on a conference call with reporters. Vodacom has
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