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Lonmin deal stirs more South Africa mine strife

YoopyaSeptember 19, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 19, 20120

By Sherilee Lakmidas MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – South African police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Wednesday to disperse protesters near a mine run...

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Angola court rejects two appeals on vote, yet to rule on UNITA’s

YoopyaSeptember 19, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 19, 20120

By Shrikesh Laxmidas LUANDA (Reuters) – Angola’s top court rejected appeals by two opposition parties on alleged irregularities in a vote won comfortably last month by...

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Kenya Finmin says striking teachers’ pay demands unsustainable

YoopyaSeptember 19, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 19, 20120

By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s economy cannot fund the wage increases striking teachers are calling for and meeting their demands would require hiking taxes...

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South Africa’s Zuma: “I am with the people”

YoopyaSeptember 19, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 19, 20120

By Luke Baker BRUSSELS (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma dismissed critics who accuse him of being out of touch with the people and...

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Qaeda in North Africa urges killing of more U.S. envoys

YoopyaSeptember 18, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s affiliate in North Africa urged Muslims to kill representatives of the U.S. government in the region in retaliation for a film...

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Mali’s economic pillars resist turmoil, for now

YoopyaSeptember 18, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 18, 20120

(Reuters) – In the afternoon of March 21, army mutineers stormed the office of Mali’s national cotton company CMDT in central Bamako and fired AK-47...

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Zimbabwe PM: I have found true love

YoopyaSeptember 17, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 17, 20120

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s prime minister said at his marriage ceremony Saturday that he had to date several women to find the one he...

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Uganda frees British producer David Cecil over gay play

YoopyaSeptember 17, 2012June 14, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 17, 2012June 14, 20230

British theatre producer David Cecil has been released on bail in Uganda, where he was charged over a play about the condition of gay people....

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S.Africa police fire tear gas at strikers near massacre site

YoopyaSeptember 15, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 15, 20120

By Joshua Nhlapo and Olivia Kumwenda MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – South African police on Saturday fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse miners...

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Gambia’s President Jammeh halts executions amid outcry

YoopyaSeptember 15, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 15, 20120

Gambian President Yahya Jemmeh has ordered that execution of prisoners on death row be suspended, amid an international outcry. Nine prisoners have been executed since...