SOUTH AFRICA

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Police add more confusion to Oscar Pistorius case

The prosecution case against Oscar Pistorius began to unravel Wednesday with revelations of a series of police blunders and the lead investigator's admission that authorities have no evidence challenging the double-amputee Olympian's claim he killed his girlfriend accidentally.

February 21, 2013

TV show with Pistorius' dead girlfriend airs

Reeva Steenkamp's last wish for her family before she was shot dead at boyfriend Oscar Pistorius’ home was for them to watch her in a reality TV show that went on air in South Africa on Saturday night, two days after her killing.

February 16, 2013

South Africa: Nelson Mandela's recovery is good

South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela has recovered from his recent lung infection and a surgical procedure to remove gallstones, according to an announcement Sunday by President Jacob Zuma.

January 06, 2013

South African president visits Mandela in hospital

JOHANNESBURG — South Africans prayed Sunday for the health of former President Nelson Mandela and anxiously awaited further word about the anti-apartheid leader after he was admitted to a military hospital.

By By Jom Gambrell, Associated Press , December 09, 2012

South African icon Nelson Mandela hospitalized

South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela was admitted to a military hospital Saturday for medical tests, though the nation's president told the public there was “no cause for alarm” over the 94-year-old icon's health.

December 08, 2012

South Africa military plane crashes, killing 11

A South African military aircraft on an unknown mission to an area near former President Nelson Mandela's village crashed in a mountain range, killing all 11 people onboard, officials said Thursday.

December 06, 2012

4 shot at South African gold mine in latest unrest

4 shot at South African gold mine in latest unrest JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police and security guards fired rubber bullets and tear gas Monday at sacked gold miners who were attacking colleagues to block them from working, the mine owner said. Police said four people were wounded at the mine that used to be partially owned by the president's nephew.

By Michelle Faul, Associated Press , September 03, 2012

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Clinton lauds Malawi's president, will see Mandela

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton praised Malawi's leaders Sunday for reforms in the impoverished African nation before arriving in South Africa for talks with government officials and a private visit with Nelson Mandela.

August 06, 2012

Chimps who attacked US student to live

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Two adult chimpanzees that viciously attacked a U.S. student at a primate sanctuary in South Africa were defending their territory and will be allowed to live, the lead government investigator said Tuesday.

By Michelle Faul, Associated Press , July 03, 2012

Bus crashes off bridge in South Africa, kills 19

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Paramedics say a bus has plunged off a bridge in South Africa, killing at least 19 people and injuring 55.

By Associated Press , June 25, 2012

Mandela, 93, leaves hospital after minor surgery

JOHANNESBURG — Former President Nelson Mandela was released from the hospital Sunday after an overnight stay for minor diagnostic surgery to determine the cause of an abdominal complaint, a spokesman for the country's current leader said.

By By Dona Bryson, Associated Press , February 26, 2012

SAfrica: Joy, sadness as Mandela's party turns 100

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa — Tens of thousands of chanting and dancing revelers waved the green and gold colors of the African National Congress as Africa's oldest liberation movement celebrated its 100th anniversary Sunday, though many South Africans say the party hasn't delivered on its promises since taking power in 1994.

By By Ed Brown, Associated Press , January 08, 2012

South Africa's ANC party celebrates 100 years

Against all odds, the party of Nelson Mandela has transformed a nation where just 20 years ago black South Africans could not vote, and beaches and restaurants were reserved for whites only.

January 06, 2012

US says UN OKs deal to release Libyan funds

The U.S. and South Africa reached a deal Thursday that will release $1.5 billion in frozen Libyan assets in American banks which the U.S. is earmarking for the cash-strapped rebels fighting to oust Moammar Gadhafi.

August 26, 2011

Driver: Groom paid for South African honeymoon hit

Even in this crime-plagued country it stood out as a tragedy: A honeymooning couple from abroad is carjacked and the wife's body is found in their abandoned taxi the next morning.

December 08, 2010

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