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  1. UNFPA plans battle against HIV-linked maternal deathsRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Walta Information Centre

    January 1, 2010 -- Africa news .A joint UN programme is to be launched to tackle the increasing number of deaths linked to childbirth among women living with HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa, a UN Population Fund official said.

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    Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Gauteng, South Africa, World News, South Africa, South Africa Travel

  2. 37 Catholic workers killed worldwideRead the original story

    14 hrs ago | Australian Broadcasting Corporation

    ... ench priest Louis Blondel, who was killed during a burglary at his home in a shanty town north of Johannesburg, South Africa. - AFP

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    Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion

  3. Home moviesRead the original story

    15 hrs ago | Arkansas Online

    ... what happens when a giant spaceship carrying a million or so aliens is marooned in the sky above Johannesburg, South Africa. The action takes place some20 years following the appearance of the craft, after its frightened and starving denizens have ...

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    Related Topix: Capitalism: A Love Story, Short, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Musical Movies, District 9, South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa, World News

  4. Zimbabwe's Mugabe organized mass rapesRead the original story

    16 hrs ago | Canada.com

    ... . . . and cannot be coincidental," says the report, which Lewis and others will release in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to the study, 18 of the female victims held positions as officers within the Movement for Democratic Change, the main ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Zimbabwe, Africa, Robert Mugabe, Gauteng, South Africa, South Africa, Movement for Democratic Change (Zimbabwe)

  5. South African President Jacob Zuma Calls For End of 'Culture of Negativity'Read the original story w/Photo

    18 hrs ago | Pan-African News Wire

    Zuma calls for end of 'culture of negativity' JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Dec 31 2009 14:53 President Jacob Zuma said 2010 was the year for South Africans to renew their commitment to national unity.

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    Related Topix: South Africa, Africa, World News, Gauteng, South Africa

  6. Portage Northern graduate aims to help Africa one chid at a timeRead the original story w/Photo

    22 hrs ago | Kalamazoo Gazette

    African Leadership Academy Location: On the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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    Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Travel, South Africa Travel, Gauteng, South Africa, World News, South Africa, Kalamazoo, MI, Yale University, Stanford University

  7. UrbanizationRead the original story

    23 hrs ago | Panapress

    ... roadmap to combat growing urban poverty. 16/04/2007 UN examines housing adequacy in South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Miloon Kothari, is on an official visit to South Africa to examine ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Libya, Kenya, Mwai Kibaki

  8. Graeme Swann turns over new leaf to take place among eliteRead the original story

    Yesterday | Sports News from Times Online

    It is remarkable to think, given the Midas-like qualities in the spinning fingers of Graeme Swann, that there was a gap of nine years between his selection for England and his first Test cap.

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    Related Topix: Sports, Cricket, England, South Africa

  9. World cup football fiestaRead the original story

    Thursday | Hindustan Times

    At the Sandton Sun Hotel in central Johannesburg last month, Danny Jordaan, speaking to a group of Asian journalists, couldn't resist smiling when he said that at least now, the world media is asking how South Africa will stage the World Cup finals rather than whether they will hold one at all.

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  10. The ANC is failing poor AfricansRead the original story

    Thursday | The Hindu

    With the World Cup nearing, 2010 will be South Africa's year. The self-proclaimed Rainbow Nation will receive a rainbow crowd of visitors, the largest and most diverse group of tourists in its history.

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    Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Africa, Mandela, Drama Movies, Gauteng, South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

  11. Laurence Harvey: The Actor Who Lived Life at the TopRead the original story

    Thursday | Associated Content

    ... on October 1, 1928 in Yonishkis, Lithuania to a Jewish Russian builder. The family immigrated to Johannesburg, South Africa in 1934 and Laruschka grew up despising his bleak existence and longed to escape. At age 14, he ran away to join the South ...

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    Related Topix: BUtterfield 8, Drama Movies, The Manchurian Candidate, Thriller, Mystery Movies, War Movies, Room at the Top, Science Fiction Movies, Laurence Harvey, South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa, World News

  12. ARCHIVE: 'We need our doctors,' South Africans plead; Fighting...Read the original story

    Wednesday Dec 30 | Calgary Herald

    Esther Morajane wipes away tears, remembering how an inexperienced doctor sliced through her bladder on the way to her womb during a caesarean section.

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    Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Africa, Mpumalanga, South Africa, Standerton, South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa, Family, Kids, Calgary, AB, Canada, Alberta, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

  13. The 25 Most Dangerous Cities for Offshore OutsourcingRead the original story

    Feb 26, 2009 | CIO

    Feature If you have an outsourcing contract for work in Bogota, Colombia, Bangkok, Thailand, or Johannesburg, South Africa, you should be aware that they rank as the riskiest offshore outsourcing destinations in the world.

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    Related Topix: Outsourcing, Bangkok, Thailand, Meta, Colombia, World News, Colombia, Thailand, Bogota, Colombia, Gauteng, South Africa, South Africa, CIO News, Maharashtra, India, India, Mumbai, India

  14. Rain helps England reach finalRead the original story

    Thursday | The Independent

    There were tense, worrying moments along the way but England eventually emerged through the torment and qualified for the final of the Standard Bank series last night.

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    Related Topix: Sports, Cricket, England, Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Africa

  15. Constitution Hill, formerly Old Fort prison, Johannesburg, South AfricaRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday | Guardian Unlimited

    The testimonies left by Number Four jail's non-white inmates are a stark reminder of a brutal and barbaric regime The Constitution Hill prison in Johannesburg, South Africa, is a searing relic of racial apartheid.

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    Related Topix: Prison, Gauteng, South Africa, World News, South Africa, Mandela, Drama Movies

  16. Zimbabweans Travel to South Africa Despite Delays at BorderRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday | Voice of America

    Many Zimbabweans living and working in neighboring South Africa travel home during the holiday period, causing massive bottlenecks at the main overland border post.

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    Related Topix: Travel, South Africa Travel, World News, Zimbabwe, Africa, Zimbabwe Travel, Harare, Zimbabwe, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, Gauteng, South Africa, South Africa

  17. South Africa leader says 2010 is year of footballRead the original story

    Thursday | KXMB-TV Bismarck

    Eds: APNewsNow. Moving on general news and sports services. JOHANNESBURG South Africa's president says hosting the World Cup will make 2010 the country's most important year since apartheid ended in 1994.

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    Related Topix: South Africa, Africa, World News, Gauteng, South Africa

  18. South Africa: New technology could revolutionise TB diagnosisRead the original story

    Thursday | PlusNews.org

    JOHANNESBURG, 31 December 2009 - A new technology being pioneered in South Africa may make screening for tuberculosis faster, cheaper and more reliable - " and it's all based on technology found on a typical trip through airport security.

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    Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Africa, Gauteng, South Africa, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

  19. Neill Blomkamp goes into District 9Read the original story

    Aug 14, 2009 | Canada.com

    All's well that ends with a movie getting made in Hollywood. But Vancouver-based South African director Neill Blomkamp found out the hard way the first time around that even sure things in Tinseltown aren't guaranteed.

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  20. UNFPA plans battle against HIV-linked maternal deathsRead the original story

    Thursday | Panapress

    A joint UN programme is to be launched to tackle the increasing number of deaths linked to childbirth among women living with HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa, a UN Popu lation Fund official said.

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    Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Gauteng, South Africa, World News, South Africa, South Africa Travel