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2 hrs ago | Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

US renews hunt for Rwandan genocidaires

“Because many of the fugitives are believed to be living in the Democratic Republic of Congo, this rewards for justice program will be focused there”

The US State Department has offered rewards of up to US$5 million for information leading to the arrest of Rwandan genocide suspects. via Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

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6 hrs ago | Gulf Times

Xenophobic attacks leave 2 dead in SA

“We are asking the South African government to some thing about this because it is spiralling out of control”

Members of the Alexandra Township community gather yesterday to listen to their leaders after xenophobia attacks on Zimbabwe immigrants by South Africans JOHANNESBURG: An attack on a community of foreigners in ... via Gulf Times

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11 hrs ago | Pretoria News

'Mbeki must go now'

“In a constitutional democracy such as ours, it is untenable for a president with his track record to remain in office”

President Thabo Mbeki must go, and he must go now, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Monday. via Pretoria News

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16 hrs ago | MassLive.com

UMass may revoke honorary degree issued to Zimbabwe's president

“What's been going on in the last month has been egregious”

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, photographed in his homeland on Friday, may lose the honorary degree the University of Massachusetts issued to him 22 years ago. via MassLive.com

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21 hrs ago | Sunday Times

Charities battle to access Lotto funds

“We try and process all applications within a year”

Tens of millions of rands of Lotto money earmarked for charities and good causes is lying undistributed in the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund , the Democratic Alliance said today. via Sunday Times

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Yesterday | Newsday.com

Court won't block US lawsuit by apartheid victims

The Supreme Court said Monday that it can't intervene in an important dispute over the rights of apartheid victims to sue U.S. corporations in U.S. courts because four of the nine justices had to sit out the ... via Newsday.com

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Yesterday | Charleston Daily Mail

Suspected insurgents attack convoy transporting government bodyguards; 6 killed

Dozens of suspected Islamic insurgents ambushed a military convoy transporting bodyguards for the interior and finance ministers, killing four soldiers Saturday, police said. via Charleston Daily Mail

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Yesterday | Independent Online

Thief makes off with deadly snakes

“The thief made away with three puff adders, three spitting cobras and a Kenyan horn viper at the dead of the night”

Nairobi - A thief broke into cages and stole seven deadly snakes near the Kenyan Rift Valley town of Naivasha, state media reported on Saturday. via Independent Online

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Yesterday | News24.com

Scorpions 'out to destroy Zuma'

“You can't investigate a person for more than nine years. "(First it's) an arms deal and R500 000 then it's a R10 car wash”

The Scorpions must be disbanded because they are a counter revolutionary force out to destroy ANC president Jacob Zuma and destabilise the party, the MK Military Veteran's Association said on Saturday. via News24.com

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Sunday | News24.com

Govt doesn't need permission

“There is no need since there is no diversion from what was agreed on at the ANC policy conference and what government is doing”

The South African government does not have to seek permission from the new African National Congress leadership before entering into international agreements, said Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana ... via News24.com

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