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The electronic results board reflects the African National Congress (ANC) reaching the ten million mark at the Independent Election Commission results center in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, April 24, 2009. ANC president Jacob Zuma, center, is expected to be inaugurated as the country's next president on May 9.
Celebrates   Mandela   Photos   Wikipedia/ANC   Years
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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. The... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell)
Luis Urzua, the last miner to be rescued, center in green, sings the national anthem next to Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, right, after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010.
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 Independent online (SA) 
Miners boost FTSE
Miners led Britain's FTSE 100 higher early on Tuesday, boosted by stronger-than-expected manufacturing data from China, and as the index caught up with sharp gains posted in Europe in the previous... (photo: AP / Roberto Candia)
White rhino in the Waterburg  A popular theory of the origins of the name White Rhinoceros is a mistranslation from Dutch into Afrikaans and English. The Afrikaans word "wit", meaning "white" in English is said to have been derived by mistranslation of the Dutch word "wijde", which means "wide" in English and is spelt "wyd" in Afrikaans. The word "wide" refers to the width of the Rhinoceros mouth.  The Star 
African rhino poaching hits record on Asian demand
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters): A record number of rhinos were poached this year in South Africa, home to the greatest number of the animals, as rising demand in Asia for their horns led to increased killings... (photo: Creative Commons / nick farnhill)
Environment   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Rhino   Wildlife
File - Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, left, talks to Czech former President Vaclav Havel, right, at the opening night of the 11th Forum 2000 Conference in Prague, in this Oct. 7, 2007 file photo.  Al Jazeera 
Living Havel's truth in the Arab world
During the last year of revolutionary protests across the Arab world, one of the things that most surprised me was how little Vaclav Havel and the Velvet Revolution he helped to lead, was mentioned by... (photo: AP / Petr David Josek)
Arab World   Czech Rep.   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Václav Havel
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Former South African National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi, at the Johannesburg High Court, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, July 1 2010. Business Day
Selebi’s health not good, says lawyer
PRETORIA — The health of Jackie Selebi, the former national police commissioner convicted of corruption, is not good and he needs the medical attention he is receiving at... (photo: AP / Werner Beukes)
Crime   Health   Lawmaker   Photos   Wikipedia: Jackie Selebi
beautiful orange coloured dragonfly - Insect - Nature Independent online (SA)
Dazzle with dragonflies
“Dragonflies are daring hunters, carnivorous, and fanatically territorial. They are also natural pest controllers, hovering over vegetation and lawns, feeding on... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Biodiversity   Insects   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Dragonfly
Air Zimbabwe Boeing 737-2N0 Z-WPC taxiing at Johannesburg's O.R. Tambo International Airport Independent online (SA)
SA a no-go zone for Air Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's state-owned airline has suspended flights to neighbouring South Africa over fears its planes could be seized for outstanding debts, a senior airline official... (photo: Creative Commons / Simisa)
Airline   Johannesburg   Photos   Suspended   Wikipedia: Air Zimbabwe   Zimbabwe
Air Seychelles Nation
Air Seychelles ceases European operations from January 10, 2012
Air Seychelles has announced that it will stop its European operations to Paris, London, Rome and Milan from January 10, 2012. This forms part of the airline’s... (photo: Creative Commons / Tab59)
Airlines   Industry   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Air Seychelles
Toyota - Car - Automaker Independent online (SA)
Toyota SA to move more cars by rail
Roy Cokayne Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) and Toyota South Africa Motors have concluded an agreement that will result in TFR’s container and automotive business unit... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Business   Economy   Photo   Toyota   Wikipedia: Toyota
Prostitutes are seen in Rome in this July 3, 2007 photo. Italian law gives foreign prostitutes a chance to escape human traffickers who force young women from poor countries to sell their bodies to pay for their passage into Western Europe. The Daily Telegraph
Prostitute 'bites penis off client'
A prostitute has appeared in court in Zimbabwe charged with assault after she bit the penis of a client who refused to pay her. tag --> By Peta Thornycroft, Johannesburg... (photo: AP / Andrew Medichini)
Client   Court   Photos   Wikipedia :Prostitute   Zimbabwe
WORLD WEATHER
Pretoria, South Africa
2009.02.25
light showers.
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16°C/61°F

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