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/ 26 December 2008
Eartha Kitt, the US singer and actress who died on Thursday at 81, mesmerised audiences worldwide for over six decades with her sultry voice.
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/ 26 December 2008
With tents still serving as homes and schools seven months after Cyclone Nargis lashed Burma, survivors are struggling to rebuild their lives.
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/ 26 December 2008
At least six people were killed after a man dressed as Santa Claus burst into a Christmas Eve party and opened fire before later killing himself.
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/ 26 December 2008
Former president Lansana Conte was to be buried on Friday as Guinea adjusted to the rule of the military junta that has seized control.
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/ 26 December 2008
Eartha Kitt, the US singer and actress who died on December 25 at 81, mesmerised audiences worldwide for over six decades with her sultry voice.
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/ 26 December 2008
The morning before China’s vast earthquake killed Kang Ergui’s son, the father worked as a security guard at the boy’s school.
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/ 26 December 2008
David Smith and Stephanie Wolters look at conflicts in
the continent’s war-torn countries.
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/ 26 December 2008
Decades ago film lovers in Saudi Arabia would crowd into clubs and halls to watch the same films enjoyed throughout the Arab world.
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/ 26 December 2008
The single most important legacy of OBE is another lost generation in South Africa’s poorest schools, writes Cornia Pretorius.
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/ 26 December 2008
Adriaan Basson asks if public toilets are the last uncensored spaces to air one’s views.