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/ 15 January 2007

Pedestrian torn to pieces on freeway

A pedestrian was run down and ”torn to pieces” by several cars on the R24 freeway between the OR Tambo International Airport and Johannesburg on Sunday night, Ekurhuleni Metro Police said. Inspector Mveli Nhlapo said the man, believed to be around 35-years-old, crossed the freeway near a pedestrian bridge when he was knocked down.

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/ 1 December 2006

Aids orphans pick up the pieces

<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/291293/aidsday06.gif" align=left>"Give us our daily bread …" is more than just prayer to 18-year-old Tisetso. It is her credo. While her friends are out clubbing and socialising, she carries the world on her shoulders. She is the head of her household. Like so many children in South Africa, her childhood was stolen from her when she was orphaned by HIV/Aids.

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/ 17 October 2006

We want our piece of land, say SA women

Some economic analysts say the passion for land is dying out in modern South Africa as more rural residents move to urban areas to escape the crushing poverty that contrasts sharply with much of the country’s prosperous cities. But some SA women, who met on the weekend, showed land hunger was still strong at a conference with hundreds of activists, officials, traditional leaders and farmers.

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/ 9 October 2006

Chad president wants bigger piece of the oil pie

Chad’s oil industry, with its output of 160 000 barrels a day, is tiny compared with Venezuela and Russia. But Chad is looking to exert more control over its natural resources. The President, Idriss Déby, recently announced he was kicking United States oil giant Chevron and Malaysian player Petronas — who together own 60% of the consortium running Chad’s -billion pipeline — out of the country for non-payment of taxes, a charge both companies deny.

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/ 6 June 2006

A little piece of Italy comes to Duisburg, Germany

The Italy soccer team will find themselves in familiar surroundings when they arrive at their World Cup accommodation in Duisburg, Germany. Antonio Pelle, an Italian expatriate from the southern region of Calabria, jointly owns the four-star Landhaus Milser hotel and has gone to great lengths to ensure his illustrious guests don’t feel homesick.

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/ 12 April 2006

Defence: Ugandan witness had hidden earpiece

In a bizarre twist to the treason trial of Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye, the defence on Wednesday accused the government of coaching the lead prosecution witness with a hidden radio set. Defence lawyer Caleb Alaka stunned a packed courtroom by claiming that the testimony of the witness, Jennifer Aryemo, was being directed by unidentified government agents through an earpiece concealed in an elaborate disguise.

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/ 9 April 2006

Survivors pick up the pieces after Tennessee storms

Emergency teams spray-painted damaged houses with ”X” signs after checking them for bodies or survivors and crews moved in dump trucks to haul away the wreckage piled up by tornadoes blamed for 12 deaths. Bystanders were warned not to smoke because of leaking gas while police patrolled to ensure there was no looting on Saturday.