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/ 21 September 2008
Thirty-seven miners died from gas inhalation in a coal mine in China early on Sunday, in the latest disaster to hit the country’s mining industry.
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/ 20 September 2008
China ordered checks on dairy products and a recall of tainted items as a milk scandal that began with powdered baby formula spread to liquid milk.
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/ 20 September 2008
Beijing was grinding back to its congested normal on Saturday after two months of traffic restrictions and factory closures.
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/ 19 September 2008
Nearly 10% of milk samples from three top Chinese dairy companies was tainted with melamine, the government quality watchdog has found.
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/ 17 September 2008
China said on Wednesday more than 6 000 babies had fallen ill and three died after drinking milk powder contaminated with a toxic chemical.
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/ 17 September 2008
Oscar Pistorius, fresh from winning triple gold at the Paralympics, has set his sights on more track glory, with the 2012 Olympics top of his list.
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/ 17 September 2008
Ernst van Dyk rounded off the Paralympics for South Africa on Wednesday with a bronze medal in the last event of the Games.
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/ 17 September 2008
All dairy producers across China will be tested following a scandal over a chemical placed in milk powder that has killed three babies.
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/ 16 September 2008
Oscar Pistorius blazed to his third gold medal of the Paralympics on Tuesday, adding to three medals won by SA earlier in the day.
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/ 16 September 2008
The death toll from a landslide that engulfed a northern Chinese town grew to 258 on Tuesday with the discovery of four more bodies.
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/ 15 September 2008
Natalie du Toit on Monday said she was eyeing London 2012 after winning five Paralympic golds and competing in the Beijing Olympics.
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/ 15 September 2008
China reported on Monday the death of a second infant from tainted milk powder in a growing scandal that prompted an official product recall.
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/ 14 September 2008
Natalie du Toit snared her fifth gold medal of the Paralympics on Sunday in an event 9,950m shorter than the race she took part in at the Olympics.
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/ 14 September 2008
Ernst van Dyk swapped sports as he went in search of a Paralympic gold medal and his boldness paid off when he won the hand cycling event.
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/ 14 September 2008
Millions of people around the world watched a display that presented China as modern, powerful, energetic and rich.
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/ 13 September 2008
Oscar Pistorius won his second gold of the Paralympics on Saturday to keep his triple sprint dream alive, winning the 200m.
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/ 13 September 2008
China says it believes 432 babies across the country have been made ill by contaminated milk powder that caused them to develop kidney stones.
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/ 13 September 2008
South African Hilton Langenhoven took his second gold medal in as many days on Saturday when he won the long jump F12 at the Paralympics
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/ 12 September 2008
SA Olympic swimmer Natalie du Toit bagged her fourth gold of the Paralympics on Friday, leaving her just one short in her quest for five titles.
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/ 12 September 2008
It took only three days of the Paralympics to transform the disgruntled faces of South African sports fans into broad grins.
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/ 11 September 2008
Olympian Natalie du Toit grabbed her third gold of the Paralympics on Thursday on a day tarnished by more doping scandals
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/ 11 September 2008
SA’s Natalie du Toit smashed her own world record on Thursday to grab her third gold of the Paralympics.
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/ 11 September 2008
Philippa Johnson won a second gold medal when she took top honours in the individual freestyle test equestrian event at the Paralympics on Wednesday.
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/ 11 September 2008
Several hundred people believed missing after an industrial landslide engulfed a Chinese town are likely dead, state press said on Thursday.
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/ 11 September 2008
China-watching has never been so popular — or lucrative. Publishers can’t get enough of scholarship, punditry and fiction about China.
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/ 10 September 2008
Fanie Lombard entrenched his position as the owner of the most medals by a South African Paralympian on Wednesday.
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/ 10 September 2008
Kevin Paul beat his personal best time on Wednesday on his way to winning a gold medal for the 100m breaststroke SB9 at the Paralympic Games.
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/ 10 September 2008
Angry residents protested as rescuers in China hunted on Wednesday for dozens of victims still missing two days after a mudslide killed 128 people.
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/ 10 September 2008
SA’s wheelchair basketball team broke their duck at the Paralympics in Beijing on Wednesday when they defeated Sweden 64-58 in a preliminary match.
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/ 10 September 2008
Lavish parties tend to leave a hangover as the problems of daily life, put aside for the celebrations, come crowding back.
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/ 9 September 2008
The Paralympics was rocked by its first drugs scandal on Tuesday but ”Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius quickly created headlines for the right reasons.
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/ 9 September 2008
Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday won gold in the T44 100m in 11,17 seconds, taking the most difficult step in his quest for three gold medals in Beijing.