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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.
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/ 9 September 2008
Paralympic sprinter Brian Frasure’s experiences in the sport inspired him to take up a career in prosthetics, skills that helped a rival beat him.
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/ 9 September 2008
A mudslide on Monday triggered the collapse of a reservoir of iron-ore waste in northern China, burying houses and killing at least 34 people.
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/ 8 September 2008
Oscar Pistorius on Monday began his bid for a sprint treble at the Paralympics while compatriot Natalie du Toit won her second gold in the pool.
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/ 8 September 2008
Equipment used by Paralympians has seen remarkable improvements in recent years, enabling them to close the gap on their able-bodied counterparts.
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/ 7 September 2008
Britain took an early lead in the Paralympics medal table on Sunday as South African Olympian Natalie du Toit starred.
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/ 6 September 2008
China once again dazzled the world with a glittering ceremony as the Paralympics opened on Saturday in Beijing’s iconic Bird’s Nest stadium.
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/ 6 September 2008
More than 4 000 athletes are set for the opening on Saturday of what promises to be a dazzling Paralympics in Beijing.
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/ 5 September 2008
Oscar Pistorius vowed on Friday to put a spat with SA’s sporting chiefs saide and focus on winning gold in the Paralympics.
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/ 3 September 2008
Reflecting the high spirits throughout China’s Paralympic team, basketball coach Zhai Yongjun exuded confidence.
An earthquake that hit south-west China’s Sichuan and Yunnan provinces has killed 25 people and damaged or destroyed more than 100 000 homes.