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In South Africa, Sesame Street's HIV-Positive Muppet Raises Awareness
Region: South Africa
As the children's show Sesame Street celebrates its 40th anniversary this month, premiering its new season today, one cute and cuddly Muppet on its South African edition continues to help combat and raise awareness about H... more
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Actor Zakes Mokae Dead
Region: New YorkThe South African black actor Zakes Mokae died September 11th at the age of 75. I saw him in the 1985 Broadway production of Athol Fugard's "Master Harold And The Boys." (Matthew Broderick played Master Harold)... more
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Joy of giving marks Eid celebrations
Region: IndiaTen-year-old Hussain kept on tugging at his father's hand. "I have offered my prayers. Now, I want my feast,'' he demanded. While elders kept themselves busy with the traditional Fitra and and Zakat donating cash and kind... more
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Lee takes a leaf out of India strategy
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)The Australian pacer Brett Lee said "Normally in Australia, with greener wickets and greener outfields, we tend to try to bowl seam up for the first 20 or 30 overs and then see what happens after that. Over here in England... more
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Rapes too common in SA: Study by MRC
Region: South AfricaThe Medical Research Council(MRC) of South Africa condcuted a study on the interface of rape and HIV in South Africa. The study was conducted in three districts in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal Provinces inte... more
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Zuma promises 4 million jobs by 2014
Region: South AfricaPer Bloomberg, South Africa President Jacob Zuma pledged to create four million jobs by 2014, including 500,000 by the end of this year, in his state of the nation address Wednesday. He said that the government would boost... more
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Burn the red carpet
Region: ZimbabweOn Monday lunchtime I landed at Harare Airport and the South African Airways pilot made an announcement saying that passengers should remain in their seats so that the Korean (North) delegation could leave the plane first.... more
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Mugabe on Genocide
Region: ZimbabweHuge congratulations go to the team that staged the Harare Festival of the Arts (HIFA) 2009. There’s been such a buzz in downtown Harare over the last few days lifting many people’s spirits. The opening show wa... more
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Smith surprised by Ponting decision
Region: South Africa"It is a bit unusual for Australia to bowl first in big games," said Graeme Smith said afterwards. "But once we posted 317, we were always confident. "At 129 for nought, we were a little bit nervous, but the boys did real... more
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"We Are Family" Video on Rev. Desmond Tutu
Region: United StatesGreat evening filming Rev. Desmond Tutu at the United Nations General Assembly ... receiving his MDA (Millennium Development Award). You are watching a digital video of Rev Tutu ... talking directly to you the viewer emph... more
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