South Africa
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Nelson Mandela 'responding better' to treatment
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South African President Jacob Zuma told parliament that he is happy with the progress that 94-year-old Nelson Mandela is making following his hospitalization on Saturday.
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Nelson Mandela lung infection keeps 94-year-old in hospital
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Nelson Mandela was in serious but stable condition in a Pretoria hospital for the third day Monday with a recurring lung infection.
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Oscar Pistorius hearing: Magistrate postpones case until August
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Oscar Pistorius stood for his entire 15-minute court hearing Tuesday, staring straight ahead, hands clasped in front of him and giving away little emotion as the world got its first close up view of the double-amputee Olympian and murder suspect in nearly four months.
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Oscar Pistorius sighted in his blades on a running track
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A South African newspaper published a photograph of Oscar Pistorius at a running track in his carbon fiber blades Thursday.
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Nelson Mandela hospitalized again with lung infection
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Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, has been admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection.
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Oscar Pistorius lawyers file appeal against bail restrictions
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Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius have filed an appeal in a South African court against bail restrictions imposed on the Olympian, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, according to papers released by the Pistorius family on Monday.
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Oscar Pistorius case: South African PR company won't represent Pistorius
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A South African public relations company says it will no longer represent Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee athlete charged with murdering his girlfriend.
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Oscar Pistorius girlfriend murder: Pistorius gets bail as trial awaits
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After a lengthy hearing, a South African magistrate has granted Oscar Pistorius bail in the alleged murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
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Oscar Pistorius case: Lead investigator in case replaced over his own attempted murder charges
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South African police on Thursday appointed a new chief detective in the murder case, replacing a veteran policeman who was himself charged with attempted murder.
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Oscar Pistorius girlfriend murder: Athlete will fight charges
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Oscar Pistorius held his head in his hands and wept openly in court Friday as prosecutors said they would pursue a charge of premeditated murder against the Paralympic superstar, who's accused of shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
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Oscar Pistorius shooting charges: Shock reverberates around sporting world (Video)
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Out in the small Italian town of Gemona, among many places around the world, the arrest of Oscar Pistorius on murder charges was hard to believe.
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South Africa mine shooting: Police open fire on striking workers
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South African police opened fire Thursday on a crowd of striking workers at a platinum mine, leaving an unknown number of people injured and possibly dead.
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Caster Semenya: Gender test behind her, an Olympic silver will do
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Three years after being forced to undergo gender tests after winning the world title in a stunningly fast 1 minute, 55.45 seconds at age 18, Caster Semenya can introduce herself as an Olympic medalist.
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Olympics 2012: Oscar Pistorius, South Africa advance to final on appeal
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Oscar Pistorius will get another chance to run at the Olympics after South Africa won an appeal to advance to the 4x400-meter relay final despite a crash in the heat.
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Olympics 2012: Caster Semenya advances in 800 meter competition
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In 2010, South African runner Caster Semenya endured public scrutiny after she had to go under a gender test to verify that she was a woman. With that behind her, she's now advancing in the 800-meter competition.
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Nelson Mandela, 93, hospitalized for tests in South Africa
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela, a Nobel Peace laureate, has been hospitalized for a test to determine what is behind a stomach ailment.
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