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‘Alive’ survivors to Chilean mining kin: Be strong (AP)

September 5th, 2010 · No Comments

Gustavo Zerbino, Uruguayan survivor of a 1972's plane crash in the Chilean Andes, right, embraces Maria Segovia, sister of trapped miner Dario Segovia at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. Zerbino and three other survivors of the plane crash have been called to Chile to share their experience with relatives of the trapped miners. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - Former rugby players from Uruguay who survived more than two months of isolation in the snow-covered Andes met on Saturday with some of the relatives of 33 trapped miners and urged them to stay strong.

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World champions Springboks lose their lustre (AFP)

September 5th, 2010 · No Comments

Australia's Kurtley Beale (R) breaks through against South Africa during their last Tri Nations test match at the Free State rugby stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa. A long range penalty goal by Beale with the last kick of the match enabled Australia to defeat South Africa 41-39 in a thrilling southern hemisphere Tri Nations match.(AFP/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP - A year out from defending their World Cup crown, South Africa looked in disarray when they completed a dismal Tri Nations campaign with a 41-39 defeat against Australia on Saturday.

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ElBaradei says government behind daughter’s swimsuit photos (AFP)

September 4th, 2010 · No Comments

Mohamed ElBaradei, the former UN nuclear chief turned Egyptian reformer, pictured in March 2010, accused the government of publishing pictures of his daughter in a swimsuit and at events with alcohol in reply to his bid for democracy, a newspaper reported on Saturday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Gottschalk)AFP - Mohamed ElBaradei, the former UN nuclear chief turned Egyptian reformer, accused the government of publishing pictures of his daughter in a swimsuit and at an event in which alcohol was served, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

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ElBaradei says government behind daughter’s swimsuit photos (AFP)

September 4th, 2010 · No Comments

Mohamed ElBaradei, the former UN nuclear chief turned Egyptian reformer, pictured in March 2010, accused the government of publishing pictures of his daughter in a swimsuit and at events with alcohol in reply to his bid for democracy, a newspaper reported on Saturday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Gottschalk)AFP - Mohamed ElBaradei, the former UN nuclear chief turned Egyptian reformer, accused the government of publishing pictures of his daughter in a swimsuit and at an event in which alcohol was served, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

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Six killed in Darfur camp shootout: peacekeepers (Reuters)

September 4th, 2010 · No Comments

Peacekeeping soldiers of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on a patrol in the Nyala area of South Darfur. A Darfur rebel leader said seven people were killed in clashes with Sudanese police in two camps for displaced people in the war-ravaged region of western Sudan.(AFP/File/Jennie Matthew)Reuters - Gunmen shot dead six people and injured 33 in clashes at a refugee camp in Sudan’s Darfur region on Saturday, peacekeepers said.

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Six killed in Darfur camp shootout: peacekeepers (Reuters)

September 4th, 2010 · No Comments

Peacekeeping soldiers of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on a patrol in the Nyala area of South Darfur. A Darfur rebel leader said seven people were killed in clashes with Sudanese police in two camps for displaced people in the war-ravaged region of western Sudan.(AFP/File/Jennie Matthew)Reuters - Gunmen shot dead six people and injured 33 in clashes at a refugee camp in Sudan’s Darfur region on Saturday, peacekeepers said.

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Threat of new riots hits Mozambique (AFP)

September 4th, 2010 · No Comments

People walk along a street in Maputo. Mobile phone messages calling for new riots over food and fuel price hikes swirled around Mozambique's capital Maputo Saturday as it recovered from three days of violence that left 10 people dead.(AFP/Arthur Frayer)AFP - Mobile phone messages calling for new riots over food and fuel price hikes swirled around Mozambique’s capital Maputo Saturday as it recovered from three days of violence that left 10 people dead.

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Threat of new riots hits Mozambique (AFP)

September 4th, 2010 · No Comments

People walk along a street in Maputo. Mobile phone messages calling for new riots over food and fuel price hikes swirled around Mozambique's capital Maputo Saturday as it recovered from three days of violence that left 10 people dead.(AFP/Arthur Frayer)AFP - Mobile phone messages calling for new riots over food and fuel price hikes swirled around Mozambique’s capital Maputo Saturday as it recovered from three days of violence that left 10 people dead.

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Wallabies grab last-kick victory over Springboks (AFP)

September 4th, 2010 · No Comments

Australia's Kurtley Beale (R) breaks through against South Africa during their last Tri Nations test match at the Free State rugby stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa. A long range penalty goal by Beale with the last kick of the match enabled Australia to defeat South Africa 41-39 in a thrilling southern hemisphere Tri Nations match.(AFP/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP - A long range penalty goal by fullback Kurtley Beale with the last kick of the match enabled Australia to defeat South Africa 41-39 in a thrilling Tri Nations match on Saturday.

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Wallabies grab last-kick victory over Springboks (AFP)

September 4th, 2010 · No Comments

Australia's Kurtley Beale (R) breaks through against South Africa during their last Tri Nations test match at the Free State rugby stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa. A long range penalty goal by Beale with the last kick of the match enabled Australia to defeat South Africa 41-39 in a thrilling southern hemisphere Tri Nations match.(AFP/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP - A long range penalty goal by fullback Kurtley Beale with the last kick of the match enabled Australia to defeat South Africa 41-39 in a thrilling Tri Nations match on Saturday.

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