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Cannes Film Review: 'Zulu'
VarietyThe unhealed wounds of post-apartheid South Africa get a brutal but superficial once-over in Jerome Salle's savagely violent cop thriller "Zulu." Toplining Orlando Bloom and Forest Whitaker as two detectives uniquely scarred by their nation's cruel racial...Tags: French Literature, Movies, Africa, Cape Town (South Africa), Methamphetamine (drug)
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Rugby-Sharks 16 Bulls 18 - Super Rugby result
ReutersMay 25 (Reuters) - Bulls (South Africa) beat Sharks (South Africa) 18-16 (halftime 9-3) in a Super Rugby match at the Kings Park Rugby Stadium in Durban on Saturday. Scorers: Sharks - Try: Charl McLeod; Conversion: Patrick Lambie; Penalties: Lambie (3)... -
Rugby-Southern Kings 22 Cheetahs 34 - Super Rugby result
ReutersMay 25 (Reuters) - Cheetahs (South Africa) defeated Southern Kings (South Africa) 34-22 (halftime 13-12) in a Super Rugby match at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. Scorers: Southern Kings - Try: Nicolas Vergallo; Conversion:...Tags: Nelson Mandela
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Golf-U.S. PGA Tour Colonial Invitational scores
ReutersMay 25 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Colonial Invitational at the par-70 course on Friday in Fort Worth, Texas holes played rounds -10 Matt Kuchar (U.S.) 15 65 -9 Graham DeLaet (Canada) 18 64 67 -8 Josh Teater (U.S.) 18 65 67...Tags: Stewart Cink, Aaron Baddeley, Stuart, Africa, Camilo Villegas
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Google to bankroll, build wireless networks across Africa: WSJ
Reuters(Reuters) - Google Inc intends to finance, build and help operate wireless networks from sub-Saharan Africa to Southeast Asia, hoping to connect a billion or so people in emerging countries to the Internet, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The...Tags: Google Inc., Television Industry, Africa, Southeast Asia, The Wall Street Journal
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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Wednesday: ** Clearwire Corp said its special committee and its board of directors approved Sprint Nextel Corp's sweetened offer to take over the...Tags: Finance, Bankruptcy, Manufacturing and Engineering, General Motors Corp., China
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Zuma implicated in South Africa wedding plane scandal
ReutersJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African government report released on Wednesday implicated President Jacob Zuma in a scandal over a plane chartered by rich friends of his which landed at a military base without proper permission. The presidency and...Tags: Africa, National Government, Weddings, U.S. Congress, Parliament
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Wal-Mart's S.Africa unit Massmart cautions on soft sales growth
ReutersJOHANNESBURG, May 22 (Reuters) - South Africa's Massmart Holdings said on Wednesday it expects lacklustre sales growth this year, as the unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc battles with weak consumer demand in Africa's top economy. Massmart, majority owned by...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Winger Ioane faces fitness race for first Lions test
ReutersSYDNEY (Reuters) - Wallabies winger Digby Ioane is a doubt for the first test against the British and Irish Lions after undergoing a knee operation on Wednesday, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) said. The New Zealand-born 27-year-old has scored 11...Tags: Brisbane (Australia), Broken Arm, Australia
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Rugby-Winger Ioane faces fitness race for first Lions test
ReutersSYDNEY, May 22 (Reuters) - Wallabies winger Digby Ioane is a doubt for the first test against the British and Irish Lions after undergoing a knee operation on Wednesday, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) said. The New Zealand-born 27-year-old has scored...Tags: Brisbane (Australia), Broken Arm, Australia
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Man accused of rape and murder that shocked South Africa is released
ReutersCAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African prosecutors dropped charges on Tuesday against one of the two men charged with raping, mutilating and killing a teenage girl in a crime that outraged a country hardened by some of the world's highest rates of sexual...Tags: Africa, Cape Town (South Africa), Rape, Prosecution, Sex Crimes
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Rubber bullets fired at South African mine strikers, several hurt
ReutersCAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Ten striking South African miners were taken to hospital on Tuesday after being hit by rubber bullets, police said, as labour strife spread ahead of mid-year pay negotiations. As well as the violence at a chromium mine, the National...Tags: Finance, Manufacturing and Engineering, Africa, Robin Williams, Cape Town (South Africa)
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