CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Homeless South Africans complain they are beingforced from the streets of Cape Town to make way for the World Cup.On the eve of Friday's gala tournament draw, Isaac Lewis said that policehave arrested him for loitering six
PRETORIA, South Africa - South Africa will treat all HIV-positive babies and expand testing, the president announced Tuesday, a dramatic and eagerly awaited shift in a country that has more people living with HIV than any other. President Jacob Zuma
HARARE - A new team of South African mediators have held their first talks with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe in a fresh bid to ease tensions within the strained unity government, state media reported Tuesday. President Robert Mugabe yesterday
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Officials say flooding from heavy rains has killed 12 people in three South American nations and forced more than 20,000 to flee their homes. Most of the dead are in southern Brazil — including eight in Rio Grande do
TEHRAN - Iran can take legal action if Russia refuses to fulfill its commitments to deliver an advanced missile defense system to the Islamic Republic, a senior military official said on Tuesday. Iranian officials have voiced growing irritation at
South Africa is to set up special courts to quickly deal with crime committed during the 2010 World Cup.The government hopes the fast-track system will enable visitors to give evidence while still in the country and therefore act as a deterrent. A t
SEOUL With none of the tension presented by a rising and a willful , President Obama's visit Thursday to was short, congenial in substance and splendid in form. Ending a sometimes bumpy week-long tour of East Asia, Obama said the welcoming ceremo
A new species of dinosaur that roamed the Earth 197 million years ago, likely an ancestor of the enormous brontosaurus, has been discovered in South Africa, scientists said Wednesday. Dubbed Aardonyx Celestae, a combination of Afrikaans and Greek th
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