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Wendell Teacher Receives Grant to Study in South Africa
The Times-News, Twin Falls, IdahoTroy Hamilton, an adjunct history professor at the College of Southern Idaho and history and government teacher at Wendell High School, received a national award to study in South Africa. He is one of 25 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Africa, South Africa, Justice and Rights, Teaching and Learning
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Prep track: Harbor girls claim Kiwanis 9-10 Invitational
HARBOR SPRINGS — The future for the Harbor Springs High School girls’ track team appears to be bright. With 124 total points, the Rams took top honors at the Kiwanis 9-10 Invitational Monday at Reynolds Field in Harbor Springs. Nine...
Tags: Lakes and Ponds, Track and Field
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Dreams of Africa are alive in Botswana's Okavango Delta
MAUN, Botswana - If you've paid for an African safari but you're still not clear about the details, bad on you. Making the same mistake, I didn't dig into the heart of the adventure before I headed to Southern Africa for my first wildlife safari,...
Tags: Africa, Air Transportation Delays, South Africa, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Botswana
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Nelson Mandela suffering from pneumonia, officials say
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa’s presidency for the first time Saturday confirmed the seriousness of Nelson Mandela’s illness -- pneumonia -- as the former president prepared to spend a fourth night in the hospital. South...
Tags: Jacob Zuma, Africa, South Africa, Diseases and Illnesses, Pneumonia
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Nelson Mandela is hospitalized again for lung infection
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Nelson Mandela was readmitted to a hospital after a worrying recurrence of the lung infection he suffered in December, the South African presidency announced Thursday. It was the third time Mandela, known affectionately...
Tags: Jacob Zuma, FIFA World Cup, South Africa, Diseases and Illnesses, Pretoria (South Africa)
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If 'Bladerunner' killing was a mistaken-identity shooting...
Change of SubjectFrom the story: JOHANNESBURG -- South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius, known as the "Blade Runner" for his racing prosthetics, was charged on Thursday with murdering his girlfriend at his home in Pretoria. ....Johannesburg's Talk... -
Layla Fourie
VarietyUnimaginable to most non-residents, the paranoia that is part of living in South Africa is realized with subtle specificity in "Layla Fourie," the third feature from Johannesburg-born helmer Pia Marais, and the first to be set in her home country. An...Tags: August Diehl, Africa, South Africa, Entertainment, Germany
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Nelson Mandela home from hospital but still under medical care
JOHANNESBURG -- South Africans heaved a sigh of relief as their beloved anti-apartheid hero, Nelson Mandela, was sent home from the hospital. The office of President Jacob Zuma said Mandela would continue to get medical treatment at his home in the...
Tags: Jacob Zuma, Africa, Nelson Mandela
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PASSINGS: Fyodor Khitruk, James R. Whelan, Arthur Chaskalson
Fyodor Khitruk Animated Soviet version of 'Winnie the Pooh' Fyodor Khitruk, 95, a prominent Russian animator and director who created the Soviet Union's cartoon version of A.A. Milne's classic Winnie the Pooh stories, died Monday in Moscow,...
Tags: Obituaries, Winnie the Pooh (movie), Jacob Zuma, Russia, Human Rights
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Belarus Free Theatre ... and a show in an apartment
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre announced Sunday night the shows it will present in the first half of 2013, as part of its World Stages series of global work, much presented in partnership with the British booker and producer Richard Jordan Productions. The...Tags: Belarus, Milan (Italy), Minsk (Belarus), Eduardo de Filippo, Arts and Culture
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Prep volleyball: T.C. St. Francis tops Boyne City in Class C regional semis
TRAVERSE CITY — Traverse City St. Francis rallied to top Boyne City, 27-25, 25-22, 25-21, in a Class C regional semifinal Tuesday. With the win, St. Francis, 39-7-3, advances to Thursday’s regional final against Johannesburg-Lewiston....
Tags: Steve Foley
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As one Somali journalist is buried, a top poet and comedian is slain
World NowAs one Somali journalist is buried, a leading poet and comedian is slain: Hours after assassinated Somali radio journalist Mohamed Mohamud Turyare was buried Monday, gunmen killed one of Somalia's famous poets and radio comedians, Warsame Shire Awale,...
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