Clash at S. African Mine Kills 1
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — One man died and 56 were injured in a clash between three tribes at a gold mine near Johannesburg, and hundreds of black miners at another mine were fired for staging an illegal strike, mine officials and union leaders said today.
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