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Two suspected looters shot dead; shop set ablaze
South African police say two suspected looters were shot dead during a week of violence centred around immigrant-owned shops in the Johannesburg area.
The South African Press Association on Monday quoted a police Lieutenant General as...
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SYND 1 11 77 ANDREW YOUNG ADDRESSES A UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING
United States ambassador Andrew Young addresses the United Nations Security Council on South Africa. Kurt Waldheim is in attendance.
1. ws Security Council chamber2. various ms delegates3. SOUNDBITE: (English) ms Young4. ms WaldheimFilm:...
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Rock star demands more help for African Aids sufferers
1. Exterior of summit venue
2. Armed security arrive in truck
3. Uganda's President Museveni followed by South Africa's President Mbeki arriving
4. Guard of honour
5. Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe arriving
6. Other delegations and...
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SOUTH AFRICA: JOHANNESBURG: NAOMI CAMPBELL PRESS CONFERENCE
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Super model Naomi Campbell burst into tears Monday when she was asked about murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace.
It happened during a press conference in Johannesburg where she had earlier met the President, Nelson...
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HONG KONG: SOUTH AFRICAN DEPUTY PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI VISIT
English/Nat
South Africa's Deputy President Thabo Mbeki visited Hong Kong on Thursday ending a twelve day trip to Asia that he hopes will attract new foreign investment in his country.
Mbeki's Asian trip was to boost economic trade as...
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SOUTH AFRICA: SAUDI PRINCE AL-SAUD MEETS PRESIDENT MANDELA
Cape Town, South Africa - 25 September 1997
1. Wide shot exterior Mandela's office
2. Mid shot Nelson Mandela and Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, walk down steps
3. Cutaway close shot of press
4. Cutaway medium shot press
5....
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SOUTH AFRICA: UNIDENTIFIED GUNMEN KILL 8 PEOPLE IN JOHANNESBURG
English/Nat
Unidentified gunmen have opened fire on a crowd of people waiting for jobs outside a factory in Johannesburg, killing eight and wounding 20 others.
The shooting is reminiscent of terror attacks that plagued black townships in...
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SOUTH AFRICA: PRESIDENT ASKED TO TRACE 9 MEN MISSING IN ANGOLA
English/Nat
President Mandela has been asked for help in establishing whether nine South African men missing in the war in Angola are dead or alive.
Family and friends of the missing have heard no news of the men who were working in...
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UPITN 28 8 76 KRUGER AND SUZMAN INTERVIEW
Interviews with Jimmy kruger, the Justice and Police Minister, and South African politician and anti-apartheid campaigner, Helen Suzman.
1. SOUNDBITE (English): mcu Kruger replies to press questions
2. SOUNDBITE (English): vs of Suzman...
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SOUTH AFRICA: EXHIBITION OF FUNERAL PRODUCTS
English/Nat
Further evidence that South Africa is being welcomed into the international fold.
An international exhibition of funeral products, Funerex '96, has been held just outside Johannesburg.
Undertakers from the United States, the...
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CHINA: BEIJING: FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESS CONFERENCE
Mandarin/Nat
Beijing lashed out at the International Commission of Jurists on Tuesday for issuing a report criticising China's Tibet policies.
At the weekly Ministry of Foreign Affairs meeting, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the...
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Scores killed as bus collides with truck, accident scene, minister reacts
South Africa's government says 29 people have been killed after a bus collided with a truck in the eastern Mpumalanga province.
Scores of injured passengers were taken to a nearby hospital after the collision on Monday night.
"As a...
TED Talks
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