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• ANC members may form new S. African party
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A leading South African politician said Wednesday that he and other members of the governing African National Congress may break away to form a new opposition. Mosiuoa Lekota's announcement broadcast live on national TV ...
• Obama-supporting nun, 106, shocked by fame
Sen. Barack Obama becomes the first African-American presidential nominee of a major political party. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. ROME - A 106-year-old American nun who became a minor celebrity after she appeared on television saying she is voting ...
• South Africa will sell ivory to Japan, China
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The South African government said Thursday that it will press ahead with plans to sell just over 51 tons of ivory to China and Japan under a special exemption to the international ban on the trade. The Convention on ...
• Zimbabwe's president claims key ministries
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, locked in a standoff with the opposition in power-sharing talks, went ahead Saturday and laid claim to all key ministries as he tries to retain his iron grip on the struggling southern African ...
• First thoughts: Obama expands his lead
Its about white voters who try to hide their racism by telling pollsters they support an African-American candidate when in reality they have no intentions of voting for an African-American. My guess is we won't see too much of that this year. Its ...