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| Farmhand guilty of murdering white SA supremacist |
| A South African court yesterday found black farmhand Chris Mahlangu guilty of murdering Eugene Terre’blanche, a white supremacist prominent during the dying years of apartheid, in a wage dispute. |
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| Controversial Zuma portrait is vandalised |
| South African police arrested two people yesterday after they were caught on camera allegedly defacing a satirical portrait of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed. |
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| Mali protesters attack interim president |
| Mali’s one-year transition back to democratic rule got off to a shaky start yesterday amid fears that the process may be derailed after President Dioncounda Traore was attacked by angry protesters. |
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| Putin defies protest calls by promoting old guard |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin has defied calls to bring fresh faces into top jobs by shifting his old ministers into the Kremlin and putting a key lieutenant in charge of the giant state oil firm. |
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| Italy declares state of emergency in quake zone |
| The Italian government has declared a state of emergency in the quake-struck region of northeast Italy, where 5,000 people were camped out in temporary shelters amid fears of aftershocks. |
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