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It appears Justin Bieber missed the deadline to reclaim his pet monkey, Mally, from Germany. The monkey was seized March 28 when Bieber returned to his European 'Believe' tour after a short U.S. break. He lacked sufficient documents so Mally was seized.
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A breakthrough procedure for the treatment of cluster headaches has been described in the medical journal of the American Association of oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. The treatment links such headaches to the skull.
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It seems Canadian pop star Justin Bieber is down a little loot. After his concert Sunday in Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium money made was put into what police there called a "strong room". It wasn't strong enough as thieves broke in and stole it.
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A drunk safari guide apparently under the influence of alcohol, charged at a wild elephant at the Singita Games Reserve, part of South Africa's 2-million-hectare Kruger National Park.
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Northam -
Concertgoers attending the OppiKoppi festival in South Africa this year won't have to queue for a brew. Plans are for beer-equipped drones to deliver the drinks via parachute to customers at this year's concert.
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Police in South Africa are hotting up their operations against penis enlargement syndicates which have been preying on insecure men.
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Athens -
That’s the opinion of a United Nations expert who warned yesterday that some of the austerity measures imposed on the Greek economy undermine Greek citizens’ access to jobs, health, water and energy.
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The directors of the Limpopo National Park (PNL) in Mozambique have announced that poachers have wiped out all the rhinos in the park. Poachers traffic in rhino horns to meet the Asian market demand for preparations believed to have medicinal properties.
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A 50-year-old surfer, Bert Archibald is thankful the Indian Ocean is warm and fellow-surfers refused to give up on him. A seasick Archibald fell off a charter surf-boat in the middle of the night last week and was on his own for 27 hours.
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Pretoria -
Irene van Niekerk is a 15-year-old runner who lives in a squatter camp near Pretoria, South Africa. She has won, in total, 27 gold medals, but owns no shoes.
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Dublin -
On the night of April 17, rhino heads and horns estimated to be worth €500,000 were stolen by a masked gang of raiders who broke into Ireland’s National Museum Archives. It now transpires the rhino heads and horns were not insured.
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Cape Town -
Just when you were getting used to the idea of horse DNA in your food, now South African experts are saying that there is a strong possibility of finding human DNA in meat products too.
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A thief in Manchester, N.H. swallowed a $3,200 engagement ring in a jewelry store Thursday. He denied it but the store had videotape evidence and police were called in. The man was taken for an X-Ray, which showed the ring inside him.
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Santiago -
The Court of Appeals of Copiapó, Chile, ordered suspension of the operations on the Pascua-Lama mining project in the high Andes due to environmental violations; the Toronto-based mining company Barrick Gold Corporation complied with the order.
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In many places around the world crop circles appear and for which different explanations are offered. Similar circles appear in the Namib Desert. Research has shown these to be caused by sand-dwelling termites.
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Pretoria -
Martso Cloete, an 87-year-young lady realised a dream at the weekend when the South African Air Force (SAAF) Museum took her on a 30 minute helicopter flight.
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Following the news of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's death, there has been an outpouring of both support and criticism highlighting the Iron Lady's controversial legacy.
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Pretoria -
It might have been any first Saturday of the month at the South African Air Force Museum at Swartkop Air Force Base, Pretoria, but it turned out to be a special day with a one-of-a-kind aircraft making its debut and a surprise helicopter ride.
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The situation in the Central African Republic becomes more dire as thousands flee the widespread lawlessness that has followed the recent rebel victory.
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South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been awarded one of the world's leading religious prizes by the John Templeton Foundation.
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