Fresh from his Super Squash Series victories in Durban and Port Elizabeth, top seeded Steve Coppinger had little difficulty in advancing to the semifinals of the South African National Squash Championships at the Wanderers Club on Wednesday night.
Mogadishu fighting kills at least 17 civilians Clashes in Mogadishu pitting Islamist insurgents against Somali government troops backed by African Union forces have killed at least 17 civilians, medics said Wednesday.
Washington pushes female condoms to fight HIV Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."
25 bodies recovered from plane crash A government official says at least 25 bodies have been recovered from the site of the plane crash in the hills surrounding Pakistan’s capital.
Bus hits bomb, killing 25 A packed bus hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 25 people aboard, as NATO announced another U.S. death in a rapidly rising monthly death toll.
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