Month: September 2012

Fresh unrest hits S. Africa

by Claudine Renaud – MARIKANA (AFP) South African police fired rubber bullets at a crowd gathered near a platinum mine Wednesday, just a day after miners at another facility called off a wildcat strike that led to dozens...

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Marrakesh tourism

by Simon Martelli – MARRAKESH, Morocco (AFP) Eighteen months after a terrorist attack struck at the heart of Marrakesh, visitor numbers continue to fall. With its labyrinthine souks, palm-fringed palaces and Islamic...

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