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2019-04-21 07:03

Dozens of people spent hours pacing the ruined interior of a church after its roof collapsed during mass, leaving 13 people dead in Durban.

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30 killed in explosions at churches, hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday

2019-04-21 07:23

Witnesses are reporting two explosions have hit two churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, causing casualties among worshippers

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Bonteheuwel man launches athletics club for children on Cape Flats

2019-04-21 07:41

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2019-04-20 19:46

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2019-04-20 22:12

A shop in Sedgefield that marketed itself as a nursery, health and coffee shop had barely opened its doors when police shut it down after finding food items and other products with cannabis.

South Africa

Motorist in Gauteng nabbed for driving 196 km/h on N14, Easter holiday arrests scale 500

2019-04-20 20:37

Well over 500 motorists have been arrested – the majority for drunken driving – since the beginning of the Easter holidays, authorities have said.

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2019-04-20 22:34

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Suitcases of dollars, euros found at Al-Bashir's home

2019-04-20 16:56

Al-Bashir charged of money laundering and possession of large sums of currency without legal grounds, Reuters reports.

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Sri Lanka's police chief made a nationwide alert 10 days before Sunday's bomb attacks in the country that suicide bombers planned to hit "prominent churches", according to the warning seen by AFP.

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2019-04-21 07:27

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2019-04-21 06:42

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2019-04-20 20:46

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Google's lobbying drives haste around Copyright Bill

2019-04-19 06:00

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