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Olympian Oscar Pistorius charged with murder
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the...
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South Africa police replace top Pistorius investigator
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South African police appointed a new chief investigator Thursday in the Oscar Pistorius murder case, replacing a veteran detective after unsettling revelations that the...
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Journey from South Africa to America: From the life of Eleanor Wiblin
Why would a South African woman come to Provo and work at BYU? South Africa has nice cities, alluring beaches and a pleasant tropical climate. However, in the 1990’s crime and turmoil reached a peak,...
View ArticleNelson Mandela, 20th century colossus, dies at 95
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela, who became one of the world’s most beloved statesmen and a colossus of the 20th century when he emerged from 27 years in prison to negotiate an end to white minority...
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BYU rugby’s international players share their journey
BYU sophomore scrum half Luke Mocke did not hear about BYU until he was 16 when the BYU Singers visited his native Krugersdorp, South Africa. “We hosted the BYU Singers,” said Mocke, a 22-year-old...
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International refugees resettle in Salt Lake City
With cold steel pressed against his forehead, he heard the voice of the commander say he was free to go. Just minutes before Joseph Nahas and his family had been sleeping in their home in Freetown,...
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Parliament of the World’s Religions: Heroism embodied in Mandela, King
Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell recalled how her granddaughter was asking her family for help in learning about civil rights activist Martin Luther King, when her family told her that she should ask her...
View ArticleScholars visit BYU to discuss transition in global economic governance
Four scholars from around the world gathered at the David M. Kennedy Center on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 to hold a discussion panel on how the global political engagement has changed over the past few...
View ArticleLDS missionary dies from car accident
Elder Nofo-I-Lelenga Latu from the Auckland New Zealand Tamaki Stake, Clover Park Ward along with three other missionaries serving in the South Africa Johannesburg Mission were involved in a car...
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