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'Please don't rape me'
09/06/2008 08:51
While her husband lay dying next to her, a sobbing Pretoria social worker begged three armed robbers not to rape her.

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    Surgeons have saved the leg of an unborn baby by operating when her mother was just 22 weeks' pregnant, in what may be the earliest in utero surgery of its kind.
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    Sex clip students punished
    09/06/2008 09:00
    A Vietnamese court has handed suspended jail terms to four students for posting online a sex video of a popular soap star.
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    Guantanamo trials top priority
    09/06/2008 09:02
    The Pentagon has declared the Guantanamo trials a national priority and will more than double the number of lawyers assigned to them.

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  • South Africa
    Angry Somalis claim drownings
    09/06/2008 07:26
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    The tip of the iceberg
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    09/06/2008 09:11
    US Masters champion Trevor Immelman may not play at either the Nedbank Challenge or the SA Open this year.
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