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An Egyptian passenger cruiser carrying more than 1&nbsp;300 Muslim pilgrims collides with a cargo ship at the Suez Canal’s sout

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Ernie Els clinches a record sixth World Match Play title with a 2&amp;1 victory over Lee Westwood at Wentworth.Els celebrates h

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Somali peace talks in Kenya stall because of allegations over the partisan role of mediators.

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The Patriotic Movement of Ivory Coast, a newly formed rebel group that launched a violent uprising in September, signs a truce

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A pipeline explodes in Nigeria when villagers try to siphon off oil. Between 400 and 700 people die in the blaze.

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Former Rwandan Prime Minister Jean Kambanda is charged by the UN International Criminal Tribunal with genocide and crimes again

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President Mandela vows ‘to leave no stone unturned’ in finding the truth behind the air crash ten years before that killed Moza

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In Angola’s first multi-party election, the MPLA wins 53.74% of the vote for the 233-seat parliament, and Unita 34.10%. Unita a

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An earth tremor measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale kills three miners and injures two others at the Western Deep Levels gold mi

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Three Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) members from Richards Bay are arrested in connection with an attack the previous week

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A 103-nation conference in Lausanne votes for a complete global ban of the ivory trade.

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Attempted military coup in Guinea-Bissau.

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The United Nations Security Council, by fourteen votes to none, with the United States abstaining, passes a resolution reiterat

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SA forces attack an apartment block in Maputo, Mozambique, close to President Samora Machel’s suburban residence, injuring five

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Prime Minister P.W. Botha concludes a five-day state visit to Taiwan, during which he and his twenty-member delegation meet Tai

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West German commandos storm a hijacked Lufthansa jetliner in Mogadishu, Somalia, freeing all 86 hostages. Three Palestinian h

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Soweto flares into violence again. An estimated £75,000 damage is caused. Incidents are also reported from Cape Town, Pretoria

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Moroccans join King Hassan II in a peace march into Spanish Sahara.

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Egyptian and Israeli forces clash in the Sinai desert in fierce fights.

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Elections end in Gazankulu. Professor Hudson Ntsanwisi is unanimously re-elected leader of the Gazankulu Legislative Assembly.

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Theodore Ernest (Ernie) Els, SA champion golfer, is born in Kempton Park, East Rand.

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SA signs multilateral treaty on the conservation of Atlantic tunas (with final act and resolution adopted by the conference of

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The Rev. Dr. Arthur William Blaxall, an Anglican clergyman, is convicted on charges of aiding the activities of the Pan-African

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Authorities crack down on Algerians demonstrating for independence in Paris. Historians estimate at least 200 were killed.

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Sisulu is arrested on a charge that he does not own a reference book. He is confined to his house for five years.

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De Beers Mining Company announces the manufacture of synthetic industrial diamonds.

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The General Assembly of the United Nations include item on apartheid in the agenda by a vote of 45 to 6, with 8 abstentions.

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Sibusiso Joel Ndebele, premier of KwaZulu-Natal since 22 April 2004, is born at Shiyane, in KwaZulu-Natal.

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Thirty-one SA pilots participates in the air-lift to provide food and fuel to West Berlin. The operation continued for seven mo

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Graca Machel, widow of Samora Machel and third wife of former president Nelson Mandela, is born in Gaza, Mozambique. Her year

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An Egyptian passenger cruiser carrying more than 1&amp;nbsp;300 Muslim pilgrims collides with a cargo ship at the Suez Canal’s sout

Ernie Els clinches a record sixth World Match Play title with a 2&amp;amp;1 victory over Lee Westwood at Wentworth.Els celebrates h

Somali peace talks in Kenya stall because of allegations over the partisan role of mediators.

The Patriotic Movement of Ivory Coast, a newly formed rebel group that launched a violent uprising in September, signs a truce

A pipeline explodes in Nigeria when villagers try to siphon off oil. Between 400 and 700 people die in the blaze.

Former Rwandan Prime Minister Jean Kambanda is charged by the UN International Criminal Tribunal with genocide and crimes again

President Mandela vows ‘to leave no stone unturned’ in finding the truth behind the air crash ten years before that killed Moza

In Angola’s first multi-party election, the MPLA wins 53.74% of the vote for the 233-seat parliament, and Unita 34.10%. Unita a

An earth tremor measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale kills three miners and injures two others at the Western Deep Levels gold mi

Three Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) members from Richards Bay are arrested in connection with an attack the previous week

A 103-nation conference in Lausanne votes for a complete global ban of the ivory trade.

Attempted military coup in Guinea-Bissau.

The United Nations Security Council, by fourteen votes to none, with the United States abstaining, passes a resolution reiterat

SA forces attack an apartment block in Maputo, Mozambique, close to President Samora Machel’s suburban residence, injuring five

Prime Minister P.W. Botha concludes a five-day state visit to Taiwan, during which he and his twenty-member delegation meet Tai

West German commandos storm a hijacked Lufthansa jetliner in Mogadishu, Somalia, freeing all 86 hostages. Three Palestinian h

Soweto flares into violence again. An estimated £75,000 damage is caused. Incidents are also reported from Cape Town, Pretoria

Moroccans join King Hassan II in a peace march into Spanish Sahara.

Egyptian and Israeli forces clash in the Sinai desert in fierce fights.

Elections end in Gazankulu. Professor Hudson Ntsanwisi is unanimously re-elected leader of the Gazankulu Legislative Assembly.

Theodore Ernest (Ernie) Els, SA champion golfer, is born in Kempton Park, East Rand.

SA signs multilateral treaty on the conservation of Atlantic tunas (with final act and resolution adopted by the conference of

The Rev. Dr. Arthur William Blaxall, an Anglican clergyman, is convicted on charges of aiding the activities of the Pan-African

Authorities crack down on Algerians demonstrating for independence in Paris. Historians estimate at least 200 were killed.

Sisulu is arrested on a charge that he does not own a reference book. He is confined to his house for five years.

De Beers Mining Company announces the manufacture of synthetic industrial diamonds.

The General Assembly of the United Nations include item on apartheid in the agenda by a vote of 45 to 6, with 8 abstentions.

Sibusiso Joel Ndebele, premier of KwaZulu-Natal since 22 April 2004, is born at Shiyane, in KwaZulu-Natal.

Thirty-one SA pilots participates in the air-lift to provide food and fuel to West Berlin. The operation continued for seven mo

Graca Machel, widow of Samora Machel and third wife of former president Nelson Mandela, is born in Gaza, Mozambique. Her year

An Egyptian passenger cruiser carrying more than 1 300 Muslim pilgrims collides with a cargo ship at the Suez Canal’s sout

Ernie Els clinches a record sixth World Match Play title with a 2&1 victory over Lee Westwood at Wentworth.Els celebrates h