Vice President Biden's joke at Ted Cruz's expense leads new summary that includes, South African gold miners, Georgia lawyer and Washington state lawsuit.

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Thirty students from a Maryland university on a trip to South Africa will return home early after they were robbed at gunpoint on a tour bus, university officials said Monday.

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Marriott is buying lodging company Protea Hospitality Holdings for about 2.02 billion rand ($186 million), a transaction that will make it the largest hotel company in the Middle East and Africa with more than 23,000 rooms.

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Two major sponsors, Oakley and Nike, distanced themselves from Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius on Monday after the South African sports star was charged with murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend. Oakley, the eyewear maker, suspended its contract with ...

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JOHANNESBURG — When it comes to grabbing fruit off trees, baboons don’t monkey around. Now their speed at gobbling up quickly ripening fruit has led to a discovery of what is believed to be a new type of tangerine. South ...

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NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is offering to buy South African retailer Massmart Holdings Ltd. for about $4.25 billion in a bid to jump-start growth beyond its sluggish U.S. business. A deal would give the world’s largest retailer an ...

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