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Species called missing link

JOHANNESBURG - A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed about 200 million years ago might help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, scientists in South Africa said yesterday. The Aardonyx celestae was a ...

From CELEAN JACOBSON, Boston Globe,  12 Nov 2009

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New dinosaur species found in South Africa

to dinosaurs known as sauropods, or brontosaurs, that grew to massive sizes and went about on all fours with long necks and whip-like tails. Paleontologist Adam Yates , second left, displays fossilized bones of a new dinosaur species, Aardonyx ...

From CELEAN JACOBSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Salt Lake Tribune,  11 Nov 2009

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New dinosaur species found

A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, scientists in South Africa said today. The Aardonyx celestae was a small-headed herbivore ...

From CELEAN JACOBSON, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009

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Scientists: New dinosaur species found in SAfrica

JOHANNESBURG A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, scientists in South Africa said Wednesday. The Aardonyx celestae was a ...

From CELEAN JACOBSON, San Diego Union-Tribune,  11 Nov 2009

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New dinosaur species found in Africa

A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, scientists in South Africa said today. The Aardonyx celestae was a small-headed herbivore ...

From CELEAN JACOBSON, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009

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Parreira returns as South Africa coach

Carlos Alberto Parreira was reappointed coach of South Africa 18 months after leaving the job to be with his ill wife. Parreira agreed on Friday to a second stint to the end of the next year's World Cup in South Africa, but he'll take over a host ...

From CELEAN JACOBSON, Taiwan News,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Carlos Alberto Parreira,  Joel Santana (footballer),  Pitso Mosimane,  FIFA

Antigovernment protesters get violent in S. Africa

STANDERTON, South Africa - Ellen Mgaga’s high school final exams start next week, but her school is closed as protests against the government’s failure to improve lives of poor South Africans have intensified. The rioting - with police firing rubber ...

From CELEAN JACOBSON, Boston Globe,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: African National Congress,  Jacob Zuma

Protests evoke apartheid era in South Africa

Protesters barricaded a major highway with rocks and burning tires Thursday, clashing with police who fired on them with rubber bullets. Youths retaliated with slingshots and threw rocks. The protest evoked images from decades earlier, when ...

From CELEAN JACOBSON, eTaiwan News,  15 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jacob Zuma,  African National Congress

Protests turn violent in South Africa

STANDERTON, South Africa - Ellen Mgaga's high school final exams start next week, but her school is closed as protests against the government's failure to improve lives of poor South Africans have intensified. ...

From CELEAN JACOBSON, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  15 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jacob Zuma,  African National Congress

Ex-top cop's corruption trial rivets SAfricans

JOHANNESBURG—The corruption trial of South Africa's ex-top cop is opening a window into a shady world of criminal kingpins and alleged graft at the highest levels in law enforcement. The explosive trial now under way has riveted South Africans with ...

From CELEAN JACOBSON, Boston Globe,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jackie Selebi,  Bulelani Ngcuka,  Brett Kebble,  Thabo Mbeki,  African National Congress

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