Christopher Torchia

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SAfrica: apartheid hit squad leader dies

SAfrica: apartheid hit squad leader dies

Christopher Torchia · March 7, 2013 3:18 pm

Angola: Stampede kills 13 at religious gathering

Angola: Stampede kills 13 at religious gathering

Christopher Torchia · January 2, 2013 4:06 pm

South Africa: Mandela convalesces, legacy secure

South Africa: Mandela convalesces, legacy secure

Christopher Torchia · December 31, 2012 5:52 pm

People walk their dogs outside the home of former president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, Thursday, Dec. 27 2012. President Jacob Zuma made critical remarks about pet care that touch on sensitive race relations in South Africa, which was dominated by whites until apartheid was dismantled almost two decades ago, The Star newspaper reported Thursday. The newspaper cited Zuma as saying in a speech Wednesday that the idea of having a pet is part of "white culture" and that people should focus on family welfare. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

South Africa president prefers people over pets

Christopher Torchia · December 27, 2012 8:03 pm

FILE - In this June 17, 2010 file photo, former South African President, Nelson Mandela leaves the chapel after attending the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mandela was released Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012 from the hospital after being treated for a lung infection and having gallstones removed, a government spokesman said. (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool, File)

Mandela close to medical care at home

Christopher Torchia · December 27, 2012 5:08 pm

FILE - In this June 17, 2010 file photo, former South African President, Nelson Mandela leaves the chapel after attending the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mandela was released Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012 from the hospital after being treated for a lung infection and having gallstones removed, a government spokesman said. (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool, File)

South Africa: Mandela released from the hospital

Christopher Torchia · December 26, 2012 5:00 am

South Africa: Children attend Nelson Mandela’s Christmas party

South Africa: Children attend Nelson Mandela’s Christmas party

vukile-pokwana, Christopher Torchia · December 25, 2012 5:00 am

FILE This May 16, 2011 file photo supplied by the South African Government Communications and Information Services, GCIS, shows former South African President Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel after they cast an early ballot in upcoming local elections at his home in Johannesburg, South Africa. South Africa's president has visited former leader Nelson Mandela in a hospital, and the presidency says Mandela continues to respond to treatment. The office of President Jacob Zuma says he saw Mandela on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, in Pretoria, the capital, and assured the anti-apartheid icon that he has the support of all South Africans and the world. Mandela, who is 94, has been hospitalized since Dec. 8. He was diagnosed with a lung infection and also had gallstone surgery. (AP Photo/Elmond Jiyane-GCIS, File)

South Africa: Mandela’s hospital stay extended

Christopher Torchia · December 23, 2012 1:41 pm

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 and made available by the Independent Newspapers Limited South Africa, an Asian toad that was found inside a candlestick at a Cape Town South Africa store. They say cats have nine lives. Now a Chinese toad has joined that club of wily survivors. South Africans are marveling at the endurance of a toad that got trapped in a cargo shipment from China to Cape Town after jumping into a porcelain candlestick that was made there. South African officials reportedly planned to put down the creature, fearing it would cause harm as an invasive species if it were let go in the wild. But the toad got a last-minute reprieve. Mango Airlines, a South African airline, transported the toad on Friday to Johannesburg for delivery to an animal sanctuary after officials decided to find a way to let the globe-trotting toad live. The two-hour flight was a breeze compared to the trip from China, an odyssey of many weeks and thousands of kilometers (miles) across the Indian Ocean. (AP Photo/ Independent Newspapers Limited) SOUTH AFRICA OUT CREDIT MANDATORY NO SALES/ARCHIVES

Asian toad stowaway gets new home in South Africa

Christopher Torchia · December 22, 2012 3:56 pm

People walk next to a giant statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela on Naval Hill, overlooking the city of Bloemfontein, South Africa, on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. The 94-year old anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is spending a twelfth day in a South African hospital after being diagnosed with a lung infection and undergoing gallstone surgery.(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South African president says Mandela improving

Christopher Torchia · December 20, 2012 6:53 pm

In this Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 photo, Syrians chant slogans and wave revolutionary flags during a demonstration after Friday prayers in the Bustan Al-Qasr district of Aleppo, Syria. After months of fighting, thousands of residents have returned to the city as they attempt to return to their daily lives while heavy fighting is still taking place along the front lines in the city. Public demonstrations have unfolded after several weeks of silence as residents demand an end to the violence in Aleppo. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Turkey: Syrian regime resembles armed militia

Christopher Torchia · December 1, 2012 1:06 pm

Turkish artillery targets Syria

Turkish artillery targets Syria

Christopher Torchia · October 3, 2012 9:07 pm