Christopher Torchia

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FILE: In this Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 file photo chess grandmaster and Russian opposition leader, Garry Kasparov, speaks to the media at a Moscow court where he was unexpectedly acquitted of participating in an unauthorized political rally. Kasparov, who became the youngest world chess champion in 1985 at age 22 but quit the profession two decades later, wants to return as the head of the governing body of chess, challenging its longtime president in a campaign that has both camps already in attack mode. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel-File)

Garry Kasparov aims for top chess job

Christopher Torchia · June 6, 2014 3:58 pm

South Africa: helmet cam records robbery

South Africa: helmet cam records robbery

Christopher Torchia · June 5, 2014 12:00 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, June 30, 2013 Xhosa boy's stand in a field as they undergo traditional Xhosa male circumcision ceremonies into manhood in Qunu, South Africa. This month, as happens annually in South Africa, youths in some rural areas will head to secluded huts for circumcision rituals meant to usher them into manhood. Officials hope to prevent another wave of injuries and deaths triggered by factors including infections and the tight binding of penis wounds, which cuts off blood supply, as well as sleep deprivation, exposure to winter cold and other harsh conditions. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)

In South Africa, old custom becomes health crisis

Christopher Torchia · June 4, 2014 3:13 pm

In this undated handout photo supplied by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), zebra run on a plain in northern Botswana. Thousands of zebra were monitored during a 500 kilometers (300 miles) roundtrip journey, a newly discovered trek that wildlife experts say reaches farther than any other known land migration in Africa. The newfound migration is a rare bright spot at a time when mass movements of wildlife are disappearing because of fencing, land occupation and other human pressures, a conservation specialist said. (AP Photo/HO-World Wildlife Fund International - Martin Harvey) MANDATORY CREDIT

Zebras make longest trek in Africa, research says

Christopher Torchia · May 30, 2014 4:51 pm

SAfrican gold mine stops production after deaths

SAfrican gold mine stops production after deaths

Christopher Torchia · May 30, 2014 12:47 pm

South Africa investigates hospital baby swap

South Africa investigates hospital baby swap

Christopher Torchia · May 29, 2014 3:13 pm

South Africa: Airport shooter was a policeman

South Africa: Airport shooter was a policeman

Christopher Torchia · May 29, 2014 1:54 pm

FILE - This file photo taken Sept. 14, 1998, shows police death squad leader, Eugene de Kock, who was sentenced to two life terms and more than 200 years, after a killing spree that cost dozens of lives, at an amnesty hearing of the Truth and Reconcilliation Commision (TRC) in Pretoria, South Africa. A South African judge has ordered the government to decide within 30 days whether to grant parole to the former head of the covert police unit that tortured and killed dozens of people during white rule. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

SAfrica: Judge orders ruling on apartheid killer

Christopher Torchia · May 29, 2014 1:45 pm

Suspected poacher kills ranger in Zambia park

Suspected poacher kills ranger in Zambia park

Christopher Torchia · May 27, 2014 9:07 am

South African president Jacob Zuma is sworn in for a second term in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Zuma was sworn in after the country's fifth democratic elections. (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool)

South Africa inaugurates president for 2nd term

Christopher Torchia · May 24, 2014 11:02 am

Zimbabwe: Farmers’ group laments killings

Zimbabwe: Farmers’ group laments killings

Christopher Torchia · May 23, 2014 1:56 pm

South Africa: 3 miners killed during strike

South Africa: 3 miners killed during strike

Christopher Torchia · May 13, 2014 10:24 am