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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

CNN: "Anti-foreigner" violence breaks out in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- Police armed with rubber bullets were patrolling neighborhoods in Johannesburg on Tuesday in an effort to quell a recent spree of violence aimed at foreigners that police say has killed 22 people and displaced an estimated 13,000....
On Monday, South African President Thabo Mbeki called for an end to the violence.
"We dehumanize ourselves the moment we start thinking of another person as less human than we are simply because they come from another country" he said in a statement.
"As South Africans, we must recognize and fully appreciate that we are bound together with other Africans by history, culture, economics and, above all, by destiny. I call upon those behind these shameful and criminal acts to stop! Nothing can justify it."
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