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South Africa's Oscar Pistorius waves after running in the men's 400-meter semifinal during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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South Africa's Oscar Pistorius competes in a men's 400-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Sam Querrey reacts after defeating Kevin Anderson, of South Africa, during the Citi Open tennis tournament on Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who uses only his last name professionally, is the subject of the documentary “Searching for Sugar Man.” Though his career faded in the U.S. in the 1970s, his music was wildly popular in South Africa. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Ernie Els of South Africa reacts after putting on the 18 green at Royal Lytham & St Annes golf club during the final round of the British Open Golf Championship, Lytham St Annes, England, Sunday, July 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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In this Monday, June 11, 2012 photo, a headstone marks the grave in Nweli, South Africa, where Benedict Daswa is buried. Daswa, who was born Tshimangadzo Samuel and raised in a traditionalist South African family, changed his name when he became a Catholic. The Catholic schoolteacher, revered for his good deeds, honesty and compassion, was also a fierce foe of the witchcraft widely practiced here. When a lightning bolt struck the village and Daswa resisted the elders' call for hiring an exorcist, he was chased into a pub and beaten to death. Twenty-two years later, his memory is still so revered that he has been nominated as South Africa's first saint. The Vatican is studying the application. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (right) meets with former South African President Nelson Mandela at the latter's home in Qunu, South Africa, on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, on the eve of Mr. Mandela's 94th birthday. (AP Photo/Peter Morey)
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Andrew F. Oberle, a postgraduate student of anthropology and primate behavior at the University of Texas at San Antonio, has been observing these chimps at a primate sanctuary in South Africa. A vicious attack on him last week astonished conservationists who knew the chimps. (Associated Press)
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Oscar Pistorius of South Africa runs with the aid of carbon fiber blades. Both of his legs were amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** South Africa's Oscar Pistorius competes Sept. 1, 2011, in a qualification round for the Men's 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea. (Associated Press)
