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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 30 Aug 2012

    Some 270 South African miners are charged with the murder of 34 colleagues who were shot by police, prosecutor sayshttp://bbc.in/OLGn8X 

    7:29 AM - 30 Aug 2012
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      1. tyler‏ @thktylr 30 Aug 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking arfghhvsdgbcssthbxsrhhgvvccdsssadhuyxzzaadvv

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      1. Moran Construction‏ @MoranConstruct 31 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Not a big supporter of strikes generally but this is INSANE!

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      1. Kyle Renney‏ @kylerenney89 31 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking hahaha the miners are being charged with murder?? The POLICE shot them!! Welcome to S.A.

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      1. Dan France‏ @danfrance 30 Aug 2012
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        This is madness @BBCBreaking

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      1. mbah pascal‏ @mbahpascal 30 Aug 2012
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        Some body should lell the south african prosecutors that madnes is not only when you move around nacked.@bbcbreaking

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      1. アンソニ~ (・∀・)カエレ!‏ @ansoni_jc 30 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Ummmm, South Africa?? Heellooo? ....no? I guess not.

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      1. Emma sneyd‏ @sneydo 30 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking thought South Africa was shaking off the shackles of it's past and moving forward, how disappointing

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      1. lisa D‏ @LisaLee3355 30 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking what the F# @ how are miners guilty for police action????????

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      1. Mark Irwin‏ @MAIrwin1 30 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking 270 in jail, 34 dead all in the name of cheep labour for Britain's Corporations.... #LonminScum #DontItMakeYouProudEh

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      1. David Edwards‏ @FelinNant 30 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Really? I don't see how that stands up?

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      1. Claire Evans‏ @ceva8 30 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking inbelievable, too shocking for words

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      1. Simon Bacon‏ @Plantzzman 30 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking I thought that was a joke !

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      1. Fran Howard‏ @wholecloth 30 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Perverse.

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      1. Bogz‏ @Bogzzz 30 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking ok should all the police officers present be under the same rules, is there technically any difference!

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      1. Bogz‏ @Bogzzz 30 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Wtf.... They are charged with the murders.

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      1. Harry Corlett‏ @ErnieBilko 30 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking The common purpose law was misused under the apartheid regime. Looks like the establishment still want to misuse it. Just wrong

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      1. €NIOLA♛™‏ @iamenny01 30 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking but the police shot them,why charge d poor miners!!!

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      1. Samuel Odusami‏ @wontiboje 30 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld This is simply absurd, turning reasoning upside down

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      1. jszymujko‏ @szymujko 30 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking This is true injustice. Just away to suppress the miners and send a message to all other workers that they are mere slaves.

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      1. James Rotherham‏ @MRJAMESR 30 Aug 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Is that a early / late april fools.

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