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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 2 Sep 2012

    Murder charges against 270 #Lonmin miners will be provisionally dropped, South African prosecutors say. Details soon http://bbc.in/OQX037 

    5:46 AM - 2 Sep 2012
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      1. Johan Kriek‏ @johankriek 2 Sep 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking only in SA can something so ludicrous as this charge be happening..sa is NOT the country it was supposed to be after 1994!

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      1. Simon Bacon‏ @Plantzzman 2 Sep 2012
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        @BBCBreaking good ! what a disgusting situation !

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      1. NJHOST.SPACE‏ @NJHOSTdotSPACE 2 Sep 2012
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      1. Boyfromnowhere‏ @boyfromnowhere 2 Sep 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Good

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      1. Stuart Pearcey‏ @StuartPearcey 2 Sep 2012
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        @BBCBreaking I should think so too.

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      1. Hakeem Oladeji‏ @mckollyns 2 Sep 2012
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        @bbcbreaking

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      1. XXXXXXX NK‏ @EricBurrows 2 Sep 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Did someone in charge have sudden attack of common sense. Amazing! Award that man with a banana.

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      1. Richard Washburn‏ @RichardWashbur2 2 Sep 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Lonmin was and is responsible for the saftey of its miners and should be severely fined for the death of the strikers.

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      1. Abby Peel‏ @Here_comes_Abs 2 Sep 2012
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        @BBCBreaking what was that all about anyway, surely it was the police who fired the shots anyway!

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      1. Glori'a Ojonugwa‏ @shiglowz 2 Sep 2012
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        @BBCBreaking good to know :)

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      1. Peter Pyke‏ @PeterPyke 2 Sep 2012
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        @BBCBreaking What about the murder charges against the police who used automatic weapons on unarmed striking workers???

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      1. Casey‏ @Wonam6 2 Sep 2012
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        @BBCBreaking - Shhhh….it’s a secret.

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      1. Chindo‏ @boshjakes 2 Sep 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Rr

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      1. Francissca Peter‏ @FranticKL 2 Sep 2012
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        @BBCBreaking shame on the south African government and law thank God charges dropped on those poor miners.

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      1. Comrade Otoa‏ @Comrade_Otoa 2 Sep 2012
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        It was Just a matter of time. the charges wd never stick. @BBCBreaking

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      1. Alex Cruceru‏ @alex_cruceru 2 Sep 2012
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        @BBCBreaking I forgot to say no one gives a damn about LIVING miners, who the hell would care about those that are gone? #worldsucks

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      1. Alex Cruceru‏ @alex_cruceru 2 Sep 2012
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        @BBCBreaking nobody cares about the miners.Maybe just in Chile.But in general nobody gives a damn about them.

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      1. Bendji Nzau‏ @BendjiNzau 2 Sep 2012
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        @BBCBreaking How on Earth those charges were even brought in the first place ?

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