CNN man begins bid to ‘tweet’ London Marathon

A CNN.com journalist has begun his bid to "tweet" the London Marathon — but admits he has no idea whether his plan will work. Pete Wilkinson, a digital news producer at CNN.com in London, plans to update his Twitter page during Sunday’s race via text messages from his cellphone but said that typing and running at the same time was “incredibly hard.” Wilkinson hopes to complete the iconic 42.1 kilometer (26.2 miles) race in four hours or less and said he planned to tweet without stopping

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Zuma, South Africa’s Next President, Now Must Prove Himself

Jacob Zuma’s election as President of South Africa, all but assured as his party took a formidable lead in early results from this week’s balloting, completes an extraordinary, triumphant comeback in which he overcame prosecutions for rape and corruption and finally toppled his predecessor, Thabo Mbeki.

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ANC celebrate ahead of S. Africa vote tally

Votes were still being counted Thursday evening in South Africa’s parliamentary elections, but the ruling African National Congress was already celebrating what party officials predicted will be a crushing victory. Presumed president-to-be Jacob Zuma — an ethnic Zulu whose flamboyant style sits in contrast to more staid predecessors Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki — led a raucous rally in Johannesburg, telling thousands of cheering supporters the ANC will outstrip its goal of two-thirds control in parliament.

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