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Sporting disasters haunt Africa
Up to 125 people were killed when 70,000 soccer fans tried to flee a Ghana stadium after police fired tear gas on people throwing bottles and chairs onto the field. The May 10 tragedy came a month after 43 people were killed at a Johannesburg, South Africa, stadium and only days after eight people died in another crush in Lubumbashi, Congo. The tragedies have raised questions over stadium sizes, security measures and the continent's chances of hosting the World Cup in 2010.
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