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Sandy Flash meets the little boy whose life she saved. Her eyes welled up with tears at first sight. Sonny, 1, was born with a disease that affected his liver function and needed a liver transplant.

A standoff between police and illegal miners has gotten heated in South Africa. Reports say hundreds of illegal miners, who entered an abandoned mine in search of leftover gold, refuse to come out for ...