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Deadly cyclone overshadows Myanmar's vote on constitution

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Questions from the press
Zanzibar president Amani Abeid Karume answers questions from various members of the media during a press conference prior to S.C. State's 2008 commencement ceremony.

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  Updated: Friday, May 9, 2008 10:45 PM EDT
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Zanzibar president gets key to city

Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume certainly won’t leave Orangeburg empty handed.
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Zanzibar president adds to excitement of commencement

The 460-plus students expected to be graduated from South Carolina State University Friday night will receive a bonus with their diplomas.
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OCtech diplomas are a blessing

“Do you feel blessed?” That was the question that Mike Couick, the keynote speaker at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College’s commencement exercises, posed to graduates last night.
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Young victim of wreck remembered by Boys', Girls' Club members, others

Bright orange balloons were released into the sky Thursday evening as part of a ceremony the Orangeburg Boys & Girls Club held in memory of Kasandra Renee Johnson, the 11-year-old who died in a single-vehicle wreck on May 1 on her way to school. Orange was Kasandra’s favorite color.
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