It seems like South Africa is more dangerous than China.
With "An estimated 5.7 of 48 million South Africans are HIV positive" It's about 11.8% with HIV!! I don't know about you but the pecentages are too high for mongering.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Three Greek World Cup players had money stolen from their hotel rooms and Chinese journalists were robbed at gunpoint, officials said on Thursday, stoking concerns a day before the sports spectacular starts.
The separate incidents in the crime-plagued host country follow the armed robbery of Spanish and Portuguese journalists at a lodge north of Johannesburg on Wednesday.
South Africa, which has spent heavily on security, has been hoping the World Cup would boost its tourism sector and provide a jolt of pride for the continent but experts have said persistent reports of crime could undermine those aspirations
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The three Chinese journalists has been in the country for a few hours and were on their way to the main venue for the Cup in Soccer City on the edge of Soweto, a sprawling township outside of Johannesburg, the local paper Beeld reported citing various sources.
They stopped on the side of the road when gunmen approached and stole equipment from their vehicle, it said.
Chinese embassy officials confirmed the robbery but offered few details. South Africa police said the incident has not been officially reported and were looking into the case.
Petty theft is a fact of life in South Africa, a country of that averages 50 murders a day.
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http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer ... erworldrobbery.html
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