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Cape Town : South Africa | Apr 25, 2012 at 7:57 AM PDT
Source: Mail and Guardian
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Swazi King Mswati III has received a jet for his 44th birthday despite the tiny country's crippling financial crisis, the prime minister said on state radio on Wednesday. Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini said the king now owns a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 twin engine jet but insisted the plane was a gift... FULL ARTICLE AT Mail and Guardian
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