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In the city of Varese, in the north of Italy, Dario Fo and his acting company ‘La Comune’ performed for the first time ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’ (Italian title: Morte accidentale di un anarchico). The play is a farce based on the real-life events surrounding Italian railwayman and anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli, who fell – or was thrown – to his death from the fourth floor window of a Milan police station in 1969. Pinelli was accused of bombing a bank (the Piazza Fontana bombing) but was cleared of the charge.
'The ancient Egyptians were known to have better forms of razors made of flint or bronze. They also used a method of depilatory called sugaring. A sticky paste (bees wax was sometimes used) would be applied to the skin, kind of like waxing. Then a strip of cloth was pressed onto the paste and yanked off, removing the hair.' source: http://www.historyundressed.com/2008/03/ladies-have-you-ever-forgotten-to-shave.html
'Thirty-six years old at the time, she rowed for eighty-one days, travelling 4,767 kilometres (2,962 mi), starting from the Canary Islands and finishing at Guadeloupe on December 3, 1999. Her boat, The Pearl, was twenty-three feet long, four feet high, and six feet wide; it weighed about 1800 pounds.[8] It was her second trip across the ocean, her first one cut short due to the hurricane season in 1998. She wrote a memoir about her experiences, A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean, published by HarperCollins in 2009. She is also noted for her 700-mile ski across the South Pole (the first woman to ski to the South Pole), and she was the first woman to climb Lewis Nunatak in the Antarctic.
Security police in South Africa have been exonerated of any blame in the death of black consciousness leader Steve Biko who died while in detention.
The chief magistrate of Pretoria, Martinus Prins, said he officially accepted findings the 30-year-old died of extensive brain injuries sustained during a scuffle with police on the morning of 7 September.
At the time, he said, Mr Biko was being interrogated by five members of the security police who said he had gone "berserk".
Mr Biko died on 12 September in a cell.
"The court finds the available evidence does not prove the death was brought about by an act or omission involving any offence by any person," he said.
What have we done? Our sin is that we are black?
Biko supporters
The three-minute ruling ended a dramatic three-week inquest and attracted widespread international condemnation.
About 200 of his supporters held an impromptu demonstration outside, watched by police.
They chanted: "They have killed Steve Biko. What have we done? Our sin is that we are black?"
Mr Biko was arrested on 18 August in Grahamstown for writing inflammatory pamphlets and "inciting unrest" among the black community.
During the inquest, the family lawyer, Sydney Kentridge, argued the young nationalist died after an assault by one or more members of the Port Elizabeth Security Police - which they denied.
Family law suit
They did admit Mr Biko was handcuffed, shackled, and left naked in custody and was driven 750 miles to hospital on the floor of a car.
Eastern Cape security police commander, Colonel Pieter Goosen, in charge of the investigation, suggested Mr Biko may have fallen on the floor during the fight "bumping his head".
The post-mortem examination revealed he sustained five major lesions to the brain, a scalp wound, an inner cut on the upper lip, and abrasions and bruising around the ribs.
The magistrate may publish the reason for his findings within the next two weeks but is not obliged by law to do so.
Mr Biko's widow, Ntsikie, refused to comment but intends to sue Justice and Police Minister Jimmy Kruger for damages.
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