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Semenya Ban Would Start World War III: S. Africa

Sports minister steps up defense of racing champ

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 11, 2009 1:47 PM CDT

(Newser) – South Africa’s sports minister threatened “the third world war” if Caster Semenya is barred from competing in women’s sporting events because of the results of a sex test, the BBC reports. Such a decision “would be totally unfair and totally unjust,...   Read full story »

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