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South Africa's extreme move to deploy the army to fight crime, by the numbers

· By Gerald Imray
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Soldiers were deployed to the streets of South Africa’s biggest city Wednesday in an effort to help police fight gang violence and illegal mining. (AP video shot by : Nqobile Ntshangase)

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