South Africa miners mourned

South Africans held a memorial service on Aug. 23 at a mine where police shot dead 34 strikers, bloodshed that revived memories of apartheid-era violence and laid bare workers' anger over enduring inequalities since the end of white rule.

South Africans held a memorial service on Aug. 23 at a mine where police shot dead 34 strikers, bloodshed that revived memories of apartheid-era violence and laid bare workers' anger over enduring inequalities since the end of white rule. Memorial service set for first Cobb police chief A memorial service for a longtime leader in law enforcement is scheduled for Saturday. Robert Hightower, Cobb County's first police chief, died on Tuesday. Memorial Service on Saturday 25 August A memorial service for Corporal Luke Tamatea, Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker and Private Richard Harris will be held at Burnham Military Camp, on Saturday 25 August, before the soldiers are returned to their families for private funeral services. Mourners attend a memorial service at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 after police shot and killed 34 striking miners and wounded 78 last week. Demands for higher wages spread to at least two other mines, raising fears of further protests at more South African mines that provide most of the world's platinum. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)