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South African crowds rampage, hospital operations disrupted

A self-armed local looks for looters inside a supermarket following protests that have widened into looting, in Durban, South Africa. [Reuters]

Crowds looted shops and offices in South Africa on Wednesday, defying government calls to end a week of violence that has killed more than 70 people and wrecked hundreds of businesses.

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