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South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25249520#" The announcement of Mandela's death was made by President Jacob Zuma Obituary: Nelson Mandela South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died, South Africa's...

Today is Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday, a milestone that many of us feared he would never reach. It is a privilege and a blessing to share the planet with such a man. I could put hundreds of links about him, but instead, I'll limit myself to one quote of his from the Larry King Show. He...

Slide show at this link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41288626/ns/world_news-africa (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela is recovering from a collapsed lung and could be released from hospital as early as Friday, a source close to Mandela told Reuters on Thursday. The...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Robben Island rises just out of the ocean in the distance. From the shore, it looks like a thin, lifeless wedge, a gray spot on the horizon. The rabbits have taken it over. But tourists dutifully pile into boats, and they make the pilgrimage along with the whales...