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Dignitaries attend grand party for Mandela's 90th
QUNU, South Africa -- Songs, laughter, teasing and tender words marked Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebration Saturday as presidents, village elders and African royalty joined him for a festive luncheon on his rural homestead.
Nations:South Africa People:Nelson Mandela Source:(AP)
2008-07-19
Mandela's B-Day message: Rich should help poor
QUNU, South Africa - Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday Friday by calling on the wealthy to share with the poor and wishing that he had been able to spend more time with his family during the long anti-apartheid struggle.
Nations:South Africa People:Nelson Mandela Source:(AP)
2008-07-18
Mandela at 90: fading away but still revered
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - He wore a trendy black shirt just like many of the kids in the crowd. But Nelson Mandela moved slowly, leaning on his wife and on a white cane as he crossed the stage to adoring cheers.
Nations:South Africa Zimbabwe Mozambique People:Nelson Mandela Source:(AP)
2008-07-13
Mandela: His 8 Lessons of Leadership
Nelson Mandela has always felt most at ease around children, and in some ways his greatest deprivation was that he spent 27 years without hearing a baby cry or holding a child's hand. Last month, when I visited Mandela in Johannesburg - a frailer, foggier Mandela than the one I used to know - his first instinct was to spread his arms to my two boys. Within seconds they were hugging the friendly old man who asked them what sports they liked to play and what they'd had for breakfast. While we talked, he held my son Gabriel, whose complicated middle name is Rolihlahla, Nelson Mandela's real first name. He told Gabriel the story of that name, how in Xhosa it translates as "pulling down the branch of a tree" but that its real meaning is "troublemaker."
Nations:South Africa North Korea Nicaragua Zimbabwe People:Nelson Mandela Fidel Castro Source:(Time)
2008-07-10
New book uses food to explore Mandela's life
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A new book examining Nelson Mandela's life was launched Saturday with a feast that included everything from the spaghetti casserole he was brought in jail to the soured milk he longed for while living underground.
Nations:South Africa Mozambique People:Nelson Mandela Source:(AP)
2008-07-05
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