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 Former South African President Nelson Mandela, symbol of the anti-apartheid movement, is celebrating his 90th birthday. He planned to spend his birthday on Friday quietly with his family. However, according to BBC, celebrations in Qunu, his homeland village located in the southeast of the country, have increased rapidly. In the honor of...
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The amount of ink spilt on Nelson Mandela,
one of the world's favourite statesman, is bewildering. Enter his name
in the book section of amazon.com website and you get 12,417 entries.
From a plethora of biographies of the anti-apartheid icon, authorized
and otherwise, to collections of his favourite folktales, and...
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 Former UN chief Kofi Annan mediated another round of talks between Kenyan rival parties, urging them to reach a consensus that will end the bloodshed.Reports said Annan gave both camps two deadlines for talks in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, as inter-ethnic violence continued to claim lives in the east African country.Kenyan President Mwai...
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 The mood was ebullient Saturday among supporters of the man tipped to
oust Thabo Mbeki as leader of South Africa's ruling African National
Congress (ANC), as party members poured into the northern city of
Polokwane to pick their president for the next five years.
Cattle herders leaning on their sticks watched as dozens of...
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 Wednesday, members of South Africa’s governing party the African National Congress started their five-year gathering amid rising tensions sparked by the upcoming party elections.President Thabo Mbeki tried to bring together all factions through his inaugural speech, calling for unity in order to establish a new ANC leader in December....
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 As many expected, Amy Winehouse was discharged from the
hospital where she had spent 10 days, and her representative, Chris Goodman,
claimed she would be an outpatient from now on.
The 24-year-old singer returned to the clinic between her
performances for Nelson Mandela’s anniversary and the Glastonbury Festival, but
she left the...
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A wax figure of troubled British soul singer Amy Winehouse, 24, is to be unveiled at Madame Tussaud's in London next month, the museum said Monday.Winehouse, who has been diagnosed with the lung disease emphysema, has returned for treatment to a London clinic after performing at a concert in London to mark the 90th birthday of Nelson...
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 Talented actress Uma Thurman and multi-millionaire
Arpad Busson announced their engagement. London financier
Arpad “Arki” Busson popped the question in London at the 90th birthday dinner for Nelson
Mandela.
The couple attended the party where Busson
surprised the 38-year-old Oscar nominee actress with a diamond ring. After...
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 Oprah Winfrey is still affected after the sad incidents that
took place at the highly-hyped $40 million South African school that opened its
gates on January 2. The famous talk show host stated on Monday that she cried
when she learnt about the abuse.
“This has been one of the most devastating, if not the most
devastating,...
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 US talk show mogul Oprah Winfrey thanked South African police over their handling of an investigation into allegations of abuse involving a employee at her school for disadvantaged girls near Johannesburg, the Saturday Star reported.
Thanking the South African Police Service for its "timely resolution" of the investigation...
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 British singer Amy Winehouse had a performance on Saturday,
in front of 80,000 music festival fans at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England,
which included a bit of violence on her part.
At the end of her show, which lasted one hour, she climbed down from the stage
and threw a punch on one of the festivalgoers.
It is not...
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 A crowd of about 46,000 celebrated Nelson Mandela’s 90th
birthday on Friday at a party held for the South African Nobel Peace Prize
winner in London.
Twenty years ago, a similar concert was held to celebrate
Mandela’s 70th birthday and to raise awareness of his imprisonment.
Even though he looked frail as he was leaning on his...
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 It might not be a big surprise, but the drugs Amy Winehouse
just can’t get enough of are now officially endangering her life.
In an interview with the Sunday Mirror, the soul singer’s
father, Mitch Winehouse, expressed his worries concerning his daughter’s
health, after doctors said she had early stage emphysema and an...
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 23-year-old Zhang Zilin, who holds the title Miss China, has
won the Miss World pageant, with Miss Angola and Miss Mexico the top
runners-up.
The 57th Miss World contest was held at Sanya, a tourist
resort in southern China's Hainan province, with the final round of judging
Saturday. The program included messages aimed at...
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 It appears Queen, Leona Lewis, Dame Shirley Bassey, Simple Minds, Razorlight, Annie Lennox and the Soweto Gospel Choir are among the acts that will appear at a concert for Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday in June, 27. The former South African president will travel to London for the event, BBC News reports. Tickets go on public sale on...
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 Nelson Mandela just had a statue in his honor unveiled in
front of the Houses of Parliament.
London
puts the South African leader's image in the elite company of Winston Churchill
and Abraham Lincoln and recognizes him as one of the greatest leaders of his
age.
Mandela was very nervous and happy and said he was”honored”
as his...
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the 131st day of 2008 with 235 to follow.The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Neptune, Uranus and Jupiter. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury and Saturn.Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include British statesman and scholar James Bryce in 1838; Swiss theologian Karl Barth in 1886; Max Steiner, who...
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The 165th day of 2007 with 200 to follow.
Today is Flag Day in the United States.
The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mars, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Venus and Saturn.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's...
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 Canadian authorities forbade renown anti-apartheid activists Winnie Madikizela-Mandela from entering the country Tuesday because of her previous conviction. The ex-wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela, couldn’t attend a gala held in her honor Tuesday because Canadian laws do not permit any person that has a criminal...
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