Chaos May End Mandela's Annual Christmas Party
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa  - Nelson Mandela's  annual Christmas party faced an uncertain future Monday after  more than 75,000 people showed up for Sunday's festivities,  forcing organizers to cancel the event amid chaotic scenes.
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Mediation efforts by South African  President Thabo Mbeki may be the last chance to stop Ivory  Coast falling into a deeper crisis, the outgoing head of the  U.N. mission in the West African country said on Tuesday.
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When Nelson Mandela speaks, South  Africa usually listens. But his message on AIDS still has  trouble getting through.
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South African government tells millions left in the dark by rolling power cuts likely to go on for years to look on the bright side
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Former president Nelson Mandela&#39;s annual Christmas party for children was called off on Sunday amid a crush of pushing and shoving children and parents jostling for position in the queue for presents.
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South Africa's Thabo Mbeki is under pressure over crime but his annual speech is expected to highlight poverty.
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For the first time in its 11-year history, Nelson Mandela will not be attending the annual Children&#39;s Christmas party at his home in Qunu tomorrow.
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With their products cast aside by children in favour of video games or television, the makers of traditional toys are facing a miserable Christmas.
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Giants of politics and football were paying homage to Nelson Mandela on Wednesday as South Africa&#39;s former leader marked his 89th birthday by rededicating himself to ending global conflict.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Political rivals have hurled chairs at her, called her a racist, even accused her of undermining South Africa's plans to host the World Cup in 2010. But what really angers Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille is that after six bruising months in office, she may soon lose her job in...
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A public and potentially damaging war of words between South Africa&#39;s President Thabo Mbeki and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a revered figure from the time of the country&#39;s anti
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Mediation efforts by South African  President Thabo Mbeki may be the last chance to stop Ivory  Coast falling into a deeper crisis, the outgoing head of the  U.N. mission in the West African country said Tuesday.
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Band Aid's intentions are good, but Africa needs more than just a Christmas jingle
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The occupied city of Bethlehem in the West Bank has been witnessing an atmosphere overwhelmed by sadness while celebrating Christmas because of the continued Israeli occupation, the besiege and building the wall of separation.
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Nelson Mandela&#39;s annual Christmas party faced an uncertain future Monday after more than 75,000 people showed up for Sunday&#39;s festivities, forcing organizers to cancel the event amid chaotic scenes.
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To secure a driverâs license, South Africans must navigate a bureaucratic process so daunting that it has set off riots.
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond   Tutu says some of South Africa's leaders are sinners and his   compatriots have failed to sustain the idealism that brought an   end to apartheid.