Mandela statue to be unveiled
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A statue of Nelson Mandela will be unveiled in central London.
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Actor Will Smith meets Nelson Mandela after agreeing to become an ambassador for his global Aids campaign.
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An appeal to erect a statue of  popular Manchester comedian, Les Dawson is being launched.
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President Thabo Mbeki is to visit the Ivory Coast today, the presidency and department of foreign affairs said in a joint statement.
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Britain honored Nelson Mandela on  Wednesday by unveiling a bronze statue of South Africa&#39;s first  black president alongside those of statesmen such as Winston  Churchill and Abraham Lincoln.
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Nelson Mandela paid tribute to the antiapartheid struggle yesterday as Britain unveiled a towering statue in his honor outside the Houses of Parliament, saying it symbolized the sacrifices made by all who fight oppression.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown welcomes Nelson Mandela to Downing Street, ahead of the unveiling of his statue.
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A 8ft-tall sculpture of a diamond is expected to raise around Â£6m when it is sold at auction in November.
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CAPE TOWN - President Thabo Mbeki, who was still in Ivory Coast yesterday, is scheduled to perform the official opening of Mthatha&#39;s Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital tomorrow, the Eastern Cape Health Department announced yesterday.
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The new head of South Africa's ruling ANC, Jacob Zuma, is expected to call for party unity on Saturday in his first public address to the African National Congress on its 96th anniversary.
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Nelson Mandela is hailed a "liberator of people", as a statue is unveiled in central London.
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela, surrounded by rock stars, launched a book of photographs of a major anti-AIDS concert on Thursday with a call to ordinary
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A replica crown and sword, symbol of royal regalia, might be used during newly selected king Norodom Sihamoni&#39;s coronation ceremony to be started at 5 pm (1000 GMT) in the golden-roofed Royal Palace here Friday.
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The question of Thabo Mbeki's succession is likely to overshadow South Africa's ruling party gathering.
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NAIROBI  - Presidents Omar el-Beshir of Sudan and Thabo Mbeki of South Africa are due to arrive in the Kenyan town of Naivasha to witness the signing of the last accords paving the way for the conclusion of a final peace agreement in southern Sudan.
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Abraham Lincoln's hometown is honoring him with what promises to be a spectacular and perhaps controversial museum.
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The new head of S Africa's ruling party is expected to call for unity in his first public address to the ANC.