Mandela marks 89th birthday by launching braintrust
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Nelson Mandela marked his 89th birthday on Wednesday by launching an international group of elder statesmen, including fellow Nobel peace laureates Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter, to tackle the world's problems.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 13, 2004 - About 800 older Americans will be asked to lend their brains to science this spring, part of a major government study to track early Alzheimer&#39;s disease.
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KARACHI: The 128th birth annivers ary of Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was celebrated throughout the country Saturday with enthusiasm and national fervour.
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ISLAMABAD: The 128th birth anniversary of the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, was celebrated nationwide including Azad Kashmir with respect and admiration on Saturday.
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Former US President Bill Clinton has seen his Â£165 million presidential library inaugurated in his home town. Of all the former presidents still alive, only 91-year-old Gerald Ford was absent.
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Seeking to put Alzheimer&#39;s disease on the same footing as cancer and heart disease, health officials are embarking on a landmark initiative that regularly will scan the brains and analyze the bodily fluids of 800 people.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown praised Nelson Mandela as the greatest leader of his generation Tuesday, before the unveiling of a statue of the former South African president in London's Parliament Square.
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Chicago Tribune - In the 1980s, while in jail on Robben Island, Nelson Mandela wrote a letter to the wife of one of his prison guards. In it, he said he respected her husband, Christo Brand, as a man of integrity. But he was concerned that Brand, an Afrikaner, didn't understand the value of education.
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Johannesburg - South Africans can call the Nelson Mandela Foundation&#39;s toll-free number to donate their talents, time and skills to help in the fight against HIV/Aids.
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Actor Abhishek Bachchan has been appointed as brand ambassador to spread awareness about dyslexia, a neurological condition of children with high IQ which makes for special educational needs.
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Hilda Bernstein, an anti-apartheid activist and author whose husband was tried for treason alongside Nelson Mandela, has died. She was 91.
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela announced that his eldest son, Makgatho Mandela, 54, died of AIDS Thursday morning at a Johannesburg hospital.
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Former South Africa leader Nelson Mandela is hailed a "liberator of people", as a statue is unveiled in London.
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A statue of Nelson Mandela will be unveiled in central London.
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Former President Nelson Mandela, a leading AIDS campaigner, won local and international praise Friday for disclosing that his son died of the disease still shrouded in silence and fear.
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Zimbabweans are being asked to contribute to birthday celebrations this month for President Robert Mugabe.
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Martin Scicluna, executive president of Din l-Art Helwa, last Wednesday launched the year-long programme of celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the Foundation.