At 89, Mandela takes role in world peace alliance
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JOHANNESBURG -- Nelson Mandela celebrated his 89th birthday yesterday by joining with other Nobel peace laureates, politicians, and development specialists to form a "council of elders" dedicated to fostering peace and resolving global crises.
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela will watch Wednesday as a statue of him is unveiled outside the Houses of Parliament before dignitaries including Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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Nelson Mandela has launched a new  project to get people actively involved in fighting AIDS in  South Africa, one of the country's hardest hit by the epidemic,  his charitable foundation said on Monday.
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela watched Wednesday as a statue of him was unveiled outside the Houses of Parliament before dignitaries including Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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Last week, the world witnessed the passing of a man who brought the plight of Palestine to the forefront of the international consciousness of humanity.
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President Thabo Mbeki will today join several African leaders in Nairobi, Kenya to witness the final signing of a peace accord between the government of Sudan and the Sudan People&#39;s Liberation Movement.
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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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The Nobel Peace Prize winner links the pursuit of peace with environmentalism and a shift in humanity&#39;s thinking. BY DOUG MELLGREN.
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ATLANTA - As he approaches 80, Jimmy Carter could be enjoying retirement - teaching Sunday school, relaxing with family and reflecting on a life that's taken him from the peanut fields of Plains, Ga., to the White House and back. Instead, Carter continues to use his status as a former president to promote peace, health and voting initiatives across the globe at a sometimes startling pace for his age...
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The question comes up every year: Does the Nobel Peace Prize matter? This year&#39;s winner, Wangari Maathai of Kenya, is living proof the 103-year-old prize is an honour some people richly deserve.
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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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South African President Thabo Mbeki is to hold further talks with his Ivorian counterpart Laurent Gbagbo Monday to help renew peace efforts in the west African nation.
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PARIS, Nov 11 (IPS) - Nelson Mandela spoke for much of the world when he   praised Yasser Arafat in the preface of a biography as a leader  who  âtransformed the Palestinians' status from that of  refugees to that of a  nation in the most complete sense of the  term.â
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Aged 80 and in office for 24 years, Robert Mugabe further consolidated his power in 2004. He pushed aside challengers within his Zanu-PF party and installed non-threatening vice-presidents.
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South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela has praised Jacob Zuma, the newly elected leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), as a man who could unify the divided party.
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Environment Deputy Minister Wangari Maathai (age 64) of Kenya was chosen for the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. Ole Danbolt Mjos, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee which is composed of five members, announced
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South Africa's former president  Nelson Mandela has praised Jacob Zuma, the newly elected leader  of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), as a man who  could unify the divided party.