Nelson Mandela statue unveiled
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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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Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi yesterday morning inaugurated the new premises of AM Mangion Limited at Luqa industrial estate.
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Two people were arrested Wednesday over the theft of jewellery worth more than 500,000 dollars from the home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.
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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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A lavish ceremony has marked the opening of the second session of the Pan-African Parliament. It is the first time the body is meeting in South Africa, it is permanent host country.
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Supporters of Jacob Zuma celebrate his election as leader of South Africa's governing ANC.
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A bronze statue is unveiled celebrating the life of Johnny Ramone at a ceremony in Los Angeles.
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After a protracted delay, tough new laws against sexual abuse will finally go into effect Sunday in South Africa, which is often called the "rape capital" of the world.
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Best-selling British thriller writer Ken Follett unveiled Thursday a life-size statue of himself in the northeastern Spanish town of Vitoria whose cathedral he says inspired his latest book.
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A 9-foot bronze statue of Florida State coach Bobby Bowden was unveiled Friday outside of Doak Campbell Stadium. &quot;I thought you were supposed to be gone or dead before they do stuff like this,&quot; he said.
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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 people to take a lead in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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BOSTON - If there is to be a statue, it should be shaped like David Ortiz. It should be massive and menacing and brightly lit as darkness descends.
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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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A statue is unveiled to commemorate 12 miners killed in a pit explosion near Stirling 85 years ago.
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A statue of the notorious former Belgian colonial king Leopold II is re-erected in the DR Congo capital, Kinshasa.
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela is to attend the unveiling next week of his statue opposite the British parliament, London Mayor Ken Livingstone said Friday.
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Photos of the construction of New York's imposing Statue of Liberty, presented as a symbol of French-US friendship in 1886, went on public display for the first time.