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  • September 2008

    • Interim Prez Takes Reins in South Africa

      BBC  |  Sep 25, 08 11:30 AM CDT

      Interim Prez Takes Reins in South Africa

      (Newser) - Kgalema Motlanthe was sworn in as South Africa’s caretaker president today after winning three-quarters of a parliamentary ballot, the BBC reports. The left-leaning intellectual is seen as someone who can ease rifts between supporters of Jacob Zuma, head of the African National Congress party head, and former President Thabo Mbeki. More »

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      Africa  • South Africa  • Thabo Mbeki  • Jacob Zuma  • Nelson Mandela  • apartheid  • Kgalema Motlanthe

    • Yankee Stadium's Greatest Moments

      New York Post  |  Sep 21, 08 5:09 PM CDT

      Yankee Stadium's Greatest Moments

      (Newser) - As Yankee Stadium hosts its last game today, the New York Post looks back at the greatest moments in “The House That Ruth Built." A smattering: April 18, 1923: Seventy-five thousand fans cheer Babe Ruth's three-run homer on opening day. April 27, 1947: Ruth says goodbye to the Bronx faithful, one year before succumbing to throat cancer. "People were crying," one fan said. "Especially the older men, which would normally not happen." Dec. 28, 1958: In the "greatest football game ever played," the Baltimore Colts top the New York Giants in overtime. More »

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      New York City  • Yankee Stadium  • Nelson Mandela  • Babe Ruth  • Muhammad Ali  • Reggie Jackson

  • July 2008

    • Mandela's Birthday Wish: Help the Poor

      BBC  |  Jul 18, 08 12:06 PM CDT

      Mandela's Birthday Wish: Help the Poor

      (Newser) - Nelson Mandela turned 90 today, and he used the occasion to talk to reporters about the plight of South Africa’s poor, the BBC reports. “If you are poor, you are not likely to live long,” he said. “There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate.” More »

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      Africa  • South Africa  • Nelson Mandela  • birthday  • Poverty in South Africa

    • Mandela Finally Removed From US Terror List

      CNN  |  Jul 2, 08 4:52 AM CDT

      Mandela Finally Removed From US Terror List

      (Newser) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela is finally being removed from US terrorism watch lists , CNN reports. The 90-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate was designated a terrorist because he battled against the old apartheid regime in South Africa. His name was never officially removed from the US lists until a new bill was signed into law yesterday by President Bush. More »

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      terrorism  • South Africa  • State Department  • John Kerry  • Nobel Peace Prize  • African National Congress  • Nelson Mandela  • apartheid

  • June 2008

    • Stars Turn Out to Fete Mandela

      BBC  |  Jun 27, 08 4:45 PM CDT

      Stars Turn Out to Fete Mandela

      (Newser) - A benefit concert for Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday drew a constellation of music stars to London today, the BBC reports. Will Smith kicked off the festivities, and Leona Lewis was a hit with the crowd, but the star of the show, as expected, was Mandela. "Even as we celebrate, let us remind ourselves that our work is far from complete," he said. More »

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      South Africa  • AIDS  • concert  • Nelson Mandela

    • Election Is On: Mugabe

      New York Times  |  Jun 26, 08 12:58 PM CDT

      Election Is On: Mugabe

      (Newser) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s party maintains that tomorrow’s runoff election will go ahead as planned, despite international condemnation and the withdrawal of the opposition candidate, the New York Times reports. Former challenger Morgan Tsvangirai insists he wants negotiations between the two parties instead of polling. The president has implied that he will be open to negotiations after the vote, which the opposition will not accept. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • election  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • Zanu-PF  • MDC  • Nelson Mandela  • election fraud  • disputed election

    • Mandela Blasts Mugabe's 'Tragic Failure of Leadership'

      BBC  |  Jun 25, 08 10:00 PM CDT

      Mandela Blasts Mugabe's 'Tragic Failure of Leadership'

      (Newser) - Nelson Mandela broke his silence today and denounced the "tragic failure of leadership" of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. The influential former South African leader had previously held back so he wouldn't undermine the authority of mediator Thabo Mbeki, the BBC reports. "The world remains beset by so much human suffering," he said. "It is now in the hands of your generations to help rid the world of such suffering." More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Africa  • Nelson Mandela

    • Mandela to Nutty Naomi: You're Not on the List

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Jun 25, 08 5:50 PM CDT

      Mandela to Nutty Naomi: You're Not on the List

      (Newser) - Nelson Mandela personally barred Naomi Campbell from a London concert to celebrate his 90th birthday Friday, the Daily Mail reports, days after the supermodel was sentenced for assaulting airport police officers. The anti-apartheid hero—whom Campbell calls her "honorary grandfather"—is said to be particularly disappointed that she was wearing a cap bearing his charity's logo at the time of her April arrest. More »

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      celebrity  • concert  • assault  • model  • supermodel  • Nelson Mandela  • birthday  • Naomi Campbell  • Wicked Models

  • May 2008
  • March 2008

    • Women Gather to Promote Peace

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Mar 7, 08 2:54 PM CST

      Women Gather to Promote Peace

      (Newser) - Female community leaders from 45 nations—many of them embroiled in conflicts—are meeting at a unique week-long peace conference in India called "Making Way for the Feminine." The participants represent a religiously diverse group seeking ways for women to play a more prominent role in resolving conflicts and establishing peace, reports the Christian Science Monitor. More »

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      women  • Martin Luther King Jr.  • Nelson Mandela

  • December 2007

    • ANC Elects Zuma as Leader

      Reuters  |  Dec 18, 07 6:41 PM CST

      ANC Elects Zuma as Leader

      (Newser) - Jacob Zuma is in line to become president of South Africa in 2009 after the country’s ruling party elected him leader today, Reuters reports. The beloved but controversial populist won easily over current President Thabo Mbeki, bringing jubilation from his supporters but raising questions about the country’s economic future, rifts within the ANC, and Mbeki’s remaining time in office. More »

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      South Africa  • Thabo Mbeki  • Jacob Zuma  • African National Congress  • Nelson Mandela  • South African elections

  • October 2007

    • The 100 Biggest Brains in the World

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Oct 29, 07 4:38 PM CDT

      The 100 Biggest Brains in the World

      (Newser) - The Daily Telegraph jumps to point out that a quarter of its list of 100 living geniuses are British, and that that's one living genius per 2.5 million people—a higher proportion than for any other country. Americans still dominate the list, though, with a hefty 43 geniuses. Albert Hoffman, Swiss, chemist Tim Berners-Lee, British, computer scientist George Soros, American, investor and philanthropist More »

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      list  • Nelson Mandela  • composer  • Stephen Hawking  • Matt Groening  • Philip Glass

  • September 2007

    • In the Ashes of Apartheid, a Shopping Mall

      BBC  |  Sep 27, 07 3:19 PM CDT

      In the Ashes of Apartheid, a Shopping Mall

      (Newser) - Nelson Mandela cut a ribbon today to mark the opening of a massive shopping mall in Soweto, the Johannesburg township that was the center of the struggle against apartheid, and his own home before he went to prison. The Maponya Mall, with 200 shops and an eight-screen theater, is the largest in southern Africa, the BBC reports. More »

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      South Africa  • Nelson Mandela  • apartheid  • Johannesburg

  • August 2007
  • March 2007

    • Zimbabwe Gets a Hero

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 15, 07 1:46 PM CDT

      Zimbabwe Gets a Hero

      (Newser) - When Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's police force brutally beat the leader of an opposition party, Morgan Tsvangirai, they might have unwittingly  created their own Nelson Mandela. Photographs of a battered Tsvangirai being led to a hospital in police custody Tuesday circulated around the globe, prompting impassioned cries of protest. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Africa  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • violence  • Nelson Mandela

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