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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 45 minutes ago
• Mandela foundation forced into embarrassing climbdown over book • Congo-Brazzaville president used 1996 speech in foreword The Nelson Mandela Foundation has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown over its allegation that an African leader concocted a bogus endorsement by the anti-apartheid hero. There was anger – and worldwide astonishment – when Denis Sassou-Nguesso, president...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Zanoxolo Wayile has been appointed to serve as the new Mayor for the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape.
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Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Rosie Chauke 25 November 2009 Iziko museum is hosting an exhibition that is aimed at honouring four of South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Albert Luthuli, Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela and F.W de Klerk. Briefing the media at the gallery CEO Professor H.C Bredenkamp said South Africa is a dynamic country, filled with hope, promises and a rich diverse heritage and history. The exhibition...
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Ensaios Imperfeitos (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Revenge Of The Proletariat By SWAPAN DASGUPTA The full story of why the CPI(M) is losing Bengal after 40 years READ» Curiously, for a state that flaunts its penchant for internationalism, the event wasn’t commemorated in any meaningful way in West Bengal. The Comrades who earlier celebrated Vietnam’s resistance to US imperialism, came out in their thousands to welcome Fidel Castro...
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Daemon's Movies (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Check out a TV Spot for INVICTUS starring Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar and Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, and directed by Clint Eastwood. Invictus Synopsis: A look at life for Nelson Mandela after the fall of apartheid in South Africa during his first term as president when campaigned to host the 1995 Rugby World [...]
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Line Out (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
It's a little funny .... An expert commission of African leaders today announced their plan for comprehensive reform of music band U2. Saying that U2’s rock had lost touch with its African roots, the commission called for urgent measures to halt U2’s slide towards impending crisis. “Our youth today are imperiled by low quality music,” said Commission chairman Nelson Mandela....
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Surely, the decision of the United Nations General Assembly to make July 18 Nelson Mandela International Day is not a surprise to those who follow the sterling life and times of the former South African president.
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Labourlist (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
By Richard Lane / @politicana Today, a comment like this from an elected official would pass without mention. We now live in a society of relative tolerance and acceptance and firm legal protections for gay men and women. But when Lord Chris Smith stood at a rally in Rugby in 1984, 25 years ago this week, and came out as the first openly gay parliamentarian he was taking a leap into the unknown. As...
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Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
By Art Moore Pentagon Papers attorney takes case brought by CAIR Widely regarded as a "legendary" First Amendment advocate who has represented the likes of Ronald Reagan, Nelson Mandela and Andrei Sakharov, New York lawyer Martin Garbus has agreed to defend the co-author of "Muslim Mafia" and his son in a lawsuit brought by the controversial Council on American-Islamic Relations....
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New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Speech by Social Development Minister, Edna Molewa, at the inaugural Mandela Colloquium on Democracy, Development and Governance 24 November 2009 Programme director Chief Executive Officer of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Mr Achmat Dangor Chief Executive Officer of Human Science research Council (HSRC), Dr. Olive Shisana Executive Director of Impumelelo Awards, Ms Rhoda Kadalie Representative of the...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
It has been called an extraordinary general meeting and the location will certainly be remarkable when Fifa’s executive committee gathers next week on Robben Island, prison home of Nelson Mandela for 18 years.
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Adrants (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
This comment may best sum up this recent work from LAVA Communications in Sydney promoting the December appearance of The Dalai Lama in Australia for a series of talks and teachings...
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ConWebBlog: The Weblog of ConWebWat (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
WorldNetDaily must have labored all weekend to figure out a way to spin its apparent legal capitulation in agreeing to return documents purloined from CAIR -- used in the WND-published book "Muslim Mafia" -- back to CAIR. And spin WND does. The most obvious sign that WND feels rather sheepish about returning the documents is that there is no story with that as its sole focus. Rather, WND's...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Graca Machel, the widow of the first Mozambican, President Samora Machel, and her husband, the former South African President Nelson Mandela, were named in Stockholm on Friday the winners of the prize for children's rights.
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