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Nelson Mandela 'Stable,' Discharged From Hospital

South Africa's aging anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has been discharged from a Johannesburg hospital after getting treatment for a respiratory infection. The 92-year-old former president had been hospitalized since Wednesday, amid fears about his increasing frailty. But Vejaynand Ramlakan, the surgeon general of South...

South Africa Stands Vigil as Mandela Remains Hospitalized

South Africa is holding its collective breath today, the second day of former President Nelson Mandela's hospitalization, a visit officials are calling "routine." Mandela regularly sees doctors at the Johannesburg hospital but stayed overnight Wednesday, raising fearful speculation throughout South Africa that the...

Nelson Mandela Hospitalized in South Africa

Former South African President Nelson Mandela was admitted today to a Johannesburg hospital, and a shudder of fear spread across the country despite assurances that the anti-apartheid hero was merely undergoing routine tests. Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool / AP Former South African President Nelson Mandela was admitted...

Winnie Mandela's Soap-Opera Life Gets Another Opera

Not even Nelson has an opera. Former South African President Nelson Mandela may be a beloved figure around the world, but it's the story of his ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, that's about to take center stage, in a second opera based on her soap-opera life. "Winnie -- the Opera" will chronicle the many lives of the...

Nancy Pelosi: Free Liu Xiaobo

On the stage before us was an empty chair. Blue and white, it has been filled by great champions of peace and justice, nonviolence and human rights: Nelson Mandela and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Mother Teresa and Elie Wiesel; His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. But, on this day, the chair was...

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Eddie Izzard Pulls Out Of Marathon Challenge

Eddie Izzard has had to abandon his gruelling challenge to run a marathon each day for 27 days in South Africa due to "medical complications".

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Eddie Izzard To Run 27 Marathons In Honour Of Nelson Mandela

British actor Eddie Izzard will pay tribute to Nelson Mandela by running 27 charity marathons in 27 consecutive days to represent each year the former South African president spent in jail during the apartheid.

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05/31/12 Unprepared Idris Elba Worried About Mandela Biopic Source: The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) British actor Idris Elba fears his portrayal of South African civil rights icon Nelson Mandela in an upcoming biopic will be a disaster because he hasn't had enough time to prepare for the role.
05/31/12 Dear Mandela: We are still not free Source: Pambazuka News On the 27 April, Freedom Day (a South African national holiday) was marked throughout the country with political party rallies, NGO commemorations and thousands of now customary non-political braais (BBQs).
05/31/12 Mandela looks healthy on TV Source: New Kerala Dot Com Former South African president Nelson Mandela has appeared on TV at his home in Qunu, Eastern Cape, looking healthy.
05/31/12 NOREEN: Doug Bruce is no Nelson Mandela Source: The Gazette - Colorado Springs CO It's not exactly reminiscent of Nelson Mandela, now, is it?
05/31/12 Minister Sisulu Must Order a Full Inquiry Into the... Source: AllAfrica.com The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Lindiwe Sisulu, must take political responsibility and order a full inquiry into how it is that former President Nelson Mandela was transported on an aircraft owned by a company reportedly linked to tax evasion, smuggling and racketeering.

Background on Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; born 18 July 1918) is a South African politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, the first ever to be elected in a fully representative democratic election.

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