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A man prays near the marquee of the Apollo Theatre honoring the life of former South African President Nelson Mandela in New York, Dec 5, 2013. Mandela died peacefully at his Johannesburg home on Thursday after a prolonged lung infection, President Jacob Zuma said. Mandela, the country's first black president and anti-apartheid icon known in South Africa by his clan name of Madiba, emerged from 27 years in apartheid prisons to help guide South Africa through bloodshed and turmoil to democracy. [Photo/Agencies] |
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