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World mourns passing of Mandela

2013-12-06 13:47

By (Agencies)

World mourns passing of Mandela

A women cries as she holds a candle and a flower outside former South African President Nelson Mandela's house in Houghton, 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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