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Hagel Orders Airlift For Central African Republic
Source: AP / CBS News DOHA, Qatar – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is ordering the U.S. military to transport troops from Burundi into the Central African Republic to help quell the latest upsurge in...
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LIVE VIDEO: SABC Coverage Of The Nelson Mandela Memorial Service
Live coverage of the Nelson Mandela Memorial Service from SABC Auckland Park Studios to the FNB Stadium and around South Africa. Tweets about “#NelsonMandela” !function(d,s,id){var...
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LIVE VIDEO: Nelson Mandela Memorial Service
This is the official national memorial service for former president Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday December 5, 2013, at the age of 95. An estimated 90 world leaders and additional members of...
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Obama Urges World: Act On Mandela Legacy (VIDEO)
President Obama spoke of former South African President Nelson Mandela’s legacy of making peace by getting them to trust each other. Obama spoke at the memorial for Mandela in Johannesburg, South...
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President Obama Shakes Hands With Cuba’s Castro At Mandela Service
Source: Erin McClam / NBC News Briefly laying aside differences hardened over decades, President Barack Obama on Tuesday shook the hand of the president of Cuba at the memorial service for Nelson...
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‘Fake’ Sign Language Interpreter At Nelson Mandela Memorial Provokes Anger
Source: Alexander Smith / NBC News Deaf people watching the Nelson Mandela memorial were bemused and shocked by a “fake” sign language interpreter on stage whose gestures were unintelligible,...
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Desmond Tutu’s Home Robbed During Mandela Memorial
Source: AP / New York Post JOHANNESBURG — Police in South Africa say retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s home was robbed while he was away to attend a memorial honoring Nelson Mandela. A statement...
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Mandela Interpreter Claims Schizophrenic Episode
Source: Kenichi Serino and Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today JOHANNESBURG — The South African sign language interpreter accused of using “fake” signs at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service this week said he...
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Mandela Memorial Sign Interpreter Reportedly Once Accused Of Murder
Source: Andrew Kirell / Mediaite According to South African news network eNCA, the Mandela memorial’s “fake” sign language interpreter Thamasanqa Jantjie has a long rap sheet of criminal charges,...
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Mandela Memorial Interpreter Burned Two Men To Death In 2003: Report
Source: Evan McMurry / Mediaite The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial, who admitted last week that he hallucinated during the memorial and reported a history of violence and mental...
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Uncontrolled Violence In Central African Republic Displaces Thousands
Source: Paul-Marin Ngoupana / Reuters / NBC News Heavy weapons fire rang out in the north of Central African Republic’s capital Bangui early on Monday in what the government said were clashes with...
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Giant Nelson Mandela Statue Has A Quirk That Angers South Africans
Source: AP / CBS News JOHANNESBURG - A new, 29.5-foot sculpture of Nelson Mandela is billed as the biggest statue of the South African leader. It also has a tiny, barely visible quirk: a sculpted...
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‘Garage’ Magazine Editor-In-Chief Sits On Chair Supported By Nearly-Naked...
Source: Lilly Workneh / theGrio A photo published by the online magazine Buro 247 on Monday was defended by its editor as “a piece of art” while others have labeled it racist. Miroslava Duma, the...
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Man Uses First-Class Plane Ticket To Eat Free For A Year
Source: David K. Li / New York Post A man in China purchased a first-class plane ticket — and used it to eat a year’s worth of free meals at the VIP lounge at Xi’an International Airport. The frequent...
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Nelson Mandela Leaves Nothing To Ex-Wife Winnie In His Will
Nelson Mandela’s will benefits charities, schools and his former party the ANC, but he left nothing to his former wife Winnie. Rohit Kachroo reports. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news,...
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Black Press Attacked For Efforts To Strengthen Ties With Africa
Source: Floyd Alvin Galloway / BlackPressUSA.com Black media critic Richard Prince has launched a series of attacks on a National Newspaper Publishers Association-led delegation for a trip to Morocco...
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Journalists At Sochi Are Live-Tweeting Their Hilarious And Gross Hotel...
Source: Caitlin Dewey / The Washington Post Amid continued debate over whether or not Sochi is prepared to host the 2014 Olympics (here are 15 alarming signs that Russia might not be ready) reporters...
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Hijacking Of Turkish Aircraft To Sochi Is Foiled
Source: Sebnem Arsu and Rick Gladstone / New York TImes ISTANBUL — A passenger aboard a commercial airline flight from Ukraine to Turkey tried to hijack it to Sochi, Russia, on Friday after the Winter...
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Dennis Rodman Was Pretty Much Kicked Out Of N. Korea for Being Way Too Drunk
Source: Evan McMurry / Mediaite Basketball diplomat Dennis Rodman recently checked into rehab following a drunken and aggressive interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo, but now details are emerging about...
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Chinese Billionaire Ups Reward To $1B Hong Kong Dollars For Whoever Can Make...
Source: Toronto Sun A Chinese billionaire is offering $1B Hong Kong dollars — or $143,400,000 CAD — to any man who can turn his lesbian daughter straight. Cecil Chao Sze-tsung told a Malaysian...
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