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Black and white, thousands bid farewell to Mandela

YoopyaDec 12, 2013December 31, 20230

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Black and white, old and young, South Africans by the thousands paid final tribute Wednesday to their beloved Nelson Mandela.

Nigerian survivor will never go to sea again

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

WARRI, Nigeria (AP) — He survived three days in a sunken tugboat at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and was hailed as a miracle

Uruguay becomes first country to legalize marijuana trade

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Uruguay became the first country to legalize the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana on Tuesday, a pioneering social experiment that will be

Looking for democracy in Thailand’s Democrat Party

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

BANGKOK (AP) — The Democrat Party has seen the enemy. The Democrats, whose veterans are at the forefront of the anti-government protests that have shaken

Car bomb hits near NATO gate at Kabul airport

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A car bomb went off Wednesday near a gate used by NATO troops in the northern section of the Kabul airport,

Dutch couple freed by abductors in Yemen

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Dutch couple freed after months in captivity in Yemen said they received good treatment from their abductors as they began

Mandela’s body arrives for viewing in South Africa

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A flag-draped casket containing the body of Nelson Mandela arrived with a military honor guard Wednesday in an amphitheater where

South African president booed at Mandela memorial

YoopyaDec 10, 2013January 31, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At Nelson Mandela’s memorial, the crowd applauded dignitaries and even cheered the last apartheid-era president. But spectators booed South African leader Jacob

2 French soldiers die in Central African Republic

YoopyaDec 10, 2013January 31, 20240

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Two French soldiers have been killed in combat in Central African Republic’s capital, President Francois Hollande’s office announced Tuesday,

Obama, Castro shake hands as world says farewell to peacemaker Mandela

YoopyaDec 10, 2013April 14, 20230

(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama shook hands with Cuba’s Raul Castro at a memorial for Nelson Mandela on Tuesday, a rare gesture between the leaders of