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Thai protesters resume siege of PM’s offices

YoopyaDec 12, 2013December 31, 20230

BANGKOK (AP) — Protesters in Thailand’s capital cut off electricity to the prime minister’s office compound on Thursday and demanded that police abandon the premises.

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

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

Obamas head to Nelson Mandela memorial in South Africa with rest of US delegation

YoopyaDec 10, 2013December 31, 20230

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will attend Tuesday’s service with former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura; the Clintons; and former

Nelson Mandela memorial: Snipers, troops stand guard

YoopyaDec 10, 2013June 19, 20230

Johannesburg (CNN) — It’s a moment for the ages. Tens of thousands of South Africans, dozens of presidents and prime ministers, celebrities and street sweepers all

France’s Hollande to visit Central African Republic

YoopyaDec 10, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande will visit the Central African Republic on Tuesday, according to a statement issued by his office, after boosting French