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Obama, Bush heading to the same African city

YoopyaJuly 1, 2013August 10, 2024

by YoopyaJuly 1, 2013August 10, 20240

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush are planning to be in the same city a world...

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In South Africa, Obama pays tribute to ailing Mandela, but tries to focus on economic message

YoopyaJune 29, 2013August 10, 2024

by YoopyaJune 29, 2013August 10, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Paying tribute to his personal hero, President Barack Obama met privately Saturday with Nelson Mandela’s family as the world anxiously awaited news...

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South Africa: Family visits critically ill Mandela

YoopyaJune 28, 2013August 4, 2024

by YoopyaJune 28, 2013August 4, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Members of Nelson Mandela’s family as well as South African Cabinet ministers have visited the hospital where the 94-year-old former president is...

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South Africa’s Pistorius back on track for ‘low-key’ training

YoopyaJune 28, 2013August 4, 2024

by YoopyaJune 28, 2013August 4, 20240

(Reuters) – South African Paralympic and Olympic athletics star Oscar Pistorius has returned to the track for “low-key” training, just weeks before he is due...

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South Africa waits after Mandela’s condition worsens

YoopyaJune 27, 2013April 9, 2023

by YoopyaJune 27, 2013April 9, 20230

(Reuters) – South Africans prepared on Thursday to say farewell to ailing anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela after his condition deteriorated further in hospital, forcing President...

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South African archbishop prays for Mandela

YoopyaJune 26, 2013August 11, 2024

by YoopyaJune 26, 2013August 11, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African archbishop who visited Nelson Mandela in a hospital has offered a prayer in which he wishes for a “peaceful,...

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South Africa: Mandela still in critical condition

YoopyaJune 24, 2013August 4, 2024

by YoopyaJune 24, 2013August 4, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela’s condition in a Pretoria hospital remained critical for a second straight day Monday, said South Africa’s president who described the...

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South Africa’s Nelson Mandela spends 6th day in hospital following report of health progress

YoopyaJune 13, 2013August 18, 2024

by YoopyaJune 13, 2013August 18, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela is spending a sixth day in the hospital. There was no immediate update on his health...

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South Africa: Mandela remains in hospital

YoopyaJune 10, 2013August 4, 2024

by YoopyaJune 10, 2013August 4, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela is spending a third day in a hospital where the former president is being treated for a recurring lung infection....

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South Africa: Mandela taken to hospital

YoopyaJune 8, 2013August 11, 2024

by YoopyaJune 8, 2013August 11, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela is in “serious but stable” condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated for...