New York: US President Barack Obama invoked the legacies of his heroes Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela as he sought support from voters for a second term, saying he too needs time to fulfil his promise of bringing a "real change" to America just as the two legendary leaders did. "The change we fought for in 2008 hasn't always happened as fast as we would have liked... real change, big...
11:37 AM, Mar 04, 2012
Johannesburg: Former President Nelson Mandela was released from the hospital Sunday after an overnight stay for minor diagnostic surgery to determine the cause of an abdominal complaint, a spokesman for the country's current leader said. Spokesman Mac Maharaj said the 93-year-old Nobel peace laureate had undergone a laparoscopy, a procedure that involves surgeons making an incision in the belly to insert a thin, lighted tube to look at abdominal organs....
08:15 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Johannesburg: Former South African President Nelson Mandela was discharged from hospital on Sunday after a keyhole abdominal examination showed there was nothing seriously wrong with the 93-year-old anti-apartheid leader, the government said. "The doctors have decided to send him home as the diagnostic procedure he underwent did not indicate anything seriously wrong with him," President Jacob Zuma's office said in a statement. His departure from Pretoria's "1 Military" hospital in...
01:31 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Pretoria: The image of 93-year-old Nelson Mandela will appear on South Africa's new currency notes to mark the 22nd anniversary of the anti-apartheid icon's release from prison. "On behalf of Government and the people of South Africa, it is my honour and pleasure to announce that the new South African bank notes will bear the image of President Mandela, the President of a free, democratic South Africa," South African President...
02:23 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Three of Nelson Mandela's grand daughters will soon open their lives to a rare level of scrutiny. ...
01:34 PM, Oct 01, 2011
Jahannesburg: South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday on Monday with songs by millions of children and calls for public service, but the nation he led out of apartheid is divided by poverty and his ANC movement seems to many to be losing its moral compass. A frail but still active Mandela, who survived a health scare earlier this year, spent his birthday with family near his rural boyhood home...
01:32 AM, Jul 19, 2011
Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered statesmen, leading the struggle against apartheid in S Africa. ...
02:14 PM, Jul 18, 2011
Johannesburg: A healthy-looking Nelson Mandela met with Michelle Obama and her daughters on Tuesday, an unexpected encounter between the first lady and the former South African president and anti-apartheid icon who has largely retired from public life. A photo provided by the Nelson Mandela Foundation showed the 92-year-old Mandela sitting on a couch next to Mrs Obama, pen in hand to sign an advance copy of his new book, "Nelson...
01:14 AM, Jun 22, 2011
Los Angeles: Former South African President Nelson Mandela has fully recovered from a recent health scare and will closely monitor Manny Pacquiao's next world title defence, his daughter said on Thursday. Mandela, a keen boxer in his youth, is a good friend of boxing great Muhammad Ali and has always kept an eagle eye on contemporary fighters, according to his daughter Zindzi Mandela. "My father is still very much aware...
08:58 AM, Feb 11, 2011
Johannesburg: Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to a hospital for a medical checkup, amid growing speculation over the health of the anti-apartheid hero. Visitors, including top ANC officials, continued to flock to the Milpark Hospital for a second day as Nobel Laureate Mandela, 92, remained under observation for 'routine tests', as stated by his Foundation. President Jacob Zuma called for calm as the nation awaited updates...
09:13 AM, Jan 28, 2011
Toronto: Prime Minister Stephen Harper has invited Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Canada. The Nobel peace laureate, who was freed from house arrest by the military junta on November 13, is an honorary Canadian citizen along with other famous leaders such as Nelson Mandela, the Aga Khan and the Dalai Lama. The 1991 Nobel laureate was awarded the honorary citizenship in 2007. She is linked to...
11:10 AM, Dec 28, 2010
London: South Africa's Cape Town city has finally decided to name a street after Nelson Mandela whose election as president marked a historical victory of the anti-apartheid movement in the country 16 years ago, the Guardian reported here. The city is about to become one of the last in the world to name a street after the former South African president, who served 27 years in jail before being released...
09:48 AM, Dec 28, 2010
A new collection of Nelson Mandela's private papers and letters of his life are compiled into a new book. ...
09:00 AM, Oct 12, 2010
It will be a quiet family affair - nothing like the public parties we saw for his 90th birthday. ...
11:29 AM, Jul 18, 2010
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