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Tree-dom for Trev after council ‘sees the light’

Source: Bedfordshire On Sunday, Nov 13 2012, 6:47am CST

HE fought for liberty in South Africa but now one of Bedford’s greatest sons will have a slice of his own freedom after a council announced plans to shift a Christmas tree blocking his view. For the last few years a bust of Bishop Trevor Huddles ...

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All-white town in South Africa fights to keep segregation

Source: Washington Times  |   Jun 20 2013, 6:21am CDT

A South African policeman providing security walks past the outside of the ... more > A South African town that spans about 2,000 acres and touts about 1,000 residents is fighting to maintain its historical roots ...

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South Africa: Mandela Day: It's in Your Hands

Source: Humanitarian News  |   Jun 20 2013, 5:40am CDT

[SA Info]The countdown to Nelson Mandela International Day 2013 has begun. Marked across the world on 18 July each year, Mandela Day aims to inspire people to take action to change the world for the better and, in doing so, to buil ...

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All-white town spurns Mandela's 'Rainbow Nation'

Source: MSNBC  |   Jun 20 2013, 3:55am CDT

Marc Shoul / Panos for NBC News Congregants of the Afrikaans Protestant Church in Kleinfontein, South Africa, on Sunday. No non-whites or Jews live or work within the community's boundaries. By F. Brinley Bruton, Staff Writer, NBC News KLEINFONTE ...

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Hunt for state Christmas tree underway

Source: Oceana's Herald-Journal  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:39am CDT

The search for the State of Michigan Christmas tree is underway. The state is now taking nominations for the 2013 Christmas tree that will ultimately sit on the front lawn of the Capitol this November. The De ...

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Marking the birth of Trevor Huddleston

Source: Bedfordshire On Sunday  |   Jun 19 2013, 4:50am CDT

Advanced Search Published: 19/06/2013 10:21 - Updated: 19/06/2013 10:20 Read the latest Bedfordshire news and local headlines in Bedford brought to you by Bedfordshire On Sunday. Read through the breaking Bedford news stories live on our w ...

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South Africa: It's Time to Let Mandela Go, Says Controversial Cartoonist Zapiro

Source: Humanitarian News  |   Jun 19 2013, 2:51am CDT

[RFI]As anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela spends his 11th day in hospital on Tuesday, South African satirical cartoonist Zapiro tells RFI that hanging onto Mandela is not helping the country. Referring ...

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South Africa’s foreign policy: between idealism and the realpolitik of being an emerging power

Source: openDemocracy  |   Jun 19 2013, 2:08am CDT

In an article written for Foreign Affairs in 1993, then ANC leader and soon to be President Nelson Mandela articulated the foreign policy position of the ANC in a post-apartheid South Africa. His forward looking description stated: “that issues of human ...

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South Africa: Graca Machel Thanks World For Mandela Wishes

Source: Humanitarian News  |   Jun 18 2013, 5:50am CDT

[SA Info]As Nelson Mandela's wife, Graca Machel, thanked people from across the country, the continent and the world for their well wishes, South Africa's former president began his 11th day in hospital on Tuesday. ...

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Out of Their Tree on Taxes

Source: Town Hall  |   Jun 17 2013, 11:22am CDT

Christmas may be six months off, but it seems the Grinch is already at work. Look at the farm bill now under consideration in the House of Representatives -- it carries an unwelcome stocking stuffer known as the Christm ...

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Mandela 'Doing Very Well' According to Daughter

Source: Humanitarian News  |   Jun 17 2013, 10:40am CDT

Former South African president Nelson Mandela, who is being treated in a hospital for a lung infection, is 'doing very well,' his daughter said on Monday. The 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader, who became South Africa's first black president in 1994, ...

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