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Reading 'Hamlet' behind bars

Source: Los Angeles Times, Nov 24 2012, 3:24am CST

It doesn't look like much — just a tattered, 1970 edition of "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare." But inside, the book bears testament to an era. Currently on display at the British Museum as part of an exhibition called "Shakespeare: Staging the ...

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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 KLEINFONTEIN, ...

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Nelson Mandela's health: Is it time to let go?

Source: CBS News  |   Jun 19 2013, 6:15pm CDT

In South Africa, former President Nelson Mandela has now been in the hospital for 12 days, battling a lung infection. The official word is his condition remains serious but stable. South Africans show support for ailing ...

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Terrorist or liberator?

Source: News24  |   Jun 19 2013, 1:17pm CDT

Before I start my article, please note I am not a historian, a legal expert etc. This article is therefore merely the humble opinion of a layman, who in all fairness stands to be corrected. The recent ill-health of former President Nelson Mandela and s ...

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Paris Exhibit Captures Mandela's Journey

Source: Humanitarian News  |   Jun 19 2013, 11:31am CDT

The fragile health of former South African president Nelson Mandela has been making headlines in recent days. But a new exhibition in Paris takes a step back - looking at Mandela's evolution from political prisoner to one of the world's mo ...

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Nelson Mandela’s death will be a moment of great emotional significance – but probably nothing more

Source: Three Line Whip | Telegraph Blogs  |   Jun 19 2013, 11:13am CDT

Nelson Mandela is now spending his 12th day in hospital in Pretoria. I’ve just passed by the clinic where he is being treated and a large number of journalists are still keeping vigil outside. I based that on my time living here in ...

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Foundation to Mark Mandela's 95th Birthday

Source: Voice of America  |   Jun 19 2013, 11:09am CDT

A giant statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela stands outside the Magistrate’s Court, in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 18, 2013. Nelson Mandela's foundation is going ahead with plans to mark his 95 ...

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Paris Exhibit Captures Mandela's Journey

Source: Voice of America  |   Jun 19 2013, 10:36am CDT

PARIS — The fragile health of former South African president Nelson Mandela has been making headlines in recent days. But a new exhibition in Paris takes a step back - looking at Mandela's evolution from political prisoner to one of the world ...

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Bizos optimistic SA’s ‘centre will hold’

Source: Business Day   |   Jun 19 2013, 9:33am CDT

Too long in office without a serious electoral challenge is precisely that — absolute power, writes Allister Sparks At issue before the justice committee is whether the bill can survive the succession of one parliament by another AU breaks ran ...

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Apartheid's roots: The Natives Land Act

Source: BBC News  |   Jun 19 2013, 4:21am CDT

19 June 2013 Last updated at 10:21 By Chris Bell BBC History The 1913 Natives Land Act helped to lay the groundwork for the apartheid policy of racial segregation in South Africa, introduced in 1948 A law passed 100 years ago severely restricting ...

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