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Dec. 7, 2005-former South African President Nelson Mandela, 87, is in a jovial mood at the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, where he met with the winner and runner-up of the local "Idols" competition.
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Broadcasters report live from outside the Johannesburg home of former president Nelson Mandela after he was discharged from a Pretoria hospital Sunday Sept. 1, 2013. Mandela has been in hospital for nearly months fighting a recurring lung infection.
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An ambulance transporting former South African president Nelson Mandela arrives at the home of the former statesman in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. Mandela has been in hospital for more than two months fighting a recurring lung infection.
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A portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela with get well messages outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. The government issued a statement that Mandela remains hospitalized in a "critical but stable" condition amid incorrect reports that the former statesman had been discharged.
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A portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela with get well messages outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. The government issued a statement that Mandela remains hospitalized in a "critical but stable" condition amid incorrect reports that the former statesman had been discharged.
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela as he celebrates his 94th birthday in Qunu, South Africa, in this file photo dated Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Mandela is still being treated in hospital for a recurring lung infection, Saturday Aug. 31, 2013.
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In this May 2, 1994 file photo Nelson Mandela, and Coretta Scott King, left, widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., sing and dance at a victory celebration for Mandela in Johannesburg, after Mandela and the ANC appeared to take the majority of the votes in the country's first integrated elections. Mandela never met with King but the two fought for the same issues at the same time on two different continents. Mandela said in a 1964 speech that he was prepared to die to see his dream of a society where blacks and whites were equal become reality. King was killed by an assassin's bullet while working for that same dream.
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In this Sunday, Feb. 11, 1990 file photo, Nelson Mandela and wife Winnie, walk hand-in hand-with their raised clenched fists upon Mandela's release from Victor Verster prison, near Cape Town South Africa. Mandela never met with Martin Luther King Jr but the two fought for the same issues at the same time on two different continents. Mandela said in a 1964 speech that he was prepared to die to see his dream of a society where blacks and whites were equal become reality. King was killed by an assassin's bullet while working for that same dream.
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In this Oct. 6, 1996 file photo South African President Nelson Mandela acknowledges applause during his address to a meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill. Vice President Al Gore, left, and House speaker Thomas Foley of Washington state applaud Mandela. Mandela never met with Martin Luther King Jr but the two fought for the same issues at the same time on two different continents. Mandela said in a 1964 speech that he was prepared to die to see his dream of a society where blacks and whites were equal become reality. King was killed by an assassin's bullet while working for that same dream.
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South African President Nelson Mandela gives his official address at the opening of Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa in this Friday, Feb. 9, 1996 file photo. Mandela never met with Martin Luther King Jr but the two fought for the same issues at the same time on two different continents. Mandela said in a 1964 speech that he was prepared to die to see his dream of a society where blacks and whites were equal become reality. King was killed by an assassin's bullet while working for that same dream.
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Supporters react, during the Nelson Mandela Sports and Cultural Day soccer match between South Africa and Burkina Faso, at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013.
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KRT TRAVEL STORY SLUGGED: WLT-SOUTHAFRICA KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY ANNE CHALFANT/CONTRA COSTA TIMES (May 9) Cape Town, South Africa is viewed here from Robben Island, the prison camp where Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners were held.Today visitors can take a catamaran cruise and guided tour led by former inmates. (nk) 2004
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-- NO MAGS, NO SALES -- KRT TRAVEL STORY SLUGGED: WLT-SOUTHAFRICA KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY JERRY LARGE/SEATTLE TIMES (November 1) The small Robben Island cell where Nelson Mandela spent most of his 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa. (mvw) 2004
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Nelson Mandela's cell at Robben Island, July 1, 2013, near Cape Town, South Africa. He was held there for 18 of his 27 years in prison. (Anita Kumar/MCT)
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Nelson Mandela's cell at Robben Island, July 1, 2013, near Cape Town, South Africa. He was held there for 18 of his 27 years in prison. (Anita Kumar/MCT)
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A Miami supporter hoists a picture of Mandela during his stop in Miami in 1990.
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KRT NEWS STORY SLUGGED: SAFRICA KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID TURNLEY/DETROIT FREE PRESS (KRT14) PRETORIA, South Africa, May 10 - Mrs. F.W. de Klerk, listens to President Nelson Mandela speak about a new era in South Africa during his inauguration luncheon, Tuesday. Mandela was sworn in today as South Africa's first black president. (gn220:06) 1994 (B&W)
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KRT NEWS STORY SLUGGED: SAFRICA KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID TURNLEY/DETROIT FREE PRESS (KRT15) PRETORIA, South Africa, May 10 - Newly inaugurated President Nelson Mandela toasts with U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali during his inauguration lunch, Tuesday in Pretoria, South Africa. Mandela was sworn in before prominent dignitaries from all over the world as well as thousands of on lookers. (gn220:30) 1994 (COLOR)
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KRT US NEWS STORY SLUGGED: MANDELA KRT PHOTO BY CHUCK KENNEDY (KRT11) WASHINGTON, D.C., September 23 -- South African President Nelson Mandela waves to members of Congress as President Clinton looks on following Wednesday's Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in the U.S. Capitol rotunda. In a rare display of unity, President Clinton and the Republican-held Congress presented Mandela with a Congressional Gold Medal for ending apartheid and promoting reconciliation in South Africa. (KRT) AP PL KD RTR BL 1998 (Vert) (Additional photo available on KRT Direct, PressLink or upon request.)
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KRT US NEWS STORY SLUGGED: MANDELA KRT PHOTO BY CHUCK KENNEDY (KRT104) WASHINGTON, D.C., September 23 -- South African President Nelson Mandela speaks in the U.S. Capitol rotunda Wednesday as Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and President Bill Clinton look on. In a rare display of unity, President Clinton and the Republican-held Congress presented Mandela with a Congressional Gold Medal for ending apartheid and promoting reconciliation in South Africa. (KRT) PL KD 1998 (Horiz)
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KRT US NEWS STORY SLUGGED: CLINTON-MANDELA KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY CHUCK KENNEDY (KRT127) WASHINGTON, D.C. October 21 - President Clinton talks with former South African President Nelson Mandela during a meeting in the Oval Office in Washington, DC Thursday. A relaxed Mandela briefed Clinton about his Middle East tour, urging Clinton to stay engaged in the peace process and saying he was convinced Iran wanted peace in the world. (KRT) PL KD BL 1999 (Horiz.) (kn) (Digital Image)
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KRT US NEWS STORY SLUGGED: CLINTON-MANDELA KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY CHUCK KENNEDY (KRT13) WASHINGTON, D.C. October 21 - President Clinton walks former South African President Nelson Mandela to his car following a meeting in the Oval Office in Washington, DC Thursday. A relaxed Mandela briefed Clinton about his Middle East tour, urging Clinton to stay engaged in the peace process and saying he was convinced Iran wanted peace in the world. (KRT) AP PL KD BL 1999 (Vert.) (kn) (Digital Image) (Additional photos available on KRT Direct, KRT/PressLink or upon request)
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(KRT9) KRT US NEWS STORY SLUGGED: BUSH KRT PHOTO BY CHUCK KENNEDY/KRT (November 12) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President George W. Bush, right, addresses reporters with former South African President Nelson Mandela at the White House Monday, November 12, 2001. (KRT) AP NC KD BL 2001 (Horiz) (gsb) (Additional photos available on KRT Direct, Newscom or upon request)
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KRT STAND ALONE PHOTOGRAPH BY CHUCK KENNEDY/KRT (May 17) WASHINGTON, DC -- Former South African leader Nelson Mandela meets with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday, May 17, 2005, as Mandela is on a trip supporting his trust which supports charities in South Africa. (gsb) 2005 (Diversity)
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A yellow sign honors Nelson Mandela -- affectionally called Madiba -- on the side of a church in the busy city center of Cape Town, South Africa, July 1, 2013. (Anita Kumar/MCT)
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Cape Town's grand Italian Renaissance style City Hall, July 2, 2013, was the site of Nelson Mandela's first speech as a free man after he was released from the Robben Island prison. South Africans crowded the streets to hear him, including the open space across the street called the Grand Parade. (Anita Kumar/MCT)
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The streets of Cape Town are full of flags that pay tribute to Nelson Mandela, the nation's first black president and anti-apartheid leader, July 2, 2013. (Anita Kumar/MCT)
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The rocks pay tribute to Nelson Mandela -- afectionally called Madiba -- in front of the Parliment building complex in Cape Town, South Africa, July 2, 2013. (Anita Kumar/MCT)
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