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sheshe2

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Sun Dec 15, 2013, 10:52 PM
Dec 2013
Mandela service brings raucous celebration

Nelson Mandela's memorial service at a soccer stadium brought as many cheers as tears~



A woman wears the South African colors during the memorial service of South African former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium (Soccer City) in Johannesburg on December 10. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg on December 5 at age 95.
(Photo: ALEXANDER JOE, Getty Images)



http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/10/mandela-memorial-color/3953675/







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