Mandela Memorial Shifts to Processions, Lying in State

The body of late South African president Nelson Mandela is lying in state in Pretoria, a day after a memorial service brought more than 60,000 people to honor the anti-apartheid leader.People cheered and waved along the route of a procession Wednesday that carried Mr. Mandela's remains from a military hospital to the Union Buildings, the country's official seat of government.The site is the same place where he was sworn in as South Africa's first black president in 1994 after...

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