Police Struggle to Control Crowds at Mandela Casket

About 100,000 mourners turned out Friday to view the body of South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela as it lay in state in Pretoria for a third and final day.   Police struggled to control the crowds waiting for a last chance to see Mandela before he is buried in his rural hometown of Qunu on Sunday. Some mourners tried to push past police and security barricades, and others became angry upon learning they might not see the body before viewing hours ended.   Several...

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