World Leaders To Speak At Mandela Memorial

Leaders from around the world will pay tribute at Tuesday's memorial service for Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who died last week at the age of 95. South Africa says there has been "unprecedented interest" from world leaders who want to attend the event in Johannesburg, with more than 80 heads of state, royalty and high government officials expected. Mr. Mandela became South Africa's first black president in the 1990s after being imprisoned for 27 years for...

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