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July 18, 2012

Anti-Apartheid Leader Nelson Mandela Turns 94 
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Today is Nelson Mandela International Day, as the anti-apartheid leader
and former South African president turns 94 years old. The United
Nations has backed Mandela's call for citizens worldwide to do 67
minutes of voluntary work — to represent the 67 years Mandela
devoted to South Africa’s political struggle. Ahead of celebrations in
South Africa, Mandela's wife, Graca Machel, said her husband is in good
health.

Grace Machel: "He's doing well after the crisis last year, how could you
imagine that he would do so well but he recovered remarkably well,
remarkably well, he is a man of 94, he is fine."

 

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