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Briefly World: I have lived my life: Mandela in new video
Nearly 15 years ago Nelson Mandela was unperturbed by his own death,telling a dying teenager that he had lived his life to
July 6, 2013 01:32 AM IST
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I have lived my life: Mandela in new video
Johannesburg: Nearly 15 years ago Nelson Mandela was unperturbed by his own death,telling a dying teenager that he had lived his life to the full. The video dating from 1998,broadcast by American news channel CBS Thursday as Mandela remained in critically ill in hospital,showed the towering South African statesman visiting a 15-year-old,also named Nelson.
Maharaja of Patialas dinner set sells for 1.96 million
London: A 1,400-piece silver-gilt dinner set commissioned by the former Maharaja of Patiala Bhupinder Singh has fetched a whopping 1.96 million,setting a world record for an English dinner service sold at auction. The set was purchased by an anonymous collector,Christies auction house in London said. PTI
Pakistan brings back death penalty
Islamabad: The new Pakistan government has ended a ban on the death penalty,in a move condemned as shocking and retrograde by Amnesty International. PTI
Suicide attacks on Afghan police kill 14
KABUL: A suicide bomber sneaked into a police dining hall in central Afghanistan at lunchtime Friday and blew himself up,killing 12,while a border police officer and a civilian were killed in a separate suicide attack in the south,authorities said. AP
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