Mandela: The political prisoner who would change a country
Nelson Mandela's name has long been synonymous with "hero," but when most of the world first heard of him, he was an inmate in South Africa's most notorious prison
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South Africa prepares memorials, state funeral for anti-apartheid leader and former president
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James Baker on meeting Mandela after prison release
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