World unites for Mandela’s memorial - South Africa | IOL News | IOL.co.za: "Tens of thousands of grieving South Africans will sit side by side with presidents, priests, queens and sheikhs on Tuesday at a memorial service for unifying global icon Nelson Mandela.Close to 100 world leaders and 80 000 South Africans will gather at a stadium in Soweto - the crucible of Mandela's anti-apartheid struggle - to bid farewell to a man whose life story earned uncommon universal respect.
News of the prisoner-turned-president's death at his home in Johannesburg on Thursday resonated around the world, triggering a wave of loving admiration from political and religious leaders, some of whom agree on little else."
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