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...Nelson Mandela Foundation, based in Johannesburg, vehemently denied that the former South African leader endorsed the book by Nguesso (who first came to power in 1979, was ousted in an election in 1992 and seized control again in a 1997 coup). "Mr. Mandela has neither read the book nor written a foreword for it," the foundation said in a statement. "We condemn this brazen abuse of Mr. Mandela's name." Officials of the Republic of the Congo - also known as Congo-Brazzaville - said the remarks came from a speech Mandela gave at a banquet in 1996, though the foundation said...
...Read "Birth of a Nation...
...mood for a funeral." Three days later, Medvedev asked Churov to look into the opposition's claims. Then the President slipped back into his usual complicity. He said the elections had been "satisfactory" and that any claims to the contrary would have to be settled in court. (Read TIME's 1991 article "The End of the U.S.S.R...
...Read "Russia's Medvedev Launches a New War on Drinking...
...time delay" grenade. Other pieces of paper, handwritten in Arabic, apparently lay out instructions on how to rig another explosive device. Also among the documents are two European passports that purportedly belong to fugitive al-Qaeda members who are linked to the 9/11 attacks and the 2004 Madrid bombings. (Read about how Pakistan's army is finally getting serious about its internal enemies...