Global Week in Review: Mandela Discharged From Hospital
Also, India protests over gang rape.
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Mandela Discharged From Hospital - South Africa's former leader Nelson Mandela was discharged from a Pretoria hospital where he had been receiving treatment since Dec. 8.(Photo: AP Photo/Elmond Jiyane-GCIS, File)
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Embattled Lonmin Mine CEO Steps Down - Ian Farmer, CEO of South African platinum mining firm Lonmin, has stepped down from his position four months after a strike at the company's Marikana mine left 44 people dead. (Photo: AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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France Recognizes Colonial Injustice in Algeria - During an official visit to Algeria, French President Francois Hollande acknowledged the brutality and injustice of the country’s colonial rule over the North African nation as he declared a “new era” in relations.(Photo: AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)
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Winnie Mandela Investigated for 1988 Disappearances - Prosecutors in South Africa are reopening an apartheid-era investigation into the 1988 disappearance of two men last seen in the company of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Officials say the 24-year-old case was reopened due to new information that surfaced about the missing men, Lolo Sono and Siboniso Shabalala. (Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko)
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Mother of Slain U.K. Teen Alleges Widespread Racism - Doreen Lawrence, mother of Stephen Lawrence, says racism still seems to impede justice in the United Kingdom. Stephen was killed by a group of white men in 1993."Race is definitely not on the government's agenda,” she told British newspaper The Guardian. (Photo: REUTERS/Luke MacGregor)
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Russia Angered Over U.N. Helicopter Downed in South Sudan - Russia appealed to the government of South Sudan to bring those responsible for shooting down a U.N. helicopter and killing its four Russian crew members to justice. (Photo: Xinhua/Ding Haitao/LANDOV)
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Timbuktu Mausoleums in Danger of Total Destruction - Many are concerned over the continued destruction of historic mausoleums in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu by Islamist groups. "Not a single mausoleum will remain in Timbuktu," Abou Dardar, a leader of the Islamist group Ansar Dine, told AFP news agency.(Photo: REUTERS/Adama Diarra)
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Swaziland Police Threaten Arrests for Miniskirts - Swaziland Police announced that women wearing miniskirts or tops which expose part of their stomach risk arrest for breaking an 1889 law which bans "immoral" dressing. (Photo: EPA/KIM LUDBROOK /LANDOV)
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Egypt's President Morsi Lauds New Constitution - In a TV address, President Mohamed Morsi has congratulated Egyptians on successfully endorsing a new constitution and urged unity among all parties. (Photo: AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)
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China Launches Longest High-Speed Train Line - China opened the world's longest high-speed rail line, which spans the country from the country's capital, Beijing, in the north, to Guangzhou, an economic hub in southern China. Trains on this high-speed line will initially run at 186 mph with a total travel time of about eight hours between the two cities.(Photo: AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Xiao)
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Hugo Chavez Walking After Surgery - A government spokesman says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is up and walking, two weeks after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba.(Photo: AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office, Marcelo Garcia, File)
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Indians Outraged Over Gang Rape - Indians took the streets demanding justice for the victim of a New Delhi bus gang rape. Six men allegedly raped a 23-year-old medical student, and beat her and her friend with iron rods before throwing them off a public bus.(Photo: AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Lagos Island Fireworks Explosion Sparks Major Fire - An explosion in a fireworks warehouse in Lagos, Nigeria, sparked a major fire that spread up to nearly nine buildings and killed at least one person. (Photo: AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)