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Friend and foe meet at Mandela’s funeral

JOHANNESBURG: More than 70 leaders from across the world, some of them locked in enmity, are flying to South Africa for memorials to Nelson Mandela that will hail one of humanity’s great peacemakers, officials said Monday.

US President Barack Obama and Raul Castro from Cuba, Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe and Britain’s David Cameron will be among those attending Tuesday’s main send-off in Johannesburg’s Soccer City Stadium, reflecting the global appeal of South Africa’s first black leader, who died on Thursday aged 95.

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