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Nelson Mandela laid to rest in Qunu ancestral home

Eastern Cape, South Africa: Nelson Mandela's body has been laid to rest in a family plot, after political and religious leaders paid tribute to South Africa's first black president at a state funeral service.

Some 4,500 people - including foreign dignitaries - attended the service at Mr Mandela's ancestral home of Qunu.

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