Jun 29, 2013

Mandela vigil continues as Obama meets with family

Michael Gold 0 Comment World Barack Obama, Madiba, Nelson Mandela, President Barack Obama, South Africa

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On his first official visit to South Africa, U.S. President Barack Obama met the family of ailing former South African president Nelson Mandela on Saturday. Obama had reportedly wished to meet with Mandela himself, but the anti-apartheid hero has been in critical condition in a Pretoria hospital due to a lung infection. Outside the hospital and across the country, South Africans have been praying, leaving messages and lighting candles for their ill former president.

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Jun 25, 2013

Get well wishes for Nelson Mandela who remains in critical condition

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Many well-wishers left messages of support for former South African president Nelson Mandela who remained in critical condition Tuesday.

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Jun 24, 2013

June 24 Photo Brief: Nik Wallenda’s high wire walk over Arizona gorge, missing red panda found, 2013 supermoon

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Bahrain, Bloodhound Super Sonic Car, Brazil, China, Egypt, flooding, India, Leandro Erlich, London, Manila, Nelson Mandela, Nik Wallenda, North Korea, Pakistan, red panda, Somalia, South Africa, supermoon

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Nik Wallenda completes tightrope walk over Arizona gorge, missing red panda at the National Zoo found, the 2013 supermoon and more in today’s daily brief. | Warning: Visual coverage of death and/or injury may be depicted.

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Jun 21, 2013

June 21 Photo Brief: Summer solstice, mass yoga, deadly floods and prayers in beer bottles

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Bolivia, Brazil, circus, Cuba, elephant, England, flooding, Germany, India, Kenya, Macedonia, National Harbor, New York City, Philippines, riot, sea lions, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Stonehenge, Summer Solstice, whale, World Cup

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The longest day of the year, smashing bottles releasing prayers to God, “Tropical Spring” protestors in Brazil, “Solstice in Times Square,” deadly flooding in India and more in today’s daily brief.
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Jun 17, 2013

June 17 Photo Brief: G8 summit, Youth Day, search for Jimmy Hoffa remains

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Barack Obama, China, France, G8 Summit, Indonesia, Iraq, Jimmy Hoffa, NASA, Nepal, Neuron, pollution, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United States, Youth Day

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G8 summit, Youth Day in South Africa, search for Jimmy Hoffa’s remains continues and more in today’s daily brief.

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Jun 14, 2013

June 14 Photo Brief: Download music festival, a Human ZOO and Jesus loves bikers too

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Brazil, Czech Republic, Download music festival, England, G8, Human ZOO, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Kate Middleton, Nelson Mandela, Newtown, President Obama, South Africa, Syria, Turkey, Vienna

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1400 Harley-Davidson motorcycles prepare to be blessed in St. Peter’s square, hard rock fans jam out at the Download music festival in England, “unwanted human urban people” go on display in Vienna and more in today’s daily brief.
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Apr 2, 2013

April 2 Photo Brief: North Korea makes nuclear threats, 100th floor of the One World Trade Center, funeral for victims of Myanmar mosque fire

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Bahrain, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Gaza City, Hebron, India, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, NYC, One World Trade Center, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka

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North Korea makes nuclear threats, 100th floor of the One World Trade Center, funeral for victims of Myanmar mosque fire and more in today’s daily brief. | Warning: Photos may depict death or injury.

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Mar 31, 2013

March 31 Photo Brief: Easter Sunday, Nelson Mandela, Zombie Walk in Tokyo

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, China, Easter, Germany, India, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nelson Mandela, Pope Francis, South Africa, Usain Bolt, Yemen, zombies

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Easter Sunday, Nelson Mandela’s condition improving, Zombie Walk in Tokyo and more in today’s daily brief.

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Mar 5, 2013

March 5 Photo Brief: Oldest woman in the world celebrates 115th birthday, satellite view of an enormous winter storm, violence in Egypt

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, birthday, Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Florida, Germany, India, Jakarta, Kenya, Mali, NASA, pashmina goat, sinkhole, South Africa, sumo wrestling, Venezuela, weather, winter storm

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Oldest woman in the world celebrates her 115th birthday, a satellite view of an enormous winter storm, violence in Egypt continues and more in today’s daily brief. | Warning: Visual coverage may show injury and/or death.

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Nov 9, 2012

Nov. 9 Photo Brief: Intangible Chinese culture, Syrian refugees, Body Worlds in Honduras and a Sri Lankan prison riot

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, Belarus, Berlin Wall, body worlds, boxing, China, Christmas, Diwali, dolphins, Germany, Honduras, India, Italy, Myanmar, Nazis, Pompeii, prison, refugees, Santa Claus, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, tattoos, wolves

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Syrians continue to flee their homes by the thousands, a deadly prison riot in Sri Lanka, “Body Worlds” displays its preserved human specimens in Honduras, China cracks down on poorly-managed, intangible cultural heritage and more in today’s daily brief.

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