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Stars gather to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday with London concert
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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He told Friday's crowd that that concert made a big difference in his eventual release and the fight against the racist system, which was dismantled in the early 1990s. (article 1)
The ANC was removed from the State Department's list of terror organizations years ago, but its members have remained on U.S. immigration watch lists. (article 4)
During the Cold War, the West considered the ANC a communist organization that wanted to bring down pro-Western South Africa. (article 4)
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, film stars Robert de Niro, Will Smith and Forest Whittaker and TV presenter Oprah Winfrey are among those attending celebrations that will climax with the three-hour concert on June 27. (article 2)
Friday's event also marks the 20 year anniversary of the Free Mandela concert featuring some of the same artists that was held in London to demand his release from prison. (article 2)
Proceeds from Friday's concert will go to the 46664 charity, the AIDS campaign named after the number Mandela wore while imprisoned by South Africa's apartheid authorities. (article 2)
According to 46664, Friday's concert will see Mandela officially bow out of campaigning for the charitable causes that he has championed since he left public office. (article 2)
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Mandela, concert, Birthday, Nelson, Winehouse |
Source articles
- Nearly 50,000 honor Nelson Mandela at 90 (msnbc.msn.com, 06/27/2008, 738 words)
- Mandela concert hails legend's life (CNN, 06/26/2008, 391 words)
- Congress erases terror label from Mandela's name (Washington Post, 06/27/2008, 295 words)
- Bush gets bill to end blocks to Mandela (Washington Post, 06/27/2008, 380 words)
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