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INQUIRER.net: Obama meets privately with Mandela family

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Philippine News for Filipinos
Obama meets privately with Mandela family
Jun 30th 2013, 00:08

JOHANNESBURG — President Barack Obama met privately Saturday with the family of Nelson Mandela.   The meeting was held in Johannesburg at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, part of the former South African president's foundation.   It lasted for about a half hour, enough time for a small crowd to gather outside for Obama's departure.   The White House says Obama met with two of Mandela's daughters and several grandchildren.   He will not meet with the ailing 94-year-old Mandela, who is hospitalized with a lung infection. The White House says the decision was made in accordance with the wishes of Mandela's family.   The White ...

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