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Dylan Lloyd and Thithi Nteta at their home in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday. (Marc Shoul / Panos for NBC News)

South Africa's interracial couples

F. Brinley Bruton, Staff Writer, NBC News
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South African couple Thithi Nteta and Dylan Lloyd have different accounts of how they met and fell in love...
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Wellwisher Daniel Sello cries out his thanks to Nelson Mandela in front of the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Thursday, June 13, 2013. Former South African President Nelson Mandela is spending a sixth day in the hospital and while there was no immediate update on his health Thursday, President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday reported that Mandela was responding better to treatment for a recurring lung infection. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Mandela spends 6th day in hospital

Jason Straziuso, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - In an address to parliament, President Jacob Zuma said South Africans should not create a 'superficial' image of Mandela but remember his lifetime of work...
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Granddaughters Zaziwe Manaway, left, Zoleka Mandela, centre, and daughter Zenani Dlamini, right, arrive at the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African presidentNelson Mandela is being treated, in Pretoria, South Africa Wednesday, June 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Mandela’s family on treatment: ‘We are grateful’

Madeleine Haeringer and F. Brinley Bruton, NBC News
NBC NEWS – Nelson Mandela’s family spoke publicly for the first time since his latest hospital admission Wednesday as sources expressed optimism about his progress...
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In this file photo taken July 11, 2010 former South African President Nelson Mandela, left, with his wife Graca Machel, right, attends the final of the FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament in Johannesburg, Mandela's last public appearance. Mandela, now old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what he stood for has already begun (AP Photo/Martin Meissner-File)

Mandela 'responding better to treatment'

Jason Straziuso, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Former President Nelson Mandela began responding better to treatment Wednesday morning for a recurring lung infection following 'a difficult last few days,' South Africa's president said...
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South Africans talk Mandela's mortality

Christopher Torchia, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The desk is spotless and books neatly line the shelves in Nelson Mandela's office at a Johannesburg-based foundation that carries his name...
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A child passes portraits of former president Nelson Mandela depicted in various stages of his life in a Soweto, South Africa, street Thursday, March, 28, 2013. 94-year-old Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, has been hit by a lung infection again and is in a hospital, the presidency said. Mandela, has become increasingly frail in recent years and has been hospitalized several times in recent months, including earlier this month when he underwent what authorities said was a scheduled medical test. The Nobel laureate is a revered figure in South Africa, which has honored his legacy of reconciliation by naming buildings and other places after him and printing his image on national banknotes. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Mandela still in serious condition

Christopher Torchia, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Former President Nelson Mandela's condition remained serious but stable on Monday, his third day in a Pretoria hospital, the South African government said...
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A statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela outside the Groot Drakenstein correctional facility near the town of Franschhoek, South Africa, Sunday, June 9, 2013. Former South African President Nelson Mandela was receiving medical treatment for a lung infection on Sunday after spending a second night in a hospital. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

South Africa: Family visits Mandela

Christopher Torchia, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nelson Mandela received visits from family members on Sunday at a hospital where the former president and anti-apartheid leader was being treated for a recurring lung infection...
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Mandela has lung infection; in 'serious' condition

Christopher Torchia, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela is in 'serious but stable' condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated for a lung infection...
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An elderly Mau Mau veteran listens at a press conference announcing a settlement in their legal case for compensation against the British Government, in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, June 6, 2013. The British government Thursday announced compensation for more than 5,200 Kenyans abused during the "Mau Mau" rebellion against colonial rule in the 1950s, in a package worth nearly 20 million pounds ($31 million). (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Tortured Kenyans to get reparations

Gregory Katz and Jason Straziuso, Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The wrinkled faces of the elderly Kenyans who gathered in a downtown Nairobi hotel registered gratitude, relief and joy Thursday as Britain's high commissioner said what many waited decades to hear.,,
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President Barack Obama (2nd L), former aide Samantha Power (R), U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice (2nd R) and incumbent National Security Adviser Tom Donilon (L) return to the Oval Office after a personnel announcement at the Rose Garden of the White House June 5, 2013 in Washington, DC. President Obama has nominated Rice to succeed Donilon to become the next National Security Adviser. Obama has also nominated Power to succeed Rice for her position to UN. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

5 reasons why Susan Rice's promotion matters

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - President Obama's decision to promote United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to National Security Adviser, while not a surprise, is a move with major implications. Here's why...
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