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# long walk to freedom

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"I would still be in that black hole" - Guantanamo inmates taste freedom after a decade

Uruguay has agreed to take six former prisoners.

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Dec 8th 2014, 9:54 PM

Christian woman sentenced to death in Sudan arrives safely in the US

Who doesn’t love a happy ending?

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Aug 1st 2014, 1:39 PM

Mandela grandson ordered to return disputed family remains

More than a dozen members of the revered former South African leader’s family had backed the court effort to have the remains returned.

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Jul 3rd 2013, 3:17 PM

The Wire star to take up Nelson Mandela role in May

British actor Idris Elba – best known as Stringer Bell in HBO TV series – is to star in Long Walk to Freedom.

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Mar 20th 2012, 12:27 PM