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Somali terrorist group confirms leader killed by U.S. airstrike

JOHANNESBURG — The Somali terrorist group Shabab on Saturday confirmed the death of its leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane, in an American airstrike early in the week and announced that it had chosen a new leader reportedly from among his small circle of remaining allies.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

South African leader Nelson Mandela dies at 95

JOHANNESBURG - Nelson Mandela, who emerged from more than a quarter of a century in prison to steer a troubled African nation to its first multiracial democracy, uniting the country by reaching out to fearful whites and becoming a revered symbol of racial reconciliation around the world, died Thursday. He …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

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