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The flag above the White House flies at half staff in honor of former South African President Nelson Mandela, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013 in Washington. For most of the world, his name is synonymous with courage and perseverance. Leaders and citizens, athletes and artists remembered Mandela on Friday _ though many struggled to find words big enough to describe the man who changed the face of South Africa and inspired a continent and a world: a colossus, a father figure, a giant baobab tree providing shade for an entire nation. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama, first lady will attend Mandela memorial services

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

World Cup draw underway in Brazil

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

A woman takes a picture on her smartphone of a statue of Nelson Mandela, near the Royal Festival Hall in London, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Mandela passed away Thursday night after a long illness. He was 95. As word of Mandela's death spread, current and former presidents, athletes and entertainers, and people around the world spoke about the life and legacy of the former South African leader. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

KEENE: Nelson Mandela’s legacy

By David Keene

A group of mourners stand around floral tributes laid in memory of former president Nelson Mandela's home in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, after he passed away Thursday night following a long illness. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

World mourns Nelson Mandela and celebrates his life; burial set for Dec. 15

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Player says he kissed Mandela’s feet when they met

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

Woods says meeting Mandela “inspiring time”

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

** FILE ** This Nov. 17, 2001 file photo shows Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel sharing a private moment during a ceremony to rename a school Nelson Mandela Park Public School in Toronto. The former South African president, who spent much of 2013 in and out of the hospital, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 at age 95. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)

Obama: Nelson Mandela now ‘belongs to the ages’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

TAUBE: The life and times of Nelson Mandela

By Michael Taube

Visiting the world of Nelson Mandela

By John Price - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Nov. 2, 2013, file photo, a giant poster of Nelson Mandela is moved to center stage at a news conference held to promote the newly released film "Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom," in Johannesburg. The ailing former president is not "doing well" but is continuing to put up a courageous fight from his "deathbed," members of his family have told the South African Broadcasting Corp. in an interview. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

South Africa’s Nelson Mandela on ‘deathbed,’ but still fighting

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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Nelson Mandela not dead: Aide for elder Bush apologizes for saying so

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

An ambulance transporting former South African President Nelson Mandela arrives at his home in Johannesburg on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. Mr. Mandela was hospitalized for almost three months fighting a recurring lung infection. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital, but his condition still critical

By Christopher Torchia and Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

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WILLIAMS: My season with Mandela

By Armstrong Williams

** FILE ** Former South African President Nelson Mandela as he celebrates his 94th birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa, on July 18, 2012. Mr. Mandela just celebrated his 95th birthday on July 18, 2013, while recovering from a lung infection. (Associated Press)

Nelson Mandela turns 95, with good news from doctors in South Africa

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2005, file photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela, 87, is in a jovial mood at the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, where he met with the winner and runner-up of the local "Idols" competition. South Africa's president says, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, that Mandela has died. He was 95. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, dies at age 95

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Oamohetswe Mabitsela, four months old, is placed next to a picture of former South African President Nelson Mandela by his mother for her to take a photograph of him with her camera phone, outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, where Mandela is being treated. (Associated Press)

Mandela not ‘vegetative,’ South African authorities say

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Makaziwe Mandela, center, daughter of former President Nelson Mandela walks to a car after a funeral at Nelson Mandela's house in Qunu, South Africa, Thursday, July 4, 2013. In a macabre family feud fought as Nelson Mandela remained in critical condition, a South African court ruled Wednesday that the former president's grandson must return the bodies of the 94-year-old's three deceased children to their original burial site. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

Mandela children reburied at original gravesite

By Jason Straziuso - Associated Press