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Russia celebrates 67th Victory Day
Today Russia marks the 67th Victory Day since the surrender of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. Almost 27 Soviet people died in that war, which came to be known in this country as the Great Patriotic War. Read more…
South Africa:African leaders heap praise on ANC’s liberation role
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa.
African leaders on Saturday hailed South Africa’s ruling ANC in centenary celebrations for the continent’s oldest liberation movement which inspired regional struggles for freedom.
South Africa President Jacob Zuma (R) Archbishop Desmond Tutu (C) and the Reverend and Jesse Jackson look on during a torch lighting ceremony at the Wesleyan church in Bloemfontein early on January 8, 2012.
African drums and the ritual slaughter of a bull featured in the second day of celebrations commemorating a hundred years of the African National Congress before a gala dinner attended by more than a dozen African leaders and former leaders. Read more…
