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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 5 Dec 2013

    Mandela had "remarkable lack of bitterness & lived for reconciliation" - South Africa's ex-president De Klerk http://bbc.in/18oC0Zi 

    3:23 PM - 5 Dec 2013
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      2. bizniks‏ @Smooth__Caramel 5 Dec 2013
        Replying to @MikeMalinconico

        @MikeMalinconico stop calling him a terrorist. Mandela said he left his hate and bitternis behind the bar. U didnt get the memo I guess

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      4. bizniks‏ @Smooth__Caramel 5 Dec 2013
        Replying to @MikeMalinconico

        @MikeMalinconico at least he learned fr his mistakes and God gave him a long life back 2 preach peace. And God is all forgiving & knows best

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      6. bizniks‏ @Smooth__Caramel 5 Dec 2013
        Replying to @MikeMalinconico

        @MikeMalinconico like why dont u stop judging people when u dont know the facts.

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      1. angela rawstorne‏ @milobabe001 5 Dec 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Mandela http://bbc.in/18oC0Zi ”All the good men...rip Mandela x

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      1. Linda Helen Green‏ @LinHelenGreen 6 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking This was his uniqueness, reconciliation with former SA regime. A shame that Mugabe could not have done similar for Zimbabwe!

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      1. Sabre Technology‏ @S_Bugri 5 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking someday they will be saying the same about a Palestinian who is considered a terrorist today. #hypocrites

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      1. Lau 254 republic‏ @OPOSHIZZLE 5 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking you came you saw yu conquered. ...R.I.P MADIBA

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      1. Mariana J. Rodríguez‏ @mariana4589 5 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld RIP Nelson Mandela (1918-2013). THE SKY WAS GAINED AN ANGEL, AN EXAMPLE OF WRESTLER OF EQUAL RIGHTS.

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      1. Phil Green‏ @phildgreen007 5 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking There's a message for us all here about being selfish. Think of others. He wanted world peace and did his best. Now he can RIP

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      1. Jane Kirby‏ @JaneKirby 5 Dec 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Mandela "remarkable lack of bitterness & lived for reconciliation"-South Africa's ex-president De Klerk -he was a Christian!

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      1. chedo kapex‏ @chedo_kapex 5 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld there is still hope in what he believed in:"man is unique and can not be reduced to a community or belonging".

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      1. Kitt‏ @HonrCourageComm 5 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld -- an incredible human being considering the brutality he witnessed & suffered because of his pigmentation...

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      1. Dan1888‏ @dannymcmail 5 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking can you ask our hypocrite prime minister about the hang him banners he made in the 80's

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      1. know your rights‏ @allthreeofthem 5 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews The plastic politicians like Cameron look small compared to the man who achieved a bloodless transition to democracy.

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