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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 6 Dec 2013

    UK Foreign Office requests all flags be flown at half mast out of respect to Nelson Mandelahttp://bbc.in/1f27c5B 

    1:36 AM - 6 Dec 2013
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      1. joe.m‏ @joeman42 6 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: UK FO requests all flags be flown half mast out of respect to Nelson Mandela http://bbc.in/1f27c5B ”pic.twitter.com/f3eTBw9XY7

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      2. ShireFella‏ @ShireFella 6 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking That communist terrorist should have been hanged years ago,

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      3. Robot J. McCarthy‏ @RedScareBot 6 Dec 2013
        Replying to @ShireFella

        Lies and Calumny! RT @shirefella: @BBCBreaking That communist terrorist should have been hanged years ago,

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      2. ENN NationalistNews‏ @ENNewsNo1 6 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Why?.. is that in respect for all those murdered by the ANC in the church street bombings by the Militant wing of ANC in 1983?

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      1. Cr Barney Langford‏ @shal2500 6 Dec 2013
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        well @TonyAbbottMHR? @BBCBreaking UK Foreign Office requests all flags b flown at half mast respect 2 Nelson Mandela http://bbc.in/1f27c5B 

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      1. Sasha Simic‏ @sashasimic 6 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Their “respect” for #Mandela won't stop them persecuting Black people, Muslims, Roma and East Europeans. #hypocrites

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      1. Ana Gomes, MEP‏Verified account @AnaGomesMEP 6 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking To atone for Thatcher Gov (not UK people) opposing sanctions and supporting #apartheid @#UN? Forgiving, but not forgetting...

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      1. Frits van der Holst‏ @FritsvdH 6 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking what about respect?

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      1. Natasha Schmidt‏ @natasha0414 6 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking that is really sweet of the foreign minister thanks. Madiba was a great man

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      1. David Sutton‏ @DavidASutton1 6 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking flags at half mast are for british subjects. Will they do the same for the IRA leaders ? No they wont

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      1. Mark Edward‏ @DonPimpy 6 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Pay respect to the dead you Bloody Haters! Madiba lives On

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      1. Анто́н Че́хов‏ @tonychekhov 6 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking That's nice, but we need to investigate and prosecute the UK for war crimes!

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      1. Carol Perry‏ @CarolPerry8 6 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews when will flags be flown for his victims or has the world forgotten that he never renounced his use of violence EVER

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