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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 14 Dec 2013

    Watch live as Nelson #Mandela's body is taken to its final resting placehttp://bbc.in/1ct9fMm 

    4:09 AM - 14 Dec 2013
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    • Lizzie Moore Shafqat Hussain Jessica Saphia 🎶 Isaiah Carlson Kevin Smith AL EVANS Larisa Pavlov Steo Ivan Petrov
    24 replies 166 retweets 59 likes
      1. Beverly White‏Verified account @BeverlyNBCLA 14 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        The long walk winds down... "@BBCBreaking: Watch live as Nelson #Mandela's body is taken to its final resting place http://bbc.in/1ct9fMm ”

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      1. joyce oakley‏ @joyceoakley1 14 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking

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      1. Tim El-Hady حاتم‏ @telhady 14 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking #Egypt votes on new constitution 14 and 15 Jan

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      1. Insp Montalbano‏ @CommissariSalvo 14 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking ....would you mind if I didn't ? It really is mindblowingly dull. Please leave the old boy in peace. #mandela

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      1. David Oxley‏ @doxley56 14 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking don't give a toss .com

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      1. Richard Mapesa‏ @richard_mapesa 18 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Madiba was a saint only comparable to Jesus Christ ! He was God sent to Liberate the man kind in South Africa and to the World

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      1. Dr Henry Hunter‏ @DrHenryHunter 14 Dec 2013
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        Why though? “@BBCBreaking: Watch live as Nelson #Mandela's body is taken to its final resting place http://bbc.in/1ct9fMm ”

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      1.  ☠️OlafdaBlunt  ☠️‏ @olaf1962 14 Dec 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Watch live as Nelson #Mandela's body is taken to its final resting place”we've had everything but the autopsy

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      1. Steve‏ @steve1482 14 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking no bloody thank you... Seen enough

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      1. Mz. Hayes‏ @TemperTemperr 14 Dec 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Watch live as Nelson #Mandela's body is taken to its final resting place http://bbc.in/1ct9fMm ” making me feel uncomfortable

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      1. Wayne Stevens‏ @onetonpower 14 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking RIP a truely great man, GOD bless

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      1. STUKFS‏ @STUKFS 14 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking I'm not the only one who feels the BBC is giving excess coverage to Mandela! Please back off it's irritating now!

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      1. Bankers Reform‏ @bankersreform 14 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking For gods sake #bbc give us a break from this pathetic wall to wall coverage - Are you trying to justify the junket to SA?

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      1. Jingle‏ @jgohaha 14 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking pretty rubbish

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      1. marbellaSue‏ @MarbellaSue 14 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Look - this is not news! Won't be watching. In very bad taste

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      1. J.-P. Janson De Couët #PCDCAB‏ @jpjanson 14 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Unless you're an ideological Tory loon in which case you'll retreat to your bunker muttering about the TV license. @BBCWorld

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      1. dogtag‏ @safeguard007 14 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking I wonder if stompie Mckenzie will get to know why he died when he meets Nelson

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      1. Maria Tyrannes ‏ @maria_tyrannes 14 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Please Jacob Zuma can someone get Arch Tutu onto an aircraft and take to Qunu,for SA,for Madiba!We r pleading,please!

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      1. Swiss army dad‏ @broom2112 14 Dec 2013
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        @BBCBreaking is he going via turkey and lightning bolt?

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      1. Narelle‏ @narelle 14 Dec 2013
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        Why?!? Who would watch that? “@BBCBreaking: Watch live as Nelson #Mandela's body is taken to its final resting place http://bbc.in/1ct9fMm ”

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