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Michelle Obama decided to file for divorce after scandal

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According to American tabloid The Nation , citing a source close to the family of the president, the crisis in the relations of the spouses come long ago. For some time now they sleep in separate rooms. “Their marriage is doomed. Over the years they have tried to keep the relationship for the Continue reading Michelle Obama decided to file for divorce after scandal

Obama criticized for his handshake with Castro

11142219.172712.5919U.S. President Barack Obama was subjected to harsh criticism for the handshake he exchanged with Cuban leader Raul Castro at the farewell ceremony with Nelson Mandela, writes The Los Angeles Times. Obama shook hands with Cuban leader after late arrived at a memorial service for the former South African leader. This gesture shocked the public, since the last time the American and Cuban presidents shook Continue reading Obama criticized for his handshake with Castro

Mandela traveled to the funeral horrified Czech Prime Minister.

52a3d9f7-14c7-2026-14c7-2029847843ae.photo.0Many world leaders have said they would not miss the funeral of former South African President Nelson Mandela, but Czech Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok not belongs to them, according to The Globe and Mail. This was announced at the end of this week, when on national television showed a meeting with Defence Minister Rusnok Czech Vlastimil Pitsekom in parliament. Then Pitsek Rusnok recalled that President Milos Zeman, may not be able to fly to South Africa to attend the funeral of Mandela Continue reading Mandela traveled to the funeral horrified Czech Prime Minister.

Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa, dies

130625122348-mandela-carousel-use-only-horizontal-galleryNelson Mandela, the revered statesman who emerged from prison after 27 years to lead South Africa out of decades of apartheid, has died, South African President Jacob Zuma announced late Thursday. Mandela was 95. “He is now resting. He is now at peace,” Zuma said. “Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father.” “What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human,” the president said in his late-night address. “We saw in him what we seek in ourselves.” Mandela will have a state funeral. Zuma ordered all flags in the nation to be flown at half-staff from Friday through that funeral. Mandela, a former president, battled health issues in recent months, including a recurring lung infection that led to numerous hospitalizations. With advancing age and bouts of illness, Mandela retreated to a quiet life at his boyhood home in the nation’s Eastern Cape Province Continue reading Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa, dies