Mandela Release

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  Gemini Man Trailer Explains Why They Cloned Will Smith, Not Nelson Mandela

  We have a new trailer for Gemini Man, in which Will Smith (again) fights Will Smith. He also wonders why they cloned him and not Nelson Mandela. Gemini Man release date in India is October 11.

• Google Doodle Celebrates 96th Birth Anniversary of Nelson Mandela

  He spent 27 years in jail for opposing the racist government in his country. After his release, he went on to become South Africa's first black president in 1994.

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  Today's big releases: Jai Ho, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

  It's Hollywood vs Bollywood at the box office this weekend with the much awaited Jai Ho and the critically acclaimed film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom set for release.

• Anger over Mandela death 'picture'

  The South African government said on Thursday it would not release photographs of Nelson Mandela lying in state, and urged people to shun a purported image of the dead president posted on the internet.

• Former South African president confident of Nelson Mandela's recovery

  Former South African president Thabo Mbeki said on Saturday he was confident his predecessor Nelson Mandela's health would improve and the ailing anti-apartheid hero would be released to recuperate at home.

• 100 white doves released outside Nelson Mandela's hospital

  Two South African businessmen on Tuesday released 100 white doves into the air outside the hospital where anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is fighting for his life.

• Barack Obama to take his first major Africa trip in June

  President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary released on Monday bypasses Kenya, an ancestral homeland.

• Daughter of Nelson Mandela says he is feeling 'good', 'recovering well'

  Nelson Mandela is feeling "good" and "recovering well" following his release from hospital early this month where he was treated for pneumonia, his daughter said Friday.

• Nelson Mandela 'doing well' following hospital release, says his wife

  Nelson Mandela is recovering well at home after being released from hospital earlier this month, his wife Graca Machel told AFP on Monday.

• Nelson Mandela spends Christmas Eve in hospital

  Ailing icon Nelson Mandela spent Christmas Eve in hospital on Monday, sixteen days after he was admitted for a recurrent lung infection -- his longest inpatient stay since he was released from prison in 1990.

• Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital after minor surgery

  Former President Nelson Mandela was released from the hospital Sunday after an overnight stay for minor diagnostic surgery to determine the cause of an abdominal complaint, a spokesman for the country's current leader said.