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South Africa Honors 95-Year-Old Nelson Mandela

Clip: 07/18/2013 | 4m 3s

South Africans celebrated Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday by volunteering 67 minutes -- the number of years Mandela spent fighting apartheid and serving as his nation's first black president. Kwame Holman reports on how people around the world marked the Nobel Peace Prize laureate's milestone.

Aired: 07/18/13

Rating: NR

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