BitGou: Morning Digest: With song and sadness, South Africans mourn Mandela

2013年12月6日星期五

Morning Digest: With song and sadness, South Africans mourn Mandela

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12/6/2013

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With song and sadness, South Africans mourn Mandela

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africans united in mourning for Nelson Mandela on Friday, but while some celebrated his remarkable life with dance and song, others fretted that the anti-apartheid hero's death would make the nation vulnerable again to racial and social tensions..

Nelson Mandela, from apartheid fighter to president and unifier

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to multi-racial democracy, as an icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the struggle for justice around the world..

Global shares, dollar claw higher ahead of U.S. jobs data

LONDON (Reuters) - Financial markets were in a state of suspended animation on Friday as tension mounted ahead of jobs data that could make or break the case for an imminent scaling back in U.S. stimulus..

U.S. television, Twitter, alive with new version of 'Sound of Music'

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. television was alive with "The Sound of Music" on Thursday as country singer Carrie Underwood and "True Blood" actor Stephen Moyer starred in a live version of the classic musical about an aspiring nun who falls in love with an Austrian captain..

Yankees welcome aboard McCann, promise more moves

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seven-time All-Star catcher Brian McCann was introduced to the media at Yankee Stadium on Thursday as the first piece of a major reloading for the New York team that finished tied for third last season..

Twitter names media veteran as first female board member

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microblogging site Twitter Inc named Marjorie Scardino, former chief executive of publishing company Pearson, to its board on Thursday following criticism that it lacked diversity in the top ranks of the company..

SpaceX rocket lifts off on first commercial satellite launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned Falcon 9 rocket developed by Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, blasted off on Tuesday to put its first commercial satellite into orbit, staking a potentially game-changing claim in a global industry worth nearly $190 billion a year..

How about a little George W. Bush for the Christmas tree?

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The George W. Bush Presidential Center has joined the holiday festivities, offering for sale a Christmas tree ornament that features a painting by the former U.S. head of state..