Mandela congratulates President Elect Barack Obama

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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gt26HbSOcc5koetyse20ew-hJ87w
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South Africa's iconic first black leader Nelson Mandela said on Wednesday that Barack Obama's election as US president showed that anybody could dream to change the world.

"Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place," Mandela wrote in a letter to Obama, America's first black president-elect.

The 90-year-old Mandela applauded Obama's commitment to support global peace and security and trusted that combating poverty and disease would become the mission of his presidency.

"We wish you strength and fortitude in the challenging days and years that lie ahead," said Mandela.
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Nelson must be one happy man!!