Among those who did show up to share the spotlight with Mr.Gadhafi were Brazil's President Lula de Silva, who took advantage of the occasion to denounce the coup in Honduras.

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Botswana currently owns a 15 percent stake in De Beers and may see its share in the company increase with the sale of De Beers to Anglo American.

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Over lunch in the expansive Rio de Janeiro office they share, the three describe their plan continue to produce top-quality content, take Organizaes Globo into the world of new media and expand elsewhere in Latin America.

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Three years later, de Klerk and Mandela would share the Nobel Peace Prize.

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