Mr. Obama has since moved at least to embrace "universal values, " and in his Nobel address this month he mentioned the democracy protestors by name.

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Ageing former South African president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela, one of the architects of the first African World Cup, will address the audience by video message.

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