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Qunu: South African military honor guards are marching and guests are arriving ahead of the state funeral for Nelson Mandela.
The anti-apartheid leader will be buried Sunday at a family grave site in his hometown of Qunu in Eastern Cape province. [caption id=“attachment_1287811” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Nelson Mandela memorial. AFP[/caption] The burial will end 10 days of mourning ceremonies that included a massive stadium memorial in Johannesburg and three days during which Mandela’s body lay in state in the capital, Pretoria. He died Dec. 5 at the age of 95 in his Johannesburg home. In preparation for the funeral, servicemen from the army, navy and air force have marched on a dirt road in Mandela’s family compound. Nearly 5,000 guests are expected to be there, and a smaller group will attend the burial. AP
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