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Requiem praise for South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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A funeral service is underway in Cape Town, South Africa, for Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the head of the worldwide Anglican church, paid tribute to

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  1. Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s moral conscience, dies at 90

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    Requiem praise for South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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  1. Towleroad Gay News

    Factbox-Reaction To The Death Of South Africa's Desmond Tutu (opens Towleroad Gay News)

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    (Reuters) -South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a veteran of the struggle against white minority rule, died on Sunday aged 90.

  2. PBS NewsHour

    Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace winner, dies at 90 (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Tutu worked passionately, tirelessly and non-violently to tear down apartheid — South Africa’s brutal, decades-long regime of oppression against its Black majority that only ended in 1994.

  3. Towleroad Gay News

    Desmond Tutu, South Africa's 'moral Compass', Dies At 90 (opens Towleroad Gay News)

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    By Nqobile Dludla and James Macharia Chege

  4. Moultrie Observer

    Desmond Tutu, South Africa's moral conscience, dies at 90 (opens Moultrie Observer)

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    JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90.

  5. The Guardian

    ‘We looked up to him’: South Africa begins week of mourning for Desmond Tutu (opens The Guardian)

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    The beloved anti-apartheid icon will lie in state for two days in Cape Town before a funeral on 1 January

  6. France 24

    South Africans mourn 'hero' Desmond Tutu (opens France 24)

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    South Africans of all races stopped by Cape Town's St George's Cathedral on Sunday to pay their respects to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the anti-apartheid icon who has died aged 90.

  7. RedState

    Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South African Truth and Reconciliation Firebrand, Dies at 90 (opens RedState)

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    The last stalwart of the Civil Rights legacy in South Africa is gone. Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu passes away at 90.

  8. Local News 8

    As South Africa mourns Desmond Tutu, so do LGBTQ groups, Palestinians and climate activists (opens Local News 8)

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    By Joshua Berlinger, CNN On Monday, cathedral bells tolled at midday in Cape Town as South Africa began a week of mourning for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday.

  9. Daily Hampshire Gazette

    Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s conscience, dies at 90 (opens Daily Hampshire Gazette)

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    JOHANNESBURG — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90. South Africans, world leaders and people around the globe...

  10. New York Times

    South Africa Begins a Week of Mourning for Desmond Tutu (opens New York Times)

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    The cleric and anti-apartheid activist’s funeral will be held on Jan. 1 at the cathedral where he served as South Africa’s first Black archbishop.

  11. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    South Africa holds week of services, events for Desmond Tutu (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    South Africa is planning a week of services and events to honor Desmond Tutu's life of activism for racial equality and LGBT rights. Tutu, the Anglican Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, died Sunday at the age of 90.

  12. France 24

    S.Africa mourns anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu (opens France 24)

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    South Africa on Monday began a week of mourning for the revered anti-apartheid fighter Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

  13. Valdosta Daily Times

    Tutu's family gathers in South Africa for Cape Town funeral (opens Valdosta Daily Times)

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    CAPE TOWN (AP) — Desmond Tutu's family members gathered at his Cape Town home on Tuesday in preparation for his funeral this weekend as South Africans honored his life.

  14. Deutsche Welle

    South Africa: Late Archbishop Desmond Tutu lies in state | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Mourners are paying their respects to late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whose body is now lying in state at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town. The iconic anti-apartheid leader was a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

  15. NBC4 Washington

    ‘A Moral Giant': South Africans Pay Their Respects to Tutu (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    South Africans of all walks of life are paying their respects to Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican archbishop whose plain pine casket is on view Friday.

  16. New York Times

    In Remembering Tutu, South Africa Reckons With Lasting Challenges (opens New York Times)

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    Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s death has reignited a public conversation about the state of the country’s reconciliation process and its democracy.

  17. NPR

    South Africans line up to pay their last respects to Desmond Tutu (opens NPR)

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    South Africans from all corners of retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu's "rainbow nation" filed past his pine casket in Cape Town. The viewing line at St. George's Cathedral stretched for nearly a mile.

  18. NBC News

    South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero Tutu lies in state for second day (opens NBC News)

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    South Africans lined up for a second day to pay their respects to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whose body lay in state at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town.

  19. France 24

    ‘Rainbow Nation’ of mourners pay last respects to South Africa’s Tutu (opens France 24)

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    South Africans streamed into Cape Town’s cathedral on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the globally venerated anti-apartheid icon, whose body lay in a modest pine coffi…

  20. The Guardian

    Hundreds pay respects to Desmond Tutu ahead of low-key funeral (opens The Guardian)

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    Mourners queue in Cape Town to see casket of former archbishop, who requested a funeral without lavish expense

  21. France 24

    South Africans bid farewell to Tutu on eve of funeral (opens France 24)

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    South Africans on Friday took their last chance to pay their respects to Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the eve of a funeral for the revered anti-apartheid fighter.

  22. Los Angeles Times

    'A moral giant': South Africans pay their last respects to Desmond Tutu (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    The casket of the former archbishop, who died Sunday at 90, went on view in Cape Town's St. George’s Anglican Cathedral, in his native South Africa.

  23. France 24

    South Africa lays Desmond Tutu to rest in state funeral (opens France 24)

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    The state funeral for Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a hero of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, began on Saturday in St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, where for years he preached against rac…

  24. Deutsche Welle

    South Africa lays Archbishop Desmond Tutu to rest | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A modest requiem mass for Archbishop Desmond Tutu has commenced in Cape Town's Anglican cathedral. The anti-apartheid hero died aged 90 on 26 December.

  25. WFMZ Allentown

    Requiem praise for South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    A funeral service is underway in Cape Town, South Africa, for Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the head of the worldwide Anglican church, paid tribute to

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