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Mandela named Burundi mediator

    JOHANNESBURG
    African leaders on Wednesday named former South African President Nelson Mandela as the new mediator for talks aimed at ending Burundi's six-year-old civil war. South African officials confirmed news reports that Mandela's appointment had been announced after a closed-door meeting in Arusha, Tanzania. Mandela replaces former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, who died of leukemia in October. South African President Thabo Mbeki accepted the appointment on Mandela's behalf.

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