
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, July 2, 1990                   TAG: 9007020102
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: DUBLIN, IRELAND                                LENGTH: Short

MANDELA WELCOMED BY ECSTATIC IRISH

Nelson Mandela arrived to a rapturous Irish welcome Sunday, urging that sanctions against South Africa be kept up so that apartheid is ended "not tomorrow but now."

The Irish, staunch supporters of the black South African leader, thronged Dawson Street in the center of the capital as Mandela arrived from the United States for a ceremony giving him the freedom of Dublin.

It was a highly symbolic moment at the Mansion House, seat of the city's government. Dublin made Mandela an honorary citizen two years ago, the first capital city to do so, but had to wait until now for him to get out of prison and accept the honor.

- Associated Press

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