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Good evening, from soweto on the streets where so much blood was shed in a long and bitter battle against apartheid. Streets tonight have been a place of celebration for the life of Nelson Mandela. Much more on that in a few moments. But our top story tonight comes from california, where an 85yearold american man is home after a sevenweek ordeal as a prisoner in north korea. The end of a tense standoff came suddenly, the north korean government saying Merrill Newman, a korean war vet with a heart condition was released for humanitarian reasons. Nbcs mike taibbi is in palo alto with more for us. Good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. The north korean officers say they deported Merrill Newman, others say he was freed after a detention that never should have happened. Bottom line, the 85yearold the exmarine for a trip ....

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