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BBC News 6th December 2013 South Africans have gathered in Johannesburg and Soweto to mourn their former leader, Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday aged 95. Crowds paid tribute, dancing and singing in front of Mr Mandela's former home in Soweto throughout the night. Flags flew at half mast after President Jacob Zuma announced his death in a late night national TV address. Mr Mandela spent 27 years in jail before becoming South Africa's first black president in 1994. His administration replaced the racist white-minority regime that had enforced segregation of black and white people in a policy known as apartheid. [...]

BBC News 28th November 2013 The size of some of the large cups that Coca-Cola is sold in "needs to change" the company's Europe president has said. Appearing on BBC Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman, James Quincey said that they wanted to ensure that people had information available to them and "the bigger cups need to come down".

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BBC news 17th November 2013 Helena Morrissey - chief executive of Newton Investment and Opportunity Now gender equality campaigner - has been telling BBC Breakfast about the Project 28-40 study. It aims to survey 100,000 women about their experience of the workplace to address issues such as the glass ceiling and low pay. Ms Morrissey said companies needed to encourage flexible working: "I can see from my older children that they're going to expect work to be an activity, not a place, and companies have yet to respond, which is a huge opportunity for not just women but for anyone who wants to [...]

BBC news 17th November 2013 This week sees the 30th anniversary of the start of online banking in the UK. Over the years the technology's got faster, smaller and smarter. But what does the future hold?