Spain's Rafa Nadal apologizes for accidental Mandela death tweet and Ajax the police dog gets prestigious award

On Monday, after reading a fake message from someone who claimed to be the British journalist Piers Morgan, Spanish tennis star Rafael (Rafa) Nadal tweeted news of the death of former South African president Nelson Mandela.

As the people of South Africa pray for the health of Nelson Mandela, who is back in hospital in intensive care suffering from a recurring lung condition, someone sent out a fake tweet saying that he had passed away.

Rafa Nadal, the Spanish tennis star, saw the fake tweet and reacted by sending his own message:

"Today we lost one of the most important and relevant people in our world. Rest in peace Nelson Mandela".

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Life-saving Spanish police dog receives top award from PDSA

 The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in the UK has awarded a prestigious international prize to a German Shepherd dog named Ajax, who works with the Spanish Guardia Civil bomb squad.

Ajax will receive the award for detecting bombs placed by the Basque terrorist group ETA on the Spanish island of Mallorca in July 2009.

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