Mandela statue gets London go-ahead, will stand in Parliament Square

LONDON -- A bronze statue of Nelson Mandela is to be erected in front of the Houses of Parliament after a five-year row over where it should stand. The nine-foot high statue of South Africa's first black president will take its place in Parliament Square alongside some of Britain's greatest statesmen like Winston Churchill and Benjamin Disraeli. London Mayor Ken Livingstone had campaigned for years to have the statue on the north terrace of nearby Trafalgar Square but Westminster Council always insisted it would be an obstacle to public events.

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Photo: sculptor Ian Walters with statue model