11. Canada bestowed honorary citizenship on Nelson Mandela, making him only the second foreigner to receive the honor. 12. City leaders awarded him honorary citizenship Wednesday in a ceremony of patriotic music. 13. City leaders awarded him honorary citizenship Tuesday in a ceremony of patriotic music. 14. Former U.S. President George Bush, making a two-day visit to Poland, on Thursday received honorary citizenship of the Renaissance city of Krakow. 15. Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger received honorary citizenship Wednesday from the town he and his family fled during the Nazi regime. 16. Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was awarded an honorary citizenship by Mathieu Kerekou, the president of the West African country of Benin. 17. In South Africa, Chretien will meet with President Thabo Mbeki and former President Nelson Mandela, who received honorary Canadian citizenship last year from the prime minister. 18. In Warsaw, a group of former political prisoners want to honor him and the southern Renaissance city of Krakow plans to award him honorary citizenship. 19. Jordan said Tuesday it had granted honorary citizenship to Prabowo, a son-in-law of Suharto who is suspected in the abduction and torture of pro-democracy protesters earlier this year. 20. Lausanne will not consider awarding honorary citizenship to Olympic chief Juan Antonio Samaranch because the mayor fears the move would lead to a political fight. |