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Question
Why did such a large number of international leaders attend the inauguration? What did it signify the triumph of?
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Solution
To be the part of the inauguration, international leaders showed a gesture of solidarity from international community to the idea of end of apartheid. It was the significance of the victory of good over evil and triumph of a tolerant society without any discrimination.
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