Addressing the cheering stadium, Obama, says, we are here to celebrate a life like none other.

To the people of S Africa, the world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us.

His struggle was your struggle, his triumph was your triumph.

It is hard to eulogise any man. To capture facts and the dates that make a man. The private moments, joys and sorrows that make a man. How much harder to do so for a giant of history. "