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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Dec 20, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Veteran rock stars Bono, Dave Stewart and Joe Strummer have written a song in tribute to former South African President Nelson Mandela. "48864," the song's title, is the number Mandela wore as a prisoner of the apartheid regime. It will be played by the three entertainers at a Feb. 2 AIDS benefit concert on Robben Island, where Mandela was held prisoner. Mandela, 84, emerged from prison to become South Africa's first democratic president in 1994. He stepped down in 1999 and has since become a vocal activist in...