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                   Mandela Has Surgery to Remove Gall Stones

   by VOA News

   Former South African leader Nelson Mandela underwent a surgical
   "procedure" Saturday to remove gallstones.
   A statement from the South African presidency says doctors performed an
   endoscopy on the 94-year-old former president.  It says the procedure
   was successful and that Mr. Mandela is recovering.
   The anti-apartheid icon was hospitalized in Pretoria a week ago.
   Doctors initially said Mr. Mandela had suffered a recurrence of a lung
   infection.
   The latest statement said doctors detected the gallstones in their
   initial tests but decided to attend to the lung infection first.
   South African officials have been vague about where Mr. Mandela is
   being treated, citing a need to keep pressure off his doctors.
   Mr. Mandela, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, became South Africa's first
   black president in 1994.  He has grown frail and has made few public
   appearances in recent years.
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