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                       Mandela Spends First Night at Home

   Nelson Mandela has spent his first full day at home after being
   discharged from a Pretoria hospital.
   The former South African leader and anti-apartheid icon was discharged
   Sunday after spending nearly three months in intensive care.
   There were no official updates on his condition Monday. A statement
   from President Jacob Zuma`s office Sunday said Mr. Mandela`s condition
   remains "critical and at times unstable."
   It says he will continue his recovery at his home north of Johannesburg
   and receive the same level of intensive care that he did in the
   hospital, administered by the same doctors.
   The 95-year-old former leader was rushed to the hospital June 8 because
   of a recurring lung infection. He has been in and out of Pretoria`s
   Mediclinic Heart Hospital for much of the past year.
   Mr. Mandela is revered in South Africa and beyond for his role in
   ending official racial discrimination and white minority rule. After
   spending 27 years in prison, he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and
   was elected South African`s first black president the following year.
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