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    Mandela, 93, leaves hospital after minor surgery

    JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former President Nelson Mandela was released from the hospital Sunday after an overnight stay for minor diagnostic surgery to determine the cause of an abdominal complaint, a spokesman for the country's current leader said.

    Spokesman Mac Maharaj said the 93-year-old Nobel peace laureate had undergone a laparoscopy, a procedure that involves surgeons making an incision in the belly to insert a thin, lighted tube to look at abdominal organs.

    "The doctors have decided to send him home as the diagnostic procedure he underwent did not indicate anything seriously wrong with him," President Jacob Zuma's office added in a statement.

    Officials had not disclosed where he was being treated to protect his privacy.

    Earlier in the day, Zuma had released a statement saying that Mandela was "surrounded by his family and is relaxed and comfortable."

    "The doctors are happy with the progress he is making. We thank all South Africans for their love and support of Madiba. We also thank all for affording Madiba and his family privacy and dignity," said Zuma, referring to Mandela by his clan name.

    Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison for fighting racist white rule, became South Africa's first black president in 1994 and served one five-year term. He now is officially retired, and last appeared in public in July 2010.

    On Sunday, well-wishers prayed for Mandela at Regina Mundi church in Soweto, a former center of anti-apartheid protests and funerals.

    In 1997, Mandela spoke at the church, calling it a "battlefield between forces of democracy and those who did not hesitate to violate a place of religion with tear gas, dogs and guns."

     

    26 comments

    • The Dude  •  Collinsville, Illinois  •  2 mths ago
      and this is supposed to be newsworthy?
    • benjamin63_99  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      @Anchor baby -- "That's right wing rhetoric to cloud a hero"

      Sorry, shortbus, but Roberts is right. On the CBS News at the height of the "free Mandela" mania, I watched footage of Mandela's thugs "ringing" a 6 year old boy for supposedly being a snitch. Let me repeat that -- A 6 YEAR OLD BOY! There is NO justification for murdering innocent children! NEVER!
    • benjamin63_99  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      Mandela is an avowed Marxist who wrote a treatise called "How to be a Good Communist". He has gone on the record praising Saddam, and counts Fidel Castro among his BFFs. He founded MK, which was defined as a terrorist organization by the US. While in America in 1990, he praised the 4 Puerto Ricans who burst into Congress in 1954, and shot a Congressman in an idiotic bid to "win" Puerto Rico's "freedom" from American "tyranny". Once he and the ANC took control of South Africa, the country became a third-world hell hole!

      But why let the facts get in the way?
    • rushtown  •  Irvine, California  •  3 mths ago
      Bottle up
    • Mickey  •  Willards, Maryland  •  3 mths ago
      why do you let racist a holes comments on this site most of them are cowards hiding behind a computer anyway.
      • roberts 3 mths ago
        like you. I challenged a person once told him where we would meet, he may have showed up a lot of people did, but when I asked if he was there nobody stepped up.
    • Fola A  •  Lagos, Nigeria  •  3 mths ago
      Great man! We could use such a unifying figure in my country.
    • viper  •  Charleston, West Virginia  •  3 mths ago
      Get well soon and god bless you. You are one of the greatest leaders on the planet
      • The Dude 2 mths ago
        you are a F idiot
      • viper 2 mths ago
        Im the idiot you cant come up with anything better than the dude. Your a #$%$
    • Blueberry P  •  3 mths ago
      This world needs more men and women like Nelson Mandela especially in the middle-east,,,
    • CHINA  •  3 mths ago
      Get well soon Mr. Mandela!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • anchor baby  •  3 mths ago
      A hero..
    • Bea Jesus  •  Intercourse, Pennsylvania  •  3 mths ago
      When I see Mr. Mandela and think about the horrible injustice under which he suffered, it makes me feel a deep sadness. I wish he could recover the 28 years he spent as a prisoner. Recover soon and be well!
    • Christopher  •  Nashua, New Hampshire  •  3 mths ago
      Well, looks like the racists are up early this morning. Apparently they were able to get their fingers out of their daughters long enough to post online comments bashing one of the most universally respected men on the planet.
      • viper 3 mths ago
        O hell yes that's good chris i totally agree with you.
      • The Dude 2 mths ago
        my tongue- not fingers
    • Faye  •  Amsterdam, The Netherlands  •  3 mths ago
      He leaves kind comments daily on the Chewstroke homepage....we love him, get well soon!
    • roberts  •  Dallas, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      I don't know about Nelson M but I understant that his wife killed hundreds of children of opponents. so go figure
    • Del Rose  •  3 mths ago
      Truth. I've studied Mandela for years, and the more I delve into his past, the less I admire him. I'm not one to admire someone due to his/her lengthy imprisonment. Thumbs me down all you want, because these are 'my' truths.
    • taker  •  3 mths ago
      He is one Terrorist that should have been left to rot in jail. Look at South Africa now, a worthless mess !!
      • viper 3 mths ago
        He's not the president now and yes the country has taken a turn backward. when he was the leader they were in good shape. Learn the facts before you comment you pos loser
      • Robert 3 mths ago
        Your an idiot
      • Don 3 mths ago
        Taker, you sound like you're one of, or, a child of one of those die-hard Afrikana losers like Pik & Rolf Botha. Look where racism got them... in the dust bin of history. You too will end up in the dust bin where you truly belong, just like the rest of all those bottom-feeding #$%$ bags.
    • sandy j  •  Conway, Arkansas  •  3 mths ago
      93 YEARS OLD... Haven't you out lived your purpose by then...
    • Marie Hayes  •  3 mths ago
      another obstacle you have over came
    • TJ  •  3 mths ago
      This murderous thug will eventually meet his maker . . . where he will be dispatched to hell along with lenin, stalin, pol pot, ho chi minh, idi amin, woodrow wilson, fdr and other evil people . . .
    • The Great White Man  •  Greenwood, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      I am waitng for a funeral notice.
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