The South African presidency says Nelson Mandela has undergone a successful operation in Pretoria to remove gall stones. He's said to be recovering well. Karen Allen reports from Johannesburg.
It's been much concern about the ailing former president's health after he was admitted to a hospital in Pretoria a week ago. There has been limited detail about his medical condition or even which hospital the former president is being treated in. But today the government shed more light, revealing the test showed the recurrence of lung infection and the presence of gall stones. Doctors decided to treat Nelson Mandela's lung problem first before determining whether to attend the gall stones.
Turkish police and special forces have seized 20 tons of marijuana worth about 22 million dollars, in a series of raids targeting the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, around the southeastern city of Diyarbakir. The governor of Diyarbakir province said the raids were a huge blow to what he called the terrorist's income.
A report by the governing body of world football FIFA has found what it termed compelling evidence of match fixing in several international friendlies that South Africa played before hosting the 2010 World Cup. The South African Football Association, which was handed the report on Friday, said it showed it had been infiltrated by a now convicted Singaporean match fixer, Wilson Perumal.
BBC News.
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