Wednesday, December 19, 2012

South Africa:Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela spends 12th day in hospital

Former South African President Nelson Mandela. PHOTO/PETER DEJONG /AP

Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is spending a twelfth day in a South African hospital after being diagnosed with a lung infection and undergoing gallstone surgery.

South Africa's government has said the 94-year-old Mandela was admitted December 8 to a hospital in the country's capital, Pretoria. Officials said Mandela underwent an endoscopic surgery to remove gallstones Saturday after doctors treated him for a

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