Yesterday, the House and the Senate worked out final legislation that “will remove from U.S. databases any notation characterizing the ANC and its leaders — including Nobel Laureate and former South African President Nelson Mandela — as terrorists.” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has voiced support lifting the restrictions — even though the State Department has repeatedly opposed the bill — and it now heads to President Bush for his signature.
Update
Today, Nelson Mandela is celebrating his “90th birthday with a giant concert in London” in support of his global AIDS campaign.
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