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Mandela discharged after treatment for respiratory infection

Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was discharged from a South African hospital Friday after treatment for an acute respiratory infection, the nation's surgeon general said.

The 92-year-old former president left the hospital in a motorcade that included an ambulance in the middle.

Doctors are happy with his recovery and he will continue to receive treatment at home, said V.J. Ramlakan, the surgeon general....

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