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Mandela back in hospital for scheduled medical checkup

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital on Saturday for a scheduled medical check-up, the office of the presidency said.

FP Staff|Mar 09, 2013, 23:30:22 IST

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital on Saturday for a scheduled medical check-up, the office of the presidency said."Doctors are conducting tests and have thus far indicated that there is no reason for any alarm," the presidency said in a statement, adding he had been taken to a hospital in Pretoria.(Reporting By Pascal Fletcher; Editing by Ed Cropley)

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