[DEBATE] : (That terrorist Nelson Mandela) Still on U.S. watchlist

[Riaz K Tayob]

Date:04/05/2008 URL: 
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Still on U.S. watchlist



Nelson Mandela

WASHINGTON: Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela still figures on the 
U.S. terrorist watchlist and needs special permission to visit the 
country. . U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had termed the 
situation “embarrassing,” and some members of Congress have vowed to fix 
it, USA Today reported.. Chairman of the House International Relations 
Committee Howard Berman is pushing a Bill that will remove current and 
former leaders of the African National Congress from the list. 
Supporters hope to get it passed before Mr. Mandela’s 90th birthday on 
July 18. — PTI

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