Mandela off U.S. terrorism watch lists
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela is to be removed from U.S. terrorism watch lists under a bill President Bush signed Tuesday.
Mandela and other members of the African National Congress have been on the list because of their fight against South Africa's apartheid regime, which gave way to majority rule in 1994.
Apartheid was the nation's system of legalized racial segregation that was enforced by the National Party government between 1948 and 1994.
File this one under "It's about effing TIME!" He never belonged on that list in the first place.
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