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JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Nelson Mandela was back in hospital on Saturday in a "serious but stable" condition suffering from a recurrent lung infection, the latest health scare for South Africa's frail anti-apartheid icon.Mandela, who turns 95 next month, was admitted to hospital in the capital Pretoria in the early hours of Saturday, his fourth hospital stay in seven months ."During the past few days former president Nelson Mandela has had a recurrence of lung infection," President Jacob Zuma's office said in a statement."This morning at about 1:30 am (2330 GMT Friday) his condition deteriorated and he was transferred to a Pretoria hospital. He remains in a serious but stable condition."The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has long had problems with his lungs, had been released from hospital in April following a 10-day stay for treatment for pneumonia.In December 2012, he was hospitalised for 18 days for a lung infection and for gallstones surgery, his longest stay since he walked free from 27 years in jail in 1990...
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