In a surprise move (...ahem), the United States have removed Nelson Mandela and South African government officials belonging to the ANC party from the list of terrorist suspects. The ANC was designated as a terrorist organization by South Africa's apartheid regime and many Western governments followed this policy line.
Although South Africa has had a relatively free and fair democracy for over a decade and despite the fact that Madiba is also on another famous list (Nobel something or other), U.S. lawmakers had postponed this amendment until now.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called the issue "rather embarassing".
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