Nelson Mandela Suffering From Lung Infection

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[size=4]Nelson Mandela's recurring lung infection is responding to medical treatments, South Africa's presidential spokesman said today.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=georgia,]
[size=4]The anti-apartheid icon is "receiving appropriate treatment and he is responding to the treatment," Mac Maharaj said early this morning.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=georgia,]
[size=4][url="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/nelson-mandela.htm"]Mandela[/url], 94, was admitted to 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria Saturday for routine medical testing, "which is consistent for his age," South African officials said.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=georgia,]
[size=4]The nation's defense minister Monday said that Mandela was undergoing a series of unspecified tests.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=georgia,]
[size=4]"He is doing very, very well," Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said. "And that it is important for all of us to keep him in our prayers but also to be as calm as is possible and not cause a state of panic in the country."[/size][/font][/color]