S. Africa's De Klerk out of hospital
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South Africa's last apartheid president FW de Klerk was discharged from hospital on Wednesday following an operation to have a pacemaker fitted, paying tribute to his ailing successor Nelson Mandela's legacy of reconciliation.
De Klerk, 77, who spent the night in a Cape Town hospital, fell ill after returning early from a European trip due to his fellow Nobel peace laureate's grave condition.
After leaving hospital he lauded Mandela's "philosophy of the necessity for reconciliation".
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"I think his legacy will become much more alive again and it can only be good for South Africa," De Klerk told the eNCA news channel.
Mandela is spending a 26th day in hospital with a recurring lung infection.
De Klerk said he had felt light-headed while in London and visited his physician once home.
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"It could have become much more serious," he told the broadcaster.
As the country's last apartheid ruler, De Klerk released Mandela after 27 years of apartheid prison in 1990 in a move that paved the way to multi-race democracy.
Mandela became president four years later and De Klerk served as one of his two deputies.