WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- Officials say Nelson Mandela will be removed from U.S. terrorism watch lists under a new law waiving travel restrictions on the Nobel Peace Prize winner. The measure signed by President George Bush Tuesday authorizes the U.S. State Department to waive travel restrictions on Mandela and other members of the African National Congress who were listed for activities they carried out against South Africa's apartheid regime decades ago, said Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass.; Bob Corker, R-Tenn.; and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., in a news release. The senators sponsored legislation to remove the former South African president and others ANC leaders from the lists.
The measure signed by President George Bush Tuesday authorizes the U.S. State Department to waive travel restrictions on Mandela and other members of the African National Congress who were listed for activities they carried out against South Africa's apartheid regime decades ago, said Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass.; Bob Corker, R-Tenn.; and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., in a news release.
The senators sponsored legislation to remove the former South African president and others ANC leaders from the lists.
