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US Supreme Court justice Ginsburg hospitalized

Other News Materials 5 February 2009 23:14 (UTC +04:00)

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery Thursday for pancreatic cancer and will remain in hospital at least a week, the country's top court said in a statement, dpa reported.

Ginsburg, 75, was discovered to have a small tumour in the pancreas during a routine check-up in January. She was operated on successfully at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre but would remain at the hospital for 7-10 days, the court said.

Ginsburg is considered one of the more left-leaning of the court's nine justices. She was appointed to the Supreme Court by former president Bill Clinton in 1993.

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