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that disaster. more people hurt, more people killed today across syria. this is the city of homa where nine people died today in street battles between security forces and anti-government fighters. violence across the country has not let up, despite todays nationwide vote over whether to change syrias constitution. nelson mandela, the founding father of democracy in south africa is out of the hospital. he was discharged today after undergoing treatment for an abdominal ailment. a f...

finally, if you thought american debt was worthless, think again. ill explain. but first, heres my take. the american economy seems to have picked up. the dow jones industrial average is hovering around 13,000, the highest since the financial crisis began in may 2008. the nasdaq is actually at its highest level since the technology bubble burst more than a decade ago. now, stock prices around everything, but data from the economy on the ground is also slowly getting better. jobless c...

information, what has emerged is two americans have been shot dead on the afghan interior ministry compound. apparently according to afghan police source on a secure part in that compound where western forces have some of their training personnel. the taliban have leaped forward to claim responsibility, saying that the gunman was work for him. naming him as abdul rackman and saying he was acting in revenge because of the burning of the koran that happened about a week ago on the americ...

until his deadly regime cracks and collapses because it will. im absolutely confident of that. >> late today, president obama called for greater pressure on assad to go. >> all of us who have been seeing the terrible pictures coming out of syria and homs recently, recognize it is absolutely imperative for the international community to rally and send a clear message to president assad that it is time for a transition. its time for that regime to move on. and it is time to stop the kill...

ends and michael holmes joins us from the region with a live report. and did gas prices go up overnight? well look at pump prices around the nation and see who is paying the most and why its going up, up, up. >> from cnns world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. former president nelson mandela is in the hospital right now. officials are calling it an abdominal complaint. the 93-year-olds health has dec...

get aid in and dead and wounded out. friends of syria group includes u.s., arab and european nations. preparing to give legitimacy to the opposition. arab nations have started supplying arms to syrian rebels. protesters on the street in afghanistan voicing outrage over the kwurning of qurans by troops. eight people have been killed in todays demonstrations. nato says burning the cqurans w mistake. gas prices shot up 12 cents this week alone nationwide the average bright, 3.64. in s...

roulette. straight to washington we go to lizzie oleary. were talking gas prices. they jumped 3 cents a gallon from yesterday to a national average of 6 cents a gallon. why have they gone up? >> i wish i could give you the political sound bite the politicians want, but its just not that simple. the world is big. there are three things driving this, and that is essentially the price of oil thats influenced by iran and the middle east, supply and demand, you have a lot of people, certa...

he called it an inadvertent error. that has not quieted the protests in afghanistan. the talibans calling on muslims to seek revenge. whos going to be the prime minister of australia come monday. the stage is set for a showdown. the governing labor party will vote on monday. rudd says ms. gill lard cant win the next election. well have more on that story in just a moment. im zain verjee. "world business today." good morning. from cnn london, im nina dos santos. this is "world busin...

im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." whats the latest on the fight between the front-runners. >> reporter: wolf, its pretty clear last nights debate touched off a very personal tone in the race for the gop nomination. thats because theres a lot riding on the next several days. >> i hope you watched the debate last night. it was kind of fun. >> reporter: the morning after the debate, mitt romney had a smile on his face, swinging away at rick santorum. >> i dont know that iv...

the right. a new television ad that labels him as a fake. why? >> because hes a fake. >> while i was fighting to save the olympics you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. >> were going to stay with cnn, full highlights from last nights republican debates live from phoenix in just a moment. and gas prices have jumped again. up 3% -- three cents, rather, overnight, according to aaa. average is $3.61. it is still going up. economists say the gas could jump to 4 or even $5 a gal...