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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 today's nationwide vote over whether to change syria's 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 family member says it was hernia surgery. he's 93 years old. he was in prison for 27 years for figh...

finally, if you thought american debt was worthless, think again. i'll explain. but first, here's 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 claims are down. housing starts are up. things do seem to be getting better, slowly, as i said, but...

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 american air base. just east here of kabul. that of course which i.c.e. have not confirmed. they say the g...

until his deadly regime cracks and collapses because it will. i'm 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. it's time for that regime to move on. and it is time to stop the killing of syrian citizens by their own government. >> despite the words, the killing goes on. we said...

ends and michael holmes joins us from the region with a live report. and did gas prices go up overnight? we'll look at pump prices around the nation and see who is paying the most and why it's going up, up, up. >> from cnn's 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-old's health has declined in recent years and he was largely kept out of sight, shunning public appearances. first o...