| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | U.S. workers no-shows in Egypt court | | Egypt's criminal fraud case against 16 American aid workers is set to begin Sunday as a senior U.S. administration official said intense discussions are under way with Cairo to avert a trial that threatens U.S. military aid to the country. |
| Constitutional referendum under way | | In what the government touts as a move toward reform, Syria's constitutional referendum kicked off Sunday to widespread skepticism that the regime would stop slaughtering civilians. |
| Mandela released from hospital | | Nelson Mandela looked "healthy and happy" Sunday, a day after officials said the ailing anti-apartheid icon underwent treatment for an abdominal ailment at a South African hospital. |
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