| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | 34 killed as Syrians cast votes | | 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. |
| Journalist died trying to escape attack | | Marie Colvin, a veteran correspondent who was killed in Syria last week, died trying to get her shoes so she could escape a shelling attack, her paper reported Sunday. |
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