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South Africa's first black President and global icon of the struggle against Apartheid, Nelson Mandela, has been hospitalized Saturday with a recurring lung infection. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN, MAC MAHARAJ, SAYING: "His condition deteriorated to the point where it was found necessary to hospitalise him. He is in a hospital in Pretoria now. The doctors report as at this morning that his condition is serious but he is stable." Mandela has suffered respiratory problems ever since he contracted tuberculoses at the notorious Robben Island prison camp near Cape Town. Mandela served nearly three decades behind bars for conspiring to overthrow the apartheid government. Widely seen as a unifying figure, Mandela enjoys popularity across South Africa. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOURIST IN SOWETO, INNOCENT MAGODZE, SAYING: "Get well soon Papa Madiba, we want you to be well very soon, we miss you." (SOUNDBITE)(English) TOURIST IN SOWETO

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: People gathered outside the Royal Palace in Stockholm on Saturday to catch a glimpse of Princess Madeleine as she marries New York banker Christopher O'Neill. Some of them had been waiting since early morning. Throughout the day, more and more people gathered outside the palace in the Old Town where the wedding, attended by European royals and socialites from across the Atlantic, will take place at 1600 local time (1400 GMT). Exchange student Juliane Redinger from the United States was sitting with her friends on a wall to get a better view. She said she had come to see the wedding because it was "cool". "Because it's cool I guess. She's the princess of Sweden and she's getting married, that's cool. And to an American, that's the best part," she said. The 30-year-old Princess Madeleine, who earned a reputation for partying in her 20s, will marry Christopher O'Neill, 38, who was born and raised in Britain but a

Preparing for the worst - residents in the Hungarian village of Mecser hope these sandbags will save the town from rising flood waters in the River Danube. Some 600 residents and a few hundred volunteers worked to reinforce the riverbanks near the village on Saturday. A state of emergency has been declared in Hungary with the worst situation in and around the capital Budapest. Mescer is some 150 kilometers west of Budapest. Some residents remained optimistic however. (SOUNDBITE) (Hungarian) MECSER RESIDENT, ZSOLT NAGY, SAYING: "This village was flooded completely in 1954, including the house where I was born. Now the level of water is almost the same as it was then, but the dams are in much better conditions, and we started defence on time, so I hope we will have success." There were similar scenes in northern Germany where residents in the town of Magdeburg were also bracing themselves for the deluge. Large parts of the east of the count

Nelson Mandela was back in hospital on Saturday in a "serious but stable" condition suffering from a recurrent lung infection, the latest health scare for South Africa's frail anti-apartheid icon. Duration: 01:00

A black-clad gunman killed at least four people in a shooting rampage in the US state of California, before police shot him dead in a college library, officials said. Duration: 01:16

Former South African president Nelson Mandela is in a 'serious but stable condition' in hospital according to presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj. Report by Gillettr. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

Some day my prince will come. It was the fervent hope of the Disney character Snow White and now it appears to have come true for Sweden's Princess Madeleine. She will wed her prince New York banker Christopher O'Neill later today. ...http://www.euronews.net/

EDIT CONTAINS 4:3 MATERIAL It was a celebrity's welcome as Kabang the wonder dog returned to her home in the Philippines on Saturday to a slew of reporters and cameras. The two year old shepherd mix had been in the U.S. for treatment after her snout was ripped off in a traffic accident. Here's what happened. The daughter of Kebang's owner, a nine year old girl, along with her three year old cousin, were crossing a busy street in southern Philippines. They were about to get hit by a speeding motorcycle when Kebang jumped in front of it. She saved the girls lives, but nearly sacrificed her own. Her upper snout and jaw were completely torn off. But the story of her heroism gained international attention. Thousands of supporters from around the world sent in money for her to receive reconstructive surgery at the University of California, Davis in the U.S. During a five hour procedure, doctors closed her facial wound and reconstructed her nasal openings.

An actress living in Texas has been arrested and charged with sending letters laced with the deadly poison ricin to, among others, President Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg....http://www.euronews.net/

Jayne Wells-Burr says her family see no future without their daughter Catherine who was murdered by her boyfriend Rafal Nowak. Report by Aldredg. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

A man with a semi-automatic rifle killed at least four people and wounded several others Friday as he carried out a deadly rampage across several blocks of Santa Monica, Calif. Police shot him dead in the Santa Monica College Library. (June 8)Copyright 2013 The Associated Press

At least five people are dead after a gunman went on a shooting spree in Santa Monica California on Friday that ended with the gunman being killed by police on the campus of a community college. Police say the rampage started before noon when they received calls about a house fire, a carjacking and several shootings. Some bodies were discovered at the scene of the fire... more bodies were found at other locations. A Santa Monica police officer explained what happened next. SOUNDBITE (English) JACQUELINE SEABROOKS, SANTA MONICA POLICE CHIEF, SAYING: "The suspect headed toward the library, shot a woman on the campus just before entering the library, accosted a number of patrons inside the library and attempted to shoot at them. Those individuals were able to find safety in a safe location inside the library however he continued to shoot at them. The officers came in and directly engaged the suspect and he was shot and killed on the scene." Police say a

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Authorities say a gunman carrying an assault-style rifle killed at least six people in Santa Monica before police killed him during a gunfight in the Santa Monica College library. (June 7, 2013)Copyright 2013 The Associated Press

The decline of America's institutions, and the related rise in red tape that hinders business, may spell the nation's economic doom. Harvard's Niall Ferguson talks to WSJ's Charles Forelle about the theory outlined in his new book "The Great Degeneration." Copyright 2013, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.