Egypt's Mubarak undergoes 'successful' operation

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak had successful surgery to remove his gall bladder on Saturday, a German hospital said, after the veteran leader handed over power to his prime minister while he recovers.Heidelberg University Hospital said in a statement that a growth was also taken out of Mubarak's small intestine, and that the president was fully conscious after the operation.Mubarak, 81, had suffered from chronic calculus cholecystitis, an inflammation of the gall bladder accompanied