Hostilities escalate to hidden currency war Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:56 PM PDT Read full story for latest details. |
Stevens to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:53 PM PDT Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday. |
Death row inmate wins one-day reprieve from scheduled execution Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:51 PM PDT Convicted murderer Albert Greenwood Brown has won a one-day reprieve from his scheduled execution -- giving him until Thursday to exhaust the last of his appeals. |
URGENT Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:50 PM PDT Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has fired the mayor of Moscow, saying he has lost confidence in the latter's ability to run the city, the state-run RIA-Novosti news agency said Tuesday. |
U.S. soldier suspected in fatal shooting of 2 fellow soldiers Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:42 PM PDT A U.S. soldier is in custody in connection with the shooting deaths of two service members and the injury of another in Iraq, the U.S. military said Tuesday. |
Tea Party Express reveals details of national bus tour Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:41 PM PDT The Tea Party Express revealed details of its final bus tour for 2010 on Monday night, setting the stage for some of the final political battles ahead of midterm elections. |
Man attacks Elmo; Elmo wins Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:40 PM PDT A Florida man picked the wrong day to tickle Elmo. |
Mystery surrounds N. Korea's next possible leader Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:18 PM PDT It was buried in the last paragraph by state-run media: The son of North Korea's "Dear Leader" has been promoted to the rank of general. |
U.N. chief to Myanmar: Free political prisoners Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:08 PM PDT Myanmar needs to show the world its November 7 elections are credible by releasing Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners, said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. |
U.S. official: CIA steps up missile strikes in Pakistan Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:03 PM PDT The CIA has stepped up missile strikes in Pakistan, and the uptick in drone attacks is based on precise intelligence, a U.S. official said. |
Arrest made in shooting near New Jersey campus Posted: 27 Sep 2010 09:45 PM PDT The suspected shooter connected to a killing near Seton Hall University in New Jersey was arrested, authorities said Monday. |
Skiff sinks in Gulf of Aden; 13 people die Posted: 27 Sep 2010 09:07 PM PDT Thirteen people aboard a skiff drowned Monday in the Gulf of Aden as the crew of the U.S. destroyer Winston S. Churchill attempted to assist the disabled vessel, a military statement said. |
Report: WikiLeaks' spokesman to step down Posted: 27 Sep 2010 09:03 PM PDT A leading spokesman for WikiLeaks has said he is stepping down, citing organizational shortcomings and clashes with the group's founder. |
Tapes describe U.S. servicemen killing for sport in Afghanistan Posted: 27 Sep 2010 08:32 PM PDT Tapes obtained by CNN of interrogations of a group of U.S. servicemen charged with unprovoked killings of Afghan civilians describe gruesome scenes of cold-blooded murder. |
Sources: Emanuel all but certain to run for Chicago mayor Posted: 27 Sep 2010 08:19 PM PDT Three Democratic sources close to Rahm Emanuel tell CNN that the White House chief of staff informed senior colleagues he is all but certain to run for mayor of Chicago, and will leave the White House to take the final exploratory steps. |
Senators introduce law to ban 'crush' videos of animal cruelty Posted: 27 Sep 2010 08:08 PM PDT Three U.S. senators introduced legislation Monday to specifically ban so-called "crush videos" -- depictions of small animals being tortured to death by humans. |
North Korean leader's son apparently promoted to general Posted: 27 Sep 2010 07:51 PM PDT North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's youngest son apparently was among more than 30 military promotions announced Monday by his father during celebrations of the Workers' Party of Korea's 65th anniversary, North Korea's state news agency reported. |
Rwanda to keep its peacekeepers in place Posted: 27 Sep 2010 07:37 PM PDT Rwanda will not pull its troops from U.N. peacekeeping missions despite a leaked draft report that accused Rwandan soldiers of genocide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told the U.N. secretary-general Sunday. |
Public perception of BP affected spill response, Allen says Posted: 27 Sep 2010 07:19 PM PDT The public's perception of how the BP oil disaster was handled in the Gulf of Mexico eventually affected the response itself, National Incident Commander Thad Allen said during testimony Monday before the presidential oil spill commission. |
Chavez's party wins most seats in Venezuelan assembly elections Posted: 27 Sep 2010 06:38 PM PDT President Hugo Chavez's ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela won the most seats in Sunday's parliamentary elections but lost the supermajority that has allowed for quick passage of many of Chavez's programs and controversial measures. |
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