Tuesday, September 28, 2010

N. Korean leader's youngest son on rise

N. Korean leader's youngest son on rise

N. Korean leader's youngest son on rise

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:52 PM PDT

With the Korean Workers' Party convening its delegates for the first time in more than four decades, the little-known youngest son of Kim Jong Il is gaining influence.

Mexico landslide traps hundreds, official says

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 11:51 AM PDT

Up to 1,000 people may have been trapped by a landslide in the southwestern Mexico state of Oaxaca, Gov. Ulises Ruiz said Tuesday morning.

Drill passes halfway point in Chile mine rescue bid

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Rescuers have bored more than halfway through the earth and rock separating 33 trapped Chilean miners from the surface they haven't seen since early August, a spokesman for the rescue effort said Tuesday.

Cubans brace for tropical depression

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:27 PM PDT

Tropical storm warnings covered southeastern Florida, the Cayman Islands and parts of Cuba and the Bahamas Tuesday as a new tropical depression formed in the Caribbean and took aim for land, the National Hurricane Center said.

Top al Qaeda commander killed in drone strike

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 10:34 AM PDT

A recent drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed a top al Qaeda commander, two Pakistani security officials told CNN Tuesday.

Oman seeks release of U.S. hikers still jailed in Iran

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 02:48 PM PDT

A delegation from the Persian Gulf state of Oman is currently in Iran to seek the release of two American hikers jailed there for more than a year, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday.

Eiffel Tower evacuated after bomb threat

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:06 PM PDT

French authorities ordered the evacuation of the Eiffel Tower for the second time in less than a month due to a bomb threat, police said Tuesday.

Crying Karzai: 'I have pain in my heart'

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:38 AM PDT

It was supposed to be a day celebrating Afghan achievements in education. Instead, Afghanistan's embattled president broke down crying at an official gathering commemorating International Literacy Day.

Netanyahu says he's meeting with Abbas next month

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 11:46 AM PDT

The U.S. special Mideast envoy arrives in Israel Tuesday as the United States continues its full-court press for resumption of peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians.

Irish Nobel laureate denied entry into Israel

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 10:17 AM PDT

An Irish Nobel Peace Prize laureate was refused entry into Israel on Tuesday because of her participation in an aid flotilla to Gaza in June, a spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.
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