Tom DeLay's money laundering trial to begin Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:33 PM PDT Opening statements are scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who is charged with illegally funneling corporate money to help elect GOP candidates to the Texas legislature. |
Russian president visits islands over Japanese objections Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:04 PM PDT Russia's president visited the disputed Kuril Islands on Monday, over Japanese protest, Russian state media said. |
Indonesia volcano erupts again Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:53 PM PDT Indonesia's Mount Merapi started spewing hot ash clouds on Monday morning, sending a 1.5-kilometer plume toward the south. |
China starts counting its 1 billion+ people Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:49 PM PDT Census takers are fanning out across China, aiming to visit 400 million households over 10 days. |
Drone strike kills 5 suspected militants in Pakistan Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:22 PM PDT A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region on Monday killed five suspected militants, intelligence officials told CNN. |
China manufacturing jumps as rest of Asia slows Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:19 PM PDT Read full story for latest details. |
Study: Alcohol 'most harmful drug,' followed by crack and heroin Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:13 PM PDT Alcohol ranks "most harmful" among a list of 20 drugs -- beating out crack and heroin -- according to study results released by a British medical journal. |
Cost of condoms, tires set to rise Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:06 PM PDT Read full story for latest details. |
Carmakers rethink troubled marriages Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:10 PM PDT Read full story for latest details. |
Guantanamo detainee Khadr to serve 8 more years in prison Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:09 PM PDT A U.S. military commission sentenced Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr on Sunday to 40 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the murder of an American soldier, but Khadr will serve just eight years as part of his plea agreement. |
Tomas weakens to a tropical storm in the Caribbean Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:05 PM PDT Tomas weakened to a tropical storm Sunday and was churning in the Caribbean after pounding the island of St. Vincent with gusty winds and heavy rain, the National Hurricane Center said. |
Dilma Rousseff: From fugitive guerrilla to Brazil's new president Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:53 PM PDT Dilma Rousseff, who was elected as Brazil's first female president on Sunday, once told reporters that as a typical Brazilian girl in the 1950s she dreamed of becoming a ballerina. |
Pain, incomprehension for tsunami survivors Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:41 PM PDT The first thing you notice is their eyes. Dark misery and utter incomprehension at the horror they have been through. |
Obamas host Halloween at the White House Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:35 PM PDT President Barack Obama welcomed area students and children of military families Sunday to celebrate Halloween at the White House. |
Military widow honors husband in Marine Corps Marathon run Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:07 PM PDT For some athletes, running the Marine Corps Marathon is about the exhilaration of running 26.2 miles, pushing through one's physical limits and the thrill of taking those first steps past the finish line. It requires months of dedicated training and grueling discipline. |
32 injured in apparent suicide bombing in Turkey Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:51 PM PDT At least 32 people were wounded, five seriously, in an apparent suicide bombing in the center of Istanbul on Sunday, police said. |
Clinton urges Japan and China to return to talks over disputed islands Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:30 PM PDT U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tried to defuse tensions between China and Japan, a strategic U.S. partner, on Saturday, asking the two rival nations to return to negotiations over a group of Pacific islands under dispute. |
Bomb may have flown on passenger planes Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:21 PM PDT The explosive found hidden in a package on a plane in the United Arab Emirates on Friday may have traveled on passenger planes to get there, airline officials said Sunday. |
Brazil elects Dilma Rousseff, nation's first woman president Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:49 PM PDT Brazil's new president-elect vowed to continue her predecessor's move to fight against inequality and promote human rights and fight poverty in her victory speech Sunday night. |
Iraqi forces storm church to end standoff; 37 killed Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:28 PM PDT Iraqi security forces stormed a Catholic church Sunday where gunmen suspected of having ties to al Qaeda were holding worshippers hostage, ending an hours-long standoff, police officials said Sunday. |
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