Leslie Nielsen, star of 'Airplane!' and 'Naked Gun,' dead at 84 Posted: 28 Nov 2010 10:53 PM PST Leslie Nielsen, whose longtime career as a dramatic actor took a sudden turn into comedy with spoofs like "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun," has died at age 84, his family said Sunday. |
Ivory Coast awaits results after tense runoff election Posted: 28 Nov 2010 10:50 PM PST Officials in Ivory Coast said partial results are expected Monday in a presidential runoff election that was marked by fewer voters at the polls and more violent disturbances than last month's first round. |
Somali-American accused of bomb plot in Oregon to appear in court Posted: 28 Nov 2010 10:40 PM PST A 19-year-old Somali-American, accused of planning to detonate what he believed was a vehicle bomb, is expected to make an initial appearance in a Portland, Oregon, federal court Monday. |
North Korea slams U.S. exercises with South Posted: 28 Nov 2010 10:19 PM PST North Korea sharply criticized U.S. and South Korean military drills Sunday in a statement issued several hours after the exercises began. |
Haiti's government declares elections success; candidates allege fraud Posted: 28 Nov 2010 10:14 PM PST Haitian officials declared the country's national elections a success -- just hours after two-thirds of the candidates in the presidential race called for an annulment of the vote due to irregularities. |
Leaked cable suggests American diplomats told to intelligence gather Posted: 28 Nov 2010 10:03 PM PST A 2009 cable sent from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to American U.N. missions and embassies around the world ostensibly directed American diplomats to engage in intelligence-gathering. |
Explosion levels house in Chicago Posted: 28 Nov 2010 09:52 PM PST Fire officials in Chicago, Illinois, are investigating an explosion that flattened a home on the city's far South Side and sent three people to local hospitals. |
Man falls to death during game at Chicago's Soldier Field Posted: 28 Nov 2010 09:19 PM PST Police in Chicago, Illinois, are investigating the death of a man who fell from the upper level of Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears, to the ground outside the stadium, police said. |
U.S. role in Yemen covered up by its president, WikiLeaks file reveals Posted: 28 Nov 2010 08:46 PM PST In public, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has consistently played down any U.S. military role in air strikes against al Qaeda targets in Yemen, but one of the secret U.S. cables published by WikiLeaks paints a different picture. |
Pro-West parties take setback in early Moldova election results Posted: 28 Nov 2010 08:12 PM PST The polls are closed and the votes are being tallied in the former Soviet state of Moldova after it held its third parliamentary election in two years on Sunday. |
Embassy cable tells of American's escape from Iran on horseback Posted: 28 Nov 2010 08:08 PM PST The tens of thousands of diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks and released Sunday are full of policy discussions and geo-strategic issues -- but they also tell some fascinating human stories. |
Ivory Coast rivals face off in election Posted: 28 Nov 2010 07:53 PM PST Polls opened Sunday in Ivory Coast's runoff presidential election. |
U.S. fears Iran has long-range missile, but Russia calls it a 'myth' Posted: 28 Nov 2010 07:44 PM PST The United States believes that North Korea is supplying Iran with long-range missiles, suggesting Iran has strike capabilities are stronger than discussed in public, according to one of the leaked U.S. diplomatic cables released Sunday. |
U.S. documents obtained by WikiLeaks posted despite site problem Posted: 28 Nov 2010 07:37 PM PST The whistleblower website WikiLeaks said Sunday that it was under cyber attack, preventing it from posting tens of thousands of classified U.S. diplomatic cables, it said via Twitter Sunday. |
France, Germany agree on future crises plan Posted: 28 Nov 2010 07:26 PM PST Read full story for latest details. |
Amazon seeks global expansion Posted: 28 Nov 2010 07:24 PM PST Read full story for latest details. |
WikiLeaks begins releasing trove of U.S. diplomatic messages Posted: 28 Nov 2010 07:24 PM PST The online whistle-blower site WikiLeaks began publishing more than 250,000 diplomatic cables from U.S. embassies around the world Sunday, spawning sharp condemnation from the White House and congressional leaders. |
WikiLeaks: Ambassador calls Zimbabwe's Mugabe clever, a bully Posted: 28 Nov 2010 07:21 PM PST More than three years ago, the outgoing U.S. ambassador in Zimbabwe, Christopher W. Dell, wrote a valedictory note about the government of President Robert Mugabe. It was titled simply "The End is Nigh." |
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