Thursday, January 20, 2011

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South Korea struggles to control foot-and-mouth epidemic

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 10:47 PM PST

About 134,000 South military personnel are involved in efforts to contain the country's worst ever foot-and-mouth outbreak, the agriculture ministry said Thursday.

Officials: Hollywood Foreign Press member dies in apparent suicide

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 10:46 PM PST

A senior member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has died of an apparent suicide, authorities said Thursday.

Stolen Edgar Degas painting to be returned to France

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 10:13 PM PST

A 19th-century artwork by French artist Edgar Degas will be handed back to the French government Friday -- nearly four decades after it was stolen.

New wave of competition for India telecoms

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 10:09 PM PST

India set the stage for a new wave of competition in its booming telecom industry Thursday as it allowed its 750 million mobile users to change operators without losing their existing cellphone numbers.

Tunisian government lifts ban on political groups

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 09:49 PM PST

Tunisia's new government announced Thursday it will recognize political groups banned under the regime of ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and grant amnesty to all political prisoners.

'Tiger Mothers' leave lifelong scars

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 09:13 PM PST

When CNN called me this week to see if I'd share my thoughts on the backlash surrounding Amy Chua's Wall Street Journal article "Why Chinese Mothers are Superior," I told them I would have much to say. You see, I was raised by two tigers.

Suspect in Irish newlywed death to appear in court

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 09:08 PM PST

A hotel security guard arrested over the death of an Irish newlywed who was strangled on her honeymoon will appear in court Friday, police in Mauritius said.

Former British PM to give new Iraq evidence

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 09:05 PM PST

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will testify before the country's independent Iraq Inquiry on Friday, his second appearance before the panel.

Why did Google's Eric Schmidt step down?

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:16 PM PST

Apple isn't the only high-profile tech company that announced a major change in its executive ranks this week.

Sasha Baron Cohen to bring Saddam novel to big screen

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:01 PM PST

Borat meets Saddam Hussein?

23-story rocket launches U.S. spy satellite

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 07:59 PM PST

The largest rocket ever launched from the West Coast went into space Thursday afternoon carrying a secret "national security" satellite, Vandenberg Air Force Base in California announced.

Critic Roger Ebert to show his facial prosthesis

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 07:57 PM PST

Longtime film critic Roger Ebert, who lost much of his jaw to thyroid cancer, will show off his new face -- thanks to a prosthesis -- when his PBS show debuts this weekend.

Giffords will be flown to Houston hospital Friday

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 07:54 PM PST

In less than two weeks, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a bullet through her brain, has seemingly whizzed by milestones.

Police: California boy, 4, snatched from grandmother's arms

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 07:43 PM PST

Police and the mother of a 4-year-old California boy clung to hope Thursday for the child's safety, days after a man allegedly snatched the pre-schooler from his grandmother's arms then took off.

South Korea struggles to control foot-and-mouth epidemic

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 07:37 PM PST

South Korea's worst ever foot-and-mouth epidemic could cost the country $1.4 billion, the agriculture ministry told CNN. More than two million animals have been killed so far.

Voice found: Woman speaks with new larynx

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 07:29 PM PST

For 11 years, Brenda Charett Jensen couldn't speak. She communicated through an electronic device that sounded like a robot. When the batteries ran out, her conversation was over.

Negotiations under way for high-level talks between North, South Korea

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 07:26 PM PST

South Korea has accepted a North Korean proposal for high-level military talks and will propose working-level talks to pave the way, South Korea's defense ministry said Thursday.

U.S. tempering expectations for multinational talks with Iran

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 06:55 PM PST

The United States is tamping down expectations of making any real progress in the latest round of talks this week aimed at getting Iran to stop its nuclear program.

DA: 2 additional teens won't be charged in LA high school shooting

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 06:46 PM PST

Two Los Angeles teens arrested after a shooting that wounded and hospitalized two of their fellow Gardena High School students, including one in critical condition with a head wound, will not be charged with a crime, police said Thursday.

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