| Palestinian factions plan formal signing of reconciliation deal Posted: 03 May 2011 11:09 PM PDT The two largest Palestinian factions -- the West Bank-based Fatah and the Islamist group Hamas, which rules Gaza -- are expected to hold a formal signing of a political reconciliation agreement Wednesday in Cairo.  |
| India broadens search for missing chopper into Bhutan Posted: 03 May 2011 11:08 PM PDT Rescue crews trekked difficult terrains in India's remote northeast and neighboring Bhutan in search of a helicopter carrying a senior government leader -- five days after it disappeared from radar, authorities said Wednesday.  |
| How U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden Posted: 03 May 2011 10:53 PM PDT Under the cover of night, U.S. helicopters steered toward a secure compound in Pakistan on a mission to capture or kill the world's most-notorious terrorist.  |
| Crews recover 3 bodies from Mexican mine as search continues Posted: 03 May 2011 10:04 PM PDT Teams searched early Wednesday for 11 workers trapped in a mine in northern Mexico after an explosion, Mexico's labor secretary said.  |
| Deutsche Bank hit by $1B U.S. lawsuit Posted: 03 May 2011 09:40 PM PDT Read full story for latest details.  |
| China's festival organizers fight for the right to party Posted: 03 May 2011 09:07 PM PDT "It's totally not sex drugs and rock 'n' roll in China," says Scarlett Li, organizer of the Zebra Music Festival that took place in Chengdu last weekend. "But there is a beer sponsor."  |
| Spreading terror: From bin Laden to Facebook in Southeast Asia Posted: 03 May 2011 08:38 PM PDT Osama bin Laden's death is a moral victory, but it may turn out to be nothing more than that.  |
| Portugal reaches deal on bail-out Posted: 03 May 2011 08:21 PM PDT Read full story for latest details.  |
| CIA says release of Osama bin Laden's photo likely Posted: 03 May 2011 08:09 PM PDT CIA Director Leon Panetta said Tuesday he thinks a photograph of Osama bin Laden's body will be released at some point, but that it is up to the White House to make the final call.  |
| 'Obama got Osama' won't win in 2012 Posted: 03 May 2011 08:05 PM PDT Well, that didn't last long.  |
| Obama on Sunday: A photo for the ages? Posted: 03 May 2011 07:31 PM PDT It may prove to be the defining image of Barack Obama's presidency.  |
| Rescuers begin search for 14 trapped Mexican miners Posted: 03 May 2011 07:25 PM PDT Rescue efforts were starting Tuesday night at a mine in northern Mexico where 14 workers were trapped after an explosion, authorities said.  |
| Administration's initial misstatements raise questions Posted: 03 May 2011 07:18 PM PDT Within 24 hours of Osama bin Laden's death in a U.S. assault on his compound in Pakistan, administration and government officials -- both cloaked in anonymity and on the record -- provided misleading if not erroneous information about what happened in the al Qaeda leader's final moments.  |
| Details of raid on bin Laden compound unfold Posted: 03 May 2011 07:12 PM PDT Osama bin Laden was not armed but did put up resistance when U.S. forces stormed a compound outside Islamabad and killed him, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday.  |
| Missing Boy Scout troop found in Arkansas national forest Posted: 03 May 2011 07:09 PM PDT A National Guard helicopter made a tight landing Tuesday to rescue Boy Scouts who were missing after a weekend camping and hiking trip in an Arkansas national forest, officials said.  |
| Levee breach lowers river, but record flooding still forecast Posted: 03 May 2011 07:06 PM PDT The intentional breach of a levee on the Mississippi River is sending 396,000 cubic feet per second of water onto 200 square miles of fertile Missouri farmland. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the operation is helping to ease unprecedented flood pressure on other areas.  |
| Exodus of Libyans to Tunisia resumes Posted: 03 May 2011 06:30 PM PDT More than 8,000 people -- most of them women and children -- fled into Tunisia during the weekend to escape fighting between Libyan government troops and opposition forces, the U.N. High Commissioner on Refugees said Tuesday.  |
| Bin Laden raid tweeter not looking for fame Posted: 03 May 2011 06:24 PM PDT An IT consultant who became an unlikely global internet star after tweeting details of the raid in which Osama bin Laden was killed says he is bemused by the attention he has attracted.  |
| Widely distributed death photo of Osama bin Laden is fake Posted: 03 May 2011 06:14 PM PDT A graphic image of what was reported to be Osama bin Laden's bloodied face, which went viral on the Internet and was plastered on the front page of newspapers around the world, is a fake.  |
| Navy SEALs, the 'quiet professionals,' got bin Laden Posted: 03 May 2011 05:53 PM PDT Navy SEALs live by an unspoken code.  |
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