Indian anti-graft activist breaks fast after parliament backing Posted: 27 Aug 2011 11:04 PM PDT An Indian anti-corruption activist ended his hunger strike Sunday, a day after parliament resolved to accept his demands to tackle chronic corruption in the country. |
Lawyers files appeal for U.S. hikers sentenced to 8 years in Iran Posted: 27 Aug 2011 10:47 PM PDT The lawyer for two American hikers sentenced to eight years in prison said Sunday he has filed an appeal in the case. |
Hurricane Irene heads toward major East Coast cities Posted: 27 Aug 2011 10:41 PM PDT After slamming into North Carolina and knocking out power to more than a million people along the East Coast, Hurricane Irene now has its eye set on the biggest cities in the Northeast. |
Typhoon triggers landslide, killing 2 children in the Philippines Posted: 27 Aug 2011 10:28 PM PDT Typhoon Nanmadol triggered a landslide in northern Philippines on Saturday, killing at least two children, authorities said. |
Hurricane forces widespread air, train cancellations Posted: 27 Aug 2011 10:27 PM PDT Here are some of the latest travel-related developments stemming from Hurricane Irene: |
New York City closes for business as hurricane hits Posted: 27 Aug 2011 10:26 PM PDT New York City closed for business Sunday as hundreds of thousands were forced to evacuate while millions more hunkered down to wait out a massive hurricane. |
Hurricane Irene bears down on large East Coast cities Posted: 27 Aug 2011 08:49 PM PDT Residents in several major East Coast cities -- including Washington, Philadelphia and New York -- braced late Saturday for the impact from Hurricane Irene. |
Philadelphia shuts down transit system Posted: 27 Aug 2011 08:17 PM PDT The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority closed down late Saturday because of a tornado warning in Philadelphia, according to SEPTA representative Jerri Williams. |
Walter Reed Army Medical Center closes its doors in final ceremony Posted: 27 Aug 2011 08:06 PM PDT Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington closed its doors Saturday, completing the military hospital's merger with the Bethesda National Naval Medical Center. The event was marked with a flag-lowering ceremony, which followed the transfer of Walter Reed's 18 remaining patients to the combined medical center's Bethesda, Maryland, campus. |
Report: 4 killed, 30 injured when tourist trolley derails in Brazil Posted: 27 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT At least four people were killed when a tourist trolley derailed Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, state media reported. |
Singapore elects new president after recount Posted: 27 Aug 2011 07:54 PM PDT In a country where electoral outcomes are for the most part a foregone conclusion, the race for Singapore's next president became a relative nail-biter. But in the end, Tony Tan -- a former deputy prime minister -- was declared the winner. |
Evacuation time running out in mid-Atlantic states, New England Posted: 27 Aug 2011 07:11 PM PDT Officials in the mid-Atlantic states and southern New England on Saturday sounded fresh warnings about Hurricane Irene and told residents they were nearly out of time to leave for safer ground. |
Why Oscar Pistorius deserves to run Posted: 27 Aug 2011 07:03 PM PDT A man born without functioning legs ran the 400 meters in 45.07 seconds on July 19, 2011, the fastest time recorded by an amputee. The ripple effects of this historic achievement may initiate a paradigm shift in how we view our bodies. |
State-by-state developments related to Hurricane Irene Posted: 27 Aug 2011 06:54 PM PDT As Hurricane Irene began moving up the Atlantic Seaboard after making landfall on the North Carolina coast Saturday morning, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned that "the window of preparation is quickly closing." |
Hurricane forces widespread air, train cancellations Posted: 27 Aug 2011 06:36 PM PDT Here are some of the latest travel-related developments stemming from Hurricane Irene: |
Normally bustling New York City turns eerily quiet ahead of storm Posted: 27 Aug 2011 06:36 PM PDT New York City, that land of hustle and bustle, took on a new character Saturday: Quietness, punctuated by bursts of activity. |
Hurricanes explained Posted: 27 Aug 2011 06:25 PM PDT |
Witness to Libyan prison massacre seeks justice for victims Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:46 PM PDT Hussein Shafei prepared Saturday for a journey back to a place of darkness in Libya. |
New York high-rise residents warned of extra-strong winds Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT The National Hurricane Center on Saturday warned residents of tall structures in the path of Hurricane Irene that the wind hitting upper floors will be stronger than those in most storms. |
Bin Laden's key deputy seen as very hard to replace for al Qaeda Posted: 27 Aug 2011 04:43 PM PDT The death of al Qaeda's No. 2, Atiyah Abdul Rahman in Pakistan, is a hammer blow to the terrorist organization. |
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