Tuesday, August 30, 2011

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Gay Malaysian pastor, Broadway producer to marry

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 11:09 PM PDT

Malaysia's first openly gay pastor has chosen Wednesday, coinciding with the country's Independence Day, to get married to his American partner in New York, barely a month after same-sex marriage became legalized there.

High Court rules Australia cannot send asylum seekers to Malaysia

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:56 PM PDT

The High Court in Australia ruled Wednesday that the country cannot send asylum seekers to Malaysia.

Irene, Jose, Katia: A storm by any other name ...

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:48 PM PDT

In another time, Tropical Storm Katia, which was barreling across the Atlantic early Wednesday, would have been called Katrina.

Sumo champ's big business plans

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:42 PM PDT

Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj a big man with big ambitions.

Djokovic shows no mercy to sick qualifier Niland

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:43 PM PDT

World number one Novak Djokovic had the easiest of passages to the second round of the U.S. Open as his Irish opponent Conor Niland was forced to retire through illness.

Wozniacki cruise into second round as Li Na crashes out

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:40 PM PDT

World number one Caroline Wozniacki cruised into the second round of the U.S. Open Tuesday with a straight sets victory over Nuria Llagostera Vives of Spain.

British minister's gaffe reveals position on Afghanistan

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:26 PM PDT

A senior British Cabinet Minister risked an embarrassing diplomatic row Tuesday after accidentally revealing confidential documents that appeared to welcome the departure of Afghanistan's president.

Daryl Hannah arrested at White House protest

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:46 PM PDT

Actress Daryl Hannah was arrested Tuesday during a sit-in in front of the White House protesting a pipeline expansion project that would significantly increase the amount of oil the United States imports from Canada's controversial Alberta oil sands.

FEMA funding faces now familiar congressional wrangling

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:21 PM PDT

As rescuers raced Tuesday to free people trapped by floodwaters caused by Hurricane Irene, Washington politicians bickered over how to pay for it.

War's forgotten: Tripoli Zoo animals suffer, lacking food, water

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:04 PM PDT

The residents of zoos are often the first to be neglected when cities are hit by man-made or natural disasters.

Fast-growing Texas wildfire scorches homes, prompts evacuations

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:56 PM PDT

A fast-moving wildfire in northern Texas has forced evacuations and destroyed 25 homes, fire officials said Tuesday.

Police: Days-old infant found dead in grocery restroom

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:56 PM PDT

Police in Hendersonville, North Carolina, said Tuesday they were interviewing a man and a woman in connection with the discovery of a days-old infant's body in a grocery store restroom.

Muslim festival brings rare joy for some this year, but not all cheer

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:47 PM PDT

For Christians, the wild celebrations of Mardi Gras come before the solemnity of Lent, a last chance to celebrate before the abstinence marking the 40 days to Good Friday and Easter.

Libyan teen says Gadhafi's troops forced her to execute rebels

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:42 PM PDT

Nisreen lies listless curled under a blanket, an armed rebel guard at her door.

Wildfire forces evacuations in Oklahoma City

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:32 PM PDT

A fire fueled by dry and windy conditions destroyed at least two homes and was threatening others in Oklahoma City Tuesday evening, causing the evacuation of a 2-square-mile area of the city, according to a state emergency management official.

Russian report: 7 dead in 2 blasts in Chechnya

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:29 PM PDT

Two blasts -- the second coming after police and passersby had gathered at the site of the first -- killed seven people and wounded 18 Tuesday evening in the Russian republic of Chechnya, according to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti.

International community moves to avert humanitarian crisis in Tripoli

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:12 PM PDT

Tripoli's 2 million residents faced increasingly dire shortages of food and water Tuesday as rebels estimated the number of people killed during the past six months to be at least 50,000.

Researchers infected Guatemalans with STDs, commission affirms

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:04 PM PDT

A U.S. presidential commission has uncovered more details regarding human experiments conducted by American researchers in Guatemala in the 1940s in which the subjects were exposed to sexually transmitted diseases.

Tropical Storm Katia gathers strength, likely to become hurricane

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:25 PM PDT

Tropical Storm Katia gained in intensity and speed Tuesday evening and is expected to become a hurricane by late Wednesday or early Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said.

Rescuers race against time, floodwaters to save families

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:25 PM PDT

Rescue workers rushed Tuesday to get aid into flooded communities in New Jersey and Vermont, where many residents remain stranded in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene.
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