Libya's rebel leadership faces credibility test, official says Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:15 PM PDT Libya's rebel leadership will likely face tough questions about plans to create a new government when representatives from about 60 countries gather in Paris on Thursday to discuss the country's transition to democracy. |
ICC to present charges in Kenyan postelection violence Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:06 PM PDT The International Criminal Court will present charges Thursday in the first phase of hearings against prominent Kenyans for their alleged roles in postelection violence that left hundreds dead four years ago. |
Report: Iran's parliament speaker to visit North Korea Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:55 PM PDT Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani will visit North Korea on Sunday on a three-day trip, Iran's parliament news service said. |
Dog boom as China's attitude on pets, palettes changes Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:37 PM PDT When Shenzhen housewife Zhang Lin was growing up in rural Guangdong province, her family kept guard dogs, some of which were slaughtered for meat during the Lunar New Year. |
Britain delivers millions of pounds to bank in Libya Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:17 PM PDT The British government has started delivering money that it unfroze to a bank in Libya, the foreign secretary said in a statement Wednesday. |
Illness forces Venus Williams out of U.S. Open Posted: 31 Aug 2011 09:47 PM PDT Two-time champion Venus Williams has pulled out of the U.S. Open in New York, citing an illness that she says causes fatigue and pain in her joints. |
Clashes in Bahrain continue after boy's death Posted: 31 Aug 2011 09:12 PM PDT Clashes between police and Shiite Muslims in Bahrain stretched into Thursday morning, fueled by the killing of a 14-year-old boy by riot police in earlier demonstrations. |
Katia becomes a hurricane in the Atlantic Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:33 PM PDT Katia strengthened into a hurricane late Wednesday, churning in the central Atlantic with winds of 75 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. |
Colombia's defense minister resigns as FARC actions reported on rise Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:31 PM PDT Colombian Minister of Defense Rodrigo Rivera resigned Wednesday amid growing concern in the country over increased activity by the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). |
Wind, trees fuel Oklahoma City fire's push northward Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:19 PM PDT One of two wildfires burning in Oklahoma City on Wednesday pushed north toward suburban Edmond, illuminating the windy night sky with spirals of flame and flying embers. |
Nigerian bombers blame U.N. for 'oppression' of Muslims Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:08 PM PDT The Nigerian Islamic militant group Boko Haram says it bombed U.N. offices in Abuja last week because the world body is a partner "in the oppression of believers," a spokesman for the group said Wednesday. |
Apple attacked over pollution in China Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:06 PM PDT Read full story for latest details. |
Mentally ill sisters freed from chains in West Bank Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:01 PM PDT We first met Mohedeye and Nedaa Dawabsha sitting quietly on the floor of a small room in their family's modest house in the dusty West Bank village of Duma. Neither of the sisters were able to leave the room. |
Apparent string of errors unties WikiLeaks' bundle of secret cables Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT More than 250,000 secret U.S. diplomatic cables are now available in full and unfiltered online, exposing scores of U.S. diplomatic sources and informants that were meant to be protected often for their own safety, according to whistle blower website WikiLeaks. |
'Friends of Libya' converge on Paris Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:52 PM PDT Representatives of some 60 countries and 10 international organizations will converge Thursday in Paris to discuss how they can speed Libya's transition to democracy. |
Cuba steps up attacks on dissidents, activists say Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:48 PM PDT Cuba has stepped up its harassment of dissidents in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, with authorities beating, gassing and arresting protesters critical of the Communist government, human rights activists said Wednesday. |
Irene reveals more cracks in quake-damaged Washington Monument Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:48 PM PDT Small pools of standing water were found in the Washington Monument during inspections following Hurricane Irene, the National Park Service told CNN Wednesday, indicating undiscovered cracks. |
Crews reach far corners of Vermont cut off by Irene Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:46 PM PDT Sandra Manzke paused a moment as an ATV whizzed by her small farm in Wardsboro, Vermont. |
Man's eye saved after impalement Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:44 PM PDT Doctors had never seen a case quite like it: An 86-year-old man showed up at the hospital with the handle of a pair of pruning shears stuck in his eye socket. |
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