News 1st Look: Deaths pile up in Hama siege

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Deaths pile up in Hama siege

Deaths pile up in Hama siege
Downgraded Emily still packs rains
Afghan official, NATO troops die in attacks
Mexico: Alleged ammo smuggler is American
No suspect yet in Australian bomb hoax
Turkey appoints new military chiefs
Official: U.S. hands Libyan Embassy over to rebel movement
Egypt's former interior minister appears in court
Shell faces $410M payout over Nigeria oil spills

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 03:47 PM PDT

Scores of people died in and around the Syrian city of Hama, activists said, corroborating reports of widespread casualties a day after the start of a military clampdown. FULL STORY | AL-ASSAD CALLS FOR MULTI-PARTY SYSTEM

Downgraded Emily still packs rains

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 03:13 PM PDT

Tropical Storm Emily unleashed potentially life-threatening heavy rains across Haiti early Thursday, as nearly 12,000 U.N. peacekeepers waited on emergency standby. The Dominican Republic also was to see heavy rain.

Afghan official, NATO troops die in attacks

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 02:01 AM PDT

A senior Afghan intelligence official was killed Thursday when a bomb exploded in the country's northern Kunduz province, according to a provincial council chief.

Mexico: Alleged ammo smuggler is American

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 01:41 AM PDT

An American woman was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle 3,500 rounds of ammunition from El Paso, Texas, into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, according to a Wednesday night news release from the Chihuahua state attorney general's office.

No suspect yet in Australian bomb hoax

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 04:22 AM PDT

A letter attached to a suspected bomb that was strapped on an Australian woman made "serious" demands, authorities said Thursday.

Turkey appoints new military chiefs

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 08:25 AM PDT

Turkey appointed its new military chiefs at the end of four-day Supreme Military Council meeting on Thursday, filling the vacant positions after the country's top four commanding officers left their jobs en masse last Friday.

Official: U.S. hands Libyan Embassy over to rebel movement

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 02:55 AM PDT

The U.S. State Department has signed an order handing over the Libyan Embassy in Washington to the Transitional National Council, a senior department official told CNN.