Friday, October 28, 2011

Sgt. on trial for alleged sport killings

Sgt. on trial for alleged sport killings

Sgt. on trial for alleged sport killings

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:58 AM PDT

Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs is facing a military court martial for the murder of three Afghan civilians. He is the highest ranking soldier charged in what prosecutors say was a rogue "kill squad."

Bangkok facing 'perfect storm'

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 03:39 AM PDT

Thailand is facing its worst flooding since 1942, with hundreds dead, more than 9 million affected and more than a third of the nation's provinces at least partially flooded.

Former Guantanamo inmates tell of 'torture'

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 08:16 AM PDT

Guantanamo detainees tell CNN how they were tortured by U.S. interrogators into making false confessions.

ICC in talks over surrender of Gadhafi son

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 07:50 AM PDT

The International Criminal Court is having "informal conversations" about the surrender of Moammar Gadhafi's son, Saif al-Islam, who is wanted for crimes against humanity, the court's chief prosecutor said Friday.

Daughters given equal rights to British throne

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 01:22 PM PDT

Sons and daughters of British monarchs will have an equal right to the throne under changes to the United Kingdom's succession laws agreed to Friday, British Prime Minister David Cameron said.

Strong earthquake rattles southern Peru

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 12:37 PM PDT

A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Peru on Friday, some 32 miles south-southwest of Ica, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Post election violence prompts curfew in Tunisia

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 05:07 AM PDT

Tunisia imposed a night curfew Friday in the central city where the nation's uprisings started following post election violence a day earlier, state media reported.

EU bailout fund chief looks to China

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 03:35 AM PDT

As the dust settled after the latest agreement was struck to solve the Eurozone debt crisis, French President Nicolas Sarkozy admitted it had been a "mistake" to admit the stricken Greeks into the monetary union.

After the Arab Spring: Alcohol, bikinis, polygamy?

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 01:30 PM PDT

It's not often that the issue of polygamy makes it to the top of the political agenda. But in the past week it's become a litmus test for the course of the Arab spring, and part of the debate about the compatibility of Islam and democracy.
Posted by Harshad at 9:24 PM

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