News 1st Look: 5 voices: Egypt's 'unfinished revolution'

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

5 voices: Egypt's 'unfinished revolution'

5 voices: Egypt's 'unfinished revolution'
SEALs parachute, rescue aid workers
Building in Brazil partially collapses after blast
Red Crescent official gunned down in Syria
Family: Syria releases American student
German pleads not guilty in L.A. arson case
Cruise ship captain admits 'mistake' in deposition
Iraqi outrage over U.S. Marine's plea deal in Haditha killings
Merkel: Greece remains on knife-edge
Millions of spiders make cape

5 voices: Egypt's 'unfinished revolution'

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 11:43 AM PST

Protests started in Egypt a year ago, but the country still has a long way to go. CNN's Ben Wedeman spoke to prominent Egyptians about the "unfinished revolution."

SEALs parachute, rescue aid workers

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 06:10 PM PST

U.S. special forces swooped into Somalia in a pair of helicopters under the cover of darkness Wednesday to rescue two kidnapped aid workers -- an American and a Dane -- in a daring raid that also killed several gunmen , an American official said Wednesday.

Building in Brazil partially collapses after blast

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 07:38 PM PST

An 18-story building partially collapsed after an explosion in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro Wednesday night, state media reported.

Red Crescent official gunned down in Syria

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 05:58 PM PST

Security forces and pro-government militias in Syria assaulted neighborhoods overnight in the flashpoint city of Hama, an opposition activist group reported Wednesday.

Family: Syria releases American student

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 04:24 PM PST

An Ohio-born student missing for three weeks after being detained by Syrian authorities has been released, his family announced Wednesday.

German pleads not guilty in L.A. arson case

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:07 PM PST

A German national accused of setting one of the worst arson sprees in the history of Los Angeles entered a plea of not guilty during an arraignment hearing Tuesday.

Cruise ship captain admits 'mistake' in deposition

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:02 AM PST

In his answers to prosecutors, defense attorneys and a judge, the captain of the ill-fated cruise ship Costa Concordia admitted he made a "mistake" in colliding with rocks off the Italian island of Giglio.

Iraqi outrage over U.S. Marine's plea deal in Haditha killings

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:21 AM PST

Iraqis reacted with outrage Wednesday to news of a plea deal for a U.S. Marine squad leader charged in connection with the deaths of 24 people, in which he received a rank reduction and pay cut but avoided jail time.

Merkel: Greece remains on knife-edge

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 06:58 PM PST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected Wednesday to give a stark warning to economic policymakers that Greece may yet face meltdown amid a crisis that has brought the European single currency to the brink of collapse.