News 1st Look: Australian prime minister survives pivotal vote

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Australian prime minister survives pivotal vote

Australian prime minister survives pivotal vote
Protester killed, 7 Americans hurt
Syrian voting marred by more violence
Journalist died trying to get her shoes
Crunch time before key contests
WikiLeaks releasing Strafor e-mails
3 killed in train derailment in Canada
21.5" Nepalese man 'shortest ever'

Australian prime minister survives pivotal vote

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 07:11 PM PST

Lawmakers in Australia's Labor Party vote to back Prime Minister Julia Gillard as head of her party, and nation, in the face of a challenge from Kevin Rudd.

Protester killed, 7 Americans hurt

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 05:36 PM PST

Protesters threw a grenade at a U.S. base in northern Afghanistan, injuring the service members. During the demonstration, one protester was killed, police say.

Syrian voting marred by more violence

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 02:06 PM PST

Syria says results will be available Monday from its referendum on changes to the country's constitution, a vote taken as government troops continued pounding the opposition stronghold of Homs and other cities.

Journalist died trying to get her shoes

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 02:46 PM PST

Marie Colvin, a veteran correspondent who was killed in Syria last week, died trying to get her shoes so she could escape a shelling attack, her paper reported Sunday.

Crunch time before key contests

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 01:39 PM PST

Ahead of Tuesday's primaries, Rick Santorum appears to be downplaying his chances in Arizona, but fighting hard for Mitt Romney's home state of Michigan.

WikiLeaks releasing Strafor e-mails

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 07:30 PM PST

The website WikiLeaks has begun releasing what it says are 5 million e-mails from the private intelligence company Stratfor, starting with a company "glossary" that features unflattering descriptions of U.S. government agencies.