Hundreds line up to cast votes in Myanmar's historic election Posted: 31 Mar 2012 11:27 PM PDT Voters lined up by the hundreds across Myanmar on Sunday to cast their ballots in a historic parliamentary election that could see Aung San Suu Kyi win a seat in the legislature after a decades-long fight for democracy. |
Kansas rallies past Ohio State, will face Kentucky in NCAA title game Posted: 31 Mar 2012 09:32 PM PDT The University of Kansas men's basketball team squeaked by Ohio State late Saturday night, setting up an an NCAA tournament championship showdown with top-seeded Kentucky. |
Protesters attacked in Bahrain, rights group says Posted: 31 Mar 2012 09:32 PM PDT Government forces attacked protesters in Bahrain Saturday, according to a human rights group. |
Twin blasts rock Thai city Posted: 31 Mar 2012 09:20 PM PDT At least 10 people were killed and more than 100 wounded following a pair of bombings Saturday in the southern Thai city of Yala, Thai media reported. |
Saudi meeting, Iran sanctions coincidence, U.S. official says Posted: 31 Mar 2012 09:19 PM PDT President Barack Obama's Friday announcement that the U.S. will implement sanctions that could significantly cut sales of Iranian oil was not tied to a meeting the same day between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Saudi King Abdullah, a senior administration official told CNN. |
Nearly two dozen killed in militant attack on Yemen checkpoint Posted: 31 Mar 2012 09:17 PM PDT At least 23 troops were killed and eleven others wounded when Islamic militants raided and seized a strategic checkpoint in Yemen's southern province of Lahj on Saturday, three security officials told CNN. |
In Libya, cease-fire ends tribal clashes Posted: 31 Mar 2012 09:15 PM PDT Bloody tribal warfare in a southwestern Libyan city this week ended on Saturday with a cease-fire, government authorities said. |
Student with cancer too ill to go with Taylor Swift to awards show Posted: 31 Mar 2012 07:50 PM PDT A cancer-stricken New Jersey student asked by superstar singer Taylor Swift to join her at Sunday's Academy of Country Music Awards is too ill to attend, supporters said. |
Apple moves to share cost burden in China Posted: 31 Mar 2012 07:43 PM PDT The tour of China by Tim Cook this week had all the trappings of an official visit by a popular head of state. |
EU calls for IMF to boost its war chest Posted: 31 Mar 2012 07:35 PM PDT European leaders said they believed the ?200bn increase in their fiscal rescue fund agreed on Friday would be enough to persuade non-eurozone countries that Europeans had "done our homework" and lead them to supplement eurozone efforts by building their own global firewall against contagion. |
Myanmar begins historic vote Posted: 31 Mar 2012 07:29 PM PDT Voters in Myanmar went to the polls Sunday in a historic election, the first time credible alternatives to the ruling party have appeared on the country's ballot. |
Kentucky beats Louisville to advance to NCAA men's basketball finals Posted: 31 Mar 2012 07:23 PM PDT The top-seeded University of Kentucky men's basketball team defeated Louisville on Saturday night to advance to the NCAA tournament championship game. |
Cuba sets Good Friday as holiday after pope's request Posted: 31 Mar 2012 07:11 PM PDT Cuban President Raul Castro has granted Pope Benedict XVI's request to make Good Friday a holiday -- at least this year -- Cuban state media reported Saturday. |
Friends of Syria to discuss boosting opposition, helping civilians Posted: 31 Mar 2012 07:00 PM PDT Officials from dozens of countries gathered in Turkey on Sunday to discuss the dire situation in neighboring Syria, where months of violence has been compounded by a humanitarian crisis. |
2 killed, 12 injured in mass shooting during funeral in Miami Posted: 31 Mar 2012 06:44 PM PDT Gunfire rang out outside a Miami funeral home, killing two people and injuring 12 others, police said. |
A power plant, cancer and a small town's fears Posted: 31 Mar 2012 06:37 PM PDT "Y'know they're going to tear that house down, don't you?" |
Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin injured Posted: 31 Mar 2012 05:56 PM PDT Jeremy Lin, who brought "Linsanity" into the lexicon when he came off the bench and led the New York Knicks to a string of wins, suffered a knee injury and will be out about six weeks, the team said Saturday. |
UAE shuts down two foreign NGOs Posted: 31 Mar 2012 05:38 PM PDT Two nongovernmental organizations that worked primarily on promoting democracy abroad were shuttered by the government of the United Arab Emirates this week. |
Martin supporters rally in Sanford, demand justice for teen's killing Posted: 31 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT Civil rights luminaries joined throngs of protesters carrying "Justice for Trayvon" signs on Saturday, slowly marching to the Sanford, Florida, police headquarters to demand the arrest of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's killer. |
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