Wednesday, May 23, 2012

N. Korea: We'll 'expand' nuclear program

N. Korea: We'll 'expand' nuclear program


N. Korea: We'll 'expand' nuclear program

Posted: 23 May 2012 05:22 AM PDT

North Korea has said it will press on with its nuclear program as a response to what it described as hostility from the United States after an analysis of satellite images indicated increased activity at its nuclear test site.

Afghanistan: 5 aid workers kidnapped

Posted: 23 May 2012 07:48 AM PDT

Two women and three men that were working for an aid group were kidnapped in a remote area of Afghanistan this week, authorities said.

Australian has Indonesian jail time cut

Posted: 23 May 2012 06:37 AM PDT

Schapelle Corby, the Australian serving time in a Bali prison on a conviction of drug smuggling, has had her jail term cut by five years.

Cellist fired after off-key behavior

Posted: 23 May 2012 06:38 AM PDT

The principal cellist of the Beijing Symphony Orchestra has been dismissed from his post after a video of his boorish behavior on a passenger train last week outraged users on Chinese social networks.

'I want everything to change'

Posted: 23 May 2012 09:51 AM PDT

Egyptians began a historic vote for president on Wednesday. "I am here to vote for the first time in my life," said one 70-year-old. "I want everything to change."

Afghan-Americans: 'Every year, it gets worse'

Posted: 23 May 2012 05:05 AM PDT

With NATO meeting this week in Chicago to discuss the war in Afghanistan, CNN reached out to some everyday Afghan-Americans to see what they think.

What's behind dolphin deaths?

Posted: 23 May 2012 08:26 AM PDT

Hundreds of dolphins that washed up on Peruvian shores died of natural causes, a government official said in a radio interview Tuesday.

S. Korea to chemically castrate rapist

Posted: 23 May 2012 06:16 AM PDT

South Korea is set to carry out the chemical castration of a serial rapist later this week, implementing recent legislation for the first time.

Why are maids falling to deaths?

Posted: 23 May 2012 06:18 AM PDT

It's an annual tragedy in Singapore: domestic maids falling to their deaths from high rise apartments, often while carrying out duties such as cleaning outside windows.

122 girls, 3 teachers poisoned at Afghan school

Posted: 23 May 2012 09:01 AM PDT

Some 125 girls and three teachers were admitted to an Afghanistan hospital on Wednesday after being poisoned in their classes with a type of spray, a Takhar provincial official said.

Iran set for nuclear talks in Baghdad

Posted: 23 May 2012 06:02 AM PDT

Officials from six world powers are due to hold talks with Iranian representatives in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday about Tehran's controversial nuclear program.

Russia test-fires missile amid defense shield tensions

Posted: 23 May 2012 06:25 AM PDT

Russia test-fired a ballistic missile Wednesday, a move that comes amid tensions about a recent NATO announcement that it placed an interim missile defense shield in Europe.

Pakistani doctor in bin Laden raid gets 33 years in prison

Posted: 23 May 2012 07:39 AM PDT

A Pakistani doctor accused of helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden was sentenced Wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason, officials told CNN.

South Korea to chemically castrate rapist

Posted: 23 May 2012 05:20 AM PDT

South Korea is set to carry out the chemical castration of a serial rapist later this week, implementing recent legislation for the first time.

Why are maids falling to deaths in Singapore?

Posted: 23 May 2012 05:21 AM PDT

It's an annual tragedy in Singapore: domestic maids falling to their deaths from high rise apartments, often while carrying out duties such as cleaning outside windows.

55 suspects in child sex abuse investigation

Posted: 23 May 2012 05:25 AM PDT

An Interpol investigation into social networking groups exchanging child abuse material has targeted 55 key suspects in 20 countries, including the United States, and 12 children have been identified and removed from harm, the agency said Tuesday.

Thousands protest in Montreal

Posted: 23 May 2012 06:39 AM PDT

Tens of thousands of protesters unhappy with planned tuition hikes in Quebec took to the streets Tuesday afternoon in Montreal to mark 100 days of demonstrations.

Bomb defused in Argentina theater

Posted: 23 May 2012 06:40 AM PDT

Police defused a bomb at a Buenos Aires theater Tuesday, a day before a former Colombian president was scheduled to speak there.

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