Wednesday, June 27, 2012

A historic handshake

A historic handshake


A historic handshake

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:53 PM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II shook hands Wednesday with former IRA commander Martin McGuinness in a historic gesture marking a giant step forward in the peace process relating to British rule of Northern Ireland.

One of the worst places to be a mother

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:07 AM PDT

The young women in a Kabul classroom are learning how to deal with a difficult birth. As instructors watch over and guide the simulation, the girls gently tug at a baby doll as it passes through the model of a birth canal.

Jordan from a camel's back

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 07:46 AM PDT

The secret to traveling in Jordan is to sit back and let your expectations be defied. Expect the unexpected in a country that offers glorious contradictions for the traveler to experience.

Wasted food becomes beautiful

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:20 PM PDT

Klaus Pichler's photographs look like advertisements for a new product. It takes a moment to digest that you're looking at rotting food. Inspired by a U.N. report that one third of food worldwide is wasted, Pichler is highlighting the moral and environmental consequences.

Scores rescued after ship capsizes

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:02 PM PDT

Rescuers pulled more than 130 people from the waters between Australia and Indonesia on Wednesday after a ship capsized, the Australian authorities said.

Dozens dead in floods

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:01 PM PDT

Rescue crews were frantically trying to find survivors possibly buried in debris Wednesday after heavy rain and floods washed through southeastern Bangladesh in the past few days, killing 95 people, police and local officials said.

Syria: Gunmen storm TV station

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:52 AM PDT

Syrian State TV is reporting a deadly attack on a satellite TV station in Damascus. CNN's Rima Maktabi reports.

One of the worst places to be a mom

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:07 AM PDT

The young women in a Kabul classroom are learning how to deal with a difficult birth. As instructors watch over and guide the simulation, the girls gently tug at a baby doll as it passes through the model of a birth canal.

More explosions kill in Iraq

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:39 AM PDT

Two bombs exploded southeast of Baghdad on Wednesday, authorities said, killing at least eight people in the latest wave of bloody attacks in Iraq this month.

Gangs wage war with black paint

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 07:14 AM PDT

Shasta Darlington follows gangs of "pixadores" around Brazil's Sao Paulo as they wage a graffiti war with city leaders.

Deadly attack on Syria TV station

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Syrian State TV is reporting a deadly attack on a satellite TV station in Damascus. CNN's Rima Maktabi reports.

Official: Syria might have thought downed jet was Israeli

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:57 PM PDT

A Syrian official said his country's forces might have thought the Turkish jet it downed last week was from Israel.

Japan set to power up nuclear reactor amid protests

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:00 PM PDT

Energy-starved Japan will regain nuclear-powered electricity on Sunday, as the first reactor to be switched on since last year's Fukushima disaster comes online.

More bombs rock Iraq

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:03 AM PDT

Two bombs exploded southeast of Baghdad on Wednesday, authorities said, killing at least eight people in the latest wave of bloody attacks in Iraq this month.

More than 90 dead in heavy rain, floods in Bangladesh

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:52 AM PDT

Rescue crews were frantically trying to find survivors possibly buried in debris Wednesday after heavy rain and floods washed through southeastern Bangladesh in the past few days, killing 95 people, police and local officials said.

Scores rescued after ship capsizes off Australia

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:00 PM PDT

Rescuers pulled more than 130 people from the waters between Australia and Indonesia on Wednesday after a ship capsized, the Australian authorities said.

Iran threatens to halt S. Korea imports

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:54 PM PDT

Iran threatened Wednesday to halt all imports of goods from South Korea in response to Seoul's announcement a day earlier that it would stop accepting Iranian oil.

Pakistan general urges NATO to contain Taliban

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 08:47 AM PDT

Pakistani army chief Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani complained to U.S. Gen. John Allen about Taliban incursions from Afghanistan into Pakistan when he met the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, a Pakistani army official said Wednesday.

Can an Islamic state in Egypt still bring democracy?

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 07:11 AM PDT

The West is understandably nervous about the election of Mohamed Morsi. The president-elect of Egypt is taking charge of a febrile situation. The economy is contracting and human rights abuses are rampant -- attacks on Coptic churches by Islamic groups have forced an estimated 100,000 Christians to flee the country.

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