Fleeing Syrians trapped in squalor Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:08 AM PDT On the northern edge of war-torn Syria, barely a hundred meters from the Turkish border, thousands of desperate Syrians slept in the dirt. Turkey says it would like to help, but its facilities are already overloaded with refugees. |
Afghans take on perilous fight Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:06 AM PDT U.S. Marines stand under the blazing sun at Camp Bastion airfield waiting for their ride to take them far beyond the perimeter fence. |
Avalanche survivor: I'm beat up Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:21 AM PDT Glen Plake tells Anderson Cooper how he survived a terrifying avalanche on the world's 8th-highest peak. |
Rare albino whale puts on show Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:09 AM PDT It may seem straight out of Moby Dick, but a rare white whale is thrilling Australians off the eastern coast. |
Afghans take on perilous fight Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:06 AM PDT U.S. Marines stand under the blazing sun at Camp Bastion airfield waiting for their ride to take them far beyond the perimeter fence. |
Sources: FBI can't get to Benghazi Posted: 27 Sep 2012 04:55 AM PDT More than two weeks after four Americans -- including the U.S. ambassador to Libya -- were killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, FBI agents have not yet been granted access to investigate in the eastern Libyan city, and the crime scene has not been secured, sources said. |
Rare albino whale puts on show Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:09 AM PDT It may seem straight out of Moby Dick, but a rare white whale is thrilling Australians off the eastern coast. |
Fleeing Syrians trapped in squalor Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:08 AM PDT On the northern edge of war-torn Syria, barely a hundred meters from the Turkish border, thousands of desperate Syrians slept in the dirt. Turkey says it would like to help, but its facilities are already overloaded with refugees. |
Avalanche survivor: I'm beat up Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:21 AM PDT Glen Plake tells Anderson Cooper how he survived a terrifying avalanche on the world's 8th-highest peak. |
Flame Towers light up Baku Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:53 AM PDT Baku has been a citadel amidst potentially destabilizing forces for centuries, routinely blasted by gale-force winds, seismic activity and positioned near one of the world's largest and most coveted oil reserves. |
Netanyahu asks U.N. to draw 'red line' Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:36 PM PDT Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to ask the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday for nonmember observer status, one step up from its current position as a permanent observer. |
Mexican navy: Zetas leader captured Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:13 AM PDT Mexican forces scored a potentially strong hit against the Zetas drug cartel with the capture of one of its top leaders, Ivan Velazquez Caballero, alias "El Taliban." |
Spain braces for protests as budget cuts are unveiled Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:14 AM PDT Spain is set to unveil the debt-ridden country's new budget Thursday, after thousands protested this week against expected government budget cuts. |
Sudan, South Sudan sign partial agreement Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:37 AM PDT The presidents of South Sudan and Sudan will sign an agreement on economic issues and a demilitarized zone, said South Sudan's spokesman Atif Kiir, but the deal will not include key issues like border demarcations, disputed territories and the contested region of Abyei. |
Tycoon offers $64M to wed daughter Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:03 AM PDT The daughter of the tycoon who on Tuesday offered HK$500 million (US$64 million) to any man who would marry her found the proposal "quite entertaining," she told CNN. |
U.S. to ease Myanmar import ban Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:50 AM PDT The United States will start lifting a ban on imports of goods from Myanmar, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday, providing a huge potential boost to the once-isolated southeast Asian nation. |
Chinese dissident loses final tax evasion appeal Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:52 AM PDT Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei lost his second and final appeal against tax evasion charges in a Beijing intermediate court Thursday, leaving him liable for back taxes and fines totaling RMB 15.52 million (US$ 2.4 million). |
Cleric fighting extradition to U.S. Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:02 AM PDT The Muslim cleric who once described Britain as a toilet has launched an appeal to avoid extradition to the United States on terrorism charges, a representative for the High Court in London said. |
Sources: FBI can't get to Benghazi Posted: 27 Sep 2012 04:55 AM PDT More than two weeks after four Americans -- including the U.S. ambassador to Libya -- were killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, FBI agents have not yet been granted access to investigate in the eastern Libyan city, and the crime scene has not been secured, sources said. |
Libya evicts unauthorized militias Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:42 AM PDT A newly formed unit of the Libyan Army has carried out nonviolent raids on rogue militia positions in and around Tripoli as part of a government ultimatum issued over the weekend. |
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