Monday, September 24, 2012

The top 10: In their own words

The top 10: In their own words


The top 10: In their own words

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 05:55 AM PDT

The top 10 Heroes: In their own words

Top Chinese official visits Afghanistan

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 06:35 AM PDT

China's top security official paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan, where he met with President Hamid Karzai on issues ranging from investment and bilateral trade to to terrorism and drug trafficking, China's state-run news agency said Sunday.

Venezuelans fight for right to vote

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:39 AM PDT

Venezuelan immigrants in the U.S. fight for their right to vote. CNN's Rafael Romo reports.

Meet Syria's 'foreign fighters'

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 06:02 AM PDT

Feras races across a dusty crossroads, firing his AK-47 wildly at regime forces somewhere down the road ahead of him. This is Aleppo, and he is one of many rebel fighters there, slogging it out street by street, often not seeing their enemy or much progress for weeks.

Ahmadinejad: We condemn 'extremism'

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 07:33 AM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, slammed a controversial anti-Islam film, spoke strongly against homosexuality and said what Iran would do if attacked by Israel.

Libyans demand end to militias

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:37 AM PDT

CNN's Arwa Damon reports from Benghazi on protests and efforts to disband armed militias.

Photos: Tribal weddings in India

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 09:15 AM PDT

Photos: Tribal weddings in India

Behind the islands dispute in Asia

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:49 AM PDT

When Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping called Tokyo's territorial claims on a group of East China Seas island "a farce," he echoed national sentiment of protesters who took to the streets in anti-Japan protests in recent weeks.

UPDATE: Where in the world ... ?

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:23 AM PDT

Do you know where this photo was taken?

Overcrowding at Nepal's mountains

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 06:39 AM PDT

An avalanche, such as the one that killed 11 climbers in Nepal this weekend, is known in mountaineering circles as an objective hazard -- a risk that you cannot control and one all climbers must accept.

Libyans demand end to militias

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:37 AM PDT

CNN's Arwa Damon reports from Benghazi on protests and efforts to disband armed militias.

Behind the islands dispute in Asia

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:49 AM PDT

When Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping called Tokyo's territorial claims on a group of East China Seas island "a farce," he echoed national sentiment of protesters who took to the streets in anti-Japan protests in recent weeks.

UPDATE: Where in the world ... ?

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:22 AM PDT

Do you know where this photo was taken?

Photos: Tribal weddings in India

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 09:15 AM PDT

Photos: Tribal weddings in India

Venezuelans fight for right to vote

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:39 AM PDT

Venezuelan immigrants in the U.S. fight for their right to vote. CNN's Rafael Romo reports.

Police: Pakistani teen innocent of blasphemy, but case continues

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 09:38 AM PDT

A 14-year-old Pakistani girl who had faced life in prison for allegedly burning the Quran will have her case heard in juvenile court, the girl's lawyer told CNN.

8 dead, 3 missing after avalanche

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 09:01 AM PDT

A second day of rescue efforts in Nepal ended Monday with three people still missing after an avalanche that killed at least eight people on the mountain of Manaslu.

U.N. to spotlight Syrian war

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 07:54 AM PDT

As diplomats from around the world converge on New York for the U.N. General Assembly this week, the Syrian civil war -- and what to do about the country's embattled regime -- will be high on the agenda.

15-year sentence for police chief at heart of Bo Xilai scandal

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:33 AM PDT

The former Chinese police chief who attempted to defect to the U.S. triggering one of China's biggest political scandals has been jailed for 15 years.

American couple slain in St. Maarten

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:28 AM PDT

Police on the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Maarten are investigating the killing of an American couple found stabbed in their home, authorities said Sunday.

Libyan troops raid rogue brigade's base

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:12 AM PDT

Libyan army troops raided a former military base in Tripoli Sunday, kicking out a rogue infantry brigade and detaining its members.

Court sentences Olmert for breach of trust

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 07:35 AM PDT

A court fined former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and gave him a three-month suspended jail sentence Monday, more than two months after he was found guilty of breach of trust.

Germany pursuing ex-Nazi guard

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:39 PM PDT

Authorities in Germany are investigating whether they can prosecute a former Nazi camp guard who has been living in the United States for 60 years, they said Monday.

South Sudan, Sudan meet

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 10:53 AM PDT

The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan met Sunday in Ethiopia, attempting to resolve -- under international pressure -- issues arising from the latter nation's independence just over a year ago.

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