Friday, October 26, 2012

$50K to help 'Kliptown kids' rise up

$50K to help 'Kliptown kids' rise up


$50K to help 'Kliptown kids' rise up

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 05:49 AM PDT

The South African slum of Kliptown has long suffered from high rates of unemployment, crime and school dropouts, and the end of apartheid did little to change the situation.

China's Bo stripped of last title

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 07:38 AM PDT

Chinese authorities have stripped disgraced former leader Bo Xilai of his legislative membership, his last official title, paving the way for criminal prosecution of a once rising political star whose spectacular fall has thrown the ruling Communist Party into its biggest crisis in decades.

Malala's parents visit her for first time

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 06:10 AM PDT

There were tears of joy when Malala Yousufzai's family was reunited with her for the first time since she was flown to a British hospital for treatment, her father said Friday.

Obama still Kenya's favorite son?

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 05:44 AM PDT

No one at the Railway Golf Club in the heart of Nairobi quite remembers if Barack Obama, Sr., the father of the 44th U.S. president, ever played here when he was a high-flying civil servant in the 1960s . Perhaps he played up the road at the Royal Nairobi Golf Club, the oldest of the city's six golf establishments, someone suggests.

Psy on handling 'Gangnam' fame

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 06:26 AM PDT

CNN's Shanon Cook talks to South Korean rapper Psy about his newfound fame and how he's handling it.

So much for Syrian truce?

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 08:44 AM PDT

Snipers in Damascus. Soldiers shooting protesters. Clashes outside a military camp.

Tearful reunion for Malala, family

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 05:52 AM PDT

There were tears of joy when Malala Yousufzai's family was reunited with her for the first time since she was flown to a British hospital for treatment, her father said Friday.

Will Bolivia regulate social media?

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 07:39 AM PDT

A top Bolivian official has a stern warning for those who criticize President Evo Morales on social networks: He's watching what they say, and taking names.

Truce? What truce? Deadly car bomb hits Damascus

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 11:25 AM PDT

Snipers in Damascus. Soldiers shooting protesters. Clashes outside a military camp.

Berlusconi handed 4-year prison term for tax fraud

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 08:46 AM PDT

Italy's flamboyant former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, was sentenced Friday to four years in prison for tax fraud, but is likely to appeal the Milan court's ruling.

21 die as Hurricane Sandy heads to New England

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 05:29 AM PDT

Hurricane Sandy already left at least 21 dead as it ground over Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba, but now it's poised to assail New England at the beginning of next week.

Bolivia considers regulating social media

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 07:00 AM PDT

A top Bolivian official has a stern warning for those who criticize President Evo Morales on social networks: He's watching what they say, and taking names.

Dozens killed in suicide blast outside Afghan mosque

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 05:31 AM PDT

It was supposed to be a day of happiness, a moment to mark the start of a Muslim holiday that celebrates peace as the faithful observe the height of the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.

What's behind sectarian violence in Myanmar?

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 07:34 AM PDT

Dozens of people have been killed and thousands of homes burned to the ground in Myanmar's volatile Rakhine state in recent days, amid an upsurge in violence between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims that prompted the government to declare a state of emergency.

Fish off Fukushima still contaminated

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 07:36 AM PDT

Radiation levels in fish caught near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remain high long after the 2011 meltdowns there, suggesting contamination from the site might still be seeping into Pacific waters, a U.S. researcher reported Thursday.

China blocks New York Times website

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 05:37 AM PDT

Chinese authorities on Friday blocked access inside the country to the English and Chinese websites of The New York Times after they published an article reporting that family members of Premier Wen Jiabao had amassed a fortune worth billions of dollars.

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