Thursday, October 25, 2012

Brazil's thriving African culture

Brazil's thriving African culture


Brazil's thriving African culture

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 09:04 AM PDT

From samba and carnival to food, music and religion, African culture is everywhere in Brazil.

Assange: Embassy better than prison

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 11:55 AM PDT

Four months holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London has been "a little like living in a space station," but it beats prison, fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Thursday.

Finding 'diamonds' in Brazil slums

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 06:44 AM PDT

Yanca Leite lives with eight relatives in a one-room shack on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, in a Brazilian slum called Paradise City. But she might have found a way out: classical music.

Factory in middle of U.S. firestorm

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 06:50 AM PDT

The Chinese city of Changzhou has landed right in the middle of a U.S political firestorm about jobs.

Man says he infiltrated al Qaeda

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 08:16 AM PDT

CNN's Nic Robertson investigates claims by a former biker that he infiltrated al Qaeda for the CIA.

Assange: U.S. destroying evidence

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:32 AM PDT

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange talks about leaked documents detailing U.S. military detention policies in camps.

Assange: Embassy beats prison

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 02:04 PM PDT

Four months holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London has been "a little like living in a space station," but it beats prison, fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Thursday.

Malala to be reunited with family

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 09:44 AM PDT

It's likely to be an emotional reunion. The parents of Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl activist shot by the Taliban, are expected to see their daughter for the first time Thursday since she regained consciousness in a British hospital last week.

Musical 'diamonds' in Paradise City

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 07:28 AM PDT

Yanca Leite lives with eight relatives in a one-room shack on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, in a Brazilian slum called Paradise City. But she might have found a way out: classical music.

Factory in middle of U.S. firestorm

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 07:29 AM PDT

Chinese workers blamed for taking American jobs, shipped to China by a company owned by Bain Capital.

Hurricane Sandy packs punch in Cuba

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 07:30 AM PDT

Hurricane Sandy roared into southeastern Cuba early Thursday as a Category 2 storm with winds of 110 mph, exploding in strength in the hours before landfall, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

Syria agrees to holiday cease-fire

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 11:37 AM PDT

Exhausted and destitute by an endless civil war, Syrians will find out Thursday whether its government will commit to halting violence -- if only for a few days.

Malala to be reunited with family

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 09:44 AM PDT

It's likely to be an emotional reunion. The parents of Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl activist shot by the Taliban, are expected to see their daughter for the first time Thursday since she regained consciousness in a British hospital last week.

Sandy packs punch as strong Category 2 hurricane

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 05:05 AM PDT

Hurricane Sandy roared into southeastern Cuba early Thursday as a Category 2 storm with winds of 110 mph, exploding in strength in the hours before landfall, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

Ex-BBC chief explains dropped Savile probe

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 10:56 PM PDT

The former director general of the BBC, in a letter to a British lawmaker, tried to explain what he knew about a journalistic investigation into claims of abuse by Jimmy Savile, a late children's TV presenter.

Swedish princess to wed American 'soulmate'

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 05:19 AM PDT

Sweden's royals will soon be welcoming an American into the family, after the royal court announced Thursday the engagement of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill, a wealthy New York financier.

Myanmar steps up security after sectarian clashes kill 7

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 05:31 AM PDT

Authorities have stepped up security measures in a volatile region of western Myanmar amid a fresh outbreak of sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims.

China's 'lost generation' recalls hardship

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 05:44 AM PDT

Hu Rongfen had no choice. On November 14, 1971, in the whirlwind of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, the slender and soft-spoken middle school graduate was dispatched from Shanghai to a far-flung village in East China's Anhui Province to work in the country.

Facebook 'stalkers' face trial for model's murder

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 09:03 AM PDT

Cynthia Osokogu had it all: Beauty -- she was a former model -- intelligence and business savvy. She also modeled herself on her idol, Tyra Banks.

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