Monday, October 1, 2012

Japan shakes up cabinet

Japan shakes up cabinet


Japan shakes up cabinet

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 05:41 PM PDT

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan reorganized his cabinet ministers on Monday, bringing in a woman with strong links to China amid a smoldering dispute between the two nations over a group of remote islands.

Welcome to a new world of drones

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 10:34 AM PDT

Peter Bergen and Jennifer Rowland says 70 nations are using or developing drones, and warfare will never be the same

Residents: Syrian forces bulldoze homes

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 07:29 AM PDT

Residents in the Syrian city of Hama tell CNN that government forces are forcing thousands to flee and then bulldozing their homes.

Who wants to fly American?

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 08:31 PM PDT

American Airlines is making Karen O'Laughlin a little nervous.

Chief to Lahore's cops: Go on diets

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 07:27 AM PDT

Overweight police officers in Lahore, Pakistan, have to lose weight or risk losing their jobs. CNN's Reza Sayah reports.

UPDATE: Where in the world ... ?

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 11:31 AM PDT

Do you know where this photo was taken?

Europe's Ryder Cup comeback

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 08:58 AM PDT

Europe comes back from four points down on the final day to win the Ryder Cup. Shane O'Donoghue reports.

Suicide attacker kills 14

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 07:17 AM PDT

A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan Monday killed 12 people, including three NATO service members and four Afghan police, and wounded around 50 others, a spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry said.

Cops: Muslims torch Buddhist shrines

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 07:23 AM PDT

Crowds of angry Muslims attacked Buddhist shrines and homes, torching some of them Sunday in Bangladesh to protest after a photo of a partially burned Quran was posted on Facebook, police said.

UPDATE: Where in the world ... ?

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 11:31 AM PDT

Do you know where this photo was taken?

Chavez looks to change image

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 08:57 AM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez seeks a new term in office by changing his image. CNN's Rafael Romo reports.

Last day at U.N. meeting: Syria, North Korea and Cuba

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 04:07 PM PDT

Monday marks the final day of debate at the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly. Some of the most-controversial speakers have been saved for last.

Attorney: Ahmadinejad's cameraman defects

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 10:54 AM PDT

A cameraman who accompanied Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to New York for the U.N. General Assembly has applied for asylum in the United States, his attorney said Monday.

A Muslim cleric, a Christian girl and blasphemy case drama

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 10:06 AM PDT

A Pakistani legal drama over accusations of blasphemy took a new twist Monday when several witnesses said that they had not made statements attributed to them by police about a Muslim cleric who is alleged to have tried to frame a Christian girl.

Striking South African miners' deaths probed

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:51 AM PDT

A South African commission tasked with investigating the killings of dozens of striking miners by police opens its inquiry with a memorial for victims.

Suicide attacker kills 14 in Afghanistan

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 06:08 AM PDT

A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan Monday killed 12 people, including three NATO service members and four Afghan police, and wounded around 50 others, a spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry said.

What Obama administration has said about Libya attack

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 10:53 AM PDT

Comments by U.S. officials regarding the September 11 attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, have provoked controversy among some critics.

Police: Muslims torch Buddhist shrines

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 05:10 AM PDT

Crowds of angry Muslims attacked Buddhist shrines and homes, torching some of them Sunday in Bangladesh to protest after a photo of a partially burned Quran was posted on Facebook, police said.

Tourists among dead in bus crash in China

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 07:22 AM PDT

Five German citizens were among six people killed Monday after a tourist bus crashed into a container truck and burst into flames on an expressway outside Beijing, Chinese state media reported.

Pussy Riot appeal resumes next week

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 07:24 AM PDT

The appeal hearing for three members of the punk rock band Pussy Riot, who were sentenced to two years for performing a song critical of President Vladimir Putin, will continue next week.

Georgia election: What's at stake?

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 09:03 AM PDT

Georgia holds parliamentary elections Monday, the outcome of which will have ramifications beyond just the lawmaking body.

Europe's Ryder Cup comeback

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 08:58 AM PDT

Europe comes back from four points down on the final day to win the Ryder Cup. Shane O'Donoghue reports.

Spain floods kill 10

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 09:04 AM PDT

Flooding in southern Spain has left at least 10 dead, Spanish state media outlet RTVE reported Saturday.

Chavez looks to change image

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 08:57 AM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez seeks a new term in office by changing his image. CNN's Rafael Romo reports.

Venezuela: Candidates' dueling rallies

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 09:09 AM PDT

Venezuelan presidential candidates held competing rallies Sunday, as the campaigns heated up exactly one week before the election.

Guantanamo detainee back in Canada

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 09:02 AM PDT

Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr has been transferred to his homeland of Canada to serve the remainder of his sentence, Canada's Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said Saturday.

September one of Iraq's deadliest

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 09:07 AM PDT

Violence in Iraq surged last month, with 365 deaths reported, the Interior Ministry said Monday.

Bahraini wins rights seat amid protests

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 09:08 AM PDT

A Bahraini man won a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council Advisory Committee the same day a young protester in the country was killed, officials and a human rights group said Saturday.

U.S.: Libya attack was a terror assault

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 09:06 AM PDT

elligence community has revised its assessment of the deadly attack on the American consulate in Libya, saying it now believes it was a deliberate terrorist assault.

Grenade attack on Sunday school

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 09:07 AM PDT

One child died and several others were hurt in a grenade attack on a children's Sunday-school class in Kenya, the Kenya Red Cross said.

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