Monday, December 10, 2012

China detains monk over immolations

China detains monk over immolations


China detains monk over immolations

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:34 AM PST

Chinese police have detained an ethnic Tibetan monk and his nephew, accusing them of "goading" eight people into setting themselves on fire.

Quiz: Quirky holiday traditions

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:12 AM PST

From Santa Claus' evil twin to festive fast-food take-outs, test your knowledge of the world's quirkiest Christmas traditions

DJs speak out as network cancels show

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 07:37 AM PST

An Australian radio network at the heart of a hoax targeting Prince William's pregnant wife canceled the show responsible for the prank on Monday, and the two DJs who took part in the prank have broken their silence.

Remembering 'La Diva de la Banda'

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:21 AM PST

Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera died when the small plane she was traveling in with at least five others crashed in the mountains in northern Mexico, her brother told CNN.

Cold, hunger add to Aleppo misery

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:38 AM PST

Arwa Damon reports on the misery of daily life in Aleppo, Syria.

Homeless teen now chess prodigy

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:25 AM PST

She grew up in one of the poorest spots on earth. She couldn't read or write. As a child, she scrounged for food each day for herself, her mother, and her brother.

Syria tells U.N. it fears being framed

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 07:59 AM PST

Syria is raising concern in two letters to the United Nations that the United States may be attempting to frame it for the use of chemical weapons, Syrian state-run media reported Monday.

Australian DJs break silence

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 07:37 AM PST

The two Australian radio personalities who made the prank phone call to a British hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was admitted expressed deep remorse Monday for making the call, which led to the apparent suicide of a nurse who spoke to the pair.

Daily life miserable in Aleppo

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:42 AM PST

Arwa Damon reports on the misery of daily life in Aleppo, Syria.

From slum life to Disney film

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:24 AM PST

She grew up in one of the poorest spots on earth. She couldn't read or write. As a child, she scrounged for food each day for herself, her mother, and her brother.

Inside Mandela's home

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 07:32 AM PST

Former South African leader Nelson Mandela has been admitted to a hospital in Pretoria for tests. Robyn Curnow reports.

McAfee says he wants to go to U.S.

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 07:54 AM PST

The man is nothing if not mercurial.

North Korea extends launch window

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:25 AM PST

North Korea has extended the window for a controversial long-range rocket launch by one week after finding technical problems in an engine, state media reported Monday.

What do you know of Xmas traditions?

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 05:54 AM PST

Syria tells U.N. it fears it will be framed

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:48 AM PST

Syria is raising concern in two letters to the United Nations that the United States may be attempting to frame it for the use of chemical weapons, Syrian state-run media reported Monday.

Navy identifies SEAL killed in Afghanistan rescue

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:21 AM PST

The U.S. Defense Department on Monday identified the SEAL killed during a successful raid to free a captive doctor in Afghanistan.

North Korea extends launch window for rocket

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:16 AM PST

North Korea has extended the window for a controversial long-range rocket launch by one week after finding technical problems in an engine, state media reported Monday.

Morsy aide blames upheaval on small, powerful minority

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:14 AM PST

A top aide to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy blamed a small but powerful minority for the political upheaval that has plagued the country ahead of a planned constitutional referendum.

European Union accepts Nobel Prize

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:40 AM PST

Leaders of the European Union accepted the Nobel Peace Prize Monday in a ceremony in Oslo, Norway, calling the organization a "perpetual peace congress" that had solved the problem of war on the continent.

Chavez arrives in Cuba for cancer surgery

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:53 AM PST

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived Monday in Cuba for surgery just days after saying his cancer had returned.

McAfee fights deportation, says he wants to go to U.S.

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:42 AM PST

The man is nothing if not mercurial.

Rescuers search for hundreds after typhoon in Philippines

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:17 AM PST

Rescue workers are searching for more than 300 Filipino fishermen who have gone missing after a devastating typhoon that tore across the Philippines last week, killing more than 600 people, authorities said Monday.

Pakistani president visits Malala

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:31 AM PST

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday visited Malala Yousufzai -- a 15-year-old schoolgirl and girls' education advocate who was targeted by Taliban militants in Pakistan's restive Swat Valley.

Chavez to have cancer surgery

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:54 AM PST

Fiery speeches filled the halls of Venezuela's National Assembly on Sunday as lawmakers discussed President Hugo Chavez's request to travel to Cuba for cancer surgery.

Envoy: Syria solution 'still possible'

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:41 AM PST

After 21 months of bloodshed and a failure by the international community to do anything to stop it, the U.N.-Arab League point man on the Syrian crisis expressed confidence that a political resolution is possible.

Mandela doing 'very well' in hospital

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 05:44 AM PST

Nelson Mandela, the global icon and former South African leader, is doing "very, very well" and continues to be treated at a Pretoria hospital, officials said Monday.

Mother of Nigerian minister kidnapped

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:34 AM PST

The mother of Nigeria's finance minister was kidnapped Sunday, sparking a "massive manhunt" for her captors, officials said.

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