| What's behind N. Korean launch? Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:34 AM PST North Korea's decision to launch a second long-range rocket this year, in the face of international condemnation, could be partly due to internal instability, a senior South Korean government official said Friday.  |
| Ex-PM faces murder charge Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:09 AM PST The consequences of ordering the military to crack down on anti-government demonstrations more than two years ago has come back to haunt the former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.  |
| Severe weather around world Posted: 07 Dec 2012 11:53 AM PST This past week saw severe weather in many parts of the world that took dozens of lives and left behind serious damage.  |
| Arctic spawns massive ice islands Posted: 07 Dec 2012 01:33 PM PST In mid-July this year, a roar echoed around one of the most remote inlets of northern Greenland -- and an island was born. No ordinary island, but a huge chunk of ice, roughly twice the size of Manhattan, that had broken from the Petermann Glacier.  |
| Q&A: What's driving Egypt unrest? Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:54 AM PST In scenes reminiscent of the mass demonstrations that brought about the downfall of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in early 2011, thousands of protestors have turned out in Cairo's Tahrir Square over the past week.  |
| Arctic spawns massive ice islands Posted: 07 Dec 2012 01:30 PM PST In mid-July this year, a roar echoed around one of the most remote inlets of northern Greenland -- and an island was born. No ordinary island, but a huge chunk of ice, roughly twice the size of Manhattan, that had broken from the Petermann Glacier.  |
| Severe weather around world Posted: 07 Dec 2012 11:53 AM PST This past week saw severe weather in many parts of the world that took dozens of lives and left behind serious damage.  |
| Gangs demand Christmas bonuses Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:55 AM PST In Guatemala, and other Latin American countries, it's called "aguinaldo" -- the term used for the bonus government and private sector workers receive this time of the year, their right by law.  |
| Q&A: Syria's chemical weapons Posted: 07 Dec 2012 07:16 AM PST With the strength of Bashar al-Assad's forces diminishing in Syria's civil war, global fears are mounting that Syria might unleash chemical weapons to quash the country's uprising.  |
| Winter bears down on refugees stuck at Syrian border Posted: 07 Dec 2012 11:57 AM PST CNN's Ivan Watson details conditions in refugee camps at the Turkey/Syria border.  |
| Hospital employee found dead after prank call on Catherine Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:17 AM PST An employee at the hospital that was duped by a prank call from two Australian radio DJs concerning Prince William's pregnant wife, Catherine, has apparently committed suicide, the hospital confirmed Friday.  |
| Quake strikes off Japan, setting off small tsunami Posted: 07 Dec 2012 04:39 AM PST A powerful earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday evening, rattling buildings in Tokyo and setting off a small tsunami.  |
| Egypt's Morsy stands by edict, further enrages protesters Posted: 07 Dec 2012 05:59 AM PST Opposition activists gathered for a new round of mass demonstrations Friday, unconvinced by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy's defense of his recent controversial actions and unnerved by threats of punishment.  |
| Hamas political leader makes historic Gaza visit Posted: 07 Dec 2012 05:39 AM PST Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal made a historic return to the Palestinian territories Friday after 45 years in exile.  |
| North Korean rocket launch said to be driven by internal pressures Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:06 AM PST North Korea's decision to launch a second long-range rocket this year, in the face of international condemnation, could be partly due to internal instability, a senior South Korean government official said Friday.  |
| Gangs target bus riders, drivers for Christmas bonuses Posted: 07 Dec 2012 02:53 AM PST In Guatemala, and other Latin American countries, it's called "aguinaldo" -- the term used for the bonus government and private sector workers receive this time of the year, their right by law.  |
| 'How long can we keep on?' Posted: 05 Dec 2012 04:45 AM PST In Syria, few are able to comprehend their new reality: homes in rubble, skyrocketing costs and food shortages that spur children to fight on the streets over spoonfuls of wheat. "We know freedom has a price, but how long can we keep on living like this?"  |
| Q&A: Who can inherit the British throne Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:13 AM PST Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate are expecting their first child after 19 months of marriage, the palace announced Monday.  |
| Ships collide in North Sea, killing 4 Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:14 AM PST The search for the missing crew members from a North Sea cargo ship collision has been called off Thursday afternoon, the Netherlands Coast Guard said in a statement.  |
| Brewing tensions in Northern Ireland Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:13 AM PST U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned recent outbreaks of violence in Northern Ireland and urged a continued commitment to peace as she met with political leaders in Belfast on Friday.  |
| Chavez returns after Cuban treatment Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:12 AM PST A chipper Hugo Chavez bantered in front of the cameras early Friday morning upon returning to Venezuela from medical treatment in Cuba.  |
| Tycoon returns to detention center Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:33 AM PST Software pioneer John McAfee ended the day Thursday as he started it: imprisoned in a Guatemalan immigration detention center.  |
| Gangs target bus for Christmas bonus Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:34 AM PST In Guatemala, and other Latin American countries, it's called "aguinaldo" -- the term used for the bonus government and private sector workers receive this time of the year, their right by law.  |
| Women take stand on 'absurd honor' Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:17 AM PST Women stood at the forefront of the Arab Spring, taking to the streets shoulder to shoulder with men in an effort to overturn oppressive old orders.  |
| The new call center capital? Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:14 AM PST Your phone rings. Someone's trying to sell you financial services. The person you're speaking to is likely to be sitting in a massive room with hundreds of other people. And if you're in an English-speaking country, the chances are they will have an Indian accent.  |
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