| Hurricane Tomas destroys homes in Haiti, heads toward Bahamas Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:32 PM PDT Hurricane Tomas could unleash more rain on Haiti and the Dominican Republic as it moves farther away from Hispaniola this weekend.  |
| Oakland police chief: Protesters 'tearing up' the city Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:18 PM PDT Authorities in Oakland, California, said unruly marchers were "tearing up the city" as they protested a two-year sentence for a former transit police officer convicted for killing an unarmed man.  |
| Terror battle likely to top Obama agenda in India Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:54 PM PDT U.S. President Barack Obama's first stop in Asia will be India's financial hub of Mumbai, scene of the deadly terror attacks of November 2008 that left 164 people dead.  |
| Peruvian court grants parole to imprisoned U.S. citizen Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:28 PM PDT A Peruvian court has granted parole to a U.S. citizen who has been imprisoned since 1995 for aiding leftist rebels.  |
| Why the U.S. must not give up on Myanmar Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:08 PM PDT The November 7 elections in Myanmar will be the country's first in 20 years. It's been clear for a while that Myanmar's ruling generals have no intention of carrying out a "fair and free" election.  |
| Mexican authorities say top Gulf drug cartel leader is dead Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:59 PM PDT A leader of the Gulf drug cartel -- Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, also known as "Tony the Storm" -- died during a clash with security forces in the border city of Matamoros, Alejandro Poire, security spokesman for the Mexican government, said Friday.  |
| Oakland police move to stop march protesting sentence Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:54 PM PDT Oakland, California, police Friday moved to stop unruly marchers upset at a two-year sentence for a former transit police officer convicted in the killing of an unarmed man, the chief said.  |
| Where is Obama in Asia today? Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:36 PM PDT U.S. President Barack Obama's ten-day trip to India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan includes a G-20 summit, an Asia-Pacific Economic Council summit, and bilateral talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and at least five other leaders.  |
| Accused of trying to poison spouse, teacher keeps working Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:35 PM PDT A second-grade teacher in Sharpsburg, Georgia -- arrested this year for allegedly trying to poison her husband -- retains her position despite having pleaded guilty to lesser charges.  |
| The GPS Challenge: November 7, 2010 Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:11 PM PDT |
| Yemen-based al Qaeda group claims responsibility for parcel bomb plot Posted: 05 Nov 2010 06:51 PM PDT The Yemen-based arm of the al Qaeda terrorist network claimed responsibility Friday for last week's plot to send explosive devices on cargo planes bound for the United States.  |
| Togo football club elects Ameyi president Posted: 05 Nov 2010 06:37 PM PDT Togo's Football Association elected Gabriel Ameyi as its new president during a congress held in Lome on Friday.  |
| Guinea presidential candidates sign peace agreement Posted: 05 Nov 2010 06:32 PM PDT Both candidates in Guinea's presidential runoff election signed an agreement Friday aimed at keeping the peace ahead of Sunday's vote.  |
| Prosecutor: What Elizabeth Smart would say Posted: 05 Nov 2010 06:09 PM PDT Elizabeth Smart has long been silent about the details of an ordeal that began in June 2002 when a stranger crept into her bedroom, held a knife to her throat, marched her up a hillside trail and made her his sex slave.  |
| Path cleared for re-start of Elizabeth Smart kidnapping trial Posted: 05 Nov 2010 06:06 PM PDT A federal appeals court cleared the way Friday for the resumption of the trial of Brian David Mitchell, the man charged in the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart.  |
| Court turns aside Georgia death row inmate's appeal Posted: 05 Nov 2010 05:44 PM PDT A federal appeals court panel deflected a condemned Georgia inmate's appeal of a ruling that denied him a new trial in a decades-old murder case, saying Friday that the appeal should have gone to the U.S. Supreme Court instead.  |
| Bomb thrown at Belfast officers, wounding them Posted: 05 Nov 2010 05:42 PM PDT Two police officers have been injured after a bomb was thrown at them.  |
| Hit list of UK lawmakers removed from site Posted: 05 Nov 2010 05:42 PM PDT A hit list of British lawmakers who voted for the Iraq war with instructions for meeting them in person was taken down from a website Friday after the British Home Office expressed concern, the office said.  |
| Navy SEAL accused of smuggling illegal weapons from Iraq, Afghanistan Posted: 05 Nov 2010 05:28 PM PDT The arrest of a Navy SEAL accused of trying to sell weapons smuggled from Iraq or Afghanistan has raised questions about how he managed to get 80 high-powered weapons into the U.S. through military transport.  |
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