Sunday, April 3, 2011

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Obama may announce re-election bid as early as Monday

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 11:15 PM PDT

President Barack Obama plans to send supporters a text or email message announcing his intention to run for re-election, multiple Democratic sources tell CNN.

Is nuclear energy worth the risk?

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 10:42 PM PDT

The more things change, the more they stay the same...

Fence in Pacific to try to corral radiation coming from nuclear plant

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 10:21 PM PDT

Workers at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are onto Plan C in their bid to stop highly radioactive water from gushing directly into the Pacific Ocean through a cracked concrete shaft, a Japanese nuclear official said Monday.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei reportedly detained

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 10:06 PM PDT

Police surrounded the studio of one of China's most famous artists Sunday after authorities reportedly detained him at a Beijing airport.

Vivendi strikes SFR deal with Vodafone

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 09:42 PM PDT

Read full story for latest details.

'Widespread cracking' found where hole opened on Southwest jet

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 09:30 PM PDT

Investigators found "widespread cracking" on the skin of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 that made an emergency landing in Arizona after a hole opened on top of the aircraft during flight Friday, a National Transportation Safety Board member said Sunday.

Grandniece of slain Egyptian leader safe after kidnapping, family says

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 09:01 PM PDT

Less than 24 hours after suspected kidnappers in Cairo seized a 14-year-old girl who is a grandniece of assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, a relative said early Monday that Zeina Sadat was back home with her family.

Investigators find parts of downed Air France jet

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:53 PM PDT

French investigators said Sunday that they have found pieces of the Air France jet that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in 2009, killing all 228 people on board.

Shrine bombing kills 41 in central Pakistan

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:35 PM PDT

A suicide bombing at a Sufi shrine in central Pakistan's Punjab province on Sunday killed at least 41 people and wounded more than 100 others, police said.

Despite Gulf oil spill, rig owner executives get big bonuses

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:15 PM PDT

Declaring 2010 "the best year in safety performance in our company's history," Transocean Ltd., owner of the Gulf of Mexico oil rig that exploded, killing 11 workers, has awarded its top executives hefty bonuses and raises, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Duke lacrosse accuser arrested in boyfriend's stabbing

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:07 PM PDT

The woman who accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape five years ago was arrested Sunday, suspected of stabbing her boyfriend, police said.

Editors of Bahrain newspaper critical of government fired

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:06 PM PDT

Three top editors of Al-Wasat, a Bahraini newspaper critical of the government's crackdown on the protest movement in that country, have been fired, according to state-run media reports.

What's causing the conflict in Ivory Coast?

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:57 PM PDT

The west African country of Ivory Coast - also known as Cote d'Ivoire -- has been rocked by civil conflict as forces loyal to opposition leader Alassan Ouattara seek to oust incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo after a disputed presidential election last November. Most of the international community recognize Ouattara's victory and are urging Gbagbo to go.

Unbeaten Djokovic edges Nadal in Miami Masters epic

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:55 PM PDT

Novak Djokovic beat world number one Rafael Nadal to claim the Miami Masters 1000 title Sunday and maintain his winning start to 2011.

French take control of key Ivory Coast airport

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:54 PM PDT

French peacekeepers in war-torn Ivory Coast were in control of the airport in the main city of Abidjan, the French Ministry of Defense said Sunday, as a battle for the city seemed to be looming.

6.7-magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:17 PM PDT

A magnitude-6.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Grass fire forces evacuation of Kansas town

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 06:45 PM PDT

A large grass fire prompted authorities in Satanta, Kansas, to briefly evacuate the town's 1,200 residents as the blaze damaged at least three homes, a spokeswoman for Haskell County Emergency Management said.

Misrata wounded speak of fighting, resolve

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 06:33 PM PDT

Hundreds of people hurt in the fighting in the Libyan city of Misrata were picked up by a Turkish hospital ship Sunday and spoke of the violence they left behind.

Protesters march in Syria as president names new prime minister

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:51 PM PDT

Tens of thousands of Syrians marched Sunday in memory of anti-government protesters killed on Friday, calling them "martyrs" and chanting for freedom, demonstrators told CNN.

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