Sunday, October 2, 2011

French woman kidnapped in Kenya

French woman kidnapped in Kenya


French woman kidnapped in Kenya

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 07:53 AM PDT

Kenyan officials sent mediators into Somalia Sunday after captors took a kidnapped French woman there, a Kenyan official said. He said Kenya was weighing whether to enter Somalia and attack.

Activists on trial for insulting UAE president

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:56 AM PDT

The trial of five Emirati activists charged with publicly insulting the UAE president and other top officials resumed Sunday without the defendants, but with the courtroom open to media and representatives from human rights groups for the first time in the trial's five sessions, which began on June 14. A police officer told the Federal Supreme Court judge that the defendants refused to come to court as the state prosecution presented its case.

Afghan panel: Pakistani behind assassination of peace council chief

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:40 AM PDT

Afghan officials repeated accusations Sunday that the assassination of the country's peace council chairman began with a plot in Pakistan and was carried out by a citizen of the neighboring nation.

Philippine typhoons leave dozens dead

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 01:05 AM PDT

A second typhoon in a week pounded the Philippines over the weekend, causing severe flooding and contributing to at least one death, officials said. The first typhoon killed 52 people.

Yemeni airstrike mistakenly targets soldiers, kills 29, official says

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 04:09 AM PDT

A Yemeni government aircraft mistakenly bombed its own troops, killing 29 soldiers, a security official told CNN on Sunday.

How Knox's fate will be decided

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 04:12 PM PDT

American Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are appealing their convictions in the killing of British exchange student Meredith Kercher. Here is a guide to the appeal process.

Record price for Nazis' Enigma

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:39 AM PDT

An Enigma machine which featured in a Hollywood movie about the codebreakers of World War II has smashed auction estimates and sold for a world record price.

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