Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Woman: I'm a runaway, not dead in Syrian custody

Woman: I'm a runaway, not dead in Syrian custody


Woman: I'm a runaway, not dead in Syrian custody

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 03:20 PM PDT

Zainab Alhusni, the young woman reportedly slain and mutilated while in Syrian custody, appears to be very much alive.

China, Russia defend Syria veto

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 02:07 PM PDT

China said on Wednesday the U.N. Security Council resolution it vetoed would not have helped "ease Syria's situation."

NATO: Top Haqqani leader killed in strike

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 06:27 AM PDT

A week after the senior Haqqani network leader in Afghanistan was captured, a coalition airstrike killed one of his associates, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said on Wednesday.

India to help train Afghan security forces

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 07:57 AM PDT

India will help train Afghan security forces under a deal signed by India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, according to a copy of the agreement released by India.

Epic bank scandal hits Iran's leader

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:32 AM PDT

The largest case of bank fraud in Iranian history is threatening to engulf President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after a parliamentary commission decided to investigate his office for possible connections to the crime, Iranian state media has reported.

Bahrain opposition keeps up hunger strike

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 10:43 AM PDT

Bahraini opposition leaders, many sentenced to life in prison, are 12 days into a hunger strike dedicated to gaining the release of "innocent women and girls" from jail, the son of one of the leaders told CNN Wednesday.

3 U.S. soldiers indicted in death of Spanish journalist

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 06:07 AM PDT

A Spanish judge has again indicted three U.S. soldiers in connection with the death of a Spanish TV cameraman in Iraq in 2003, according to a court order viewed by CNN on Wednesday.

Apple founder Steve Jobs dies

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 06:20 PM PDT

(CNN) -- Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world's leading tech company and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56.

Gadhafi's legacy: 'Madman or god?'

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:10 AM PDT

Not too long ago, the African stage belonged to Moammar Gadhafi. But his regime now sits in ruins, leaving the continent without a major investor who disbursed billions of dollars buying friendships and ensuring allegiances.

Report: China mine accident kills 17

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:35 AM PDT

The death toll in a coal mine accident in China's southwestern Guizhou province rose to 16 late Tuesday, after three more bodies were found, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

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