Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Dissident artist: Police harassed me

Dissident artist: Police harassed me


Dissident artist: Police harassed me

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 01:12 PM PDT

China most famous dissident artist, Ai Weiwei, was being harassed by police and warned to stay away from a planned court appearance on Wednesday, he said.

Will China overtake U.S. in space?

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 01:10 PM PDT

Joan Johnson-Freese says the danger for the U.S. is in ceding space exploration and leadership to China because it lacks patience

Why Egypt won't change if Mubarak dies

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 01:07 PM PDT

After conflicting reports about Hosni Mubarak's health, many ask: If the ousted leader were to die, would it really make a blip in the course of Egyptian history?

Iraq vet now aids Syria's wounded

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:48 PM PDT

Tattooed and pale, with an Arabic vocabulary of a few dozen words at best, 24-year-old American Peter Kassig is not who you would expect to see striding up and down the corridors of a hospital in Tripoli, Lebanon, clutching a wad of bloodied bandages.

Fukushima suicide and 'unspeakable rage'

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:07 AM PDT

Victims of Japan's Fukushima disaster struggle to rebuild their lives, as CNN's Kyung Lah reports.

The elephant in room at Rio

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:32 AM PDT

Jenny Shipley says it defies reason that family planning and population growth is not on the agenda at the U.N. Earth Summit this week in Rio.

Assange seeks asylum: Why Ecuador?

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 02:09 PM PDT

Time was running out for Julian Assange. If the WikiLeaks frontman was going to make a move it would be soon.

U.S. Army vet treats Syria's wounded

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:47 PM PDT

Tattooed and pale, with an Arabic vocabulary of a few dozen words at best, 24-year-old American Peter Kassig is not who you would expect to see striding up and down the corridors of a hospital in Tripoli, Lebanon, clutching a wad of bloodied bandages.

Fidel Castro likes ... yoga?

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:29 AM PDT

Fidel Castro has never been accused of wanting for opinions, but the former Cuban leader's Tuesday commentary stumped many of his fellow citizens.

How Egypt's revolution was cut down

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:42 AM PDT

Since the military has positioned itself in charge of Egypt, activists who flooded Tahrir Square in 2011 wonder, "Did Egypt's revolution begin with a bang only to end with a whimper?

Why Assange needs Ecuador and Ecuador needs Assange

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 01:54 PM PDT

Time was running out for Julian Assange. If the WikiLeaks frontman was going to make a move it would be soon.

A Greek government again, finally?

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 02:12 PM PDT

Greece is hopeful that a government can be formed as early as Wednesday after the leaders of three political parties signaled that talks among them were going well.

Hostage standoff at French bank ends

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 01:40 PM PDT

A gunman who says he is with al Qaeda is holding four people hostage at a bank in France, police said Wednesday.

Why is Uganda attacking homosexuality?

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 01:39 PM PDT

The Ugandan government said Wednesday it will ban at least 38 nongovernmental agencies it says are promoting gay rights and recruiting children into homosexuality.

Fukushima plant operator: We weren't prepared

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:36 AM PDT

The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant admitted Wednesday that it was not fully prepared for the nuclear accident spurred by last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami.

Ex-Romanian leader heads to jail

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 01:13 PM PDT

Former Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase is headed to jail after the Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed the two-year sentence imposed after he was convicted of illegally raising campaign funds.

Political crisis in Pakistan looming?

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 08:13 AM PDT

Pakistan's president has summoned the lower house of parliament to meet Friday to elect a new prime minister after the nation's top court ruled that Yousuf Raza Gilani is ineligible to hold office.

Suicide bomber on motorcycle targets NATO, Afghan forces

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:35 AM PDT

Initial reports indicate that as many as 18 people, including three International Security Assistance Force service members, were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle targeted NATO and Afghan security forces, a U.S. official said.

Fidel Castro likes ... yoga?

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:29 AM PDT

Fidel Castro has never been accused of wanting for opinions, but the former Cuban leader's Tuesday commentary stumped many of his fellow citizens.

Woody Allen's tour of the world

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 06:04 AM PDT

Until the late 80s, Woody Allen venture far from the five boroughs of New York. Since those days Allen has expanded his geographical footprint considerably. Well, at least to Europe.

Prison fires in Turkey's jails

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:39 AM PDT

A series of recent fires in at least five detention centers around the country has raised questions about living conditions in Turkey's prison system.

Report blasts Puerto Rico police

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:37 AM PDT

Nine months after a Justice Department investigation castigated Puerto Rico's police department, another exhaustive report, this one by the American Civil Liberties Union, discloses evidence of widespread abuses and violations of civil rights.

Iran, N. Korea and trafficking

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:38 AM PDT

Mark Lagon, formerly with the State Department's Trafficking Office, talks about the TIP report.

Malawi leader: 'Why I'm selling jet'

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:34 AM PDT

Joyce Banda made headlines in April when she was sworn in as president of Malawi, becoming the first female head state in southern Africa and only the second in the whole continent.

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