Thursday, June 28, 2012

Open Mic: Hong Kong's identity

Open Mic: Hong Kong's identity


Open Mic: Hong Kong's identity

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:29 AM PDT

People in Hong Kong step up to CNN's Open Mic and tell us the difference between Hong Kong and mainland China.

Witness to war in Syria

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:29 AM PDT

Photojournalist Robert King captures the suffering of civilians in Syria.

Explosions shake heart of Damascus

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:22 AM PDT

A day after attackers bombed a pro-government TV station, massive explosions shook the heart of Damascus near the Justice Ministry, the state-run media said.

Where in the world can you get universal health care?

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:04 PM PDT

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation Thursday in a narrow 5-4 ruling that Obama says will provide up to 30 million additional Americans with health care.

EU summit: What's at stake?

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:27 AM PDT

EU leaders are meeting for a crucial summit in Brussels. CNN's Matthew Chance reports.

A tech festival with no internet

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:59 AM PDT

CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports Cuban techies got together for a festival without having any technology.

Taliban video shows 17 beheaded

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:25 PM PDT

Seventeen Pakistani soldiers who were kidnapped last week are shown beheaded in a video released by the Taliban.

U.S. couple held while trying to adopt

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:22 AM PDT

Ghanaian authorities detained an American couple on suspicion of trying to adopt four children illegally in the African nation, U.S. officials said.

A tech festival with no internet

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:59 AM PDT

CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports Cuban techies got together for a festival without having any technology.

Taliban video shows 17 beheaded Pakistani soldiers

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:24 PM PDT

Seventeen Pakistani soldiers who were kidnapped last week are shown beheaded in a video released by the Taliban.

UK police serve notice on Assange

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Police served a notice Thursday on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange demanding that he appear at a police station in connection with his extradition, after he sought asylum last week at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

Report: News Corp. agrees to split in two

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:56 AM PDT

The board of News Corp. has agreed to split the conglomerate into two pieces, with one company encompassing its television and film assets and the other holding its publishing entities, according to The Wall Street Journal, which is owned by News Corp.

U.S. couple detained in Ghana while trying to adopt

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:45 AM PDT

Ghanaian authorities detained an American couple on suspicion of trying to adopt four children illegally in the African nation, U.S. officials said.

UK journalist assaulted in Tahrir Square: 'Please make it stop'

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:02 PM PDT

Amid the celebrations that greeted the declaration of a winner in Egypt's first freely elected presidential vote, a British student journalist was being sexually assaulted by a mob in Tahrir Square.

Opinion: Egypt's Islamists have much to prove on women's rights

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:24 PM PDT

A few days before the runoff elections that brought the Muslim Brotherhood candidate to the presidency, I was invited along with other civil activists to meet Mohamed Morsi. He did not show up, but his top advisers were present. After the long speech they gave about how Morsi will empower the civil society and that the Muslim Brotherhood will respect human rights including women's rights, a colleague of mine raised his hand to ask a question.

Australia debates what to do with asylum seekers

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:47 AM PDT

The Australian Senate has rejected a bill that would have revived plans to process asylum seekers in offshore detention centers in a highly emotional vote following the sinking of two boats packed with people in one week.

Two men arrested in London terror probe

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:04 PM PDT

Two men were arrested in London on Thursday on suspicion of terror offenses, police said.

Hostages free from pirate captivity

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:28 AM PDT

After nearly two years in captivity, a South African couple is freed from Somali pirates. CNN's Nkepile Mabuse reports.

Golden girl of Australian swimming

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:43 AM PDT

Sports stars love their routines. Some, like tennis champion Rafael Nadal, take it to extremes.

Beckham left out of Olympic team

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 08:39 AM PDT

David Beckham's Olympic dream is over after the soccer star revealed he has not been included in the British squad for the forthcoming Games in his home city of London.

In numbers: Women in politics globally

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:36 AM PDT

One less count against Karadzic

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:37 AM PDT

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia threw out one count of genocide against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Thursday, the court said.

2nd victim found in mall collapse

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:34 AM PDT

A second body -- thought to be the last victim from the weekend collapse of a shopping mall roof -- was pulled from the rubble of the damaged mall in Ontario's Elliot Lake community, police said Wednesday.

Mutinous police, Bolivia reach deal

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:35 AM PDT

The Bolivian government and mutinous police reached an agreement Wednesday morning that will return the officers to duty, the state-run ABI news agency reported.

Railway station bombed

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:24 PM PDT

Seven people were killed and 20 injured Wednesday night when a bomb exploded in a crowded railway station tea shop in southwest Pakistan, a government official told CNN.

Dozens killed by al Qaeda mines

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:42 AM PDT

Land mine explosions have killed at least 73 people in Yemen's Abyan province since al Qaeda fighters were defeated two weeks ago, the Yemeni Defense Ministry said. Among those killed were 23 soldiers.

Witnesses: Youths shot during protest

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:39 AM PDT

Several youths were injured Tuesday in Mali when rebels opened fire on hundreds of people protesting the killing of a local official the night before, witnesses said.

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