Friday, July 6, 2012

Fukushima: A leadership lesson

Fukushima: A leadership lesson


Fukushima: A leadership lesson

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 09:19 AM PDT

Seijiro Takeshita: Can the Japanese move away from consensus decision-making process and governance?

Myanmar: Ai workers detained

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:34 PM PDT

About 10 aid workers, some of them from the United Nations, are being held by authorities in an area of western Myanmar where sectarian clashes killed scores of people last month, the U.N. office in the country said Friday.

The stars of kiteboarding

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:20 PM PDT

When kiteboarding was given the Olympic seal of approval earlier this year, the brightest stars in the sport were faced with some life-changing decisions. Would they continue as semi-professionals who sail for fun, or quit their day jobs and focus all their time and energy to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Rio -- with a good shot at winning gold?

Mystery illness killing Cambodian kids

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:51 PM PDT

Dozens of Cambodian children have died of an illness that doctors are trying to diagnose. "They die because their lungs are destroyed," one doctor says. Most of the children have been younger than 3.

Release the bulls!

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:44 AM PDT

Pamplona's annual bull run starts July 7, a week of thrills in a Spanish town. CNN's Al Goodman reports.

China: Sign of the internet times?

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:45 AM PDT

Every so often, grassroots activism succeeds in China.

Mystery illness kills Cambodian kids

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 05:40 AM PDT

The World Health Organization (WHO) and Cambodian health officials are investigating why at least 61 children in the country have died mysteriously after suffering severe neurological and respiratory complications.

Clinton: Russia, China 'price to pay'

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:01 PM PDT

For the third time, the group known as the "Friends of Syria" will meet in Paris to try come up with a plan to bring peace to Syria. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is already in the city, and has told Russia and China to "get off the sidelines" and stop "standing up for" Bashar al-Assad.

Tutu: End the suffering in the Sudans

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 03:53 AM PDT

In the coming days I will be in Juba and Khartoum, the capitals of South Sudan and Sudan.

Mexico final tally - PRI wins

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 08:38 AM PDT

With 99.92% of election returns officially counted, Enrique Peña Nieto has been confirmed as the winner of Mexico's presidential election.

China lifts lesbian blood ban

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:51 AM PDT

The Chinese Ministry of Health has lifted a 14-year-old ban on lesbians donating blood in effect as of July 1.

Fukushima: A leadership lesson?

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:36 PM PDT

Seijiro Takeshita: Can the Japanese move away from consensus decision-making process and governance?

Clinton: Russia, China will 'pay a price'

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:52 PM PDT

For the third time, the group "Friends of Syria" will meet in Paris to devise a plan to bring peace to Syria. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is already in the city and told Russia and China to "get off the sidelines" and stop "standing up for" Bashar al-Assad.

High-ranking Syrian general defects

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:40 PM PDT

A high-profile defector from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime fled the country because he is outraged over the government's brutality, an activist told CNN.

Tutu: End the suffering in the Sudans

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 03:53 AM PDT

In the coming days I will be in Juba and Khartoum, the capitals of South Sudan and Sudan.

Gunmen kill 18 in Pakistan atttack

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 11:40 AM PDT

Attackers killed 18 people traveling by vehicle to Iran in Pakistan's Balochistan province, a city official in Turbat told CNN.

Mexico final tally -- a PRI presidential victory

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 08:38 AM PDT

With 99.92% of election returns officially counted, Enrique Peña Nieto has been confirmed as the winner of Mexico's presidential election.

U.N. aid workers detained in Myanmar

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 08:57 AM PDT

About 10 aid workers, some of them from the United Nations, are being held by authorities in an area of western Myanmar where sectarian clashes killed scores of people last month, the U.N. office in the country said Friday.

China lifts ban on lesbians giving blood

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:42 AM PDT

The Chinese Ministry of Health has lifted a 14-year-old ban on lesbians donating blood in effect as of July 1.

Why the Air France flight crashed

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:44 PM PDT

CNN's Richard Quest discusses the final report into the 2009 Air France crash that left 228 people dead.

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