Monday, July 2, 2012

Thousands protest Hong Kong's China-fication

Thousands protest Hong Kong's China-fication


Thousands protest Hong Kong's China-fication

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 06:53 AM PDT

Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded Hong Kong's streets Sunday, shortly after the city's new chief executive was sworn in during a ceremony with Chinese President Hu Jintao on the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty.

50 rebel lawmakers resign

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:40 AM PDT

Fifty rebel lawmakers resigned Monday from Japan's governing party, weakening the majority of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda as he pushes a controversial increase in the sales tax through parliament.

'Himalayan Viagra' taking its toll on Nepal

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 07:15 AM PDT

Ram Bahadur Jafra and his two brothers crouch on a field, picking through blades of grass and staring at the soil. They have traveled five days by foot to a Himalayan meadow at a 4,300 meter elevation deep inside Nepal's Dolpa district. They came, as tens of thousands do each year, to harvest a highly valuable commodity from the high-altitude soil: the Himalayan caterpillar fungus -- also known as Himalayan Viagra.

Mexican vote: Key questions linger

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Mexico's election results raise issues rooted in the country's complicated political past that will play a critical role in shaping the nation's future.

Heathrow gets set for Olympics

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:04 AM PDT

Test your Heathrow knowledge

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:02 AM PDT

UPDATE: Where in the world ... ?

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Do you know where this photo was taken?

Official: No credible Olympic threat

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 10:04 AM PDT

CNN's Suzanne Kelly reports government officials see no credible Olympic terror threat from al Qaeda.

Iran's 'war games'

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 06:48 AM PDT

Iran will test-fire missiles during "war games" this week, the semiofficial Mehr News Agency reported Sunday.

Islamic militants torch sacred tombs

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 06:49 AM PDT

A Mali separatist movement on Sunday said it was prepared to act against Islamic militants following the destruction of three sacred tombs in Timbuktu, and called on the United States and France "to help us kill them."

UPDATE: Where in the world ... ?

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Do you know where this photo was taken?

Botswana's 'metal heads'

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 07:29 AM PDT

Errol Barnett meets the "metal heads" of this southern African nation, and see why they call Botswana home.

Will new plan to end Syrian bloodshed work?

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:18 AM PDT

After world leaders heralded a new plan over the weekend to end the crisis in Syria, the agreement between typically sparring countries netted both optimism and doubt.

Abducted aid workers freed in Kenya

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 11:30 AM PDT

Four aid workers, who were abducted from Kenya's vast Dadaab refugee complex near the Somali border last week, were freed late Sunday during a shootout with kidnappers, a military official said..

Officials: No credible Olympic threat

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 07:24 AM PDT

CNN's Suzanne Kelly reports government officials see no credible Olympic terror threat from al Qaeda.

Report: Iran to fire missiles during 'war games'

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:07 AM PDT

Iran will test-fire missiles during "war games" this week, the semiofficial Mehr News Agency reported Sunday.

New Egypt president on likely collision course with military

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:09 AM PDT

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi is looking at ways to return lawmakers to office after parliament was dissolved, his spokesman said Monday, putting the new leader on a likely collision course with the country's powerful military only days after he was sworn in.

Islamic militants set fire to sacred tombs

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:10 AM PDT

A Mali separatist movement on Sunday said it was prepared to act against Islamic militants following the destruction of three sacred tombs in Timbuktu, and called on the United States and France "to help us kill them."

Chasing Prefontaine: The run for a record

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:39 AM PDT

The buzz began hours before the start of the race at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials: Would one of the most-elusive records in long distance running set by a legend long dead finally fall?

U.S. sprinters to hold run-off for spot

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:22 PM PDT

Two sprinters who tied for the same spot on the U.S. Olympic team will duke it out on the track Monday to determine who will get to run the 100-meter race in London.

Will court staff be released in Libya?

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:41 AM PDT

Four staff members of the International Criminal Court who have been detained for several weeks in Libya are expected to be released Monday, a spokeswoman for the court said.

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