Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Opinion: No easy way out in Afghanistan

Opinion: No easy way out in Afghanistan


Opinion: No easy way out in Afghanistan

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:58 PM PDT

In recent days, rogue Afghan security forces have killed six servicemen from the NATO-led military coalition, pushing the number of such fatalities past 50 in a single year for the first time. The death toll highlights one of the biggest challenges facing the coalition as it nears the end of its role in Afghanistan's war.

Bringing toilets to India's poor

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:42 PM PDT

Every morning at the crack of dawn, residents of a New Delhi slum gather by the railway tracks to do what most would only do in private -- go to the toilet.

Chinese police chief's trial

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:42 PM PDT

A Chinese court adjourned the public trial Tuesday of a police chief who triggered one of China's biggest political scandals in decades by famously seeking refuge in a U.S. consulate in February.

West Bank protest over cost of living

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:58 PM PDT

Protest and strikes over the escalating cost of living in the West Bank, as CNN's Sara Sidner reports.

Iran claims nuclear sabotage

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:04 PM PDT

Suzanne Kelly reports on Iran's claim of sabotage at a fortified nuclear enrichment facility

Orphan, 14, starts college

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:42 AM PDT

She grew up in grinding poverty, losing both her parents at a tender age but 14-year-old whizz-kid Maud Chifamba has defied adversity and hardship to break academic records.

Russia's 'Paris Hilton'

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:40 PM PDT

Kseniya Sobchak -dubbed Russia's Paris Hilton- talks about the more than million dollars found in her apartment.

Egypt charges Copts linked to video

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:55 PM PDT

Egyptian authorities have charged seven Coptic Christians and a pastor living in the United States with insulting Islam and inciting sectarian strife for their alleged links to an online video that has enraged much of the Muslim world.

Why the film upset Muslims

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:57 PM PDT

The former Pakistani Ambassador to the UK, Akbar Ahmed, explains why an anti-Islam film has triggered massive protests.

What they could teach Obama and Romney

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:56 AM PDT

Politics has returned to the water's edge. In the past week, we've seen how international events can suddenly dominate a political campaign, at least for a few days.

Freed American: 'It's a fight for life'

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:57 AM PDT

Every day in his cell in one of the most notorious prisons in Latin America, an American father wrote a letter to his little boy. Jason Puracal would tuck the papers away, trying to fight the fear that his son might grow up never knowing his dad.

War within: Turkey tensions exploding

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:46 AM PDT

Turkey's long-simmering war with a Kurdish insurgency has escalated over the last year, reaching death tolls unseen in more than a decade, a new report focusing on the conflict says.

$25 million bounty on al-Assad?

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:25 AM PDT

The rebel Free Syrian Army has announced a $25 million reward for the capture of President Bashar al-Assad "dead or alive," the Turkish Anadolu Agency reported Tuesday.

War within: Turkey tensions exploding

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:46 AM PDT

Turkey's long-simmering war with a Kurdish insurgency has escalated over the last year, reaching death tolls unseen in more than a decade, a new report focusing on the conflict says.

American freed from Nicaragua prison

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 09:01 AM PDT

Every day in his cell in one of the most notorious prisons in Latin America, an American father wrote a letter to his little boy. Jason Puracal would tuck the papers away, trying to fight the fear that his son might grow up never knowing his dad.

Orphan, 14, starts college

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:42 AM PDT

She grew up in grinding poverty, losing both her parents at a tender age but 14-year-old whizz-kid Maud Chifamba has defied adversity and hardship to break academic records.

Syrian rebels deny report of $25M bounty on al-Assad

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:33 PM PDT

The rebel Free Syrian Army has announced a $25 million reward for the capture of President Bashar al-Assad "dead or alive," the Turkish Anadolu Agency reported Tuesday.

U.S. limits action after 'green-on-blue' killings

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 06:28 AM PDT

NATO troops in Afghanistan have been ordered to halt some joint operations with Afghan security forces after a spate of attacks by their local allies and amid fallout from a controversial anti-Islam video.

Suicide attacks kill 13 in Afghanistan

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:49 PM PDT

An insurgent group close to the Taliban said its attack Tuesday that killed 12 in Afghanistan was revenge for an anti-Islam film that has angered the Muslim world.

Video purports to show U.S. ambassador

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:52 PM PDT

The chaos is palpable in the video, as a throng of Libyans frantically scramble to carry a man's body. According to the man who shot the video, the wounded man is the late U.S. ambassador to Libya.

Insurgents used hole in fence to get onto Prince Harry's base

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 04:53 AM PDT

The insurgents who attacked an Afghan military base where Prince Harry is deployed may have gotten onto the base by sneaking through a hole in a fence, a British military source said Monday. Officials discovered the hole after the attack, the source said, adding that the attackers -- daringly disguised in U.S. Army uniforms -- also tried to blow up parked NATO aircraft with hand-held improvised explosive devices.

Magazine fined for topless Kate photos

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 05:06 PM PDT

A French magazine has been fined for publishing topless photographs of Britain's likely future queen, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and ordered not to distribute the magazine in print or online, a French court ruled Tuesday.

132 inmates escape Mexican prison on U.S. border

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 04:50 AM PDT

Mexican authorities are blocking roads leading to the United States and are offering a $15,000 reward for the capture of the 132 inmates who escaped from a prison in a border town, authorities said.

Lessons from Eisenhower, Carter

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:00 PM PDT

Politics has returned to the water's edge. In the past week, we've seen how international events can suddenly dominate a political campaign, at least for a few days.

Turkey tensions exploding

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:43 PM PDT

Turkey's long-simmering war with a Kurdish insurgency has escalated over the last year, reaching death tolls unseen in more than a decade, a new report focusing on the conflict says.

Knox ex-boyfriend pens memoir

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:44 PM PDT

Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend and murder trial co-defendant revealed in a new book that he sometimes questioned her innocence because of her "bizarre behavior" the day a British student was found dead in their apartment.

Greek minister: 'Great sacrifices'

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:44 PM PDT

Greece is being asked to make "great sacrifices" but the country's sick will not suffer from a lack of medical help, health minister Andreas Likourentzos says.

Nicaragua frees American

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:59 PM PDT

Every day in his cell in one of the most notorious prisons in Latin America, an American father wrote a letter to his little boy. Jason Puracal would tuck the papers away, trying to fight the fear that his son might grow up never knowing his dad.

132 inmates escape Mexican prison

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:43 PM PDT

Mexican authorities have detained a prison director and two other prison officials after 132 inmates escaped from the facility Monday, officials said.

Junot Diaz brings back Yunior

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:37 PM PDT

To claim fans have been eagerly waiting for Dominican author Junot Diaz's next book would be an understatement.

Yemen's views on anti-Islam video

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:48 PM PDT

Many Yemenis, like Egyptians, Libyans and others, have been provoked by media reports about a film called "Innocence of Muslims" that maligns the Prophet Mohammed.

Gambia frees 2 Americans

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:45 PM PDT

Two American citizens serving long prison sentences for treason in Gambia will return to the United States Tuesday night after the Rev. Jesse Jackson made a face-to-face appeal for their release to President Yahya Jammeh.

Dozens dead in Cameroon floods

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:45 PM PDT

Flooding in Cameroon's Far North Region has killed nearly 30 people and affected more than 26,000 others, officials said Monday.

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