Thursday, September 20, 2012

The top 10 CNN Heroes are ...

The top 10 CNN Heroes are ...


The top 10 CNN Heroes are ...

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:03 AM PDT

For their extraordinary efforts to help change the world and better the lives of others, 10 everyday people will receive $50,000 and a chance for much more.

Christians' conundrum in Syria

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:27 AM PDT

As the 18-month-long Syrian conflict festers, the government and the opposition welcome and need Christian support.

Whole family addicted to opium

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:27 AM PDT

On the outskirts of Kabul, behind a high wall is a building that used to serve as a school classroom.

Rapper's 'Gangnam Style' comes to U.S.

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:48 AM PDT

The new North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has brought Disney characters and fun fairs to the images disseminated by the secretive regime's state media. The question now is whether his rule has also added a touch of South Korean pop culture.

Officials: 129 inmates just walked out

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 11:58 AM PDT

The 129 inmates who escaped from a northern Mexico prison did not flee through a tunnel, as authorities first reported. They walked out the front door.

Producer jailed for gay-themed play

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 06:34 AM PDT

Ugandan authorities jailed a British producer for staging without permission a play about the challenges facing homosexuals in the African nation.

Videos said to show prison abuse

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:28 AM PDT

Videos purportedly showing guards abusing prisoners, including one male inmate being raped with a broom handle, have led to arrests and outrage both inside and outside the Eurasian country of Georgia.

UK soldier gives birth at Afghan base

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 08:33 AM PDT

A huge British military base in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan got a surprise arrival this week as a soldier gave birth to a baby boy.

Syrian warplanes pound gas station

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:19 AM PDT

Syrian government warplanes targeted a northern town Thursday, hitting a gas station and triggering an explosion that killed at least 20 people, opposition forces said.

Slain ambassador on al Qaeda hit list?

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 06:16 AM PDT

In the months leading up to his death, U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, worried about what he called the never-ending security threats in Benghazi and mentioned his name was on an al Qaeda hit list, a source told CNN.

Opinion: Protests as mindless as the anti-Islam film

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 08:55 AM PDT

Salman Shaikh wants to protest against the violent Middle East protesters, who he says are undermining the Arab Spring and acting like criminals.

Officials: 129 inmates walked out front door

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:45 AM PDT

The 129 inmates who escaped from a northern Mexico prison did not flee through a tunnel, as authorities first reported. They walked out the front door.

Somalia suicide bombing kills journalists

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:44 AM PDT

A suicide bombing in Somalia's capital killed and wounded numerous people, with three journalists from state-run broadcasting services among the dead, witnesses and state news outlets reported Thursday.

Topless Kate photos hit stands in more countries

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 03:21 AM PDT

Topless photos of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge hit newsstands in yet another country on Thursday, as a magazine in Denmark became at least the fifth outlet to run the pictures causing headaches for Britain's likely future queen.

'Horrific' videos said to show prisoner abuse

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:28 AM PDT

Videos purportedly showing guards abusing prisoners, including one male inmate being raped with a broom handle, have led to arrests and outrage both inside and outside the Eurasian country of Georgia.

Producer jailed for play about gay challenges in Uganda

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:24 AM PDT

Ugandan authorities jailed a British producer for staging without permission a play about the challenges facing homosexuals in the African nation.

UK soldier gives birth at Afghan base

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 08:33 AM PDT

A huge British military base in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan got a surprise arrival this week as a soldier gave birth to a baby boy.

More revelations in China's murder mystery-political saga

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:30 AM PDT

The disgraced politician at the center of China's biggest political scandal in years has been linked to a criminal act for the first time since he was removed from office, the state-run Xinhua news agency has reported.

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