Monday, October 15, 2012

Girl seeks justice after gang rape

Girl seeks justice after gang rape


Girl seeks justice after gang rape

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:28 AM PDT

She's just 16 years old and one month ago was about to sit her final-year exams when she says she was shoved into a car and gang-raped by eight men in a small village in the Indian state of Haryana.

Afghanistan's 'stunting' epidemic

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:10 PM PDT

CNN's Anna Coren reports on the more than 3 million Afghan children who suffer from a condition called stunting.

Rescue for India's forbidden couples

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 07:50 PM PDT

Devender had a crush on Lalita.

Support swells for Malala

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 07:44 PM PDT

CNN's Ralitsa Vassileva reports on the status of a Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for standing up for education.

Pakistan: $1M bounty over Malala attack

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 07:48 PM PDT

Pakistan's Interior minister offers a $1 million bounty for the Pakistani Taliban's spokesman over the attack on Malala Yousufzai, who is getting treated in the UK.

CIA's plot to get al-Awlaki

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 09:11 PM PDT

The story would not be out of place on the TV thriller "Homeland": the Danish petty criminal turned double agent who receives $250,000 in cash for helping the CIA try to ensnare one of al Qaeda's most wanted -- by finding him a wife.

Teen shot by Taliban arrives in UK

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 07:49 PM PDT

CNN's Dan Rivers explains why Malala Yousufzai has arrived in Britain.

Cuban Missile Crisis' farmyard origins

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:55 AM PDT

Fifty years ago Omar Lopez, then 15, knew a secret that governments around the world would have killed to learn or safeguard: the Soviets had missiles in Cuba.

UPDATE: Where in the world ... ?

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:34 PM PDT

Do you know where this photo was taken?

A Turkish air blockade against Syria?

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 04:43 AM PDT

For the second time in a week, Turkish officials are searching a civilian airplane headed to Syria, in what appears to be the enforcement of a new Turkish air blockade against the Syrian government.

Cuban Missile Crisis' farmyard origins

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 04:37 AM PDT

Fifty years ago Omar Lopez, then 15, knew a secret that governments around the world would have killed to learn or safeguard: the Soviets had missiles in Cuba.

Will Scotland finally leave UK?

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:57 AM PDT

More than 700 years after William Wallace died fighting for Scottish independence, and more than 300 years after Scotland and England came together in a United Kingdom, a new agreement could lead to an independent Scotland.

Afghanistan's 'stunting' epidemic

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:10 PM PDT

CNN's Anna Coren reports on the more than 3 million Afghan children who suffer from a condition called stunting.

'Love Commandos' rescue couples

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:31 AM PDT

Devender had a crush on Lalita.

UPDATE: Where in the world ... ?

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:34 PM PDT

Do you know where this photo was taken?

Rafael becomes hurricane, nears Bermuda

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 09:21 PM PDT

Tropical Storm Rafael churned in the central Atlantic early Monday as it neared hurricane strength, forecasters said.

Is Syria using Russian-made cluster bombs?

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 04:39 AM PDT

The war in Syria has prompted another war of words internationally, with Russia slamming a report that accuses the Syrian air force used Russian-made cluster bombs on rebels.

A Turkish air blockade against Syria?

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:22 AM PDT

For the second time in a week, Turkish officials are searching a civilian airplane headed to Syria, in what appears to be the enforcement of a new Turkish air blockade against the Syrian government.

Concordia shipwreck captain faces survivors

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:24 PM PDT

Described by one lawyer Monday as looking "like he walked straight out of a GQ magazine," the ex-captain of a shipwrecked cruise liner faced about a dozen of the survivors he's accused of abandoning.

Rebel leaders, Filipino officials sign landmark peace deal

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:21 PM PDT

Filipino government officials and Muslim rebel leaders signed a landmark peace deal Monday aimed at ending a long-running insurgency in the nation's troubled south.

New deal could lead to Scotland leaving UK

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:57 AM PDT

More than 700 years after William Wallace died fighting for Scottish independence, and more than 300 years after Scotland and England came together in a United Kingdom, a new agreement could lead to an independent Scotland.

Family: Blind Chinese activist's nephew faces prosecution

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:40 AM PDT

Chinese police have sent the criminal case involving the nephew of prominent blind human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng to the prosecution, signaling a possible trial soon, as well as continued official retribution against the activist's relatives, Chen and his family said.

Police raid Brazilian slums

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:24 AM PDT

Tanks, troops and police pushed through the streets of two shantytowns in northern Rio de Janeiro Sunday in a move to retake control of some of the city's most crime-ridden areas.

U.S. economists win Nobel

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:49 AM PDT

The announcement of the 2012 Nobel Prize for economics on Monday closes out the prestigious award season that has seen its share of surprise.

Ferry passengers stuck for 24 hours

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:28 AM PDT

A ferry that stranded 34 people for 24 hours after it ran aground on a Lake Erie sandbar has been pulled out by a tugboat, authorities said Friday.

Libyans pick new PM -- again

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 06:23 AM PDT

A week after dismissing the nation's prime minister, Libya's General National Congress late Sunday selected a new man -- Ali Zeidan -- to assume the post.

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