Thursday, January 10, 2013

Elephants slaughtered for tusks

Elephants slaughtered for tusks


Elephants slaughtered for tusks

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:43 AM PST

Kenyan park rangers are hunting for a gang of poachers who they say killed elephants and hacked off their tusks.

Mom yanks python off child

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:21 AM PST

A toddler in Australia is attacked by a huge python while she sleeps, and her mom springs into action.

Lives collapsing, again

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:56 AM PST

First their houses were destroyed by regime forces -- now Syrian refugees are battling to save their tents from icy floodwaters in hideous conditions.

Rush to save 11 trapped killer whales

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:05 AM PST

Time is running short for a pack of killer whales trapped by ice near a small Canadian village on Hudson Bay, the town's mayor said Wednesday.

The front lines in fight for women

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:33 AM PST

Woman executed by beheading

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:07 AM PST

A young Sri Lankan woman has been executed with a sword in a small, dusty town in Saudi Arabia, thousands of miles from the lush jungles and idyllic beaches of the country where she grew up.

3 Kurdish women shot dead in Paris

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:38 AM PST

Three Kurdish women were found dead with gunshots to the head early Thursday, police in Paris said, in an unexplained act of violence that is likely to shock the Kurdish community.

Wounded, but few places to go

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:14 AM PST

It's a double calamity for civilians caught in Syria's bloody war. Those seriously wounded in bombings have a dwindling number of places to get help as hospitals have become one of the regime's preferred targets.

Syria death toll: How does it compare?

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:38 AM PST

More than 60,000 people have been killed in Syria since unrest began in the country nearly two years ago, according to the latest estimate from the United Nations.

2 trains collide in Swiss town

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:39 AM PST

Two passenger trains collided in a Swiss town Thursday, injuring 17 people, according to police.

Mom yanks python off child

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:21 AM PST

A toddler in Australia is attacked by a huge python while she sleeps, and her mom springs into action.

Police: 3 Kurdish women shot dead in Paris

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:01 AM PST

Three Kurdish women were found dead with gunshots to the head early Thursday, police in Paris said, in an unexplained act of violence that is likely to shock the Kurdish community.

Saudi Arabia executes woman by beheading

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:07 AM PST

A young Sri Lankan woman has been executed with a sword in a small, dusty town in Saudi Arabia, thousands of miles from the lush jungles and idyllic beaches of the country where she grew up.

Court battle over photos of bin Laden

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:06 AM PST

A federal appeals court will consider Thursday whether photos of Osama bin Laden's body should be released.

Bergen: Abandon Afghanistan? A dumb idea

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 07:13 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai will meet with President Barack Obama on Friday to discuss the post-2014 American presence in Afghanistan.

Train collision in Swiss town injures 17

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:01 AM PST

Two passenger trains collided in a Swiss town Thursday, injuring 17 people, according to police.

Venezuelans plan rally for Chavez, with no Chavez

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:50 AM PST

Health problems have stopped Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from coming to Caracas for an inauguration ceremony Thursday, but there still could be plenty of pomp and circumstance.

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