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Global markets post massive gains (19 September 10:09) |
| Asian markets on Friday rallied on news the U.S. government was planning a broad program to stem the credit crunch and banks around the world were pumping billions of dollars into money mark... |
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Planet is running out of clean water, film warns (19 September 08:36) |
| One sixth of the world's population does not have access to clean drinking water. More than 2 million people, most of them children, die each year from water-borne diseases.
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Google 'planning to launch floating servers' (19 September 08:18) |
| Forget the Royal Navy and the U.S. Marines -- the 'computer navy' is on its way and media on the high seas are set to make a steaming comeback.
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Police inspector dies in Delhi gunbattle (19 September 08:06) |
| A battle between suspected Islamic terrorists -- believed involved in a series of bombings -- and Indian police in a south Delhi neighborhood ended Friday with two suspects dead and two othe... |
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Two held over German terror plot (19 September 07:02) |
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Medvedev: Russia won't be isolated (19 September 07:02) |
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Serb president to oppose Kosovo independence (19 September 06:36) |
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South Korea promoted to developed market (19 September 02:12) |
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Hurricane Ike warning: Flee or die (12 September 06:50) |
| Floodwaters were surging ashore along the coastline of Texas' Galveston Island on Friday as Gulf Coast residents living in the path of Hurricane Ike were told they faced "certain death" unle... |
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Diplomat: Russia stalling over Georgia observers (12 September 06:43) |
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Report: Fugitive Mladic won't surrender (12 September 06:37) |
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Judge throws out Zuma corruption charges (12 September 05:47) |
| A South African judge has ruled Friday that the prosecution against African National Congress President Jacob Zuma was invalid, clearing the way for him to contest the presidential election ... |
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Suspected U.S. attack kills 13 in Pakistan (12 September 05:43) |
| A missile fired from a suspected U.S. pilotless drone killed at least 13 people and wounded five others Friday in a village in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, according to Pakista... |
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Pilot makes first night-goggle Antarctic flight (12 September 04:29) |
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Truckers: Chunnel blaze nearly killed us (12 September 03:17) |
| Eurostar passengers faced further delays on Friday after the Channel Tunnel remained closed following a major fire.
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Reports: N. Korea's Kim had surgery after stroke (12 September 11:33) |
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Eight dead after clashes hit Bolivia's east (12 September 07:36) |
| Three people were fatally shot Thursday in clashes between pro-autonomy militants and Bolivian government supporters in Providencia in the northeastern province of Pando, an official said.
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Venezuela to expel U.S. ambassador (12 September 06:52) |
| Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he is expelling the U.S. ambassador and recalling his own ambassador from Washington. "He has 72 hours, from this moment, the Yankee ambassador in C... |
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Fire breaks out in channel tunnel (12 September 05:26) |
| Thousands of passengers and truckers are stranded in France and England after a fire broke out in the undersea Channel Tunnel linking the two countries. The fire broke out on a freight train... |
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Zimbabwe leaders reach power-sharing deal (12 September 05:25) |
| A power-sharing deal has been reached between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the Movement for Democratic Change opposition party, sources told CNN Thursday.
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Body of missing girl found in suitcase (12 September 03:39) |
| Israeli police divers on Thursday found a suitcase containing human remains that are believed to be the body of a missing 4-year-old girl, an Israeli police spokesman said.
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2008 deadliest year in Afghanistan for U.S. (11 September 11:45) |
| More U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan this year than in any year since the U.S. invaded the country following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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3 killed in Iraq shrine bombings (11 September 05:51) |
| Two bombings overnight near major shrines in the holy Shiite city of Karbala left at least three people dead and 15 others wounded, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said Thursday.
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U.S. accuses Russia of waffling on cease-fire (11 September 12:41) |
| The United States on Wednesday criticized Russia for failing to live up to the cease-fire agreement in Georgia and for refusing to remove its military forces.
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Pakistan bans foreign incursions (11 September 12:24) |
| Pakistan's military chief said Wednesday that no foreign forces will be allowed to conduct operations inside Pakistan in light of last week's "reckless" U.S. military ground operation.
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Fighting in Somali capital kills 9 (10 September 11:42) |
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Pirates seize S. Korean ship off Somalia (10 September 11:40) |
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Accused airline bomb plotters face retrial (10 September 11:25) |
| The British Crown Prosecution Service said Wednesday it will retry seven people on charges of plotting to blow up international airliners on flights between Britain and the United States and... |
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Russian bombers land in Venezuela (10 September 11:12) |
| The Interfax news agency is quoting Russia's Defense Ministry as saying that two Russian strategic bombers have landed in Venezuela as part of military maneuvers.
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Scientists fire up giant atom smasher (10 September 10:52) |
| Deep beneath the border of France and Switzerland, scientists Wednesday fired up one of the most ambitious experiments ever conceived, firing protons around a 27-kilometer (17-mile) tunnel t... |
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Gunmen force refugees overboard off Yemen (10 September 10:30) |
| 120 African refugees -- most of them fleeing war-torn Somalia -- were forced overboard at gunpoint off the coast of Yemen, leaving at least 26 dead and 20 missing, the United Nations' refuge... |
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Strong earthquake strikes southern Iran (10 September 09:43) |
| A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 in magnitude struck southern Iran on Wednesday, according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey.
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N.Korea denies Kim Jong Il health 'conspiracies' (10 September 09:00) |
| North Korea denies claims that its reclusive leader Kim Jong Il is seriously ill and may have suffered a stroke, granting a rare interview to a foreign media outlet to dismiss what it said w... |
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Reports: 14 tourists killed in Croatia bus crash (07 September 08:11) |
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Road rage ruse leads to fatal Iraq blast (07 September 08:02) |
| At least six people were killed and 50 wounded after a suicide car bomber staged a traffic accident as a tactic to draw more victims into the explosion.
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Mugabe rival: No deal better than bad deal (07 September 07:56) |
| Zimbabwe's opposition leader said Sunday that he will not sign a power-sharing deal unless President Robert Mugabe relinquishes some of his power.
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Afghan police chief survives assassination bid (07 September 07:46) |
| The Taliban claimed responsibility for a dual suicide attack on Sunday that targeted an Afghan border police commander.
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Death toll from Egypt rockslide reaches 31 (07 September 03:53) |
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Haiti struggles as another storm looms (07 September 12:34) |
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Bhutto's widower elected Pakistani president (07 September 10:06) |
| Members of Pakistan's parliament began voting Saturday to elect a new president.
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Cheney accuses Russia of 'brutality' in Georgia (07 September 08:29) |
| Vice President Dick Cheney harshly criticized Russia's military incursion into Georgia on Saturday, calling the action "an affront to civilized standards."
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Togo's prime minister quits after 10 months (07 September 08:25) |
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Hundreds feared buried in rockslide in Egypt (07 September 01:37) |
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Rice lands in Libya on historic visit (05 September 09:34) |
| The U.S.'s most senior diplomat Condoleezza Rice arrived in Libya on Friday -- the first time in more than half a century that a U.S. secretary of state has visited the former pariah nation
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Judges return as Pakistan prepares for polls (05 September 09:27) |
| Three top judges whose ousting by former President Pervez Musharraf sparked months of unrest and political fighting in Pakistan were reinstated on Friday.
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EU: Historic Angolan election 'a disaster' (05 September 07:22) |
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Furor over pics of Taliban in dead soldiers' kit (05 September 06:42) |
| A magazine photo spread of Taliban fighters posing in the uniforms of 10 French soldiers killed last month has sparked an angry response.
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Congo plane crash bodies found by U.N. team (05 September 06:16) |
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U.S. risks Russia row with Ukraine backing (05 September 06:10) |
| The United States has backed Ukraine's bid for NATO membership a day after similarly supporting Georgia, in a move which may further stoke tensions with Russia. U.S. Vice-President Dick Chen... |
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McCain vows to 'shake up Washington' (05 September 06:04) |
| John McCain has told Republican convention delegates that he accepts the GOP presidential nomination and vowed to "shake up Washington." Earlier, Republicans made Sarah Palin their first fem... |
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