Ghastly Images Flow From Shattered City of Homs, Syria During the sustained Syrian Army assault on Homs, videos of the violence are offering a stunningly vivid picture, sometimes live or at least in real time, of life in the city.
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:30:08 GMT Chávez Appears to Use Venezuelan Fuel to Help Syrian Leader The Venezuelan shipment under President Hugo Chávez flies in the face of international efforts to isolate President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and pressure him to step down.
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:30:07 GMT World Leaders Meeting in London to Discuss Somalia To address Somalia’s problems, world representatives are gathering in London, where a final communiqué has already been drafted.
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:25:14 GMT Argentina Train Crash Kills Dozens and Injures 600 The train crashed at a busy central station in Buenos Aires on Wednesday was deadliest in a series of train accidents in Argentina over the past year, killing 49 passengers.
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:23:20 GMT Romney Duels With Santorum in Republican Debate Mitt Romney tried to regain his lead in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination, assailing the voting record of Rick Santorum in a fiercely combative exchange.
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:21:04 GMT Mainland Chinese Flock to Hong Kong to Have Babies Parents go to Hong Kong for better medical care and lifelong residency benefits for their children, but locals are outraged over being shut out of maternity wards.
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:18:09 GMT Koran Burning at U.S. Base Incites Afghans For 2nd Day A day after NATO officials apologized for the burning of Korans, American Embassy officials were on lockdown and hundreds of Afghans were marching on a NATO camp near Kabul.
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:11:52 GMT Israeli Court Invalidates a Military Exemption The 6-to-3 decision, which overturns the exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews engaged in religious studies from military service, adds a new urgency to the government’s negotiations with religious parties.
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:11:51 GMT Cricket Match Levels the Playing Field for Laborers in Gulf Laborers in the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf nations exist on the periphery of everyday life, but during the SmartCup cricket tournament at least, they were everyone's equals.
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UVA player guilty of 2nd-degree murder A jury convicted former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of his ex-girlfriend, Yeardley Love.
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:27:10 EST 49 killed in Argentina train crash At least 49 people were killed and more than 600 people were injured when a train plowed into a platform at a Buenos Aires station today, state media said.
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:13:12 EST Obama signs payroll tax deal into law President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the agreement passed by Congress last week to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while preventing a cut in payments to Medicare doctors.
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:39:29 EST Deaths, global meeting put mounting pressure on Syria As dozens die, including two Western journalists, world leaders on Friday will look to increase pressure against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:48:34 EST New inquest into baby's 'dingo' death In a dusty campsite in central Australia more than 30 years ago, a mother's cries of "a dingo's got my baby" set the stage for one of the country's most intriguing murder mysteries.
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:34:33 EST Police: Student shot, another in custody One student was wounded and another was in custody Wednesday after a shooting at an elementary school in Bremerton, Washington, authorities said.
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:46:55 EST Hitman hired to kill random fur-wearer? A self-proclaimed animal rights activist in Ohio has been charged with soliciting a hit man to kill a random person wearing fur, either by shooting the individual or slitting his or her throat.
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:40:57 EST Arrests made in death of Ala. 3rd-grader The grandmother and stepmother of a 9-year-old Alabama girl who died Monday after allegedly being ordered to run around her family's house -- for hours -- as punishment for lying about taking a candy bar have been charged with murder, police said Wednesday.
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:27:25 EST National Cathedral fix to top $20M While stone carvers chisel new pieces to repair damage inflicted on the Washington National Cathedral by an earthquake last August, fundraisers say the cathedral's restoration fund is $18 million short of the repair cost.
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:22:03 EST Opinion: Court to end affirmative action? Abigail Thernstrom says it will be surprising if the Justices are comfortable with declaring affirmative action policy unconstitutional.
