Afghanistan’s opium crop down 19 percent
August 26, 2008 – 6:10 pmRead full story for latest details.
Russia condemned for recognizing rebel regions
August 26, 2008 – 5:31 pmRussia’s president said Tuesday he has signed an order recognizing the independence of two Georgian breakaway provinces, a move likely to increase tensions with the West over the conflict in the region.
Russia: Rebel Georgian regions are independent
August 26, 2008 – 1:55 pmRussian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday he has signed an order recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two breakaway regions in the Republic of Georgia.
Mugabe heckled at parliament opening
August 26, 2008 – 1:51 pmOpposition members booed and heckled Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as he spoke at the opening of the country’s parliament Tuesday, making clear they do not recognize his legitimacy.
Madrid plane crash survivor ‘born again’
August 26, 2008 – 1:35 pmA woman who survived last week’s Spanair airline crash in Madrid left the hospital Tuesday, saying she was “born again” by the disaster.
Flooding fears as Gustav upgraded to hurricane
August 26, 2008 – 1:21 pmTropical Storm Gustav became a hurricane as it roared toward Haiti early Tuesday, bringing with it the danger of life-threatening flash floods and mudslides.
Python strangles student zookeeper
August 26, 2008 – 1:11 pmRead full story for latest details.
Sudan: U.N. sends military to camp after ‘killings’
August 26, 2008 – 12:56 pmThe United Nations has sent police and military patrols to a camp in western Sudan after reports fighting there killed civilians, a U.N. spokesman said Tuesday.
Angry North Korea threatens nuclear U-turn
August 26, 2008 – 12:53 pmNorth Korea said Tuesday it has stopped disabling its nuclear plants and will consider restoring them because the United States has not removed it from a list of states that sponsor terrorism.
Philippines: Fears nine dead after plane crash
August 26, 2008 – 12:20 pmThe wreckage of a C-130 cargo plane that disappeared shortly after takeoff in the southern Philippines Monday night was found Tuesday about two miles (3km) offshore, the Philippines News Agency reported.
Zimbabwe to open landmark parliament
August 26, 2008 – 9:47 amZimbabwe’s parliament was due to open Tuesday with President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party in a minority for the first time in the country’s history.
Quake shakes Indonesia, tsunami alert issued
August 26, 2008 – 6:06 amRead full story for latest details.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi refuses to accept food
August 26, 2008 – 5:59 amRead full story for latest details.
Bush warns Moscow over breakaway autonomy
August 26, 2008 – 4:03 amRussian lawmakers asked President Dmitry Medvedev Monday to recognize the independence of two breakaway regions of Georgia: Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Gustav takes aim at Haiti, Dominican Republic
August 25, 2008 – 10:56 pmTropical Storm Gustav formed Monday in the central Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said.
Bodies of missing Alpine climbers found
August 25, 2008 – 8:44 pmRead full story for latest details.
Sudanese attack ‘kills Darfur civilians’
August 25, 2008 – 7:50 pmRead full story for latest details.
Afghans urge coalition military changes
August 25, 2008 – 6:48 pmAfghanistan’s government on Monday demanded a review of international troops within its borders after an airstrike which Afghanistan believes killed about 90 civilians — most of them children.
Iraqi PM demands ’specific’ withdrawal timeline
August 25, 2008 – 5:36 pmIraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Monday there will be no agreement on a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq unless it includes a “specific” timeline and is not “open-ended.”
Sharif quits Pakistan ruling coalition
August 25, 2008 – 4:50 pmNuclear-armed Pakistan — a key U.S. ally in the “war on terror” — was plunged into fresh political turmoil Monday as former prime minister Nawaz Sharif withdrew his party from the country’s ruling coalition after a deadline passed for dozens of judges fired by ex-president Pervez Musharraf to be reinstated.
Iraqi girl ‘caught wearing suicide vest’
August 25, 2008 – 4:29 pmRead full story for latest details.
Iraqi police detain teen girl wearing suicide vest
August 25, 2008 – 4:29 pmRead full story for latest details.
Search for missing Alpine climbers halted
August 25, 2008 – 3:51 pmRead full story for latest details.
Zimbabwe elects first opposition speaker
August 25, 2008 – 2:24 pmZimbabwean lawmakers on Monday voted for Lovemore Moyo of the main Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party as speaker of the parliament — making him the first speaker from the opposition.
MPs freed as Zimbabwe parliament convenes
August 25, 2008 – 12:43 pmPolice in Zimbabwe detained two opposition party members Monday as they arrived to be sworn in at the opening session of parliament, according to officials with the opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change.
10 killed as Pakistan politician targeted
August 25, 2008 – 10:58 amMilitants attacked the home of a lawmaker in Pakistan’s violence-plagued northwest Monday, killing 10 people in the latest unrest to hit the country since the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf, authorities said.
Israel to free Palestinian prisoners
August 25, 2008 – 10:52 amNearly 200 Palestinian prisoners Israel plans to release as a goodwill gesture aimed at bolstering efforts to end decades of conflict in the region arrived at a checkpoint in the West Bank Monday, an Israeli government spokesman said.
Russian lawmakers back Georgia rebels
August 25, 2008 – 10:50 amRussian lawmakers asked President Dmitry Medvedev Monday to recognize the independence of two breakaway regions of Georgia: Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Kyrgyzstan plane crash kills dozens
August 25, 2008 – 9:30 amA Iran-bound Boeing 737 with 90 people on board crashed Sunday just outside the airport in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, killing most passengers, a government official said.
China releases eight U.S. Olympics protesters
August 25, 2008 – 7:28 amEight Americans arrested for planning or staging protests in Beijing were deported to the United States on Sunday, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said.
Curfew enforced in Kashmir ahead of protests
August 25, 2008 – 4:23 amRead full story for latest details.
10 killed in Guatemalan plane crash
August 25, 2008 – 4:02 amA plane crash in eastern Guatemala on Sunday killed 10 people, including eight Americans, a Guatemalan official told CNN.
Israel: 200 Palestinian prisoners to be freed
August 25, 2008 – 3:01 amIsrael on Monday will release nearly 200 Palestinian prisoners, including two convicted murders, according to the government.
Dozens dead in Kyrgyzstan plane crash
August 25, 2008 – 1:48 amA Iran-bound Boeing 737 has crashed near the airport in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, a government official said. Ramis Satybekov, an official from Kyrgyzstan’s Emergency Situations Ministry, told CNN roughly 60 passengers were killed and more than 20 people injured.
8 missing in Alps avalanche
August 24, 2008 – 10:01 pmRead full story for latest details.
Dozens die in Kyrgyzstan crash
August 24, 2008 – 9:56 pmRead full story for latest details.
Guatemala plane crash kills 10
August 24, 2008 – 9:52 pmRead full story for latest details.
Karzai fires commanders over civilian deaths
August 24, 2008 – 5:54 pmAfghan President Hamid Karzai has fired two military commanders in the wake of a U.S. airstrike in western Afghanistan that killed 89 civilians, according to a statement from Karzai’s office.
10 missing in Alps avalanche
August 24, 2008 – 4:05 pmRead full story for latest details.
Dual bombs kill 4, injure 14 in Baghdad
August 24, 2008 – 3:56 pmTwo roadside bombs exploded in a quick succession in central Baghdad on Sunday morning, killing four people and wounding 14 others, according to an official with Iraq’s Interior Ministry.
Spanish jet makes unscheduled landing
August 24, 2008 – 2:27 pmA Spanair MD-82 jet made unscheduled landing at an airport in southern Spain Sunday, just five days after an identical jet operated by the airline crashed at Madrid’s airport killing 154 people, Spain’s airport authority said.
Spectacular finale climaxes Beijing Games
August 24, 2008 – 2:15 pmChina’s Olympic organizers on Sunday prepared to bring the 2008 Summer Games to a close with a celebration as extravagant as the kick-off 16 days earlier.
Spectacular finale climaxes Beijing Games
August 24, 2008 – 2:15 pmChina’s Olympic organizers on Sunday prepared to bring the 2008 Summer Games to a close with a celebration as extravagant as the kick-off 16 days earlier.
Spectacular finale climaxes Beijing Games
August 24, 2008 – 2:15 pmChina’s Olympic organizers on Sunday prepared to bring the 2008 Summer Games to a close with a celebration as extravagant as the kick-off 16 days earlier.
Spectacular finale climaxes Beijing Games
August 24, 2008 – 2:15 pmChina’s Olympic organizers on Sunday prepared to bring the 2008 Summer Games to a close with a celebration as extravagant as the kick-off 16 days earlier.
Spectacular finale climaxes Beijing Games
August 24, 2008 – 2:15 pmChina’s Olympic organizers on Sunday prepared to bring the 2008 Summer Games to a close with a celebration as extravagant as the kick-off 16 days earlier.
Journalists kidnapped in Somalia
August 24, 2008 – 11:55 amTwo international journalists, along with their Somali colleague and a driver, were kidnapped Saturday, a journalists’ organization in Somalia said.
Huge fire as Georgian train hits landmine
August 24, 2008 – 11:35 amA train carrying fuel hit a mine and burst into flames near the Georgian city of Gori Sunday morning, according to an Interior Ministry spokesman.
U.S. seeks release of Olympic protesters
August 24, 2008 – 8:58 amRead full story for latest details.
Bhutto’s widower to run for president
August 24, 2008 – 7:28 amPakistan People’s Party co-chair and widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari, has accepted the nomination to be his party’s candidate for the Pakistani presidency, PPP officials said Saturday night.