Floods batter UK's Lake District, policeman dies, hundreds rescued; Ireland also hard hit
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:05:00 CST
Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.
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Resort island Saipan reeling after gunman opens fire; 2 children among dead
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:40:00 CST
After going on a shooting rampage that left a trail of victims, the gunman drove to a scenic, rocky cliff where untold numbers of Japanese men, women and children plunged to their deaths to avoid capture during World War II, according to police and witness accounts.
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16 killed in suicide bombing in western Afghanistan; lawmaker escapes assassination near Kabul
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:19:00 CST
KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, while near Kabul a powerful former warlord narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, officials said.
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Vatican researcher says faint writing on Shroud of Turin proves its authenticity
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:31:00 CST
ROME - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.
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Army relents, will allow media at Palin event despite concerns about anti-Obama politics
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:26:00 CST
RALEIGH, N.C. - The U.S. Army has reversed its position and now says it will open former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media despite fears the event will turn into political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.
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US senator says Fort Hood probe may reveal more troubling emails involving alleged shooter
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:45:00 CST
WASHINGTON - There may be additional emails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee said Friday.
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'Rompuy-pumpy' and Cathy Who?: Critics underwhelmed by EU's choice for new top jobs
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:32:00 CST
LONDON - Catherine Ashton: International woman of mystery.
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Suburban Denver billboard links Obama with jihadists
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:00 CST
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - A billboard showing President Barack Obama wearing a turban has sparked a lot of attention at the suburban Denver used car dealership that put it up.
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Coal mine explosion in northern China traps 139 miners, no deaths reported
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:39:00 CST
BEIJING - A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China on Saturday trapped 139 miners and injured an unknown number of people, but there were no immediate reports of any deaths.
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Teenager pleads guilty to murdering US Border Patrol agent during robbery try
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:44:00 CST
SAN DIEGO - A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to killing a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times while chasing suspected illegal immigrants in the mountains east of San Diego.
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US court rules against Oregon school teacher who wants to take her gun to class
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:39:00 CST
MEDFORD, Ore. - The Oregon Court of Appeals has rejected a request by a high school English teacher to carry a handgun at school, the latest legal setback for the teacher who says she needs the gun for protection from her former husband.
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Chinese activist who tried to meet Obama was detained and questioned twice
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:37:00 CST
WASHINGTON - A leading Chinese human rights lawyer who tried unsuccessfully to meet with President Barack Obama in Beijing this week was detained and interrogated twice during Obama's visit to China, a U.S. lawmaker and an American-based Chinese activist said.
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Florence museum: lost Galileo relics, a tooth and 2 of astronomer's fingers, found again
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:00 CST
ROME - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.
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Pro-government mob hits, shouts down husband of top Cuban dissident blogger
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:53:00 CST
HAVANA, Cuba - The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate.
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Pakistan demands US share Afghan blueprint; suspected US missile strike kills 8 militants
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:04:00 CST
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan expressed fear Friday that a large increase in foreign troops in Afghanistan could push militants across the border into its territory and called on the U.S. to factor in that concern as part of its new war strategy.
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Adrenaline junkies embrace perilous specialties among Canadian troops
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:05:00 CST
JELAWAR, Afghanistan - There's a breed of Canadian troops who are in a league of their own - adrenaline junkies who feed off the energy they get from embracing the world's most perilous jobs.
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Italian prosecutor: US student 'harboured hatred' for Briton; killed her in sex game
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:58:00 CST
PERUGIA, Italy - An American student accused of fatally stabbing her British roommate in Italy had a growing hatred for the victim and killed her in retaliation during a drug-fueled sex game, a prosecutor contended Friday in closing arguments at her murder trial.
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UN committee targets Iran's human rights violations and crackdown on election opponents
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:00 CST
A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to halt the persecution of political opponents following the country's disputed presidential election and release those still detained.
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Retired State Department worker and wife plead guilty to plotting to spy for Cuba
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:52:00 CST
WASHINGTON - A retired State Department worker and his wife, accused of a decadeslong plot to spy for Cuba, pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that will leave him in jail for the rest of his life but gives her a chance at freedom after six years.
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UN children's convention at 20: Indian boy embodies the plight of millions of downtrodden kids
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:51:00 CST
NEW DELHI - Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police.
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