18 dead in shoe factory shooting in Honduras
Tegucigalpa, Honduras (CNN) — Eighteen people died and several others were wounded Tuesday in a shooting at a shoe factory in San Pedro Sula in northern Honduras, police said. The ...
Thousands strike in France over pension reforms
Paris, France (CNN) — Thousands of workers across France staged a one-day strike Tuesday to protest government plans to raise the retirement age. More than 200 demonstrations were planned throughout ...
N. Korean gathering may set up handover of power
(CNN) — North Korea’s political leaders are expected to meet this month in a rare gathering, possibly to set the stage for the handover of power from Kim Jong Il ...
Newsweek: A look inside al-Qaida
Al Qaeda’s total strength in the tribal area couldn’t be more than about 130 Arabs, together with some Chechens, Uzbeks, and a few Turks, Hanif says, and roughly half of ...
Iraq displays hundreds of recovered artifacts
BAGHDAD — Iraq displayed hundreds of recovered artifacts Tuesday that were among the country’s looted heritage and span the ages from a 4,400-year-old statue of a Sumerian king ...
Iraqi solder kills 2 Americans, wounds 9
BAGHDAD — An Iraqi soldier sprayed gunfire at American troops guarding one of their commanders as he visited an Iraqi military base on Tuesday and killed two of ...
Relieving chronic pain
Chronic pain is a problem that affects million of men and women all over the globe. This problem is associated with a wide range of medical conditions that require serious ...
Deaths climb in Guatemala landslides
Guatemala City, Guatemala (CNN) — The toll from torrential rains and landslides in Guatemala moved higher Monday, with disaster officials reporting 44 dead, 56 injured and 16 missing. Around 11,500 ...
Tropical storm makes landfall in Mexico
(CNN) — Tropical Storm Hermine is expected to cross into Texas on Tuesday after striking the Mexican coast about 40 miles south of the U.S. border Monday night, the National ...
Missiles kill 5 suspected Pakistan militants
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — A suspected U.S. drone strike killed five suspected militants in Pakistan’s tribal region on Monday, intelligence officials tell CNN. Two intelligence officials say two missiles were ...
U.S. Afghanistan commanders condemn Quran-burning plan
MATTHEWS: Now to Pastor Terry Jones , who’s planning to commemorate 9/11 by burning Q’urans. He joins us from Florida via Skape — Skype, rather. Reverend Jones , Pastor Jones , is ...
NYT: Soros to donate $100 million to Human Rights Watch
George Soros, the billionaire investor and philanthropist, plans to announce on Tuesday that he is giving $100 million to Human Rights Watch to expand the organization’s work globally. ...
Tropical storm sloshes ashore in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into northeastern Mexico near the Texas border Monday, dumping heavy rain on a region still recovering from Hurricane Alex’s visit in ...
Mediterranean diet ???
International organizations and governments are now more or less agreed we have an epidemic of obesity so, for the research community, the big question is which diet to recommend. Note ...
‘Don’t give up,’ plane crash survivors tell trapped miners
Copiapo, Chile (CNN) — For months, the men waited in isolation, struggling to survive. They forced themselves to eat the flesh of dead friends to sustain themselves. The Uruguayan rugby ...