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China's tycoons shun Gates-Buffett

1 hour 59 min ago
In the world of business, who in their right mind would turn down the opportunity to dine with Bill Gates and Warren Buffett? Chinese tycoons, apparently.

U.S. pastor calls off Quran burning

2 hours 6 min ago
A Florida pastor Thursday called off his controversial plan to burn copies of the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack.

Iran to release 1 of 3 jailed Americans, official says

3 hours 50 min ago
Iran says it will release one of the three American hikers detained for more than a year on Saturday, a day after the conclusion of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, according to an official at the ministry of culture and Islamic guidance.

Oil drilling platform headed to Chilean mine to aid in rescue

4 hours 9 min ago
A large oil drilling platform is on its way to the Chilean mine where 33 trapped miners are awaiting rescue and is expected to arrive later Thursday or Friday, an engineer overseeing the drilling said.

Suicide bombings kill peacekeepers at Mogadishu airport

6 hours 14 min ago
Suicide bombers driving a pair of civilian cars disguised as government vehicles slammed into the main gate at Somalia's main airport Thursday, a spokesman for the African Union said.

17 killed in Russia car explosion

7 hours 53 min ago
A car exploded in the Russian republic of North Ossetia-Alania on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, government officials said.

Imam: U.S. security, Islamic center linked

8 hours 52 min ago
The imam behind plans for an Islamic center near ground zero told "Larry King Live" that moving it to another location would embolden Islamic radicals.

High-fashion hijabs

9 hours 25 min ago
Muslim headscarves might not be the most obvious garments for a high fashion makeover, but that's just what two Belgian women have given them. And now, their designs are selling from Paris to Dubai.

Zakaria: Did the U.S. overreact to 9/11?

10 hours 54 min ago
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, prompted the U.S. to take sensible security measures and launch a justified counterattack against al Qaeda, says analyst Fareed Zakaria. But he says they also led to an overreaction that continues today.

Marines recapture ship from pirates

11 hours 41 min ago
U.S. Marines boarded and seized control Thursday of a German-owned vessel that had been captured by pirates the day before off the coast of Somalia, the U.S. Fifth Fleet said.

Indonesia urges Obama to stop Quran burning

11 hours 58 min ago
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wrote a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to stop a Florida church that said it will burn copies of the Quran, a presidential spokesman told CNN Thursday.

British journalist released in Pakistan

13 hours 53 min ago
A British journalist held captive in Pakistan since March has been released, the U.K. Foreign Office told CNN Thursday.

It's a great day to wed in Taiwan

14 hours 25 min ago
Thursday is the ninth day of the ninth month of the 99th year since the founding of Taiwan. That made it the perfect day for 163 couples to get married simultaneously in Taipei.

Philippines says police may have shot some hostages

16 hours 17 min ago
Philippine authorities acknowledged for the first time Thursday that some of the tourists taken hostage in a bus standoff last month may have been shot by police in the bungled rescue operation.

China: 200 pilots faked flying records

18 hours 12 min ago
Nearly 200 commercial pilots in China falsified their flying experience, Chinese aviation officials have discovered.

Miners watch soccer match

18 hours 30 min ago
The 33 workers trapped in a Chilean mine got a rare treat Tuesday night: they got to watch their national soccer team compete against Ukraine in the European Cup live via a small projector wired down to their safety chamber on a fiber optic cable.

Piers Morgan to join CNN

Πεμ, 09/09/2010 - 08:49
British TV host Piers Morgan said taking over for retiring Larry King is like replacing Frank Sinatra's Las Vegas show.

China to boost surveillance of superbug

Πεμ, 09/09/2010 - 08:24
China's capital will step up surveillance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, in response to a superbug that first emerged in South Asia and is spreading globally, state media said.

Pakistan: Three held over links to Times Square bomb attempt

Πεμ, 09/09/2010 - 05:40
Three Pakistani men linked to Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old Pakistani-American who has pleaded guilty to the botched Times Square terror attack, were arrested and have confessed before a judge, authorities said Wednesday.

Mexican mayor gunned down inside own office

Πεμ, 09/09/2010 - 04:29
The mayor of El Naranjo, Mexico, in the central state of San Luis Potosi was gunned down and killed inside his office Wednesday, officials said.