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WORLD / NEWS Mon Mar 8, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The world marks International Women's Day on Monday, an annual celebration that highlights their economic, political and social achievements... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Mar 7, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai made an unannounced visit to Marjah on Sunday to see the gains made after a massive military offensive by Afghan and international troops to wrest control of the southern city from the Taliban... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Jan 30, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Two U.S. service members and a U.S. employee were killed Friday in eastern Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force said... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jan 26, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- International search teams combed the Mediterranean Sea for signs of life on Tuesday, a day after an Ethiopian Airlines flight went down off Lebanon, authorities said... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Nov 30, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- More than 2 tons of ivory has been seized and more than 100 people arrested in an international operation targeting wildlife crime in eastern Africa, Interpol announced Monday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Oct 4, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- United Nations inspectors will visit Iran's recently disclosed nuclear power plant on October 25, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency announced Sunday from Tehran... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Sep 25, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Iran has acknowledged the existence of a second uranium enrichment plant in a letter sent to the International Atomic Energy Agency, a spokesman for the nuclear watchdog agency said Friday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Sep 20, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Colombian singer Juanes -- a 17-time Latin Grammy winner -- has brought 15 international artists to Havana in hopes of thawing U.S.-Cuba relations. But reaction to his "Peace without Borders" concert today has not been in keeping with the event's theme. In Miami, Florida, home to a large Cuban exile community, Juanes says he has received death threats via Twitter and his home in Miami is under police protection... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Sep 17, 2009 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- At least nine people were killed, including international soldiers, and 42 were wounded when a car bomb rocked parts of Afghanistan's capital Thursday, authorities said... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Sep 15, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- The highly fortified International Zone in Baghdad came under fire the same day Vice President Joe Biden paid a surprise visit, an Interior Ministry official told CNN... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Aug 29, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Two international staffers supporting the peacekeeping mission in the volatile Sudanese region of Darfur were kidnapped Saturday morning, a spokesman for the peacekeeping force told CNN... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Aug 20, 2009 @ 3:11pm neoform

CNN -- Rupert Murdoch's News International, which plans to begin charging for online content, said Thursday it was close its free London newspaper as part of cost-cutting measures... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Aug 20, 2009 @ 9:03am neoform

CNN -- Afghans are voting in the war-ravaged country's second national elections since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001. But with the Islamic militants resurgent in many regions, hundreds of U.S. Marines are among security forces deployed to protect voters and polling stations against possible attacks... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jul 13, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- An Iranian family learned of their 19-year-old son's death nearly a month after he was shot during a demonstration over the Islamic republic's disputed election results, an international human rights group said Sunday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Jul 5, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he wants to engage President Obama in "negotiations" before international media, a semi-official Iranian news outlet reported on Saturday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Dec 4, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Russia's parliamentary elections, which the pro-Kremlin United Russia party won handsomely, were "not fair" and failed to meet international democratic standards, according to observers from two leading European organizations. The groups' scathing asse.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Jul 18, 2007 @ 4:49am neoform

BBC News -- North Korea has shut down all five nuclear facilities at its main Yongbyon complex, International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei says. IAEA monitors in North Korea had verified the four new closures, Mr ElBaradei told journalists in Malays.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jul 3, 2007 @ 4:42pm neoform

CNN -- London's Heathrow airport has reopened a busy, international terminal after a security scare led to the cancellation of more than 100 flights. Thousands of passengers were evacuated from Terminal 4 Tuesday after a suspect bag was found shortly before midd.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 12:16am neoform

BBC News -- The Vatican has urged all Catholics to stop donating money to Amnesty International, accusing the human rights group of promoting abortion. The Vatican also said it was suspending all financial aid to Amnesty over what it said was the group's recent ch.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jun 11, 2007 @ 12:39am neoform

CNN -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday criticized international economic institutions for protecting the interests of a select few developed countries and called for a new global economic order that would give rapidly growing developing economies a bi.. Read More