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Pakistani officials say at least five people have been killed and 65 wounded after suicide attackers in a truck launched an assault on a luxury hotel commonly used by foreigners in Peshawar.
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| | | Comedian Gallagher runs late to catch his flight out, but still takes some time to pose for some photos as he carries along his trademark "Sledge-O-Matic," a large wooden mallet used in his show. |
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| | | The Marlins'' Dan Uggla and Steve Foster visit a local 4th grade class. See highlights of an afternoon that included turkey calls, a lesson on perseverance and more. |
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| | | Thousands of bees have swarmed outside a New York City game store, trapping employees inside for hours. |
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| | | Laila Ali talks about how she clashed with her father as a young girl. The boxing daughter of the legendary Muhammad Ali was attending the Sports Spectacular at Century City''s Hyatt Regency. |
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| | | Democrats still insist Malcolm Smith is the state Senate majority leader, even if Republicans beg to differ. |
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A woman was injured Saturday when a rocket landed in northern Israel, a spokesman for the Israeli police said. The Israel Defense Forces fired artillery toward the source of the fire, an army spokesman said, but he could not say from where the rocket originated. Officials said the rocket landed in the Western Galilee region of northwestern Israel, which borders Lebanon. |
World stock markets tumbled Monday, with Japan's benchmark sinking 4 percent, as the worsening U.S. recession and more evidence of deep rot in the financial industry dashed hopes of a global recovery later this year. As in U.S., where Wall Street indexes retreated to 12-year lows, investors in Asia and Europe were shaken after figures Friday showed U.S. gross |
A faulty flight instrument aboard a Turkish jetliner lowered the plane's airspeed, setting off warning signals in the cockpit and prompting the pilots to try and accelerate before it crashed in the Netherlands, officials said Wednesday. The Turkish Airlines plane carrying 135 passengers and crew crashed less than a mile from the runway at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport shortly before it was due to land on |
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At least a dozen men ambushed Sri Lanka's cricket team with rifles, grenades and rocket launchers Tuesday, converging on the squad's convoy as it drove through a traffic circle near an eastern Pakistani stadium. Seven players, an umpire and a coach were wounded, none with life-threatening injuries, but six policemen and a driver died. |
Ghanaian President John Kufuor has been involved in a car crash in the capital, Accra, but appears to have escaped unhurt, according to his office. Witnesses say they saw a vehicle crash into his car, causing it to roll over several times. When it came to a stop Mr Kufuor emerged holding his head. A presidential spokesman said he seemed fine but was seen by his doctor. |
The U.S. embassy in Yemen said on Monday it had received a threat of a possible attack and urged Americans to be cautious in the Arab country that has been the scene of al Qaeda attacks on Western interests. Twin suicide car bombings killed 16 people outside the heavily fortified U.S. embassy in Sanaa in September, in an attack later claimed by al Qaeda. |
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Growing up in America, Joshu Harris was captivated by the mystique, music and history of Cuba. So before Harris started law school, he traveled to Santiago in southeastern Cuba -- something very few Americans can do today. While there, he played his trumpet with a local dance band, touring across the Cuban countryside. I wanted to see and experience the country |
New York City's mayor helped Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and his four crewmates from US Airways Flight 1549 celebrate a weekend of press conferences, television interviews and grateful reunions by presenting them with the keys to the city Monday. The keys went to flight attendants Doreen Welsh, Sheila Dail and |
Growing up in America, Joshu Harris was captivated by the mystique, music and history of Cuba. So before Harris started law school, he traveled to Santiago in southeastern Cuba -- something very few Americans can do today. While there, he played his trumpet with a local dance band, touring across the Cuban countryside. I wanted to see and experience the country |
The title on Chris Doyle's business card reads "mad scientist," but he's not crazy, he's just crazy about snowboarding. Doyle decided one snowy day in New York to quit his job as a bank accountant and chase his dreams on the snowy slopes of Vermont. Eventually, that spur-of-the-moment decision led to his job as senior product development specialist |
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The title on Chris Doyle's business card reads "mad scientist," but he's not crazy, he's just crazy about snowboarding. Doyle decided one snowy day in New York to quit his job as a bank accountant and chase his dreams on the snowy slopes of Vermont. Eventually, that spur-of-the-moment decision led to his job as senior product development specialist |
Deepa, 40, was born in Mumbai, where she is now a banking technology consultant, as well as running a company that offers "offbeat sightseeing tours" of six Indian cities, including Mumbai, Delhi and Jaipur. Deepa's Mumbai tours take in the city's bazaars, backstreets and culture and her blog, Mumbai Magic, is a personal view of life in the city. |
Bollywood superstar Anil Kapoor has been catapulted into the global spotlight for his award-winning performance as creepy quiz show host Prem Kumar in the smash hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire." Kapoor talks to CNN's "My City, My Life" about "Slumdog", his hometown of Mumbai, his own rags to riches rise to stardom and how the recent terror attacks affected the city. |
Kay Pratt's rental car gets a ticket when she stays in a San Francisco hotel. Problem is, the car was under the care of the property's valet services. Now she wants the $85 ticket refunded, but the hotel is stringing her along. Is she stuck with the ticket.? Q: I'm having a problem with a hotel's valet parking service, and could use a little help |
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After eight days together, space shuttle Discovery pulled away from the international space station Wednesday, ending a successful effort to boost electrical power and science research at the orbiting outpost. The two spacecraft went separate ways as they soared above the Indian Ocean. The undocking puts Discovery and its seven-member crew on course |
Some students will go without fast food, alcohol or watching television, but a growing number of students are going without status updates and friend requests during Lent. The 40-day Lenten period for penance, which came about after Christ's 40 days in the desert, begins Ash Wednesday and continues until Easter. |
The dewy-eyed innocence of baby harp seals has prompted a rare burst of environmental activism in Russia that has moved Vladimir Putin to end their slaughter. The annual spring cull in the northern White Sea region has been scrapped after Putin condemned the clubbing of baby seals for their fur as a "bloody trade." |
Scientists are to dig up ice dating back more than 100,000 years in an attempt to shed light on how global warming will change the world over the next century. The ice, at the bottom of the Greenland ice sheet, was laid down at a time when temperatures were 3 top 5 degrees Celsius (5 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than they are today. |
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Astronaut Garrett Reisman spent three unforgettable months living in space, but after landing he ended up on a different mission of sorts aboard the fictional spaceship Battlestar Galactica. Just weeks after his return from the International Space Station to Earth last summer, Reisman found himself on the set of Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica |
How many ways can the world end? We can think of at least five. But before we get into detail, let's dismiss two things that won't cause the demise of the planet. Global warming is bad for people who live in low-lying coastal areas and at the edges of deserts, but the truth is that Earth has been much warmer throughout most of the past 500 million years, and life did just fine. |
After eight days together, space shuttle Discovery pulled away from the international space station Wednesday, ending a successful effort to boost electrical power and science research at the orbiting outpost. The two spacecraft went separate ways as they soared above the Indian Ocean. The undocking puts Discovery and its seven-member crew on course |
Chinese authorities have blocked access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube -- the latest victim of a politically motivated Internet crackdown. Authorities in Beijing have not explained why the site has been targeted for censorship. There is widespread speculation, however, that YouTube has been targeted because of a video showing Chinese police taking |
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After a recent chicken slaughtering workshop in the Redland, Justine Raphael took away the basics of butchering a bird. She also took away the chicken livers, hearts, gizzards, heads and feet. No one wanted them except me, said Raphael, who used the chicken bits for soup stock. More food for us, she added with a shrug. |
A prestigious medical journal on Friday accused Pope Benedict of distorting scientific evidence to promote Catholic doctrine by saying that condoms increase the spread of AIDS. The Lancet in an editorial called on the Pope to retract the comments made last week, saying anything less would be an immense disservice to the public and |
Sotheby's will offer a sculpture of a cat by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti at auction in New York in May and expects it to fetch $16-22 million. The 1951 bronze sculpture "Le Chat" has been in a private European collection since the 1960s, and the last time a cast of it appeared at auction in May 1975, it sold for $130,000, Sotheby's said on Friday. |
Dr. Arthur Agatston, cardiologist and South Beach Diet developer, talks about diet, exercise and Miami's new status as the nation's fattest city: Q: In your newest book, The South Beach Diet Supercharged, you write that the diet debates are over. What do you mean? A: The consensus is that we're beyond low-fat versus low-carb debates . . . The answer is |
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Inauguration Day will belong to President Barack Obama, but that night will be wife Michelle's turn in the spotlight, as all eyes will be on her -- and her choice of ball gown. Throughout U.S. history, and especially in the post-World War II era, first ladies have made statements about themselves and the times they live in with their inaugural wardrobes. |
Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger says that if he had not ended up making clothes he probably would have made movies. Known for a style that evokes the American East coast with his New England-inspired designs, Hilfiger says he could imagine himself on the West coast, behind or in front of the camera. Hilfiger was in Stockholm for a promotional |
British supermodel Naomi Campbell walked down the ramp in Mumbai on Saturday to pay tribute to the victims of last November's Mumbai attacks. Along with a host of Indian celebrities, the 39-year-old Campbell helped raise funds for the city's emergency medical services in a charity show called "Mai Mumbai." Campbell heads a charity called "Fashion |
Sotheby's will offer a sculpture of a cat by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti at auction in New York in May and expects it to fetch $16-22 million. The 1951 bronze sculpture "Le Chat" has been in a private European collection since the 1960s, and the last time a cast of it appeared at auction in May 1975, it sold for $130,000, Sotheby's said on Friday. |
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