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Turkish plane fills with smoke

Sep 3, 2012 / 11:00 am

Authorities at the Cologne-Bonn airport say 11 people have been injured after smoke filled the cabin of a Turkish airliner. Airport fire department spokesman...

British-Russian relations strained

Sep 3, 2012 / 11:00 am

Russia sternly warned Britain on Monday that it will respond tit-for-tat if London imposes any travel restrictions that would target Russian officials allegedly...

Chicken spiced with $150K in cocaine

Sep 3, 2012 / 10:00 am

Authorities in Nigeria say they arrested a man at an international airport who was bringing in roasted chicken with unusual stuffing: $150,000 worth of cocaine....

Airstrikes kill 19 more in Syria

Sep 3, 2012 / 9:44 am

Government warplanes bombed a town in northern Syria on Monday, killing at least 19 people, activists said, while the new U.N. envoy to the country acknowledged...

Red Bull heir crashes into cop

Sep 3, 2012 / 9:07 am

A grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a...

Bomb targets US government vehicle

Sep 3, 2012 / 7:17 am

Police say a car filled with explosives rammed into a U.S. government vehicle in northwest Pakistan, killing two people and wounding five others. Police...

4 miners shot in South Africa

Sep 3, 2012 / 7:08 am

Police and politicians say four miners have been shot and injured, apparently by security guards using rubber bullets at a gold mine owned by the South African...

Rev. Moon dead at 92

Sep 2, 2012 / 11:13 pm

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, best known for conducting mass weddings involving thousands of couples, was a self-proclaimed messiah, but he was at least as good at...

Kitten's 6hr. ride on car's gas tank

Sep 2, 2012 / 10:21 pm

A kitten that hitched a six-hour ride from Connecticut to western New York curled up on top of a car's gas tank will be put up for adoption. The cat was...

Burning Man festival draws 52,000+

Sep 2, 2012 / 10:19 pm

A year after being placed on probation for drawing too many people, the Burning Man music and arts festival attracted crowds well within the maximum cap allowed...

191 chicken wings in 12 minutes

Sep 2, 2012 / 10:16 pm

Organizers of the National Buffalo Wing Festival say competitive eater Joey Chestnut has devoured a record 191 chicken wings in 12 minutes. Chestnut set the...

Wandering deer takes dip in pool

Sep 2, 2012 / 10:15 pm

A wandering deer found himself in hot water after stepping on a pool cover and making a big splash in the backyard of a Colorado home. Homeowner Scott Smith...

Syrian rebels say 5,000 killed in August

Sep 2, 2012 / 4:00 pm

Activist groups said Sunday that about 5,000 people were killed in Syria's civil war in August, the highest figure ever reported in more than 17 months of...

Wildfires continue to plague Spain

Sep 2, 2012 / 3:00 pm

Officials say a large wildfire is burning in a forest in central Spain, the third time this summer a blaze has broken out in the area. Lorenzo Martin, the...

US puts Afghan training on hold

Sep 2, 2012 / 2:07 pm

The U.S. military has halted the training of some Afghan forces while it digs deeper into their background following a surge of attacks by soldiers and police...

270 striking miners released in S. Africa

Sep 2, 2012 / 12:00 pm

South Africa's top prosecutor announced Sunday that she is withdrawing controversial murder charges against 270 miners for the killings of 34 striking...

Humpbacks come back to Brazil

Sep 2, 2012 / 12:00 pm

An institute that tracks the population of Humpback whales that reproduce along Brazil's coast says the number of the once-threatened mammals has tripled...

Iran hit by moderate earthquake

Sep 2, 2012 / 11:11 am

Iran's state news agency says a 5.2 magnitude earthquake has jolted a sparsely populated district in the country's east. IRNA says the quake hit a...

Japan & China dispute island purchase

Sep 2, 2012 / 9:00 am

Tokyo city officials planning to buy tiny islands at the centre of a longtime territorial dispute with China surveyed the area Sunday on a visit meant to send a...

Pakistani cleric 'planted evidence'

Sep 2, 2012 / 9:00 am

Pakistani police have arrested a Muslim cleric who accused a Christian girl of blasphemy on suspicion that he planted evidence, a police officer said Sunday,...

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