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Time running out for Snowden

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 06:18 AM PDT

The clock is ticking for Edward Snowden, the man who leaked details of secret U.S. surveillance programs. As FBI agents gather evidence against him, Snowden is hiding out in Hong Kong on a temporary visa.

Syrian ghost town ravaged by war

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 05:23 AM PDT

Qusayr is a ghost town these days.

Clock ticking for Snowden

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 06:43 AM PDT

The clock is ticking for Edward Snowden, the man who leaked details of secret U.S. surveillance programs. As FBI agents gather evidence against him, Snowden is hiding out in Hong Kong on a temporary visa.

Conflict scars Syrian ghost town

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 06:23 AM PDT

CNN's Fred Pleitgen visits the devastated Syrian town of Qusayr, which has been recaptured by government forces.

Crash gives Aussie a French accent

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 07:09 AM PDT

Eight years ago, Leanne Rowe was in a serious car crash that resulted in a broken back and jaw. But when the former bus driver and Australian Army Reserve member recovered, she was left with something completely unexpected: a French accent.

Taliban make changes at Qatar office

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 11:48 AM PDT

Security guards outside the Taliban's new offices here said Thursday that they were empty and there was no one available to talk, but the building itself said plenty.

Why Brazilians are angry, protesting

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 05:18 AM PDT

At 11 pm, the tired and the injured gathered in Belo Horizonte for one last expression of discontent.

2 dead in fireworks plant explosion near Montreal

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 11:50 AM PDT

"A major explosion" occurred Thursday at a fireworks plant near Montreal, police in Quebec said.

Car crash leaves Australian woman with French accent

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 07:09 AM PDT

Eight years ago, Leanne Rowe was in a serious car crash that resulted in a broken back and jaw. But when the former bus driver and Australian Army Reserve member recovered, she was left with something completely unexpected: a French accent.

India grapples with deadly 'Himalayan tsunami'

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 05:10 AM PDT

Rescue workers in northern India are scrambling to save tens of thousands of people left stranded by devastating floods that have killed as many as 150 people in the region.

Fashion icons Dolce, Gabbana convicted of tax crime

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 05:11 AM PDT

Fashion luminaries Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were sentenced to prison in Italy Wednesday for failing to pay 40.4 million euros in taxes to the Italian government, their lawyer and a prosecutor said.

5 convicted in Qatar mall fire that killed 19

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 05:10 AM PDT

Five people were found guilty Thursday of death by negligence after a Doha mall fire killed 19 people, including 13 toddlers, a spokesman for the victims' families said.