What, exactly, is a WMD? Posted: 29 Apr 2013 06:39 AM PDT The charge against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for allegedly using low-grade explosives housed in pressure cookers to bomb the Boston Marathon is "using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction." ![]() |
Hopes fading at site of building collapse Posted: 29 Apr 2013 07:24 AM PDT Rescuers are now using heavy machinery to remove wreckage at the site of a collapsed building in Bangladesh, suggesting the hunt for survivors is coming to an end. ![]() |
Training with S. Korea's Top Guns Posted: 29 Apr 2013 04:52 AM PDT It's not everyday someone asks you if you'd be prepared to ride in a fighter jet but when my producer put the question to me several weeks ago I jumped at it. ![]() |
Big dogs smuggled to Hong Kong Posted: 29 Apr 2013 06:50 AM PDT Getting an introduction to Tiger - a 176 pound (80 kilogram) Tibetan mastiff kept on the roof space of a cramped five-story village house in Hong Kong's New Territories -- is a complicated process. ![]() |
Siblings recovering after shipwreck Posted: 29 Apr 2013 06:52 AM PDT One moment they were reeling in a fish, and the next they were shipwrecked . ![]() |
Dagestan worries about backlash Posted: 29 Apr 2013 06:52 AM PDT Nic Robertson reports on the people of Dagestan, who worry its reputation is being hurt by Boston's bombing suspects. ![]() |
Hopes fade in Bangladesh Posted: 29 Apr 2013 11:35 AM PDT Rescuers are now using heavy machinery to remove wreckage at the site of a collapsed building in Bangladesh, suggesting the hunt for survivors is coming to an end. ![]() |
Big dogs smuggled to Hong Kong Posted: 29 Apr 2013 06:50 AM PDT Getting an introduction to Tiger - a 176 pound (80 kilogram) Tibetan mastiff kept on the roof space of a cramped five-story village house in Hong Kong's New Territories -- is a complicated process. ![]() |
Dagestan wary of backlash Posted: 29 Apr 2013 08:22 AM PDT Nic Robertson reports on the people of Dagestan, who worry its reputation is being hurt by Boston's bombing suspects. ![]() |
Siblings recovering after shipwreck Posted: 29 Apr 2013 06:52 AM PDT One moment they were reeling in a fish, and the next they were shipwrecked . ![]() |
Bomb targets Syrian prime minister in Damascus Posted: 29 Apr 2013 04:46 AM PDT A bomb apparently targeting Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi exploded Monday in a Damascus neighborhood -- but the prime minister was unharmed. ![]() |
Iraq pulls plug on 'misleading' TV networks Posted: 29 Apr 2013 02:31 AM PDT Iraq's government ordered 10 television networks shut down Sunday, accusing them of stoking sectarian violence with "unprofessional" and "unethical" coverage of recent clashes in the country's north. ![]() |
2 police officers hurt in shooting outside Italian PM's office Posted: 29 Apr 2013 04:46 AM PDT Two national police officers were wounded Sunday when a gunman shot at officers outside the Italian prime minister's office, authorities said. ![]() |
Report: U.S. citizen faces death penalty in North Korea Posted: 29 Apr 2013 04:50 AM PDT North Korea plans to begin a trial against a U.S. citizen detained there last year, state media said Saturday, complicating tense relations between the two nations. ![]() |
Dozens hurt in blast at Prague film school Posted: 29 Apr 2013 05:53 AM PDT An explosion ripped through a film and TV school building in the Czech capital of Prague while classes were in session Monday morning, injuring dozens of people and prompting evacuations of nearby buildings, city fire officials said. ![]() |
Dutch queen prepares to hand throne to son Posted: 29 Apr 2013 07:44 AM PDT A chapter was closing in Dutch history Monday as Queen Beatrix spent her last full day on the throne after 33 years as the country's monarch. ![]() |
Cash-strapped Greece to cut 15,000 civil servants Posted: 29 Apr 2013 02:25 AM PDT Greek lawmakers on Sunday agreed to cut thousands of government workers to secure another 8.8 billion euros ($11.5 billion) in bailout funds. ![]() |
5 found, 2 missing after balloon crash in Peru Posted: 28 Apr 2013 09:01 PM PDT Five people were rescued Sunday, but two more remain missing, after their hot air balloon crashed off the coast of Peru. ![]() |
Leader apologizes for Srebrenica Posted: 29 Apr 2013 06:22 AM PDT Serbia's president apologized Thursday for the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, but declined to characterize the killings as an act of genocide. ![]() |
Venezuela accuses U.S. filmmaker Posted: 29 Apr 2013 06:31 AM PDT Timothy Tracy went to Venezuela to make a documentary about the political division gripping the country. ![]() |
Peacekeeping force set for Mali Posted: 29 Apr 2013 06:20 AM PDT The U.N. Security Council signed off Thursday on a 12,600-member peacekeeping force in Mali that will be authorized "to use all necessary means" to protect civilians and cultural artifacts. ![]() |
Algerian leader suffers 'mini-stroke' Posted: 29 Apr 2013 06:43 AM PDT Algeria's president was hospitalized Saturday after suffering a "mini-stroke," medical and government officials told the state-run Algerian news agency. ![]() |