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Families of fallen 'hotshots' need help

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 05:10 AM PDT

Nineteen elite firefighters died fighting the Yarnell Hill wildfire last month, and over the past few weeks there has been an outpouring of support for their families. But what happens when the cards, letters and casserole dishes quit coming?

Death toll rises in China landslide

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 11:26 AM PDT

Rescuers in China had pulled a total of 31 bodies from the wreckage from a landslide the size of a small town that rushed down a mountain earlier in the week. State-run CCTV reported on Friday that the number of people missing in and around the city of Dujiangyan was 166, up from 107 the previous day.

Buddhists convicted of massacre

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 07:04 AM PDT

Myanmar's courts convicted 22 Buddhists this week for sparking anti-Muslim violence and bloodshed in March, according to a state-run newspaper.

China's sex-change pioneer

Posted: 11 Jul 2013 06:38 AM PDT

Few people have had so much impact on the Chinese attitude towards sexuality and gender equality than Jin Xing.

Taliban 'failed,' Malala says at U.N.

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 10:18 AM PDT

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban last year for her efforts to promote girls education, spoke at the United Nations on Friday, her 16th birthday.

Blue planet rains liquid glass

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 05:07 AM PDT

Astronomers have found a deep azure blue planet orbiting another star 63 light years away -- the first time they've been able to determine the actual color of a planet outside our solar system, NASA and the European Space Agency said Thursday.

Mapping a mountain with Google

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 05:53 AM PDT

Google teams go back up Mt. Fuji, taking their high tech backpacks up to the top of the Japan's tallest volcano.

Odds of a Snowden getaway?

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 11:17 AM PDT

Will Edward Snowden get away? Yes and no. Understanding this contradiction involves looking at what both the government and Snowden have in their favor.

Girls defy Taliban in Pakistan

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 08:58 AM PDT

Saima Mohsin travels to Swat, where Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban. She visits an all-female college.

Snowden seeks temporary asylum in Russia

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 08:32 AM PDT

American intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is due to hold a meeting with human rights groups Friday, the press service for Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport said.

Six dead in train derailment near Paris

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 02:01 PM PDT

French police say at least eight people were killed in a train derailment in Bretigny sur Orge, about 15 miles south of Paris, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV.

U.S. State Department calls for Morsy's release

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 12:16 PM PDT

There is strength in numbers.

Railway chairman: People 'wanted to throw stones at me'

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 04:59 AM PDT

Edward Burkhardt said he tried to get the people of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, to hear him, to try to understand that he had traveled to their town because he genuinely cared, he told CNN in an exclusive interview Thursday.

Some South Africans blame Mandela's health on family dispute

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 05:41 AM PDT

For weeks, South Africans have been holding a vigil for their first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela.

Q&A: What happens once the royal baby is born?

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 09:05 AM PDT

Any day now, the Duchess of Cambridge is due to give birth to her first baby. What will happen once it arrives?

Hundreds of inmates escape Indonesian prison

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 05:13 AM PDT

Indonesian police are searching for potentially hundreds of escaped inmates following a deadly prison riot in Medan, the capital of the province of North Sumatra. At least five people died, including two guards and three prisoners.

'Dementia village' inspires new care

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 05:15 AM PDT

A cutting edge dementia facility -- where residents can do anything except leave and where their every move is watched by carers who also staff the village shops -- is offering a new way to deal with long term care.

Attacks leave 24 dead across Iraq

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 07:01 AM PDT

A wave of bombings and shootings across Iraq on Thursday that targeted primarily security forces left at least 24 people dead and dozens more wounded, authorities said.