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Time lapse: Cruise ship raised

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 06:25 AM PDT

This timelapse video shows the full parbuckling salvage operation of the Costa Concordia. (This video has no audio)

Bickering over Syria deal

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 07:12 AM PDT

Just days after Russia and the United States reached a deal on getting Syria to give up its chemical weapons, world powers are quarreling over the details.

Rousseff's U.S. visit postponed over alleged spying

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 12:23 PM PDT

The United States and Brazil jointly agreed on Tuesday to postpone Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's state visit to Washington next month due to controversy over reports the U.S. government was spying on her communications.

Overseas adoptions rise -- for black American children

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 05:50 AM PDT

Elisa van Meurs grew up with a Polish au pair, speaks fluent Dutch and English and loves horseback riding -- her favorite horse is called Kiki but she also rides Pippi Longstocking, James Bond, and Robin Hood.

Riots break out in Bangladesh after party leader sentenced

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 05:54 AM PDT

The Bangladesh Supreme Court has sentenced a prominent leader of the country's largest Islamist party to death for "crimes against humanity," the official Bangladeshi news agency BSS reported Tuesday.

Deadly storms batter Mexico from both sides

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 05:59 AM PDT

Mexico grappled Monday with a deadly double-punch of tropical weather.

Scores of hostages rescued in Philippines, but police chief captured

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 05:57 AM PDT

As Philippine security forces rescued scores of hostages held by Muslim rebels in a southern city, the rebels struck back by taking the local police chief captive Tuesday.

Suspected militant leader arrested

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 06:03 AM PDT

The alleged leader of an Islamic militant cell in Spain who escaped arrest in June when eight of his suspected colleagues were detained has been taken into custody, the Spanish Interior Ministry said Monday.