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Iran president to U.S.: Let's end rivalry

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 05:16 AM PDT

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made his case Thursday to the American people and the world for "a constructive approach" to contentious issues including his nation's nuclear program, arguing that failing to engage "leads to everyone's loss."

Germany votes: How it might affect you

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 10:18 AM PDT

Voters in Germany will go to the polls this weekend for the first time since the eurozone crisis left the single currency -- and much of the continent -- teetering on the brink of chaos.

Dissecting the pope's interview

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 05:28 AM PDT

Matthew Chance reports on an interview in which Pope Francis discusses homosexuality, abortion and women.

India's skin coloring controversy

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 05:38 AM PDT

The new Miss America brings the debate over skin coloring to India. CNN's Mallika Kapur reports.

India's skin coloring controversy

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 05:37 AM PDT

The new Miss America brings the debate over skin coloring to India. CNN's Mallika Kapur reports.

Watchdog group: Syria to disclose its chemical weapons

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 05:43 AM PDT

Syria is expected to hand over a list of its chemical arms stockpile this weekend, a spokesman for the world's chemical weapons watchdog told CNN on Friday.

Russians tow Greenpeace ship after captain defies orders

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 10:40 AM PDT

The captain of a Greenpeace icebreaker carrying 30 activists protesting Arctic drilling has declined a demand made at gunpoint by Russian authorities to sail it toward the Russian port city of Murmansk, a Greenpeace spokeswoman said Friday.

Baby killed by airport baggage carousel

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 05:20 AM PDT

Spanish investigators are trying to figure out how a 5-month-old baby died on a baggage carousel at an airport in Alicante.

Super Typhoon Usagi nears Philippines, Taiwan

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 05:19 AM PDT

The strongest storm on the planet so far this year is rumbling across the Western Pacific near Taiwan and the Philippines, prompting authorities to issue warnings to residents in vulnerable areas.

Mexican storm victim: 'The government ignores us'

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 05:18 AM PDT

As raging floodwaters swept away half of his timber shack, Saturnino Medina climbed to the roof.

Venezuela: U.S. denied permission for leader's plane

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 05:19 AM PDT

Venezuela accused the United States on Thursday of denying President Nicolas Maduro's plane permission to enter U.S. airspace -- a claim that a State Department official denied.