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Boom fuels Thai political divide

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 08:39 AM PST

Thailand's warring political factions hardly need red shirts and yellow shirts to identify themselves: a short few hours by road from Bangkok reveals a dramatic shift in culture.

Ukraine protesters rebuild barricades

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 12:32 PM PST

Undeterred by an overnight crackdown by authorities, protesters in the center of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, rebuilt barricades Wednesday that had been torn down by riot police hours earlier.

Hirst artworks stolen in London

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:02 AM PST

Two works by British artist Damien Hirst worth $54,000 have been stolen from a London gallery.

Xmas presents of the future?

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 08:01 AM PST

A triple nipple baby bottle and extinct animal DNA are just some of things you'd find inside the "99¢ Store of the Future." Now products from the remarkable installation in downtown Brooklyn have gone on display at Shanghai's 2013 design fair.

Ukraine protesters rebuild barricades

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 12:32 PM PST

Undeterred by an overnight crackdown by authorities, protesters in the center of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, rebuilt barricades Wednesday that had been torn down by riot police hours earlier.

India top court: Gay sex illegal

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 07:08 AM PST

Sex between consenting homosexual partners is once again illegal in India after the country's Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling Wednesday.

Inside Japan's 'ninja' home

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 08:41 AM PST

CNN's Paula Newton looks at how home owners are spending big money for tiny land and radical design houses.

India's Supreme Court declares homosexual sex illegal

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 01:50 AM PST

Sex between consenting homosexual partners is once again illegal in India after the country's Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling Wednesday.

Pope named Time's Person of the Year

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:04 AM PST

Father Edward Beck reacts to news that Time magazine has named Pope Francis its "Person of the Year" for 2013.

Iran envoy to make first London visit as icy relations thaw

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 07:13 AM PST

An Iranian envoy is to make his first visit to the United Kingdom this week, a UK Foreign Office spokeswoman said Wednesday, in a sign of softening relations between the two countries.

Disarming CAR fighters: Why it's difficult

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 05:16 AM PST

The former head of France's U.N. Military Mission explains the difficulties in trying to disarm fighters.

Nelson Mandela to lie in state

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:04 AM PST

Crowds are expected to line a procession route in South Africa on Wednesday as Nelson Mandela's remains are taken from Johannesburg to Pretoria.

Interpreter at Mandela memorial was a "fake," group says

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 06:38 AM PST

To those outside the deaf community, the sign language interpreter for Nelson Mandela's memorial may have looked like he was working very hard, translating the spoken words into gestures for four hours.

15 dead after fire tears through market in Shenzhen, China

Posted: 10 Dec 2013 06:59 PM PST

Fifteen people have been killed and five others injured in a fire early Wednesday at a market in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, the local fire department said.

Uruguay to legalize marijuana

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:05 AM PST

Uruguay's Senate approved a proposal Tuesday to legalize marijuana in the South American country.