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Giant rubber duck drowns

Posted: 15 May 2013 05:27 AM PDT

Hong Kong's new favorite tourist attraction, a giant inflatable duck, mysteriously deflated overnight.

Man charges elephant, loses job

Posted: 15 May 2013 05:28 AM PDT

Man who charged elephant spared life, but not job. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.

How did woman survive this?

Posted: 10 May 2013 07:33 AM PDT

A Brazilian woman escaped death by less than an inch after her husband accidentally shot her with a harpoon.

Poolside raid nabs British fugitive

Posted: 13 May 2013 05:19 AM PDT

Four years after escaping British custody, Andrew Moran is arrested after a dramatic raid on a villa in southern Spain.

'Lost continent' discovered?

Posted: 09 May 2013 07:52 AM PDT

A team of scientists say they may have discovered part of a "lost continent" deep in the Atlantic off of Brazil.

Exclusive: Hunt for pirates

Posted: 13 May 2013 06:04 AM PDT

CNN got an exclusive look as African Union security forces hunt for pirates in the waters off Somalia.

Knox: 'I'm afraid to go back'

Posted: 07 May 2013 05:34 AM PDT

CNN's Chris Cuomo talks to Amanda Knox about her possibly being extradited to Italy to face a new murder trial.

Dear Girls of the World ...

Posted: 16 May 2013 11:51 AM PDT

CNN's Christiane Amanpour says all the number crunchers have it right on this one: education equals empowerment. And it's time for girls to power the world.

Girls, it's time to power the world

Posted: 16 May 2013 07:00 AM PDT

Dear Girls of the World,

KFC smuggled under Gaza border

Posted: 16 May 2013 09:57 AM PDT

A confluence of a hankering for fried chicken and hard times in the smuggling business means buckets of KFC are showing up on tables in Gaza.

Reality TV show picks Palestinian 'president'

Posted: 16 May 2013 06:45 AM PDT

CNN's Sara Sidner reports on a Palestinian TV show where the winner gets the title of president.

Election decided by coin flip

Posted: 16 May 2013 05:44 AM PDT

In the hi-tech era of electronic voting, election authorities in the Philippines settled a dead heat between two candidates for mayor in a decidedly old-school way -- by flipping a coin.

KFC smuggled under Gaza border

Posted: 16 May 2013 09:57 AM PDT

A confluence of a hankering for fried chicken and hard times in the smuggling business means buckets of KFC are showing up on tables in Gaza.

Reality show picks 'president'

Posted: 16 May 2013 07:51 AM PDT

CNN's Sara Sidner reports on a Palestinian TV show where the winner gets the title of president.

Amanpour's open letter to girls

Posted: 16 May 2013 05:47 AM PDT

Dear Girls of the World,

Obama, Erdogan discuss how to end Syrian war

Posted: 16 May 2013 11:42 AM PDT

The leaders of Turkey and the United States are huddling in Washington on Thursday over how to handle the Syrian civil war, the raging conflict that has left an estimated 80,000 people dead and a few million displaced -- despite more than two years of diplomacy to halt the bloodshed.

At least 2 dead after walkway collapses at shoe factory

Posted: 16 May 2013 07:01 AM PDT

Two people have died after a raised concrete walkway collapsed Thursday in a shoe factory warehouse in Cambodia, police said.

White House releases Benghazi e-mails

Posted: 16 May 2013 04:53 AM PDT

The White House released more than 100 pages of e-mails on Wednesday in a bid to quell critics who say President Barack Obama and his aides played politics with national security following the deadly terror attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.

Report: Detainees targeted U.S., French embassies in Cairo

Posted: 16 May 2013 08:53 AM PDT

The Egyptian prosecutor's office says evidence shows three suspects linked to al Qaeda targeted the U.S. and French embassies in Cairo, as well as an Egyptian army facility in the Sinai Peninsula, according to state news.

Venezuela to 'saturate market' with toilet paper

Posted: 16 May 2013 05:24 AM PDT

To avoid getting caught with their pants down, Venezuelan officials say they will confront a toilet paper shortage by importing 50 million rolls to meet demand.

Cyclone lashes Bangladesh coast, displaces thousands

Posted: 16 May 2013 08:04 AM PDT

Tropical Cyclone Mahasen began to lash the coast of Bangladesh with heavy rain Thursday, bringing the risk of flooding and landslides to densely populated, low-lying communities.

Chinese police crack down on anti-refinery protests

Posted: 16 May 2013 06:23 AM PDT

Chinese security forces staged a massive crackdown in the center of a provincial capital city Thursday to prevent protests against the construction of a chemical plant, witnesses said.

Murder or suicide? Singapore inquest on U.S. engineer's death

Posted: 16 May 2013 08:57 AM PDT

Holding a black noose over her head, Singaporean forensics expert Lim Chin-Chin explained Wednesday to a packed courtroom how re-enactments showed that American engineer Shane Todd would have been able to hang himself from a similar black strap attached to his bathroom door.

Tensions rise in Iraq as tribal fighters clash with army

Posted: 16 May 2013 08:33 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces raided a farm belonging to a prominent Sunni tribal leader Thursday, he and two other tribal leaders said, prompting fears that sectarian tensions could escalate in Iraq's restive al-Anbar province.

Mexican volcano threatens town

Posted: 15 May 2013 05:30 AM PDT

A volcanic eruption prompts authorities to plan for the evacuation of thousands. CNN's Rafael Romo reports.

Arrests made in Turkey bombings

Posted: 16 May 2013 05:38 AM PDT

Four people were arrested Wednesday in connection with blasts in a southern Turkish town that killed about 50 people, the semi-official Anadolu news agency reported.

The dark history of Bunce Island

Posted: 16 May 2013 05:20 AM PDT

As the boat slowly approaches the quiet shores of Bunce Island, it's hard to shake off the eerie feeling of being transported back into one of history's darkest chapters.