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At least 21 dead in tunnel collapse

Posted: 21 May 2013 05:48 AM PDT

The death toll from a tunnel collapse last week at an underground mine training facility in Indonesia has risen to 21 after emergency workers recovered more bodies from the rubble, the mining company said Tuesday.

Acid attack victim: 'I can't give up'

Posted: 21 May 2013 05:47 AM PDT

At 17, Sonali Mukherjee's life changed in a instant when three men threw acid on her. She lost her ability to see, hear, eat, walk and talk. Ten years and 27 surgeries later, she's still fighting for justice and her recovery.

'Enemy state' saves girl's heart

Posted: 21 May 2013 05:04 AM PDT

She never displayed the boundless energy of other children -- all she seemed to do was cry,

Kung fu master publishes secrets

Posted: 21 May 2013 05:18 AM PDT

It's the staple of almost every kung fu action film ever made: the hero is targeted for revenge after teaching the deadly and closely guarded secrets of the martial art to outsiders and, even worse, foreigners.

Acid attack victim fights on

Posted: 21 May 2013 05:32 AM PDT

At 17, Sonali Mukherjee's life changed in a instant when three men threw acid on her. She lost her ability to see, hear, eat, walk and talk. Ten years and 27 surgeries later, she is still fighting for justice and her recovery.

'Enemy state' saves girl's heart

Posted: 21 May 2013 05:04 AM PDT

She never displayed the boundless energy of other children -- all she seemed to do was cry,

Kung fu master publishes secrets

Posted: 21 May 2013 05:18 AM PDT

It's the staple of almost every kung fu action film ever made: the hero is targeted for revenge after teaching the deadly and closely guarded secrets of the martial art to outsiders and, even worse, foreigners.

Woman makes Everest history

Posted: 21 May 2013 05:38 AM PDT

Raha Moharrak is the first Saudi woman to ever climb Mount Everest. CNN's Ralitsa Vassileva reports.

Chelsea Flower Show in full bloom

Posted: 21 May 2013 07:49 AM PDT

It is 6am and Sue Biggs is surveying the preparations for the 100th anniversary of the Chelsea Flower Show.

Genocide conviction overturned in Guatemala

Posted: 21 May 2013 09:39 AM PDT

When former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was convicted of genocide and sentenced to 80 years in prison this month, it was not expected to be the end of story.

Man kills himself in front of tourists at Notre Dame Cathedral

Posted: 21 May 2013 12:23 PM PDT

A right-wing historian and author killed himself inside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Tuesday in front of horrified tourists, police said.

UK lawmakers debate same-sex marriage bill

Posted: 21 May 2013 10:29 AM PDT

Lawmakers debated legislation to allow same-sex marriage in England and Wales Tuesday, after a rebellion within Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party threatened to derail the bill.

Sample of Gandhi's blood goes up for auction

Posted: 21 May 2013 03:44 AM PDT

A glass microscope slide with a trace of the late Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi's blood is among an array of memorabilia due to be sold at auction Tuesday in England.