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Posted: 30 May 2013 03:12 PM PDT

Mona Rutger got the call in October: A bald eagle was flopping around on an airport runway after it had been clipped by a private jet. Unfortunately, it's something she sees all too often.

Laos returns refugees to North Korea

Posted: 31 May 2013 06:05 AM PDT

The young North Koreans thought they were near the end of their long and dangerous journey toward freedom. But something went wrong in Laos. The government there sent then back to North Korea.

Uncle says Pistorius is 'a broken man'

Posted: 31 May 2013 07:34 AM PDT

In an exclusive interview with CNN, Oscar Pistorius' uncle says the Olympic sprinter is a broken man who has to live with the fact that he killed the love of his life.

Large asteroid zipping past Earth

Posted: 31 May 2013 05:02 AM PDT

An asteroid is whizzing past Earth on Friday -- and it's traveling with its own moon in tow.

The world's electronic wastebasket

Posted: 31 May 2013 05:36 AM PDT

Did you ever wonder what happens to your old laptop or cellphone when you throw it away?

Pistorius 'a broken man'

Posted: 31 May 2013 08:33 AM PDT

In an exclusive interview with CNN, Oscar Pistorius' uncle says the Olympic sprinter is a broken man who has to live with the fact that he killed the love of his life.

Inside the Istanbul riots

Posted: 31 May 2013 12:14 PM PDT

Istanbul police fire tear gas and water cannons at protesters, while tourists and citizens get caught in the middle.

Train mows down 3 elephants

Posted: 31 May 2013 06:09 AM PDT

A train speeding through a forested corridor in India's West Bengal killed three elephants and another is in a critical condition, a wildlife official said Friday.

Is Brazil headed for boom and bust?

Posted: 31 May 2013 04:07 AM PDT

With the World Cup in 2014, the Olympics two years later and large discoveries of oil boosting the economy, Brazilians could be excused for looking at the world through rose-tinted glasses.

Brazil's thriving African culture

Posted: 31 May 2013 11:13 AM PDT

From samba and carnival to food, music and religion, African culture is everywhere in Brazil.

Brazil's answer to the Vuvuzela

Posted: 31 May 2013 04:12 AM PDT

Friends, Brazilians and soccer fans lend me your ears -- the shimmy and shake of the caxirola is coming to a football match near you soon.

American woman among 3 Westerners killed in Syria

Posted: 31 May 2013 07:35 AM PDT

An American woman killed in war-torn Syria has been identified as Nicole Lynn Mansfield, 33, of Flint, Michigan, her aunt and grandmother told CNN.

Inside the Istanbul riots

Posted: 31 May 2013 12:14 PM PDT

Istanbul police fire tear gas and water cannons at protesters, while tourists and citizens get caught in the middle.

Soldier's family to world: Keep calm, don't seek revenge

Posted: 31 May 2013 08:58 AM PDT

The family of the British soldier killed in broad daylight last week urged people angry over the slaying to remain calm and not seek revenge.

Grainy image may show Earhart's plane wreckage, researchers say

Posted: 31 May 2013 05:38 AM PDT

A grainy sonar image taken hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface may help unravel a mystery that has baffled historians for decades.

Train mows down 3 elephants in eastern India

Posted: 31 May 2013 05:11 AM PDT

A train speeding through a forested corridor in India's West Bengal killed three elephants and another is in a critical condition, a wildlife official said Friday.

Report: Plane's unlatched covers led to fire, emergency landing

Posted: 31 May 2013 08:28 AM PDT

Engine covers that flew off and damaged a British Airways plane upon takeoff last week had been left unlatched during maintenance, British aviation investigators said in a preliminary report Friday.

South African town accused of keeping apartheid alive

Posted: 31 May 2013 05:25 AM PDT

More than two decades after the death of the systematic racial discrimination policy of apartheid, a community living southeast of South Africa's capital Pretoria is being accused of trying to keep its racist ideals alive.