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'I'm not a welfare mom, I'm a soldier'

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 06:38 PM PDT

Jaspen Boothe is committed to helping out homeless female veterans.

Why Taksim Square matters to Turks

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 05:04 AM PDT

Proposed changes to Taksim Square have seen it become the flashpoint for protests that have swept through Turkey in the past week, leaving thousands injured and focusing the world's attention on the government.

Putin, wife announce split

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 06:27 AM PDT

Vladimir Putin's nearly 30-year marriage has ended, the Russian president and his wife told state-run television in a joint interview.

Cambodia's children of the dump

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 06:05 AM PDT

After an eye-opening trip to Cambodia, a Chicago couple took on a mission to educate girls half a world away.

Why Taksim Square matters

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:10 AM PDT

Proposed changes to Taksim Square have seen it become the flashpoint for protests that have swept through Turkey in the past week, leaving thousands injured and focusing the world's attention on the government.

Cambodia's children of the dump

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 06:05 AM PDT

After an eye-opening trip to Cambodia, a Chicago couple took on a mission to educate girls half a world away.

Putin, wife announce split

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:10 AM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila confirm they are getting divorced. Phil Black reports.

Obama, Xi meeting in California

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 05:15 AM PDT

The leaders of the world's arguably two most powerful nations are due to meet Friday in southern California. President Barack Obama of the United States and President Xi Jinping of China will hold talks that could shape relations between Washington and Beijing for years to come.

165 kidnapped migrants freed in Mexico

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 05:19 AM PDT

Mexican authorities rescued 165 kidnap victims who had been held for weeks in the northeastern border state of Tamaulipas, the country's Interior Ministry said Thursday.

North, South Korea set to hold talks over weekend

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 05:08 AM PDT

North and South Korea appear set to hold talks over the weekend after Pyongyang on Friday reconnected a hotline between the two sides that it had severed amid recent tensions.

2 French journalists missing in Syria

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 05:19 AM PDT

Two French journalists working for Europe1 are missing in Syria, the French radio station said Friday, prompting fears that they may have been kidnapped.

Surging river threatens Hungary

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 06:50 AM PDT

Hungary has been warned it could suffer its worst floods ever, as record levels are expected over the next three days from the surging River Danube, which has already inundated parts of Germany, Austria and Slovakia.

UK's Prince Philip to undergo surgery

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 06:29 AM PDT

Prince Philip, husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, is expected to undergo "an exploratory" abdominal surgery Friday at a London hospital, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said.