VIDEO: Looking for the boy with the violin

VIDEO: Looking for the boy with the violin


VIDEO: Looking for the boy with the violin

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 12:46 AM PST

Priyath Liyanage goes to Sri Lanka in search of the boy with the violin that abandoned his home in the final days of a civil war.


VIDEO: Obama talks territory with China PM

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 08:21 PM PST

US officials praise China's attitude on South China Sea territorial disputes after talks between Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and President Obama.


AUDIO: Can time be reversed?

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 01:49 AM PST

Albert Einstein's law that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light has come under threat again from the same controversial experiment which had been disregarded by many physicists.


VIDEO: Libya promises fair trial for Saif

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 12:54 AM PST

Libya has promised that the son of its former leader will be well treated and given a fair trial.


Syria’s Assad vows to continue crackdown

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 07:57 PM PST

LONDON, Nov 20 — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was quoted today as saying he would press on with a crackdown against anti-government unrest in his country despite increased pressure from the Arab League to end it.  "The conflict will continue and the pressure to subjugate Syria will continue," he told Britain's Sunday Times newspaper. "However, ...



Two killed, hundreds hurt in Egypt’s street clashes

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 07:33 PM PST

CAIRO, Nov 20 — Clashes erupted between protesters and police in Cairo and two other Egyptian cities, killing two people and wounding hundreds in the biggest security challenge yet for the country's ruling generals days before scheduled elections.  In scenes reminiscent of the 18-day uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak from three decades of power ...



Strong quake jolts northern Japan, felt in Tokyo

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 07:18 PM PST

TOKYO, Nov 20 — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 jolted the Ibaragi Prefecture near Tokyo today, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury.  The earthquake also had no impact on the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co said. No tsunami ...



Chorus calls for fair trial for Gaddafi son

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 05:16 PM PST

ZINTAN, Libya, Nov 20 — The capture of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was the "final act of the Libyan drama", said a spokesman for the country's interim government, nine months after the start of the uprising that ended Muammar Gaddafi's brutal one-man rule. Fighters from Zintan said they stopped Saif al-Islam overnight as he drove through the desert in a ...



China rebuffs U.S., Asia pressure in sea dispute

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 09:32 PM PST

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - China pushed back on Saturday against a week of U.S. pressure to resolve a rancorous dispute over territorial claims in the South China Sea, a crucial, mineral-rich commercial shipping lane at the heart of growing tensions among Asian leaders.



Insight - Tibetans in China seek fiery way out of despair

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 09:32 PM PST

DAOFU, China (Reuters) - The Ganden Jangchup Choeling Nunnery stands hidden from view on an isolated mountain-top in southwestern China, accessible only by a twisting, rocky road. It was here, in a mud-brick hut, that Palden Choetso lived.



Grenades hit Baath Party building in Damascus - report

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 09:32 PM PST

AMMAN (Reuters) - At least two rocket-propelled grenades hit a main ruling Baath Party building in Damascus Sunday, residents said, in the first insurgent attack reported inside the Syrian capital since an eight-month uprising began against President Bashar al-Assad.



Exclusive - The capture of Gaddafi's son

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 09:32 PM PST

OBARI, Libya (Reuters) - The chic black sweater and jeans were gone. So too the combat khaki T-shirt of his televised last stand in Tripoli. Designer stubble had become bushy black beard after months on the run.



Gul says Turkey can be EU's "growth engine"

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 08:00 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Turkey is still determined to join the European Union despite the current crisis in the euro zone and can become the bloc's economic "growth engine", President Abdullah Gul said in an interview published on Sunday.



VIDEO: What impact can sanctions have on Syria?

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 08:54 PM PST

Janey Mitchell reports on what form the Arab League's sanctions could take and their potential impact.


China rebuffs U.S., Asia pressure in sea dispute

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 07:30 PM PST

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - China pushed back on Saturday against a week of U.S. pressure to resolve a rancorous dispute over territorial claims in the South China Sea, a crucial, mineral-rich commercial shipping lane at the heart of growing tensions among Asian leaders.



Strong quake jolts northern Japan, felt in Tokyo

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 07:30 PM PST

The earthquake also had no impact on the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co said. No tsunami warning was issued.



Exclusive - The capture of Gaddafi's son

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 07:30 PM PST

OBARI, Libya (Reuters) - The chic black sweater and jeans were gone. So too the combat khaki T-shirt of his televised last stand in Tripoli. Designer stubble had become bushy black beard after months on the run.



VIDEO: One dead in Tahrir protest

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 06:29 PM PST

One person has died and more than 670 have been injured in clashes between police and protesters in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.


Two killed, hundreds hurt in Egypt street clashes

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 06:29 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Clashes erupted between protesters and police in Cairo and two other Egyptian cities, killing two people and wounding hundreds in the biggest security challenge yet for the country's ruling generals days before scheduled elections.



Strong quake jolts northern Japan, felt in Tokyo

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 06:29 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 jolted the Ibaragi Prefecture near Tokyo Sunday, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said.



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