Nineteen shot in Chicago attacks

Nineteen shot in Chicago attacks
Immigrants march in Greece against racist attacks
City Room: A Lightning Rod in More Ways Than One
Romney rebuked over 'birther' dig
Two U.S. police wounded in shooting in Mexico: official
VIDEO: How the Paralympic Games began
Two U.S. Government Employees Shot in Mexico
Merkel offers no respite to Greek PM on debts
BBC Two wins channel of the year
Britain’s Sun publishes nude photos of Prince Harry
The Caucus: With Ryan, Romney Loses Claim to Outsider Status
New Zealand jails 'accidental millionaire'
Gunmen attack U.S. diplomatic vehicle in Mexico
Colombia's president says he won't rush Cabinet shuffle
Wake-up call for South Africa's ANC
US Mexico embassy employees shot
VIDEO: No charges over Russian 'slave' factory
VIDEO: Richard the Third buried in car park?
Assemblyman Vito Lopez Censured for Sexual Harassment
Protesters clash in Cairo over Morsi's rule

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:23 PM PDT

Nineteen people were shot overnight in Chicago - more than a dozen of them in just half an hour - as the US city's gun violence epidemic continues.

Immigrants march in Greece against racist attacks

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:11 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Thousands of immigrants marched in Athens on Friday to protest police sweeps and a rash of racist attacks in Greece as the country struggles to pull itself out of a huge debt crisis.

City Room: A Lightning Rod in More Ways Than One

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 12:56 PM PDT

Though Friday's events did not take place within the building, nor seem to have a direct connection to it, early news reports of a shooting at the Empire State Building with multiple victims certainly fueled civic anxiety.

Romney rebuked over 'birther' dig

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:08 PM PDT

The Obama campaign attacks Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as he alludes to a debunked theory that the president was not born in the US.

Two U.S. police wounded in shooting in Mexico: official

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 12:40 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two U.S. police instructors were accidentally shot and wounded by Mexican police early on Friday after being mistaken for criminals, a Mexican government security official said.

VIDEO: How the Paralympic Games began

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 12:16 PM PDT

The origins of the Paralympics can be traced back to a German Jew who fled the Nazis before the outbreak of the Second World War.

Two U.S. Government Employees Shot in Mexico

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 11:29 AM PDT

Two U.S. government employees were shot and wounded in an attack on their vehicle south of Mexico City on Friday, a law-enforcement official said.

Merkel offers no respite to Greek PM on debts

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 12:45 PM PDT

Merkel stands her ground during talks in Berlin, insisting Athens stick to its pledges on enforcing fiscal reforms.

BBC Two wins channel of the year

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 12:00 PM PDT

BBC Two is named terrestrial channel of the year at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.

Britain’s Sun publishes nude photos of Prince Harry

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 11:13 AM PDT

LONDON — Rupert Murdoch's flagship British tabloid proved Friday that there is, in fact, nowhere the Sun doesn't shine.

Explicitly defying the wishes of Buckingham Palace, the Sun published the now-infamous nude photos of Prince Harry that were taken during a romp in Las Vegas, becoming the first British media outlet to do so. In running with photos already a sensation on the Internet but which the rest of the British media self-censored from its pages and airwaves, the Sun ratcheted up the intense debate here not only over the royal family as accountable public figures, but freedom of the press in the digital age.

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The Caucus: With Ryan, Romney Loses Claim to Outsider Status

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 09:56 AM PDT

In choosing Paul D. Ryan to be his running mate, Mitt Romney tapped a congressman with a long and sometimes contentious legislative record.

New Zealand jails 'accidental millionaire'

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 04:52 AM PDT

Hui "Leo" Gao sentenced for theft after fleeing to China when bank mistake put millions of dollars in his account.

Gunmen attack U.S. diplomatic vehicle in Mexico

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 11:47 AM PDT

Unknown gunmen attacked an American diplomatic vehicle south of Mexico City, injuring three people, a Mexican military official told CNN Mexico.

Colombia's president says he won't rush Cabinet shuffle

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 11:19 AM PDT

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Friday he will take his time replacing other members of his Cabinet after accepting the resignation of the finance minister this week, in a move aimed at bumping up his slumping popularity.

Wake-up call for South Africa's ANC

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 11:02 AM PDT

Mine killings sound a wake-up call for South Africa's ANC

US Mexico embassy employees shot

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:27 PM PDT

Two people employed at the US embassy in Mexico are wounded as gunmen fire on their vehicle south of Mexico City.

VIDEO: No charges over Russian 'slave' factory

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 09:39 AM PDT

Russian police have decided not to press criminal charges against owners of a factory where Vietnamese illegal immigrants were forced to live and work in 'slave-like conditions'.

VIDEO: Richard the Third buried in car park?

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 09:14 AM PDT

It's not the most fitting resting place for a King, but archaeologists looking for the lost grave of Richard the Third are about to start digging up a 1960s car park.

Assemblyman Vito Lopez Censured for Sexual Harassment

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:21 PM PDT

Vito J. Lopez, the Brooklyn Democratic leader and longtime political power broker, has been stripped of his committee chairmanship and barred from employing young people.