VIDEO: Baboons vs humans in Cape Town

VIDEO: Baboons vs humans in Cape Town


VIDEO: Baboons vs humans in Cape Town

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 01:22 PM PDT

Tourists may love them but many in Cape Town have had enough of its troublesome baboon population. So how Cape Town city council plans to deal with the baboons?


Labour calls for new Savile probe

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 01:53 PM PDT

Labour's Ed Miliband calls for an independent inquiry into the allegations of abuse carried out by Sir Jimmy Savile while working at the BBC and other institutions.


Gunmen attack Ivory Coast power station, security facilities

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 01:06 PM PDT

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a power station and security facilities in and around Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan in coordinated overnight raids that ended early on Monday, the defense minister said.


Afghanistan's 'stunting' epidemic

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:10 PM PDT

CNN's Anna Coren reports on the more than 3 million Afghan children who suffer from a condition called stunting.


UPDATE: Where in the world ... ?

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:34 PM PDT

Do you know where this photo was taken?


A Turkish air blockade against Syria?

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 04:43 AM PDT

For the second time in a week, Turkish officials are searching a civilian airplane headed to Syria, in what appears to be the enforcement of a new Turkish air blockade against the Syrian government.


Will Scotland finally leave UK?

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:57 AM PDT

More than 700 years after William Wallace died fighting for Scottish independence, and more than 300 years after Scotland and England came together in a United Kingdom, a new agreement could lead to an independent Scotland.


King's luggage, jewelry stolen

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:56 AM PDT

Rather than getting treated like royalty, an African king got a rude introduction to Norway when thieves made off with his luggage -- with his precious, valuable jewelry tucked inside.


A Turkish air blockade against Syria?

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:22 AM PDT

For the second time in a week, Turkish officials are searching a civilian airplane headed to Syria, in what appears to be the enforcement of a new Turkish air blockade against the Syrian government.


New deal could lead to Scotland leaving UK

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:57 AM PDT

More than 700 years after William Wallace died fighting for Scottish independence, and more than 300 years after Scotland and England came together in a United Kingdom, a new agreement could lead to an independent Scotland.


Police raid Brazilian slums

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:24 AM PDT

Tanks, troops and police pushed through the streets of two shantytowns in northern Rio de Janeiro Sunday in a move to retake control of some of the city's most crime-ridden areas.


Bahrain summons Iran's charge d'affaires

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:57 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain summoned Iran's charge d'affaires on Monday to protest against what it called interference in its internal affairs.


Tracing Crucial Components of Meningitis Outbreak

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 01:20 PM PDT

A steroid drug tainted with a fungus has been recalled in a meningitis outbreak, but more cases are expected, even as experts examine why only a fraction of the people exposed have fallen ill.


'Mass escape' from Libya prison

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:10 PM PDT

Libyan security forces are on high alert after prisoners reportedly broke out of the al-Judaida jail in the capital Tripoli.


Vladi­mir Putin’s United Russia party wins regional elections

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:10 PM PDT

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin's ruling party decisively swept regional elections, according to results tabulated Monday, paradoxically confronting his top-down authoritarian system with a serious challenge.

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At War Blog: Heat-Seeking Missiles in Syria: The SA-7 in Action with Rebels

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:50 AM PDT

Two videos recently posted on YouTube suggest that the rebel forces have acquired heat-seeking shoulder-fired missiles and that they are trying to target Syrian military aircraft.


The Caucus: Romney Raises $170 Million to Finance Late Push in Race

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:24 PM PDT

Mitt Romney and the Republican Party have begun a final push to raise cash that will pay for a last-minute barrage of advertising that Mr. Romney's aides believe is critical to beating President Obama.


Bosnia kicks off pilot census

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 01:02 PM PDT

Exercise to pave way for first population count since 1990s inter-ethnic war that brought major demographic change.


VIDEO: Girl shot by Taliban reaches UK

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 10:24 AM PDT

The Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham has made a statement after fourteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in Swat, arrived there for treatment.


VIDEO: Faking photos over 150 years

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:57 AM PDT

An exhibition in New York looks at the unsettling history of altering photographs, and reveals some of the tricks used over the past 150 years to change reality.


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