xNews® World News: Saturday, July 21, 2012

Israel official: Syria protecting chemical arsenal

Israel official: Syria protecting chemical arsenal
Scandal, economy, unrest mar China's leader change
China hit by heavy rainfall
CNN Guest: 'Video Games Help You Get In The Mood To Do The Killing'
U.S. sending cows to Kazakhstan
Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 10 in Beijing: media
China storms kill 20, including 10 in Beijing
Egyptians throng former spy chief Suleiman's funeral
Who's Starting America's New Businesses? And Why?
Kenyans win African journalist prize
Norway marks one year since massacre
VIDEO: President Obama to visit shooting city
Is Joe Paterno Burning in Hell or Coaching in Heaven?
'FARC rebels' flogged by Colombian tribe
Blast rocks Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan
Beijing's heaviest rains in 6 decades kill 10
Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 10 in Beijing: media
Blast rocks Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan
VIDEO: Man killed in Austrian mudslides
VIDEO: Man killed in Austrian mudslides

Israel official: Syria protecting chemical arsenal

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:42 PM PDT

A senior Israeli defense official says Syria remains in control of its chemical weapons arsenals, even as the Israeli military considers a possible attack meant to prevent those arms and advanced Syrian missiles from falling into militant hands.

Scandal, economy, unrest mar China's leader change

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:27 PM PDT

China's once-a-decade political transition coming this fall seems devoid of drama on the surface: It's clear who will take over, and the fight for other top spots is invisible to the public. But beneath the veneer of calm, the Communist Party is struggling to contain troubling events and mask divisions.

China hit by heavy rainfall

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:51 PM PDT

Heaviest rainfall in 60 years leaves 10 dead in Beijing and 10 dead elsewhere as more than 500 flights were cancelled.

CNN Guest: 'Video Games Help You Get In The Mood To Do The Killing'

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 06:33 PM PDT

A criminal profiler on CNN claimed that video games put psychopaths "in the mood" to kill. Of course, there's nothing scientific to back this up.

U.S. sending cows to Kazakhstan

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:03 PM PDT

Kazakhstan is building a new industry in cattle farming with outside help. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports.

Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 10 in Beijing: media

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 07:51 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - The heaviest rain storm in six decades to hit the Chinese capital killed at least 10 people and caused widespread chaos, flooding streets and stranding 80,000 people at the city's main airport, state media reported on Sunday. The storm, which started on Saturday afternoon and continued late into the night, flooded major roads and sent torrents of water tumbling down steps into underpasses. In the Beijing suburb of Tongzhou, two people died in a roof collapse and another person killed was struck by lightning, the official Xinhua news agency reported. ...

China storms kill 20, including 10 in Beijing

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:21 PM PDT

The heaviest rain to hit Beijing in six decades killed at least 10 people and left cars and buses submerged, and 10 other storm deaths were reported elsewhere as China braced Sunday for more downpours.

Egyptians throng former spy chief Suleiman's funeral

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:00 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of well-wishers and Egypt's military brass gathered on Saturday for the funeral of the country's former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, a key figure in the fallen Mubarak regime who died this week in hospital in the United States.

Who's Starting America's New Businesses? And Why?

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 05:45 PM PDT

America's newest businesses are being started by an increasingly diverse set of entrepreneurs Last week, Forbes contributor Alan Hall (investor, entrepreneur and author) famously addressed the national trend toward entrepreneurship in his article Kiss Your Boss Goodbye. It's Time to Be An Entrepreneur. Clearly he's hit a hot button (or perhaps [...]

Kenyans win African journalist prize

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:04 PM PDT

A story about an African tribe in India, long-forgotten and little-known, has garnered two Kenyan journalists the top prize at the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2012 Awards Ceremony.

Norway marks one year since massacre

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:50 PM PDT

Nation commemorates attacks that left 77 people dead, the worst atrocity in the country since World War II.

VIDEO: President Obama to visit shooting city

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:25 PM PDT

President Obama is to visit Colorado to honour the 12 people killed in an attack in a cinema in Aurora.

Is Joe Paterno Burning in Hell or Coaching in Heaven?

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 05:15 PM PDT

Did Joe Paterno confess his complicity in the sexual abuse of children before he died? If so, I presume he got into heaven. If not, he's surely rosting down under. If Papa Joe did confess, he might be upstairs waiting to greet Jerry Sandusky, who will have plenty of time in jail [...]

'FARC rebels' flogged by Colombian tribe

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 08:56 PM PDT

Nasa tribe accuses suspected rebels of attacking civilians and disturbing peace in the south-eastern region of Cauca.

Blast rocks Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 07:03 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - An explosion on Sunday rocked the Egyptian pipeline built to carry natural gas to Israel and Jordan, the 15th time it has been attacked since the start of the uprising in early 2011 that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. The blast occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning at al-Tuwail, east of the coastal Sinai town of al-Arish, at a point before the pipeline splits into separate branches to Israel and Jordan, security officials and witnesses said. ...