VIDEO: Obama lauds Kennedy Center Honorees

VIDEO: Obama lauds Kennedy Center Honorees

VIDEO: Obama lauds Kennedy Center Honorees

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:45 PM PST

President Barack Obama has paid tribute to the latest recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors at a reception in the White House.


Russia urges North Korea not to launch rocket

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:50 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia urged North Korea on Monday not to go ahead with a plan for its second rocket launch of 2012, saying the launch would violate restrictions imposed by the U.N. Security Council.

Fuel-cell cars on the right road

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:38 PM PST

As electric cars try to forge more than just a niche in the market, the auto industry is already looking to another form of clean technology that could overtake today's battery-powered vehicles.

Japan prepares missile defence system

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:44 PM PST

Naval vessel carrying ballistic missiles deployed and army put on standby in advance of expected N Korean rocket launch.


VIDEO: Facebook arrests spark tighter rules

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 09:37 PM PST

The Indian government has issued new guidelines on what can be published online, following a high profile case in which two women were arrested over comments posted on the social networking site Facebook.


VIDEO: 'Political monk' on Burma protests

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 09:35 PM PST

A Burmese monk who served four-and-a-half years in prison for participating in anti-government protests has spoken of his fears for the future of his country.


VIDEO: 'Political monk' on Burma protests

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 09:35 PM PST

A Burmese monk who served four-and-a-half years in prison for participating in anti-government protests has spoken of his fears for the future of his country.


VIDEO: Facebook arrests spark tighter rules

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 09:37 PM PST

The Indian government has issued new guidelines on what can be published online, following a high profile case in which two women were arrested over comments posted on the social networking site Facebook.


Egypt's top court shuts down, blames protesters

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 09:18 PM PST

A supporter of Egypt's President Mursi gestures during a rally in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court in Maadi, south of CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Protests by Islamists allied to President Mohamed Mursi forced Egypt's highest court to adjourn its work indefinitely on Sunday, intensifying a conflict between some of the country's top judges and the head of state. The Supreme Constitutional Court said it would not convene until its judges could operate without "psychological and material pressure", saying protesters had stopped the judges from reaching the building. ...

Narrowing LDP lead points to Japan post-election confusion

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 09:15 PM PST

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party leader Abe speaks during a political debate in TokyoTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's opposition Liberal Democratic Party's lead has shrunk in the polls ahead of a December 16 election, suggesting the conservative party and its partner may need help to make up a majority and threatening more policy confusion for the world's third-biggest economy. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's LDP is expected to win the biggest number of seats in parliament's powerful lower house, putting Abe in pole position to form the next government, most likely with long-term LDP ally, the smaller New Komeito. ...

Highway tunnel ceiling slabs fall in Japan, kill 9

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 08:36 PM PST

The burnt wreckage of a minivan, which was crushed and caught fire in Sunday's accident, is moved on a transporter out of the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, early Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. Concrete ceiling panels fell onto moving vehicles deep inside the tunnel, and authorities confirmed nine deaths before suspending rescue work Monday while the roof was being reinforced to prevent more collapses. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAConcrete ceiling slabs fell onto moving vehicles deep inside a long Japanese highway tunnel, and authorities confirmed nine deaths before suspending rescue work Monday while the roof was being reinforced to prevent more collapses.

Girl shot by Taliban: 'Let's work together to educate girls'

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 09:30 PM PST

Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has expressed gratitude to the people around the world who have supported her as she recovers from the traumatic attack.

VIDEO: Ex-PM wins Slovenian presidency

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 09:18 PM PST

Former Slovenian PM Borut Pahor has won an emphatic victory in the country's presidential run-off election.


Narrowing LDP lead points to Japan post-election confusion

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 09:15 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's opposition Liberal Democratic Party's lead has shrunk in the polls ahead of a December 16 election, suggesting the conservative party and its partner may need help to make up a majority and threatening more policy confusion for the world's third-biggest economy.

Egypt's top court shuts down, blames protesters

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 09:18 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Protests by Islamists allied to President Mohamed Mursi forced Egypt's highest court to adjourn its work indefinitely on Sunday, intensifying a conflict between some of the country's top judges and the head of state.

Terror on Syria's front lines

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 08:10 PM PST

In Aleppo, residents' homes are the frontlines in Syria's civil war. And for the children there, gunfire is so frequent it has become background noise. One girl tells CNN's Arwa Damon that she hardly notices anymore.

Study: Global carbon emissions reach new high

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 07:38 PM PST

Atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions rose by about three percent last year, according to a new study.


Forces pound Damascus suburbs, flights to resume

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 08:19 PM PST

View of buildings damaged by what activists said were missiles fired by a Syrian Air Force fighter jet loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in the Akraba suburb of DamascusBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces pounded rebel-held suburbs around Damascus with fighter jets and rockets on Sunday, opposition activists said, killing and wounding dozens in an offensive to push rebels away from the airport and stop them closing in on the capital. The army struck hard after a week of rebel advances, including the capture of two military bases near the capital. Rebels had been planning to push into central Damascus from their strongholds on the outskirts and fighting in the past week has been fierce. ...

Japan opposition LDP's lead narrows before December 16 vote: polls

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 06:03 PM PST

Japan's main opposition LDP's lawmaker Shinzo Abe attends a debate with other party leaders for upcoming general election in TokyoTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's opposition Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) lead over the ruling Democrats and a new group led by a nationalist former governor of Tokyo narrowed with two weeks left to a December 16 lower house election, newspaper surveys showed on Monday. A poll by the Asahi Shimbun daily showed 20 percent of voters would cast their ballots for the LDP, led by conservative former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, down 3 points from a November 26 survey. ...

Highway tunnel ceiling collapses in Japan, kills 9

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 07:13 PM PST

This image taken from the monitoring camera of Central Nippon Expressway's Hachioji branch, Tokyo, shows the rescuers looking for the injured among fallen roof panels in the Sasago Tunnel, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. At least seven people were feared missing after parts of the tunnel collapsed Sunday on the highway west of Tokyo, trapping vehicles as smoke from a fire inside initially prevented rescuers from approaching. The words at bottom read: Sasago Tunnel (To Tokyo). (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAConcrete ceiling panels fell onto moving vehicles deep inside a long Japanese highway tunnel, and authorities confirmed nine deaths before suspending rescue work Monday while the roof was being reinforced to prevent more collapses.
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