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CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more.

05/15/2008

Woman indicted in deadly MySpace hoax

A Missouri woman who allegedly posed as a 16-year-old boy on the social networking Web site ... read on

05/15/2008

Police: Florida arson suspect lit decoy fires

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05/15/2008

Attendant charged with setting fire on plane

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05/15/2008

Web site: New bin Laden message coming soon

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will address the West in a new message, according to a banner ad ... read on

05/15/2008

Iranian Embassy employees shot in Iraq

Iranian Embassy employees and their driver were shot Thursday in a Baghdad incident that some ... read on

05/15/2008

Republicans block Dems' war-funding bill

Republicans in the House of Representatives blocked a $163 billion war funding bill Thursday, ... read on

05/15/2008

California's gay marriage ban struck down

The California Supreme Court today struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage as ... read on

05/15/2008

Teen alleging rape turns to YouTube

The sobbing 16-year-old sits in her bedroom and, staring into a camera, says she has been raped. "I ... read on

05/15/2008

Michelle Obama gets heat from Tennessee GOP

In a preview of the political onslaught Michelle Obama may face in the fall, the Tennessee ... read on

05/15/2008

U.N.: U.S. a drag on world economy

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BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition

Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.

05/16/2008

Chinese leader visits quake area

Hu Jintao flies to Sichuan Province, where it is feared up to 50,000 people may have died in ... read on

05/15/2008

Burma storm aid frustrations grow

Top aid officials ramp up pressure on Burma, as the military government insists it has cyclone aid ... read on

05/15/2008

Wildlife populations 'plummeting'

Between a quarter and a third of the world's wildlife has been lost since 1970, according to ... read on

05/15/2008

Farc rebel link files 'genuine'

Colombia did not fake computer files which it alleges connect rebels to Venezuela and Ecuador, ... read on

05/15/2008

California lifts gay marriage ban

California's top court overturns the state's ban on same-sex marriages in a ruling expected to ... read on

05/15/2008

Lagos pipeline blast 'kills 100'

At least 100 people are killed in an oil pipeline explosion in the Nigeria's city of Lagos, the ... read on

05/15/2008

Obama attacks Bush over Iran barb

US presidential hopeful Barack Obama interprets a speech by President Bush as an attack on his ... read on

05/15/2008

Deal seeks to end Lebanon strife

Arab League mediators broker a deal aimed at ending fighting in Lebanon that raised fears of a new ... read on

05/15/2008

US 'cyber-bully' mother indicted

A US woman whose daughter's friend committed suicide after she allegedly bullied her on MySpace is ... read on

05/15/2008

Chicago city council overturns foie gras ban

Chicago's city council overturns a ban on restaurants serving foie gras, angering animal rights ... read on

05/15/2008

Oldest known bust of Caesar found in River Rhone

Divers have found the oldest known bust of Roman ruler Julius Caesar in the River Rhone, officials ... read on

05/15/2008

England held up by McCullum blitz

Brendon McCullum smashes 97 as New Zealand reach 208-6 after a truncated opening day of the series ... read on

05/15/2008

Murray falls to Nadal in Hamburg

Andy Murray fails to handle Rafael Nadal's brilliance on clay as the Spaniard wins their round ... read on

05/14/2008

Inside Shatila

Explore life in a Palestinian refugee camp read on

05/15/2008

Failing the people

Natalia Antelava meets angry survivors in Burma read on

05/15/2008

It's quiz time!

How did the Pope's stargazer describe aliens? read on

05/16/2008

Dangerous ground

Hezbollah offensive pushes Lebanese unity to the limit read on

05/15/2008

Hillary's endgame

Who could tell Clinton if and when the party's over? read on

05/15/2008

Slum diary

Sierra Leone medic on telling someone their HIV status read on

05/15/2008

Zimbabwe bank issues $500m note

Zimbabwe issues a Z$500m banknote, worth US$2, as the opposition calls for an emergency summit. read on

05/15/2008

Amazon 'needs economic chance'

The minister in charge of Brazil's rainforest says conservation and economic development go hand in ... read on

05/15/2008

Vietnam drugs haul 'largest ever'

Police in Vietnam say they have found nearly nine tons of cannabis in a shipment of blue jeans from ... read on

05/15/2008

Italian police swoop on migrants

Italian police arrest hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants in raids across the country. read on

05/16/2008

Lebanon leaders to meet in Qatar

Lebanon's rival leaders are to meet in Qatar for talks aimed at pulling the country back from the ... read on

05/16/2008

India issues new suspect sketches

Police in India issue three more sketches of men whom they want to question for the attacks in the ... read on

05/15/2008

'1m more' on housing waiting list

Five million people in England could be on the waiting list for social housing within two years, ... read on

05/15/2008

Fed auctions $7bn in securities

The US central bank auctions $7bn in securities, far less than was available, showing credit ... read on

05/15/2008

Doubts over asbestos cancer chemo

Chemotherapy does not help people with asbestos-related cancer, according to UK researchers. read on

05/15/2008

Evolution rolls on for Mars rover

The wheels continue to turn on Europe's billion-euro project to put a robotic rover on the Red ... read on

05/15/2008

Diamond tops chart for first time

Singer Neil Diamond reaches the top of the US Billboard chart for the first time in his career. read on

05/15/2008

'$100 laptop' embraces Windows XP

Microsoft joins forces with the makers of the "$100 laptop" to make Windows XP available on the ... read on

01/28/2008

Have you got a good story? What do you want to talk about?

Are there topics you want to get the world to talk about? What do you want to comment on or find ... read on


Reuters: Top News

Reuters.com is your source for breaking news, business, financial and investing news, including personal finance and stocks. Reuters is the leading global provider of news, financial information and technology solutions to the world's media, financial institutions, businesses and individuals.

05/16/2008

China buries quake dead; school collapses in focus

MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - China struggled to bury the dead and help tens of thousands of injured, ... read on

05/16/2008

Amid clamor to drop out, Clinton campaigns on

BATH, South Dakota (Reuters) - Sitting on board Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign plane are the ... read on

05/16/2008

McCain action helped Arizona developer: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain secured millions ... read on

05/15/2008

House blocks Iraq war money and sets pullout plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives, in a surprise and largely symbolic move, ... read on

05/15/2008

Democrats outraged by Bush "appeasement" remark

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats erupted in outrage on Thursday after President George W. Bush ... read on

05/16/2008

New bin Laden message to focus on Israel: monitors

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will address the 60th anniversary of ... read on

05/15/2008

Top California court rules gays may marry

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The California Supreme Court overturned a ban on same-sex marriages on ... read on

05/16/2008

FAA studying American's lightning checks procedure: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal aviation officials are examining why AMR Corp's American Airlines ... read on

05/15/2008

Taliban man convicted in U.S. for "narco-terrorism"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A member of an Afghan Taliban cell was convicted by a federal jury on ... read on

05/16/2008

Bush to press Saudi king on oil prices and Iran

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President George W. Bush heads for Saudi Arabia on Friday to renew his appeal ... read on



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