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(CNN)Reality star Farrah Abraham has nothing to hide, and that includes a lip augmentation procedure gone horribly wrong. The TV personality and adult film actress recently shared photos on Twitter of the procedure's results, which left her top lip egregiously swollen. "Girlfriends don't say I didn't warn ya!" the form... | TV personality Farrah Abraham had a bad lip augmentation procedure . She tweeted photos of the painful-looking outcome . The reality star has kept a sense of humor about it . |
(CNN) -- Do not try this on your next vacation. Egyptian authorities cracked down on climbing the Pyramids at Giza in the 1980s, but that didn't stop adventurer Vitaliy Raskalov and his friends from dodging local guards this year to take a few very hard-to-get shots from atop the Great Pyramid. The Russian photographer... | A Russian photographer scaled Egypt's Great Pyramid on a recent visit . Climbing the Pyramids has been forbidden for decades . The resulting photos provide a rarely seen perspective . |
(CNN) -- Five members of a family died Saturday morning when a small plane crashed at an airport in Brussels, Belgium, an airport spokesman said. The plane is thought to have crashed as it sought to make an emergency landing after encountering problems shortly after takeoff, said David Gering, spokesman for the Brussel... | Five family members died when their small plane crashed, an airport official says . The plane was trying to make an emergency landing when it crashed, he says . The family, who were in a privately-owned Cessna, were all Belgian, he says . |
(CNN) -- Rock 'n' roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis is married for a seventh time -- this time to the ex-wife of a cousin whose sister Lewis wed when she was 13 -- his representative said Thursday. Lewis, 76, married Judith Brown, who was previously married to his cousin, Rusty, on March 9 in Natchez, Mississippi, according ... | Lewis married Judith Brown on March 9, his representative says . Brown was married to Lewis' cousin Rusty Brown . Rusty Brown's sister Myra Gale Brown was 13 when Lewis married her . |
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims killed at least 32 people and wounded 154 others south of Baghdad on Friday, an Interior Ministry official said. Police said two bombs blew up in quick succession in Karbala, where the pilgrims had congregated at the shrine of Imam Hussein. The people were mark... | NEW: 154 others wounded in bombings . Bombs targeted at Shiite pilgrims . 2 bombs hit in Karbala, one in Baghdad . |
(CNN) -- At least four people were killed when a tourist trolley derailed Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, state media reported. About 30 people were injured in the accident, the state-run Agencia Brasil reported, citing firefighters. The trolley went off the tracks in Rio de Janeiro's hilltop Santa Teresa neighborh... | About 30 people are injured, state-run Agencia Brasil reports . Investigators are trying to determine what caused the accident, TV Record says . The accident occurs in a hilltop neighborhood . |
(CNN)The voices of some of France's best satirists went silent when masked gunmen stormed the office of Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday. Now, cartoonists around the world are breaking out their pens and brushes to pay tribute to the victims of the attack at the Paris magazine. We're compiling some of the best ones we've com... | Cartoonists pay tribute to those killed at the Charlie Hebdo office Wednesday . 9 journalists were among 12 people killed in attack at French satirical magazine . |
(CNN) -- Finally! The royal baby bump has arrived, and the world can finally see evidence of the progeny of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, who we still like to think of as Kate Middleton. The world has been on watch since the couple announced their impending arrival last December. Well known for he... | William and Catherine announced their impending arrival in December . The duchess is applying her fashion sense to her maternity clothes . The Huffington Post put her on its best dressed list . |
(CNN) -- Jane Goodall left her home in London for the wilds of Africa when she was just 26-years-old driven by the love of and the fascination for animals. Jane Goodall has spent a lifetime studying primates. Despite no formal training, her enthusiasm to study primates led to the key discovery that chimpanzees have abi... | World renowned British primatologist is a tireless conservationist . Worked over five decades in Africa studying apes and educating others . Her Roots and Shoots movement is set on educating next generation . |
Authorities called off the Mount Rainier search for hiker Karen Sykes after a body was discovered in the area, but its identity has not been established. The body was found in steep terrain in the area where rescuers focused during the search for Sykes, 70. Its identity and cause of death are unclear. The Seattle resid... | Karen Sykes vanished Wednesday while hiking with her partner . A body was found in steep terrain in an area where search teams focused . Identity of body has not been established . |
(CNN) -- A volcano near southwest Colombia's border with Ecuador erupted on Saturday, leading the government to issue a "red alert" for the region. The Galeras volcano is shown on January 17, 2008, from Pasto, Colombia. There were not believed to be any fatalities or injuries in the blast, which happened at about 7:10 ... | No deaths, injuries feared from eruption, authority says . 7,000 people ordered to evacuate from nearby Galeras volcano . Volcano is in southwest Colombia, near border with Ecuador . |
(CNN) -- African Voices catch up with Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, Africa's man of letters. A contender for the title of Africa's most widely read novelist, his first work "Things Fall Apart" has been translated into 40 languages. "I think story telling was my life. I was very curious about story telling. Even attemp... | Celebrated Nigerian author has been resident in New York for over 20 years . Most famous work, "Things Fall Apart" translated into over 40 languages . "It's my ambition to distinguish between good and bad novels," he told CNN . |
Starting Wednesday, openly gay youths will be allowed to join scouting. Boy Scouts of America made the decision in May to accept them into their ranks. The resolution took effect when the new year rang in. More than 60% of the group's 1,400-member national council voted back then at an annual meeting in Grapevine, Texa... | BSA made the decision in May . The resolution took effect with the New Year . It passed with more than 60% of the votes of national council members . BAS will still ban gay adult scout leaders . |
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Tariq Aziz, a top lieutenant of executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, remained hospitalized at a U.S. military hospital Sunday after falling ill in prison, the U.S. command in Iraq reported. He was taken to the hospital Thursday, though no details of his ailment were released. But 1st Lt. Eliza... | Tariq Aziz remained hospitalized at a U.S. military hospital Sunday after falling ill in prison . He was taken to the hospital Thursday, though no details of his ailment were released . Aziz served as deputy PM from 1981 to 2003 and as foreign minister for part of that time . He was sentenced to 15 years in connection ... |
(CNN) -- Embers from fireworks at Magic Kingdom ignited a small fire at Disney World's latest ride, the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, on Saturday night. The fire was quickly put out, and no one was hurt, a Disney spokeswoman said. The nightly fireworks had just ended when embers landed on the building outside the attraction... | The fire was quickly put out, and no one was hurt, Disney said . Passengers on the train were able to get off safely . The ride reopened about an hour later . |
(CNN Student News) -- August 31, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Tampa, Florida; Gulf of Mexico . London . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program . Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
(CNN) -- Miss Wisconsin Laura Kaeppeler was crowned Miss America 2012 at the pageant in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The 23-year-old's platform is mentoring children of incarcerated parents. She performed operatic vocals in the talent competition. Miss Oklahoma Betty Thompson, was first runner-up; Miss New York Kaitlin... | Laura Kaeppeler of Wisconsin is Miss America 2012 . Her platform is mentoring children of incarcerated parents . |
A U.S. Air Force pilot was killed when the F-16 Fighting Falcon he was flying crashed in an noncombat incident in Jordan, officials said. The crash happened at about 11 p.m. ET Sunday, U.S. Central Command said in a statement Monday. The jet was returning to its base shortly after takeoff, the statement said. It did no... | A U.S. Air Force pilot was killed in the crash . The pilot's name has not been released . The jet suffered a maintenance problem, the Pentagon says . |
(CNN) -- Can you feel the change of seasons in the air? It's almost time for apple cider, pumpkin picking and leaves changing color. Autumn days are coming soon. Those shorter days tell trees that it's time to shut down for the winter. As trees stop photosynthesis -- the process by which plants use sunlight and water t... | Fall foliage exemplifies the beauty of changing seasons . CNN iReporters around the country share their beautiful autumn images . Have a beautiful travel picture to share? Submit yours at CNN iReport . |
(CNN Student News) -- December 21, 2012 . Download a PDF map related to today's show: . Washington, D.C.; Atlanta, Georgia . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program . Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . Use the End of Year 2012 Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
Atlanta (CNN) -- Authorities in Georgia are investigating the apparent homicide of a Georgia man who produced popular gun-related YouTube videos. Keith Ratliff was found shot in the head January 3 in his home-office in Carnesville, Georgia, about 80 miles northeast of Atlanta. Ratliff was co-owner of FPS Industries, wh... | Keith Ratliff produced popular gun-related YouTube videos . He was found shot in the head in his home-office . Authorities say they are making progress in identifying the shooter . |
(CNN) -- Three aid workers kidnapped in Somalia have been released after nearly two years in captivity. International Aid Services said the kidnappers seized their employees in July 2012 in Puntland, Somalia. "Extended discussions with the actual kidnappers resulted in the release of the hostages," the relief agency sa... | Kidnappers seized them in July 2012 in Puntland, Somalia . The three hostages were released Thursday . They were later transported to a safe location . |
Months after "Once Upon a Time's" big season three finale reveal—Elsa has arrived! "Frozen" is joining the fairy tale fray!—the fantasy series has finally cast two key roles based on characters from Disney's blockbuster musical. "Greek" alum Scott Michael Foster will play Kristoff, the rugged mountain man who befriends... | Characters from "Frozen" are joining "Once Upon a Time" Casting for Elsa hasn't been revealed yet . The arc will ostensibly pick up after the events of the film . |
(CNN) -- At least 15 people have been killed in an explosion in a village in southern China's Guizhou province as they gathered to gamble, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported, citing local officials and police. Eight people were injured in the blast, which occurred on a remote mountain slope in Laoshan villag... | 15 people have been killed in an explosion in a village in southern China . Victims had gathered at site to gamble . Cause of explosion is being investigated; 8 people have been detained . Eight injured are said to be in stable condition . |
(CNN) -- Come out and join CNN's Fit Nation! Our tour is coming to your city with a digital interactive experience, free Fit Nation gear and a chance for you to be on CNN TV with chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. The Fit Nation bus will criss-cross the country starting in July to connect with people who are... | CNN's Fit Nation launches it's great American road trip this summer . Meet Dr. Sanjay Gupta and take part in a digital interactive experience . |
Seventeen western Georgia students were transported to area hospitals Thursday morning after their school bus crashed with a pickup truck, a school official said. The driver of the pickup truck was seriously injured and was airlifted from Haralson County to Grady Memorial Hospital -- about 50 miles east, in Atlanta -- ... | The bus got into an accident with a pick-up truck early Thursday . Spokeswoman: 17 students were transported to a hospital with injuries that weren't serious . The truck's driver did have serious injuries and was airlifted to an Atlanta hospital . |
(CNN) -- Retired tennis star Pete Sampras has revealed that most of the trophies and memorabilia collected during his 15-year career have been stolen. Speaking to the Los Angeles Times the former World No.1 said the trophies were stolen from a public storage rental unit. The missing items include two Davis Cup trophies... | Former World No.1's trophies have been stolen from a storage facility in Los Angeles . First Australian Open and two Davis Cup trophies taken three weeks ago . Sampras spoke to Los Angeles Times in hope that it might provide new lead . |
Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) -- A 52-year-old Nepalese man reached the top of Mount Everest for the 21st time on Wednesday, breaking a record he set last year for the number of ascents of the world's tallest peak, a tourism official ministry said. Apa Sherpa first climbed Everest in 1990 while helping international expeditio... | Apa Sherpa first climbed Mount Everest in 1990 . He has been climbing Everest as part of an expedition . The group highlights the effects of climate change . |
(CNN) -- You know the voice of Morgan Freeman: commanding, firm, resonant. He's even played God. What if it's on helium? Call it "undignified." Freeman did. On Thursday's "Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," the Oscar-winning actor reluctantly agreed to conduct an interview with host Fallon after inhaling from a heliu... | Morgan Freeman goes high-pitched on Fallon's show . Host asked actor if he'd inhale helium . Freeman gamely went along with idea . |
(CNN) -- Police in China have spent three months seizing bogus meat, some of it fake beef or mutton made out of fox, mink and rat. They snatched up around 20,000 tons of illegal products, according to state news agency Xinhua. In 382 cases, officials arrested 904 suspects for passing off counterfeit meat, meat injected... | Fake mutton and beef were made of fox, mink, rat, state news agency says . Other meat was injected with water or was diseased, Xinhua says . Chemicals were used illegally to augment meat, it reports . Public safety officials are planning raids related to dairy products, too, agency says . |
(CNN) -- Helene weakened into a tropical depression Saturday after making landfall in Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm brought more rain on an area that was recovering from Hurricane Ernesto, but it is forecast to dissipate by Monday. The tropical depression was about 15 miles (25 km) south-southwe... | Helene weakens to a tropical depression . It pours rain on an area recovering from a recent hurricane . Mexico discontinues all tropical storm warnings . |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Two foreign workers with an international aid organization were shot and killed in the western Afghanistan city of Herat on Thursday, the provincial governor said. The women, who were believed to be Finnish, worked for the International Assistance Mission, said Governor Sayed Fazlullah Wahid... | The women, believed to be Finnish, worked for the International Assistance Mission . In 2010,10 foreign workers with the mission were killed by gunmen . |
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- South Korea will hold its largest-ever winter live-fire drills Thursday in an area adjacent to North Korea, the South Korean Army said on Wednesday. The drills are scheduled as tensions between the two countries remain high. South Korea held live-fire military exercises earlier this week, a ... | The drills come as tensions between the two Koreas remain high . South Korea held live-fire military exercises earlier this week . |
A JetBlue Airways flight departing from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was evacuated Saturday evening after one of its engines caught fire, according to a Federal Aviation Administration statement. "Passengers and crew used emergency slides to evacuate the aircraft," the statement read... | Emergency slides were deployed . JetBlue Flight 704 was headed to JFK in New York . No injuries reported . |
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Fourteen people, most of them children, have been killed in a stampede during a Hindu festival in eastern India, police said Tuesday. The crush occurred Monday on a bridge along the banks of the river Ganges in Patna, the capital of Bihar state, according to authorities. The site was packed wi... | The stampede occurred near the river Ganges in Patna, the capital of Bihar state . Sparks from an electric short circuit triggered panic, police said . The area was packed with hundreds of thousands of devotees . |
(CNN) -- Mexican authorities say they've foiled a plot to assassinate two lawmakers. A group of suspected hitmen was arrested at a Mexico City hotel and accused of planning to kill Rep. Ricardo Monreal and Sen. David Monreal, brothers who are both federal legislators, Mexico's Attorney General's Office said. Authoritie... | A group of suspected hitmen are arrested in Mexico City . They are accused of plotting to kill two brothers who are lawmakers . Authorities did not reveal a possible motive . |
(CNN) -- A tsunami advisory was cancelled in Japan Wednesday, hours after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the main island of Honshu, the country's meteorological agency said. The quake was centered 169 kilometers (105 miles) off the east coast of Honshu, directly east of the city of Sendai, the U.S. ... | NEW: Tsunami advisory is called off . Quake was centered 105 miles of the coast of Honshu, Japan's main island . Tremor could be felt in Tokyo, 267 miles from epicenter, CNN reporter says . |
Look! Out by the bridge! It's ... it's ... Ant-Man? Yes, Ant-Man, also known as Scott Lang, a superhero who can change his size, thanks to the scientific prowess of Dr. Hank Pym. Paul Rudd is playing Lang, who has a two-bit criminal background, in the movie -- due out next year -- and Marvel just released a photograph ... | Marvel releases pic from "Ant-Man" Paul Rudd plays the superhero, a former thief who can change size . The film is due out in 2015 . |
(CNN) -- Suspended New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez has dropped a medical malpractice lawsuit against the Yankees' team doctor and New York Presbyterian Hospital, according to court paperwork filed Thursday. Rodriguez had alleged that the Yankees' Dr. Christopher S. Ahmad had misdiagnosed Rodriguez's hip injury, clearing... | The lawsuit was filed against the Yankee's team doctor and a New York hospital . It focused on the alleged misdiagnoses of A-Rod's hip injury . |
(CNN) -- An American Airlines plane made an emergency landing Tuesday night in Orlando after the crew noticed a crack in the cockpit windshield. American Airlines Flight 160, with 150 passengers and six crew members, took off from Miami and was headed to Boston, said airline spokeswoman Andrea Huguely. The Boeing 757 h... | The plane was carrying 150 passengers and six crew members . The flight was headed to Boston . |
(CNN) -- Mary Kay Letourneau, the teacher who served more than seven years in prison for raping one of her sixth-grade students, finds herself in trouble with the law again. She was arrested and accused of driving with a suspended license and failure to appear, according to Julie Murphy, a spokeswoman for King County A... | The teacher served more than seven years in prison for raping one of her students . She was arrested and accused of driving with a suspended license, failure to appear . Letourneau was released on $5,000 bond and is set to be in court Tuesday . |
(CNN) -- Two soldiers from Fort Bragg were arrested this week and face murder charges in the death of a North Carolina teenager, authorities said. The soldiers, identified as Christopher Roger Blackett, 20, and Sebastian Gamez, 20, are accused of killing 17-year-old Vincent Edwin Carlisle Jr, said Harnett County Sherif... | The teen's body is found in the woods Thursday afternoon . Along with the murder charges, the men face charges of disposing of a corpse . "Vincent Carlisle was a very intelligent young man, and he had dreams," principal says . |
(CNN) -- A mother and eight children were killed in a Kentucky house fire early Thursday, authorities said. Two people -- the children's father, Chad J. Watson, 36, and an 11-year-old child -- survived. Both were taken via air ambulance to a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee and were listed in stable condition. The moth... | NEW: Fire at rural Kentucky home kills mother, eight children . NEW: Child, 11, and father, 36, taken to hospital, listed in stable condition . NEW: Investigators rule the fire was accidental, apparently started by heater . |
MADRID, Spain -- Barcelona's Brazil forward Ronaldinho was granted dual nationality by Spain on Monday, the Primera Liga club said. Brazilian striker Ronaldinho leaves Gava magistrates court in Spain after being granted dual nationality. The move frees up a place for another non-European Union player in Frank Rijkaard'... | Barcelona's Brazil forward Ronaldinho is granted dual nationality by Spain . Move allows another non-European Union player in Frank Rijkaard's squad . |
(CNN) -- Walking in on an already occupied bathroom can be awkward and uncomfortable, but when that occupant is a 12-foot python, it can be terrifying. But that's just what happened to Veronica Rodriguez of College Station, Texas, last week when she discovered an African rock python in her bathtub. Police and animal co... | A Texas woman found a 12-foot python in her bathroom . She assumes the snake entered her home through her open back door . The snake's owner had reported it missing two months ago, human society says . |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Commonly thought of as a Victorian disease, tuberculosis, or TB, remains a persistent global health problem. It is a common disease of the lung that is airborne and highly contagious. If left untreated, tuberculosis can be deadly. It is found everywhere in the world. Many myths and misconceptio... | Tuberculosis is an airborne and contagious disease . If left untreated, the disease is deadly . The combination of TB and HIV is particularly lethal . Some drug-resistant forms of TB are virtually untreatable . |
Former Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates and three other people were arrested in connection with an investigation into suspected tax fraud, corruption and money laundering, the country's prosecutor general's office said Saturday. Socrates, who was detained late Friday, was due to appear before a judge for questio... | Prosecutor: Jose Socrates to be questioned in probe of suspicious banking operations . Socrates was prime minister from 2005 to 2011 . |
Fifty-two people are missing after a South Korean fishing boat sank in the Bering Sea, the South Korean government said. The vessel sank Monday with 60 crew members on board. Eight people were rescued, but one of them later died, said Kim Hong-won, an official at the South Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. The c... | Eight people were rescued, but one of them later died, authorities say . The vessel's crew included Indonesians, Filipinos, South Koreans and a Russian . |
London (CNN) -- As part of CNN's special series "Inside the Louvre," we asked you to share your favorite artwork via the hashtag #LouvreFavorite. With thousands of artworks on display, it wasn't easy for our community to choose their one most treasured piece. All in all, you sent us 100 tweets, comments and Instagram p... | We asked you to share your favorite Louvre artwork via #LouvreFavorite . After pulling together your tweets, pictures, here are your favorite artworks . This is your guide to the most popular pieces inside the Louvre . |
(CNN) -- Authorities are investigating a Massachusetts comic book dealer who allegedly posted online comments suggesting members of Congress should be targeted after the January 8 shooting that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, critically wounded, police said Friday. In a blog post titled "1 down and 534 to go,"... | Police are investigating a man for his alleged comments that suggest violence . Travis Corcoran accused of posting a blog titled "1 down and 534 to go" Police seized "a large amount" of weapons from Corcoran 's Massachusetts home last week . |
(CNN) -- The first American to orbit the Earth has undergone successful heart surgery. Former Sen. John Glenn, 92, had a heart valve replaced last month at the Cleveland Clinic, according to Hank Wilson, director of communications for the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at the Ohio State University. "He's in great ... | The first American to orbit the earth has undergone successful heart surgery. John Glenn also was a U.S. Senator for over 20 years . |
(CNN) -- Russia plans to resume exporting flour on January 1, 2011, but a larger ban on exporting wheat, barley, rye and corn has been extended through next June, the state-run RIA-Novosti news agency reported Monday. Russia imposed a temporary ban on grain exports this year amid the country's worst drought in decades.... | Russia banned the export of grain amid its worst drought in years . The country plans to resume exports of flour next year . |
(CNN) -- Rainstorms and flooding in southern China have killed at least 16 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless, according to state-run media. Residents in Rongcheng, southwest China's Guangxi region on July 4. Authorities had sent text messages to more than 1 million people to take precautions in southern Ch... | Storms disrupted traffic, triggered landslides, cut electricity across southern China . Media: Authorities send precautionary text messages to more than 1 million people . Financial damage caused by rain, flooding has been estimated at $35.4 million . |
(CNN Student News) -- March 1, 2013 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Vatican City . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program . Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- A Bangkok Airways plane crashed at an airport at a resort island in Thailand, killing the pilot and injuring 37 people Tuesday, aviation officials said. Rescue workers inspect the Bangkok Airways plane at Samui airport on Thailand's Ko Samui. The plane carrying 68 people and four crew members... | Officials: Plane skidded and then crashed after landing at Koh Samui airport . Bangkok Airways ATR-72 turboprop carrying 68 people, four crew members . Air traffic control warned the pilot of volatile winds before the plane landed . |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Misdemeanor assault charges have been dropped against "24" star Kiefer Sutherland in a head-butting incident at a New York City nightclub, according to Alicia Maxey Greene, spokeswoman for the Manhattan District Attorney's office. Kiefer Sutherland turns himself in to the NYPD on May 7. Charges agains... | Manhattan DA's office: Misdemeanor assault charges against actor dropped . Charges stemmed from alleged head-butting incident at New York club in May . Kiefer Sutherland stars in the hit television drama "24" |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Militants shot dead 17 people overnight, including 10 local Police officers, as the victims slept, in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday. The attack took place at a police outpost in Ghazni province, according to the provincial governor. In addition to the officers, seven of their... | The victims also include civilians . Authorities are trying to determine how the militants gained access . In a separate incident, a suicide bomber wounds seven in Kabul . The Taliban claim responsibility for both attacks . |
(CNN) -- Authorities in Mexico have arrested Gilberto Barragan Balderas, one of the leaders of a powerful drug dealing group called the Gulf Cartel, police said. Mexican police said they arrested him Friday in the border city of Reynosa. He was also wanted in the United States, and the State Department had offered a $5... | Police say he operated a drug route between Mexico and the United States . The State Department has offered a $5 million reward for his capture . |
Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) -- The government of Myanmar said three bombs caused the deadly blasts that ripped through Yangon on Thursday, an action it calls a terrorist attack. At least 20 people have died and more than 70 others were wounded, a staff member at Yangon Hospital said. But the government says only eight have d... | NEW: Government says says three explosions were act of terror . NEW: Official death toll is 8, but hospital says 20 were killed . Crowds taking part in annual water festival . Yangon is commercial hub of country under military rule . |
Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Thousands of Christian Copts in Cairo protested outside the offices of the Egyptian state broadcaster, witnesses said on Friday. It was the seventh day of protests over what they're calling the "marginalization and lack of representation" of their concerns in state media. There have been longstand... | The protests occurred in the Egyptian capital of Cairo . There have been longstanding tensions between Muslims and Copts . |
(CNN) -- This week Marketplace Middle East focuses on the relationship between Israel and the "new" Egypt. IN FOCUS: Egypt's Ramadan professions . Egypt is still forging its new foreign policy. Domestically, however, boosting economic growth is a top priority. The country has been struggling to get back on its feet sin... | This week MME focuses on the relationship between Israel and the "new" Egypt . Boosting economic growth is a top priority for politicians in Egypt . In Israel, entrepreneur Erel Margalit sees Jerusalem as a gateway to the business future . |
(CNN) -- A 39-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with the watercraft accident death last year of the former stepson of singer Usher Raymond, said District Attorney Lee Darragh of Hall County, Georgia. Jeffrey Simon Hubbard, who was being held by authorities, will make an appearance before a judge this weeke... | Jeffrey Simon Hubbard, 39, will appear before a judge this weekend . He has already been indicted on a charge of homicide by vessel in the first degree . Usher's former stepson died after a watercraft accident last year . |
(CNN Student News) -- September 23, 2011 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Georgia . Corrales, New Mexico . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program . Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
(CNN Student News) -- May 10, 2013 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Syria . Washington . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. Teachers: We're looking... | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program . Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
(CNN) -- A suicide bomber attack at a mosque in Indonesia killed one person and injured several others during Friday prayers, police said. The attack occurred in a mosque that is inside a police station in the city of Cirebon, said Boy Rafli Amar, a National Police spokesman said. The person killed was the bomber, poli... | The attack occurs in the city of Cirebon . Scores are injured in the blast, police say . |
(CNN)It doesn't tell us much, but a new trailer for season five of "The Walking Dead" raises a few questions. Who -- or what -- will be the gang's next big foe? What, exactly, is "all that matters"? Where's Carl? It's enough to get fans psyched for the mid-season premiere on February 8. AMC's zombie apocalypse thriller... | "The Walking Dead" took a break in November after killing off a longstanding character . AMC's zombie apocalypse thriller resumes on February 8 . |
(CNN)At the rate Marvel is going, all of its comic book characters will have their own movie, maybe two. "Ant-Man" is the latest to join the studio's movie superhero ranks. Marvel just unveiled the trailer this week. The character is little-known outside of hardcore fans, much like last summer's "Guardians of the Galax... | "Ant-Man" hits theaters on July 17 . Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas star in the film . |
KAMPALA, Uganda (CNN) -- At least 19 schoolgirls died when fire erupted in their dormitory west of the capital, Kampala, late Monday, say police and school officials. Villagers surround the gutted school building Tuesday. Authorities also found the bodies of two adults in the ashes of the blaze at Buddo Junior School i... | 19 schoolgirls and two adults die in primary school dormitory fire, police say . School denies pupils' claim that dormitory door was locked from the outside . Police investigate cause of blaze at school 60 kilometers from Kampala . |
(CNN) -- Dozens of people died as heavy rain caused flooding and mudslides in Brazil this week, officials said Tuesday. A mudslide early Monday in Sapucaia, Rio de Janeiro, killed at least 13 people, city officials said in a written release. One person died in Laje do Muriae, Rio de Janeiro, city officials said. In the... | 13 people are killed in a mudslide in Rio de Janeiro state . Officials estimate that nine people remain buried . In the state of Minas Gerais, at least 15 people have died amid heavy rain . |
(CNN) -- An American Airlines plane flying from Costa Rica to Miami made an emergency landing on Colombia's San Andres Island Thursday, the airline said. The airline said a "mechanical issue" was behind the pilot's decision to divert the flight to the island, located on Colombia's north coast. CNN affiliate Caracol TV ... | The plane was flying from Costa Rica to Miami . It made an emergency detour to San Andres Island, Colombia . No one was injured, a CNN affiliate reports . |
(CNN) -- A federal grand jury has charged a British man with hacking into thousands of computer systems and stealing confidential U.S. government information. Lauri Love, 28, and alleged co-conspirators are accused of trying to "disrupt the operations and infrastructure" of various agencies and departments, including t... | Indictment alleges suspect hacked into networks and stole confidential information . Suspect Lauri Love and others allegedly sought to disrupt Army, NASA, EPA systems . Love was arrested on Friday at his home in England . |
Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Twin suicide attacks in southern Yemen killed 12 tribesmen early Sunday morning, authorities said. The tribesmen are part of a small force fighting al Qaeda-affiliated militants in Abyan province . In one of the attacks, a suicide bomber approached a group of fighters, shook hands and sat with the... | The tribesmen are part of a small force fighting al Qaeda . In one of the attacks, a suicide bomber shakes hands with the fighters before detonating . Clashes in the province have been ongoing since May . |
(CNN) -- As if Saturday's date -- 12/13/14 -- wasn't special enough, it's also entertainer Taylor Swift's 25th birthday, and the Internet is celebrating. So, what happens when you're Taylor Swift and it's your birthday? For one, legions of Swifties rejoice, celebrating everything from your red lipstick to your Billboar... | Taylor Swift turns 25 on 12/13/14 . #HappyBirthdayTaylorSwift is a worldwide trending topic . |
(CNN) -- A small plane crashed in Arizona on Saturday, killing a French tourist, police said. The Cessna carrying a pilot and six passengers crashed while trying to land at Page Airport, Police Capt. Ray Varner said. The airport is about 130 miles north of Flagstaff. Four people were hospitalized and released, Varner s... | All six passengers on the Cessna were from France . The plane crashed while trying to land at Page Airport . Four people were treated at a hospital and released . The NTSB will investigate the crash . |
(CNN) -- The Louisiana National Guard's highest ranking enlisted soldier has been removed from active duty after "substantiated allegations" of sexual harassment and possible sexual assault, a spokesman said Monday. Sgt. Maj. Tommy Caillier was removed on June 14 "for cause" in relation to allegations by a member of th... | The Louisiana National Guard is investigating a sexual assault allegation . The guard's top enlisted soldier is removed from active duty . A member of the National Guard made the allegations against the sergeant major . The case comes as the military faces pressure to crack down on sexual assault . |
(CNN) -- The Tunisian presidency announced on Sunday it would extend the country's state of emergency through June, the official Tunisian news agency TAP reported. This is the second time the North African country's presidency extended the state of emergency this year. Protests in Tunisia against rising unemployment ra... | Tunisia was the inspiration for the Arab Spring . There've been longstanding tensions since Ben Ali's ouster . The state of emergency extends through June . |
(CNN) -- Craig Hutto lost his right leg in a shark attack when he was 16 years old. Soon after that he became one of the first people to test out a new prosthetic leg created at Vanderbilt University. Researchers there have developed the first fully robotic artificial leg for above-knee amputees. The "bionic leg," as i... | Bionic leg is the result of a nine-year research effort led by Michael Goldfarb at Vanderbilt . The world's first fully robotic leg allows amputees to run and navigate inclines naturally . The technology was bought by Freedom Innovations and is slated to be released in 2014 . One of its first users is a young man who l... |
(CNN) -- The stepdaughter of Jesse Browning, the star of a reality show about loggers, was attacked and killed by the family's dog in Astoria, Oregon, an investigator said. Her mother found 4-year-old Ashlynn Anderson in the yard of their home after the attack Sunday afternoon, Clatsop County Sheriff Chief Deputy Paul ... | "Ax Men" star Jesse Browning's stepdaughter was attacked, killed by dog . Girl was 4 years old; family's Rottweilers placed in quarantine . "Ax Men" is about loggers in Pacific Northwest . |
(CNN) -- Mexican authorities are offering a $1.2 million (15 million pesos) reward for information on 14 children who may have been taken from orphanages by child traffickers, according to a release from the attorney general of Mexico. The attorney general also is offering about $400,000 (5 million pesos) in the search... | Fourteen children disappeared at Mexican orphanages . Three people are being sought in the case . |
Nicklas Bendtner is taking full advantage of his extended summer break. Having left Arsenal this summer, the Danish striker has posted a photo on Instagram of himself getting, literally, a full-on tan. Bendtner, protecting his dignity with a white bra, captioned the photo saying: ‘Remember to protect yourself from the ... | The former Arsenal striker posted a bizarre picture on his Instagram account with the message: 'Remember to protect yourself against the sun' Bendtner is yet to sign for a new club following his departure from the Emirates in the summer . |
By . Martin Domin . Follow @@martin_domin . Martin Murray dominated from start to finish as he outpointed Max Bursak to move closer to a third world title shot. The St Helens middleweight never looked in trouble in Monte Carlo, winning by scores of 119-109 (twice) and 117-112. Winner: Martin Murray celebrates after def... | Martin Murray outpoints Max Bursak to move closer to third world title shot . British middleweight won by scores of 119-109 and 117-112 . Murray now in pole position to face Sam Soliman or Miguel Cotto . |
Arsenal's French full back Mathieu Debuchy could be out until Christmas after suffering ankle ligament damage against Manchester City last weekend. Manager Arsene Wenger revealed that Debuchy will undergo an exploratory operation on his ankle injury on Friday evening which will determine how long he is out for. If he d... | Mathieu Debuchy will have exploratory surgery on Friday . French full back could be out until Christmas if he needs a further operation . Arsene Wenger says the minimum he will be out for is six weeks . Arsenal lack cover in defence with only four fit senior defenders . Arsenal face Aston Villa on Saturday at Villa Par... |
There was drama aplenty during Queretaro’s defeat to Chiapas at the weekend. Ronaldinoho, who signed a two-year deal with Mexican club Queretaro in September, was forced to play peacemaker as his team-mate Willian went on the rampage. After Queretaro FC midfielder Willian was shown a second yellow card after he scythed... | Queretaro lost 2-1 to Chiapas in the Mexican league at the weekend . Queretaro FC midfielder Willian was shown sent off for a bad tackle . Willian reacted badly to the decision and punched a Queretaro player . Ronaldinoho raced in to diffuse the situation . |
Liverpool’s hopes of expanding Anfield have been boosted by research which shows club now boast 580 million fans worldwide. A new-look main stand is set to be built, which will increase the ground’s capacity to 59,000. And as part of the expansion the Red’s chief commercial officer Billy Hogan has revealed the huge siz... | Liverpool set to expand capacity of Anfield to 59,000 . Club claim they have a global fanbase of 580m . Barcelona top the social media charts with over 100m followers on Twitter and Facebook . |
By . Simon Jones . West Ham have revived their bid to sign Antonio Rudiger from Stuttgart. The 21-year-old centre-back has also attracted interest from Newcastle but Stuttgart director of football Fredi Bobic says he will cost £7m. He said: ‘Our aim is to make sure he stays and continues playing for us next season.’ Wa... | West Ham revive bid to sign Antonio Rudiger from Stuttgart . German club want £7m for the 21-year-old defender . |
By . Jonathan Block . Several pornographic images and unsettling phone calls were also received from the same China-based number. Scroll down for video . Sarah Bajc (left), the girlfriend of Phillip Wood (right) who was aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared on March 8, has received death threats . Bajc s... | Sarah Bajc, girlfriend of passenger Philip Wood, received the threat via a message from a China-based number . Bajc has also had her apartment broken into twice and has received unsettling phone calls since MH370 disappeared on March 8 . Bajc was planning to move to Kuala Lumpur to live with Wood, who works for IBM Mal... |
By . Anna Edwards and Paul Bentley . PUBLISHED: . 07:09 EST, 23 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:40 EST, 24 August 2013 . Get the sunglasses on and start marinating the meat because it is due to be a barbecue bank holiday weekend – as long as you live in the West, that is. Those on the other side of the country might be... | London, the South East and East Anglia are likely to be hit with rain over Saturday and Sunday . Severe flooding in Cornwall triggered by spring tides submerges cars beneath water . Miles of traffic queues on M25 after caravan fire closes four lanes anti-clockwise . |
Brentford are in talks to sign Lewis MacLeod from Rangers. The 20-year-old has been tipped to become one of the best midfield talents to emerge from Scotland and has been watched by Aston Villa, Burnley, Blackburn and Everton in recent months. However, Championship promotion hopefuls Brentford have made a move to sign ... | Lewis MacLeod is regarded as one of Scotland's finest young prospects . Rangers star has been watched by Villa, Burnley, Blackburn and Everton . League One club were alerted by coach and former Ibrox player David Weir . |
By . David Kent . Arsenal are working on a deal for Atletico Madrid right-back Javi Manquillo. The Gunners want the Spaniard to compete with imminent signing Mathieu Debuchy for the right-back slot next season. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Arsenal's new signing Alexis Sanchez freestyle with Chile . Target: Atletico Madri... | Arsenal keen on Spanish defender and could take him on season-long loan . Move could end Carl Jenkinson's career at Gunners with Newcastle interested . Arsene Wenger has already signed Alexis Sanchez and is close to wrapping up a deal for Mathieu Debuchy . |
By . Craig Hope for MailOnline . Follow @CraigHope_DM . Sunderland have confirmed that defender Modibo Diakite has left the club by mutual consent. The 27-year-old joined from Lazio on a free transfer last summer but managed only seven appearances for the Black Cats. He spent the second half of last season on loan at F... | Diakite had only been at Sunderland a year after joining on a free transfer . The 27-year-old made just seven appearance for the Black Cats . Diakite spend the second half of last season on loan at Fiorentina . |
By . David Kent . Former England defender Ashley Cole hasn’t ruled out retiring this summer. Cole, 33, is due to return from holiday this week to consider his options after being released by Chelsea and then left out of the World Cup. He has attracted interest but feels he would have to play at a high level in the Prem... | Left-back was released by Blues at the end of the season . Currently on holiday but will return to assess options . Was left out of England World Cup squad for Brazil . |
By . Darren Boyle for MailOnline . A seven-year-old boy who ran away from his mother outside a busy train station has been reunited with his family. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that Aymen Elmi was returned to his mother earlier this evening and was not harmed. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said they ... | Aymen Elmi ran from his mother outside Southall Train station at lunchtime . Aymen, 7, was wearing a dark baseball hat with a dark blue hooded top . Police said Aymen was reunited with his mother earlier this evening . |
Alvaro Morata only arrived at new club Juventus on Sunday - but the striker is already injured. The Spaniard, a summer target for Arsenal, sprained his knee during his first training session with the Italian champions after completing his £15.8million move from Real Madrid. VIDEO Scroll down for 'Tevez and Morata are p... | Alvaro Morata will have a scan on his injured knee . The Spaniard was signed for £15.8m from Real Madrid . Arsenal had targeted Morata before his move to Juventus . |
Ahead of another weekend of the Barclays Premier League, Sportsmail brings you the latest squad news, odds and stats on every top flight fixture as it breaks. Simply click on your team in the fixture list below to find out who is ruled out and who is making a return as well as all the key statistics surrounding your cl... | Table toppers Chelsea face a trip to Swansea on Saturday . Title rivals Manchester City host Arsenal on Sunday at 4pm . Newcastle host Southampton in Saturday's 5.30pm kick-off . West Ham face Hull in the Barclays Premier League on Sunday at 1.30pm . Everton wrap up the action as they face West Brom on Monday at 8pm . |
By . Craig Hope . Follow @@CraigHope01 . Chelsea have signed highly-rated former Barcelona academy winger Josi Quintero. The 17-year-old posted a picture on his Twitter account of him putting pen to paper on his deal with the Blues, with the comment 'happy to sign my first professional contract with this great club'. V... | Ecuadorian winger posts picture on his Twitter account signing his contract . Quintero, 17, was formerly at Barcelona's famous La Masia academy . |
By . Paul Collins . Former Aston Villa and England defender Ugo Ehiogu has been appointed Tottenham’s Under 21 coach. Ehiogu has been working at the Spurs academy on a part-time basis and will be assisted by Matthew Wells who steps up from coaching the Under 15s. New role: Ehiogu had previously been working for Tottenh... | Ugo Ehiogu named Tottenham's Under 21 coach . Ehiogu had been working for the club on part-time basis . Retired England international made his name as defender for Aston Villa . |
By . John Drayton . Fulham have signed former Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal youngster Thomas Eisfeld on a two-year deal. The 21-year-old becomes Fulham's eighth summer signing as Felix Magath's club aims for a return to the Premier League. A statement on Arsenal's official website read: 'Thomas Eisfeld has joined Fulha... | Thomas Eisfield has joined Fulham on a two-year deal . Former Borussia Dortmund youngster made two appearances for Arsenal's first team . |
England's Paul Casey shot an eight-under-par 62 as he made a superb start at the Sony Open in Hawaii. The 37-year-old carded nine birdies at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu as he made the early running along with American Webb Simpson. The only blemish on the three-time European Ryder Cup player's card was a bogey... | English golfer Paul Casey carded an opening round of 62 at the Sony Open . The 37-year-old hit nine birdies at the golf tournament in Hawaii . Webb Simpson equalled the score, which is one short of course record . |
Holland goalkeeper Tim Krul and midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum have withdrawn from the Euro 2016 qualifier in Iceland on Monday after picking up injuries during training. Krul, who is the back-up goalkeeper in the Dutch squad, hurt his elbow on Saturday and has been replaced for the trip to Reykjavik by Feyenoord's Ken... | Holland take on Iceland away in a Euro 2016 qualifier on Monday . Tim Krul has been replaced in the Dutch squad by Kenneth Vermeer after hurting his elbow in training on Saturday . Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum is out with a knee problem . Guss Hiddink's side beat Kazakhstan 3-1 in Amsterdam on Friday . |
Phoenix Triton King (pictured) was arrested along with the unidentified girl . A man and a 16-year-old girl are on the loose in Northern California after shooting two transients, one fatally, with a crossbow. Deputies responded to a report of an injured man on the side of a road in Eureka around 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Humb... | A 44-year-old man was killed and another man, 41, found with three crossbow injuries . Suspect named as Phoenix Triton King, the female has not been named . |
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