New Delhi, India (CNN) — Indian investigators are probing a Tuesday pre-dawn firing on guards posted at a space research center, authorities said. The guards at the facility belonging to the Indian Space Research Organization returned fire, but the attackers fled, according to officials. Read More »
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Ya’an Bifeng Gorge Breeding Base, China (CNN) — After years of living in the public eye, with hundreds of thousands of adoring fans, the sponsorship deals, the million-dollar home, the dozens of staff to serve his every need — suddenly, Tai Shan, a U.S.-born panda, is finding himself in a much quieter life. Read More »
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(CNN) — A five-year-old British boy who was kidnapped in Pakistan earlier this month has been found safe, the British High Commission said Tuesday. The commission did not say when or where Sahil Saeed was found. It issued a statement thanking the police in the Pakistani town of Jhelum for the boy’s return. Read More »
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(CNN) — A five-year-old British boy who was kidnapped in Pakistan earlier this month has been found safe, the British High Commission said Tuesday. The commission did not say when or where Sahil Saeed was found. It issued a statement thanking the police in the Pakistani town of Jhelum for the boy’s return. Read More »
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(CNN) — A pair of earthquakes rattled coastal Chile overnight, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. A strong 6.7-magnitude quake hit at 11: 22 p.m. Monday, and a moderate 5.5-magnitude quake followed at 12: 05 a.m. Tuesday. Read More »
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Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Anti-government protesters launched a blood drive Tuesday to collect enough samples to douse the ministers’ offices. The dramatic gesture is the latest move by the anti-government United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) to force Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve parliament and call new elections. Read More »
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(CNN) — A coal mine fire in central China has killed 25 people, state-run media cited local government as saying. Cables caught fire Monday night in Xinmi City in Zhengzhou, the capital of central Henan province, the information office of the Zhengzhou city government said, according to Xinhua. A rescue operation that ended at about 2 a.m. Read More »
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Tehran, Iran (CNN) — Iran’s supreme leader is attempting to extinguish an annual event celebrating the last days of winter and the Persian calendar year, and the government is strengthening its security presence in the days leading up to a major holiday, Iranian media reported. Read More »
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(CNN) — The U.S. special envoy for Middle East peace has delayed a visit to the region as the United States awaits a response to its demand that Israel reverse a decision on construction in disputed territory in East Jerusalem, according to sources. The Israeli ambassador to the United States has reportedly called the situation a crisis. Read More »
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(CNN) — A coal mine fire in central China has killed 25 people, state-run media cited local government as saying. Cables caught fire Monday night in Xinmi City in Zhengzhou, the capital of central Henan province, the information office of the Zhengzhou city government said, according to Xinhua. A rescue operation that ended at about 2 a.m. Read More »
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(CNN Student News) — March 16, 2010 Media Literacy Question of the Day In your opinion, why would a news program choose to include a statement from someone who is part of a news story? Do you think that the impact of that statement is affected by how it is presented (e.g., as a sound bite, as a written statement)? Explain. Read More »
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(CNN Student News) — March 16, 2010 Download PDF maps related to today’s show: • Israel • Fulton, Mississippi • Japan Transcript THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: I’m Carl Azuz and this is CNN Student News. Read More »
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(CNN) — Rwandan President Paul Kagame hit back Monday at human rights activists who say he’s behaving like an autocrat and fueling a bloody civil war in Rwanda’s neighbor, Congo. “If you are talking about people in the human rights community from outside… Read More »
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Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) — Authorities believe assassins targeted a pregnant woman and two other people connected with a U.S. consulate who were killed in drive-by shootings over the weekend, Ciudad Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz said Monday. Read More »
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New York (CNN) — The unregulated nature of the Web has aided a proliferation of cyber-hate, according to a report the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Tolerance released Monday. The report, Digital Terrorism and Hate 2010, notes that there are about 11,500 hate-affiliated Web pages, a 20 percent jump from last year’s study. Read More »
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Jerusalem (CNN) — In a bid to end what it calls illegal riots, the Israeli military will prohibit outsider access to areas in two occupied West Bank villages one day a week, according to a statement explaining the move. Read More »
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Editor’s note: David Frum writes a weekly column for CNN.com. A resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, he was special assistant to President George W. Bush in 2001-2. He is the author of six books, including “Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again” and the editor of FrumForum . Read More »
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Washington (CNN) — The Obama administration plans to send a wide-ranging overhaul of the No Child Left Behind education law to Congress on Monday, arguing that the current legislation has pushed schools to lower their standards to meet federal requirements. The 8-year-old law was one of the signature policies of the Bush administration. Read More »
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Washington (CNN) — President Obama heads to Ohio on Monday to push for a health care overhaul. Obama is set to deliver an address on health insurance in Strongsville, outside of Cleveland. Read More »
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(CNN) — Egypt has canceled the opening ceremony for a restored historic synagogue in Cairo in retaliation for restrictions that Israel has placed on a Muslim holy site in Jerusalem, an Egyptian official said Sunday. Read More »
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Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Thailand braced for anti-government demonstrations that began Friday and were expected to peak over the weekend with as many as 150,000 protesters on the streets. In anticipation, the government has mobilized 50,000 security forces, said acting spokesman Panitan Wattanayakorn. Read More »
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Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s alliance took the lead Sunday after partial preliminary election results showed his group ahead in five provinces, according to the electoral commission. Thirteen of Iraq’s 18 provinces have announced early results. Read More »
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Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was discharged from a hospital in Seoul on Sunday after being treated for a stomach virus. He is “in good spirits,” said Dr. John Linton of Yonsei Severance Hospital. Kissinger was hospitalized Saturday. Read More »
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Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) — At least 25 people were killed in a series of violent incidents in the western Mexican state of Guerrero on Saturday, state officials said. Read More »
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(CNN) — Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova tumbled out of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Saturday, but two-time champion Kim Clijsters cruised into the third round. Kuznetsova, who lost in the 2007 and 2008 finals, became the first top-ranked player at the Californian tournament to lose their opening match since Clijsters in 2002. Read More »
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Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli forces have arrested a senior Hamas operative they say is responsible for killing more than 70 Israelis in various terrorist attacks, the Israel Defense Forces said Sunday. Read More »
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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — Authorities recovered eight explosive-laden vests and three rockets in Kandahar on Sunday, indicating that the series of deadly explosions that rocked the southern province a day earlier were an organized attack, the interior ministry said. Read More »
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(CNN) — A television station in Georgia triggered a panic when it broadcast a mock half-hour report about a Russian invasion of the country. Emotions are still raw in many parts of Georgia after Russian tanks, troops and armored vehicles advanced into the former Soviet Republic in August 2008. Read More »
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Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set up a team to investigate why officials announced new settlement construction in disputed territory while U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was visiting the country. Netanyahu announced the probe after a meeting with ministers Saturday. Read More »
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(CNN) — At least three people were killed and 17 injured when an avalanche struck a snowmobile competition in western Canada, authorities said. About 200 people were at the event Saturday when the avalanche hit on a mountain in British Columbia, said Cpl. Dan Moskaluk, a spokesman for Revelstoke police. Read More »
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