Black jaguar plays with spotted cub
2011-05-13 13:37:14
Lolo, a black jaguar, plays with Ward, her 14-month-old spotted cub, inside their enclosure at the zoo in Amman, Jordan, May 12, 2011.
Pakistan bomb attacks kill 68
2011-05-13 10:25:12
A pair of suicide bombers attacked recruits leaving a paramilitary training center in Pakistan on Friday, killing 80 people in an especially deadly strike that the Pakistani Taliban claimed it carried out to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden.
10 killed as blasts hit military center in Pakistan
2011-05-13 10:10:55
At least 10 people were killed and over 25 others injured in a twin blast that took place early Friday morning near a military training center in Charsadda, a city some 30 kilometers northeast of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan.
Demjanjuk convicted over Nazi camp deaths
2011-05-13 10:04:17
A German court convicted retired US autoworker John Demjanjuk on Thursday of taking part in the murder of tens of thousands of Jews as a Nazi death camp guard, breaking legal ground that could pave the way for the prosecution of many low-level cogs in Hitler's machinery of destruction.
Irish Muslim arrested over Obama threats
2011-05-13 09:56:50
Police said Khalid Kelly, a 44-year-old dubbed "Taliban Terry" by Dubliners, was arrested at his Dublin residence on suspicion of threatening to kill the US leader. He could be held for up to three days before being charged or released.
Qatar quits Gulf plan for Yemen, cites delays
2011-05-13 09:48:04
Qatar on Thursday pulled out of a Gulf-brokered plan to ease Yemen's president from power, leaving a deal to end months of violent protests against Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule close to collapse.
Drug kingpin captured in Colombia-US joint operation
2011-05-13 09:40:34
Special forces from the Colombian army and the US Drugs Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Thursday captured the second in command of one of Colombia's most notorious drug cartels, The National Police of Colombia said in a statement.
US police spokesman suspended over Tyrone email
2011-05-13 09:37:35
A police department spokesman who sent reporters an email joking about creating cartoon mug shots for generic criminals with names such as Miguel the Murderer and Tyrone the Thief has been suspended without pay
Facebook-Google rivalry intensifies
2011-05-13 09:35:37
Facebook hired a prominent PR firm trying to plant stories harshly criticizing Google's privacy practices. The efforts backfired when the firm approached a blogger who not only declined the assignment, but also went public with the offer.
Russia blocks UN report on Iran arms sales -envoys
2011-05-13 09:22:50
Russia is attempting to suppress a United Nations report that says Iran has been breaking a UN arms embargo by shipping weapons to Syria, Western diplomats said on Thursday.
Libya rebels seek funds in White House meeting
2011-05-13 09:06:19
Libyan rebels will meet senior White House officials in Washington on Friday, seeking both cash and diplomatic legitimacy in their war to topple Muammar Gadhafi.
8 beheaded bodies found in northern Mexican state
2011-05-13 09:03:01
The bodies of eight decapitated men were dumped Thursday along roads in Durango, a drug-gang-plagued northern Mexican state already grappling with the horror of discovering mass graves where 196 corpses have been unearthed so far.