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29-08 CNN -World Iran confirms nuke component production Iran's deputy foreign minister said Friday that almost 4,000 uranium-enriching centrifuges are now operating at the country's Natanz enrichment facility, the national IRNA news agency reported.
29-08 CNN -World Karadzic faces plea deadline over war crimes Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic faces a U.N. tribunal at The Hague, Netherlands on Friday. He will be asked to enter a plea on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
29-08 CNN -World Quick-witted flies can 'detect swatter threat' Flies always appear to be a step ahead of the swatter. And now scientists believe they know why.
28-08 CNN -World Probe: Oxygen bottle burst on Qantas flight Read full story for latest details.
28-08 CNN -World Dalai Lama hospitalized The Dalai Lama was hospitalized Wednesday in western India.
28-08 CNN -World Former Argentinian generals sentenced to life Two former generals accused of murdering a senator during Argentina's military dictatorship were sentenced to life in prison Thursday.
28-08 CNN -World Mexico's high court upholds abortion law Mexico's highest court voted 8-3 Thursday to uphold women's right to abortion in the capital.
28-08 CNN -World Mexico's high court upholds abortion law Read full story for latest details.
28-08 CNN -World Rare gorillas threatened by Congo fighting Read full story for latest details.
28-08 CNN -World Source: U.S., Pakistan officers meet secretly Senior U.S. and Pakistani military commanders held a secret meeting this week to discuss the growing Taliban and al Qaeda threat in Pakistan and Afghanistan, a senior U.S. military official said Thursday.
28-08 CNN -World Dalai Lama hospitalized Read full story for latest details.
28-08 CNN -World Strengthening Gustav heads for Jamaica Tropical Storm Gustav was picking up steam and advancing toward Jamaica on Thursday after leaving at least 22 dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the National Hurricane Center said.
28-08 CNN -World Family given 'wrong remains' after Spain tragedy Relatives of a woman killed in a Spanish airline crash were erroneously given the remains of another victim, and then were asked by authorities to return them, CNN partner network CNN+ reported Thursday.
28-08 CNN -World 5.8 quake strikes off western Canada A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has rocked Vancouver Island, Canada, Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
28-08 CNN -World Russia fails to win support of Asian alliance Russia's hopes of international support for its actions in Georgia were dealt a blow Thursday, when an Asian security alliance denounced the use of force and called for respect for every country's territorial integrity, according to reports.
28-08 CNN -World Death toll in India flood rises to 87 Severe flooding in northeast India has claimed at least 87 lives, the country's home ministry said Thursday.
27-08 CNN -World Mexico court shows support for abortion law An effort to overturn a law passed last year decriminalizing abortion in Mexico's capital appears doomed, an observer said Wednesday.
27-08 CNN -World Cheney defends 'alternative' interrogation Vice President Dick Cheney defended the Bush administration's record on prisoner interrogations, telling a veterans' group that its use of "alternative" techniques against suspects was legal and proper.
27-08 CNN -World McCartney to play Israel 43 years after ban Some 43 years after a Beatles concert was banned by Israel, Paul McCartney has announced he'll perform there in September.
27-08 CNN -World Arctic ice at second-lowest level ever Read full story for latest details.
27-08 CNN -World Iraqi troops to take control of province U.S.-led coalition troops are scheduled to hand over control of a onetime hub of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq to Iraqi forces on Monday, a senior American military official said.
27-08 CNN -World Indian army tries to reach 2M flood victims Massive flooding has killed at least 55 people in India since the Kosi River burst through an embankment more than a week ago, swallowing villages and destroying about 225,000 homes, officials and the Press Trust of India said Wednesday.
27-08 CNN -World Exhausted Dalai Lama cancels world trips The Dalai Lama, Tbet's spiritual leader is suffering from exhaustion and has canceled his international trips for the next three weeks, according to his Web site.
27-08 CNN -World Indian state erupts in violence after Hindu shot The remote east Indian state of Orissa -- historically a tinderbox of Hindu-Christian tensions -- erupted in violence this week after gunmen killed a Hindu leader and mobs burned churches in retaliation.
27-08 CNN -World 20 dead in Chinese chemical plant explosion The death toll from an explosion at a chemical plant in southern China has reached 16, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.
27-08 CNN -World Gustav may regain hurricane status Tropical Storm Gustav dumped torrential rainfall over parts of Haiti early Wednesday, and forecasters warned of potentially dangerous weather for parts of Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
27-08 CNN -World Thai judges issue warrants to arrest protesters Thai judges issued arrest warrants Wednesday for anti-government protesters who led crowds to seize government buildings -- including the prime minister's residence and the state-run television station, the official Thai News Agency reported.
27-08 CNN -World Russia lashes out as U.S. ship arrives in Georgia A U.S. Coast Guard ship carrying humanitarian aid docked in the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi Wednesday, as Georgia's Western allies renewed their criticism of Russia amid escalating tensions.
27-08 CNN -World Sudan hijackers release passengers Hijackers released all 87 passengers aboard a Sudanese plane Wednesday but held on to six crew members while they negotiated with Libyan officials about passage to France, Libyan state media said.
27-08 CNN -World Police seize opposition MPs in Zimbabwe Police in Zimbabwe arrested more opposition lawmakers Wednesday as President Robert Mugabe announced he would include opposition members in his new Cabinet.
27-08 CNN -World Is U.N. envoy meddling in Pakistan? Bush administration officials are angrily questioning whether a senior U.S. diplomat has interfered in Pakistani politics.
26-08 CNN -World Flood rages through 1,000 Indian villages Floodwaters raged through more than 1,000 villages unaccustomed to high water after a river in northeast India burst its banks, UNICEF India and government officials said Tuesday.
26-08 CNN -World Afghanistan's opium crop down 19 percent Read full story for latest details.
26-08 CNN -World Russia: Rebel Georgian regions are independent Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday he has signed an order recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two breakaway regions in the Republic of Georgia.
26-08 CNN -World Madrid plane crash survivor 'born again' A woman who survived last week's Spanair airline crash in Madrid left the hospital Tuesday, saying she was "born again" by the disaster.
26-08 CNN -World Flooding fears as Gustav upgraded to hurricane Tropical Storm Gustav became a hurricane as it roared toward Haiti early Tuesday, bringing with it the danger of life-threatening flash floods and mudslides.
26-08 CNN -World Python strangles student zookeeper Read full story for latest details.
26-08 CNN -World Sudan: U.N. sends military to camp after 'killings' The United Nations has sent police and military patrols to a camp in western Sudan after reports fighting there killed civilians, a U.N. spokesman said Tuesday.
26-08 CNN -World Angry North Korea threatens nuclear U-turn North Korea said Tuesday it has stopped disabling its nuclear plants and will consider restoring them because the United States has not removed it from a list of states that sponsor terrorism.
26-08 CNN -World Philippines: Fears nine dead after plane crash The wreckage of a C-130 cargo plane that disappeared shortly after takeoff in the southern Philippines Monday night was found Tuesday about two miles (3km) offshore, the Philippines News Agency reported.