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- Hundreds of villagers join battle to oust Taliban
Hundreds of Pakistani villagers who have formed an anti-Taliban militia battled for the fourth day Tuesday to remove the Islamic militants from a region of northwest Pakistan. Outraged over a suicide attack on a local mosque during Friday prayers, about 400 residents formed the militia early Saturd… more
Tue 09 Jun 09:18PM EEST
- Workers missing after food plant explosion
Workers were believed trapped after the roof collapsed Tuesday at a food plant near Raleigh, North Carolina, CNN affiliate WRAL-TV reported. more
Tue 09 Jun 09:16PM EEST
- Bodies of Air France victims returned to land
The first bodies recovered from the Air France crash were flown by helicopter to the Brazilian archipelago of Fernando de Noronha today. Also today, Air France announced it will quickly replace air sensors on all of its Airbus A330 and A340 jets. The parts are suspected of contributing to last week… more
Tue 09 Jun 09:15PM EEST
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Source: CNN.com
- First Gitmo detainee arrives in U.S. for trial
A Guantanamo Bay detainee indicted in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa arrived in New York on Tuesday to face criminal charges. more
Tue 09 Jun 04:38PM EEST
- Pilots' union: Air France to replace sensors
Air France has agreed to replace within days sensors on all of its Airbus A330 and A340 airplanes, parts that are suspected of being involved in last week's crash, a pilots' union said Tuesday. more
Tue 09 Jun 04:38PM EEST
- Saro-Wiwa's son welcomes Shell payout
A $15.5 million payout made by oil giant Shell to settle a lawsuit brought against it by the relations of executed Nigerian writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and other activists will allow the families of the victims to move on with their lives, Saro-Wiwa's son tells CNN. more
Tue 09 Jun 04:07PM EEST
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Source: CNN.com - World
- Huge Waves Detected in Atmosphere
June 4, 2009 -- Researchers have detected giant, fast-moving waves of air, caused by thunderstorms and other disturbances, above Poker Flat, Alaska, where a new radar is churning out the first three-dimensional images of upper atmospheric phenomena in the polar region. People have been envisionin… more
Thu 04 Jun 02:10PM EEST
- Antarctic Mountains Found Under Miles of Ice
June 3, 2009 -- Millions of years ago, rivers ran in Antarctica through craggy mountain valleys that were strangely similar to the modern European Alps, Chinese and British scientists reported on Wednesday. In a study published by the British journal Nature, the scientists described a vast terrain… more
Wed 03 Jun 10:10PM EEST
- SLIDE SHOW: Prehistoric BBQ
June 3, 2009 -- Archaeologists unearthed a huge grill pit in what is now the Czech Republic where early humans roasted some mammoth. Browse through images from the site here. more
Wed 03 Jun 08:10PM EEST
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