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Mom In Central China Gives Birth To 15 Pound Baby

A mother in central China has given birth to a 15.52 pound baby, possibly the largest newborn on record since the country's founding in 1949.

02/08/2012 2:22 PM

Syrian Forces Intensify Assaults

Syrian forces are intensifying their assault on fighters trying to oust the country's President.

02/08/2012 11:55 AM
Egypt Names Americans To Be Tried

Egypt has released the names of 19 Americans who face trial over activities of their nonprofit groups in Egypt, a case that has soured U.S.-Egypt relations.

02/06/2012 11:50 AM
Two British Tourists Say Some Of Their Local Slang Landed Them In Jail

Two British tourists say that some of their local slang landed them in an LA jail, and it's all about some misunderstood tweets.

02/03/2012 1:07 PM
Kidnappers Free American Tourists

A senior security official says two female American tourists and their Egyptian guide have been freed hours after they were abducted at gunpoint near St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula.

02/03/2012 11:53 AM
Plans To End Afghan Combat Mission

The nation's military families are talking about a proposal to end U.S. fighting in Afghanistan.

02/02/2012 11:46 AM
Spanish Language Media Company Says Move Rejected By Mexican Regulator

The world's largest Spanish-language media company says its planned move into Mexico's mobile-phone market has been rejected by the country's anti-monopoly regulator.

02/01/2012 9:51 PM
Search Ends For Bodies In Cruise Ship Crash

Italian authorities end the search for bodies in the submerged section of the Costa Concordia.

01/31/2012 11:21 AM
Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Shakes Peru

The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 has struck on the coast of central Peru.

01/30/2012 11:35 AM
Roof Collapses During Hockey Team's Practice

Instead of raising the roof, a youth ice hockey team had to run away from it.

01/26/2012 4:33 PM
Divers Find Another Body In Crashed Cruise Ship

The discovery on the third floor deck brings to 16 the number of bodies found since the Jan. 13 grounding.

01/24/2012 12:13 PM
Strongest Solar Storm Since 2005 Hitting Earth

Space weather officials say the strongest solar storm in more than six years is bombarding Earth with radiation with more to come.

01/23/2012 5:16 PM
Agency: Iran Shuts Down Shops Selling Barbie Dolls

The ban on the sale of Barbie dolls designed to look like young Western women was imposed in the mid-1990s, but they were still being sold, dressed in swimsuits and miniskirts.

01/20/2012 1:12 PM
AP Source: All 6 Killed In Crash Were Marines

Associated Press is reporting all six reported killed in the crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan were U.S. Marines.

01/20/2012 7:50 AM
Lawyer Says Cruise Ship Captain "Deeply Shaken"

The lawyer for the captain of the cruise ship that ran aground off Italy says the captain is "deeply shaken" by the loss of his ship and the loss of lives.

01/18/2012 12:11 PM
Lawyer: Captain Of Wrecked Cruise Liner Placed Under House Arrest

Rescue crews have located five more bodies in the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, bringing to at least 11 the number of people killed.

01/17/2012 2:47 PM
Marines Name General To Handle Video Probes

The Marine Corps has appointed a three-star general to decide what, if any, disciplinary action to take against four Marine snipers who appear in a video that purports to show them urinating on dead bodies in Afghanistan.

01/13/2012 1:44 PM
Peru Court Sentences Van Der Sloot To 28 Years

A Peruvian court has sentenced Joran van der Sloot to 28 years in prison for murder of a young woman he met at a Lima casino.

01/13/2012 1:12 PM
German Priest Admits 280 Counts Of Child Abuse

A Roman Catholic priest in Germany has admitted to 280 counts of sexually abusing three boys over a several-year period.

01/13/2012 12:16 PM
Joran Van Der Sloot Tells Judge He's Guilty

Joran van der Sloot has pleaded guilty to murder in Peru.

01/11/2012 12:06 PM
VIDEO: Woman Survives Broken Bungee Cord Fall

A New Year's bungee jump in Zimbabwe over crocodile infested water went horribly wrong, and it was all caught on camera.

01/09/2012 6:53 PM
Merkel, Sarkozy Stress Growth A Priority In Crisis

The French and German leaders are stressing that they view boosting economic growth a priority as they push through with efforts to stem the eurozone's debt crisis.

01/09/2012 11:24 AM
Iran Sentences American To Death

Iran's state radio says a court has convicted an American man of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death.

01/09/2012 5:22 AM
Three More Days Needed to Identify Body Found on Queen's Estate

Detective Chief Inspector Jes Fry of Norfolk Police said Friday that decomposition had made compiling a DNA profile tricky.

01/06/2012 12:00 PM
Bus Slides Off Snow-Covered Bridge, 16 Dead

State media say a bus went out of control and slipped from a snow-covered bridge in southern China, killing at least 16 people.

01/04/2012 12:19 PM
Body Found on Queen's Property

Remains of single body found on UK Royal estate

01/03/2012 11:48 AM
Scientists Monitor Alaska Volcano

Scientists are monitoring a volcano after spotting an ash plume.

01/02/2012 1:07 PM
US Warns Iran Not To Disrupt Oil Route

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Navy's 5th fleet is warning Iran that any disruption of traffic flowing though the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil route, "will not be tolerated."

12/28/2011 11:58 AM
Explosions Rock Nigeria During Christmas Day Services

A police commissioner says a suicide bomber has detonated his explosive-laden car in northeast Nigeria, causing an unknown number of injuries.

12/25/2011 11:14 AM
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Dies, Report Of Missile Test

North Korean television has announced in a "special broadcast" that the communist country's leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang.

12/19/2011 6:54 AM