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Islamist Party in Tunisia to Step Down | | Tunisias governing Islamist party, Ennahda, has agreed to hand over power to an independent caretaker government that will lead the country through elections. |
Which model earns $42 million? | | On the heels of London Fashion Week, CNN takes a look at how a new generation of supermodels are moving beyond the catwalk and making millions from their own brand. |
Scientists more convinced mankind is main cause of warming | | STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Leading climate scientists said on Friday they were more convinced than ever that humans are the main culprits for global warming, and predicted the impact from greenhouse gas emissions could linger for centuries. |
Tale of White Widow Fills British Press | | While there is no evidence that Samantha Lewthwaite was involved in the Kenya mall attack, British newspapers remain fascinated with the woman they call the white widow. |
Glow Art Festival Illuminates a Beach | | The third installment of Glow, an overnight event in Santa Monica, Calif., had fewer artworks and a mellower, more ethereal ambience than its predecessors. |
Race to get Obamacare online sites running goes to the wire | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just days before the launch of the new U.S. state health insurance exchanges that are the centerpiece of the Affordable Care Act, a nationwide push is still under way to test and patch the technology behind the online sites. |
Dozens reported dead in Sudan protests | | Clashes in Sudan between protesters and police about rising gasoline prices have left dozens dead, according to protest groups and the Sudanese government. Demonstrators have been calling for President Omer Hassan Ahmed Albashir to step down. |
Football Gay players want to come out | | Anton Hysen is a football player. He is also gay. "We can run, we can play, we can score. So what's the problem?" he says. "There's so much ignorance. Some people who are homophobic don't even know a gay person." |
Tiger deception scares off crop-raiding elephants | | Sept. 24 - Using a system of sensors and speakers, researchers in California are exploiting elephants' natural survival instincts to stop them encroaching on farms and villages in India. By fooling the elephants into believing there are predators nearby, the researchers say crops and lives can be saved. Ben Gruber reports. |
'Snake Man' moves like a serpent | | The "Snake Man" is real. The mythical creature with the body of a serpent and face of a human folds himself into a tight coil for the gasping crowds, before slithering into his next impossible position. |
One word that can fix Obama's second term China | | Obama needs to borrow a play from Richard Nixon and go to Beijing, says U.S. presidential historian Douglas Brinkley. A deal on carbon emissions with China, Brinkley says, would help turn his second term around. |
Market bombing kill 33 in Pakistan's Peshawar police | | PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Twin blasts in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar killed 33 people and wounded 70 on Sunday, a week after bombings at a church there killed scores, police and hospital authorities said. |
Pilots snoozed at 30,000 feet | | Cruising at 30,000 feet, pilots snoozed in the cockpit of a 300-passenger airliner en route to Britain last August, UK aviation authorities told CNN on Thursday. |
Nadal wins U.S. Open | | Rafael Nadal confirmed his status Monday night as the dominant force in men's tennis with a four-set win over world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the U.S. Open final. |
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