NATO backs Obama's Afghan exit plan
NATO leaders signed off on President Obama's exit strategy from Afghanistan that calls for a 2013 end to combat operations. Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 10:32pm
Prostitution investigation for DEA agents
Three Drug Enforcement Administration agents are under investigation for allegedly hiring prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia, a congressional source confirms to CNN. Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 10:06pm
Iran sanctions get unanimous Senate OK
The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to tighten sanctions on Iran on Monday, three days after a dispute over including the threat of American force stalled the legislation. Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 9:50pm
5.8-magnitude quake rattles Bulgaria
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Bulgaria on Tuesday, about 14 miles outside the capital of Sofia, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 9:02pm
Ex-student gets 30 days in Rutgers case
Ex-Rutgers student Dharun Ravi got 30 days for spying on his gay roommate, Tyler Clementi, with a webcam. Clementi killed himself after he found out about the camera. Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 7:46pm
Four people die after reaching Mount Everest summit
The climbers, hailing from four nations, died while coming down the southern slope of Mount Everest after reaching the 29,028-foot summit, officials said. Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 7:27pm
Syria: Tal al-Molouhi, a 19 year old girl, sentenced five years for blogging. Read more...
Iranian Woman, 21 May, 7:16pm
Camp Ashraf residents are Protected Persons under the Geneva Convention. Those who claim are "human rights activists" should stand for the rights & fundamental freedoms of others including those they disagree with. Read more...
Iranian Woman, 21 May, 7:16pm
No benefits for posthumous conception
A mother of twins born 18 months after the death of the biological father lost her Supreme Court appeal Monday, and the children are not eligible for survival benefits under Social Security. Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 5:00pm
2 priests out over sex abuse allegations
The troubled Archdiocese of Philadelphia said Monday that it has ousted two priests due to allegations of sexual abuse of minors. Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 3:27pm
Crazy protests hit Chicago
Protesters vowed to carry out disruptive demonstrations Monday in Chicago, a day after baton-wielding police clashed with demonstrators in a violent confrontation that left dozens injured just blocks from where NATO leaders were gathered. Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 12:09pm
More than 100 Yemen troops die in blast
A suicide bomber dressed in a military uniform set off a blast that killed more than 100 soldiers Monday, authorities said, in what appears to be the deadliest attack ever on troops in Yemen. Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 11:33am
Gang rape allegations for Strauss-Kahn
French officials investigating the ex-IMF chief's alleged participation in a prostitution ring say police will begin looking into incidents in Washington. Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 10:42am
GOP problem: Their voters are dying off
When presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney appears before Latino small-business owners in Washington on Tuesday, he'll address a group whose explosive birth rates foreshadow a seismic political shift in GOP strongholds in the Deep South and Southwest. Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 10:13am
Back-to-back quakes rattle Italy
Northern Italy was shaken by an aftershock Monday morning, a day after a magnitude-6.0 quake killed at least seven people and left thousands of survivors huddling in tents or cars overnight. Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 10:07am
Zelizer: Blame GOP for gridlock
Julian Zelizer says that even impartial observers see that congressional Republicans have taken the partisan wars to extremes Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 8:55am
Frum: Yes, worry about the euro crisis
The European financial crisis is poorly understood in the United States. Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 8:55am
Flesh-eating bug victim off ventilator
Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia woman who lost both hands and feet to a bacterial infection, is now breathing on her own, her father said. Read more...
CNN.com, 21 May, 3:11am
Bee Gee Robin Gibb, 62, dies after cancer battle
Robin Gibb, one of three brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind "Saturday Night Fever" and other hits from the 1970s, died after a bout with cancer, according to a statement on his website. Read more...
CNN.com, 20 May, 10:22pm
NATO terror plot details emerge
Two suspects who appeared in court in Cook County, Illinois, on Sunday are not believed to be part of an alleged terror plot in Chicago during the NATO summit, prosecutors said Sunday. Read more...
CNN.com, 20 May, 9:52pm
Guard killed in Mississippi prison riot
A prison guard was killed and several employees injured Sunday in a riot at the Adams County Correctional Facility in Natchez, Mississippi, officials said. Read more...
CNN.com, 20 May, 9:42pm
New doctor turned Mrs. Zuckerberg
She likes Target, the Food Network and sun-dried tomatoes. She loves taking pictures of her dog Beast, and admits to checking her phone "every five seconds." Read more...
CNN.com, 20 May, 7:37pm
سن که رسید به پنجاه فشار میاد به چند جا
خودم هم فراموش کرده بودم که وبلاگ خُسن آقا ده ساله شده.
27 مارس 2002 بود که شروع کردم به نوشتن وبلاگ! آن روزگارها شاید تعداد وبلاگهای فارسی به 30 عدد هم نمیرسید. خدا بیامرزد حسین درخشان را همان که خود را پدر وبلاگ نویسی فارسی می پنداشت، هم او که حالا به علت حمایتهای بی دریغ اش از حکومت آسد علی حالا توی زندان همان آسد علی دارد آب خنک میخورد! هم او بود که یک روزی فرمود اگر تعداد وبلاگ نویسهای ایرانی به 100 برسد شاهکار کردهایم! جل الخالق این تعداد از ده ها هزار بلکه صد هزار هم گذشت و هیچ شاهکاری هم به... Read more...
خُسن آقا, 20 May, 7:15pm
Victims' families: Relief, fury
Relief expressed Sunday at the death of Pan Am 103 bomber Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi by relatives of some of his 270 victims was tempered by still-smoldering anger at his release from prison more than two years ago. Read more...
CNN.com, 20 May, 6:13pm
Ex-Yemeni President Saleh hospitalized
Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was admitted Sunday to a military hospital in Sanaa, the second time that he's been to a hospital this month, a government official said. Read more...
CNN.com, 20 May, 3:53pm
5 now charged in NATO terror plot
The road map out of the war in Afghanistan is expected to be drawn up by U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders when they gather Sunday at the NATO summit in Chicago. Read more...
CNN.com, 20 May, 12:18pm
Italy quake kills at least 7
A strong earthquake struck early Sunday in northern Italy, killing at least seven people and knocking down a church bell in the region, authorities said. Read more...
CNN.com, 20 May, 11:46am
Lockerbie bomber dies
Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland in 1988, has died in Libya. He was 60. Read more...
CNN.com, 20 May, 10:29am
Pakistan blocks Twitter over blasphemy
The Pakistani government has blocked the social networking site Twitter because of material it deemed an affront to Islam, a government official told CNN on Sunday. Read more...
CNN.com, 20 May, 10:11am
21 dead in Yemen al-Qaeda clashes
Fierce clashes between government troops and al-Qaeda fighters Sunday morning in Yemen left 21 people dead, two local security officials told CNN. Read more...
CNN.com, 20 May, 10:05am
S.C. coast under tropical storm watch
A large swath of coastal South Carolina is under a tropical storm watch due to Alberto, the first named tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. Read more...
CNN.com, 20 May, 1:38am
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg changes relationship status
Days after his company made its stock market debut, Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan. Read more...
CNN.com, 19 May, 11:47pm
SpaceX rocket launch fizzles on pad
SpaceX aborted the historic launch of its Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station at the last second because of a rocket engine glitch. Read more...
CNN.com, 19 May, 11:26pm
Six school buses crash on way to park
Six school buses bound for a metro Atlanta amusement park were involved in a multi-vehicle crash Saturday, sending 65 people to the hospital, including a seriously injured driver, Georgia authorities said. Read more...
CNN.com, 19 May, 10:53pm
Blind Chinese activist arrives in U.S.
Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese human rights activist who ignited a diplomatic frenzy when he escaped house arrest last month, says he is at a Beijing airport about to board a flight for New York. Read more...
CNN.com, 19 May, 10:30pm
Greek crisis dominates G8 summit
Concerns about whether debt-laden Greece will be forced to pull out of the eurozone, and what that would mean for a weakened European economy is the first topic on Saturday's agenda at the Group of Eight summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama, a senior administration official said. Read more...
CNN.com, 19 May, 9:30pm
Three men accused of NATO terror plot
Three people were plotting to attack the campaign headquarters, the Chicago mayor's home and police stations during the NATO summit, police said. Read more...
CNN.com, 19 May, 9:17pm
I'll Have Another wins Preakness
Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another won the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, keeping its hopes for the coveted Triple Crown alive. Read more...
CNN.com, 19 May, 9:09pm
Chelsea wins Champions League
Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another won the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, keeping its hopes for the coveted Triple Crown alive. Read more...
CNN.com, 19 May, 7:17pm
Transgender woman eyes pageant win
Jenna Talackova, the 23-year-old woman who forced Donald Trump and his Miss Universe Canada pageant to end its ban on transgender contestants, is set to take the stage Saturday night and she says she's in it to win. Read more...
CNN.com, 19 May, 6:06pm
Tropical Storm Alberto forms in Atlantic
Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, formed Saturday off the coast of South Carolina. Read more...
CNN.com, 19 May, 6:06pm
خورشت قیمه، سپاه و مقاومت وا رفته!
مدتی است این بانک جرسی ها با آب و تاب مرگ و میر ناگهانی و بی دلیل بعضی از سرداران سپاه را در بوق میکنند! و یقینا به خیال خودشان میخواهند با این ترفند دیگر سرداران را از این بترسانند که، ببینید ماندن در کنار سدعلی از این عاقبتها را دارد. و ممکن است روزی ایست قلبی به سراغ شما هم بیاید! چیزی که آقایان یادشان میرود برای خواننده تعریف کنند این است که مرگ در سنین 50 به بالا آن هم در بین مردها و خصوصا وقتی که طرف از سکته قلبی میمیرد امری است بسیار عادی!
نگرانی و ناراحتی اصلی جرسیها از این موضع سرچشمه میگیرد که چرا از... Read more...
خُسن آقا, 19 May, 7:16am
عقل که زایل شد جان در عذاب است
نهضت آزادی را که میشناسید؟ همان حزب الشیاطینی که مردم بیچاره ایران را در دامان خمینی افکند، همان حزبی که من ترجیح میدهم آنرا نهضت نکبت و در بند کشی بنامم! آقای دبیر کل آن دکتر ابراهیم یزدی در نامه اخیرشان شکر فراوان خوردهاند به این هوا! به این بخش آن گوش فرا دهید: Read more...
خُسن آقا, 18 May, 7:16pm
Plan to raise sunken cruise ship
Salvage experts outlined their plan Friday to raise the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner from the sea floor off Italy in one piece and tow it from the disaster site. Read more...
CNN.com, 18 May, 12:19pm
Arrest made in Miss. highway killings
Authorities have arrested a suspect in the case of an alleged police impersonator who is believed to have killed two motorists in Mississippi, the Tunica County Sherriff's Office said. Read more...
CNN.com, 18 May, 12:14pm
Kennedy clan gathers for funeral again
She might have gone unnoticed through the many years of triumphs and tragedies of the Kennedy family. Now the spotlight will be cast, sadly, on Mary Richardson Kennedy. Read more...
CNN.com, 18 May, 12:05pm