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 CNN.com - WorldCNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. |
| 15 killed in Russia car explosion A car exploded in the Russian republic of North Ossetia-Alania on Thursday, killing at least 15 people, government officials said. |
| Zakaria: Did the U.S. overreact to 9/11? The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, prompted the U.S. to take sensible security measures and launch a justified counterattack against al Qaeda, says analyst Fareed Zakaria. But he says they also led to an overreaction that continues today. |
| Imam: U.S. security, Islamic center linked The imam behind plans for an Islamic center near ground zero told "Larry King Live" that moving it to another location would embolden Islamic radicals. |
| Suicide bombings kill peacekeepers at Mogadishu airport Suicide bombers driving a pair of civilian cars disguised as government vehicles slammed into the main gate at Somalia's main airport Thursday, a spokesman for the African Union said. |
| Pakistan: Three held over links to Times Square bomb attempt Three Pakistani men linked to Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old Pakistani-American who has pleaded guilty to the botched Times Square terror attack, were arrested and have confessed before a judge, authorities said Wednesday. |
| China to boost surveillance of superbug China's capital will step up surveillance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, in response to a superbug that first emerged in South Asia and is spreading globally, state media said. |
| Philippines says police may have shot some hostages Philippine authorities acknowledged for the first time Thursday that some of the tourists taken hostage in a bus standoff last month may have been shot by police in the bungled rescue operation. |
| Mass wedding in Taiwan "Love 99, Happiness forever" was the theme as 163 couples married in Taiwan's capital on Thursday. |
| Piers Morgan to join CNN British TV host Piers Morgan said taking over for retiring Larry King is like replacing Frank Sinatra's Las Vegas show. |
| Miners watch soccer match The 33 workers trapped in a Chilean mine got a rare treat Tuesday night: they got to watch their national soccer team compete against Ukraine in the European Cup live via a small projector wired down to their safety chamber on a fiber optic cable. |