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FBI investigating ‘suspicious’ death…
From Carol Cratty, CNN March 27, 2013 -- Updated 0609 GMT (1409 HKT) (CNN) -- The FBI is investigating the mysterious death of a 64-year-old woman aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. The woman,…
US-MICHAELJACKSON-AEG: Jackson’s sex abuse case…
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's 2005 trial and acquittal on child sex abuse charges may be revisited in a civil lawsuit next month that pits the pop singer's mother against concert…
Obama: ‘Peace is possible,’ but see…
By Tom Cohen. John King and Jessica Yellin, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) -- President Barack Obama tried Thursday to invigorate the stalled Middle East peace process, urging young Israelis to pressure their…
Teen at school for first time since being shot by…
By Jason Hanna and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN March 20, 2013 -- (CNN) -- For the first time since the Taliban shot her five months ago, Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai has done what made her a target…
Police: India tourist, fearing hotel owner, makes…
By Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) -- A British woman touring India dropped from her hotel room's balcony to the one below to escape the hotel's owner, who had been trying to enter her room, police said…
6 men arrested in gang rape of Swiss tourist in…
By Harmeet Shah Singh and Sumnima Udas, CNN New Delhi (CNN) -- Six men have been arrested following the gang-rape and robbery of a Swiss tourist in central India and are due to appear in court Monday,…
Eurozone and IMF agree 10bn-euro Cyprus bailout…
Eurozone finance ministers have agreed a 10bn-euro (£8.7bn) bailout package for Cyprus to save the country from bankruptcy. The deal was reached after talks in Brussels between the ministers and the…
5 things to know about the new Pope
By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) -- From the Vatican to Buenos Aires, Catholics worldwide rejoiced when Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio became the new pope. He's the first Jesuit and the first Latin American in…
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina…
By Jason Horowitz and Anthony Faiola, The Washington PostUpdated: VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Friday, becoming the first pontiff from Latin America and…
Morocco intensifies Caribbean diplomacy
By Ray Chickrie Caribbean News Now contributor RABAT, Morocco -- The Kingdom of Morocco, which has been affected very little by the Arab Spring, wants to expand ties with the Caribbean Community…
Ohio man convicted for three murders in Craigslist…
By CNN Staff (CNN) -- An Ohio jury Tuesday convicted a 53-year-old man for killing three men who had answered a Craigslist ad for work on a cattle farm. Richard Beasley was found guilty on 26…
Conclave to elect new pope set to begin
By Laura Smith-Spark. Richard Allen Greene and Dan Rivers, CNN Rome (CNN) -- The work to choose a successor to retired Benedict XVI begins in earnest Tuesday, as the cardinals charged with the task…
Commonwealth Day Message from Secretary-General…
Kamalesh Sharma Commonwealth Secretary-General Opportunity through Enterprise The Commonwealth is a unique enterprise. As a family of 54 independent nations, we unite around shared values and…
Why are some leaders’ corpses preserved?
The body of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez is to be embalmed and put on display permanently at a military museum. How do you preserve a body indefinitely, and why is it done? The body of Hugo Chavez is to be…
Bin Laden’s son-in-law pleads not guilty in…
(CNN) -- Osama bin Laden's son-in-law pleaded not guilty Friday morning to charges of trying to kill Americans. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who served as an al Qaeda spokesman, was captured and taken to the…