Carnival cruise ship briefly seized in Texas Posted: 31 Mar 2012 05:04 PM PDT GALVESTON -- U.S. marshals briefly seized a cruise ship in Texas as part of a $10 million lawsuit related to the fatal Italian cruise ship wreck. The Carnival Cruise Lines ship was seized for several hours Saturday while docked in Galveston, where ... |
Syria refuses to be first to pull back Posted: 31 Mar 2012 05:06 PM PDT BEIRUT -- Syria rejected international envoy Kofi Annan's call for the regime to halt violence first just days after the government agreed to a cease-fire plan. A senior official declared victory over the opposition.It was the government's first resp ... |
Locals beating researchers to shipwrecks Posted: 31 Mar 2012 05:05 PM PDT MENTAWAI ISLANDS, Indonesia -- Mamat Evendi straps on his primitive breathing device -- a garden hose attached to a compressor on the back of his wooden fishing boat. Pulling down his goggles, he splashes flippers-first into the crystal blue waterA f ... |
Iraqis bury native slain in U.S. Posted: 31 Mar 2012 05:05 PM PDT NAJAF, Iraq -- An Iraqi-American woman found bludgeoned to death in her California home last week with a threatening note left beside her body was buried in her native Iraq on Saturday. Family members wept uncontrollably by her graveside, and her f ... |
World dimmed for Earth Hour Posted: 31 Mar 2012 05:05 PM PDT LONDON -- Hundreds of world landmarks from Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to the Great Wall of China went dark Saturday, part of a global effort to highlight climate change. Earth Hour, held on the last Saturday of March every year, began as a Sydney-o ... |
Clashes leave 30 dead in Yemen Posted: 31 Mar 2012 05:05 PM PDT SANAA, Yemen -- Al-Qaida-linked militants staged a surprise attack on a Yemeni army base in the south Saturday, setting off clashes that left 30 dead on both sides before air strikes forced the some of the militants to retreat, military officials s ... |
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