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Secret Service agents sent home after one found passed out in Amsterdam
(CNN) -- Three Secret Service agents were sent home after one of them was found passed out after a night of drinking in Amsterdam, an official familiar with the incident told CNN.
The agents were in the Netherlands as part of a contingent…
Eight killed, 108 unaccounted for in huge US landslide
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) — More than 100 people remained unaccounted for Monday after a devastating landslide in the US state of Washington killed at least eight and sounded "like a small earthquake," witnesses said.
The number rose…
30 injured in train derailment at Chicago’s O’Hare airport
(CNN) -- A commuter train derailed and hit a platform at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport early Monday, leaving 30 people with non-life-threatening injuries, Chicago police said.
The front of the Chicago Transit Authority train moved…
Taiwan police clash with students in protests over trade deal
(CNN) -- Riot police evicted scores of protesters from Taiwan's executive building early Monday morning as rallies over a controversial trade deal between Taiwan and mainland China entered their seventh day.
Hundreds of protesters stormed…
528 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death in Egypt
(CNN) -- An Egyptian court sentenced at least 528 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood to death Monday on charges related to violent riots in the southern Egyptian city of Minya last August, including the murder of a police officer, the…
Gunmen kill 5 at football match in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Honduran police say they are looking for three men who opened fire at a foorball game in a village near the capital city of Tegucigalpa, killing five people.
Police said in a statement Thursday that the masked…
Search for Malaysian plane will be ‘long haul,’ transport minister says
(CNN) -- Another day. Still nothing.
Australian authorities said Friday they had called off their search for the day for two mystery objects that may or may not be parts of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Military surveillance…
Michelle Obama arrives in China for official visit
(CNN) -- First lady Michelle Obama is in China for an official visit to expand Sino-American relations, but she will refrain from talking about political differences.
Mrs. Obama, who flew Wednesday from Washington, D.C., is making a…
Mayor of Venezuelan city arrested amid protests
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Agents of Venezuela's domestic intelligence service on Wednesday arrested the opposition mayor of San Cristobal, a western city that has seen some of the fiercest anti-government protests.
Mayor Daniel Ceballos…
Rapper who killed studio owner executed in Texas
WASHINGTON, USA - A US man was executed Wednesday in the state of Texas for murdering a recording studio owner whose equipment he also stole, prison authorities said.
Ray Jasper, 33, who had spent the past 14 years on death row, was…
Madeleine McCann case: Police hunt intruder who assaulted other girls
(CNN) -- Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are looking for a man who assaulted five other young British girls on vacation in Portugal, London's Metropolitan Police said Wednesday.
Madeleine was 3 when she…
California child falling from window saved by stranger, box spring mattress
Los Angeles (CNN) -- It's the stuff you might expect only to see on TV or in movies -- the upbeat kind with happy endings.
Thankfully, that is just what happened in Burbank, California -- the Southern California city that's home to Warner…
China, North Korea slam U.N. human rights report as ‘divorced from reality’
(CNN) -- China and North Korea have slammed a U.N. report that found crimes against humanity committed in the reclusive Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
At the Monday session of the Human Rights Council, China's representative called…
‘Baby hatch’ overwhelmed in Southern Chinese city
(CNN) -- One of China's controversial "baby hatches" has been forced to shut down, at least temporarily. The facility in the southern city of Guangzhou opened in January but has been overwhelmed with abandoned infants, forcing a suspension…
Air Canada suspends flights to Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela (AP) -- Air Canada says it has suspended its flights to and from Venezuela due to civil unrest in the South American country.
In a statement posted on its website Monday, the airline says it can no longer ensure the…