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Ousted Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsy in court to face charges
(CNN) -- Exactly three years after a high-profile jailbreak in Egypt, former President Mohamed Morsy arrived at a Cairo court Tuesday to face charges related to the escape, state media reported.
Nineteen Muslim Brotherhood members,…
Ex-army chief Ratko Mladic refuses to testify at Karadzic genocide trial
(CNN) -- Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic refused to testify Tuesday at the trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in the Netherlands and denounced the U.N.-backed court as "satanic."
Both men are on trial at the…
Ukraine’s parliament scraps anti-protest laws, Prime Minister resigns
Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Lawmakers in Kiev voted Tuesday to repeal sweeping anti-protest laws whose passage this month angered demonstrators and helped plunge Ukraine into political crisis.
The vote came only hours after Prime Minister…
Don’t worry about me, I’m fine, says France’s former first lady
(CNN) -- With the world's eyes on her after a media frenzy over her former partner's alleged affair, France's former first lady, Valerie Trierweiler, said Monday she was doing fine and told people not to worry about her.
The former partner…
Shark culling begins in Western Australia, angering conservationists
(CNN) -- The Western Australian government killed its first shark over the weekend as part of a controversial culling program that has drawn an angry reaction from conservationists and activists.
A spokesman for the Western Australia (WA)…
Woman in India tells police village head ordered her gang-raped
New Delhi (CNN) -- A 20-year-old woman in India has alleged that she was gang-raped by a group of men this week after the head of a village ordered them to do so, police in West Bengal said on Thursday.
The incident allegedly took place…
Thai court says election can be postponed
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- A Thai court ruled Friday that elections scheduled for next month in the Asian nation could be postponed, a decision likely to please anti-government demonstrators who've taken to the streets of Bangkok.
The…
Fire at Quebec seniors’ home leaves 5 dead, 30 missing
(CNN) -- A fire swept through an apartment complex for the elderly in the small Quebec town of L'Isle-Verte early Thursday, killing at least five and leaving roughly 30 others unaccounted for, police said.
Frigid temperatures have made…
8-year-old boy rescues 6 relatives from fire, dies trying to save 7th
(CNN) -- In his final moments, 8-year-old Tyler Doohan managed to rescue six people -- including two younger children -- from a burning mobile home in upstate New York, authorities said.
A last-ditch effort, however, to save his disabled…
Utah university investigates suspected sperm switch
(CNN) -- Imagine the following scenario.
A woman and her husband underwent infertility treatment in the early 1990s. Now they learn their daughter, contrary to what they thought, is not the man's biological child.
Instead, her biological…
Justin Bieber arrested on suspicion of DUI, drag racing
(CNN) -- Pop star Justin Bieber was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and drag racing Thursday morning, a Miami Beach, Florida, police spokesman said.
Bieber was driving a yellow Lamborghini that police saw drag racing a…
Deadly fire at Quebec home for the elderly
(BBC) -- At least three people have died and 30 more are reported missing after a fire tore through an old people's home in Quebec, according to media reports.
The fire at the 52-unit residence in L'Isle-Verte, 140 miles (225km) east of…
Ukraine protests: Crisis talks after day of bloodshed
(BBC) -- Ukrainian opposition leaders are due to meet President Viktor Yanukovych, a day after the first deaths in protests that have gripped Kiev for two months.
One of them, former boxer Vitali Klitschko, has said he will lead pro-EU…
Woman gang-raped on orders of ‘kangaroo court’
(BBC) -- Police in India's West Bengal state have arrested 13 men in connection with a gang rape of a woman, allegedly on orders of village elders who objected to her relationship with a man.
The 20-year-old woman has been admitted to a…
Russia’s Sergei Lavrov: Ukraine getting ‘out of control’
(BBC)--Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned that protests in Ukraine are "getting out of control".
He described violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police as "scary" and accused EU politicians of stirring…