Kyle Busch (18) takes the lead from pole-sitter Jimmie Johnson, left, just after the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky., Saturday, June 30, 2012. At right is Denny Hamlin. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)Kyle Busch (18) takes the lead from pole-sitter Jimmie Johnson, left, just after the start…
KABUL (Reuters) - On a dimly lit stage the godfather of Afghan rock prepares for the next song, as images of the French movie La Haine (Hate) flicker above and his audience is asked what song would they sing if they were lying in the gutter dying.
RABAT (Reuters) - Organizers of an all-gay cruise on Saturday blamed Moroccan officials for the cancellation of what would have been the first visit of its kind to a Muslim country, but the tourism minister denied the ship was banned and said its passengers were welcome.
British-Australian swimmer Penny Palfrey begins her bid to complete a record swim from Cuba to Florida, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, June 29, 2012. Palfrey aims to be the first woman to swim the Straits of Florida without the aid of a shark cage. Instead she's relying on equipment that surrounds her with an electrical field…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Yitzhak Shamir, the hawkish Israeli leader who two decades ago first balked at U.S. calls to trade occupied land for Middle East peace, died on Saturday after a long illness. He was 96.
GENEVA (Reuters) - World powers agreed on Saturday that a transitional government should be set up in Syria to end the conflict there but they remained at odds over what part President Bashar al-Assad might play in the process.
The Hong Kong Chief Executive-elect Leung Chun-ying, left, speaks besides the newly appointed principal officials during a news conference to announce the lineup in Hong Kong Thursday, June 28, 2012. Chinese President Hu Jintao is due in Hong Kong for weekend ceremonies marking the 15th anniversary of the end of British colonial rule and the…
Yitzhak Shamir, former Israeli PM, diesBy the CNN Wire StaffJune 30, 2012 -- Updated 2149 GMT (0549 HKT)Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Shamir listens to introductions before he addresses a convention of U.S. Jewish leaders on November 21, 1991, in Baltimore. The former soldier, spy and statesman has died at the age of 96, Israeli officials…
Auf Robert Harting ist Verlass: Der zweifache Diskus-Weltmeister ist auch in Europa die Nummer eins. Seine Würfe brachten ihm in Helsinki sein erstes Gold bei einer Europameisterschaft ein. Jetzt nimmt er Kurs auf den ersehnten Olympia-Sieg.Robert Harting hat bei der Leichtathletik-EM in Helsinki eine Goldmedaille für Deutschland geholt. Es ist sein erstes Gold bei Europameisterschaften.…
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