.cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:’>>’;font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px} .cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0} .captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1} .cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:#004276;outline:medium none} .cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px} ]]> The M23 rebel group is fighting the Democratic Republic of Congo military for control of the country, and the violence is driving tens of thousands of Congolese out of their homes. Here on November 22, thousands fled the […]
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Sirkin: Congo needs our help
.cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:’>>’;font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px} .cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0} .captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1} .cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:#004276;outline:medium none} .cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px} ]]> The M23 rebel group is fighting the Democratic Republic of Congo military for control of the country, and the violence is driving tens of thousands of Congolese out of their homes. Here on November 22, thousands fled the […]
Sirkin: Congo needs our help
.cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:’>>’;font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px} .cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0} .captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1} .cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:#004276;outline:medium none} .cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px} ]]> The M23 rebel group is fighting the Democratic Republic of Congo military for control of the country, and the violence is driving tens of thousands of Congolese out of their homes. Here on November 22, thousands fled the […]
Rebels in Congo pledge to retreat
CNN’s Arwa Damon sees signs inside Syria that rebels are beginning to use the weapons they’ve seized to good effect — and are beginning to challenge the government’s dominance of the skies. FULL STORY | 90% WEB BLACKOUT Mexico’s drug war violence UK press report: Who won? Who lost? Hidden costs of English […]
Rebels in Congo pledge to retreat
CNN’s Arwa Damon sees signs inside Syria that rebels are beginning to use the weapons they’ve seized to good effect — and are beginning to challenge the government’s dominance of the skies. FULL STORY | 90% WEB BLACKOUT Mexico’s drug war violence UK press report: Who won? Who lost? Hidden costs of English […]
Islamists pass draft constitution in Egypt
Are you there? Share photos and video, but stay safe. Cairo (CNN) — Whether a draft constitution approved by an assembly early Friday will move Egypt toward being a freer and more open society is still in question, experts say. The assembly approved dozens of amendments as delegates worked through the night to cobble together […]
Islamists pass draft constitution in Egypt
Are you there? Share photos and video, but stay safe. Cairo (CNN) — Whether a draft constitution approved by an assembly early Friday will move Egypt toward being a freer and more open society is still in question, experts say. The assembly approved dozens of amendments as delegates worked through the night to cobble together […]
Missouri Powerball winner revealed as Mark Hill, 52
Mark Hill, 52, and his wife Cindy revealed as winners in Missouri Winner of other ticket, bought in Arizona, not yet identified but surveillance footage from Maryland gas station ‘shows him celebrating his win’ Hill is a factory worker with 3 sons and an adopted daughter from China Two jackpot winners will take home $293.7million […]
Missouri Powerball winner revealed as Mark Hill, 52
Mark Hill, 52, and his wife Cindy revealed as winners in Missouri Winner of other ticket, bought in Arizona, not yet identified but surveillance footage from Maryland gas station ‘shows him celebrating his win’ Hill is a factory worker with 3 sons and an adopted daughter from China Two jackpot winners will take home $293.7million […]
Thieves steal three rhino horns from Leicester museum amid fears crime gangs are targeting institutions for precious ivory
Three rhino horns were stolen from Leicester’s New Walk Museum Experts fear pieces will be sold on black market by organised criminals Rhino horns are used in traditional medicines and aphrodisiacs in many Asian countries By Janine Yaqoob PUBLISHED: 12:35 EST, 30 November 2012 | UPDATED: 13:21 EST, 30 November 2012 Three rhino horns worth […]
Thieves steal three rhino horns from Leicester museum amid fears crime gangs are targeting institutions for precious ivory
Three rhino horns were stolen from Leicester’s New Walk Museum Experts fear pieces will be sold on black market by organised criminals Rhino horns are used in traditional medicines and aphrodisiacs in many Asian countries By Janine Yaqoob PUBLISHED: 12:35 EST, 30 November 2012 | UPDATED: 13:21 EST, 30 November 2012 Three rhino horns worth […]
Turner Prize winning artist fears £500,000 solid gold sculpture ‘stolen’ from auction house Christie’s will be melted down
By Anna Edwards PUBLISHED: 09:00 EST, 30 November 2012 | UPDATED: 13:42 EST, 30 November 2012 Scottish artist Douglas Gordon A sculpture made from solid gold by a Turner prize-winning artist had been ‘stolen’ while under the care of famous auction house Christie’s. Douglas Gordon claims he only learned that the piece, called ‘The Left […]
Turner Prize winning artist fears £500,000 solid gold sculpture ‘stolen’ from auction house Christie’s will be melted down
By Anna Edwards PUBLISHED: 09:00 EST, 30 November 2012 | UPDATED: 13:42 EST, 30 November 2012 Scottish artist Douglas Gordon A sculpture made from solid gold by a Turner prize-winning artist had been ‘stolen’ while under the care of famous auction house Christie’s. Douglas Gordon claims he only learned that the piece, called ‘The Left […]
Gemma McCluskie funeral: Hundreds attend funeral of EastEnders star
Gemma McCluskie’s body parts were found by police divers Her head was only recovered last month, six months after she died Friends and family sobbed as the 29-year-old’s coffin was carried into the east London church Her brother Tony, 35, has admitted to killing her and now faces a trial to determine whether it was […]
Gemma McCluskie funeral: Hundreds attend funeral of EastEnders star
Gemma McCluskie’s body parts were found by police divers Her head was only recovered last month, six months after she died Friends and family sobbed as the 29-year-old’s coffin was carried into the east London church Her brother Tony, 35, has admitted to killing her and now faces a trial to determine whether it was […]
Newlywed jailed for life for murdering his bride after she taunted him over his sexuality
Shafi Muhammed armed himself with a pair of tin cutters before bludgeoning wife Tuanjai Sprengel He attacked the mother-of-one after she taunted him about being gay and told him she had slept with other men The pair had been married for just five months when he murdered her in an underpass in Berkshire Shafi was […]
Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton reveals pet name as she goes back to prep school
Kate attended St Andrew’s in Pangbourne, Berkshire, from 1986 to 1995 Revealed her school’s guinea pigs were named Pip and Squeak Unveiled plaque to open Astroturf hockey pitch – and joined in game wearing Alexander McQueen dress and high-heeled boots School traditionally observes day of festivities to mark St Andrew’s day – and Kate was […]
Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton reveals pet name as she goes back to prep school
Kate attended St Andrew’s in Pangbourne, Berkshire, from 1986 to 1995 Revealed her school’s guinea pigs were named Pip and Squeak Unveiled plaque to open Astroturf hockey pitch – and joined in game wearing Alexander McQueen dress and high-heeled boots School traditionally observes day of festivities to mark St Andrew’s day – and Kate was […]
Shocking moment drink driver Leigh Brennan smashes into Three Elms pub at 60mph burying landlord Kevin O’Neill under wall
Leigh Brennan, 45, had already injured two others driving drunk down narrow streets in Brixham, Devon He was jailed for 12 months and banned from road for two years Landlord Kevin O’Neil suffered crushed pelvis, broken ribs and spinal injuries By Steve Robson PUBLISHED: 08:10 EST, 30 November 2012 | UPDATED: 12:02 EST, 30 November […]
Shocking moment drink driver Leigh Brennan smashes into Three Elms pub at 60mph burying landlord Kevin O’Neill under wall
Leigh Brennan, 45, had already injured two others driving drunk down narrow streets in Brixham, Devon He was jailed for 12 months and banned from road for two years Landlord Kevin O’Neil suffered crushed pelvis, broken ribs and spinal injuries By Steve Robson PUBLISHED: 08:10 EST, 30 November 2012 | UPDATED: 12:02 EST, 30 November […]