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London rocks to reggae beat at Caribbean carnival
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:35 EDT
Hundreds of thousands of revellers partied at London's Notting Hill Carnival on Monday, soaking up the Caribbean spirit at Europe's biggest street party.
N.Korea leader's train 'may be headed home
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:56 EDT
A train believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il left the northeast Chinese city of Harbin Monday amid speculation he is headed home after a surprise trip to China, a report said.
Chile miners must move tons of rocks in own rescue
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:31 EDT
Chilean miners must remove thousands of tons of falling rocks to aid their own rescue. The 33 trapped Chilean miners who have astonished the world with their discipline a half mile underground will have to aid their own escape ? clearing thousands of tons of rock that will fall as the rescue hole is drilled, the engineer in charge of drilling said Sunday.
80,000 in Hong Kong protest Philippine bus tragedy
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:17 EDT
Estimated 80,000 people in Hong Kong protest Philippine hijacking that killed 8, demand probe. An estimated 80,000 Hong Kongers marched Sunday in honor of eight locals killed in a bus hijacking in Manila, denouncing the Philippine government for botching the rescue operation and demanding justice for the dead.
'Vapor trail' leads to Paris Hilton's Vegas arrest
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:13 EDT
'Vapor trail' of smoke from SUV leads to Paris Hilton arrest on cocaine charge on Vegas Strip. Paris Hilton's latest run-in with the law began when a motorcycle officer got a whiff of suspicious smoke emanating from a Cadillac on the Las Vegas Strip.