Support for the war in Afghanistan is at an all-time low, according to a new national poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corp.
Poll: Support for Afghan war at all-time low
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Arrest ‘imminent’ in Yale student’s killing, police say
An arrest is “imminent” in the killing of Yale University student Annie Le, a police spokesman said Thursday. Le’s body was found in the basement wall of an off-campus medical research building
U.S. military closes detention camp in Iraq
The U.S. military closed its detention facility in southern Iraq on Thursday after a plane carried the last remaining prisoners to another facility in Baghdad.
Police: Shooting suspect offended by anti-abortion material
Authorities have charged an Owosso, Michigan, man with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder in the Friday shooting deaths of an anti-abortion activist and another man, a prosecutor’s office said. Authorities say the suspect, Harlan James Drake, was offended by anti-abortion material that the activist had displayed across from the school all week.
IAAF urges caution over Semenya intersex claims
The governing body for world athletics has urged caution over reports that world-champion South African runner Caster Semenya has both male and female sexual organs.
Death row grandmother in Trafalgar Square plea
A campaigner for a British grandmother on death row in Texas made a unique plea for her life Thursday — from atop a plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square.
Ambulance called to Gosselin home
A Gosselin “family day” turned frightening Saturday when an ambulance was called to the Wernersville, Pa., home of Jon and Kate Gosselin to take Jon’s grandmother to the hospital after she fell. “Just to clear up any faulty reports: my grandmother did in fact fall in my driveway but she’ll [be] fine,” Jon tweeted Sunday morning
15 dead as Macedonian tour boat sinks
At least 15 people are dead after a tourist boat sunk in a lake in southwest Macedonia on Saturday morning, a government spokesman told CNN. The Xinhua news agency didn’t cite a reason for Li Zhi’s sacking.
Poll: Republicans make gains, but still trail Democrats
Despite the drop in President Obama’s approval ratings, Republican policies are still not as popular as Democratic policies, according to a new national poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday morning indicates the GOP has gained some ground in polls in recent months, but Democrats still hold the advantage on key issues such as the economy and health care.
Videos show FARC captives
Police officers and soldiers held captive by the leftist guerrilla group known as FARC pleaded to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to negotiate their release in a series of nine proof-of-life videos released Monday. Pyongyang limited access to the North Korean border city of Kaesong in December as relations worsened between the nations. The decision restricted traffic to and from a jointly run industrial complex there.