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Police: Ohio man imprisoned family for year

Police in Ohio say a father cut his family off from the outside world, sexually abused at least one of his daughters and locked one child in a closet-sized room for a year.
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:59:57 EDT
Group: Iranian woman set for 99 lashes

An Iranian woman already condemned to death faces another sentence of 99 lashes due to a case of mistaken identity in a photograph, a human rights group says.
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:43:30 EDT
Terror network broken up, Bahrain says

Bahrain says it plans to charge 23 people for plotting to overthrow the government and for belonging to what officials described as a sophisticated terrorist network, the Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported on Saturday.
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:56:53 EDT
Craigslist censors its adult section

Online classified service Craigslist's decision to censor its adult services section could be a model for other websites, a leader in the fight against prostitution ads said Saturday.
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:31:18 EDT
Earl lashes Canada after skirting U.S.

Tropical Storm Earl raked Canada's Nova Scotia on Saturday, and its winds grew stronger on Prince Edward Island, the National Hurricane Center said.
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:59:55 EDT
U.S. drone kills 4 militants, source says

An apparent U.S. drone strike killed four suspected militants in Pakistan near the Afghanistan border, two Pakistani intelligence officials told CNN on Saturday.
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:05:29 EDT
Mistrial in alleged 'sham marriage' case

The sham marriage trial of actress Fernanda Romero, which the judge has likened to a soap opera, appeared threatened with a mistrial Friday after a dramatic turn a day earlier.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:37:45 EDT
Opinion: Reporting Ariz. to U.N. correct

Since World War II, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have consistently held the United States out as a worldwide model for the protection and promotion of human rights standards.
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:34:02 EDT
Quake-hit N. Zealand city under curfew

Officials declared a state of emergency Saturday after a powerful predawn earthquake struck near Christchurch, New Zealand, sending people into the streets as windows exploded, water mains broke and buildings crumbled.
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:30:35 EDT
U.N. official pleads for aid for Pakistan

A United Nations representative on Saturday pleaded for more international aid to help the millions of Pakistanis displaced from flooding that has ravaged the country for more than a month.
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:23:30 EDT