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Toyota's president, in his most complete explanation of the company's problems, said, "We failed to connect the dots" with accelerator problems.

Honda has expanded an airbag recall worldwide, covering 2001 and 2002 Accord, Civic, Odyssey, CR-V, and selected 2002 Acura TL vehicles, the automaker said.

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In what appears to be an attempt to call Iran's bluff on its nuclear program, the United States is poised to offer Tehran a way to obtain medical isotopes that Iran says it desperately needs to treat cancer patients, according to the State Department.

Police fired tear gas and water cannons Wednesday to disperse thousands of opposition protesters demanding the release of retired general and former presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka.

Nigeria's House and Senate has approved a resolution to install the country's vice president as head of state in place of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.

Jose Reyes Ferriz, the mayor of violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, said the drug cartel war gripping his city is rooted in social decomposition such as broken homes.

An intense fire at a South African orphanage killed at least 15 people, including eight children, and injured nine other people, authorities said.

Teams of rescuers in Haiti's capital rushed to the city's Caribbean Market on Tuesday after a machine used to clear rubble caused a secondary collapse, trapping at least one Haitian in the rubble.

Civil rights songs were the soundtrack of the movement that helped bring President Obama to the White House. On Tuesday, Obama welcomed an array of artists to celebrate those songs.

Teams of rescuers in Haiti's capital rushed to the city's Caribbean Market after a machine used to clear rubble caused a secondary collapse, trapping at least one person in the rubble.

Police fired tear gas and water cannons Wednesday to disperse thousands of opposition protesters demanding the release of retired general and former presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka.

Honda has expanded an airbag recall worldwide, covering 2001 and 2002 Accord, Civic, Odyssey, CR-V, and selected 2002 Acura TL vehicles, the automaker said.

An intense fire at a South African orphanage killed at least 15 people, including eight children, and injured nine other people, authorities said.

In his most complete explanation of the problems that beleaguer Toyota, the company president said "we failed to connect the dots" with accelerator problems in the United States and Europe.

In what appears to be an attempt to call Iran's bluff on its nuclear program, the United States is poised to offer Tehran a way to obtain medical isotopes that Iran says it needs to treat cancer patients.

In a recent interview, Mir Hossein Mousavi, the opposition candidate now spearheading the Green Movement in Iran, said that early in the momentous revolution of 1979 the majority of Iranians were convinced that dictatorship had ended in Iran. "I was one of those people," he said. "But today I no longer believe that to be the case."

A U.S. citizen and human rights activist was sentenced to five years in prison in Myanmar, the man's attorney said Wednesday.

The tallest skyscraper in the world, Burj Khalifa, has temporary closed its 124th floor observation deck to the public due to power supply problems.

U.S. and Afghan commanders gave their troops pep talks Tuesday ahead of a planned assault on the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, a push touted as the largest of the 8-year-old war.

Watch the program: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3They are one of the world's most persecuted people. According to the United Nations, the Rohingya have been oppressed for centuries, living in one of the poorest and most remote regions of Myanmar or Burma. They have been fighting an endless battle to be recognized as a distinct ethnic group and even struggling […]

Watch the program: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3LONDON, England -- When I got off the Eurostar train I’d taken from London to Brussels there was nothing to suggest I was in a city that has ties to radical Islamic terrorism.Quite the reverse, the very nature of Euro train terminus at the Gare du Midi is, dare I say it, quintessential busy modern Europe. Neat Euro […]

Imagine looking over the horizon and seeing a wall of sand moving toward you.It towers over even the tallest structure in your city. In a matter of minutes, everything around you turns pitch black. The wind is howling. It is hard to breathe as the sand pelts your face. It is hard to see as the dust stings your eyes.It is not a Hollywood movie. It is a little […]

I am still surprised when I see the images of the destruction Hurricane Ike left behind in the Texas Gulf Coast.I still gasp when I see the debris-littered beach in Galveston that was the playground of my youth. I used to live in Houston — and Galveston was the beach we frequented every summer.I went back to Galveston for vacation this past June. We stayed a […]

Five days of heavy rain …Five days of rough seas ... but finally a chance to dry out and clean up in the northern Philippines as Kalmeagi moves away.And they have plenty of cleaning to do. Heavy rains flooded low-lying areas, snarled traffic and swamped crops throughout the region.There were some very impressive rainfall totals over parts of northern Luzon:L […]

Meteorologists around the world all have the same job … to forecast and explain the weather. But depending where you are, that can mean tracking tropical cyclones, predicting snowfall totals, reporting on the environment. Or if you are a meteorologist on CNN International, it can be all three in one day!I recently had the wonderful opportunity to attend the […]

Living in the southeastern United States, it’s common to see afternoon thunderstorms in the summertime.They happen during the hottest part of the day when the heated air from the surface rises into the cooler air above it. This causes instability in the air which can lead to heavy rain, lightning, strong winds and hail. (Unfortunately, this often coincides w […]

Fengshen is now a tropical storm over the South China Sea. It is moving away from the Philippines.The weather in the hard-hit areas will slowly continue to improve, though it will take days for the water to recede.The Joint Typhoon Warning Center has the storm tracking to the north and through the Taiwan Strait. Hong Kong should not be affected directly, but […]

“The storm has also gone against all computer guidance and tracked farther west rather than turn north.” -- Ross Hayes Jr, CNN Weather ProducerNot much advance notice here, but Typhoon Fengshen made landfall in the central Philippines late Thursday afternoon.Maximum sustained winds were near 140 km/hr with gusts of 170 km/hr.Hardest hit was Samar where torre […]

I have lived in London for 19 months now and the weather can be described with the following words: Cold, gray and rainy. There are variations. Sometimes it is only gray and cold. But, for the most part, you can almost always count on the rain factoring into your plans in some way or other.When my friends from the states come to visit me, they think I am com […]

Weather knows no borders. It’s something I have said before now on-air, but never has it been more true than with the events of the past month. Just days after Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar, China suffered its worst earthquake in over 30 years and in the United States an unusually severe, killer tornado season has begun. May 2008 will long be remembered as one […]

I sadly write that the numbers are finally coming in today and the world is now seeing the horrific images in the aftermath of Nargis. Over 15,000 are dead and it is estimated that those numbers are going to continue to rise. This is much more than I ever expected. As I wrote a few days ago, minimal information had come out of the country the day after the s […]

Carlos Tevez (right) and Emmanuel Adebayor score the goals that move Manchester City up to fifth place in the English Premier League table after a 2-0 home win over Bolton on Tuesday.

Brazilian Naldo is on target as holders Werder Bremen reach the semifinals of the German Cup after a 2-1 win over fellow-Bundesliga side Hoffenheim on Tuesday.

In-form Ronaldinho is left out of Brazil coach Carlos Dunga's 22-man squad for next month's friendly international against Ireland in London.

John Terry has made his first public comments since being stripped of his role as England's football captain, thanking the fans of his club Chelsea for their support.

Nigeria's short-list of targets for the vacant national manager's job has been cut by one after Bayern Munich coach Louis Van Gaal distanced himself from the role.

Manchester City misfit Robinho makes a winning second debut for Santos as he scores the decisive goal in a 2-1 victory against Brazilian rivals Sao Paulo.

Diego Milito scores the third for Inter Milan as they beat Cagliari 3-0 on Sunday to hold an eight-point lead at the top in Italy over AS Roma who won 1-0 at Fiorentina.

Chelsea reclaim the lead in the English Premier League as Didier Drogba continues his hot scoring run against title hopefuls Arsenal with both goals in a 2-0 victory.

The year is almost over but there are still some miles waiting to be racked up. I am writing this on board LH from Vilnius to Frankfurt and then on to London.I have just spent a great couple of days in Vilnius. I was invited there to switch on the Christmas Lights as part of our show Quest for the Festive Spirit. It's the first time I have ever done suc […]

And so I have arrived home after six weeks on the road. A trip that has taken me to North America, South East Asia, India, Europe and back again. The mileage is somewhere around 58,000 and I have been keeping close track to make sure those miles are credited.I have been through Changi Airport in Singapore at least three times, and I can easily see why it has […]