Two people were killed and several wounded Tuesday in a shooting at a courthouse in Landshut, Germany, CNN affiliate N-TV reported, citing a police spokesman.
Report: Fatal shooting at German courthouse
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Poll: Most say Obama has improved U.S. image abroad
President Obama earned high marks for diplomacy during his first overseas trip, and a majority of Americans think that he will return home with some accomplishments in his pocket, according to results of a poll released Monday.
Eight dead, 80 hurt in India blasts
Suspected insurgents triggered five explosions in India’s northeastern state of Assam Monday, killing eight people and injuring 80 others, state police chief G.M.
S. Korea: N. Korea launches rocket
North Korea has launched a long-range rocket, U.S. and South Korean officials confirmed to CNN on Sunday.
Judge: ‘Gripping temptation’ to let Madonna adopt
A judge who barred Madonna’s second adoption from Malawi on Friday said she had "a gripping temptation" to approve the adoption, but decided doing so would open doors to child trafficking, court records show. The American pop star had filed a petition to adopt a girl, Chifundo James, 3
Judge stays deportation of accused Nazi death camp guard
An immigration judge with the Justice Department has granted a stay to John Demjanjuk, the Nazi war crimes suspect who had been ordered deported to Germany, his lawyer said Friday. John Broadley said the stay was ordered after Judge Wayne Iskra in Arlington, Virginia, decided to reopen deportation proceedings. “In the four years since his deportation was ordered, his health has seriously deteriorated,” Broadley told CNN in a telephone interview.
New gum could mean sticky end for mess
British authorities and environmental groups were welcoming the launch this week of the world’s first biodegradable chewing gum, which they say could help save some of the millions spent on clearing up the mess ordinary gum creates. The new gum becomes non-adhesive when dry and decomposes to dust within six weeks, a spokesman for Mexico’s Chicza Mayan Rainforest Chewing Gum told CNN. The makers of Chicza say it is the first biodegradable chewing gum ever sold.
Zakaria: Obama disappoints as world leader
President Obama on Friday called on Europe and the United States to drop negative attitudes toward each other and said "unprecedented coordination" is needed to confront the global economic crisis.
Woman’s story inspires ‘Haunting’ flick
The box office fright flick "The Haunting in Connecticut" earned $23 million and a second-place ranking the first weekend of its release, satiating the moviegoer appetite for psychological thrills. But what is entertainment for many was reportedly true life for Carmen Reed, who insists on using her maiden name to protect her children and grandchildren. Reed, her husband and four children rented an old colonial home in Southington, Connecticut, in the mid-1980s in order to be close to a hospital where her 13-year-old son was receiving cancer treatment.
Heart disease on the rise in India
Hindu priest Pandjitee is not overweight, does not smoke or drink and follows a strict vegetarian diet. Yet three years ago he was suddenly struck by a heart attack