Chinese may mock, but U.S. default could hurt them, too

Official says it's U.S. reputation on line, and cartoons depict America as a global beggar, but a default could be bad news for Beijing

• Oct 16, 2013

Excavation near Stonehendge suggests early Britons ate toasted toads

Promising excavation near Stonehenge shows prehistoric Britons may have had a taste for roasted toad

• Oct 16, 2013

Syria chemical inspectors destroy "critical" weapons equipment

International inspection team overseeing elimination of country's stockpile makes progress as war rages on

• Oct 16, 2013

Deadly typhoon strikes Japan

Typhoon caused deadly mudslides that buried people and destroyed homes on a Japanese island

• Oct 16, 2013
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Pakistani minister killed in suicide attack

A total of eight were killed in attack on event celebrating the end of the Hajj pilgrimage; Taliban blamed

• Oct 16, 2013

Japan's five-foot-tall baby

11-day-old giraffe born in Japanese zoo already stands 67 inches tall

• Oct 16, 2013
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Iran talks in Geneva moving at "blinding speed"

CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer reports discussions are "down to the nitty-gritty," and an agreement is expected today

• Oct 16, 2013

Few survivors pulled from rubble of Philippines quake

At least 144 killed as Cebu region's historical and cultural legacy dealt major blow by 7.2-magnitude earthquake

• Oct 16, 2013

Japan typhoon, mudslides leave at least 17 dead

Typhoon Wipha nails island south of Tokyo, unleashing torrents of mud that have washed away people and homes; 50 people missing

• Oct 16, 2013

Spate of toddler deaths sparks riot in South Africa

Locals say police are failing to protect them after young cousins were found dead in a toilet, the latest of several gruesome deaths

• Oct 16, 2013

Powerful earthquake jolts Papua New Guinea

No immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami alert issued as temblor hits island nation in "Ring of Fire"

• Oct 16, 2013

Death toll from Philippine earthquake tops 100

Only 3 people pulled alive from rubble after quake destroys homes, centuries-old churches

• Oct 15, 2013

Nazi war criminal's funeral called off amid unrest in Italy

Demonstrators protesting Erich Priebke's funeral clash with right-wing extremists

• Oct 15, 2013

Aging around the world

What most concerns the global elderly population?

• Oct 15, 2013
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Al Qaeda suspect nabbed in Libya pleads not guilty in NYC

Abu Anas al Liby, Libyan charged in deadly 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa, enters plea in federal court in Manhattan

• Oct 15, 2013

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