Top Iranian politician hints uranium may be bargaining chip

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says his country has more enriched uranium than it needs, but insists its for peaceful purposes

• Oct 9, 2013

Is Taliban leader released by Pakistan a free man?

Afghan Taliban says former deputy leader remains "locked up" but Pakistan officials say he's merely protected by security team

• Oct 9, 2013

Twice bitten: Diver survives shark attack - again

55-year-old man bitten by shark off Australia coast recovering in hospital after surviving his second shark attack in nine years

• Oct 9, 2013

Peru's coca industry

Coca farming is the lifeblood of Peru's rural Pichari district, but also fuels the global cocaine trade

• Oct 9, 2013
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Prominent Tibetan monk killed in China

Tarap Shetrup Akong was a U.K. national who enjoyed rare travel privileges to China as a Tibetan outsider

• Oct 9, 2013

Deadly blaze in Bangladesh factory

Garment factory fire outside Dhaka kills 10

• Oct 9, 2013
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Passenger lands small plane after pilot falls ill

Flight instructors talk passenger through landing light airplane at British airfield after pilot became incapacitated

• Oct 9, 2013

Iran FM's fight for U.S. diplomacy puts him in hospital

Amid mounting hope for diplomatic breakthrough on nukes, Iran's top diplomat says country's hard-liners are making him so tense he's having spasms

• Oct 9, 2013

Trial date set for ex-Egyptian President Morsi

Mohammed Morsi is charged with inciting the killing of opponents while in office; his backers say charges are fabricated

• Oct 9, 2013

U.S. holds up aid to Egypt

Administration holding back millions of dollars in aid to Cairo amid political crisis following military coup to oust Mohammed Morsi

• Oct 9, 2013

Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 10

Deadly blaze comes 6 months after collapse killed 1,100 people, highlighting perils for those who make clothes for big-name stores

• Oct 9, 2013

Russian activist sentenced to forced psychiatric treatment

Protester swept up in raid after anti-Kremlin demonstration last year; rights groups say it harkens back to Soviet-era punishment

• Oct 8, 2013

Costa Concordia victim's remains found by divers

Entering parts of shipwreck for 1st time, divers finding remains believed to be those of Indian waiter lost since disaster

• Oct 8, 2013

U.S. adults score poorly on global reading and math test

American adults score below international average on math, reading and problem-solving using technology

• Oct 8, 2013

Inside SEALs aborted Somalia mission

CBS News senior correspondent John Miller discusses aborted Somalia raid details, why U.S. may have wanted man who calls himself Ikrimah alive

• Oct 8, 2013

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