Will U.S. and Iran break diplomatic ice at U.N.?

Washington weighing whether new Iranian president's recent overtures actually represent new policies or just new packaging

• Sep 20, 2013

Mexico looks for landslide victims, missing police chopper

Search efforts continued in La Pintada where 68 people were reported missing following Monday's slide; police helicopter carrying relief operations also unaccounted for

• Sep 20, 2013

South African rhino deaths on track to new record

With 500 rhinos killed so far this year, 2013 is set to top 2012's record of 668 rhinos killed

• Sep 20, 2013

Photos of the week

The best image's from the week's news, Sept. 13 - Sept. 20, 2013

• Sep 20, 2013
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Woman survives 16 days in well on rainwater, corn grains

48-year-old fell down Chinese well while looking for wild herbs; doctors calling her survival a miracle

• Sep 20, 2013

Mother, uncle of "Jihad" convicted in French court

French appeals court charges woman and her brother after her toddler son, named Jihad, goes to preschool in T-shirt saying "I am a bomb"

• Sep 20, 2013

Brazilian rancher sentenced in case of murdered U.S. nun

American nun spent three decades trying to preserve rain forest and defend rights of poor settlers in Brazil; gunned down in 2005

• Sep 20, 2013

Syria opposition: Al Qaeda-linked militants hurt our cause

Syrian National Coalition says jihadis' push to establish an Islamic state undermines the rebels' struggle for a free Syria

• Sep 20, 2013

Syria hands over "initial" info on chemical weapons

Global chemical weapons watchdog says regime has provided "initial declaration," but is yet to be verified by experts

• Sep 20, 2013

Pope blasts abortion after decrying focus on rules

After criticizing church's obsession with "small-minded rules," Francis denounces abortions as symptom of today's "throw-away culture"

• Sep 20, 2013

5-month-old baby killed in airport conveyor belt accident

Infant was on conveyor belt that delivers outsize luggage when the accident happened, Spanish official says

• Sep 20, 2013

Syria rebels dismiss regime's call for ceasefire

Spokesman for U.S.-backed Syrian National Coalition says deputy PM's suggestion of truce is "not a credible statement"

• Sep 20, 2013

143 bodies discovered in Nigeria's terror-plagued north

Highest death toll incident to date raises local ire as gov't claims it's beating Islamic insurgency

• Sep 20, 2013

Dolan: Church's "finger-wagging tone is counterproductive"

Archbishop of New York reflects on Pope Francis' comments that the Catholic church needs to get past some of it's "small-minded rules"

• Sep 20, 2013

U.S. stunt pilot's body found in China lake

David Riggs, 1-time Hollywood stuntman who lost pilot's license in U.S. was in China for air show when plane went down 3 days ago

• Sep 20, 2013

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