Afghan Taliban: Peace talks won't end fighting
Insurgents will continue armed struggle despite political wing's readiness to enter talks to end war
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Spiral of violence, division continues in Syria
CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer gets inside look at Syria as the country degenerates into what looks like civil war
Iranian paper urges retaliation against Israel
Hard-line newspaper calls for revenge a day after mysterious killing of nuclear scientist in Tehran
U.S. Marines to probe alleged urination video
Unverified YouTube clip appears to show Americans desecrating bodies of Taliban militants; What harm might it do?
Karzai: Alleged urination video "inhumane"
Afghan president strongly condemns video purported to show Marines urinating on Taliban corpses; Demands punishment
Pentagon denies ship movements related to Iran
Spokesman reportedly downplays arrival of new aircraft carrier strike group into waters near Persian Gulf
Pakistan leader leaves for Dubai amid crisis
President Asif Ali Zardari makes sudden, unplanned trip as tension mounts between his gov't and powerful military
Marines brass investigating urination video
Marine Corps says it will try to determine whether video posted online actually shows U.S. Marines urinating on dead Taliban militants, as claimed
A rare look inside Syria, under Assad's thumb
CBS News was finally granted visas to enter Syria, and saw a hospital full of wounded soldiers and a sharply divided society
Sweat and tears: China's kid gymnasts
China begins training its Olympic athletes at incredibly young ages. Take a peak at those starting out in its gymnastics programs.
Mexican drug war toll: 47,500 killed in 5 years
As grisly, drug trade-related deaths spread to privileged enclaves, Mexicans fear a drug war gone out of control
Report: Man drowns self in whiskey-making vat
A 46-year-old threw himself into a 50K-liter vat at the Glenfiddich Distillery in Scotland, U.K. media reports
Ahmadinejad avoids press, questions in Cuba
Iranian president gets speech to rail against the West, but is kept away from press despite news of attack on nuclear scientist
Iranian nuke scientist killed by magnetic bomb
Car bomb kills university lecturer who directed work at uranium enrichment facility; Iran points finger at Israel, West
Iran's roar shows widening sway of military
Tehran's leaders are already using whatever leverage they can muster to counter pressure against Iran's nuclear program
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