Mexico drug gang gun battle near Texas kills 13

11 decapitated bodies discovered in Durango; Falcon Lake on Texas-Mexico border site of major shootout between gang, police

• May 9, 2011

Pakistan grants U.S. access to bin Laden widows

Amid a floundering post-bin Laden relationship, Pakistan grants a major U.S. intelligence wish

• May 9, 2011

Day in pictures

A glimpse at the days news as seen through a camera's lens

• May 9, 2011
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Syria hit with arms embargo amid crackdown

European Union also prohibits 13 Syrian officials from traveling anywhere in group's authority; lethal crackdown continues

• May 9, 2011

Japanese towns flood daily after quake "sunk" land

Mostly devastated coastal communities now face regular flooding at high tide because of their lower elevation

• May 9, 2011

Pakistan PM: Don't blame us for bin Laden

Yousuf Raza Gilani admits intelligence failures, but says blame should be shared; Warns U.S. against unilateral raids

• May 9, 2011

NATO says insurgency weakened

Taliban insurgency significantly weakened as thousand of militants were killed or captured, says NATO

• May 9, 2011

How a networking immigrant became a Chinese spy

Unlikely secret operative's story tells how China conducts espionage in 21st century

• May 9, 2011

Japan nuke plant to shut down over quake fears

Concerns another mega-quake could strike within 30 years prompt operator to shutter plant west of Tokyo while sea wall is built

• May 9, 2011

Christians in Cairo protest sectarian violence

Hundreds demonstrate in wake of Muslim-Christian clashes that left 12 dead and a church burned

• May 9, 2011

Endangered tiger cubs caught frolicking on video

Cameras capture a dozen endangered Sumatran tigers in Indonesian forests slated to be logged

• May 9, 2011

How White House kept bin Laden raid secret

President tells Steve Kroft how few people were in the loop; Bill Plante: Sources say you could count them "on one hand"

• May 9, 2011

U.N.: Ship with 600 reported sunk off Libya

Witnesses say migrants perished as boat broke apart at sea; Another 400 rescued from ship tossed against rocks along Italian coast

• May 9, 2011

Report: CIA station chief in Islamabad outed

In wake of major national embarrassment over Osama bin Laden's home in Pakistan, local media out CIA chief there

• May 9, 2011

Libyan woman who claimed rape escapes to Tunisia

Iman Al-Obeidi taken in by French Embassy after fleeing country with help of defecting military officer

• May 9, 2011

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