Fighting in northern Sri Lanka between government and rebel forces escalated on several fronts Friday, while Tamil Tiger rebels killed seven people in a roadside bombing.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/09/sri.lanka.civil.war/index.html?eref=edition
An officer involved in a New Year's Day shooting that left a passenger dead in a crowded California subway station resigned today, a Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman said. The spokesman said the officer has received death threats after the incident, which was captured on video. A funeral was held today for the passenger, 22-year-old Oscar Grant.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/07/BART.shooting/index.html?eref=edition
When Apple vice president Philip Schiller takes the stage here Tuesday morning for the keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo, he'll face a good-news, bad-news scenario.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/06/macworld.keynote/index.html?eref=edition
A suicide bomber killed at least 37 people and injured 53 -- many of them women -- during a Shia pilgrimage in northwestern Baghdad Sunday, Iraqi officials told CNN.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/04/iraq.suicide.bombing/index.html?eref=edition
Colombo has been hit by a second bomb blast in only 24 hours following the fall of the Tamil Tigers' capital to government troops.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/03/sri.lanka.war.blasts/index.html?eref=edition
Tiny diamonds found in the soil are "strong evidence" a comet exploded on or above North America nearly 13,000 years ago, leading to the extinction of dozens of mammal species, according to a study.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/02/comet.diamonds/index.html?eref=edition
Cristiano Ronaldo gave Manchester United a New Year boost by again ruling out a move to Spanish giants Real Madrid.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/01/01/ronaldo.intvu/index.html?eref=edition
