A former official of a cabinet company that has laid off employees has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling $9.9 million from the company over seven years.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/08/california.alleged.embezzlement/index.html?eref=edition
Indian police and paramilitary troops placed a large section of Srinagar under strict restrictions Saturday in hopes of thwarting further violence in the summer capital city of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/07/kashmir.security.violence/index.html?eref=edition
An elderly British couple who died together at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland died "peacefully" after receiving "wonderful and humbling care" from their doctors, the couple's family said.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/06/uk.assisted.suicide/index.html?eref=edition
Indian-American hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal said Wednesday he plans to bid on several belongings of Mahatma Gandhi scheduled for auction in New York Thursday, with the goal of returning them to India.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/05/gandhi.auction/index.html?eref=edition
You had a close encounter with a 40-yard-wide asteroid this week, but the astronomer who first spotted the large rock said it's nothing to worry about.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/03/asteroid.misses.earth/index.html?eref=edition
A bomb went off in the office of Guinea-Bissau's military chief, Gen. Tagme Na Waie, killing him and wounding five other high-ranking military officials, according to local media.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/02/guineabissau.general/index.html?eref=edition
Somali President Sharif Sheikh Hassan says he will give in to a rebel demand that he impose Islamic law, or sharia, in an effort to halt fighting between Somali forces and Islamic insurgents.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/28/somalia.sharia/index.html?eref=edition
