JOHANNESBURG - Former President Nelson Mandela's condition remained serious but stable on Monday, his third day in a Pretoria hospital, the South African government said.Read more... Add new comment
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South African presidency: Nelson Mandela's condition in hospital remains serious but stable
JOHANNESBURG - Former President Nelson Mandela's condition remained serious but stable on Monday, his third day in a Pretoria hospital, the South African government said.Coordinated blasts in central Iraq kill at least 15 people, extending wave of violence
BAGHDAD - Attackers detonated explosives hidden in a produce-laden pickup truck and two other vehicles parked around a market in central Iraq early Monday, killing 15 people in the latest in a spike of violence ravaging the country.
Jury selection to begin in trial of Fla. neighbourhood watch volunteer charged in teen's death
SANFORD, Fla. - George Zimmerman's attorney doubts he will be able to find jurors who haven't heard about the Trayvon Martin fatal shooting. He just wants to pick people who haven't already made up their mind about the case.
Australian officials say no hope for 55 asylum seekers after their boat capsizes
CANBERRA, Australia - Rescue authorities have given up hope of finding any survivors after an asylum seeker boat carrying at least 55 people to Australia capsized in the Indian Ocean.
Scottish writer Iain Banks, whose work drew on dark humour, science-fiction, dies at 59
LONDON - Scottish writer Iain Banks, who alternately wowed and disturbed readers with his dark jokes and narrative tricks, has died, his publisher said. He was 59.
WikiLeaks trial shifting to specific items Manning leaked, including unseen Afghan war video
FORT MEADE, Md. - The court-martial of a U.S. Army private who gave troves of classified material to the website WikiLeaks is shifting in its second week to specific items he sent.
NSA contract worker is whistleblower on U.S. surveillance program
WASHINGTON - The man who gave classified documents to reporters, making public two sweeping U.S. surveillance programs and touching off a debate on privacy versus security, has revealed his own identity. He risks decades in jail for the disclosures - if the United States can extradite him from Hong Kong where he says he has taken refuge.
Canadian Press NewsAlert: South African presidency says Mandela's condition remains serious but stable
JOHANNESBURG - South African presidency says Neslon Mandela's condition in hospital remains serious but stable.
Jury selection begins today in Trayvon Martin case in Florida
SANFORD, Fla. - Jury selection begins today in a Florida courtroom where George Zimmerman is going on trial for second-degree murder in the 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin.
Car bombs at market in central Iraq kill at least 14 people
BAGHDAD - Back-to-back car bombings at a market in central Iraq killed at least 14 people on Monday, officials said, the latest in a spike in violence that has ravaged the country in recent weeks.
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