CNN Heroes honored in Hollywood
Friday, November 28th, 2008Singer Christina Aguilera joined fellow Grammy Award winners Alicia Keys and John Legend for “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute,” which honored the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2008.
Archive for November, 2008
Cambodia’s first rock opera hopes its stage will be a bridge
Friday, November 28th, 2008A man strums an electric guitar while another musician blows on a buffalo horn converted into an instrument. A boy performs the traditional Cambodian monkey dance spliced in with breakdancing beats while a singer raps to the moves.
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Going green: Business as usual, or is it?
Friday, November 28th, 2008Considering the Greenworks conference in Hong Kong was about businesses getting back to nature, it was quite a flashy event — literally, as the room was a buzz with gratuitous flashing lights.
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Standoffs continue in Mumbai as soldiers storm Jewish center
Friday, November 28th, 2008At least one gunman remained inside Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel on Friday and he could be holding two or more hostages, an Indian military official said, not long after soldiers began an assault on a Jewish center where attackers were holding people.
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Snapshots of victims begin to emerge
Friday, November 28th, 2008The identities of victims in the Mumbai attacks began to emerge Friday in small snapshots, underscoring the confusion gripping the city as authorities attempt to restore order.
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India’s stock market dips as it opens after attacks
Friday, November 28th, 2008India’s major stock index dipped slightly Friday after having to close for a day because of the massive assault that rocked the country’s economic hub of Mumbai, leaving at least 125 people dead.
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Fighting reported at Mumbai Jewish center
Friday, November 28th, 2008Fighting broke out early Friday between government soldiers in a helicopter and gunmen holed up inside a Jewish center where two or three gunmen were believed to be remaining.
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Newer heart test may not be better
Friday, November 28th, 2008An expensive CT scan that uses multiple X-rays to produce spectacular 3-D images of the heart can’t replace tried-and-true coronary angiography for finding blocked blood vessels in chest-pain patients, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
iReporters await word from loved ones in Mumbai
Friday, November 28th, 2008Kia Scherr hasn’t talked to her husband or her daughter yet, and she doesn’t know if they are alive.
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