Tuesday, January 31, 2012

France's Dassault frontrunner as India jet supplier

France's Dassault frontrunner as India jet supplier


France's Dassault frontrunner as India jet supplier

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 07:04 PM PST

France's Dassault has been awarded frontrunner status in the hotly contested $20bn race to supply 126 fighter jets to India, providing a much-needed boost for French economic and industrial prestige.

China's factories in strong start to 2012

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:56 PM PST

The Chinese manufacturing sector has made a surprisingly strong start to the year, with domestic orders cushioning the impact of Europe's debt woes, according to an official survey.

Search continues for missing South Carolina toddler

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:55 PM PST

The search for missing South Carolina toddler Amir Jennings will not end until he is found or police know what happened to him, Columbia police Chief Randy Scott said Tuesday.

CNN Student News Transcript - February 1, 2012

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:51 PM PST

February 1, 2012

25 Chinese held captive in Sinai are released, state media report

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:43 PM PST

More than two dozen Chinese workers who were kidnapped by Bedouins on their way to work at a military-owned cement factory in Egypt have been released, the official Chinese news agency reported Wednesday.

Romney claims victory in Florida

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:25 PM PST

Mitt Romney is the winner of the Florida primary, CNN projected Tuesday in a result that cemented the front-running status of the former Massachusetts governor for the Republican presidential nomination.

Opposition group calls for protests over Senegal election ruling

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:21 PM PST

Senegal's opposition June 23rd Movement is calling for a mass rally in Dakar on Tuesday to protest a ruling allowing President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term as well as to demand the release of dozens of government critics arrested in the wake of weekend rioting that followed the decision.

Argentina slams Prince William's Falklands deployment

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:20 PM PST

Argentina's foreign ministry slammed British officials Tuesday over Prince William's upcoming deployment in the Falkland Islands.

CNN Student News: Daily Discussion

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:09 PM PST

February 1, 2012

U.N. Security Council debates Syria as violence rages

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 05:44 PM PST

Arab and Western diplomats spoke in support Tuesday of a U.N. Security Council draft resolution that calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, while representatives from Russia and China slammed it as meddlesome.

FAQ: What's at stake tonight in Florida?

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 05:27 PM PST

With the results from the critical Florida primary coming in tonight, here are a few answers to the top questions:

What's behind China's Tibetan unrest?

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:51 PM PST

Beijing appears determined to contain the volatile situation in an ethnically Tibetan region of southwestern China by sending in thousands of extra security forces.

Tevez stays put on transfer deadline day

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:31 PM PST

After a frantic final day of dealing twelve months ago, this year's January transfer window has passed off in a far less febrile atmosphere.

Study: Segregation in U.S. on decline, but disparities persist

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:21 PM PST

Segregation of African-Americans in cities and towns across the United States has dropped to its lowest level in more than a century, according to a recent study.

Top officials weren't behind botched gun probe, Democrats say

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:03 PM PST

Democrats say a House committee has found no evidence showing that top Justice Department officials were behind a gun-trafficking investigation that let hundreds of high-powered weapons reach Mexican drug cartels.

Teacher accused of taking elementary student 'bondage' photos

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 03:56 PM PST

A Los Angeles elementary school teacher allegedly took bondage photos of more than two dozen students in his classroom, including some with suspected semen-filled spoons at their mouths, investigators said Tuesday.

Park police can enforce camping ban, judge rules

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 03:54 PM PST

Living in a public park as a means of protest is not protected by the First Amendment, a federal judge said Tuesday in rejecting an Occupy DC demonstrator's request to keep park police from enforcing a ban on camping.

Bird flu data should be kept under wraps, science panel says

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 03:40 PM PST

Details of a genetically altered strain of the deadly avian flu virus are "a grave concern" to public safety and should be kept under wraps, a federal advisory board declared Tuesday.

Prosecutors ask for out-of-county jury in Sandusky case

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 03:29 PM PST

Prosecutors in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case asked Tuesday that jurors be selected from another county besides Centre County, Pennsylvania.

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