- The Lede: Long Before Crack Cocaine Allegations, Toronto May...
- 2013-05-17 21:51
- Questions have been raised about Mayor Rob Ford’s conduct, temperament and public statements since his early days as a member of the Toronto City Council.
- Americas Coalition Puts Marijuana Legalization Up for Discus...
- 2013-05-17 21:50
- A report released by the Organization of American States encouraged “flexibility” in how the drug war is carried out, including considering the legalization of marijuana.
- Report: Income inequality rising in most developed...
- 2013-05-16 14:15
- LONDON — The divide between rich and poor is widening in developed nations, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. According to the new data, econ...
- The Saturday Profile: Olli Rehn Tries to Shed ‘Austerity...
- 2013-05-17 21:34
- Olli Rehn, the European Union’s top economist and a focus of anger across Europe against harsh belt-tightening policies, says he is not a doctrinaire adherent to austerity measures.
- Toronto Mayor Is Accused of Using Cocaine
- 2013-05-17 21:26
- A video being shopped by two men with drug connections apparently shows Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto smoking a crack pipe.
- At trade talks, U.S., E.U. ready for fight on genetically mo...
- 2013-05-17 21:14
- LENNEWITZ, Germany — Many Europeans see American farming and its reliance on genetically modified crops as more Frankenstein than Farmer in the Dell. Now, the opposition here to U.S. agricultural practices is threatening to become a major battle in discussions starting next month that could swee...
- Ex-Iran President Seeks Comeback Against Odds
- 2013-05-17 21:12
- Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, seems to be hitting a responsive chord with Iranians who yearn for policies that stimulate business while lowering prices.
- Salacious and Sober Collide, Illustrating Hurdles for Italy...
- 2013-05-17 21:02
- On the same day, a young Moroccan woman testified in a sex scandal involving former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and Italy’s new prime minister announced the suspension of a reviled tax.
- Mountain of Petroleum Coke From Oil Sands Rises in Detroit
- 2013-05-17 20:47
- Refining Canada’s petroleum-soaked oil sands produces petroleum coke, and the question of what to do with it has found at least one answer in Detroit, where a large coke pile covers an entire city block.
- U.S.-Russian Diplomacy, With a Personal Touch
- 2013-05-17 20:45
- Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, have found a common purpose in trying to negotiate a Syria settlement, even though positions have not changed.
- Rights Group Says It Finds Proof of Torture in Syria
- 2013-05-17 20:26
- Human Rights Watch said Friday that visits to two Syrian security centers contained proof of widespread, arbitrary detentions and torture by the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
- U.K. police announce new leads in missing girl case
- 2013-05-17 20:13
- British authorities are investigating new leads in the case of Madeleine McCann, missing since 2007 at age 3
- World Briefing | Asia: Political Prisoners Freed in Myanmar
- 2013-05-17 20:05
- President Thein Sein pardoned at least 20 political prisoners on Friday, just ahead of a state visit to the United States, and more releases are expected.
- White House visit by Burma’s Thein Sein a sign o...
- 2013-05-17 07:04
- RANGOON, BURMA — T-shirts bearing images of President Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader, hang side by side in the shops just off the busy Kabar Aye Pagoda Road in Rangoon. It’s a reminder of the his...
- World Briefing | Middle East: Angry Egyptian Police Close Ga...
- 2013-05-17 19:48
- Egyptian police officers blocked the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen, witnesses said.
- World Briefing | Europe: British Poisoning Inquest Constrain...
- 2013-05-17 19:44
- A coroner overseeing a British inquest into the poisoning of a former Russian security agent ruled that he had to exclude evidence on whether the Russian state was involved in the killing.
- Gay Rights Rally Is Attacked in Georgia
- 2013-05-17 19:22
- A throng of thousands broke through police cordons in Tbilisi to attack a group of about 50 demonstrators, and at least 12 people were injured.
- Thieves make off with $1 million in jewels from hotel near C...
- 2013-05-17 15:59
- Thieves stole around $1 million worth of jewelry from a hotel near the Cannes Film Festival sometime early Friday morning, the Associated Press reports. The jewels were in a safe that the thieves ripped out of a wall of a hotel room. Read full article >>
- $1 million in jewelry stolen near Cannes film fest...
- 2013-05-17 12:51
- Thieves rip safe from wall of hotel room near Cannes Film Festival and make off with around $1 million worth of jewelry
- Get caught up on Benghazi, in five short paragraphs
- 2013-05-17 15:50
- Eight months after militants stormed a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, killing Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, the political controversy is still raging. Congressional Republicans are still holding investigative hearings, and Gallup found that 69 percent of America...
- Russia strikes back after expelling alleged U.S. spy
- 2013-05-17 15:10
- Official reportedly outs CIA station chief to cap week of rising diplomatic tensions between two nations
- Video: Why the Benghazi controversy is "absolutely not" over
- 2013-05-17 14:12
- Flash Points: While much scrutiny has been paid to the talking points used to brief the public on the attack on a U.S. facility in Benghazi, CBS News National Security correspondent Bob Orr and senior national security analyst Juan Zarate discuss which questions remain unanswered about the governmen...
- Photos of the Week
- 2013-05-17 14:06
- The best images from the week's news, May 10 - May 17, 2013



