Pestilence

BEIJING (Reuters) - The new face of AIDS in China is a shy man with a heavy provincial accent, a weathered face and the rough hands of a manual worker.

Economic Woes

(Cairo, Egypt) - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader appeared in a new video posted Friday calling on Americans to embrace Islam to overcome the financial meltdown, which he said was a consequence of the Sept. 11 attacks and militant strikes in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sinful Society

At the heart of the arguments in favor of Proposition 8 are concerns about eroding religious freedoms that come about as the same-sex agenda is advanced. Below are some of the legal cases heard across the country as compiled by Rancho Santa Fe Attorney Charles S. LiMandri. Affiliated with the Thomas More Law Center, LiMandri was involved in the Mount Soledad cross case and the first case listed below. He has also been involved in the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign.

Innocent Blood

INDIANAPOLIS - The nation's leading abortion provider is under fire for handing out gift certificates for its services.

Gog and Magog

The Russian navy said Friday that a new-generation Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile was test-fired from a submerged submarine and hit its target - the second consecutive successful test of the troubled weapon.

Violence

Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed in central Nigeria after Christians and Muslims clashed over the result of a local election.

Pestilence

Rangiya, Assam (PTI): Culling operations began on Friday after blood samples of poultry of Hajo revenue circle of Kamrup (Rural) district tested positive for bird flu for the first time in Assam, a top district official said.

Sinful Society

There is a great evil in our nation.

Earthquakes

EUREKA, Calif.—Eureka police say they have no reports of any damage or injuries after an earthquake was recorded off the coast.

Drought

The drought gripping Utah, Southern California and the rest of the Southwest this century shows no sign of ending. Scientists see it as a permanent condition that, despite year-to-year weather variations, will deepen as temperatures rise, snows dwindle, soils bake and fires burn.

Strange and Fearful Sights

WASHINGTON – Astronomers looking at the spectacular supersonic plumes of gas and dust shooting off one of Saturn's moons say there are strong hints of liquid water, a key building block of life.

Violence

(CNN) -- Several people have been killed in a series of coordinated attacks targeting Mumbai sites popular with tourists and business people, according to police and CNN's sister network in India.
An injured man is carried to a hospital in Mumbai.

Weather Woes

YORBA LINDA, Calif. — New mandatory evacuation orders have been issued in wildfire burn areas of Yorba Linda after hours of rain have brought increased fears of mudslides in Orange County and across Southern California.

Gog and Magog

RIO DE JANEIRO — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called on Wednesday for the first summit of major emerging market countries known as BRICs in Russia next year.

Religious Persecution

Muslim judges are defying Islamic law in custody battles involving Christian mothers and Muslim fathers to shield children from Christian influence.

Drought

STARR, S.C. -- A marina owner in Anderson County says the boats that were once docked on water were left high and dry by the drought, and had to be moved by cranes.