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Cuban bishops make big appeal for change

Father Jose Feliz Perez, executive Secretary of the Bishops' Conference of Cuba, talks with journalists a day after Cuban bishops appealed to the government for political reform and continued economic change in their most direct plea in decades. Duration: 01:05

Sep 17, 2013

Tourists visit Costa Concordia salvage site

The rusting hulk of the Costa Concordia cruise ship rose erect from its watery grave off Italy's Giglio island Tuesday after the biggest ever salvage operation of its kind. Tourists come to see the boat. Duration: 00:49

Sep 17, 2013

Bangladesh sentences Islamist leader to death

Bangladesh's Supreme Court sentenced a senior Islamist leader to death for mass murder, toughening the punishment originally handed down by the country's war crimes tribunal. Bangladeshi social activists shout slogans in Dhaka on September 17, 2013, after a verdict was delivered against Abdul Quader Molla, the fourth-highest leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party. Duration: 00:27

Sep 17, 2013

Timelapses of Costa Concordia salvage operation

Timelapses of the salvage operation to lift the Costa Concordia cruise ship upright from its watery grave. Duration: 00:40

Sep 17, 2013

China activist seeks democracy after 50 year fight

When Chinese police beat elderly former professor Sun Wenguang so badly they broke four ribs it was just part of the price he has paid for a lifetime defying authority. Duration: 01:32

Sep 17, 2013

Muzaffarnagar clashes proves inability of govt: RLD

Lucknow, Sep 16 (ANI): As PM and Congress President Sonia Gandhi visited riot-hit Muzaffarnagar district on Monday, RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary said that the government is responsible for the communal clashes in the state and that the topic will be raised by the party in Vidhan Sabha and demand CBI enquiry in the case. Further, he said that people of the affected district said that political parties are colored with blood of the people and that people are really heated on the state government.

Sep 16, 2013

Muzaffarnagar clashes: No politician was allowed in UP, will Congress Chief be arrested now, asks BJ

New Delhi, Sep 16 (ANI): As PM and Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi visited riot-hit Muzaffarnagar district on Monday, BJP leader Kirti Azad raised the question that as orders given by UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav stating that no politicians be allowed in the state, and with the Congress president coming along with prime minister, will she be arrested by the UP government. Further, talking about the allegations put on BJP leader Amit Shah for the clashes, Azad said that the political parties have no work than to blame other parties for their shortcomings.

Sep 16, 2013

Muzaffarnagar: PM reaches out to riot-hit, ensures justice

Muzaffarnagar, Sep 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President, Rahul Gandhi visited the riot affected areas of Muzaffarnagar on Monday and ensured justice to those affected by the communal violence.

Sep 16, 2013

PM, Sonia___s Muzaffarnagar visit completely out of sensitivity and not political: Congress

Lucknow, Sep 16 (ANI): Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with Congress President Sonia Gandhi are scheduled to visit the riot-hit Muzaffarnagar district on Monday, Congress said the visit was completely out of sensitivity and not political as opposed by the opposition.

Sep 16, 2013