CNN.com http://edition.cnn.com/?eref=edition CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. en-us © 2010 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:44:56 EDT 10 CNN.com http://edition.cnn.com/?eref=edition http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif 144 33 CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Strong quake strikes near major New Zealand city http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/new.zealand.quake/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/new.zealand.quake/index.html?eref=edition A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes near the New Zealand city of Christchurch, but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says a tsunami is unlikely to follow. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:38:10 EDT Iran's Karrubi misses rally after attacks http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/09/03/iran.quds.day/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/09/03/iran.quds.day/index.html?eref=edition Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad joins protesters at annual pro-Palestinian events, as opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi seeks shelter after a spate of attacks on his home. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:13:46 EDT 59 killed in Quetta bomb blast http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/pakistan.violence/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/pakistan.violence/index.html?eref=edition The death toll from a deadly blast in Quetta, Pakistan rises to 59, with another 160 people wounded, police say. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:31:29 EDT NASA to present mine rescue options http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/09/03/chile.miners/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/09/03/chile.miners/index.html?eref=edition NASA experts will present recommendations Friday for rescuing 33 miners trapped deep underground in Chile. Drilling a tunnel to the men is expected to take months. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:58:16 EDT Religious leaders hit back at Hawking http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/03/hawking.god.universe.criticisms/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/03/hawking.god.universe.criticisms/index.html?eref=edition Religious leaders in Britain on Friday hit back at claims by leading physicist Stephen Hawking that God had no role in the creation of the Universe. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:08:09 EDT Earl weakens to Category 1 storm http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/03/tropical.weather/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/03/tropical.weather/index.html?eref=edition A weakened Hurricane Earl brushed North Carolina's Outer Banks overnight as residents along the Eastern Seaboard braced for a stormy Friday. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:39:05 EDT Detained scientist linked to plague http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/09/03/miami.airport.evacuation/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/09/03/miami.airport.evacuation/index.html?eref=edition The man being questioned by the FBI after authorities found a suspicious object in his luggage at Miami International Airport is a scientist who has spent time in prison for illegally transporting vials of bubonic plague, CNN has learned. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:25:14 EDT Mexico shootout kills 25 drug suspects http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/09/02/mexico.drug.deaths/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/09/02/mexico.drug.deaths/index.html?eref=edition A shootout between soldiers and suspected drug dealers in northeast Mexico left 25 of the suspects dead, the regional military said Thursday. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:18:20 EDT 8 dead as fires ravage central Russia http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/03/russia.fire.deaths/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/03/russia.fire.deaths/index.html?eref=edition Fires left at least four people dead and hundreds homeless in two regions of central Russia, government officials said Friday. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:52:13 EDT 7 guilty in Portugal sex abuse case http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/03/portugal.sex.abuse.trial/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/03/portugal.sex.abuse.trial/index.html?eref=edition A verdict is expected Friday in a child sex abuse trial that has gripped Portugal for years as dozens of alleged victims testified against a television star, a former diplomat and five other defendants. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:17:54 EDT