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Soldier was Royal Palaces drummer 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 15:19:17 EDT 
    The British soldier slain in a gruesome cleaver attack in London was a well-liked infantryman and machine gunner who served in Afghanistan and Cyprus, and then became a military recruiter and ceremonial drummer outside the Royal Palaces, the military said Thursday.


Woman's bravery at scene of terror 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 19:03:05 EDT 
    Wednesday afternoon, former teacher Ingrid Loyau-Kennett was just a passenger on a bus passing through southeast London.


Hacking death 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:41 EDT 
    In search for answers after the brutal daylight hacking death of a man by two attackers, Prime Minister David Cameron is to convene an emergency security meeting.


Terrorism analyst 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 04:25:42 EDT 
    Hala Gorani speaks with Paul Cruickshank about the deadly attack near London barracks.


Oklahoma tornado 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 06:14:50 EDT 
    The lone, tattered page from a decimated children's book sat quietly amid the rest of the rubble. But the words spoke volumes about the pain and nostalgia in the city of Moore:


Haiti hope 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 14:45:22 EDT 
    Rose Matrie lives in a cracked house -- a reminder of the earthquake that struck her Haiti home -- but the young student still has big dreams for the future.


Electric paint 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 14:44:56 EDT 
    A group of students in London has developed an electrically conductive paint, which could change the way the world is wired.


Gay scouts? 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 19:32:28 EDT 
    The eyes of the country will be upon Texas on Thursday.


Ai Weiwei 
  Thu, 23 May 2013 04:28:16 EDT 
    Watch a clip from controversial Chinese artist/activist Ai Weiwei's heavy metal musical debut.


Can Chinese art be cutting edge? 
  Thu, 16 May 2013 04:17:05 EDT 
    Four months before the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, a woman fired a gun in China's National Art Gallery -- all in the name of art.


China eyes Arctic options 
  Thu, 16 May 2013 04:16:04 EDT 
    The decision to grant permanent observer status to China and five other nations by the Arctic Council meeting in Sweden Wednesday reflects the heightened interest by some of the world's most powerful economies in an area rich in oil, gas, minerals, fish and new transport possibilities.


'False bomb threats' disrupt flights 
  Thu, 16 May 2013 04:14:25 EDT 
    Three Chinese airlines received "false bomb threats" on Wednesday that caused disruption to five different domestic flights destined for the southern city of Shenzhen, state-run media reported.


Psy's record label sets sights on China 
  Wed, 15 May 2013 03:38:55 EDT 
    Buoyed by the runaway success of "Gangnam Style," the South Korean company behind music sensation Psy is taking on what has been a tricky market for international record labels to crack -- China.


Chinese official in graft crackdown 
  Wed, 15 May 2013 03:39:18 EDT 
    A senior official in China's economic planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, has become the latest target of Beijing's crackdown on excess and corruption.


Why China involved in Africa's health 
  Thu, 09 May 2013 03:17:51 EDT 
    There is an old African proverb: "If you want to walk fast, walk alone. But if you want to walk far, walk together."
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