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Exclusive: Driver talks about picking up orphan
(CNN) – Authorities in Washington D.C. and Russia are still dealing with the fallout after a boy was sent back to Russia alone by the family in Tennessee who had adopted him.
In a CNN exclusive, our Kiran Chetry talked with Arthur Lookyanov, the driver who was hired in Russia to pick the boy up at the airport.
Powerful quake hits western China
(CNN) – The death toll in China's earthquake has risen to nearly 400 in a mountainous and impoverished area of Qinghai province Wednesday, an emergency official said on state-run television.
The Xinhua News Agency reported 8,000 others were injured and many victims, including primary schoolchildren, were buried under debris.
The 6.9-magnitude earthquake, as measured by the U.S. Geological Survey, struck at 7:49 a.m. local time (7:49 p.m. ET Tuesday), when people were probably still at home and schools were beginning the day. The USGS also recorded several strong aftershocks - one of magnitude 5.8 - all within hours of the initial quake.
Xinhua reported panic on the streets as crews launched rescue efforts in the rubble of collapsed buildings. FULL STORY
Blasts tear through Moscow subway
(CNN) – Two deadly explosions tore through subway stations in Moscow during Monday's morning rush when the trains were jam-packed. Investigators say female suicide bombers blew themselves up around 8 a.m. local time, when it would have been standing room only on the rails.
The first bomb ripped through a train killing dozens of people inside and on the platform. The stop is right underneath what used to be KGB headquarters. Our Matthew Chance reports from Moscow.
New bin Laden warning?
(CNN) – A new audio message has emerged with a familiar warning to America.
The tape, believed to be from Osama bin Laden, says if suspected 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is executed, al-Qaeda will in turn kill any American it captures.
To discuss the warning we were joined on Friday's American Morning by former CIA officer Jack Rice and Peter Bergen, CNN national security analyst and author of "The Osama bin Laden I Know."
Obama, Netanyahu meet behind closed doors
(CNN) – It's being called a moment of truth for Mideast peace, a meeting that could set the tone for the next three years or more.
President Obama sat down for a long, hard talk with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Our Jill Dougherty reports on one of the most tense times between the two allies.
Netanyahu: Jerusalem not a settlement but our capital
(CNN) – President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet face-to-face tonight in Washington.
They'll be trying to repair what some are calling the most serious crisis between the two countries in decades. Netanyahu continues to make the case that Israel has a right to develop disputed land in east Jerusalem.
The former U.S. ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk, joined us on Tuesday's American Morning. He's also director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.
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