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 © 2009 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:33:35 EST 10 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. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/india.gender.voting/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/india.gender.voting/index.html?eref=edition India's election commission grants what it calls an "independent identity" to intersex and transsexuals in the country's vote register for the first time. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:40:50 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/12/obama.asia/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/12/obama.asia/index.html?eref=edition U.S. President Barack Obama leaves for Japan Thursday on an eight-day Asian trip taking in talks over North Korea's nuclear plans, the APEC summit and a visit to China. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:59:27 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/12/russia.medvedev.speech/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/12/russia.medvedev.speech/index.html?eref=edition In his annual state of the nation speech Thursday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev painted his vision for the country's future, saying that "modernization" was the key to its "very survival." Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:36:09 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/12/fort.hood.investigation/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/12/fort.hood.investigation/index.html?eref=edition Maj. Nidal Hasan will face 13 preliminary charges of premeditated murder, U.S. military sources say. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:31:50 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/12/balloon.boy.charges/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/12/balloon.boy.charges/index.html?eref=edition The Colorado parents in the recent "balloon boy" case announce their intention to plead guilty of creating a hoax that their son had flown away in a large balloon. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:19:53 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/pakistan.peshawar.blasts.blackwater/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/pakistan.peshawar.blasts.blackwater/index.html?eref=edition A senior al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan has blamed the U.S. security firm formerly known as Blackwater as being behind the recent spate of deadly attacks in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:11:27 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/pakistan.officer.killed/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/pakistan.officer.killed/index.html?eref=edition A Pakistani working for the Iranian Consulate was shot and killed in the northwestern part of the country Thursday, police said. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:31:31 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/12/obama.afghanistan/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/12/obama.afghanistan/index.html?eref=edition Barack Obama and top aides fail to agree plans to deploy extra troops to Afghanistan amid doubts over an exit strategy and the credibility of the Afghan government. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:52:56 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/special.forces.dog/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/special.forces.dog/index.html?eref=edition An Australian special forces dog has been found alive and well more than a year after going missing in action in Afghanistan. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:51:08 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/12/afghanistan.norway.journalist/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/12/afghanistan.norway.journalist/index.html?eref=edition A Norwegian journalist abducted last week and held captive in eastern Afghanistan has been freed, Norway said on Thursday Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:36:59 EST