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, 01 Jan 2010 06:37:21 EST 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. Freed hostage expected to return home Friday http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/01/iraq.uk.hostage/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/01/iraq.uk.hostage/index.html?eref=edition After more than two years of captivity in Iraq, freed British hostage Peter Moore is expected to return to the United Kingdom on Friday, the British Foreign Office said. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:22:13 EST North Korea pledges peace in New Year http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/01/nkorea.nuclear/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/01/nkorea.nuclear/index.html?eref=edition North Korea stated its commitment to lasting peace and a nuclear-free Korean peninsula in an editorial published on New Year's Day, state-run media reported. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:36:07 EST $1M Degas stolen from museum http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/01/france.degas.theft/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/01/france.degas.theft/index.html?eref=edition French police were searching Friday for a Degas painting stolen from a Marseilles museum a day earlier. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:29:20 EST Deadly strike in Pakistan targets car http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/01/pakistan.drone/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/01/pakistan.drone/index.html?eref=edition A missile strike killed two people Friday in northwest Pakistan, the latest in a string of suspected U.S. drone attacks on the region, a Pakistani intelligence official said. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:16:05 EST Vengeance vowed for CIA deaths http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/01/afghanistan.us.casualties/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/01/afghanistan.us.casualties/index.html?eref=edition An American intelligence official vowed Thursday that the United States would avenge a suspected terrorist attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan that resulted in the deaths of seven CIA officers. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:46:58 EST Missing boys found after 11 years http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/31/custody.arrest/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/31/custody.arrest/index.html?eref=edition Pennsylvania police have arrested a woman who authorities say fled Washington state 11 years ago with her two sons against a court order instructing her to return them to their father, police said. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:17:38 EST Fire hits office of Iranian lawmaker http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/31/iran.fire.lawmaker.office/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/31/iran.fire.lawmaker.office/index.html?eref=edition The office of a reformist Iranian member of parliament burned Tuesday night, and a reformist Web site said the act was the work of extremists. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:13:18 EST Iranian police deny hit-and-run http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/31/iran.videos/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/31/iran.videos/index.html?eref=edition Iranian security forces blamed a "privately owned patrol vehicle" Thursday for allegedly running into protesters during Sunday's opposition protests on a Shiite Muslim holy day, according to a news agency. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:36:54 EST Judge dismisses Blackwater charges http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/31/iraq.blackwater.charges/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/31/iraq.blackwater.charges/index.html?eref=edition A federal judge has dismissed all charges against security contractors from the former Blackwater in connection with the 2007 deaths of civilians in Baghdad, Iraq. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:47:04 EST Terror suspect 'had contact with radical' http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/31/abdulmutallab.terror.radical.cleric/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/31/abdulmutallab.terror.radical.cleric/index.html?eref=edition Terror suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab appears to have had direct contacts with radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN Thursday. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:16:33 EST