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Subscribe now and stay up-to-date with GMA News.tv. http://www.gmanews.tv/ text/html 2009-11-21 15:08:19 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177519/obama-trumpets-asia-trip-as-boost-to-us-economy http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177519/obama-trumpets-asia-trip-as-boost-to-us-economy President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future. text/html 2009-11-21 12:33:54 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177509/15-dead-114-trapped-in-china-mine-explosion http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177509/15-dead-114-trapped-in-china-mine-explosion A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 15 people and trapping another 114 nearly a third of a mile under ground, central government authorities said. text/html 2009-11-21 12:29:51 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177508/ap-reporter-caught-up-in-josef-stalin-familys-agony http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177508/ap-reporter-caught-up-in-josef-stalin-familys-agony Newly arrived in Moscow on his first foreign assignment, Associated Press correspondent George Krimsky sensed he had a sensational Cold War scoop on his hands and he pounced. text/html 2009-11-21 12:21:43 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177506/number-of-atheist-groups-growing-in-some-us-campuses http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177506/number-of-atheist-groups-growing-in-some-us-campuses As the stigma of atheism has diminished, campus atheists and agnostics are coming out of the closet, fueling a sharp rise in the number of clubs like the 10-year-old group at Iowa State. text/html 2009-11-21 12:15:45 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177505/tamiflu-resistant-swine-flu-cluster-reported-in-us http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177505/tamiflu-resistant-swine-flu-cluster-reported-in-us Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swineflu that is resistant to the medication Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. text/html 2009-11-21 12:09:52 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177504/global-warmings-impact-worsened-since-1997-pact http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177504/global-warmings-impact-worsened-since-1997-pact Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated - beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then. text/html 2009-11-21 12:06:44 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177502/thailand-offers-penis-measuring-device-to-promote-condom-usage http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177502/thailand-offers-penis-measuring-device-to-promote-condom-usage The country's Ministry of Public Health has come up a penis measuring device, a gadget that look a little like a tape measure and is part of a larger campaign to promote condom usage in the Southeast Asian nation. text/html 2009-11-21 11:08:09 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177495/san-francisco-porn-moguls-son-to-be-tried-in-girlfriends-death http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177495/san-francisco-porn-moguls-son-to-be-tried-in-girlfriends-death SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - The son of a late San Francisco pornography mogul will stand trial on accusations that he crushed his ex-girlfriend's skull with a baseball bat. text/html 2009-11-20 16:21:57 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177458/suicide-bomber-kills-13-in-western-afghanistan http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177458/suicide-bomber-kills-13-in-western-afghanistan KABUL - A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 13 people, including a police officer, and wounded 30 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan. text/html 2009-11-20 10:46:31 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177427/un-committee-criticizes-nkorea-rights-violations http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177427/un-committee-criticizes-nkorea-rights-violations UNITED NATIONS - A key UN committee expressed "very serious concern" Thursday at widespread reports of torture and other grave human rights violations in North Korea and strongly urged the government to put an end to the violations. text/html 2009-11-20 08:56:30 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177421/3-new-ancient-crocodile-species-fossils-found http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177421/3-new-ancient-crocodile-species-fossils-found WASHINGTON - A 20-foot-long crocodile with three sets of fangs - like wild boar tusks - roamed parts of northern Africa millions of years ago, researchers reported Thursday. While this fearsome creature hunted meat, not far away another newly found type of croc with a wide, flat snout like a pancake was fishing for food. text/html 2009-11-20 08:21:22 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177417/un-committee-urges-myanmar-to-free-suu-kyi http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177417/un-committee-urges-myanmar-to-free-suu-kyi (Updated 12:04 p.m.) UNITED NATIONS - A key UN committee late Thursday strongly condemned human rights violations in Myanmar and urged the government to release more than 2,000 political prisoners and open the upcoming elections to all political parties. text/html 2009-11-19 18:20:41 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177376/obama-says-he-met-with-half-brother-while-in-china http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177376/obama-says-he-met-with-half-brother-while-in-china President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he met briefly with a half brother who lives in China and who recently wrote a semi-autobiographical novel about the abusive Kenyan father they share. text/html 2009-11-19 17:38:48 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177371/19-killed-in-pakistan-courthouse-bombing http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177371/19-killed-in-pakistan-courthouse-bombing PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A suicide bomber killed 19 people Thursday outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, the latest attack in an onslaught by Islamist militants fighting back against an army offensive in the nearby Afghan border region. text/html 2009-11-19 17:07:26 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177367/experts-say-radical-measures-wont-stop-swine-flu http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177367/experts-say-radical-measures-wont-stop-swine-flu LONDON - Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu - most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms - have failed to contain the disease. text/html 2009-11-19 16:45:56 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177363/afghan-president-sworn-in-to-second-5-year-term http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177363/afghan-president-sworn-in-to-second-5-year-term KABUL - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai promised Thursday to prosecute corrupt government officials and end a culture of impunity, speaking during an inauguration closely watched by the international community for signs that his administration is moving beyond the cronyism and graft of the past five years. text/html 2009-11-19 12:44:12 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177341/suspected-us-drone-strike-kills-3-in-pakistan http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177341/suspected-us-drone-strike-kills-3-in-pakistan MIR ALI, Pakistan - Intelligence officials say missiles fired from a suspected US drone have killed three militants in Pakistan's lawless tribal area along the Afghan border. text/html 2009-11-19 07:47:39 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177322/shuttle-docks-at-space-station-unloads-parts http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177322/shuttle-docks-at-space-station-unloads-parts Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday for a weeklong stay, and the astronauts quickly unloaded a huge platform full of spare parts needed to keep the outpost running for another decade. text/html 2009-11-19 07:41:01 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177320/us-ship-repels-pirates-with-guns-and-sound-blasts http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177320/us-ship-repels-pirates-with-guns-and-sound-blasts Guards aboard the Maersk Alabama used guns and a sound blaster Wednesday to repel the second pirate attack in seven months on the US vessel at a time when ships are increasingly hiring armed security teams to thwart hijackings. text/html 2009-11-19 00:03:21 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177308/maersk-alabama-repels-2nd-pirate-attack http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177308/maersk-alabama-repels-2nd-pirate-attack NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device. text/html 2009-11-18 18:53:41 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177283/brazil-miniskirt-student-enjoys-fame http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177283/brazil-miniskirt-student-enjoys-fame SAO PAULO - Fresh from an appearance on one of Brazil's most popular TV shows, the young woman whose short, pink dress got her kicked out of college is enjoying her newfound fame, yet has her eye on getting back to class. text/html 2009-11-18 18:51:22 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177282/pirates-again-attack-us-flagged-maersk-alabama http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177282/pirates-again-attack-us-flagged-maersk-alabama NAIROBI, Kenya - The EU's anti-piracy force says that Somali pirates have again attacked the Maersk Alabama, the U.S.-flagged ship hijacked last spring. text/html 2009-11-18 18:00:34 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177278/afghans-on-hold-awaiting-karzai-obama-decisions http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177278/afghans-on-hold-awaiting-karzai-obama-decisions KABUL - President Barack Obama hasn't said how many troops he'll send. Speculation abounds about whether Afghan President Hamid Karzai will assemble a Cabinet of reformers or political friends. It's unclear whether humanitarian work will be curtailed by the UN's decision to relocate several hundred workers out of the country after five staffers were killed in an attack. text/html 2009-11-18 13:43:09 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177245/us-china-climate-report-raises-hopes-questions http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177245/us-china-climate-report-raises-hopes-questions BEIJING - A joint statement by the US and Chinese presidents on climate change is encouraging as pressure builds in the last few weeks before a 192-nation conference in Copenhagen, but the language leaves a lot unsaid, observers in both countries said Wednesday. text/html 2009-11-18 12:51:31 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177237/fort-hood-slayings-prompt-full-pentagon-review http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177237/fort-hood-slayings-prompt-full-pentagon-review WASHINGTON - Worried that the Army may have missed red flags about the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre, the Pentagon probably will open an inquiry into how all the military services keep watch on other volatile soldiers hidden in their ranks, officials said Tuesday. text/html 2009-11-18 08:08:18 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177221/dont-blame-fast-food-mummies-had-heart-disease http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177221/dont-blame-fast-food-mummies-had-heart-disease You can't blame this one on McDonald's: Researchers have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies. text/html 2009-11-18 00:07:11 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177211/somali-pirates-free-36-hostages-claim-ransom http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177211/somali-pirates-free-36-hostages-claim-ransom MOGADISHU, Somalia - Pirates freed 36 crew members from a Spanish trawler Tuesday after holding them for more than six weeks. A self-proclaimed pirate said the hostage-takers were paid $3.3 million in ransom. text/html 2009-11-17 22:16:09 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177204/ship-with-100-tourists-stuck-in-antarctic-ice http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177204/ship-with-100-tourists-stuck-in-antarctic-ice MOSCOW - A Russian icebreaker carrying over 100 tourists, scientists and journalists on a cruise around Antarctica has become stuck in the ice but is not in danger, a shipping company said Tuesday. text/html 2009-11-17 11:03:27 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177142/un-once-secret-iran-nuke-plant-to-start-in-2011 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177142/un-once-secret-iran-nuke-plant-to-start-in-2011 VIENNA - Iranian construction of a previously secret uranium enrichment site is at an advanced stage, with high-tech equipment already in place at the fortified facility ahead of its 2011 startup, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report Monday. text/html 2009-11-17 09:47:39 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177138/landslide-in-northern-china-kills-23 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177138/landslide-in-northern-china-kills-23 BEIJING - A state media report says a massive landslide in northern China partially has buried a village and killed at least 23 people, and that rescuers are seeking survivors. text/html 2009-11-17 07:58:59 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177133/schwarzenegger-drops-in-on-us-troops-in-iraq http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177133/schwarzenegger-drops-in-on-us-troops-in-iraq California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped in on US troops in Iraq on Monday, thanking them for the sacrifices they and their families are making. text/html 2009-11-17 07:53:25 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177131/china-blocks-obamas-call-to-free-the-web http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177131/china-blocks-obamas-call-to-free-the-web President Barack Obama prodded China about Internet censorship and free speech, but the message was not widely heard in China where his words were blocked online and shown on only one regional television channel. text/html 2009-11-16 21:56:17 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177120/13-bullet-riddled-bodies-found-west-of-baghdad http://www.gmanews.tv/story/177120/13-bullet-riddled-bodies-found-west-of-baghdad BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed at least 13 people in a Sunni village west of Baghdad, dumping their bullet-riddled bodies in a cemetery, Iraqi security officials said Monday.