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Car rams into Virginia hikers

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:21:55 -0400

A parade in the US state of Virginia has been ended by an horrendous car crash. Over 50 people were injured in an incident where a car ploughed into the crowd whose members had been hiking through the area. More than a dozen people were seriously injured in the crash, which took place during the Trail Days festival in the town of Damascus in northern Virginia. Ambulances ferried the ...

Israel worried that Russian weapons will reach Hezbollah

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:24:01 -0400

Israel has warned Russia about sending arms to Syria. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has spoken on Channel Two television's Meet the Press to condemn shipments of arms from Russia that she said may be used against Israel. She said: "These are not just any weapons, they are tie-breakers, and that's why there is a responsibility with all world powers, certainly Russia, not to supply such ...

Syrians on alert as bombs explode in Damascus

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:19:24 -0400

At least eight people have been killed and ten others injured in a bomb attack in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The incident took place in the north of the city, where cars and buildings were set alight by a bomb. The bomb had been concealed in another car which was parked near a school in the Rukn Eddin neighbourhood. Another explosive device was defused by military experts who had ...

Spies hang after Tehran court ruling

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:27:54 -0400

Two spies have been hanged in Iran following a Revolutionary Court judgement. Press TV has reported the spies, who worked for the US Central Intelligence Agency and the Israeli spy agency, the Mossad, were hanged at dawn on Sunday. Sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court, the men have been named as Mohammad Heidari, a Mossad agent and Kourosh Ahmadi, who was convicted of working for ...

Oil spill causes Texas to launch law suit

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:26:06 -0400

BP and Halliburton are being sued by the state of Texas over one of the worst oil spills in US history. Texas has become the latest complainant in allegations that both companies engaged in "misconduct" for their role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Four other states that have sued BP and other companies in connection to the spill. Alabama and Louisiana filed complaints in 2010 ...

Mice and lizard return after a month in space

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:10:02 -0400

A Russian capsule, which had mice and lizards as its occupants, returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space. According to scientists, the experiment was conducted to test effects of weightlessness and other factors of space flight on the cell structure, Fox News reported. Russian state television showed the capsule and some of its inhabitants following its safe landing in a ...

Obama Aide Irrelevant Who Edited Benghazi Talking Points

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:44:46 -0400

"Let's start with Susan Rice," said Pfeiffer. "Ambassador Rice went out that day, and represented the administration and spoke to what happened with the best information we had, that everyone in the administration had, is what she looked at. And that was the consensus of the intelligence community. What we do is we want to go out and speak to the problems ... And what's ...

Taliban Claims Deadly Bombing Near Government Compound In Afghan North

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:40:10 -0400

Taliban insurgents have claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan that authorities say killed at least 14 people, including a senior provincial politician. Sadeq Muradi, Baghlan Province's deputy police chief, said a suicide bomber on foot detonated his explosives in front of the provincial council building in the city of Pol-e Khomri on May 20. Provincial ...

At least 4 dead in Beersheba bank heist

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:36:23 -0400

Robbers enter bank on Jabotinsky Street in the southern city and fires shots; at least four more injured, including robber that shot himself after barricading himself inside the bank with ...

Interpol to aid search for missing Cape chef

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:35:49 -0400

Cape Town - The South African police have enlisted the help of Interpol to help trace a 30-year-old Cape Town chef who is believed to be missing in Dublin, ...

Newark gas explosion Miracle survival of four-month-old baby girl who was rescued covered in soot from rubble of gas blast which left two dead and one man fighting for his life

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:40 -0400

The bodies of a man and a woman were found buried in the rubble of a terraced house in Newark, Nottinghamshire, which collapsed in the wake of the enormous blast shortly after 5pm yesterday. A man in his 40s is in a serious condition in hospital after being pulled from the ruined property by neighbours who spotted his hand emerging from the ...

Landowner who spent hundreds of thousands restoring dead Norfolk broad facing prosecution for leaving it suburbanised

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:39 -0400

When retired oil executive David Pooley decided to pour hundreds of thousands of pounds into restoring a dead Norfolk broad, he thought the local authority would be delighted with his ...

Greg Cox who sexually assaulted woman on Bondi Beach told her this will never go anywhere Ive got a lot of money

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:39 -0400

Accused: Greg Cox, 32, from Battersea, London, is on trial charged with two counts of having sexual intercourse with a 21-year-old woman without consent on Bondi Beach, Sydney, ...

Caviar supplier investigated after mislabelling cheap product as top-grade which was supplied to Queens grocer

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:38 -0400

Mason, which is the grocer to the Queen, is now under investigation by Richmond Council after a DNA sample taken during a routine inspection of their premises revealed the product had been ...

Pupil 10 who spots grammar mistakes in her English exam writes a letter of complaint to Education Secretary Michael Gove

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:37 -0400

'Rebecca said she thought she should write to whoever was responsible and found that it was Michael Gove. I helped her write the letter and we emailed ...

Gary and Phil Nevilles father Neville Neville charged with sexually assaulting a woman

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:36 -0400

Neville Senior played cricket for Greenmount Cricket Club in the Bolton Cricket League during the 1980s before becoming the high-profile director of Bury football ...

Teacher James Rainy Brown found hanged after claims he made inappropriate comments to pupils

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:35 -0400

Bachelor James Rainy Brown, 75, who had worked for 52 years at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, hanged himself at his home shortly after being told of the ...

Couple who met and fell in love after BOTH suffering brain injuries reveal how their new baby has boosted their memories

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:34 -0400

A couple who both suffered severe head-injuries that left them with the long-term brain damage and severe memory loss have credited their newborn baby as their 'living ...

Chloe Johnsons parents say she was with 15-year-old sister when she drowned while they bought snacks

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:33 -0400

The parents of a five-year-old girl who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt have said she was with her 15-year-old sister when they left her to buy ...

Radio 1 fails to get rid of the wrong type of listeners because it still attracts over 55s

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:32 -0400

The station has been ordered to bring the average age of its listeners down from 32 by the BBC Trust, which says it should be trying to win over 15 to ...

Fathers devastation as son dies after being dragged under a car while clinging to his iPad

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:30 -0400

According to investigators, Marcos Arenas, 15, was walking down a street with the iPad on Thursday when a passenger got out of a vehicle and tried to steal the device ...

Britains Got Talent and other pre-watershed TV programmes are robbing children of their innocence headteachers claim

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:29 -0400

Foul language and inappropriate themes on Britain’s Got Talent and other pre-watershed programmes are robbing children of their innocence, headteachers have ...

Great-granddaughter of composer Richard Wagner agrees to hand over private letters to determine family links with the Nazis

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:28 -0400

Ms Wagner, who is now co-director of the festival with her sister, told Der Tagesspiegal newspaper: 'He had a very negative to the Nazi regime and ...

Syria civil war Hezbollah takes fight to anti-Assad rebels as they storm rebel-held town of Qusair

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:26:46 -0400

Hezbollah launched a major offensive in support of the Assad regime today, with fighters from the Lebanese militant group playing their most significant role yet in Syria's two-year-old civil ...

Iraq Bombs And Attacks On Police Kill Dozens

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:25:11 -0400

A wave of car bombings and attacks on police in Iraq has killed at least 58 people - including 24 officers. The large-scale bombings across Baghdad's Shiite areas and the southern city of Basra on Monday killed at least 34. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the blasts bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda in Iraq. In the capital, nine car bombs went off, striking at bus ...

Former Pakistani dictator Musharraf granted bail

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:18:23 -0400

Pakistan's former President and head of the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) political party Pervez Musharraf salutes as he arrives to unveil his party manifesto for the forthcoming general election at his residence in Islamabad April 15, ...

Hundreds of homes wrecked

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:13:44 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. (CNN) -- A rash of tornadoes wreaked havoc in Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and Monday, destroying homes and tossing trees around like toothpicks. But the destructive weather isn't ...

Five things to know about the superplane

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:44:43 -0400

>Editor's note: CNN's Thom Patterson boards the 787 Dreamliner Monday for its first commercial US domestic flight after it was grounded for battery problems. Watch for his report this afternoon on CNN.com and follow his progress on Twitter.(CNN) -- Aviation fans have already named it Dreamliner 2.0. No longer grounded for safety concerns, Boeing's embattled 787 Dreamliner now has a few things ...

Georgia Considers Taking Softer Approach To Marijuana

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:43:31 -0400

In the U.S. election on November 6, while most attention was focused on the presidential race, the western states of Colorado and Washington made their own history by becoming the first to legalize marijuana for recreational ...

Pyongyang Tests Fifth Missile In Three Days

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:43:31 -0400

North Korea has fired a short-range missile into its own eastern waters, its fifth missile test in just three days. The South Korean Defense Ministry said the North's missile was fired early on May 20, although it was unclear what type of missile was used. Pyongyang said the tests are part of legitimate drills to bolster deterrence against what it describes as U.S. and South Korean ...

U.S. EU Officials Attend LGBT March In Moldova

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:43:30 -0400

EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele greets members of the LGBT community during a march for human rights in downtown Chisinau on May ...

Israel nixes UNESCO Jlem delegation at last minute

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:39:50 -0400

Israel on Monday called off a planned visit by a delegation from UNESCO, the United Nation's cultural organization, to inspect preservation work in Jerusalem's Old City, saying that the Palestinians had "politicized" the delegation."The delegation as a delegation has been postponed," a Foreign Ministry spokesman ...

Thirty Hezbollah fighters killed in Syrian town

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:39:50 -0400

AMMAN - About 30 fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar Assad were killed in heavy fighting with rebels in the town of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday.Opposition sources and state media gave sharply differing accounts of the outcome of Sunday's ferocious battles in the town, long used by rebels as a supply ...

Tornadoes spotted in Kansas

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:39:29 -0400

Severe weather moved through the Plains states in the US at the weekend, bringing high winds, heavy rains and tornadoes. Two twisters were spotted on Saturday evening near Rozel, a sparsely populated area in central ...

Famous ‘hitcher’ charged with murder

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:39:24 -0400

Los Angeles - An Internet celebrity known as "Kai the hatchet-wielding hitcher" has been charged with murder, after he allegedly bludgeoned a 73-year-old man to ...

Pensioner’s manure plan earns him a fine

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:39:23 -0400

Sam Bracanov has been fined for his plan to hurl manure at Prince Charles and his wife Camillla during their visit to New Zealand in 2012. File photo: ...

One dead two injured in North Wales plane crash

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:34:54 -0400

A man has died while a boy and another man are fighting for their lives after a light aircraft crashed on the approach to an airport runway.The victim, who was a passenger in the plane, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident at Caernarfon Airport in North Wales.A second man, aged in his 60s, suffered "serious multiple lower limb injuries" and a boy received head and abdomen ...

Swarmageddon Plague of cicadas to hit US

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:30:27 -0400

The US East Coast is preparing for a once-in-a-generation infestation of flying insects as billions of cicadas emerge from 17 years underground for a short-lived breeding frenzy known as ...

North Korea fires sixth missile in three days

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:29:27 -0400

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un applauds with children uring a visit to the Pyongyang Myohyangsan Children's Camp, situated at the foot of Mt. Myohyang in North Phyongan Province, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 20, 2013. ...

China Floods Storms Leave Hundreds Trapped

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:28:53 -0400

At least 55 people have been killed and 1.5 million affected after major flooding in southern China. State broadcaster CCTV said storms and torrential downpours hit Wuping County, in the province of Fujian, on Sunday, leaving 500 people trapped. One resident told CCTV that houses began flooding as water levels rose to nearly two metres (3.28ft). "The houses started flooding at ...

N. Korea fires 5th projectile into sea

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:20:03 -0400

South Korean soldiers look through binoculars at the North from a military check point in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, May 19, ...

Both parties vow to get to the bottom of IRS scandal

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:20:02 -0400

What and when administration officials knew about the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups for excessive, often burdensome, scrutiny will monopolize the hot seat this week at two more congressional hearings where lawmakers hope to determine whether the scandal extended beyond the agency's Cincinnati branch. On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee will hear testimony from ...

Deadly twisters tear through Oklahoma

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:20:02 -0400

SHAWNEE, Okla. Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. "You can see where there's absolutely nothing, then there are places where you have mobile home frames on top of each other, debris piled up," Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth said after ...

Musharraf granted bail in Bhutto murder case

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:19:07 -0400

Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been granted bail in the case against him for alleged involvement in the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Musharraf is under house arrest for a series of charges. More ...

Suicide bomb attack in northern Afghanistan

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:19:06 -0400

A suicide attack outside a provincial council headquarters in northern Afghanistan has killed at least 13 people, including a senior local politician, promptly receiving condemnation from the president. The Taliban has claimed responsibilty for the bomb which exploded in front of provincial government offices in Pul-e-Khumri in Baghlan province on Monday. In a statement, President Hamid Karzai ...

Kazakh Deputy Education Minister Arrested On Embezzlement Charges

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:47:11 -0400

ASTANA, -- Kazakhstan's deputy education minister, Sayat Shayakhmetov, has been arrested and charged with embezzlement. The Kazakh Financial Police announced on May 20 that Shayakhmetov had been placed under house arrest three days earlier. The Financial Police said Shayakhmetov is suspected of embezzling more than $9.7 million from a project to build a new school in the East ...

Derogatory graffiti found on house of WoW leader

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:43:25 -0400

Degrading graffiti was found sprayed on the Jerusalem house of Women of the Wall member Peggy Cidor Monday morning after the group attempted to pray at the Western Wall, Israeli media reported.The graffiti included remarks such as: "Women of the Wall are despicable," "Tag Torah," "Jerusalem is holy" and personal remarks against Cidor reading: "Peggy you are not ...

Fourteen killed in Afghan bombing

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:42:57 -0400

';The suicide bombing was in front of the provincial council building in the city of Pul-e-Khumri,'; Sadeq Muradi, Baghlan province's deputy police chief, told ...

Tories expect UKIP to win first place in EU elections as Farage seeks to woo fed-up Conservatives

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:40:18 -0400

David Cameron expects the UK Independence Party to win next year’s European Parliament elections despite his pledge to hold an in/out referendum on ...

Damaged rail dings Conn. commuters

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:38:18 -0400

>Were you there? Share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Telecommuting and carpooling are the recommended options for folks who would normally take the train between New Haven, Connecticut, and New York in the aftermath of a derailment that disrupted train service on one of the busiest tracks in the country. "There are going to be substantial delays until we can get this line back in full ...

Bombing Kills Key Figure in Northern Afghanistan

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:38:14 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan ...

United Airlines to resume 787 Dreamliner flights

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:25:38 -0400

United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on another. The incidents never caused any serious injuries. But the January grounding ...

Inquest examines WA plane crash deaths

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:59:19 -0400

A PILOT and his spotter were culling goats in Western Australia's Gascoyne region when their plane collided with a helicopter and crashed to the ground, killing them instantly, a coronial inquest has heard. The WA coroner is investigating the deaths of Daniel Joseph Kean, 39, and Bradleigh Michael Roulston, 23, who died in February 2008 when their light aircraft crashed mid-air with a ...

Navalny Trial Resumes In Russia

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:52:24 -0400

KIROV, Russia -- The embezzlement trial of opposition leader and anticorruption blogger Aleksei Navalny has resumed in the central Russian city of Kirov. The trial had been adjourned on May 16 after several witnesses in the case testified. Navalny is accused of stealing the equivalent of $510,000 from the Kirovles lumber company while he was working for Kirov Oblast's governor. One ...

Deadly Bombings Hit Shiite Districts Of Baghdad Basra

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:52:24 -0400

Iraqi officials say at least 16 people have been killed in a series of car bomb attacks in mainly Shi'ite districts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The May 20 attacks, which targeted bus stations and outdoor markets, wounded more than 70 people. The blasts came shortly after two car bombs detonated in Shi'ite-majority areas in the southern city of Basra, killing at least 11. ...

Jailed Pussy Riot Members Appeal Overturns One Of Two Prison Reprimands

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:52:23 -0400

PERM, Russia -- Jailed Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina has had one of two prison reprimands received since receiving her two-year jail sentence for hooliganism over an anti-Putin stunt in an Orthodox church in the capital. The appeal was heard in a Perm Oblast Court. Since receiving her two-year jail sentence for hooliganism over an anti-Putin stunt in an Orthodox church in the capital, ...

China’s premier seeks better ties with India

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:48:14 -0400

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (left) shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a photo opportunity ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on ...

China urges North Korea to release fishing boat crew

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:47:48 -0400

China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring ...

Taylor Swift sweeps the Billboard Music Awards 2013 with 8 wins

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:38:39 -0400

Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for "Red." She told the crowd: "You are the longest and best relationship I ever had." She also had a colourful performance of her hit "22" -- starting backstage and working her way to the main stage on the back of a bike with help from a dozen background dancers and a flurry of red ...

Germans blame Angela Merkel for poor Eurovision Song Contest performance

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:38:38 -0400

Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries ...

At least four tornadoes sweep through Oklahoma wreaking havoc and destruction

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:38:37 -0400

Authorities say a tornado that severely damaged a mobile home park in Oklahoma killed a 79-year-old man whose body was found in an open area of the ...

FBI agents die in training exercise

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:37:56 -0400

Quantico, Va. (Photo courtesy FBI) Two FBI special agents were killed during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va., on Friday, the agency said in a statement released Sunday. Special agents Christopher Lorek, 41, and Stephen Shaw, 40, were part of the elite Hostage Rescue Team, which is part of the Critical Incident Response Group, and is based in Quantico, Va. Details of the ...

Russia shows accused U.S. spy heading home

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:28:35 -0400

MOSCOW The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported. The Kremlin-loyal TV station broadcast video Sunday evening showing Ryan Fogle going through passport control and security at Sheremetyevo International Airport. He also was pictured in the company of embassy staff as he wheeled a ...

Suicide bomber kills 8 at Afghan province council

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:59:03 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan -; Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside a provincial council building in the country's north. A lawmaker says the council chief and at least seven others were ...

Deadly Suicide Bombing Strikes Afghan Local Council

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:58:07 -0400

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Students accused of desecrating Qur’an

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:54:05 -0400

Amman - A Jordanian military tribunal on Sunday acquitted five university students of incitement charges levelled over accusations they had engaged in ';devil worship'; and desecrated the Qur’an, a court official ...

FBI duo killed in training accident

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:54:04 -0400

The FBI's national press office said in a statement on Sunday that the accident happened off the coast of Virginia Beach on Friday. No other details were given and the cause is under ...

Train collision damaged 600m of track

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:54:03 -0400

Metro-North railroad employees work at the scene of the train derailment in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Saturday. Photo: AP and The Connecticut ...

British father Julian Stevenson cuts his son and daughters throats at French apartment Father due in court after fleeing scene on roller skates

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:51:22 -0400

A British father was set to appear before a French prosecutor today after admitting cutting the throats of his two young children because of a bitter custody ...

Major Tim Peake will be the first British astronaut to go into space for 20 years

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:51:20 -0400

The married father of two, who was born in Chichester, West Sussex, will take part in spacewalks and complex scientific research and experiments in the Columbus laboratory module, which is attached to the front of the 400-ton space ...

Syria gunfire hits Israel-occupied Golan army

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:50:29 -0400

Shots fired from Syria hit the central Israeli-occupied Golan Heights overnight, a military spokeswoman said Monday morning, causing no harm or ...

Chinese Premier Li seeks trust in India border issue irks

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:37:31 -0400

1 of 4. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang inspects a guard of honour during his ceremonial reception at the forecourt of India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi May 20, ...

Deadly car bombs rock Iraqs Basra

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:35:30 -0400

Iraqi officials say two car bombings in the southern city of Basra have killed at least 10 people and wounded 27.A police officer said the two parked car bombs went off early on Monday morning near a restaurant and a bus station. A doctor in a nearby hospital confirmed the casualty figures. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to talk to the media.No one ...

Twister kills 1 in Oklahoma

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:26:36 -0400

Lapid Jlem shouldnt be capital of Palestinian state

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:00:42 -0400

Lapid tops Post's 50 most influential Jews list In regard to Israeli settlements, Lapid said he would make no move to obstruct their "natural expansion" in the West Bank. The finance minister told ...

Al-Dura says he is willing to exhume sons body

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:00:42 -0400

Jamal al-Dura, father of 12-year-old Gazan Muhammad al-Dura who became a symbol of the second intifada, dismisses Israel inquiry c'tee's findings as "lies," calls for impartial international investigation into son's ...

Lottery winner bags $590.5m

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:00:25 -0400

Florida - A single winning ticket for a record US Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organisers said late on Saturday, but there was no immediate word about who won or where in the state the ticket was ...

Five things to know about the Dreamliner

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:58:41 -0400

After Cyclone Mahasen Myanmar camps face monsoon threat

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:54:37 -0400

Cyclone Mahasen , but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away. Myanmar's Rakhine state is pockmarked with makeshift settlements for up to 140,000 people -- mainly Rohingya Muslims -- displaced by sectarian unrest last year that claimed about 200 lives and saw whole villages razed. Many were evacuated last week ahead of Cyclone Mahasen, ...

Yahoo to buy Tumblr in $1.1bn deal

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:41:49 -0400

would be Marissa Mayer's, Yahoo chief executive, largest deal since taking the helm of the once-iconic internet company in July 2012. Mayer is expected to make an announcement later on Monday at an event in Manhattan in which the company promised to "share something special," without elaborating. Peter Kafka, media reporter at the technology ...

Dubai workers hold rare strike for more wages

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:41:48 -0400

Thousands of workers employed by Dubai's largest construction company have gone on strike for a second day to back wage demands in a rare labour protest in the Gulf emirate, where trade unions are banned. Blue-collared labourers employed by Arabtec, the company behind projects including the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa, did not show up for work on Sunday, said a spokesman for ...

At 20 Russias Gazprom Struggles To Stay Dominant

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:13:07 -0400

MOSCOW -- Russia's biggest company turned 20 this year. But at Gazprom, there appears to be little cause for celebration. The state-controlled natural gas monopoly, which was established as a publicly traded corporation in 1993, recently announced that its net profits fell by 11 percent last year and its valuation dipped below $100 billion for the first time since 2009. Moreover, ...

Burmese Leader To Make First U.S. Visit In 47 Years

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:13:07 -0400

President Thein Sein is due to make the first visit by a leader of Burma to the United States in almost 47 years. Thein Sein is expected to meet on May 20 with President Barack Obama at the White House. The visit is being seen as a gesture of U.S. support following a series of pro-democracy reforms after decades of repressive military rule in the southeast Asian country, which is also known ...

Visiting Chinese Premier Calls For Trust Cooperation With India

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:13:05 -0400

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang says Beijing wants to build up mutual trust and cooperation with India. He was quoted as making the remark as he met on May 20 in New Delhi with his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh. Li said "world peace" cannot become reality without "strategic cooperation" between the world’s two most populous nations. It is the Chinese ...

Analysis Shrinking deficit reduces pressure for budget deal

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:51:07 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chances of a deal between Democratic and Republican lawmakers that would overhaul the tax system, trim government spending and reform safety net spending programs appear to be ...

Insight The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:51:07 -0400

Apart from the relative success of Tesla Motors Inc in putting nearly 10,000 of its pricey luxury electric cars on the road, the electric vehicle sector has been among the biggest duds in clean ...

Tornadoes cause havoc in Oklahoma

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:16:31 -0400

Oklahoma , leaving at least one man dead, turning homes in a trailer park into splinters and rubble and sending frightened residents scurrying for ...

One reported dead as tornadoes hit US states

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:13:12 -0400

A powerful storm system churning through the US Midwest spawned tornadoes Sunday in the states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa, destroying homes and killing at least one person, US media ...

Insight The fight for North Dakotas fracking-water market

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:59:21 -0400

WATFORD CITY, North Dakota (Reuters) - In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for ...

Analysis At margins of shale oil boom a tempered euphoria

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:59:20 -0400

HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the past three years, the boom in the U.S. shale oil industry has outstripped all expectations. Production surged far faster than any forecasts; drillers raced to secure space in new pipelines to get their crude to ...

Imran Khans party wins revote in Karachi protests expected

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:59:20 -0400

1 of 2. Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), addresses his supporters after his visit to the mausoleum of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder and first governor-general of Pakistan, during an election campaign in Karachi May 7, ...

Lack of communication factor in plane crash inquest

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:56:15 -0400

An inquest has begun into the deaths of a pilot and a spotter who were taking part in a goat cull in Western Australia's Gascoyne when their plane collided with a helicopter. Daniel Joseph Kean, 39, and Bradleigh Michael Roulston, 23, were contracted by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environment and Conservation to help in a goat cull in February 2008. The men were ...

France Children Killings Briton Due In Court

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:15:15 -0400

A British man is due to be brought before a court in France where he is expected to be formally charged with the murders of his two children. The man, named by the Foreign Office as Julian Stevenson, was held after the bodies of his daughter, five, and 10-year-old son were found by police in his flat in Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyons. Their throats had been ...

Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:08:03 -0400

(Reuters) - A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. News reports said at least one person had ...

Larger Union Enforcing Immigration Opposes Overhaul

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:06:02 -0400

A labor union representing 12,000 federal officers who issue immigration documents will join forces on Monday with the union representing deportation agents to publicly oppose a bill overhauling the immigration system that is making its way through the Senate, arguing that the legislation would weaken public safety. The two unions represent a total of 20,000 employees in the Department of ...

Myanmar president set to meet Obama

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:05:54 -0400

Myanmar President Thein Sein is set to become the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms. In a scene that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago, the former general will meet with President Barack Obama on Monday and later seek to woo US businesses that see a lucrative market in ...

One Killed In Tunisia Clashes

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:37:43 -0400

One person is reported to have died in clashes between Tunisian security forces and supporters of the hard-line Islamist Ansar al-Sharia group. Tunisia's state-run news agency said the man killed May 19 in a suburb of Tunis was a supporter of the Salafist group, which promotes an ultra-conservative version of Sunni Islam. The Interior Ministry said 11 members of the security forces and ...

Venezuela says taking steps to restore U.S. diplomatic ties

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:14:40 -0400

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's recent designation of an acting head of its diplomatic mission in the United States shows the OPEC nation's desire to restore full diplomatic relations, the foreign minister said in an interview broadcast on ...

An Emotional Swing for Wigan Athletic

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:42:30 -0400

WIGAN, England ...

Britains benefits ghettos Report reveals growing number of estates where half those of working age are dependent on handouts

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:37:00 -0400

It would mean nearly one in five children are growing up in a workless household – the second highest in Europe after Macedonia where it is nearly one in ...

The forgotten carers battling to cope alone Almost two million are missing out on vital support because they do not consider themselves carers

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:59 -0400

As many as 1.75million of the 6.5million Britons who have responsibilities for looking after loved ones do not consider themselves as carers, says a ...

Ally Swinton I was thinking This is really it. I am going off a cliff. I am going to die Miracle survivor of 2000ft avalanche fall speaks of his terrifying experience

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:58 -0400

'I was thinking: This is really it. I am going off a cliff. I am going to die': Miracle survivor of 2,000ft avalanche fall reveals terrifying moment he was forced to SWIM to safety through ...

UK weather No signs of summer as forecasters predict marble-sized hail and thunderstorms for this week

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:56 -0400

While the rest of the week is expected to be fairly dry, even the hardiest of souls would struggle to sunbathe, with temperatures set to dip to low double figures, cooler than the average for this time of ...

MELANIE PHILLIPS The more abuse Mr Gove gets from the teachers the more you know hes right

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:53 -0400

Sometimes, you can gauge someone’s quality from the enemies they make. By that standard, the embattled Education Secretary, Michael Gove, is a person of the highest ...

Lord Feldman A chance encounter in the Blue Boar - and a torrent of threats from No. 10

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:53 -0400

With its soft lighting, sumptuous sofas and leather-seated booths offering discreet hospitality, the Blue Boar Smokehouse – a short stroll from Parliament – is popular with MPs and ...

British businessman has his prostate removed over cancer risk from Jolie gene

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:52 -0400

Last week Angelina Jolie revealed that she had had a double mastectomy after discovering that the BRCA1 gene gave her an 87 per cent risk of developing breast ...

Facebook study Lives of Mr and Mrs Average charted online show how women discuss TV at 44 and men lose interest in their careers at 30

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:51 -0400

While women tend to take exercise seriously from the age of 34, for example, the average man waits until his 45th birthday before working hard to get in ...

Vitamin D helps beat symptoms of asthma Supplements could soon be used as treatment alongside other drugs

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:49 -0400

A new study found the ‘sunshine’ vitamin resulted in lower levels of a natural chemical in the body that aggravates symptoms in asthma patients and cuts the effectiveness of ...

Meltdown on gay marriage Cameron faces humiliating Commons defeat as Tory MPs prepare to back amendment which could delay weddings until after the next election

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:48 -0400

At least 100 Tory MPs are expected to join forces with Labour and the Lib Dems to back an amendment allowing heterosexual couples to have civil partnerships ...

How three in four pharmacies give poor drugs advice Patients health is being put at risk

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:47 -0400

Which? sent trained undercover mystery shoppers into 122 pharmacies across the UK and an expert panel of three experienced pharmacists rated the advice they ...

The day I was almost killed by a rampaging herd of cows by DAVID BLUNKETT

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:46 -0400

The death last week of retired university professor Michael Porter while walking with two dogs through a field of cows is a terrible reminder of just how dangerous these placid-looking beasts can ...

Police take DNA of 27 primary children a week

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:45 -0400

Frances Crook, the league’s chief executive, said most children were ‘just up to mischief’ and it was wrong to treat them like hardened ...

Sir Mervyn King says George Osbornes plan to help housebuyers could cause another crash

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:44 -0400

The outgoing Bank of England governor said George Osborne’s Help to Buy scheme was ‘too close for comfort’ and could damage the mortgage market if allowed to continue for too ...

The invisible beauty of flowers Images of petals leaves and pollen captured by electron microscope

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:43 -0400

Japanese artist Susumu Nishinaga uses a scanning electron microscope to delve into the fabric of petals, leaves and pollen, creating a stunning collection of plants from sunflowers to ...

Definitely not a rubbish send-off Grandfather-of-four buried in skip-shaped coffin after lifetime of working on building sites

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:42 -0400

Grandfather-of-four Tony Bryan, 74, asked that the unusual casket be taken on a tour of his home town on the back of his work lorry before being buried in his back ...

Customers charged twice for items because contactless cards were activated from their pockets

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:41 -0400

They say money was taken from their contactless payment cards – even when they did not try to use them – at stores including Marks & ...

Over 55s smile the most People in that age group are happier than anyone else

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:40 -0400

Researchers found that those over 55 smile more than other age group, indicating that life gets better as we near retirement and start to put work stresses behind ...

Fifty hospital beds a week axed under the Coalition pushing accident and emergency wards to breaking point

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:37 -0400

Fifty hospital beds have been axed every week since the last election – pushing overstretched accident and emergency wards ever closer to breaking ...

Nine in ten parents want online porn automatically blocked by the Government

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:36 -0400

The National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) found nine out of ten parents want a default setting on computers and smartphones which prevents the viewing of adult ...

Sandcastle hero Beach boy finds memory card... and traces family to return precious snaps

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:34 -0400

Jake, who found the memory card, said: ‘I was just digging and kicking the sand around. I didn’t know what it was and it was time to go so I showed my dad and he told me what it ...

Shell Eco-marathon An electrifying challenge Thousands of students take part in three day event to find the blueprint for the car of tomorrow

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:33 -0400

They look like they could have come from a futuristic science fiction film, but these vehicles could in fact be the blueprint for the car of ...

Double dippers The 5000 retired police who get pension AND salary

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:32 -0400

Nearly 5,000 retired police officers have been re-employed again by their old force and are ‘double dipping’ into the public purse, it has ...

The woman who claims she is too pretty to take a job Graduate hounded by sex pests and jealous females

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:31 -0400

She said: ‘They [other women] assumed because I was pretty, I was stupid, so didn’t take me seriously at first and, because of their own insecurities, were jealous of my ...

PETER MCKAY In 70 years have we gone from the greatest to the weakest Silly spats prove how weak our leaders are

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:30 -0400

Those who grew up during the Hungry Thirties, and fought in World War II, were called ‘the greatest generation’ in a 1968 book by U.S. author and broadcaster Tom ...

Rising numbers of men have laser treatment to cure hairy hobbit feet

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:29 -0400

Dermatologist Dr Michael Prager performs two laser hair treatments on men's feet each day. He said the number of men having the procedure has doubled in the last ...

Terrorised by a very protective mother goose Students forced to run for cover by birds looking after their eggs

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:28 -0400

But one particularly protective mum was causing chaos on campus yesterday as she viciously attacked students trying to get back to their halls of ...

Disabled killer whale with missing fins survives with the help of family who hunt for its food

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:26 -0400

But rather than be left to fend for itself or die, the whale appears to be cared for by members of its pod, which share their food with the ...

Pregnant and with a wealthy new lover internet bride of millionaire murdered in the Ukraine

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:26 -0400

But she looked relaxed and happy in the company of her new man, who is listed at Companies House as being a director of Ochre Blue Ltd, a women’s handbag and accessories ...

British skier plunges hundreds of feet to his death while trying to reach shelter during ice storm on Mont Blanc

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:24 -0400

A British skier plunged hundreds of his feet to his death while trying to reach shelter on Mont Blanc via an icy ridge blasted by freezing winds, it emerged ...

Mairead Philpott set to appeal against length of jail sentence for killing her six children after defence lawyer says her role was not as substantial as the judge assessed

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:22 -0400

Mairead Philpott, 32, was jailed alongside her husband at Nottingham Crown Court last month after being found guilty of the manslaughter of children Jade, John, Jack, Jesse, Jayden and ...

Amanda Knox claims she is penniless after facing libel lawsuits over her memoir but says she is not going to change her story

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:21 -0400

She will be paid a reported $4million in total for her memoir Waiting To Be Heard but claimed that her retrial and a potential libel lawsuits will leave her ...

Tree house for grown ups - The rainforest home that allows owners a canopy-top vista

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:20 -0400

'This house evades the mechanics of the camera; it is difficult to capture the way the interior space flows seamlessly through to the ...

Number of people dying because of unbearable heat set to double this century because of climate change

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:18 -0400

It follows a report last year by the Health Protection Agency that warned heat related deaths in the UK will increase by more than 10,000 annually - a fivefold ...

Are you gay bisexual or straight Bizarre question asked by police in Neighbourhood Watch survey

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:17 -0400

The questionnaire by West Midlands Police asked residents in Birmingham questions about their sexual orientation so they could help officers 'detect crime and anti-social ...

Did Madeleine McCann abductor stay in same resort Investigators probe new leads amid claims couple soothed crying three-year-old before she disappeared

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:16 -0400

Scotland Yard are also believed to be re-interviewing holidaymakers and staff at the complex where the three-year-old was last seen as part of an ongoing review into her ...

Super Bowl of swine Barbecue world championship attracts 250 competitors battling it out for grill king title

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:15 -0400

Welcome to the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest – aka the ‘Super Bowl of Swine’ – where it’s never too early to fire up the ...

David Cameron should not have promoted tennis crony to Tory party chairman says David Mellor as row over swivel-eyed loons comment engulfs Conservatives

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:14 -0400

Former minister David Mellor has today criticised David Cameron for appointing his university 'chum' and tennis partner Lord Feldman as co-chairman of the Conservative party, as the row over an alleged 'swivel-eyed loons' remark about grassroots supporters ...

Police launch murder investigation after man 31 is shot dead in Brighton street

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:13 -0400

Police hunt bank robber caught on camera putting his finger to his lips to quieten hysterical teller after slipping her a note saying he would kill ...

Bravery of five-year-old Jessica given just 10 months to live by doctors as rare tumour begins to respond to treatment

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:12 -0400

A little girl with a terminal tumour who was told she had just ten months to live is on the road to an amazing recovery after battling the rare ...

From tennis pals at Oxford to the very top of Government How Lord Feldman has been at Camerons side for decades

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:10 -0400

sheer strength and longevity of Cameron's friendship with Lord Feldman which makes the furore so damaging for the Tory leader because it is widely assumed their views are ...

Worlds most dramatic city as youve never seen it before Stunning timelapse video of Dubai show hustle and bustle of life around skyscrapers and mosques

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:09 -0400

Now an amazing timelapse video of Dubai takes viewers on an incredible four and a half minute journey through its streets, high-speed rail, the breathtaking skyline, the night life and the visually stunning sunsets and ...

No wonder its called a kingfisher Bird catches up to 50 a day... and one unlucky frog

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:07 -0400

It's a hard life! Supermodel Karolina Kurkova stands out in blue print shirt and matching trousers while staying on Roberto Cavalli's yacht in ...

Stuart Hazell Tia Sharp murderers self-pitying letters from jail reveal his upset at nasty stuff said by prisoners

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:06 -0400

Self pity: Child killer Stuart Hazell wrote letters complaining that he was crying himself to sleep in prison because of the 'nasty stuff' said about ...

Was he hoping for a clean getaway Serial burglar took a BATH in victims home after cooking a meal in microwave

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:05 -0400

Maidstone Crown Court heard how the 40-year-old serial burglar had sneaked into the house through the window and helped himself to various electronic items and ...

The Tiny Apple Photographer shrinks New York Citys landmarks down to doll sized proportions using camera trickery

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:04 -0400

New York City makes all who live there and visit feel small, but photographer Richard Silver has found a way to make denizens of the city that never sleeps seem even ...

Fresh Israeli Face Plays Down Political Decline

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:24:47 -0400

An avowed centrist, Mr. Lapid nevertheless took a hard line on policy toward the Palestinians, the issue that has defined Israeli politics for decades but that was overshadowed by domestic concerns in the recent campaign. He said that Israel should not change its policy on Israeli settlements in the West Bank in order to revive the stalemated peace process, and that Jerusalem should not serve as ...

2 men arrested in killing of teen over iPad in Las Vegas

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:20:51 -0400

According to investigators, Marcos Arenas, 15, was walking down a street with an iPad on Thursday when a passenger got out of a vehicle and tried to steal the device from ...

Japan government upgrades economic assessment for first time in two months

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:20:44 -0400

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government upgraded its assessment of the economy in May for the first time in two months, in a sign growth is accelerating as exports and factory output pick ...

Storms kill 1 in Oklahoma

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:20:30 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. (CNN) -- At least one person was killed Sunday when tornadoes ripped through three states, tearing roofs off homes, downing power lines and tossing trees like matchsticks. The death happened in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, said Sheriff Mike ...

Tornado levels homes in Oklahoma City trailer park

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:47:31 -0400

People survey damage from a tornado that hit Edmond, Okla., on Sunday, May 19, 2013. A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged roofs and structures near Oklahoma City and kicked up debris in Wichita, ...

Intertwined fates The Lebanon-Syria-Iran axis

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:47:11 -0400

The instability rocking Syria has caused three critical security arenas - Lebanon, Syria and Iran - to become more closely intertwined than ever before.As has been widely reported, Hezbollah, acting on Iranian orders, has mobilized a significant portion of its fighting force to Syria to help secure a turnaround for the regime of President Bashar ...

Palestinian lost speech ability after PA torture

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:47:11 -0400

A Palestinian man who was detained by the Palestinian Authority security forces in Hebron has lost the ability to speak as a result of severe torture, according to a report released by the Independent Commission for Human Rights.Mohamed Abdel Karim Dar of Hebron was hospitalized after being tortured while in detention, the report, which documented 28 cases of torture in PA prisons in the ...

Chinese Hackers Resume Attacks on U.S. Targets

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:45:57 -0400

The headquarters of Unit 61398, center, in Shanghai. The unit of the People's Liberation Army is believed to have resumed its attacks on American companies and government ...

Oxfam warns of health risks to Syria refugees

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:42:21 -0400

Aid organisation Oxfam warned on Monday that the warmer weather will increase health-related risks for hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, and appealed for urgent ...

Powerful thunderstorms rumble through hard-hit Midwest

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:28:05 -0400

EDMOND, Okla. A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged homes and buildings near Oklahoma City and put the Tulsa area on high-alert. There were no immediate reports of injuries caused by any of the tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma and Kansas, including one that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond before moving ...

Canadas top aide quits over expenses scandal

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:27:23 -0400

The top aide to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has resigned over his role in an mounting expenses scandal which is threatening to undermine the Conservative government. Nigel Wright, Harper's chief of staff, quit on Sunday after secretly giving a C$90,000 ($87,000) cheque in February to Mike Duffy, a member of the upper Senate chamber, to help him cover living expenses he had ...

Post-Chavez Venezuela makes overture to US

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:27:22 -0400

Venezuela's foreign minister has signalled that his country is ready to improve its diplomatic ties with the United States. "We are going to remain open to normalising relations with the United States," Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said on Televen television on Sunday. "The first thing would be to resume diplomatic representation at the highest level," he said. The ...

Pilot Its tearing up everything

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:11:44 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. (CNN) -- Tornadoes touched down in three states on Sunday, ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, the National ...

Disney NBCUniversal and Paramount Plan Bold Studio Expansions

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:58:07 -0400

NBCUniversal and Paramount all have large, long-term expansion plans on the books. The construction would follow recent face-lifts and incremental growth on and near the lots owned by the three other major studios -- Fox, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Warner Brothers. The resulting transformation would seem to put a glow of health on an industry that was bruised by a writers strike in 2007, ...

Jakarta Journal Suhartos Indonesian Legacy 15 Years Later

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:57:21 -0400

JAKARTA, Indonesia ...

Mother of Oxford sex gang pair blames their victims She says schoolgirls should have been playing with toys

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:52:53 -0400

The mother of two members of the Oxford child sex abuse gang has blamed the schoolgirls for the ordeal they suffered, saying ‘they were having sex at the age of ten instead of playing with ...

Russia Expels Former American Embassy Official

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:38:57 -0400

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Conn. train collision a major headache for commuters

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:37:30 -0400

(CBS News) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - It will almost certainly be an ugly commute on the East Coast for tens of thousands Monday morning. Train service on part of the country's busiest rail line is out of commission. Crews are starting to rebuild hundreds of feet of track south of New Haven, Conn. following ...

Chinese premier arrives in Delhi for talks

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:36:39 -0400

Li Keqiang, the Chinese premier, has arrived in India for a series of meetings with senior government officials aimed at rebuilding trust between the two countries and boosting trade ties. Li, who arrived in New Delhi on Sunday afternoon, has said that his decision to choose India for his first foreign visit since taking office "indicates the great importance Beijing attaches to its ...

Bomb Suspects Trip Sheds Light on Caucasus War

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:25:39 -0400

KHASAVYURT, Russia ...

Georgian Officials React Slowly to Anti-Gay Attack

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:08:28 -0400

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Venezuela in rare diplomatic overture to America

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:14 -0400

CARACAS - Venezuela on Sunday made a rare diplomatic overture to the United States, suggesting it could be time for better ties."We are going to remain open to normalizing relations with the United States," Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said on Televen television Sunday."The first thing would be to resume diplomatic representation at the highest level," he said.The ...

British skier falls to his death in French Alps

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:55:48 -0400

The man, who has not been named, was out with another skier when they were caught in a storm as they descended the challenging Vallee Blanche near Chamonix.He plunged down the north face of the Aiguille du Midi mountain after the pair decided to return to the cable car because of dangerously high winds and blizzards.Mountain rescue teams have yet to recover his body.Captain Patrice Ribes, of ...

Tech Industry Pushes to Amend Immigration Bill

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:55:33 -0400

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Shooting death of gay man rocks New York community

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:55:00 -0400

A view of fog over the New York skyline. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson) NEW YORK - Greenwich Village, the birthplace of the U.S. gay rights movement, remained in shock on Sunday over the shooting death of a gay man by a gunman who police said uttered anti-gay slurs before targeting the victim. Mark Carson, 32, was shot dead in Greenwich Village around midnight on Friday in what police are calling a ...

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