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Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:18 -0400

Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...

61 killed in Iraq attacks

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

A series of car bombings and shootings, mainly targeting Shia Muslim areas across Iraq, Monday killed at least 61 people, including Iranian pilgrims, and wounded around 200 others, officials said. The worst violence occurred in Baghdad, when eight car bombs and a roadside bomb ripped through bus stops, marketplaces and other crowded areas in Shia neighbourhoods in the capital city, killing 12 ...

Nepali-Canadian first to climb Everest without prosthetic limbs

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:50:02 -0400

In a bid to prove to the world that "disability was not inability", Sudharshan Gautam, a Nepali-Canadian citizen, became the first amputee to climb Mount Everest without the help of prosthetic limbs, officials said Monday. "We received information that Gautam, who has no hands, climbed Mount Everest," Dipendra Paudel, an official at Nepal's mountain department under the ministry of tourism and ...

Boxers Nanao Dilbagh settle for silver in Russia

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:10:02 -0400

The Indian boxers' campaign came to an end at the Khabarovsk International Competition here with two silver and three bronze medals. The two Indians in the finals -- national games gold medallist Nanao Singh (49kg) and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Dilbagh Singh (69kg) -- had to be content with a silver medal finish after they lost to their respective opponents in the title round Sunday. ...

Indian boxers win European title create history

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:10:02 -0400

Indian boxers scaled new frontiers as they powered through to claim the top rank and bag the 2013 Invitational FXTM International Limassol Boxing Cup. The Indian pugilists displayed grit and talent throughout the tournament and a stunning performance particularity in the finals Sunday with a total tally of 10 medals -- four gold, three silver and three bronze -- ensured a first place in the ...

22 killed in nine car bombings in Iraq

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:10:01 -0400

At least 22 people were killed and more than 130 others injured in a string of nine car bombings Monday in the Iraqi capital and in the southern oil hub of Basra, police said. Two car bombs went off almost simultaneously in Basra, 550 km south of Baghdad, killing at least 11 people and wounding 35 others, police told Xinhua. In Baghdad, seven car bombs ripped through different parts of the ...

Imphal observes 30th International AIDS Candle Light Memorial Day

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:30:02 -0400

Imphal observed the 30th International AIDS Candle Light Memorial Day in memory of AIDS victims. This special day is observed across the globe, on the third Sunday of the month of May since many years. The objective of the movement is to mobilize public opinion and generate awareness in the world. It is about time that barriers of stigma and discrimination against those infected with HIV, are ...

Indian womens football team gears up for AFC qualifiers

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:10:01 -0400

High on confidence after notching up a double-win over Bahrain in two international friendlies in the latter's own backyard, the Indian women's football team will look to carrying on the good form for the AFC Asian Cup (Qualifiers) starting here Tuesday. The 23-member squad and officials reached here Sunday afternoon. A large posse of local journalists and photographers mobbed the team upon ...

North Korea fires two more short-range missiles

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:30:01 -0400

North Korea Monday fired two more short-range missiles, a day after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the regime to return to talks on its controversial nuclear programme. "North Korea fired one KN-02 short-range missile between 11 a.m. and 12 noon and a second one between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday. The second missile is the same type as the KN-02 short-range missile launched on Monday ...

India China ties essential for Asia world Manmohan Singh

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:50:01 -0400

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that India and China's relationship is essential for stability and prosperity in Asia and the world, while stressing the need "for an early resolution of the boundary dispute. "There are many areas of convergence between us. We agreed that the relationship is of growing significance and essential for peaceful development and stability and prosperity in ...

World TT Holder Zhang to face Wang in all-Chinese final

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:40:02 -0400

In a rematch of last year's Olympic final, defending champion Zhang Jike will fight for the men's singles title against Wang Hao at the World Table Tennis Championships here Monday. Zhang, the fourth seed, crushed top seed and teammate Xu Xin 11-8, 11-2, 11-9, 12-10 while Wang beat second seed Ma Long in the other all-Chinese semifinal 11-9, 11-7, 11-3, 7-11, 12-14, 11-3 Sunday night, Xinhua ...

Chinese Taipei win mens doubles TT title

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:01 -0400

Chinese Taipei's Chen Chien-An and Chuang Chih-Yuan upset Hao Shuai and Ma Lin from China to win the men's doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. Chen and Chuang fought back from one game down to win three in a row but Ma, former Olympic Champion, and Hao Shuai took the fifth before the Chinese Taipei tandem sealed the victory Sunday by taking the sixth 11-8, reports ...

Cancer survivor Kleybanova makes victorious comeback

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:40:02 -0400

After a victorious comeback to professional tennis, former World No. 20 and cancer survivor Alisa Kleybanova vowed Monday to return to the sport's biggest competitions. The Russian, 23, won two WTA titles before being forced to quit the sport in July 2011 when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. After an aborted comeback bid last year, Kleybanova made a successful return last week at a ...

Irish cricketers could be heading to Pakistan

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:30:02 -0400

Ireland has given hope of reviving international cricket in Pakistan after it reportedly agreed to consider visiting the country to reciprocate Pakistan's one-day international (ODI) tour of Ireland. At a time when all the Test playing nations have written-off touring Pakistan, the International Cricket Council's (ICC) associate member Cricket Ireland (CI) gave a positive response on that ...

Brazil midfielder Paulinho denies transfer rumours

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

Brazil international midfielder Paulinho has denied speculation that he is on the verge of a move to Europe. The 24-year-old Corinthians star is reportedly on the radar of Inter Milan, Shakhtar Donetsk and Chelsea, among other European clubs, reports Xinhua. Speaking after Corinthians' 3-2 aggregate victory over Santos in the final of the Campeonato Paulista Sunday, Paulinho said he would ...

Roberto Carlos to coach Turkish Sivasspor club

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:30:01 -0400

Former World Cup winner and Real Madrid star Roberto Carlos has agreed to coach Turkish Super League's Sivasspor club. Sivasspor officials announced that they had offered the coaching job to the Brazilian after former coach Riza Calimbay called it quits, reports Xinhua. Carlos, 40, reportedly accepted the offer after consulting with friends from his time with Fenerbahce. Carlos is currently the ...

Manmohan Singh Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to hold talks on crucial bilateral issues

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:00:01 -0400

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will hold comprehensive talks on key bilateral, regional and international issues here today. Issues including boundary and trade are expected to come up for discussions during the high level interactions. Earlier, both the leaders held talks on crucial bilateral issues here last evening. External Affairs Minister ...

Cook hails Broad-Anderson combined strikeforce boosts Englands assault on world domination

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400

England captain Alastair Cook has praised his bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson, saying that the duo's combined strikeforce is a major help to his assault on world domination. Former England skipper Nasser Hussain introduced Anderson to Test cricket while English icon Michael Vaughan put him and Broad together to open the bowling attack five years ago in New Zealand, the Mirror reports. ...

EU urges Russia against introducing gay law

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:01 -0400

The European Union (EU) has appealed to Russia not to introduce a law banning so-called "gay propaganda" . Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, intends to pass a law by the end of the current session (mid-July) banning dissemination of information among minors promoting homosexuality. Amendments will be made May 26-27, after which a working group will compile the draft law along ...

Conference on Syria very soon UN chief

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:10:02 -0400

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that a conference on the Syrian settlement will take place "very soon", possibly at the beginning of June, after consulting UN Security Council permanent members. "As I have been asked by the parties to convene this conference on the auspices of the United Nations, I'm now actively engaging with all the parties I have spoken to: the US, Russia, the ...

McDowell talks up Rory McIlroy split with Horizon

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:50:02 -0400

Northern Irish golfer Graeme McDowell has defended his slip about World No.2 Rory McIlroy leaving his management company, saying that although the move is not yet confirmed, it is already being much talked about in the golfing world. For weeks there have been whispers at big events in America that McIlroy is about to leave Horizon, the Dublin-based management agency that negotiated his 20 ...

World Performance Comparison Is the U.S. Ready

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:26:39 -0400

As we approach World Championship Trials next month, it seems like a good time to take a look at what the rest of the world has been up to in 2013. As you know, we hold our trials later than most other nations, so there is a bounty of information to look at as we plan for our international competitions this summer. For this article I chose to compare the top three performances of non-American ...

Wave of attacks kill nearly 100 people in Iraq

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:24:55 -0400

BAGHDAD (AP) — Today's wave of attacks in Iraq has now left at least 95 people dead.The worst of the violence took place in Baghdad, where 10 car bombs ripped through open-air markets and other areas of Shiite neighborhoods. Police say at least 48 people were killed and more than 150 wounded in those attacks.One bomb went off in a market in the northern Shiite neighborhood of Shaab, ...

Today is International Water Safety Day

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:24:13 -0400

400,000. That’s how many people die from drowning. Every. Single. Year. 400,000 is roughly the size of the city limits of Miami. Or Tulsa. Or Omaha. Imagine these cities completely wiped out from drowning, every year and each year. Many of these are preventable deaths. Deaths that could have been avoided by just knowing some basic swimming skills and information about the water. Tips ...

International markets roundup

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:23:13 -0400

A roundup of trading on major world markets:NEW YORK - US stocks have closed slightly lower in thin trade ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony on the economic outlook to Congress.At the closing bell on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 18.35 points (0.12 per cent) at 15,336.05.The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index edged down 2.53 (0.07 per cent) to ...

DHL Pizzas 4 Patriots Enter Guinness Book of World Records With Largest Pizza Delivery in History

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:16:12 -0400

PLANTATION, Fla., -- DHL Express, the world's leading international express services provider, has been entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for performing the largest pizza delivery in history for Pizzas 4 Patriots, a non-profit organization. Since 2008, DHL Express and Pizzas 4 Patriots have joined forces to bring a 'slice of home' to U.S. troops serving overseas.In July ...

Man dies from SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:42 -0400

A Saudiman who had contracted the coronavirus has died, raising the death toll in the kingdom from the SARS-like virus to 16, the health ministry announced on Monday on its Internet ...

At least 70 people killed in Iraq bombings as Sunni and Shiite tensions rise

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:09:32 -0400

Iraq At least 70 people have been killed in a string of bombings in Iraq, as tensions increase between the Sunni minority and the Shiite dominated government.Nine people were killed in one of two car bombings in Basra, a predominantly Shiite city in the south of Baghdad, police and medics said. "I was on duty when a powerful blast shook the ground," a police officer near the site of ...

Brazils Stadiums Ready for World Cup Soccer Warm-Up in June

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:08:56 -0400

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Council of Europe tells Putin of concern over Russian NGO law

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:08:34 -0400

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - The head of the Council of Europe told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday he was concerned a law requiring non-governmental organisations which received funding from abroad to register as foreign agents could have a "chilling ...

Five dead as gunman storms bank

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:58:45 -0400

A GUNMAN has stormed into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, killing four people in a gunfight and taking a hostage before killing himself, police ...

Would you treat a terror suspect

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:58:43 -0400

THE nurses whose job it was to care for the injured Boston bombing suspect have told of their conflicting emotions at helping to save the life of a suspected ...

Three killed in hot-air balloon crash

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:58:39 -0400

THREE Brazilian tourists have died and 22 other people were hurt after two hot-air balloons collided in central Turkey, officials ...

Images show path of devastation

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:58:25 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. Shawnee, Oklahoma (CNN) -- [Breaking news update at 4:58 p.m. Monday]Areas of metropolitan Oklahoma City appeared to be in shreds Monday afternoon after a massive tornado moved through the ...

Ecofabulous Shares 10 Eco-Friendly Practices In Celebration Of World Water Day

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:57:25 -0400

World Water Day: it's the day that we collectively stop and appreciate that only 3% of the water on this planet is potable. Water is life, so let's celebrate and protect it! There are many organizations devoted to our most precious ...

U.S. says concerned with charges against Egyptian journalists

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:56:29 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday expressed concern over defamation charges brought against two Egyptian journalists critical of President Mohamed Mursi and called on the government to condemn actions that stifle freedom of ...

Chief Palestinian peace negotiator backs Kerrys efforts

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:56:25 -0400

Saeb Erekat (R), a Palestinian senior politician and chief negotiator speaks during a visit to a tent set-up in protest against the construction of a road in the Arab neighbourhood of Beit Safafa in Jerusalem March 14, ...

Video Vertical pianist plays midair

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:54:49 -0400

To mark the final day of festivities for the re-opening of the Red Cross Museum in Geneva, Switzerland, pianist Alain Roche was lifted into the air by a crane and played to onlookers ...

Larry Page wants you to stop worrying and let him fix the world

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:52:29 -0400

During a Q&A following a rambling conclusion to Google I/O's marathon keynote, Google CEO Larry Page said a few things that hinted at his frustrations with the one platform he can't seem to find the right interfaces for: government. The Man is killing Page's buzz and keeping him from finding the answers to the world's biggest problems. If only Congress, the White House, ...

Photos Buy Lady Gagas Acrylic Nail

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:52:27 -0400

A black acrylic nail worn by Lady Gaga during her "Born This Way Ball" tour and designed by Aya Fukuda is being auctioned for at least $712. A member of the stage crew for her concert in Dublin, Ireland on Sept. 15, 2012 listed the item. The seller said in the listing: "As I was about to start work I noticed an object on the floor of the stage... when I picked it up, I saw it was ...

Tumblr and Yahoo How It Affects You

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:52:27 -0400

see Facebook and Instagram ) there are big questions about what will happen to Tumblr as its users know it today. Some have started to jump ship by ...

NYC LA May Get Women Mayors

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:52:27 -0400

Image credit: Angela Weiss/Getty Images Neither of the nation’s two largest cities, New York and Los Angeles, have ever had female mayors, but that could change big time this year, as both cities have strong female candidates with a chance of becoming mayor, in races where the incumbents are term-limited. 2013 could be a ';year of the woman'; in major city halls, in what ...

Investigators Question Terror Suspects Attraction to Boston Suburb

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:52:25 -0400

Police presence grows in the neighborhoods of Watertown, Mass., April 19, 2013, as a massive search involving hundreds of heavily armed law enforcement officials continues for one of two suspects in the Boston Marathon ...

World War II munitions with mustard agent found at Deseret Chemical Depot

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:51:57 -0400

This photo shows the empty above-ground storage igloos that once stored chemical munitions at the Deseret Chemical Depot in Stockton on Wednesday, January 18, 2012. Authorities have confirmed that 11 World War II-era cartridges discovered during the environmental cleanup of Deseret Chemical Depot contain liquid blister ...

Pollution risks worse for developing world women

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:48:05 -0400

Environmental factors are responsible for 23 percent of the overall global disease burden, according to World Health Organization research. Addressing such pollution could save the lives of 6 million women a ...

International markets roundup

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:43:15 -0400

A ROUNDUP of trading on major world markets: NEW YORK - US stocks have closed slightly lower in thin trade ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony on the economic outlook to Congress. At the closing bell on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 18.35 points (0.12 per cent) at 15,336.05. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index edged down 2.53 (0.07 per cent) to ...

International markets roundup

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:43:15 -0400

Venezuela opposition Audio suggest Cuban meddling

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:41:13 -0400

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's opposition has released an audio recording that it says contains a prominent member of the ruling party discussing political strategy with a Cuban intelligence ...

Bombs tear through Baghdad in Iraqs bloodiest day for months

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:19:59 -0400

The worst of yesterday's violence took place in Baghdad's Shiite neighbourhoods, where 10 car bombs killed at least 48 people and wounded more than ...

Opening Day at Strasbourg International Washed Out

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:18:47 -0400

STRASBOURG, France ...

63th Ernest Hemingway International Billfishing Tournament Begins

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:16:09 -0400

Havana, May 20 (Prensa Latina) With the beginning here today the 63rd International Fishing Tournament of Ernest Hemingway, Cuba gives a boost to the leisure industry inclined to diversify its offer. Although the country's main tourist proposal is in the form of sun and sand, the variety is authorities' strategy, because recreational boating has an important place due to the condition ...

Europe Offers Remarkable Investment Opportunities Big Data Means Big Offerings Enron II Electric Boogaloo in Oil Pricing

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:11:09 -0400

YahooFinance ) Today's record high for the German DAX, along with the recent two-year high for the FTSE 100, proves without a doubt that Europe still offers some remarkable investment opportunities. One of the key indicators for a renewed time to buy in Europe has been the pace of net downgrades for earnings reports. And according to Citigroup's Jonathan Stubbs, "The last five ...

Church of Scotland votes to allow gay men and women to become ministers

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:06:38 -0400

The parents of a 17-year-old girl who was killed in a car crash that also left her best friend dead and three young men fighting for their lives have paid tribute to their "beautiful" ...

Woman - I had to stand up to Trump

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:02:44 -0400

An 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her over a property scheme has told jurors she had qualms about suing the developer-turned-TV star given his power and ...

Pakistans presumptive PM calls for Taliban peace talks

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:01:24 -0400

Nawaz Sharif, who is expected to resume is former post as Prime Minister, could have difficulty getting the military on his side. The army chief says he would only sit down with the Taliban if they 'unconditionally submit to the state, its constitution and the rule of law.' (K.M. Chaudary/Associated ...

D-Day beaches wind turbine proposal seeks Canadian comments

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:01:24 -0400

Canadian veterans walk on Juno Beach on June 6, 2004. The view from some of those sites could change if a plan to build wind turbines some 10 kilometres off the shore succeeds. (Tom Hanson/Canadian ...

Hezbollah pulled more deeply into Syria civil war

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:57:57 -0400

BEIRUT (AP) -- Hezbollah was pulled more deeply into Syria's civil war as 28 guerrillas from the Lebanese Shiite militant group were killed and dozens more wounded while fighting rebels, Syria activists said ...

Obama cites Myanmar reforms during leaders visit

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:57:56 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says despite tensions between the U.S. and Myanmar, President Thein Sein (tayn sayn) of Myanmar has shown leadership to move his country toward political and economic ...

World Brief | Middle East Gunman Kills Four in Bank in Southern Israel

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:55:32 -0400

An unemployed former security guard shot and killed four people in a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Monday hours after the bank had refused his request for financial assistance, the police said. The gunman committed suicide after holing up in the bathroom of the bank with a female hostage for about an hour. The hostage escaped unharmed. The gunman, who lived nearby, had visited ...

More Americans murdered in Mexico than any other country in the world

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:53:44 -0400

More Americans have been murdered in Mexico than in any other part of the world in the past decade. According to an Agence France Press analysis of U.S. State Department figures, at least 648 American citizens were murdered in Mexico between October 2002 and December 2012. This represents more than 40 percent of the almost 1,600 American victims worldwide over the same period. Three of the top ...

Obama voices concern to Lebanon on Hezbollah role in Syria

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:52:59 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told his Lebanese counterpart on Monday he was concerned about Lebanese Hezbollah militants fighting in Syria to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the White House ...

Brazil probes rumor that set off panic run on state bank

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:52:54 -0400

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Monday she ordered the Federal Police to investigate the source of a rumor that sent thousands of poor Brazilians running to state bank branches seeking payment of a monthly family ...

A look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the 2011 US troop pullout

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:29 -0400

BAGHDAD - Here is a look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011: -- May 20, 2013: A wave of attacks, some at markets and rush hour crowds, hour killed at least 86 people in Shiite and Sunni areas. -- May 18, 2013: Shootings and bombings kill at least 16 people including an anti-terrorism police captain and his family. -- May 17, 2013: Bombs rip ...

Photos This Week In Pictures Top Photos from Around the Globe

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:48:40 -0400

Photographers gather around garden gnomes during the Chelsea Flower Show press day in London, May 20, 2013. For this year the Royal Horticultural Society lifted its customary ban on garden gnomes at the Chelsea Flower Show to celebrate its centenary year and raise funds for the next generation of ...

Love for Hofstra Student Will Last Forever

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:48:37 -0400

Andrea Rebello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed May 17, 2013 during a break-in near the college campus, according to ...

Oops Suspects Dial 911 During Crime

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:48:37 -0400

Two California men were in custody on Monday after accidentally dialing 911 on a cellphone before breaking into a car, authorities said. After the mistaken "pocket" call, a police dispatcher was able to hear a rambling 35-minute conversation that went from trying to find a way to get drugs to breaking into a car. "Get the bolt and give me the hammer just in case," one ...

Victorias Secret Rejects Survivor Bra

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:48:32 -0400

Allana Maiden wanted her mother to feel beautiful again after she’d undergone a radical mastectomy. But Victoria’s Secret, the company she hoped would design sexy lingerie for women who’ve had breast cancer surgery, has rejected her appeal for a ';survivor line'; of bras. The Richmond, Va., 28-year-old was 6 years old when her mother was diagnosed with ...

How Baghdad Fuels Iraqs Sectarian Fire

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:43:08 -0400

The Iraqi government has hurled the country to the brink of a new civil war. In under a month, Baghdad launched a vicious assault on a Sunni protest camp, resulting in 44 deaths; executed 21 alleged Sunni terrorists in one day, and suspended the licenses of 10 satellite channels, 9 of them deemed pro-Sunni. Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki’s message to his country’s extremely ...

With Less than 1000 Days to Deadline Secretary-General Urges World Health Organization to Continue Efforts towards Millennium Development Goals

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:16:35 -0400

With less than 1,000 days of action to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, you have gathered to make key decisions to reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, and combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other ...

Magazines Worlds top four central banks may change tune

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:14:04 -0400

So while few strategists reckon the end of QE is nigh, the very debate itself may now force investors to rethink the long-term horizon even if a reversal of investment flows is ...

Saudi Arabia reports latest death from new virus

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:13:39 -0400

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -; Saudi Arabia says it has recorded another death from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to ...

Algerian Islamist demands ill president appear

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:13:38 -0400

ALGIERS, Algeria -; The head of Algeria's main Islamist political party has called for the country's ailing president to appear on television to dispel rumors over his health after a three week ...

City announces group to explore cultural options for Worlds Fair Park

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:08:35 -0400

Mayor Madeline Rogero announced today the city is exploring a partnership with the University of Tennessee that could include a culture center at the iconic site of the 1982 ...

Rebels flog two over illegal marriage

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:07:22 -0400

In this January 11, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, shows rebels from al-Qaeda affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra waving their brigade flag on the top of a Syrian air force ...

Give Kids The World 2014 makeover to cost $6M

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:05:41 -0400

Give Kids The World's Extreme Village Makeover will cost $6 million. Give Kids The Worlds 2014 Extreme Village Makeover is expected to cost $6 million, the nonprofits president told Orlando Business Journal The Kissimmee-based charity, which has 140 villas, is spending 2013 renovating 40 units. The remaining 100 villas will be renovated from Jan. 12 to Jan. 25. Pam Landwirth, president of ...

China worlds most financially secure country

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:03:22 -0400

/enpproperty--> China has emerged as the most financially secure country in an index jointly launched by PICC Property and Casualty Co Ltd, the largest non-life insurance company in the Chinese mainland, and Genworth Financial Inc, a Fortune 500 insurance holding company. The report surveyed 13,000 households in 14 European countries, and five Latin American countries and China. China scored ...

9 killed in attacks against mosques in Iraq

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:03:16 -0400

/enpproperty--> BAGHDAD - At least nine people were killed and 53 others wounded in bombing attacks against two Shiite mosques in Iraq's southern city of Hilla on Monday, a police source said. A suicide bomber blew himself up at Al-Wardiyah mosque in Hilla, some 100 km south of Baghdad, while a bomb exploded in the nearby Al-Galagh mosque, the source told Xinhua on condition of ...

Bomb attacks kill more than 70 Shiites across Iraq

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:58:52 -0400

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 70 people were killed in a series of car bombings and suicide attacks targeting Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, extending the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops withdrew in December ...

Ocean Warming Means A New Paradigm For The World’s Fisheries

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:58:51 -0400

largely halted in U.S. waters thanks to strict new science-based management tactics implemented as a result of a 2006 reauthorization of the law that governs our fisheries. But increasingly, both scientists and fishermen have been eying climate change as a reason some fish are showing up in new places and the catch fishermen are accustomed to finding have been surprisingly slow to rebuild. A new ...

Blasts and shootings claim 90 lives in Iraq as sectarian violence rises

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:55:24 -0400

Iraq is edging closer to all-out sectarian war between Sunni and Shia Muslims as a series of car bombings and shootings killed at least 90 people and left many others ...

The digital revolution is bringing the Stanley Cup playoffs live to every corner of the world

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:53:54 -0400

VIENTIANE, Laos -- Trying to follow the quest for Lord Stanley's Cup is an annual springtime obsession of many of the nearly three million Canadian citizens who live outside the country.Until two or three years ago, it was difficult to see NHL games overseas. Yet thanks to the digital revolution, if you can find a good Internet connection today, every match is available literally anywhere in ...

Middle East a hot topic as McCully meets Kerry

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:52:15 -0400

Foreign Minister Murray McCully met US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington early today (NZ time) and most of their meeting was spent discussing the Middle East. Mr McCully offered New Zealand's support towards the peace process between the Israelis and Palestinians, which could take the form of New Zealand peacekeepers taking part in an international force to run a buffer zone between the ...

Airline mix-up sends couple to wrong side of world

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:46:14 -0400

Ever had that fear of falling asleep after take-off and waking up to realize you are on the wrong flight? Well, due to an airline mix-up, Sandy Valdivieso and her husband Triet Vo had exactly that nightmare experience. According to ...

U.S. says Korea tensions relatively low despite missile tests

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:45:31 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Monday appeared to play down North Korea's six short-range missile launches over the past three days, describing tensions on the Korean peninsula as relatively ...

Qatar Arab Spring makes Israeli-Palestinian peace more pressing

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:45:31 -0400

DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's emir, who has thrown his state's riches behind Arab uprisings, said on Monday that the emergence of 'people power' had put Arabs in direct confrontation with Israel and made a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more ...

Nigeria says has Islamists on defensive

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:45:25 -0400

MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria claimed an early success for its military offensive against Islamist insurgents in the northeast on Monday, saying the militants' activities had been stifled by nearly a week of attacks on their ...

“Inside Out” Showcases The Eye-Popping Street Art That Aims To Change The World One Face at a Time

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:50 -0400

A new HBO documentary looks at the work of street artist JR, whose giant portraits force people in troubled areas to confront the humanity that's all around ...

Multiple Iraq attacks kill 75

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:30 -0400

PRIME Minister Nuri al-Maliki will overhaul Iraq's security strategy after a two-day wave of violence killed 75 people, including 24 police. The latest killings brought the month's death toll from unrest to 352. "We are about to make changes in the high and middle positions of those responsible for security and the security strategy," Maliki said at a news conference in ...

College Student Disappears on Way Home for Summer

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:41:21 -0400

Pennsylvania State Police are looking for University of Rhode Island college student, Matthew Royer who went missing while driving back home to Skippack Township, Pa., May 16, 2013. Anyone with information is asked to contact PSP Skippack at ...

A Gay Kiss for Archie Comics

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:41:16 -0400

It's just a quick kiss, but it's a long step forward for Archie Comics' only openly gay character Kevin Keller. The Riverdale teen finds his life turned upside down after locking lips with his boyfriend, Devon, in Pop Tate's diner, drawing the ire of at least one disapproving Riverdale mom. The woman "gets very offended and kind of pitches a bit of a fit," said ...

Va. Candidate Compares Planned Parenthood to KKK

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:41:15 -0400

(Steve Helber/AP Photo) This weekend, Virginia Republicans found their candidate for lieutenant governor in E.W. Jackson, a Chesapeake, Va. pastor who has compared Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan and also suggested that black Americans are being enslaved by the Democratic Party. ';It is time to end the slavish devotion to the Democrat[ic] Party,'; Jackson, who is African ...

Portland Oregon Things to Do See This Skip That

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:41:14 -0400

Portland, Oregon's largest city, is easily one of the most attractive travel destinations in the Northwest. Here, environmental consciousness reigns supreme, with a healthy bike culture, booming libations scene and varied arts movement drawing steady crowds. And here's ...

Is a Smelly Seatmate or Crying Baby Preferable In-Flight

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:41:13 -0400

Image credit: Getty Images If you had to choose, which would be preferable on a flight: Sitting next to a crying baby or a smelly adult? It’s not a choice anyone wants to make. And it’s probably not up to you anyway: Unless it’s your crying baby or your smelly friend, you won’t get to choose your seatmate. But with the summer travel season fast approaching (and hot ...

Report Jay-Z Quashes Baby Rumors

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:41:13 -0400

Beyonce pregnancy rumors have reached a fevered pitch, and now, it seems, hubby Jay-Z is trying to douse them. Program Director Ebro Darden of New York’s Hot 97 ...

GrubHub Seamless to Merge

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:41:12 -0400

It's late, you didn't have time to make dinner, and now you're in the mood for sushi. Chances are, you reach for your phone, fire up either the Seamless or GrubHub app, sort by restaurant, select your meal, place your order and wait for the delivery person to knock on your door. Soon, those two food app companies will become one. Seamless and GrubHub announced today that they ...

Commuter train wreck

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:40:20 -0400

>Were you there? Share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Commuters who would normally take the train between New Haven, Connecticut, and New York braced for the worst Monday after a derailment that disrupted train service on one of the busiest tracks in the country. Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy had suggested that Monday morning commuters should telecommute or carpool, and said they should ...

Worlds fish are migrating to escape global warming

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:37:05 -0400

But whether this is a global effect and what is behind the change have been unclear. Are fish being ousted from their original habitats as climate change warms the waters? Are disappearances due to ...

Rain washed out Strasbourg International

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:35:59 -0400

First-round matches in the main draw at the Strasbourg International tennis tournament were rained out Monday. Seven matches, including one pitting ...

As Europe struggles the Franco-German alliance turns testy

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:33:25 -0400

The relationship between France and Germany undergirds postwar Europe - and some worry the countries' increased sniping over economic woes is threatening the EU's ...

The World Bank’s Poverty Fighting Efforts Are at Risk

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:01:03 -0400

. Natsios served as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development and as President George W. Bush's special envoy to Sudan. Ten years ago, the World Bank created the "Doing Business Report," which has become a powerful tool for local reformers in developing countries trying to kickstart their economies and reduce poverty through economic growth. James Robinson and ...

Explosions kill 4 in Russias restive Dagestan

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:57:34 -0400

MAKHACHKALA, Russia -; Two bombs exploded outside a court building in Russia's restive province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens of others, officials ...

Tunisian feminist arrested for alleged provocation

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:57:34 -0400

Radical Islamist movement Ansar al-Shariah supporters clash with Tunisian police officers after Tunisia's Interior Ministry on Friday banned their annual conference supposed to be held in Kairouan, in Ettadhamen, near Tunis, Sunday May 19, 2013. Massive numbers of Tunisian police and army surrounded Tunisia's religious center of Kairouan to prevent a conference by a radical Islamist ...

State Dept Reports of anti-Semitism increase

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:57:28 -0400

WASHINGTON -; The State Department has appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust ...

Atheists to put books next to Bibles in Ga. parks

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:57:27 -0400

ATLANTA -; A national atheist group says it will place its literature in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks after the governor's recent decision to allow Bibles in ...

U.S. and European Union Set to Negotiate Settlements in Chinese Solar Panel Cases

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:54:42 -0400

Hong Kong -- The Obama administration and the European Union have decided to negotiate settlements with China in the world's largest anti-dumping and anti-subsidy trade cases involving China's roughly $30 billion a year in solar panel shipments to the West, officials and trade advisers in Beijing, Brussels and Washington ...

Tomas Young wounded Iraq war vet says he will live on for now

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:52:07 -0400

Tomas Young, the paralyzed Iraq war vet who announced earlier this spring that he was ready to die, said that he has decided to live for ...

Briton not charged over deaths

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:51:04 -0400

20 May 2013 A British man accused of killing his two children in France has appeared in court but has not been charged with murder, according to ...

John Kerry to visit Middle East this week to revive peace talks

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:50:36 -0400

John Kerry arrives in the Holy Land this week on his fourth visit in two months amid deepening scepticism on all sides about his chances of breathing life back into the moribund peace process, and an acknowledgement by European diplomats that there is no "Plan B" in place in the event of its failure.The British foreign ...

Bad weather coming -- are you safe

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:10 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. Shawnee, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Tornadoes destroyed homes and tossed trees around like toothpicks as powerful storms ripped through Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and Monday. And the destructive weather, which killed at least two people, isn't ...

Virtually Stephen Fry Star launches the worlds most self-regarding app

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:39:02 -0400

If you feel you need more Stephen Fry in your life, the actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, presenter, director, activist, and board member of Norwich City Football Club has launched possibly the world's most self-regarding ...

Second Cambodian factory collapse injures 23 workers who produce clothes for ... - NEWS.com.au

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:38:31 -0400

A COLLAPSING structure injured 23 workers Monday at a Cambodian factory producing garments for fashion brand H&M, police said, the latest incident to raise concerns about regional industrial ...

86 dead in wave of bomb attacks against Iraq Shiites

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:48 -0400

A wave of attacks killed at least 86 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 230 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years.The bloodshed is still far shy of the pace, scale and brutality of the dark days of 2006-2007, when Sunni and Shiite militias carried out ...

Steaua Bucharest owner jailed in Romania for abuse of power

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:36:35 -0400

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - George Becali, a Romanian MP and owner of the soccer club Steaua Bucharest, was jailed for three years on Monday for abuse of power, one of only a handful of big names to be convicted in a country trying to show it can beat high-level ...

Syria International focus must be on ending crisis says Hague – video

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:33:09 -0400

The foreign secretary, William Hague, says on Monday the UK must work to achieve the best of two possible outcomes in the Syrian conflict. Speaking in the commons, Hague says 'one of two scenarios lies ahead' for the country: an 'evermore savage conflict' and a 'negotiated end to the conflict.' He claims Britain will step up its efforts in support of opposition ...

Dagestan bombs kill three two dead in shootout near Moscow

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:07 -0400

MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Two car bombs killed at least three people and wounded dozens of others on Monday in Dagestan, a turbulent province in Russia's North Caucasus region where armed groups are waging an Islamist ...

Threats daubed at Israeli woman prayer activists home

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:06 -0400

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Threatening slogans were daubed on Monday outside the doorway of an Israeli activist in a Jewish women's prayer group seeking equal rights of worship for women at Jerusalem's holy Western ...

Mexican opposition dispute goes public threatening reforms

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:04 -0400

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Divisions within Mexico's main conservative opposition party have erupted into a bitter public dispute that threatens to undermine the reform agenda of President Enrique Pena ...

Gay marriage law strains UK Camerons leadership government

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:03 -0400

Civilly-partnered gay couple Tony (L) and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, of Chelmsford, Essex pose near the Houses of Parliament in London February 5, ...

Bon Jovis Horrible Moment When Daughter Overdosed

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:44 -0400

Jon Bon Jovi has opened up about what he calls his ';worst moment as a father,'; the day his 19-year-old daughter overdosed on heroin. ';It was horrible, a horrible moment. It was my worst moment as a father,'; he told UK newspaper ...

World Thirst for Energy

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:25:45 -0400

As the global economy slowly recovers from the 2008 financial crisis, indicators point to a significant mid- and long-term rise in energy consumption, specifically in oil and natural gas. Despite recent developments in renewable energy resources and the increasing production of hydrocarbon from shale reserves, it looks likely that both consumption and prices will climb higher over the coming ...

WMD Regulation in the Middle East

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:25:45 -0400

"For the Syrian government to utilize chemical weapons on its people crosses a line that will change my calculus and how the United States approaches these issues," President Obama recently said. "So this is not an on and off switch. This is an ongoing challenge that all of us have to be concerned about." Evidently, current methods to control WMD, such as relying on ...

Israel said to be world leader in UAV exports

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:23:21 -0400

Israel's high-tech defense industry leads the world in exporting unmanned aerial vehicles, a new study says, while UAV designers are reported to be moving toward developing drones so advanced they could replace manned aircraft. The international business consultancy Frost and Sullivan reports that over the last eight years Israeli manufacturers have sold UAVs worth more than $4.6 billion. ...

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps close up 0.4 percent

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:23:14 -0400

* FTSEurofirst 300 up 0.3 percent* Travel and autos the top sectoral gainers* DAX outperforms, IBEX lags on technical signals* Miners drag as metal prices weakenBy Alistair SmoutLONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - European shares reached ...

Social Media Evangelization for World Communications Day

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

Initiative Invites Catholic Media Offices Around the World To Share Online Pastoral ResourcesROME, May 10, 2013 (Zenit.org) - On the occasion of the this year's World Communications Day, the Pontifical Council for Social Communications is inviting people from around the world to partake in the "Mesa Comun" (Shared Table). The initiative allows the faithful of the Catholic Church to ...

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What you dont know about terrorism

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:04:13 -0400

>Editor's note: Bruce Schneier is a security technologist and author of "Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust Society Needs to Survive. " (CNN) -- Terrorism causes fear, and we overreact to that fear. Our brains aren't very good at probability and risk analysis. We tend to exaggerate spectacular, strange and rare events, and downplay ordinary, familiar and common ...

How money can buy happiness

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:02:10 -0400

>Editor's note: Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton are co-authors of "Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending" (Simon & Schuster) and professors at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School, respectively.(CNN) -- The logic is so simple: If I work hard now, the money I earn will give me the opportunity to do all the things that make me happy later. What's the ...

Kerry visiting Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:55:15 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Mideast this week to press the case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia.Kerry departs Monday for Oman. He then goes to Jordan, where he'll gather with America's closest European ...

Zhang retains mens world crown

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:53:42 -0400

PARIS, France (AFP) - Defending champion Zhang Jike of China retained his men's singles title at the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on Monday after defeating compatriot Wang Hao in the final.Fourth seed Zhang prevailed 11-7, 11-8, 6-11, 14-12, 5-11, 11-7 in a rematch of last year's Olympic final to secure a fourth major title in a row.Zhang completed a career grand slam when ...

Construction disputes in Middle East drag on

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:53:15 -0400

Going nowhere: a pronounced escalation in stalled construction projects during the financial downturn has led to a plethora of protracted legal disputes. Jeff Topping / The ...

South Africa Mandela name pulled into politics

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:51:10 -0400

JOHANNESBURG -; Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what he stood for has already ...

Ex-Saab executives arrested on accounting charges

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:51:10 -0400

STOCKHOLM -; A Swedish prosecutor says three former executives of automaker Saab Automobile AB have been arrested on accounting fraud ...

3 killed in blast at Spanish army base

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:51:10 -0400

MADRID -; Spain's Defense Ministry says three soldiers have died and two others have been injured in an explosion at an army bomb disposal unit in southern ...

Cannes rolls out red carpet for Indian movies

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:51:09 -0400

Actress Aishwarya Rai poses for portraits at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Laurent ...

Militiamen attack gas complex in western Libya

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:51:09 -0400

TRIPOLI, Libya -; A Libyan gas company official says militiamen have attacked a natural gas complex in the country's west, injuring two guards and stealing weapons and military ...

Russia claims to have foiled possible terror act

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:51:07 -0400

MOSCOW -; Russia's counter-terrorism agency says it killed two militants it believes were planning a terrorist act in Moscow and detained a ...

Man refused overdraft guns down four

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:33 -0400

Members of the media and police special forces stand outside a Bank Hapoalim branch after a shooting at the bank in the southern city of Beersheba May 20, 2013. A gunman shot dead four people execution-style in the bank in Israel on Monday after being refused an overdraft and cash from its automatic teller machine. The assailant, identified by media reports as a former paramilitary border ...

No bail for cleric facing deportation

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:31 -0400

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is seen arriving back at his home after being released on bail, in London in this November 13, 2012 file ...

No options off table’ over Syria - Hague

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:29 -0400

LONDON - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must realise that ';no option is off table'; if his government fails to negotiate seriously at peace talks in Geneva, Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said on ...

Reid wins wheelchair tennis event in Rome with victory over singles world number two

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:08 -0400

May 20 - British wheelchair tennis star Gordon Reid claimed a superb victory at the Internazionale d'Italia in Rome by beating singles world number two Stphane Houdet 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the final. The 21-year-old from Scotland, who is ranked sixth in the world, lost the opening set to his French rival but battled back superbly to take the next two sets and win his third tournament of the ...

Voice commenting on the Pacific security situation at the Chahar China-Europe Dialogue

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:44:17 -0400

"China is more concerned about the peace and security of the Pacific Ocean than any other country in the world. And turning it into a 'peaceful' ocean constitutes China's greatest hope."Peng Guangqian, an expert on Chinese military and strategic issues,commenting on the Pacific security situation at the Chahar China-Europe Dialogue, quoted by People.com.cn on ...

Myanmar leader set for historic US visit

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:43:54 -0400

Myanmar President U Thein Sein will become the first leader of his country in 47 years to visit the White House, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms.The former general will meet with President Barack Obama during the visit that started Monday and later seek to woo US businesses that see a lucrative market in the Southeast Asian nation.Some say that Obama's ...

The Worlds First 3D-Printed Gun

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:43:24 -0400

On May 3, high tech gunsmithing group Defense Distributed gave Forbes a first look at the world's first fully 3D-printed gun, what it called the ...

No Friendly For Ghana…Before World Cup Qualifiers In June

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:42:08 -0400

Ghana black stars players Ghana have ruled out playing any friendly match before next month's World Cup qualifiers against Sudan and Lesotho. The Black Stars will be preparing for two crucial World Cup qualifiers which could determine whether they will reach the final phase of the qualifiers. They had previously arranged a friendly against Kenya but pulled out of the game citing the late ...

Iran tries to block out Rafsanjani

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:35:34 -0400

Iran is to ban physically weak candidates from next month's presidential election, seen as a way of excluding a former leader who is a threat to ...

Russia foils terror attack on Moscow

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:33:11 -0400

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian security services said Monday they had foiled a terror attack on Moscow, killing two of the plotters and arresting another."Our forceful actions prevented an attempted act of terror in the capital," the National Anti-Terror Committee said in a statement.The statement said the men, all three of them ethnic Russians, were detected on the outskirts of Moscow. A ...

Retired Anglican priest jailed for sex abuse

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:30:35 -0400

LONDON (AP) -- A retired Church of England priest was jailed for 10 years Monday after a jury found him guilty of 36 separate sex offenses against children in the 1960s and ...

Nigeria eases curfew in northeast fights on against Boko Haram

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:29:24 -0400

MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria relaxed a curfew on Monday in parts of the northeast where its troops are mounting their biggest offensive yet against militants from the Islamist group Boko ...

Chicago man breaks record for worlds longest Ferris wheel ride

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:26:26 -0400

A manager of 's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days, bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite.Clinton Shepherd spent 48 hours, 8 minutes and 25 seconds riding Navy Pier's Ferris wheel over the weekend. Shepherd is park operations manager at Navy Pier.He calls it "a very overwhelming ...

Tim Peake to become first British astronaut to visit International Space Station - video

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:26:24 -0400

A former army test pilot is to become the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station. Major Tim Peake will live and work on the space station for six months in November 2015. At a news conference at the Science Museum in London, where he was announced as the first UK astronaut in space for 20 years, he said it is a great ...

Ian Reifowitz Hello Republicans Japan Switches to Stimulus Gets Growth Europe Sticks With Austerity Stays in Recession

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:26:20 -0400

right now in Japan and in Europe. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has embarked on aggressive measures to stimulate Japan's long-moribund economy since he took office in December, and the result so far has been strong growth -- and, perhaps, liftoff after a triple-dip recession. Europe, on the other hand, remains mired in the muck of austerity and economic contraction. To briefly recap ...

Bulgarian Socialists vow to help poor look to form coalition

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:25:27 -0400

Leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party Sergei Stanishev (3rd L) speaks during a news conference at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia May 13, ...

The Public Interest Design 100 Designers Changing The World

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:24:48 -0400

The second installment of this annual list features global designers using their craft to improve lives--from building floating schools to learning about city design from ...

Video The war on terror Where do we stand

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:23:45 -0400

Flash Points: CBS News national security correspondent Bob Orr discusses the war on terror with CBS senior national security analyst Juan Zarate, who explains why, after more than a decade of counterterrorism efforts by the American government, new threats are popping up in new places, making the environment "more complicated, perhaps in some ways more localized, but also more ...

Video Royal princes open wounded vet center

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:23:44 -0400

Prince Harry is back in Britain after his U.S. tour. He recently joined his brother, Prince William, visiting wounded veterans and their families at a recovery center, west of London. Gayle King ...

Video World War II graduates go to prom 70 years later

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:23:43 -0400

New Haven's Hillhouse High School class of 1943 never had a prom because of World War II. But finally, after a 70-year wait, classmates gathered to celebrate and ...

British flower show in full bloom

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:23:41 -0400

Flowers are displayed during the Chelsea Flower Show in London, May 20, 2013. The Chelsea Flower Show, run by the Royal Horticultural Society, celebrates its 100th birthday this ...

3 Names to Know in the IRS Scandal

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:21:07 -0400

like the longest one ever for the Internal Revenue Service, but this one isn't looking much better, with another congressional hearing scheduled to probe the agency's targeting of tea party groups. Two senior IRS officials ...

Colgate Planning Caffeinated Toothbrush

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:21:04 -0400

Image credit: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office News reports suggest Colgate-Palmolive applied to patent a caffeinated toothbrush, but the actual patent application only referred to a proposed device that hypothetically could release caffeine or any other substance or flavoring, and create sensations in a user’s mouth. So maybe they did plan a caffeinated toothbrush. Maybe not. ...

Wave of Attacks Kills Scores in Iraq

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:06:56 -0400

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Storms could be as bad as yesterday

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Storms could be as bad as yesterday

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Smart politics to hype terrorism

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US says Pakistan curbing explosive fertilizers

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:46:27 -0400

ISLAMABAD -; Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer ...

Silver drops despite steady market tone elsewhere

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:46:26 -0400

A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji ...

UPDATE 1-Ugandan police raid newspaper over Museveni succession letter

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:43:42 -0400

Mon May 20, 2013 11:43am EDT (Adds police comment, tear gas, journalists union comment) By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA May 20 (Reuters) - Police raided Uganda's leading independent newspaper on Monday and disabled its printing press after it published a letter about a purported plot to stifle allegations President Yoweri Museveni is grooming his son for power, a senior editor said. Speculation ...

Pascoe heads seven-strong New Zealand team for IPC World Swimming Championships

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:40:30 -0400

May 20 - Six-time Paralympic champion Sophie Pascoe has been named to head a seven-strong New Zealand team going to the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships in Montreal in ...

Scores die in wave of Iraq bombs

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:40:23 -0400

Iraq 's minority Sunnis began protesting at what they say is mistreatment at the hands of the Shiite-led government. The mass demonstrations, which began in December, have largely been peaceful, but the number of attacks rose sharply after a deadly security crackdown on a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on April 23.Iraq's Shiite majority, which was oppressed ...

Severe weather

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Up to 79 people killed in wave of attacks in Iraq

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:30:38 -0400

A wave of attacks killed at least 79 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq today, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 200 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in ...