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Virginia hikers hit by runaway car

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 concerned Russian arms will reach enemies

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 ...

Syrian bomb disposal experts on high alert

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 ...

Iranian spies die in dawn hanging

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 ...

Texas takes on large oil firms

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 ...

Have good manners Chinese official to tourists

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:30:01 -0400

If you are a tourist in China, you better have "healthy and civilised" manners. Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang Sunday stressed that efforts should be made to advocate "healthy and civilized" manners among tourists. Wang made the remarks during an inspection tour to central China's Henan province, just days after he advocated polite tourist behavior and stressed that a good image of Chinese ...

Mexico aims to boost trade with Brazil

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:20:01 -0400

Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Jose Antonio Meade visited his Brazilian counterpart, Antonio Patriota, with whom he agreed to promote a series of business meetings to boost bilateral trade. Meade told a press conference that, on the topic of trade, "right now that is Mexico's goal", but that at present there is no intention to negotiate free-trade agreements with Brazil. "There's a mutual ...

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 ...

China-Indias large potential makes West anxious Daily

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:50:02 -0400

China and India's combined potential are large enough to make the West anxious but there are "many weaknesses in the bilateral relationship", a state-run Chinese daily has said. Said the Global Times in an editorial Monday, the second day of Premier Li Keqiang's India trip: "As China's new premier, his selection of India for his first overseas trip has widely been interpreted as a sign that ...

Nestle invests $130 mn in Mexico plant

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:40:01 -0400

Mexican President Enrique Pea Nieto inaugurated a 1.6-billion-peso ($130-million) expansion of a Nestle instant coffee factory in the central city of Toluca. The project has boosted the plant's productive capacity by 30 percent, making it the world's biggest facility of its kind, Nestle Mexico CEO Marcelo Melchior said during Friday's ceremony. The factory, which covers a 14-hectare area, will ...

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 ...

Yahoo to buy Tumblr in $1.1 bn deal

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

The board of web pioneer Yahoo has reportedly approved a deal to buy popular blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, according to various media reports. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Tumblr CEO David Karp were reported to be in talks last week. On Sunday, the board approved the deal, the Wall Street Journal first reported. The deal is expected to be announced as soon as Monday, the New York ...

Badminton becomes a victim of Chinas bird flu outbreak

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

Badminton has become an indirect victim of bird flu that has been affecting the country, given that the extensive slaughtering of infected ducks has created a shortage of feathers, an essential raw material for the birdies used in the sport, media reports said. Many cases of H7N9 bird flu have been detected at farms in the eastern Chinese provinces of Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian, which are the ...

Call box business is booming in Cameroon

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:40:01 -0400

There's no official figure to determine its role in the Cameroonian economy but there is evidence that the "call box" business is a booming informal business in the country's mobile telephone sector. The informal business, practised by thousands of Cameroonians in both in the urban and rural areas, entails one getting a mobile phone and a table in an open area on a street, reports Xinhua. This ...

Yemeni president commends ties with UAE

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

Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has praised his country's relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The president said it in a statement on the occasion of the swearing-in of Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Yemen to the UAE. He said that the position holds particular importance due to the unique and important relationship between his ...

Tornadoes tear through central US

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:10:01 -0400

Tornadoes tore through three central American states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa with baseball-sized hail and wind blasts ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted Sunday night on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas and a second confirmed one was seen near Edmond, Oklahoma, the ...

Styles car outside my house Rod Stewart

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:30:02 -0400

Singer Rod Stewart accepts that he saw band One Direction member Harry Styles' car parked outside his house one morning, but didn't confirm that the teen sensation is dating his daughter Kimberly. Dating rumours of Styles, 19 and Kimberly, 31 surfaced when they were seen enjoying dinner with Stewart and his wife Penny Lancaster, reports mirror.co.uk. "His (Harry's) car was here in the morning. ...

UAE Algeria discuss relations

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:30:01 -0400

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Algeria have held talks to explore new ways of enhancing bilateral cooperation in areas like industry, investment and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The discussions were held Sunday between UAE's economy minister Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri and the visiting Algerian Minister for Industry, SMEs and Investment Promotion, Cherif Rahmani. Both sides also ...

Johanssons directorial debut ready for shoot

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:20:01 -0400

Actress Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut will go on the floors this years, after being delayed for almost two years. The 28-year-old will make movie adaptation of author Truman Capote's novel "Summer Crossing", reports femalefirst.co.uk. "Several years ago I began working alongside the Capote estate and writer Tristine Skylar to adapt 'Summer Crossing', an inspired early work of Truman's ...

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 ...

Beyonce Knowles idolised Whitney Houston

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:50:02 -0400

Singer Beyonce Knowles says she always wanted to be rich and famous like late singer Whitney Houston. Knowles, 31, often told her mother that she would grow up to become like Houston, who died after drowning in her bathtub reportedly following a cocktail of marijuana, cocaine and prescription drugs last year. Knowles, who performed at US Super Bowl 2012, was starstruck when she saw the late ...

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 ...

Thousands of Taiwanese protest n-power project

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:00:01 -0400

About 10,000 Taiwanese took to the streets here Sunday to protest against further development of nuclear power on the island. The demonstration was launched by an environmental protection organisation to protest the construction of a new nuclear power plant, which will be the fourth plant on the island, Xinhua reported. Protestors waived banners and flags that read messages like "No Nuclear ...

Baz Luhrmann regrets not directing Harry Potter

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:10:01 -0400

Australian director Baz Luhrmann regrets leaving the opportunity to direct the first edition of "Harry Potter" franchise because he was busy with something else. The movie adaptation of author J.K. Rowling's 10-part wizard story was a huge hit and all books were made into movies starting from 2001, but Luhrmann turned down the offer because he was filming "Moulin Rouge!", reports ...

Example Erin McNaught married

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:20:01 -0400

Musician Elliot Gleave aka Example got married to fiancee Erin McNaugh here this weekend after six months of engagement. The two got married May 17 and Example, 30, announced the news to his fans through Twitter. "It's 7.30 a.m. Just going for a little 6 mile jog. Ceremony starts in six hours. Not sure if this is normal protocol for your wedding day?" he posted Friday. On Saturday he posted a ...

David Beckham loves styling daughter

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:40:01 -0400

Celebrity footballer David Beckham reportedly loves to style daughter Harper and has taken over the duty of styling her. David, who recently announced retirement from the sport, like to maker 22-month-old daughter wear bright clothes whereas wife Victoria has a different choice. "Victoria has always dressed Harper beautifully, but lately it's been David who's taken the reins. David tends to ...

Brown has soft spot for Tran

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:20:01 -0400

Singer Chris Brown reportedly has a soft corner for ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran. The duo dated for a few months before Brown famously reconciled his relation with singer Rihanna. However, he is said to have kept in touch with Tran. "I don't know if he's in love with Karrueche, but he loves her. Being in love with someone is different than loving them," hollywoodlife.com quoted a source as ...

Israel to keep preventing arms transfer to Hezbollah

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:30:01 -0400

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his government remains committed to prevent transfer of the advanced weaponry to Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. "We are acting in accordance with the policy we had set to prevent as much as possible the transfer of advanced weapons to Hezbollah and terror elements," reported Xinhua citing Netanyahu as saying Sunday. "The Israeli government ...

50 injured as car rams into public in US

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:10:01 -0400

As many as 50 people were injured after a car ploughed into a crowd of people participating in a parade in the US state of Virginia. There was no fatality. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon during the Hiker's Parade at the annual Trail Days festival in the Damascus town, near the border with Tennessee state, a US media report said. Some of the victims were flown by helicopters to ...

Gwyneth Paltrow a big-time foodie

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:20:01 -0400

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow loves food and says she has inherited it from her late father. The 41-year-old, married to singer Chris Martin, has often expressed her will to open an eatery and has also emphasised on the importance of eating healthy. "I have always loved food, I was raised by a foodie. I love to cook and eat," Beach magazine quoted Paltrow as saying. The actress credits her love for ...

Alleged unmasked CIA agent leaves Russia

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:30:01 -0400

Ryan Fogle, the man Russia's security services claimed to have captured last week as he tried to recruit a Russian to spy for the US, left Moscow Sunday, a media report said. Fogle checked in on a flight at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, NTV said. The Russian foreign ministry had earlier declared Fogle, a third secretary at the US Embassy in Moscow, persona non grata for "activity incompatible ...

Nepal India to discuss cross-border crime

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:20:01 -0400

Nepal and India have decided to discuss cross-border crime to curb this menace on the 1,700-km border shared by the two countries, an official said here Sunday. "A secretary-level meeting is scheduled for June first week. Exact date will be fixed soon. Cross-border crime will be a key feature of the meeting," Nepal's Home Ministry spokesperson Shankar Koirala told Xinhua. In the meeting, Home ...

Motorsports Team MRF deliver 1-2 finish

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:20:01 -0400

Team MRF achieved a 1-2 finish here Sunday with Esapekka Lappi and Gaurav Gill finishing in that order in the International Rally of Whangarei that also doubled up as the first round of the 2013 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship. Visiting New Zealand for their first time, 22-year-old Finn Esapekka Lappi (co-driver Janne Ferm) led from start-to-finish driving the Skoda Fabia S2000. Lappi ...

South African president not involved in Gupta jet scandal Minister

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:10:01 -0400

South African President Jacob Zuma was not involved in a wedding scandal in which a private plane of the affluent and well-connected Indian Gupta family landed at a sensitive military airbase, an investigation revealed on Sunday, reported Xinhua. "In any event, the president is not involved in authorizing the landing or not landing of aircraft at airports," Justice and Constitutional Development ...

Bangladeshis being trafficked to Brazil

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:30:01 -0400

Police in Brazil have identified a gang specialising in trafficking Bangladeshi nationals into the country, a media report said. About 80 Bangladeshi workers have been lured with promises of earning up to $1,500 a month. But they ended up as slave labourers in order to pay their smugglers nearly $10,000, BBC reported citing the Agencia Brasil news agency. South America's biggest economy has ...

US role in Mideast peace lacks credibility Palestinian official

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:01 -0400

The role of the US in reviving the Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations lacks credibility, a Palestinian official said Sunday. The Barack Obama administration "recruits itself to spare Israel any kind of accountability and give the priority to Israel at the expense of peace chances and the implementation of international law", Xinhua quoted Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestinian Liberation ...

Bangladesh bans political rallies for a month

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:01 -0400

The Bangladesh government Sunday banned political rallies for one month, a step the opposition described as an attempt to mute dissenting voices. "We'll not allow political meetings and rallies for next one month across the country," Xinhua quoted Home Minister M.K. Alamgir as saying. Alamgir made the announcement in the sea port city of Chittagong, 240 km southeast of Dhaka. Incidents of ...

Blast at firecracker workshop kills three Chinese

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:50:01 -0400

An explosion at an unlicensed firecracker workshop in central China killed three people and left three others injured Sunday, officials said. The blast occurred around 9.50 a.m. in Yangzhai village in Henan province, Xinhua reported. Police suspect it was caused by illegally stored gunpowder. The workshop owner's wife and daughter and a neighbour were killed. The three injured include the ...

ISAF plane makes hard landing in Afghanistan

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:50:01 -0400

A C-130 plane with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) made a hard landing Sunday in Afghanistan, but there were no casualties, a statement said. The plane landed in Logar province, 60 km south of Kabul, Xinhua cited the ISAF statement as saying. Without providing details, the statement stressed that "there are no casualties, and there was no indication of insurgent ...

Dipika Ghosal seek breakthrough at British Open

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:40:01 -0400

Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal will lead India's challenge at the British Open Squash Championships beginning here Monday. The prestigious tournament is the world's oldest. World No.15 Pallikal plays her opening match against 22nd ranked Line Hansen of Denmark at the KC Stadium Tuesday. Provided the Indian overcomes the first hurdle, she is expected to meet local favourite and World No.2 ...

William-Kate gnome statues to raise money for kids

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:30:01 -0400

Tiny gnome statues of Prince William and his pregnant wife Kate, the duchess of Cambridge, will be auctioned online to raise money for children to learn about gardening in schools. The gnome statues were displayed at the Chelsea Flower Show, the Daily Mirror reported. "Gnomes are often associated with good luck, I could not think of a more popular couple that the nation is wishing good luck ...

Vietnam successfully test-flies drones

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:20:02 -0400

Vietnam Sunday successfully conducted test flights of six indigenously-made unmanned aerial vehicles, a media report said. The "made-in-Vietnam" drones flew over the Central Highlands Lam Dong province, Xinhua reported citing the Van Hoa The Thao (Culture and Sports) newspaper. After three days of tests - May 17-19 - in Da Lat city and Lac Duong district of Lam Dong, six vehicles made by the ...

Israel to return settlements land to Palestinian owners

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:20:01 -0400

The state of Israel has said it would return the lands of a settlement evacuated in 2005 back to its original Palestinian owners, an Israeli daily said Sunday. The announcement came after a petition was filed by the Palestinian land owners in the Supreme Court, Xinhua reported citing the Ha'aretz daily. Homesh, a 0.7 square km settlement, was established in 1980 on lands belonging to residents ...

No commercials TV channel starts broadcast in Russia

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:00:02 -0400

Russia's Public Television, which will be governed by the public rather than by the state or the channel owners and which will not run any commercials, Sunday started its broadcast. It offers viewers news, films, entertainment and cognitive programmes. The new TV channel is to become accessible free of charge in the networks of all operators of cable, satellite and IP-television. The TV channel ...

Warner reported for beaching Code of Behaviour

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:50:02 -0400

Cricket Australia (CA) Sunday said David Warner has been reported for breaching their Code of Behaviour. Warner is alleged to have breached Rule 6 which is "Unbecoming behaviour, regarding comments posted on his twitter account". The rule states that "players and officials must not at any time engage in behaviour unbecoming to a representative player or official that could (a) bring them or the ...

North Korea fires short-range missile

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:20:02 -0400

North Korea Sunday fired a short-range missile into the East Sea, even as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was concerned over Pyongyang's latest missile launches and urged the regime to return to the talks on its controversial nuclear programme. Citing an anonymous military official in Seoul, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the short-range missile launch came a day after Pyongyang ...

Woman flees to Britain refusing to join Swaziland kings harem

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:20:01 -0400

A 22-year-old woman fled to Britain from the southern African nation of Swaziland and is seeking asylum after refusing to join the harem of 13 wives of Swazi king Mswati III. Tintswalo Ngobeni fled to Britain after she caught the attention of the millionaire monarch, known for his lavish lifestyle, the Daily Mail reported. As part of Swazi custom, 45-year-old King Mswati III is permitted to ...

Britains first astronaut to go on space mission in 2015

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:40:01 -0400

Britain's first "official" astronaut, 41-year-old Major Tim Peake, has been selected to go on a five-month mission to the International Space Station in 2015, a media report said Sunday. Peake, a former army helicopter pilot, graduated as a European Space Agency astronaut more than two years ago and has been waiting for a space mission since then, the Guardian daily said. However, Peake has ...

England to tour West Indies in February

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:30:02 -0400

England and the West Indies will play three Twenty20 matches and three One-Day Internationals in the Caribbean early next year, the West Indies Cricket Board announced. The three One-Day Internationals will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds in Antigua while Kensington Oval in Barbados will host the T20 games, the WICB said Saturday, reports CMC. The Twenty20 matches will be ...

Kirani James talks up Grenada relay team

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:30:02 -0400

World and Olympic 400 metre champion Kirani James has warned that Grenada is capable of producing a relay team as a force to be reckoned with in world athletics. The Grenadian quarter-miler has identified three of the country's overseas-based athletes who he believes can form a quartet with himself to compete against the best in the world, reports CMC. They include Rondell Bartholomew who has ...

Wells delighted with play-off victory

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:30:02 -0400

Bermudian striker Nahki Wells says he is delighted with his role in helping Bradford City win promotion to League One after his football club swept aside Northampton Town 3-0 in the League Two play-off final at Wembley Stadium. Wells, 22, made history by becoming the first Bermudian to score Saturday at Wembley, home of English football, reports CMC. Wells netted his team's third goal in front ...

Wet Indies board chief lauds Chanderpaul for rare landmark

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:20:01 -0400

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron says "character and focus" are the main factors that have driven West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul to reach the milestone of 300 first class matches. The 38-year-old achieved the rare feat appearing for Derbyshire against Sussex in the English County championship, reports CMC. "On behalf of the Board of Directors of ...

Kirani James outpaces rivals to win in Shanghai

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:00:02 -0400

World and Olympic champion Kirani James powered to victory against his main rivals from London 2012 Olympics in the 400 metres at Shanghai's Diamond League meet. The Grenadian quarter miler raced ahead on the final bend to edge 2008 Olympic champion, the USA's Lashawn Merritt, into second place Saturday, reports Xinhua. Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic, the silver medallist from last ...

John Lennons guitar sells for $408000

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:00:01 -0400

A custom-made guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison has sold for $408,000 at an auction. The guitar, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified American buyer in New York, BBC reported. Harrison played "I Am The Walrus" on the guitar in a scene from "Magical Mystery Tour" in 1967. Lennon used it in a video for "Hello, Goodbye" later that year. The Julien's ...

4G to debut in Shanghai next month

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:50:02 -0400

4G services, which provide mobile users with internet access up to 50 times faster than the current 3G network, will be launched in Shanghai next month when the China Mobile company begins large-scale trials. The fourth generation of mobile phone mobile communication technology standards orm 4G provides users with high-speed internet access on devices such as phones, data cards and MiFi routes, ...

Juventus confirm Tevez talks

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:50:01 -0400

Juventus general manager Beppe Marotta confirmed that the Italian Serie A champions are in contact with Carlos Tevez in an attempt to sign the Argentine striker. Marotta said Juventus could have some meetings with Tevez's team, reports Xinhua. "It is clear that at this stage of the season agents step forward and I will not rule out a meeting in that sense. We could reach an agreement with them, ...

Isinbayeva to continue as Youth Olympics ambassador

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:50:01 -0400

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sunday announced that two-time Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia will be an official ambassador of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Nanjing, China. The Russian pole vaulter will reprise her role as a YOG Ambassador, following her support and attendance of the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics, which saw over 3,600 elite young athletes from ...

Isinbayeva wins comeback meet in Shanghai

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:50:01 -0400

Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva won her first competition of the season by jumping 4.70 metres at the Diamond League meeting here. The 30-year-old skipped the winter season after a tough Olympic year in which she won bronze, and is using the event in China to prepare for the Moscow World Athletics Championships in August. The Russian posted the winning height - well below her world ...

Russian dies in Vietnam after fight with compatriot

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:40:02 -0400

A Russian tourist died in Vietnam after a fight with a compatriot and fellow-traveller in the coastal city of Nha Trang. The two Russians, who were travelling in Vietnam together and shared a room at a hotel in Nha Trang, entered a heated argument that resulted in a fight, the Tuoi Tre news website said. In the course of the fight, one of them inflicted a wound in the neck of the other with a ...

Four prisoners flee Russian jail

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:40:02 -0400

Four inmates jailed for murder and burglary have escaped from a prison in Russia by digging a 20-metre-long tunnel, investigators said. The incident took place in Irkutsk region in East Siberia. The prisoners escaped from an industrial area in Markovo village, where they worked as carpenters, by digging a tunnel, a statement said. Prison authorities noticed that the inmates were missing during ...

Closer ties between China India to strengthen BRICS

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:30:01 -0400

Only weeks after Chinese President Xi Jinping had a much-publicized meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Durban on the sidelines of a BRICS summit, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reached New Delhi Sunday on the first leg of his maiden tour abroad. Such a short time interval in top-level contacts between the two Asian giants gives the impression the Chinese dragon and the Indian ...

Chinese man jailed for raping killing woman

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:30:01 -0400

A Chinese man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and killing a woman 15 years ago. The now 44-year-old convict, Liu Jiasuo, raped the woman in a forest near a railway station in Anhui province, the Shanghai Daily reported. He was found guilty based on DNA evidence. The convict followed the woman on the midnight of July 13, 1998. He tried to strike up a conversation but was ignored ...

Sampdoria beat Juventus 3-2 in Serie A final round

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:20:02 -0400

Sampdoria beat Juventus 3-2 at home in the final round of the season to complete a double over the Italian Serie A champions. Sampdoria striker Fabio Quagliarella put Juventus ahead, but Eder, Lorenzo De Silvestri and Mauro Icardi scored in a row to put the hosts 3-1 in front. Emmanuel Giaccherini scored a consolation goal for the champions in stoppage time Saturday, reports Xinhua. Juventus ...

Hindus living dangerously in Balochistan

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:20:02 -0400

Though Hindus have richly contributed in the economic prosperity and development of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province since pre-partition days, they are today faced with the dilemma of survival and living "dangerously". Historically, it is not clear in documents to assert how and when Hindus originally settled in Balochistan. But the Balochistan-based Baloch and Hindu historians and ...

DPR Koreans win mixed doubles at table tennis worlds

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:20:02 -0400

DPR Korea's Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong claimed the mixed doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. This is the first individual title at the world championships that was won by a non-Chinese player or pair since it was last held here 10 years ago. China has cleans wept all titles since, reports Xinhua. The two Kims defeated Lee Sangsu and Park Yongsook of South Korea in the ...

China thrash India 5-0 in Sudirman Cup

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:10:02 -0400

Indian shuttlers were thrashed 0-5 by their Chinese counterparts on the first day of the Sudirman Cup here at the Putra Stadium Sunday. India lost their Group A matches in all the five categories of the biennial world mixed team badminton championships, winning only one game out of 11. In the first match, Tarun Kona and Ashwini Ponnappa expectedly lost their mixed doubles tie against World No.3 ...

Chinese premier in India border row on agenda

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:10:01 -0400

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Sunday on a three-day state visit, his first overseas trip after assuming office in March, during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a string of issues including the recent border row. Li, who touched down late Sunday afternoon, was received by Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed at Palam airport's Air Force ...

Iran executes two spies working for CIA Mossad

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:00:01 -0400

Two Iranian spies, allegedly working for America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel's Mossad were Sunday hanged in Iran, state-run IRIB TV reported. Mohammad Heidari, one of the executed men, had prepared information in a number of security issues and had given them to Mossad in several meetings outside the country, Xinhua cited the report as saying. Heidari received money in return ...

Rodents return to Earth after space flight

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:50:01 -0400

The returnable capsule of a biological research satellite landed in Russia Sunday, bringing mice, Mongolian gerbils, geckos and various micro-organisms and plants back to Earth after their month-long flight, the Mission Control said. The capsule landed in Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan. The descent vehicle separated from the equipment module of the Bion-M spacecraft at 6.32 ...

UN chief calls on North Korea to return to talks

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:40:02 -0400

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Sunday said he was concerned over North Korea's latest short-range missile launches and called on Pyongyang to return to the six-party talks on its controversial nuclear programme. The communist regime broke off talks with South Korea, China, the US, Japan and Russia on its nuclear programme in 2009, after the UN Security Council passed a resolution condemning ...

Russian military to make inspection flights over US

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:40:01 -0400

A group of Russian military observers will carry out two inspection missions over the US under the Open Skies Treaty between May 19 and June 3, the Russian defence ministry said. The Russian inspectors, accompanied by US officials, will fly on board a Tupolev Tu-154 LK-1 plane from the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and the Travis Air Force Base in California. These will be the 14th ...

Lohan avoiding Mueller in rehab

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:10:01 -0400

Actress Lindsay Lohan is reportedly avoiding Brooke Mueller, who wants to become her close friend, in a rehab. Both of them are being treated at the Betty Ford rehabilitation centre in California. Lohan, 26, is there for alcohol addiction, while Mueller is getting treated for drug addiction, reports radaronline.com. "Brooke is extremely eager to become besties with Lindsay while in rehab, and ...

Hindu temples Bollywood and a Yemeni citys India ties

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:00:01 -0400

A Hindu temple that dates back over 150 years, a market that sports an Indian name and love for Bollywood reflect the India connect of the Yemeni city of Aden. The famous Hindu temples include the Shri Tarichmerga Temple that was built in 1862, the Shri Ram Ji Temple that was built in 1875 and the Hanuman Temple that was built in 1882. It is estimated that Indians in Aden numbered 8,563 in 1856 ...

Miley Cyrus swatted again

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

Pop singer Miley Cyrus has become the victim of swatting for the second time. It was reported that a call was received from Cyrus's home here Friday claiming a crime at the premise. The 20-year-old was swatted in August 2012 as well when she was not at home, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Last month even Rihanna fell prey to swatting. Police received a call claiming two armed men were arguing at ...

Pakistani toll in Siachen avalanche rises to 128

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:40:01 -0400

The death toll in an avalanche in the Siachen glacier region last year has risen to 128, following the recovery of three more bodies, the Pakistani military said. The bodies of three soldiers were recovered from Gayari sector of Siachen Saturday, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. On April 7, 2012, at least 140 soldiers of the 6 Northern Light Infantry Battalion and a few civilians came ...

Sarabjit death probe Pakistani official may visit India

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:30:01 -0400

A one-man inquiry tribunal comprising Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi of Lahore High Court may visit India to complete the judicial inquiry into the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, a media report said. Sarabjit Singh, an Indian on death row in Pakistan, died May 2 after a group of Pakistani prisoners attacked him April 26 Kot Lakhpat Jail. Sarabjit was on death row since 1990 ...

Fish therapy makes its way into Gaza

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:10:01 -0400

Fouad Yahya, a resident of the Gaza Strip, had never expected that one day a fish will help treat his skin disease, a therapy that he learnt about via the internet. "I smiled as I inserted both of my feet in a vessel filled with warm freshwater containing dozens of Garra Rufa fish, a toothless kind of fish used for such kind of therapy," Xinhua quoted him as saying. "I relaxed as the fish ...

Sheen Muellers children better off with Richards

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:02 -0400

Actors Charlie Sheen apparently feels that it's a good idea to let his sons stay in the custody of Denise Richards, while their mother Brook Mueller is in rehab. Richards, who was married to Sheen for four years before parting ways in 2006, is looking after his four-year-old twins Bob and Max because he cannot take care of them on his own. Sheen and Mueller got married in 2008 and they ...

Mel C daughters second choice Jessie J comes first

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:02 -0400

Former Spice girl Singer Melanie Chisholm aka Mel C says her daughter Scarlet really adores singer Jessie J, who is a judge on the Britain's singing reality show "The Voice". Mel C feels she is the second favourite of her four-year-old daughter. "Saturday night telly with 'The Voice' is an absolute must as Jessie J is her favourite singer. Mummy's only her second favourite now," new! magazine ...

Pakistani man lynched over prostitution

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:02 -0400

A man was lynched to death and two others, including an alleged prostitute, were injured after they were caught in an "objectionable" condition in a house near the Pakistani capital, a media report said Sunday. The incident took place in Golra on the outskirts of Islamabad Saturday, Dawn News reported. Police said the man hired the services of a sex worker and brought her to a friend's house. ...

Tamara Ecclestone not obsessed with wedding plans

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:01 -0400

Model Tamara Eccelstone admits being excited about her marriage to fiance Jay Rutland, but says she is not obsessed about plans related to her D-day. The 28-year-old got engaged in February, one month after meeting Rutland. "I'm really excited about the wedding. But I will let him have his input. I'm not some sort of monster," dailystar.co.uk quoted Eccelstone as saying. However, she is clear ...

Pakistani woman politician shot dead

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:50:01 -0400

A senior woman politician in Pakistan's port city of Karachi was gunned down by motorcycle-riding assailants outside her residence late Saturday, a media report said Sunday. Zahra Shahid Hussain, vice president in Sindh province of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was killed in an attempted robbery on the eve of re-polls in Karachi's NA-250 constituency, ...

Sharif-Kayani meeting is good for Pakistan paper

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:30:02 -0400

A Pakistani newspaper Sunday lauded army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani for breaking convention and calling on incoming Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. "The meeting augurs well for a smooth and trouble-free transition within the country keeping the larger national security interests in view," The News International said in an editorial. The daily described Kayani's gesture to call on Sharif at ...

Rita Oras new album blast from the past

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:30:01 -0400

Singer Rita Ora is currently working on a new album, which will talk about her life and the relationships that she dealt with in the past. The 22-year-old had a nasty fallout with ex-boyfriend Rob Kardashian and the latter publicly accused her of cheating on him with 20 other men but retracted it later. "My next album is about me being 22, growing up in this industry really fast and being in a ...

Sharon Ozzy reconcile

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:30:01 -0400

Singer Sharon Osbourne and her husband Ozzy have reportedly given their marriage another chance after going through a rocky patch for a month. It was earlier revealed that the couple, married for 31 years, were living in separate houses. The reason was said to be Ozzy's intake of drugs for over a year without the knowledge of his wife. However, Sharon was recently seen wearing a diamond ring on ...

Car bomb kills eight in Syria

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00:02 -0400

At least eight people were killed and 10 others wounded when a car bomb ripped through a Damascus district Saturday night, local media and activists said. A huge explosive device was planted under a car in the northeastern district of Ruken Addien, the state media said, adding that bomb squads dismantled another explosive device in the same area, reports Xinhua. Meanwhile, the oppositional ...

Deadly rains affect 200000 in China

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

Continuous rainfall has claimed one life and affecting some 200,000 people in southwest China, authorities said Sunday. The rains started Thursday and had battered 14 counties in Guangxi region, Xinhua reported. The downpour damaged or destroyed 561 houses and ruined 12,120 hectares of crops, resulting in direct economic losses of about $24 ...

Pakistan holds re-polling after fraud claims

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

Re-polling in a parliamentary seat started in Pakistan's port city Karachi Sunday following allegations of vote rigging, officials said. The Election Commission ordered re-polling after political parties alleged that election officials had been stopped from reaching the polling centres May 11, reports Xinhua. Voting will continue until 5 p.m. on one National Assembly and two provincial assembly ...

Chinese premier departs for India

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

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang departed here Sunday for official visits to four nations, with India being the first stop. From India, Li will go to Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany, reports Xinhua. Li is visiting these countries at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Pakistan government, Swiss President Ueli Maurer and German Chancellor Angela ...

Bayer Leverkusen bid for Corinthians Romarinho

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:40:01 -0400

Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen has reportedly made a bid to sign highly rated Brazilian playmaker Romarinho. The German outfit has offered Corinthians 12 million euros to secure the 22-year-old in the European summer transfer window, reports Xinhua. Romarinho emerged on Brazil's football scene last year as a striker but has been transformed into an attacking midfielder by Corinthians coach ...

Rousseff opens Brasilia World Cup stadium

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:40:01 -0400

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff officially opened Brasilia's Mane Garrincha World Cup stadium. Despite controversy surrounding delays and cost overruns, Rousseff said the 71,000-seat venue was now the source of pride among Brazilians, reports Xinhua. "A year ago they said that we wouldn't build our stadiums, that they wouldn't be ready. But now we are seeing that the stadiums have been built ...

Violent And Dangerous Tornadoes Strike US

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:59:12 -0400

At least one person has been killed and 21 people injured in Oklahoma after a half-mile wide twister swept through the US state reducing homes to rubble. Houses were completely destroyed in the towns of Carney and Pink as the tornado passed through. More than two dozen tornadoes were spotted in parts of Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas and Illinois, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

China sentences underground bank operator to death

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:56:50 -0400

BEIJING (AP) -- A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by ...

Twister kills 1 in Oklahoma

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:51:56 -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 and around a dozen injured Sunday when a string of tornadoes tore through four states, ripping roofs off homes, downing power lines and tossing trees like matchsticks. The death happened at a trailer park in Pottawatomie County, ...

North Koreans seize Chinese fishing boat

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:51:47 -0400

China has urged North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat and crew, state media has reported, after its owner announced online that it had been seized more than two weeks ago. Yu Xuejun wrote on his microblog on Saturday that gun-wielding North Koreans took the boat on 5 May in what he says were Chinese waters and that they demanded a ransom of 600,000 yuan (£64,000). Xinhua ...

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 ...

US diplomat leaves Russia

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:50:22 -0400

Russian television says a US diplomat at the centre of a spying row has left Moscow. Ryan Fogle was given five days to leave Russia after allegedly trying to recruit an intelligence officer as an informer. The US state department has confirmed the ...

North Korea launches projectile after launching short-range missiles

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:25:00 -0400

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has deployed dozens of Israeli-made precision guided missiles on islands near a western sea boundary disputed by North Korea.A North Korean artillery strike on one of the islands in 2010 killed four South Koreans.South Korea's Defense Ministry announced the move as North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, and a day ...

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 ...

Bashar al-Assad insists he will not step down as President of Syria

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:08:46 -0400

Bashar al-Assad has dismissed the prospect of new peace talks in Syria leading to a lasting settlement and stated that he has no intention of stepping ...

UK Astronaut To Blast Off To Space Station

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:07:08 -0400

The British space industry is being given a boost with confirmation that Britain's first official astronaut is to take part in a mission on the International Space Station in 2015. Major Tim Peake has undergone 14 months of rigorous training, which has included survival courses and exercises under water and underground. Now almost three years after graduating as an astronaut, the ...

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, ...

Good Samaritan recalls Huntington water rescue

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:27:19 -0400

Photo credit: Steve Silverman | Two people were injured after a vehicle crashed on West Shore Road and overturned into Huntington Harbor, police said. (May 18, ...

Yahoo close to buying Tumblr site

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:16:47 -0400

Yahoo has promised to unveil "something special" this evening in New York.The event is being held in a Times Squares lounge located about two miles from Tumblr's headquarters.Yahoo has only said that Ms Mayer will be on hand to unveil something related to a product, and buying Tumblr would fulfill her goal of reaching a wider audience on smartphones and tablet computers.Tumblr ...

Kurdish Women Fighters Battle In Syria

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

My eyes adjust to the dark as my nose adjusts to the fragrant feminine smell of shampoo and conditioner inside the room. It is a revelation. I had heard of these fighters but I didn't expect to meet them so easily. A band of sisters. The most extraordinary latest development in this awful war. They are Kurds. A women's brigade tasked with defending their own people. They are ...

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 ...

SKorea analyzing NKoreas 4 projectile launches

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:55:51 -0400

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be developing, officials said ...

Death sentence in Chinese underground bank case

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:35:14 -0400

BEIJING -- A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death in the government's latest crackdown on underground lending that is widely used by entrepreneurs.The Intermediate People's Court of Wenzhou, a center for private sector business, says Lin Haiyan was convicted of "illegal fundraising" for collecting 640 million yuan ($101 million) from individual ...

Man in court after two children die

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:33:09 -0400

20 May 2013 A British father is due to appear in court in France, where he is expected to be formally charged with slitting the throats of his two young ...

Father slits the throats of his two children after bitter divorce battle

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:24:16 -0400

By John Lichfield Paris - 20 May 2013 A British man has confessed to killing his two children, aged five and 10, by cutting their ...

Rod Stewarts First Number One In 30 Years

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:22:41 -0400

Rod Stewart says he is "over the moon" as he celebrates his 15th number one record. The 68-year-old star admitted he was "very proud" to be back at the top of the charts with new album Time. The first time Stewart - known for hits like Maggie May and Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? - topped the album charts was in 1971 with Every Picture Tells A Story. His last number one ...

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 ...

2 FBI agents killed during training exercise at Virginia Beach

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:12:24 -0400

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Two FBI agents died Friday in an apparent off-shore training exercise. The agency’s website identified the officers as Special Agent Christopher Lorek and Special Agent Stephen Shaw. They were members of the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team, which is part of the Critical Incident Response Group based at Quantico, Va. The FBI was mum Sunday as to the cause ...

More bodies recovered in collapsed Indonesia mine

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:02:14 -0400

TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) -- Rescuers recovered four more bodies from a collapsed underground room at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 13, police said Monday. Fifteen other workers were still missing and feared ...

Heavy Tunisian security clash with hardline Muslim group in two cities

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:45:59 -0400

Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked a radical Islamist movement from holding an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious centre. The movement has been implicated in attacks across the country, prompting clashes with angry youths that resulted in one death.Security checkpoints were in place and patrols conducted throughout the central city of Kairouan after ...

An Emotional Swing for Wigan Athletic

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

WIGAN, England ...

Records Dalton Smith was first arrested at age 16

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:41:48 -0400

Photo credit: NCPD | Police on Saturday identified Dalton Smith, 30, of Hempstead as the armed gunman killed in a home invasion Friday that also resulted in the death of Hofstra University student Andrea ...

Major tornadoes hit United States

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:39:07 -0400

National Weather Service described the tornado as "large, violent and extremely dangerous" and said it was moving north east at 30 mph.The tornadoes are part of a large storm system moving through the Plains and upper ...

Destructive tornadoes tear through three US states

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:33:03 -0400

Tornadoes tear across US (0:27) A series of tornadoes has ripped roofs of homes, taken down power lines and flipped trucks in three US states. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, while at least two destructive twisters have also blown through Edmond and Wellston in Oklahoma. A reported 800-metre wide tornado left ...

Baby who survived crash sent to morgue in body bag

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:30:33 -0400

Google was branded "devious, calculating and unethical" by MPs who accused the internet giant of deliberately subverting its motto, "don't be evil", in order to pay less ...

British Army Hiring While Firing Thousands

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:29:01 -0400

The Army is sticking the boot into those who think that cutbacks in military spending mean that recruitment has stopped. A new drive to get more young people to join the army has been launched with a short TV ad showing the life of a soldier through his or her boots. The campaign called Step Up is aimed at persuading up to 10,000 young men and women to sign up for army duty in the coming ...

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 ...

Capturing the contrast between the old and the new in China

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:53:22 -0400

From enduring to disposable: China is known both for its rich history and culture and its economic rising, fuelled partly by producing consumer products known for being cheap and throwaway.I spent five weeks in China this spring on a project to retrace parts of Mao Zedong's Long March. During my trip, I was often struck by the strong contrast between Old World and New World. I wanted to come ...

In pictures Photographing the old with the new in China

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:53:21 -0400

John Lehmann photographs the Great Wall, an enduring symbol of the Old World, with a decidedly modern, Chinese invention - the plastic Holga ...

China asks NKorea to release fishing boat crew

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:51:49 -0400

BEIJING -; The Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang asked North Korea to release a private Chinese fishing boat and its crew soon after its owner reported the detention 10 days ago, state media ...

East Moriches man killed in Shirley crash

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:49:08 -0400

***UTILITY WORK GOING ON FROM EARLIER ACCIDENT INVOLVING DOWNED POLE AND WIRES *** In East Farmingdale right lane closed on Rt-109 EB north of Southern Pky. Stop and go traffic from Rt-110/Broad Hollow ...

Hofstra neighbors express safety concerns after shooting

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:49:06 -0400

Photo credit: Lauren R. Harrison | Antoinette Dukacz, 92, lives next door to the home where Hofstra student Andrea Rebello was killed. (May 19, ...

More funding sought for Long Island Sound

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:49:05 -0400

Photo credit: Heather Walsh | Sunny, a rescued seal adopted by kindergarten students at Setauket Elementary School, is released back into the Long Island Sound in Port Jefferson, after a two-month rehabilitation process at the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation. (April 25, ...

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 ...

Education Vision and the Mayor’s Race

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:40:22 -0400

forum on May 11 with the United Federation of Teachers, where they took turns blasting the mayor's record on school reform. It was five Democrats -- and Adolfo Carron Jr., who's running on the Independence Party line -- in pursuit of an endorsement, so flattery and incumbent-bashing were expected. But the jabs made the mayor go all-but-apocalyptic in reply: "If the next mayor ...

Derivatives Reform on the Ropes

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:40:20 -0400

regulate derivatives , adopted last week by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, are a victory for Wall Street and a setback for financial reform. They may also signal worse things to ...

Eavesdropping on Internet Communications

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:40:18 -0400

new plan to intercept Internet messages, calls and video chats. Instead of requiring companies like Skype and Google to build surveillance capabilities into their services as it suggested in 2010, the F.B.I. now proposes fining companies that fail to comply with court-ordered ...

PMs top aide quits over expenses

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:38:02 -0400

Mike Duffy , resigned last week.Mr Wright said in a statement that he helped Duffy repay his expenses because he felt it was in the public interest to do so. He says he accepts sole responsibility for his actions.Critics say the payment to Mr Duffy violated ethics rules that prohibit senators from accepting gifts.Mr Harper said he accepted Mr Wright's resignation with "great ...

At least one reported dead as tornadoes hammer Oklahoma Kansas and Iowa

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:33:00 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tornado half a mile wide struck near Oklahoma City on Sunday, part of a massive storm front that hammered the central United States. News reports said at least one person had ...

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, ...

2 sex offenders challenging Suffolk law

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:57:50 -0400

Photo credit: Randee Daddona | The sex offender trailer is located on the property of the county sheriff's impound and police academy in Westhampton. (Mar. 11, ...

Jakarta Journal Suhartos Indonesian Legacy 15 Years Later

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

JAKARTA, Indonesia ...

Tory leadership denies ‘loons’ remark

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:47:52 -0400

British prime minister David Cameron: Relations between the Tory party leadership and traditionalists have been strained by Mr Cameron's support for gay marriage and the thorny issue of Europe. Photograph: Brendan ...

EU judgement Ruling on assessment of costs in legal challenges on environment

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:47:52 -0400

Where a national court is assessing costs against such a person, the cost of the proceedings "must neither exceed the financial resources of the person concerned nor appear, in any event, to be objectively ...

British man admits killing his children in France

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:47:51 -0400

Police arrested the 48-year-old unemployed man on Saturday after the bodies of his daughter and son were found at his apartment in Saint-Priest, a suburb of ...

Syrian army seizes rebel stronghold

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:47:50 -0400

Syria's armed forces seized the rebel stronghold of Qusayr after weeks of fighting as President Bashar al-Assad welcomed the Russian-US call for an international conference. He said Damascus supported any effort to halt violence and launch dialogue between the government, opponents and ...

Netanyahu says further strikes on Syria a possibility

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:47:49 -0400

Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu: "The Israeli government is acting in a responsible and measured way". Reuters/Ronen ...

Under-fire Obama should drop the wistful petulant approach

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:47:48 -0400

"No Drama Obama is immersed in drama so over the top it could have been scripted by Shonda Rhimes and Karl Rove . . . The one-time messiah seems like a sad sack, trying to bounce back from a blistering array of sins that are not even his fault. He went to Baltimore on Friday to talk about jobs. But no one was listening." Photograph: Kristoffer Tripplaar-Pool/Getty ...

Political rivals scuffle in Ukrainian capital

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:47:47 -0400

Riot police attempt to prevent supporters of the Ukrainian opposition from attacking supporters of President Viktor Yanukovich and the pro-presidential Party of the Regions during a rally in Kiev on Saturday. Photograph: Alexander ...

Man Killed In Suspected Gas Explosion At House

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:46:20 -0400

Police have recovered a body of a man from the rubble of a terraced house in Nottinghamshire after a suspected gas explosion. Firefighters found the body during an ongoing search of the collapsed building. Another person is still missing, Nottinghamshire Police said. The explosion happened just before 5.15pm on Sunday, at an address in Wright Street in Newark. The home crumbled in the ...

Julian Assange reveals GCHQ messages discussing Swedish extradition

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:39:56 -0400

Julian Assange is discussed, apparently including speculation that he is being framed by Swedish authorities seeking his extradition on rape allegations.The records were revealed by Assange himself ...

Russia Expels Former American Embassy Official

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

MOSCOW ...

Bomb Suspects Trip Sheds Light on Caucasus War

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

KHASAVYURT, Russia ...

Slain Newtown teacher’s broken-hearted father takes on gun culture

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:10:28 -0400

Gilles Rousseau, the father of Lauren Rousseau, a teacher killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, seen at his Southbury, Conn. home May 17, 2013. Rousseau is now spending much of his time lobbying for stricter gun control. (Michelle McLoughlin FOR THE GLOBE AND ...

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

SAN FRANCISCO ...

Madeleine Suspects Not Fully Investigated

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:54:21 -0400

Known paedophiles, holidaymakers and Ocean Club staff are thought to be among the dozen suspects identified in a Scotland Yard review of the Madeleine McCann case. Some of them at least have been questioned in the original Portuguese police investigation, but dismissed without being fully investigated. A source said: "British detectives on the McCann review have had major problems ...

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