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Car rams into Virginia hikers

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

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

Israel worried that Russian weapons will reach Hezbollah

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

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

Syrians on alert as bombs explode in Damascus

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

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

Spies hang after Tehran court ruling

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

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

Oil spill causes Texas to launch law suit

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

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

Mice and lizard return after a month in space

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

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

NARAL Opposes Ban on Elective Late-Term Abortions

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:47:05 -0400

bill to prohibit abortions after the fifth month of pregnancy , with exceptions for when the mother's life or physical health is at risk. NARAL president Ilyse ...

In Kazakhstan Spending Saturday Night In The Gulag

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:42:12 -0400

A guide tells visitors how people of different nationalities were deported to Kazakhstan from various parts of the Soviet Union in the years of ...

Young Israelis struggle to make ends meet

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:38:08 -0400

Shaiel and Charlie (short for Charlotte) Yitzhak both work hard - he as an English teacher, she as a physical therapist working with wounded Israeli soldiers. Shaiel also tutors English privately and runs a summer camp for robotics.They have two young children, ages 3 years and 18 months, and they've just purchased an apartment in Jerusalem. By appearances it looks like the life of the ...

Today in history - May 20 2013

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:37:32 -0400

Highlights of this day in history: Charles Lindbergh begins his trans-Atlantic flight; Amelia Earhart starts her trek across the Atlantic; Freedom Riders attacked in the South; Explorer Christopher Columbus, comedienne Gilda Radner ...

Pictured Retired company director 71 killed in Newark gas blast with his daughter-in-law as its revealed four-month-old miracle baby was pulled from the rubble

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:34:24 -0400

The baby was rescued from the house next to the one that exploded and then collapsed just after 5pm yesterday, killing a man and woman who were named locally this afternoon as retired company director Leslie Rourke, 71, and his daughter-in-law Jeanette Rourke, ...

Prince Harry joins William to open Help for Heroes Recovery centre before he heads to Chelsea Flower Show

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:34:23 -0400

A busy day for Harry! Prince joins his brother to open a Help for Heroes Recovery centre, before he heads to meet the Queen at the Chelsea Flower ...

Hezbollah suffers big losses in Syria battle activists

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:18:10 -0400

AMMAN (Reuters) - About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian activists said on ...

Report Chinese hackers resume attacks on U.S. targets

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:16:35 -0400

View of the building of Unit 61398 of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA), which is reportedly the home of a secretive unit of government-backed hackers, in Pudong, Shanghai, China, February, 20, ...

Yahoo buys blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:16:35 -0400

acquiring Tumblr for $1.1 billion , handing investors in the blogging service a big pay-day."Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business," Yahoo said in an unusual pledge for a formal acquisition announcement. Tumbler founder and CEO David Karp will continue on in his role. Yahoo said the "service and brand will ...

X Games star invents game-changing prosthetic joints

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:16:35 -0400

X Games 11 times but these days, the extreme athlete is applying his adventurous streak to scientific invention. Schultz -- who has earned a new nickname, the Mad Scientist, from his racing buddies -- was named one ...

Several killed by car bombs in Dagestan

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:14:10 -0400

At least three people have been killed after two car bombs exploded in Russia's Dagestan province, investigators have said. Monday's incident also injured 10 people, making it one of the deadliest attacks this year in the violence-plagued region. The blasts occurred in swift succession outside the headquarters of the court bailiffs' service in the provincial capital, Makhachkala. ...

Billy Sol Now That Was a Scandal

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:43:20 -0400

Reporters who covered the story found a certain charm about the man. Ol Billy Sol knew how to make money out of manure and how could you resist ...

Iraq Hit By Wave Of Deadly Bombings

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:38:56 -0400

A string of car bombs across Iraq have left at least 63 people dead. Multiple bombing attacks on May 20 hit bus stations and outdoor markets in Shi'ite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing at least 39 people and wounding more than 120 others. Two car bombs also detonated in Shi'ite-majority areas in the southern city of Basra, killing at least 13 people. No group immediately ...

Polling Agency Prosecutors Decision May Force Closure

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:38:56 -0400

Russia's only independent polling agency says it may have to close after prosecutors described its opinion research as "political activity." The Levada Center said on May 20 that it had received a letter from prosecutors who said that publishing polls on political subjects and the approval ratings of leaders amounted to political activity because it "forms public opinion ...

Court Denies Appeal To Investigate Russian Activists Alleged Abduction

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:38:55 -0400

MOSCOW -- The Moscow City Court has upheld a prior court's decision not to investigate the alleged kidnapping of opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev. The ruling was announced on May 20. Razvozzhayev, who is under investigation for his alleged role in organizing violent protests in Moscow last year, insists that authorities abducted him from Ukraine last October, brought him back to ...

The Week Ahead May 20-26

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:38:51 -0400

Nikolai Patrushev visits the United States to deliver a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama from Russia President Vladimir Putin (to May 21). U.S. : U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry releases the State ...

Egypt boosts Sinai forces amid hostage crisis

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:34:54 -0400

EL-ARISH, Egypt - The Egyptian army sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula on Monday after President Mohamed Morsi said there would be no talks with militant Islamists ...

Irans electoral watchdog may ban Rafsanjani

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:34:52 -0400

DUBAI - Iran's electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent hint that it could disqualify 78-year-old former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from the race.Rafsanjani, if he is allowed to run, would be a significant challenge to conservative hardliners who are ultra-loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...

Vendor dies after setting self on fire

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:34:28 -0400

A street vendor died in Saudi Arabia after setting himself on fire in protest at having his goods confiscated by police, human rights activists reported on ...

Cameron will NOT challenge Google over evil tax avoidance at Downing Street summit

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:31:28 -0400

Bizarrely the Prime Minister will brief business advisors on his plans for tackling global tax dodging but will not challenge Eric Schmidt over its arrangements which were last week branded ‘evil’ by ...

Lord Ashcroft warns Tories on verge of spiral of irrelevance as Cameron faces revolt

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:31:25 -0400

The Tories risk being plunged into a 'spiral of irrelevance', former donor Lord Ashcroft warned today as David Cameron faced battles with his party on several ...

Hate preacher Abu Qatada complains his five-bedroom taxpayer funded home is not big enough due to lack of storage space

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:31:23 -0400

cleric Abu Qatada's family will leave Britain with him if he returns to Jordan because the taxpayer-funded home they moved into last Christmas is too small, a tribunal heard ...

Havent we met before Angler catches same giant carp he hooked 14 years ago but this time its DOUBLE the size

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:31:22 -0400

Angler Tim Cosens was surprised to see an ‘old friend’ on the end of his fishing reel when he caught the same common carp at Strawberry Fields fishery in Tunbridge Wells, Kent that he had reeled in back in ...

Gay Man Shot In Face In New York Hate Crime

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:23:08 -0400

A gunman who allegedly used homophobic insults before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face in New York is facing charges of murder as a hate crime. "It was a quickie. He shot him and he went straight to the ground," a bouncer at a nearby club told the New York Post. "Half his body was lying on the sidewalk and half was on the street." Authorities ...

FBI Hostage Rescue Agents Die In Training

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:23:07 -0400

Two FBI special agents from the elite Hostage Rescue Team have been killed in a training accident in Virginia. The accident happened off the coast of Virginia Beach on Friday, the FBI's national press office announced in a statement. No other details were given and the cause is under investigation. The special agents were identified as Christopher Lorek, 41, and Stephen Shaw, 40. ...

Severe weather predicted for Midwest and Plains

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:21:33 -0400

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

Bungled bank heist in Israel leaves gunman 4 more dead

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:13:51 -0400

Israeli security and rescue forces gather following a bank robbery that escalated into a hostage situation in the Israeli city of Beersheba on May 20, 2013. Four people were killed and three others wounded in a botched bank heist in southern Israel which ended when a robber who had held a hostage shot himself dead, police ...

Hobson Yahoo buys itself some cool with Tumblr deal

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:13:50 -0400

Yahoo announced the acquisition of the blogging site Tumblr , after the Yahoo board approved the $1.1 billion purchase on Sunday. The Tumblr acquisition is said to be part of Yahoo CEO Marissa ...

Lotto winners with tragic story thank guardian angel

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:13:49 -0400

Isn't it funny how so many of the lottery winners are about to lose everything!! Buying lottery tickets is probably one of the reasons, along with the other foolish ways they spend money. I get sick of hearing ...

Star Trek Into Darkness wins weekend box office

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:13:48 -0400

"Star Trek Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations. The latest voyage of the starship Enterprise fell short of its predecessor, 2009's "Star Trek," which opened with $75.2 million. Since premiering ...

Eight Dead In Daghestani Car Bombings

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:39:02 -0400

Two car bombs have exploded with deadly effect in front of the Court Bailiffs' Directorate in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Daghestan. Daghestan's Interior Ministry officials say nobody was hurt when the first car exploded near the building. However, a second blast hit 15 minutes after the first explosion, killing at least eight people. It ...

Lawmakers Urge Kyiv Mayor To Ban Gay Parades

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:39:00 -0400

Sixty-one Ukrainian lawmakers have signed a petition urging Kyiv's mayor to ban a gay-pride parade in the Ukrainian capital scheduled for May 25. Ukraine's Family Movement leader Pavlo Unhuryan, who is also a parliamentary, announced on May 20 that the petition requests a total ban on gay-pride parades "and similar events in Kyiv in May-June 2013." The petition states ...

Gunmen Attack Pakistani Polio Team Kill Policeman

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:38:58 -0400

Pakistani officials say gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team in the country's northwest, killing a policeman who was escorting the health workers. The group was assaulted on May 20 in the Bajur tribal area, one of Pakistan's seven tribal areas along the Afghan border. A local official said more than 600 teams are taking part in the latest campaign in Bajur to vaccinate 220,000 ...

Have fun with fennel

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:35:09 -0400

This week's flavor is fennel, and young chef Itzik Asulin of the Italian trattoria Lulu Kitchen and Bar in Neveh Tzedek suggests using this aromatic vegetable to add freshness and flavor to a light seasonal ...

Hashimoto’s sex comments rejected - poll

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:34:43 -0400

Tokyo - A large majority of Japanese people disagree with a high-profile politician who said women forced to provide sex during World War 2 were a military necessity, according to polls issued on ...

Steven Rolfe Ex-soldier told to repaint his St Georges flag front door by housing association after it was deemed offensive and distressing

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:32:14 -0400

Steven Rolfe painted the red and white colours of the English flag upon on his rented home in 2003 but was told ten years later he had to cover it up as it could be considered ...

Montys return Pictures emerge of Field Marshal Montgomery visiting pivotal El Alamein battlefield 25 years after he defeated the Germans

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:32:13 -0400

The candid images show Montgomery as an old man setting foot at El Alamein in Egypt to mark the anniversary of the Allies' first major triumph against Germans in World War ...

Kate Middleton does a Marilyn Gust of wind that lifted Duchess of Cambridges dress

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:32:11 -0400

But windy weather and her flimsy outfit had other ideas. Kate was left red-faced after the gusts lifted up ...

Suspected drink driver 41 sexually assaulted policeman while offering him and a colleague a threesome

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:32:09 -0400

Celina Hodge, 41, groped a police officer's groin and buttocks while offering him and a colleague a threesome as they tried to give her a breath ...

Grandmother 71 died of dehydration at care home because of gross neglect by staff

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:32:07 -0400

Norma Spear, 71, died in Moseley Hall Hospital on November 6, 2011, three days after she was admitted from Druids Meadow residential home in Highter's Heath, ...

Law firm faces paying out to trainee lawyer denied a permanent role because she became pregnant

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:32:05 -0400

Trainee lawyer in line for payout after being denied a permanent role at City firm which discriminated against her over pregnancy in final stages of ...

Cyprus-style crash could hit independent Scotland because banking sector is 1250 bigger than its economy Treasury warns

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:32:05 -0400

If Scotland goes it alone its banking sector would be 1,250% bigger than its national economy, leaving the government powerless to act in the event of a financial ...

Social worker who cared for disabled people sues NHS after a bungled hip operation left him permanently paralysed

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:32:04 -0400

The grandfather, who had spent years working with disabled people, asked staff not to use an epidural to numb the area because he was aware of the risk of spinal ...

Engineers shock as he finds nest of SNAKES in cable box

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:32:01 -0400

The engineer found a nest of what he believed to be snakes when he opened the Virgin cable box to investigate interference with television, internet and telephone ...

Furious Tory grandees will quiz PMs friend on claims he called party faithful swivel-eyed loons

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:31:58 -0400

Embattled Tory chairman Lord Feldman faces a showdown with furious party grandees today over claims he described grassroots activists as ‘mad, swivel-eyed ...

Hezbollah Suffers Losses in Fierce Battle for Syrian City

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:31:44 -0400

BEIRUT, Lebanon ...

Uproar in France over move for more English at universities

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:31:04 -0400

A proposal to introduce more courses in English and other foreign languages at French universities is set to be debated in parliament from Wednesday amid concerns it will undermine the country's soul and ...

6.8-magnitude quake strikes off Chile USGS

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:31:03 -0400

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, with no immediate tsunami warning issued or reports of casualties or significant ...

Do you know your Dakar from your Dhaka Airline mix-up sends couple 7000 miles off-course to wrong continent

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:25:56 -0400

All irritating, no doubt; but spare a thought for US couple Sandy Valdiviseo and her husband Triet Vo who ended up 7,000 miles from their destination after an airport code mix-up.The couple had planned to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar, Senegal, but instead found themselves 7,000 miles away in Dhaka, Bangladesh, after their carrier mixed up the airport codes.The bizarre situation resulted in a ...

Justin Bieber Tops Elton John On Singles List

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:23:14 -0400

Justin Bieber's Baby has become the highest-certified single in music history, overtaking Sir Elton John's tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales. The teenage pop star's hit climbed above the double-sided Candle In The Wind/Something About The Way You Look Tonight after the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) changed the way it measures gold and platinum ...

Iran electoral watchdog hints at Rafsanjani rejection

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:22:31 -0400

Iran 's electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent hint that it could disqualify 78-year-old former ...

Car bombs kill eight in Russias Dagestan investigators

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:15:47 -0400

MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Two car bombs exploded in the capital of the Russian province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding about 20 others, investigators ...

Firefighter missing in massive Dallas condo fire

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:14:29 -0400

DALLAS Emergency responders have been searching for a Dallas firefighter who reported by radio being trapped while battling a six-alarm blaze at a condominium complex. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says the search continues for the firefighter unaccounted for in the blaze still burning early Monday. Officials have not discussed that firefighter's condition, or if he is able to ...

Deadly sectarian violence rages in Iraq

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:14:28 -0400

Iraqi security forces and civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, May 20, ...

Wave of tornadoes sweeps Midwest

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:14:28 -0400

Residents of Edmond, Okla., survey storm damage from a tornado that hit their neighborhood Sunday, May 19, 2013. A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged roofs and structures near Oklahoma City and kicked up debris in Wichita, Kan., and in Iowa. One person was killed near Shawnee, Okla., and 21 injuries were reported ...

Egypt sends more forces over Sinai kidnapping

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:12:57 -0400

Egypt's army has sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula after President Mohamed Morsi said there would be no talks with fighters who abducted seven members of the security forces last week. An army official said on Monday that the decision followed a meeting between the military leadership and Morsi, who has said he will not submit to blackmail by the kidnappers, who are demanding the ...

Obama Aide Irrelevant Who Edited Benghazi Talking Points

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

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

Taliban Claims Deadly Bombing Near Government Compound In Afghan North

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

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

Interpol to aid search for missing Cape chef

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Use your money to buy happier time

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:12 -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 ...

Trust your memory Bad idea

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:00 -0400

>Editor's note: This is part of CNN's "Life's Work" series, which features innovators and pioneers who are making a difference in the world of health and medicine. (CNN) -- You probably feel pretty attached to your memories -- they're yours, after all. They define who you are and where you came from, your accomplishments and failures, your likes and dislikes. Your memories help you separate ...

What happened to Obamas promise

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:26:47 -0400

>Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ...

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

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

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

Iraq Bombs And Attacks On Police Kill Dozens

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

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

Car bombs target Iraqi Shiites killing at least 43

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:18:27 -0400

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed by a series of car bombs in mainly Shi'ite districts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Monday and 11 others were killed by attacks in the southern city of Basra, police and medics ...

Former Pakistani dictator Musharraf granted bail

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

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

Hundreds of homes wrecked

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

Hundreds of homes wrecked

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

Five things to know about the superplane

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

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

Georgia Considers Taking Softer Approach To Marijuana

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

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

Pyongyang Tests Fifth Missile In Three Days

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

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

U.S. EU Officials Attend LGBT March In Moldova

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

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

Israel nixes UNESCO Jlem delegation at last minute

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

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

Thirty Hezbollah fighters killed in Syrian town

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

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

Tornadoes spotted in Kansas

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

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

Famous ‘hitcher’ charged with murder

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

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

Pensioner’s manure plan earns him a fine

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

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

Newark gas explosion Man and woman die in blast which tore apart terraced house

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:36:27 -0400

Man and a woman die in gas explosion which tore apart terraced house: Woman and two children including baby girl are rescued alive from rubble in home next ...

One dead two injured in North Wales plane crash

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

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

Cannes An Idiosyncratic Healer From Abroad Soothes a Troubled Indian

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:31:04 -0400

CANNES ...

Swarmageddon Plague of cicadas to hit US

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

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

North Korea fires sixth missile in three days

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

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

China Floods Storms Leave Hundreds Trapped

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

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

N. Korea fires 5th projectile into sea

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

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

Both parties vow to get to the bottom of IRS scandal

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

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

Deadly twisters tear through Oklahoma

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

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

Musharraf granted bail in Bhutto murder case

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

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

Suicide bomb attack in northern Afghanistan

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

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

Kazakh Deputy Education Minister Arrested On Embezzlement Charges

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

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

Derogatory graffiti found on house of WoW leader

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

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

Fourteen killed in Afghan bombing

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

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

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

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

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

Damaged rail dings Conn. commuters

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

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

Bombing Kills Key Figure in Northern Afghanistan

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

KABUL, Afghanistan ...

United Airlines to resume 787 Dreamliner flights

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

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

Inquest examines WA plane crash deaths

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

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

Navalny Trial Resumes In Russia

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

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

Jailed Pussy Riot Members Appeal Overturns One Of Two Prison Reprimands

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

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

China’s premier seeks better ties with India

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

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

China urges North Korea to release fishing boat crew

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

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

Taylor Swift sweeps the Billboard Music Awards 2013 with 8 wins

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

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

Germans blame Angela Merkel for poor Eurovision Song Contest performance

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

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

At least four tornadoes sweep through Oklahoma wreaking havoc and destruction

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

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

FBI agents die in training exercise

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

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

Russia shows accused U.S. spy heading home

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

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

Suicide bomber kills 8 at Afghan province council

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

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

Deadly Suicide Bombing Strikes Afghan Local Council

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

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Students accused of desecrating Qur’an

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

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

FBI duo killed in training accident

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

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

Train collision damaged 600m of track

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Syria gunfire hits Israel-occupied Golan army

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

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

Chinese Premier Li seeks trust in India border issue irks

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

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

Deadly car bombs rock Iraqs Basra

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

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

Twister kills 1 in Oklahoma

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

Lapid Jlem shouldnt be capital of Palestinian state

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

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

Al-Dura says he is willing to exhume sons body

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

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

Lottery winner bags $590.5m

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

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

Five things to know about the Dreamliner

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

After Cyclone Mahasen Myanmar camps face monsoon threat

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

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

Yahoo to buy Tumblr in $1.1bn deal

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

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

Dubai workers hold rare strike for more wages

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

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

At 20 Russias Gazprom Struggles To Stay Dominant

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

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

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

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

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

Visiting Chinese Premier Calls For Trust Cooperation With India

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

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

Analysis Shrinking deficit reduces pressure for budget deal

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

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

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

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

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

Tornadoes cause havoc in Oklahoma

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

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

One reported dead as tornadoes hit US states

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

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

Insight The fight for North Dakotas fracking-water market

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

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

Analysis At margins of shale oil boom a tempered euphoria

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

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

Imran Khans party wins revote in Karachi protests expected

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

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

Lack of communication factor in plane crash inquest

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

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

France Children Killings Briton Due In Court

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

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

Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states

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

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

Larger Union Enforcing Immigration Opposes Overhaul

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

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

Myanmar president set to meet Obama

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

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

One Killed In Tunisia Clashes

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

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

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

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

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

An Emotional Swing for Wigan Athletic

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

WIGAN, England ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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