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Irish suspects feature prominently on Dubai Most Wanted list

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:52:45 -0400

Ireland continues to suffer from its false implication in the high profile assassination of a militant in Dubai more than three years ago. Hamas commander Mahmoud Al Mabhouh was on a visit to the UAE on his way to China from Damascus. Twenty seven suspects were named by Dubai Police and it soon became apparent most of them were carrying passports belonging to citizens of other countries. ...

Suspected international arms dealer joins Bout in America

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:02:09 -0400

Richard Chichakli, who has been tied to convicted international arms dealer Viktor Bout, has been extradited from Australia to the US. The 53 year old alleged financial muscle behind the Bout gun-running organisation had been living in Melbourne under an alias before authorities arrested him in January. Syrian-born Chichakli had managed to evade police while working as a cleaner in the city ...

London police round up more men over murder of soldier

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:57:37 -0400

Three men have been arrested in London over the murder of the British soldier, Lee Rigby, 25, who was allegedly hacked to death by Islamist extremists. Two men aged 28 and 24 were arrested at their home in southeast London, while a 21-year-old man was arrested in a London street. Police are considering laying conspiracy to murder charges against the trio. They are being held by Counter ...

Israel stunned by Hawking snub

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:03:00 -0400

It is an event "of cosmic proportions", said one Palestinian academic, a befitting description of Stephen Hawking's decision to boycott an Israeli academic conference slated for next June. It was also a decisive moral call which was communicated by the Cambridge University, where Hawking is a professor, on May 8. Hawking is a world-renowned cosmologist and physicist. His scientific work had ...

Court rules against tough sheriff

Sat, 25 May 2013 05:50:03 -0400

A US court in Maricopa County, Arizona has found that high-profile sheriff Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino men and women in his attempt to stop illegal immigration. Judge Murray Snow ruled that Arpaio's office would have to stop using race or Latino ancestry as a factor in stopping vehicles carrying Latino occupants. Arpaio had been sued by several Hispanic drivers ...

Bus explosion kills Pakistani children

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:09:26 -0400

At least 17 children have died in eastern Pakistan following an explosion on a school bus. Other children were also injured when a faulty gas cylinder on board the bus exploded. The incident occurred on the outskirts of the city of Gujrat, which is located about 200km southeast of the capital, Islamabad. Police have confirmed the children were on their way to school when the bus was ...

Damac to deliver Oceanscape apartments four years late

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:21:02 -0400

Damac Properties has begun handing over apartments in its long-awaited Oceanscape project in Abu Dhabi. Most investors bought apartments off-the-plan in 2006, paying 30% of their purchase price in the first 120 days of reserving their property. After seven years Damac has finally finished the project, one of its first and probably last Abu Dhabi ventures. Despite being four years late, ...

Kiev court says no to gay rights march

Sat, 25 May 2013 05:37:50 -0400

A court in Kiev has banned Ukraine's first gay pride event. The court ruled the march, would have attracted anti-gay activists into the centre of the city, where annual Kiev Day celebrations would also have been taking place. A group of opponents led by the Orthodox Church led the objections to the march. The Church, through its Archpriest Georgy Kovalenko, issued the grounds for ...

UK defends security services over Woolwich murder

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:52:28 -0400

LONDON - The British government has defended its spy agencies for failing to prevent murder of a soldier in London despite signs and revelations that the two suspects were well known to MI5. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said it was impossible to control everyone all the time. "Peers and MPs will do a thorough investigation in terms of what the security forces knew but I've seen ...

Turkmen capital enters Guinness World Records

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:40:01 -0400

The Turkmen capital of Ashgabat has entered the Guinness World Records for the highest number of white marble buildings in the city. Guinness World Records chief editor Craig Glendale travelled to the former Soviet country to present the certificate Saturday to the mayor of Ashgabat. The certificate names Ashgabat as the "most white-marble city" in the world for its 543 new buildings lined with ...

On Africa Day UN chief says continents future full of opportunity and hope

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:15:18 -0400

25 May 2013 150 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today declared that while Africans forge ahead with "a new narrative" for their continent, the United Nations will support them as they faced any challenges that remain on the path towards a prosperous future. In his message to mark Africa Day, which commemorates the founding in 1963 of the Organization of African Unity, now known as the ...

Security Council recognizes contribution of UN Yugoslav tribunal

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:15:10 -0400

25 May 2013 150 Members of the Security Council on Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the United Nations tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, recognizing the Hague-based body's commitment to the fight against impunity for perpetrators of war crimes. In a statement issued to the press, the Council recalled its resolution 827 of 25 May 1993, by which it ...

Kerry US Working with AU to Reduce Sudan Violence

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:15:28 -0400

ADDIS ABABA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he is working with the African Union to end violence along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. America's top diplomat met separately with Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Ethiopia. Kerry says Sudan and South Sudan "are in a very delicate place right now" and it is important ...

UAE minister ranked 67th among worlds 100 powerful women

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:00:01 -0400

Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, the UAE's minister of development and international cooperation, has been ranked 67th among the world's powerful women in 2013 in an annual report by Forbes. Forbes is a US business magazine owned by Forbes Inc. Published biweekly, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing. Forbes also reports on related subjects such as technology, ...

Historic web page recovered by online appeal

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:30:02 -0400

An attempt to recover the first web page from the earliest days of web world has been successful. The page recovered belonged to 1991 and was demonstrated by Sir Tim. Cern launched its project to recover artefacts and documents from those earliest days. Web creators Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau initiated a public appeal for files, hardware and software tracing the earliest days of web ...

UN lawyer leading drone inquiry praises Obamas speech as significant

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:30:02 -0400

Ben Emmerson, the lawyer leading a UN drone inquiry, has praised President Barack Obama's speech as a significant step towards increased transparency. Emmerson said Obama had set out more clearly than ever before the legal justifications for targeted killing. According to the BBC, Emmerson, a United Nations human rights special rapporteur, launched an inquiry into drones in January, saying ...

Ex-world champ warns Hamilton to look out for biggest threat Rosberg in Monaco

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:10:01 -0400

Former world champion Damon Hill has warned Mercedes ace Lewis Hamilton that his biggest threat to second triumph in Monaco is his teammate Nico Rosberg, instead of big guns Sebastian Vettel or Fernando Alonso. The German son of Finland's 1982 champion Keke Rosberg has been a revelation this year, out-qualifying Hamilton for the last two races and establishing his credentials by keeping the 2008 ...

UN to honour five Indian peacekeepers who were killed

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:10:01 -0400

UN will honour over 100 UN peackeepers, including five Indians, who were killed. The International Day of United Nations (UN) Peacekeepers will be observed Wednesday to honour over 100 Blue Helmets (peacekeepers) deployed around the world, a UN statement said Saturday. In a message, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: "One hundred and eleven peacekeeping personnel died last year and more ...

IMF head Lagarde named assisted witness in Tapie probe

Sat, 25 May 2013 05:40:03 -0400

Beijing, May 25 (Xinhua-ANI): International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde on Friday is named as "assisted witness" in a probe into an alleged corruption relating to a controversial arbitration of the Tapie case after a two-day hearing at a French court in Paris. As former French finance minister, Lagarde has been investigated since August 2011 for "complicity in forgery and ...

Sao Paulo eyes former Villarreal forward Nilmar

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:30:02 -0400

Brazil football club Sao Paulo are reportedly in talks to sign former Villarreal and Brazil international striker Nilmar. The 28-year-old, currently playing with Al Rayyan in Qatar, hopes a return to Brazil could lead to an international recall ahead of next year's World Cup, reports Xinhua. Nilmar has scored 17 goals in 26 appearances for Al Rayyan since joining the club July last year. Sao ...

Facebook Phones poor U.S. sales feedback delays Europe launch

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:50:02 -0400

Facebook Phone's disappointingly poor customer feedback in the United States has resulted in the delay of its launch in Europe. The HTC handsets, which run Facebook's enhanced Home software, designed to replace the phone's home screen with FB feed and chat options, has flopped with users. EE, a UK mobile operator, confirmed that poor customer feedback is the reason why the phone's Europe launch ...

Arab world faces up to competitive challenges

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:20:36 -0400

World Economic Forum . The findings of the Arab World Competitiveness Report were presented at the WEF Middle East meeting in Jordan yesterday. Some Arabian Gulf countries, including Qatar and the UAE, improved their competitiveness in 2012-13, moving up the global leagues. Other economies - such as those of Egypt and Yemen - deteriorated compared with world rivals. The WEF said: "The ...

Jordan to Host Worlds Largest Refugee Camp

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:17:01 -0400

-- Al-Zaatari refugee camp near Jordan's northern border with Syria is the second largest refugee camp in the world. On days when violence in Syria worsens, between 2,000-4,000 Syrians flood into Zaatari, and the stories they tell are horrific. "Things are happening in Syria that our minds couldn't even imagine," 65-year-old Nada Salim Abdullah, who has been in the camp four ...

Rotating stage sends MSOE graduates out into world

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:14:18 -0400

Unlike most commencements, this one involved a seemingly complicated engineering problem: How do you get 427 graduates up six stairways and across a circular stage that does one full rotation every 20 minutes? "The reality is it works well," said Nick Seidler, after the Milwaukee School of Engineering class of 2013 had all received their diplomas. Most of the students traveled up and ...

Ryan Lochte Obliterates Meet Record at Mel Zajac Jr. International

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:24:54 -0400

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 25. DURING the second evening of the Mel Zajac Jr. International Meet, Olympic star Ryan Lochte smashed the meet record in the men's 200-meter IM after a double last night. Lochte, serving as the centerpiece of the meet this weekend, opened the night by finishing second in the men's 50-meter backstroke with a 26.52 after picking up wins in the 200-meter ...

World Bank to help develop village tracts in southern Myanmar

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:18:04 -0400

The World Bank (WB) will provide assistance worth of 27,000 US dollars annually for the development of village tracts in Kyunsu township, Myanmar's southern Tanintharyi Region, local daily reported Sunday.An initial assistance for three years worth of 81,000 dollars will be spent for education, health and social affairs for the township, said the 7-Day Daily.In February this year, the Kyunsu ...

Video 525 Cold start to summer season for Sandy-impacted shore towns Therapy dogs help victims in distress

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:49 -0400

Towns along the Jersey Shore hard hit by superstorm Sandy kicked off the summer season this Memorial Day weekend on a cold and wet note; and therapy dogs were at the Boston bombings and most recently when the Oklahoma tornado hit. Scientific evidence has proven that therapy dogs can effectively lower blood pressure and anxiety for victims of disasters and ...

Teen Accused of Bomb Plot Modeled on Columbine

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:58:43 -0400

An Oregon high school student has been accused of plotting a school bomb attack "specifically modeled" after the Columbine shooting, prosecutors said today. The student at West Albany High School allegedly hid at least six bombs and bomb-making material in a secret compartment under the floor of his bedroom, Benton County District Attorney John Haroldson said. Grant Acord, 17, was ...

Boston Marathon runners finish race interrupted by bombs

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:54:18 -0400

Boston Marathon last month was interrupted by two deadly bombs completed the final mile Saturday. Cheered on by supporters, the runners jogged from Kenmore Square to the finish line, The Boston Globe reported. "It's a great way to show the strength of Boston and the camaraderie in our city," runner Liza Marie Felici, 28, of Dover said. "There's a sense of closure ... . ...

Bitter election creates long-term headache for Malaysias Najib

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:29:24 -0400

KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) - Malaysia's divisive election has left a bitter taste for millions of people that risks creating a long-term problem of legitimacy for Prime Minister Najib Razak's long-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. The outrage was clear at a busy intersection across from one of Kuala Lumpur's fanciest shopping malls, where a huge poster of Mr Najib and his deputy ...

UFC 160 live blog Fighters from around the world competing at MGM Grand

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:25:30 -0400

Dennis Bermudez pounds on Max Holloway on his way to a split decision win in their bout at UFC 160 Friday, May 24, 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden ...

China is now worlds second largest moviegoing country

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:23:39 -0400

May 25--Related: Mayor Villaraigosa off to China to promote business Movies are bigger than ever. At least, they are in China. The nation of 1.35 billion became the second largest filmgoing market on the planet last year, its box office receipts of $2.7 billion muscling out Japan from that spot. That was a whopping 36 percent higher than the 2011 ticket sales in the People's Republic, and ...

5 soldiers killed in western Iraq

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:22:58 -0400

Five soldiers were killed in a bomb attack in the Iraqi volatile province of Anbar on Saturday, a provincial police source said.The attack occurred in the afternoon when a roadside bomb went off near an Iraqi army patrol near the town of Heet, some 160 km west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, killing five soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, the source told Xinhua on condition of ...

6 Iranian pilgrims killed in car bombing in Iraq

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:22:56 -0400

Six Iranian pilgrims were killed and some 20 wounded in a car bomb explosion in Salahudin province north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Saturday, a provincial police source said.The attack occurred in the afternoon when a booby-trapped car struck a bus carrying Iranian Shiite pilgrims near the city of Samarra, some 110 km north of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.The ...

Cars torched police attacked in new Stockholm riots

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:20:51 -0400

Cars were torched and police facedstone-throwing youths in Stockholm's immigrant-dominated suburbs on early Sunday,but the nightly riots that have raged for a week appeared to be easing, ...

Remove kids at birth from criminals

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:09:37 -0400

told The Star drastic action was sometimes needed "because crime runs in families" and that it was "frightening" he is now seeing in his courtroom the grandchildren of criminals he prosecuted or defended 40 years ago.Instead, the children of prostitutes, drug addicts or wife-beaters should be taken away earlier, to prevent them from languishing in the care system and turning ...

French soldier stabbing UK copycat

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:09:36 -0400

THE stabbing of a French soldier in Paris might be linked to the brutal killing of a soldier in London by Islamic extremists two days ...

Minamisanriku Tsunami-Hit Town In Japan Gets Easter Island Statue As Symbol For Recovery

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:08:15 -0400

Japanese high school students and carvers from Chile pose before a new 'Moai' statue (back C), modelled on the mysterious carvings at Easter Island, as it was set at the tsunami-devastated town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan on May 25, 2013. The giant present, a three-meter tall stone statue, crossed the ocean from Chile as the town's original was destroyed ...

Tornado-Ravaged Town Celebrates Graduates

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:04:35 -0400

Students who lost their caps, gowns and tassles in the tornado were given replacements free of charge so they could still participate in the rite of passage and walk in their ceremony. Seven tornadoes had hit the area during the lifespan of the class of 2013, but many of the graduates said they planned to stay in the area as they moved on to the next chapters of their lives. "I ...

Real World Economics U.S. tax policy has winners and losers

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:02:09 -0400

Problems in the U.S. system of taxing corporate income were front and center this past week as senators grilled Apple CEO Tim Cook about his company's tax minimization measures. Yet no one argued that Apple has violated U.S. tax laws or even that it is particularly aggressive or egregious in its tax avoidance. It is simply large, well-known and highly global in its operations. And this last ...

Amanda Bynes

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:57:57 -0400

>Editor's note: This story contains graphic language.(CNN) -- Amanda Bynes has had a rough few days -- some might say, a rough few months -- landing in jail after allegedly tossing a marijuana bong out of her 36th-floor New apartment window. On Saturday, the 27-year-old actress took to Twitter with a simple message: "Don't believe any reports. "And she didn't stop there.var ...

Amanda Bynes

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:57:57 -0400

Amanda Bynes

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:57:57 -0400

Bynes Cop sexually harassed me

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:46:30 -0400

Scandal Engulfs Indian Cricket Web of Players Bookies Faces Scrutiny

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:32:55 -0400

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Pro League Awards The Nationals best international players

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:32:02 -0400

Pro League website, conveys that during the past two seasons he has found the net 30 times in 32 league matches; a ratio of a goal every 1.06 games. Compare that to the tallies across the same span of the league's two best frontmen, who play for two best teams, and it makes Kabi's contribution more impressive. At a goal every 0.75 league ...

Book Review The Girls of Atomic City The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:31:38 -0400

Now in their 80s and 90s, the girls of Atomic City are no longer in the dark about the jobs they took during the summer of 1943. But back then, as employees of the Clinton Engineering Works, they knew only a few things for sure about the place they would call home.The work site had belonged to 1,000 East Tennessee farming families up until 1942, when the government seized 60,000 acres of their ...

Correction France-Cannes Notebook story

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:30:19 -0400

CANNES, France - In a May 24 Cannes Notebook item about jewelry at the Cannes Film Festival, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Swavorski earrings Milla Jovovich wore cost $321,000. They cost $321. A corrected version of the story is below: Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival At the Cannes Film Festival: Swavorski not worried about thefts, Baldwin criticizes press By ...

China closes the gap with Europe

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:22:02 -0400

Premier Li Keqiang concludes a historic free trade agreement with Switzerland that promises to tighten ties with Europe, China's largest trade partner. The free trade agreement between China and Switzerland will benefit both nations and bring the second largest economy in the world closer to Europe, Premier Li Keqiang said during his visit to Bern on Saturday. Both countries can tap the ...

Fifty arrested ahead of Paris anti-gay marriage rally

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:21:41 -0400

Fifty opponents of gay marriage were arrestedin central Paris on late Saturday, police said, on the eve of a major protestagainst a new French law allowing homosexual couples to formally tie the ...

Bridge collapse a wake-up call

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:17:07 -0400

An upside down vehicle rests in the water after a portion of the Interstate 5 bridge collapsed into the Skagit River in Washington state in the US ...

Polanski Feminism is a bitter Pill

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:17:06 -0400

Veteran director Roman Polanski says the birth control pill has had a "masculinising" effect on women and that the levelling of the sexes is "idiotic", in comments made at the Cannes Film ...

France probes Woolwich terror link

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:17:06 -0400

President Francois Hollande said the identity of the attacker who stabbed the French soldier in the throat ion Saturday was unknown and warned against jumping to conclusions about the assault in the busy La Defense shopping area. The 23-year-old soldier's injury was not life-threatening, the Interior Ministry said.British soldier Drummer Rigby, 25, was hacked to death in broad daylight in ...

Niger Attackers came from Libya

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:17:05 -0400

Niger's president said suicide bombers who carried out simultaneous attacks on a military installation and a French-run uranium mine came from southern ...

Road collapses after train crash

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:17:04 -0400

Burlington Northern Santa Fe train at a rail intersection. Derailed rail cars then hit columns supporting the highway overpass, causing it to buckle and partially ...

Missouri highway buckles after train hits overpass

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:16:13 -0400

Officials survey the scene just east of the Route M overpass where several train cars derailed on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train near Rockview, Mo. on Saturday. (Fred Lynch/Southeast Missourian/Associated ...

This week the World Affairs Council

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:10:57 -0400

Rape isnt always rape outrage

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:10:43 -0400

FORMER UK TV presenter Nick Ross has provoked outrage by suggesting "rape isnt always rape" when the victim is drunk, with a boyfriend, or has gone "too far" in leading a man ...

Amanda Bynes I Was Sexually Harassed During Arrest

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:08:49 -0400

Amanda Bynes Threatens to Sue Media Over Recent Reports "He lied and said I threw a bong out the window when I opened the window for fresh air," Bynes wrote of her arresting ...

Arab spring nations face delayed economic recovery IMF

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:08:40 -0400

AMMAN (Reuters) - Arab spring countries face rising social tensions that could thwart an early economic recovery from over two years of political turmoil that has worsened fiscal pressures and threatens macroeconomic stability, a senior IMF official said on ...

Swedish capital returning to normal after week of violence

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:08:39 -0400

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's capital was relatively calm on Saturday night with only isolated incidents of violence by youths after nearly a week of car-burnings and vandalism that have highlighted growing inequality in Swedish ...

A World War II Memorial day

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:08:30 -0400

At an entrance to the World War II Memorial, a lone man cut a solemn figure as he balanced an iPad in one hand, a cane in the other, to film 12 bronze panels depicting the lives of soldiers during the ...

Fr. Lombardi Brazil Expected to Be Popes Only 2013 International Trip

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:58:07 -0400

Spokesman Also Confirms Benedict XVI's Move Back to the VaticanVATICAN CITY, April 25, 2013 (Zenit.org) - During a press conference at the Foreign Press Association headquarters in Rome, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Holy See Press Office, stated that the Pope's upcoming trip to Brazil for World Youth Day will be the only international trip for Pope Francis this ...

The worlds top universities in 2012

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:57:36 -0400

a popular global ranking of universities put out this week by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British-based higher education consulting firm, whose annual World University Rankings list is topped by three institutions that call a city of Cambridge home.Overall, the United States and United Kingdom dominate the leader board, but they're increasingly being challenged in crucial science and ...

Make-A-Wish whisks local teen to Disney World

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:23:51 -0400

(WBIR-Knoxville) Make-A-Wish Foundation whisked a local teen battling heart issues to the most magical place on earth. Garrett, 14, has had several surgeries in the past on his heart. His one wish was to travel to Orlando and visit Disney World, Universal and all the other theme parks. On Saturday, he took off from McGhee Tyson Airport to Florida. His mother, Connie Metcalf, said she's ...

Doug Ford disputes Globe report on family history with drug dealing

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:22:40 -0400

Toronto City Councillor Doug Ford, photographed in his office at the family business in Etobicoke, Ont., in February, 2011. (Peter Power/The Globe and ...

The Bavarians are crowned soccer champions of Europe

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:22:37 -0400

A Bayern Munich fan and a Borussia Dortmund fan pose for a photographs with a London police officer before their Champions League Final soccer match against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley Stadium in London May 25, 2013.(PAUL ...

Lifestyle Book traces Africas journey from Europe to China

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:20:41 -0400

China -Africa relations has been published and explores how its rising interest in Africa is on the surge compared to former colonial powers. The book ...

Fracking energy revolution begins to rock the world

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:19:48 -0400

FILE - In this March 29, 2013 file photo, workers tend to a well head during a hydraulic fracturing operation at an Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. gas well outside Rifle, in western Colorado. The Obama administration is proposing a rule that would require companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations. The new ...

Who is compromising South Stream in Europe

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:17:49 -0400

The third and fourth sections of Russia's "South Stream" will be completed by 2018. However, supranational structures in Brussels and their representatives in Berlin still cannot set forth a predictable and unified position on this project of undisputed geopolitical importance. Bureaucratic hurdles like "Third Energy Package" or even more mysterious "Southern ...

Fears of a copycat Uniformed French soldier is stabbed in throat outside Paris

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:17:15 -0400

Police officers stand near the cordoned off spot where a French soldier was stabbed in the throat in the busy commercial district of La Defense, outside ...

Memorials to a Forgotten World War

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:17:01 -0400

Memory can fail you, abandon you, deceive you. It will. To thwart this, we make monuments and plaques and street signs and scatter them about like breadcrumbs in a forest. It doesn’t work. A monument can’t come to you and tell you about a great person or important event; you have to find it, or stumble upon it, and pause in your daily perambulations to read the thing. And with few ...

Avenged Bayern kings of Europe

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:16:36 -0400

Arjen Robben scored in the 89th minute to give Bayern Munich a 2-1 win over German rival Borussia Dortmund on Saturday in the Champions League final, ending four years of frustration for his team in Europe's biggest ...

Police probe actress Bynes claims

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

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said officers from the department's internal affairs bureau are looking into the claim "regardless of its credibility".The allegation was part of a Twitter post believed to come from the former Hairspray star on Saturday.At her arraignment on Friday, Bynes made no mention of a sexual assault. She did allege that police illegally entered her ...

Protesters around the world march against Monsanto

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:06:06 -0400

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Organizers say two million people marched in protest against seed giant Monsanto in hundreds of rallies across the U.S. and in over 50 other countries on ...

Chiles indigenous fight worlds largest gold miners to protect environment

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:56:45 -0400

EL CORRAL, Chile – The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water. Then thousands of mine workers and their huge machines moved in, building a road alongside the ...

Video More arrests in connection with London terror attack

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:55:10 -0400

British police have arrested 3 more suspects in connection with the terror attack that left a British soldier hacked to death on a London street. Charlie D'Agata ...

New book tells untold stories from Iraq

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:48:33 -0400

Photojournalist Michael Kamber joins MSNBC's Craig Melvin and fellow photojournalists Carolyn Cole and Ed Kashi to talk about his new book, "The Untold Stories From Iraq: Photojournalists on War" (University of Texas Press, May ...

Disgraced ex-IMF chief spotted on red carpet at Cannes

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:26:54 -0400

Disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Saturday sent French media into a frenzy when he appeared on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of Jim Jarmusch's vampire tale "Only Lovers Left ...

Trio arrested over London soldier murder

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:26:52 -0400

Three men were arrested Saturday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder the British soldier who was hacked to death in a London street by two ...

Divided Europe imperils Syrian arms embargo

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:21:49 -0400

A raft of sanctions aimed at hobbling the Syrian regime is at risk of collapse, according to diplomats, unless deeply divided European foreign ministers can reach a consensus tomorrow on amending a ban on arming the ...

Conquering Everest 60 facts about the worlds tallest mountain

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:19:25 -0400

Sixty years after Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first reached the peak of the highest mountain on Earth, Kathryn Bromwich offers 60 facts about the top of the ...

Baghdad likes to live from crisis to crisis Civil war looms in Iraq

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:19:19 -0400

As Iraq edges closer to all-out sectarian civil war, with 400 people killed so far this month, Najmaldin Karim, governor of one of the country's most violent provinces, is pessimistic about the ability of the government in Baghdad to prevent greater turmoil. "This government is incapable," he says. "It likes to live from crisis to crisis, without managing any one of them. You ...

British police arrest three over soldiers killing

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:17:16 -0400

A worker adds flowers to other floral tributes to Drummer Lee Rigby, of the British Army's 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, at the scene of his killing in Woolwich, southeast London May 24, ...

UK PM to muzzle hate clerics

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:15:46 -0400

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron is planning new powers to muzzle Islamic hate preachers accused of provoking terrorist outrages such as the killing of soldier Lee ...

How wealth of Silicon Valleys tech elite created a world apart

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:14:41 -0400

San Francisco 's rush hour. From the pavement you can see your reflection in the windows, but you can't see in. The buses have no markings or logos, no advertised destinations or stops.It doesn't matter. Everyone knows what they are. "Transport for a breed apart. For a community that is separate but not equal," said Diamond Dave Whitaker, a self-professed beat poet and ...

Tony Blair is asked to help secure release of mining employees in Guinea

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:14:26 -0400

French human rights lawyer Rachel Lindon has asked Tony Blair, pictured, to assist in securing the release of two mining company employees in Guinea. Photograph: Maxa/Landov/Barcroft ...

Kerry stresses respect for human rights with Nigerian president

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:13:58 -0400

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry, who last week expressed concern about allegations of gross human rights violations by Nigerian forces fighting the Boko Haram Islamist sect, raised the issue with the country's president directly on Saturday, a U.S. official ...

AP PHOTOS Bayern beats Dortmund 2-1 in final

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:00:26 -0400

Bayern Munich defeated German rival Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Champions League final Saturday night, ending four years of frustration for Bayern in Europe's biggest soccer tournament. Arjen Robben ran onto Franck Ribery's backheeled flick in the penalty area and put the ball past goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller in the 89th minute to send Bayern to its first Champions League victory ...

Soldier stabbed on patrol in Paris no link at this stage to London murder

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:44:59 -0400

A French soldier on anti-terrorist duties was stabbed in the neck Saturday in an attack that President Francois Hollande said could not "at this stage" be linked to the brutal murder this week of a military man in ...

Protesters to March Against Monsanto across US around globe in collective anti-GMO rally

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:39:25 -0400

FILE - This Aug. 31, 2011 file photo shows the Monsanto corporate logo at their exhibit booth during the Farm Progress Show, in Decatur, Ill. Marches and rallies against seed giant Monsanto are getting under way across the U.S. and in dozens of foreign countries Saturday, May 25, 2013. ';March Against Monsanto'; protesters say they want to call attention to the dangers posed by ...

Huge crowd cheers Argentine leaders 10-year rule

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:36:18 -0400

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has rallied a huge crowd celebrating 10 years in power by her government and that of her late ...

Anti-Muslim actions rise in UK over slain soldier

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:00:24 -0400

By SYLVIA HUIAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Police, politicians and activists in Britain are warning of rising anti-Muslim sentiment following the slaughter of an off-duty British soldier in a London street, an apparent act of Islamic extremism that has horrified the nation. Metropolitan Police investigating the killing of Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old soldier who was run over by attackers then ...

More arrests over Woolwich attack

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:51:30 -0400

Metropolitan Police said counter-terrorism officers arrested two men, aged 24 and 28, at a residential address in southeast London over the murder of 25-year-old soldier Lee Rigby. His alleged attackers Michael Oluwatobi Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo are being held under armed guard in hiospital recovering from gunshot ...

Kerry presses Egypt on economic reform says aid depends on it

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:49:40 -0400

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry urged Egypt to act swiftly on economic reforms to secure a $4.8 billion International Monetary Fund loan, saying the measures were needed to get further aid from the U.S. Congress, an American official ...

London brutal attack probe nets additional arrests

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:48:21 -0400

LONDON British police on Saturday arrested three more suspects in connection with the savage killing of an off-duty soldier that has raised fresh concerns about terrorism. Scotland Yard said counter-terrorism officers arrested two men, aged 24 and 28, at a residential address in southeast London. A third man, 21, was arrested separately on a London street at the same time. Police said they used a ...

After Coming Out Rogers Returns to Pro Soccer

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:46:23 -0400

(Image Credit: Barry King/WireImage/Getty Images) Soccer player Robbie Rogers came out of a short-lived retirement today to join the Los Angeles Galaxy, becoming the first openly gay player in Major League Soccer. The 26-year-old midfielder, who briefly walked away from the sport in February after coming out in ...

Late Robben goal sees Bayern rule Europe

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:21:45 -0400

Borussia Dortmund on Saturday after a thrilling UEFA Champions League final at Wembley Stadium. With extra time beckoning, Robben collected a back-heel ...

Pentagon chief urges end to sex assault scourge

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:19:52 -0400

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets Saturday that they must stamp out the "scourge" of sexual assault within the military, as US leaders grappled with the growing ...

French Soldier Stabbed in the Throat While on Patrol Outside Paris

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:16:36 -0400

A French soldier was stabbed by a robed assailant while he was on an antiterrorism patrol in a busy commercial district on the western outskirts of Paris. The 23-year-old soldier lost a lot of blood but he was quickly taken to the hospital and his wounds are not life-threatening. Still, the attack "sent a shudder through the French capital" considering it comes mere days after the ...

Oscar Pistorius Investigation Wont Be Finished By Police Until August South African Prosecutors

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:07:24 -0400

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Prosecutors say the police investigation into Oscar Pistorius' killing of his girlfriend won't be completed until August. South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority also says the double-amputee Olympian's appearance in a Pretoria court on June 4 will only be for about 10 minutes. The hearing is expected to be postponed without applications made by ...

At least five killed as Guinea protests escalate

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:06:50 -0400

CONAKRY (Reuters) - At least five people were killed on Saturday when security forces in Guinea opened fire on protesters in opposition strongholds in the capital, medical sources and witnesses ...

Arpaio Lawyer Blames Racial Profiling on Feds

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:03:38 -0400

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's attorneys said today they plan to appeal a federal judge's finding that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, helmed by Arpaio, racially profiled Latinos while on immigration patrols. Complaints of deputies pulling over and singling out people who are dark skinned and speak Spanish to check their immigration status have long been levied against the Maricopa ...

Hezbollah chief commits to victory in Syria

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:28:22 -0400

BEIRUT (AP) -- The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the fall of the Damascus regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark ...

Hezbollah vows victory in Syria

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:26:02 -0400

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, gives a televised speech from an unknown location to mark the anniversary of Israel's May 2000 withdrawal from southern Lebanon, Saturday, May 25, ...

How Baghdad Fuels Iraqs Sectarian Fire

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:14:54 -0400

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

Syria rebels fight on as peace talks pressure mounts

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:11:35 -0400

Hezbollah-backed assault on a strategic central town as pressure grew on the opposition to attend a peace conference after the regime agreed to do so. The main opposition National Coalition has met in Istanbul for three days trying to overcome deep divisions over Russian and US proposals to convene a conference to which representatives of President Bashar al-Assad would be invited without any ...

Kerry makes 1st official sub-Saharan Africa trip

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:10:09 -0400

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South ...

Hezbollah leader vows to stand by Syrian regime in fight against rebels

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:56:33 -0400

Hezbollah has warned that the fall of the Syrian regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period", and vowed that his Shia militant group will not stand idly by while its chief ally in Damascus is under attack.In a televised address, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Hezbollah members are fighting ...

Thousands run final mile of Boston Marathon as memorial

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:53:44 -0400

Thousands of runners and their supporters took to the streets of Boston on Saturday to finish the marathon many started a month ago -- but were forced to abandon after bombs exploded near the finish ...

Globe alleges Rob Fords brother dealt hashish during the 80s

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:48:19 -0400

Toronto mayor Rob Ford passes his brother councillor Doug Ford as he leaves a media conference where he addressed allegations that he smoked crack cocaine in Toronto, Ontario, May 24, ...

Swiss capital locked down amid techno protest

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:47:36 -0400

- The picturesque heart of Switzerland's capital Berne was locked down Saturday ahead of a politically-tinged techno parade, with crowds of youngsters preparing to take to the streets for the mass unauthorized rally. After last year's edition of "Tanz Dich Frei" (Dance Yourself Free) drew huge numbers and saw a minority of black-clad hardliners make for the Swiss parliament to ...

Obama refocuses terror threat to pre-911 level

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:45:24 -0400

Obama is not claiming final victory over extremists who still seek to kill Americans and other Westerners. Instead, he is refocusing the long struggle against terrorism that lies ahead, steering the United States away from what he calls an equally frightening threat - a country in a state of perpetual war. In doing so, Obama recasts the image of the terrorists themselves, from enemy warriors to ...

French soldier stabbed with Stanley knife

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:43:01 -0400

Police officers stand guard where a French soldier was stabbed in the throat in the commercial district of La Defense, outside Paris. Picture: AP/Remy de la ...

Vintage Apple makes $690k at auction

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:43:00 -0400

German auction house Breker says an Asian client has bought the Apple 1, which the tech company's founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built in a family garage, for 516,000 euros ($A688,870).Breker claims it is one of only six known remaining functioning models in the world.Breker already sold one last year for 492,000 euros.It says the computer bears Wozniak's signature. An old ...

Roadside bomb kills 2 Yemeni soldiers

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:26:34 -0400

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Security officials say two Yemeni soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in a restive province where high-level intelligence officers have been assassinated in the ...

Suspected rebels kill 16 wound 25 in east India

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:10:41 -0400

Police say suspected Maoist rebels attacked a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in eastern India, killing at least 16 people and wounding 25 ...

Turkish couples kiss in subway in protest

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:10:39 -0400

Dozens of couples have locked lips at a subway stop in Turkey's capital, Ankara, to protest subway authorities' admonishment of a couple that kissed in ...

From Middle East to Eager Park a community is rebranded

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:01:52 -0400

Vacant buildings stand in the 1800 block of East Chase St. The block is near Eager Park, a six-acre park that will run through the mixed-use development near the Johns Hopkins Medicine ...

Bomb in Yemeni military vehicle kills two and injures six

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:56:24 -0400

ADEN (Reuters) - A remotely-detonated bomb planted in a military vehicle killed a soldier and a civilian and injured six other soldiers in the Hadramaut region of eastern Yemen on Saturday evening, a local security official ...

Teen Gives SI Model Great Prom Night

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:53:07 -0400

turned down by Upto n after his YouTube ';prom-posal'; went viral, managed to land a first-class backup date when Nina Agdal, the model Sports Illustrated named Rookie of the Year, agreed to attend his prom with him. If their Instagram pictures and tweets are any indication, the 21-year-old Danish model and Davidson had a smashing time together Thursday night at the prom. Agdal ...

Photos Kim K Rocks Low Cut Black Dress

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:53:07 -0400

Kim Kardashian arrives at La Scala in Beverly Hills for a dinner date, May 24, 2013. The reality TV star showed off her baby bump in a black low cut maxi dress, white blazer, and black Gucci Ursula ...

IDEX 2013 wins the Best Exhibition at Middle East Event Awards 2013

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:44:22 -0400

WAM ABU DHABI: The 2013 edition of International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) has won the Best Exhibition - Trade or Consumer award at the sixth annual Middle East Event Awards held on Wednesday, May 22nd 2013. The award show, which was held at Dubai's JW Marriott Marquis Hotel, recognised outstanding achievements of the Middle East's event industry. Saleh Al Marzooqi, ...

Attacker stabs uniformed French soldier in Paris

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:25:17 -0400

A man armed with a box cutter on Saturday attacked a French soldier patrolling the business district of Paris and stabbed him in the neck, police sources ...

Soldiers and sex Can men grow up

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:20:48 -0400

>Editor's note: Pepper Schwartz is professor of sociology at the University of Washington and the author or co-author of 17 books, the latest of which is "The Normal Bar. " She is the AARP Love and Relationship Ambassador and writes the Naked Truth column for AARP.org. She is a senior fellow at the Council on Contemporary Families, a nonprofit organization that gathers research on American ...

New fighting in central Sudanese state

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:12:11 -0400

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - New fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and rebels in a central state where insurgents launched a major attack last month, both sides said on ...

Egypt court rejects religious slogans in election law

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:12:10 -0400

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's highest court ruled on Saturday that parts of a revised election law setting out terms for a parliamentary vote were unconstitutional, casting fresh doubt over a poll that has already been ...

High-water rescues reported in San Antonio area

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:11:42 -0400

SAN ANTONIO - San Antonio firefighters have pulled people from submerged cars and rescued passengers whose bus was swept away in flood waters from torrential rains.Officials say numerous roads have been closed because of flash flooding.The city's transit agency says firefighters on a boat were able to rescue the three bus passengers and driver early Saturday. A spokeswoman says nobody was ...

Hezbollah leader vows to help Assad

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:10:43 -0400

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah has warned that the fall of Syrian president Bashar Assad's regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period".He vowed his Shiite militant group will not stand idly by while its chief ally in Damascus is under attack.In a televised address, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Hezbollah members are fighting in Syria ...

Amanda Bynes Ive Never Had a Bong in My Life

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:08:50 -0400

Hours after her arraignment, Amanda Bynes took to Twitter Friday night to tell her side of the story. ';I only smoke tobacco I don’t drink or do drugs. I’ve never had a bong in my ...

Neb. Gov Takes Pass on Senate Bid

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:08:49 -0400

May 25, 2013 1:40pm WASHINGTON — Being a U.S. senator is not as attractive as it used to be. Gov. Dave Heineman of Nebraska said today he would not be a candidate for the Senate seat in his state that will become vacant next year because Sen. Mike Johanns is not running for a second term. ';After careful consideration of all of the issues involved in a race for the United States ...

WMD Regulation in the Middle East

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:06:34 -0400

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

World Thirst for Energy

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:06:33 -0400

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

Social Media Evangelization for World Communications Day

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:02:02 -0400

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

PH makes it to Fiba World U18 finals

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:36:56 -0400

THE PHILIPPINE Under-18 team pulled off a historic feat as the young Nationals slipped past India, 21-19, in the finals to capture the Fiba Asia U18 3×3 championship Friday night in Bangkok. By winning the title, the Philippine team of Arvin Tolentino, Prince Rivero, Thirdy Ravena, Kobe Paras and coach John Flores earned the right to represent the region in the Fiba World U18 3×3 ...

Sweden cleans up after another night of riots

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:34:13 -0400

Riots were sparked by the police killing of a knife-wielding man who had locked himself in his apartment in one of Stockholm's neighborhoods where most residents are immigrants. (Fredrik ...

Hotel rates in Europe soar with more travellers booking mini-breaks

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:34:02 -0400

In Europe, the end of winter and an increasing number of spring vacations and mini-breaks have led to rising hotel rates in several cities for the month of May, according to the Trivago-Relaxnews report. Compared with April, rates are going up in Venice (+38%) ahead of the Art Biennale (June 1-November 24), Prague (+35%), Istanbul (+29%) and Barcelona (+22%). Compared to May last year, however, ...

Walt Disney One man and his mouse... and how they blighted our world

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:32:20 -0400

If you wanted to nominate the most influential Americans of the 20th century, you could begin with politicians and artists. But those choices misunderstand the country and the way it regards desire, and irrational desire, as human rights. Americans call that the pursuit of happiness. And feeling good about yourself depends on services, facilities, panaceas, and shopping. So you'd have to ...

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