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Iran poll shows people want change, says Obama

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40:07 -0400

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has urged Iran's newly elected president to prove to the world that the Islamic republic was not pursuing a nuclear weapon programme as the White House welcomed election of a moderate leader as a hopeful sign. "I think it says that the Iranian people want to move in a different direction," Obama said of the election results in Iran that saw a surprising ...

President Rousseff says Brazil has woken up after massive protests

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:27 -0400

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Anti-graft protests swept Brazil's main cities as some 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets against alleged mis-governance, forcing President Dilma Rousseff Tuesday to acknowledge the need for better public services and effective administration. The assurance from Rousseff came a day after biggest protests rocked at least ten Brazilian cities, including Sao ...

Talks between UK and Ecuador fail as Assange completes year in embassy

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:11 -0400

LONDON - Talks between the United Kingdom and Ecuador have ended without any breakthrough over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's fate with the Andean nation. Ecquador said it was vowing not to succumb to diplomatic pressure and was ready to consider any request from Edward Snowden, another whistleblower, for asylum. As the fugitive anti-secrecy advocate marks one year holed up in the ...

Libya to hold trial of Gaddafi's son in August

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:29:24 -0400

LONDON - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of deceased Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, will stand trial in August along with Gaddafi's last prime minister and a former intelligence director, the prosecutor's office has announced. The men will be tried for crimes against the Libyan people during the 2011 uprising that toppled the former regime. Notorious former spy chief Abdullah ...

Appeals court directs Ex-Im Bank to explain rationale for loan guarantee to Air India

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:24:35 -0400

WASHINGTON - A U.S. appeals court has upheld a decision by the U.S. Export-Import Bank to finance the sale of 30 Boeing wide-body jets to Indian state-owned carrier Air India in a legal challenge brought by Delta Air Lines to the loan guarantee. The court has however directed the government-run bank to better explain its rationale for providing loan guarantee, which Delta claimed as a victory ...

Google renews efforts wipe out child porn images from internet

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:23:53 -0400

LONDON - Internet giant Google said it is spending $5 million to wipe images of child abuse off the Internet and another $2 million to create tools to find the images and eradicate them. "We're in the business of making information widely available, but there's certain 'information' that should never be created or found," wrote Jacqueline Fuller, director of Google Giving, in a blog post. "We ...

GSK negotiating sale of thrombosis drug and plant to Aspen

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:20:31 -0400

DURBAN / LONDON - South Africa's biggest generic drug maker Aspen Pharmacare and its subsidiary Aspen Global Incorporated have made an offer to acquire thrombosis drugs and their associated manufacturing site at Notre Dame de Bondeville, France, from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). "AGI will acquire from GSK the Arixtra and Fraxiparine/Fraxodi brands and business worldwide, except in China, Pakistan ...

Carbon trading to begin in Shenzhen in bid to cut emission

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:12:35 -0400

BEIJING - China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, is set to launch Tuesday its first carbon trading scheme as a pilot project in the southern city of Shenzhen as part of efforts to cut emissions in its key cities. Carbon emissions trading schemes are meant to encourage companies to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by setting a limit or a cap, on the level of emission that can be ...

Group of Eight leaders stop short of calling for Assad ouster

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:28:36 -0400

ENNISKILLEN - The Group of Eight industrialised nations called for a swift end to the bloody civil war in Syria and urgent peace talks but stopped short of calling for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in its joint statement at the end of talks Tuesday. Despite the lack of consensus among the G8 on the fate of Assad, as well as the use of chemical weapons by his regime, Canadian ...

Rise in transportation costs push up UK inflation to 2.7pc

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:12:21 -0400

LONDON - The consumer price index (CPI) inflation increased to 2.7% in May, up from 2.4% in April, mainly due to higher fuel costs pushing up transportation costs particularly airfares, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Tuesday. The ONS said the rise was due to a record increase in airfares and higher fuel prices. "The inflation rate has returned to the levels seen between ...

Obama To Urge U.S. Russia To Reduce Nukes By One-Third

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:28:34 -0400

A senior U.S. official says President Barack Obama is planning to propose that the United States and Russia cut their strategic nuclear warheads by a further one-third. The official said Obama will deliver the proposal in a speech on June 19 in Berlin. Under the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty that the Obama administration negotiated with Moscow during Obama's first term, Russia ...

U.S. Journalist Known For Afghan Iraq Work Dead At 33

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:28:34 -0400

The American award-winning war correspondent Michael Hastings, who authored notable articles and books about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, has been killed in a car accident in Los Angeles. He was 33. The news website BuzzFeed, for which Hastings wrote, said he died early on June 18. Hastings is known for a 2010 profile in "Rolling Stone" magazine of General Stanley McChrystal, ...

LIVE President Peres to honor Clinton

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:23:39 -0400

Former US president to receive highest civil distinction at opening session of the fifth Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem; Middle East envoy Tony Blair says two-state solution has short window of ...

Deputy minister Ben-Dahan to stay in IDF corps

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:23:39 -0400

Since being elected to the Knesset and appointed deputy minister for religious services, Bayit Yehudi MK Eli Ben-Dahan has had to fight battles on numerous fronts - be it the struggle within his party over which candidate to back for chief rabbi, or the internecine skirmishes that have erupted within the coalition over pieces of contentious legislation.But while clear-cut successes in the ...

‘We’re here to demand a better Brazil’

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:23:02 -0400

';I am here to demand a better Brazil,'; said 21-year-old student Juliana Alves. ';They are spending billions of dollars on the World Cup, but virtually nothing on education. This is ...

Rafaelle Sollecito forced to abandon Switzerland after his residence permit is revoked

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:19:34 -0400

Rafaelle Sollecito served four years in prison for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher, who was found half naked, her throat slit, in the flat she shared with Knox in ...

Girl Guides no longer have to swear allegiance to God and country

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:19:33 -0400

Tradition: Although members have been required to make a pledge to God since its inception in 1910, the phrase 'and my country' has been included only since ...

US House passes bill banning abortion after 20 weeks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:18:32 -0400

The US House of Representatives approved a Republican measure restricting abortion to the first 20 weeks after conception, one of the most stringent pro-life bills in the past ...

FBI fugitive arrested in Mexican resort

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:11:42 -0400

Walter Lee Williams, a former university professor seen here in a 2011 handout photo released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has become the 500th person to be named to the Ten Most Wanted list, according to an FBI statement. (REUTERS/FBI/Handout via Reuters) CANCUN – Mexican authorities on Tuesday arrested a former U.S. university professor, who recently was added to the ...

Obama to call for deep cuts in U.S. Russian nuke arsenals

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:26 -0400

President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during June 17, 2013 bilateral meeting at G-8 Summit in Enniskillen, Northern ...

Global refugee numbers at 19-year high

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:59:21 -0400

The number of people who have been forcibly displaced by war and other crises worldwide has risen to its highest level for almost two decades, hitting 45.2 million, according to the UN's refugee agency. Annual figures released by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday showed that 1.1 million fled across international borders in 2012, while a further 6.5 million ...

Ohio captives

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:54:05 -0400

>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused of ...

Palestinians launch rockets toward South shattering calm

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:19:49 -0400

"Code Red" warning sirens sounded in Ashkelon and surrounding areas early Wednesday morning, an IDF spokesperson confirmed.Shortly after the sirens went off, three rockets fell in open areas, landing in Palestinian areas, Israel Radio ...

Rohani Iran nuclear work never meant to be exposed

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:19:48 -0400

UNITED NATIONS - Years before he became Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rohani spoke approvingly about concealing his nation's nuclear program and said that when Pakistan got atomic bombs and Brazil began enriching uranium, "the world started to work with them." The comments offer an intriguing window into the past thinking of Rohani, widely seen as a moderate or pragmatic ...

Serial rapist Adrian Bayley jailed for life in Melbourne over murder of Irish woman Jill Meagher

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:18:41 -0400

A serial sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of an Irish woman that outraged Australia's second-largest ...

Rockets fired from Gaza hit Israeli coast

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:09:38 -0400

Three grad rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit the Israeli coastal town of Ashkelon this morning, according to media reports, the first time missiles from the Palestinian enclave have hit Israel for nearly two ...

One of US FBIs most wanted nabbed in Mexico resort city

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:57 -0400

UNDATED: This photo shows Walter Lee Williams, 65, who is wanted on charges of sexual exploitation of children and traveling abroad for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts with ...

Analysis French EU-wariness complicates life for Hollande

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:05 -0400

PARIS (Reuters) - A feeling in France that the European Union no longer works in its interest is fueling tensions between Paris and Brussels and adding pressure on President Francois Hollande to be more assertive in ...

Obama to set new goals to cut nuclear weapons senior official

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:05 -0400

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 17, ...

Taliban kill US troops after peace moves

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:57:13 -0400

At least four US soldiers have been killed in an attack on Bagram air base in Afghanistan, hours after Washington said its officials would meet the Afghan armed group for talks. The Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the attack.. "Last night two big rockets were launched at Bagram (air base) which hit the target. Four soldiers are dead and six others are wounded. The rockets ...

Flood death toll in hilly Indian states climb

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:57:12 -0400

NDTV has reported.The channel said on Wednesday that thousands of houses in the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh had been swept away in the floods and authorities were using helicopters to evacuate people and drop essential food supplies.Northern India has witnessed torrential rains at least three times more than usual over the past week ever since the annual monsoon broke a fortnight ...

Rohani once spoke approvingly of hiding Iran atomic work

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:24:34 -0400

Reuters © Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani gestures to the media during a news conference in Tehran June 17, 2013. REUTERS/Fars News/Majid ...

Fed seen keeping options open on pace of bond buying

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:24:20 -0400

Reuters © Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Joint Economic Committee in Washington in this May 22, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Gary ...

Presidential Conference 2013 ready to kick off Day Two

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:16:11 -0400

The most festive aspect of this year's "Facing Tomorrow" conference - the fifth in the Presidential Conference series - was the celebration of President Shimon Peres's 90th birthday on Tuesday night at the Jerusalem International Convention Center. In attendance were past and present world leaders, international scholars, social activists, poets, scientists, artists, ...

AIPAC urges caution on Rohani

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:16:10 -0400

US Senate unfazed on sanctions after Rohani win "More fundamentally," the memo continued, "there is no indication that Supreme Leader Khamenei will limit his absolute control over Iran's nuclear policy. Even if Rouhani wished to change the country's policy, he may have no ability to do so."Pointing to a speech Rowhani gave in March 2006, in which he spoke of ...

Poland Germany probe Nazi-led unit commander in Minneapolis

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:03:35 -0400

The June 3, 1944, photo provided by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum shows Heinrich Himmler, centre, SS Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister of the Interior of Nazi Germany from 1943 to 1945, as he reviews troops of the Galician SS-Volunteer Infantry Division Michael Karkoc a top commander whose Nazi SS-led unit is blamed for burning villages filled with women and ...

Heat avoid elimination beat Spurs in overtime 103-100

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:54:09 -0400

Mike Miller (L) and LeBron James (R) of the Miami Heat vie for a rebound with Tim Duncan (C) of the San Antonio Spurs during the first half in Game 6 of the NBA Finals at the American Airlines Arena June 19, 2013 in Miami, ...

Game 6 Heat 103 Spurs 100 OT Heart-Stopping Survival as Heat Force Game 7

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:49:36 -0400

In the fight to keep their title Tuesday night, the Miami Heat kept losing vital accessories. Mike ...

Ammo Blasts Rock Russias Samara

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:16:49 -0400

Ammunition explosions have rocked a military training area in Russia’s southwestern Samara region, causing officials to order the evacuation of some 6,000 people. The exploding shells set off a fire that was reportedly still triggering explosions June 19 at the Chapaevsk military depot. Officials said about 30 people have sought medical help in connection with the blasts, and some of ...

Asia business sentiment rises in second quarter global growth risk still dominates

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:51:19 -0400

SEOUL (Reuters) - Asia's top companies have become more optimistic about their business outlook with the retail and shipping industries rebounding sharply in the second quarter of 2013, the latest Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asia Business Sentiment Survey ...

Google asks FISA court to lift gag order on NSA requests

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:49:15 -0400

WASHINGTON Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the federal government's gag order on its Internet surveillance program, citing what it described as a First Amendment right to divulge how many requests it receives from the government for data about its customers in the name of national security. The move came in a legal motion filed in the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ...

Criminal charges sought after anti-Islamic rant

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:38 -0400

For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group in the US is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape. In the most recent case, an Ashburn, Virginia, woman unleashed a string of expletives and called the police emergency dispatcher to report that she was afraid for her life because she said her ...

Obama to invoke call of history in Berlin speech

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:09 -0400

Barack Obama will on Wednesday invoke the Cold War history of German-US solidarity, on a long-awaited first visit to Berlin as president, but will face sharp questions on US spy snooping ...

Japan finds highly toxic strontium in Fukushima groundwater

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:57:30 -0400

TOKYO (Reuters) - High levels of toxic strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the utility that operates the facility said on Wednesday Strontium-90 is a by-product of the fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear reactors as well as nuclear weapons, according to the website of the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

Extending a Hand Abroad Obama Often Finds a Cold Shoulder

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:47:55 -0400

The next morning, Mr. Xi punched back, accusing the United States of the same computer hacking tactics it attributed to China. It was, Mr. Obama acknowledged, "a very blunt ...

House Republicans pass 20-week limit on abortions

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:42:08 -0400

social issues , especially in light of the GOP's 2012 election losses, the Republican-led House of Representatives Tuesday passed a bill that would restrict abortions to the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Restricting the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision by a month, the bill is a statement from social conservatives in the House and no more. It passed along party lines - all but six ...

Mauled girl ready for reconstructive surgery

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:37:20 -0400

A 4-year-old Bolivian girl who was unconscious for nearly three weeks after being mauled in the face and body by a Rottweiler is awake and ready to fly to Boston for reconstructive surgery, a doctor said Tuesday. The case of Rosalia, the fifth of seven children of a poor family in a slum outside La Paz, has been closely watched by Bolivians. It also drew the attention of the Boston ...

3 suspects arrested in modern slavery case

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:20:16 -0400

UN World Refugees At 18-Year High

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:04:42 -0400

The United nations refugee agency says the number of refugees and displaced people around the world rose to 45.2 million last year – the most in 18 years. It its annual "Global Trends" report, the UNHCR said the increase was fueled by conflicts in Syria, Mali, and elsewhere. Worldwide, it said some 7.6 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2012 – or about ...

Conditions subhuman

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Turkey PM Erdogan welcomes Hamas leaders

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:59:43 -0400

As the European Union cancels a parliamentary visit to Ankara, embattled Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosts Hamas heads Mashaal and Haniyeh; unclear if visit is instead of Erdogan traveling to ...

We could be in the grip of a DECADE of wet summers say scientists at Met Office climate summit

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:46 -0400

People being rescued from the 2007 Summer floods in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Britain could be subjected to wet summers for at least another decade, weather experts have today ...

Abortion should not be used as a contraceptive says Lord Steel father of 1967 act that legalised the practice

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:45 -0400

Lord Steel, who introduced the 1967 Bill which legalised the practice, said it was 'thoroughly undesirable' that 36 per cent of terminations are now to those who have already had at least ...

Hectic week A well-deserved weekend lie-in can PREVENT type 2 diabetes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:43 -0400

Having a lie-in at the weekend might feel like a well-deserved luxury, but it could also be a necessity in preventing the onset of ...

Cover-up over 16 baby deaths Health bosses ignored damning warnings on hospital neglect

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:42 -0400

Even when a CQC official produced a dossier showing the inspection was flawed, bosses told him to destroy it to protect the commission’s ...

Women who regularly use talcum powder increase their risk of ovarian cancer by 24

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:42 -0400

The researchers analysed data from 8,525 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer and compared talcum powder use with that of 9,800 women who remained ...

From compliments to cuddles the keys to womens confidence List shows top 20 feel-good factors

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:40 -0400

A compliment from a friend or partner topped the list of things with a feel-good factor. This was closely followed by having perfect hair and looking good in a ...

Can chickens REALLY be cleverer than a toddler Studies suggest animals can master numeracy and basic engineering

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:40 -0400

Studies show hens to be masters of a number of complex skills, including numeracy, self-control, and it is claimed, basic structural ...

Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin. Did two chaps ever look less thrilled to see one another

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:39 -0400

Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin sat next to each other in one of the little ‘bilaterals’ which have been held at the G8 summit in County Fermanagh. Boxing gloves, ...

DAILY MAIL COMMENT A disgraceful way to reward our heroes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:37 -0400

With 444 British dead, and hundreds more maimed, this should have been a day for our troops to celebrate a milestone on the road to withdrawal, with the hope of relief from the worst of the ...

Taliban Britain to join U.S. for peace talks with the Taliban to finally end 12-year conflict

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:37 -0400

But Tory MPs warned the talks could lead to a sell-out that hands southern Afghanistan back to the militants who have killed 444 British servicemen since 2001. It also emerged last night that Taliban killers are likely to be released as a confidence-building measure during the ...

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE All is forgiven after Viscount Linley swipe at Princess Michael

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:36 -0400

Prince Michael of Kent and his wife, Princess Michael, rode in the third carriage at the Royal Ascot parade. With them, Princess Margaret’s son, Viscount Linley, and his wife, Serena. What a charming foursome. Obviously Linley is now forgiven after telling a magazine what he’d give his worst enemy for Christmas: ‘Dinner with Princess Michael.’ Dignified Prince Michael ...

Red labels to warn of unhealthy food Logos to appear on items considered bad for health in anti-obesity drive

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:36 -0400

The colour will signal products that are high in fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt as part of an anti-obesity drive designed to encourage healthy ...

ANDREW ALEXANDER Bad luck fear and historys gravest lesson

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:35 -0400

It was chance — pure chance — that France’s foreign minister Louis Barthou was killed during the assassination in Marseilles of King Alexander of Yugoslavia in 1934. He was the only statesman in the West who saw that Hitler could be stopped by an alliance eagerly offered by the ...

Did Stuart Halls victims relive their agony just for this YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN says Halls lenient sentence shows judges learnt nothing from Savile

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:34 -0400

Perhaps it’s best that I wasn’t in court on Monday to witness Stuart Hall finally paying for his crimes against children, because I might have shouted at the judge or created a scene not allowed in our sombre houses of justice — if you can call this ...

Jail reckless bankers Failed bosses could also lose right to claim bonuses for up to ten years says inquiry into financial malpractice

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:34 -0400

The bosses of failed banks should face jail or lose the right to claim bonuses for up to ten years for 'reckless misconduct', a report recommends ...

Child porn summit that ended up a damp squib Internet giants still refuse to install automatic filters to force users to opt in

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:32 -0400

Britain's internet giants have agreed to put extra money into the fight against sickening child abuse images – but are refusing to install automatic filters that would force users to ‘opt in’ to online ...

Camerons bid to spark Syria coup PM pledges not to remove Assad military if they overthrow tyrant

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:31 -0400

David Cameron last night made an appeal to Syria's military and security leaders in an extraordinary attempt to spark a coup against Bashar ...

G8 Summit Michelle Obama Malia and Sasha have lunch with Bono in Ireland

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:30 -0400

The Obamas never miss an opportunity to mingle with the stars and during a two-day trip in Dublin, who better to have quintessential pub lunch with than iconic Irish rocker and philanthropist ...

Dont try this at home Video shows man WALKING ON LAVA - and now scientists have explained exactly how he did it

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:29 -0400

A YouTube video showing a man taking five steps up a flow of lava on Mount Etna in Sicily has been analysed by a geoscientist who has confirmed it IS possible to walk on ...

Labour politician admits an affair... with an ALIEN Father-of-three talks of his belief in extra-terrestial life and claims he fathered a love child with one

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:28 -0400

The married father-of-three, who represents Stakesby, said his wife had rowed with him after revealing he had a child called Zarka with an alien he refers to as the Cat ...

Dangerous inmate escaped from prison after he stabbed himself and was taken to hospital where he was sprung by gunman

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:27 -0400

A prolific ex-convict who has committed almost 500 offences was today jailed for 10 years for breaking his cellmate out of prison in a terrifying gunpoint hold ...

Former Army captain Britain Witty who preyed on women is guilty of more sex attacks on teenagers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:26 -0400

A convicted date rapist was today jailed for life for three more rapes on teenage women - after publicity from an earlier case led to the victims independently reporting their own ...

Man 20 appears in court accused of beheading 18-year-old woman then attacking five people while he was being treated in hospital

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:25 -0400

Hussein, of Sheffield, is also charged with assaulting five people at Sheffield’s Northern General Hospital, where he was taken following his arrest by ...

Global consumption of spirits is climbing thanks to Chinas thirsty middle classes - but Russia leads the way in vodka

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:24 -0400

Almost 28billion litres of spirits were drunk globally last year - an increase of 2 per cent - although this was a far smaller rise than 2011, when volumes went up by 7 per cent, figures ...

Woman living on water-only diet stops on day 47 after realizing she could be encouraging others to starve to death

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:23 -0400

The retiree, originally from the UK, also says that she didn’t want to be responsible for others trying to 'live on light'; without having their 'belief systems lined ...

One of the oldest pharmacies in the UK that once sold leeches in jars and took prescriptions in Latin celebrates its 190th anniversary

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:22 -0400

It was opened in 1823 by a 'chymist and druggist' and nearly 200 years later it is still serving customers as one of the oldest pharmacies in the ...

Toddlers start using little words to form basic sentences far earlier than we realise

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:21 -0400

Dr Dye and her team found a clear, yet previously undetected, pattern of sounds which consistently replaced grammatical words in many of the children’s ...

Its the end of the world as we view it The furthest extremes of the Earth visible on Google Maps

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:20 -0400

He said: 'I've always been drawn to the end of the road, to the edges of where one might be allowed to travel, whether blocked by geographic features, international borders, or simply the lack of any further ...

Japans kitsch Kawaii trend hits the UK as teenagers reject miniskirts and fake tan for cute animal outfits piles of ruffles and sugary schoolgirl chic

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:20 -0400

If you've noticed an unusually high number of teenage girls sporting pink hair or dressed up to the nines in Hello Kitty, Japan's kitsch 'Kawaii' trend could be to ...

How a mothers love can extend across species Incredible pictures show a pair of pugs helping nurse abandoned tiger cubs

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:19 -0400

Born at the Oktyabrsky Health Resort in Sochi, on western Russia's Black Sea coast, the cubs have been taken in by the pint-sized dogs after their mother abandoned ...

What an opera-tunity Standing ovation for first ever beach production of opera inspired by Suffolk fishing community

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:18 -0400

It is the stark tale of a lone fisherman ostracised by his local villagers that is still considered to have changed the face of British opera and propelled its writer Benjamin Britten to ...

Losing weight not only makes you healthier it can also boost your MEMORY

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:17 -0400

Overweight women who lose weight through dieting change the regions of their brains important for memory - this reverses obesity-related memory ...

85-year-old bride proves that you are never too old to find love as she walks the aisle with man she met in sheltered accommodation

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:17 -0400

The morning after the night before, Cambridge style! Revellers stumble home after famous Trinity College passing-out ball ... and it proves a little too much for ...

Oasis of calm Photographs of an entire railway circuit around Paris abandoned in the 1930s gives a new insight into the busy city

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:16 -0400

Officially off-limits to the public, the national rail service SNCF has left the tracks largely untouched. The blog, an off-beat culture, travel and style blog based in Paris, states the tracks are 'open for pleasant summer strolls if you look hard enough for a way ...

Warning over danger of falling toilet seats which send more than 1000 boys and men to hospital every year

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:15 -0400

Men have been warned that falling toilet seats pose a growing hazard, with the number of genital injuries caused by bathroom equipment rising every ...

Stunning beach graced by Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare In Love bans nudists after becoming a haven for swingers and perverts

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:13 -0400

Nudists are to be banned from one of Britain's most famous beaches that featured in Shakespeare In Love amid fears it is being invaded by sex swingers and ...

An irresistible temptation for any passing sailor Dazzling pictures of surfer sirens as they plunge beneath the crashing waves

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:13 -0400

Streamlined: A bikini-clad surfer slices through the deep blue on her way further out to sea in search of the perfect wave off the coast of ...

Obama Has Plans to Cut U.S. Nuclear Arsenal if Russia Reciprocates

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:53:23 -0400

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How to hide your data from the NSA

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:53:15 -0400

>Editor's note: Doug Gross covers consumer technology and the Web for CNN.com. Follow his updates on Twitter or add him to your Circles on Google+.(CNN) -- Let's face it: Most of us don't e-mail, tweet, text or post anything worthy of clandestine scrutiny. But having concerns about NSA cybersnooping doesn't mean we must surrender all privacy -- what's left of it -- in our day-to-day online ...

Colorado wildfire destroys more than 500 homes new blazes menace West

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:47:10 -0400

Colorado wildfire destroys between 80 and 100 homes DENVER/LOS ANGELES - The number of homes destroyed by a Colorado wildfire rose above 500 on Tuesday as rain dampened the flames and allowed damage assessment teams to enter charred neighbourhoods, and other threatening blazes grew in Alaska and elsewhere in the West. Authorities said the so-called Black Forest Fire, which has burned in the ...

McCain and MacKay talk Syria in D.C.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:47:09 -0400

U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) (L) talks to reporters as he departs following the weekly Republican caucus luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington June 18, 2013. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst ...

Naked gymnast faces charges over S.F. transit stop antics

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:47:09 -0400

Yeiner Alberto Perez Garizabalo, 24, was caught on video doing handstands and contortions on turnstiles. (YouTube) A trained gymnast whose naked acrobatics and harassment of passengers at a San Francisco public transit station were captured on video and circulated widely on the Internet is facing criminal charges over his antics, authorities said on Tuesday. Yeiner Alberto Perez Garizabalo, 24, ...

WikiLeaks Assange fears U.S. says will stay in London embassy

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:37:36 -0400

1 of 6. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves from a window with Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patino (R) at Ecuador's embassy in central London June 16, ...

Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:07:51 -0400

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Islamists Press Blasphemy Cases in a New Egypt

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:58:07 -0400

DEIR EL GABRAWI, Egypt ...

Children dying from encephalitis in India

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:53:13 -0400

A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon season in what officials worry could be the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade. Encephalitis has killed at least 118 children so far this year and authorities fear the death toll could reach about 1,000, said Dr R. N. Singh of the Encephalitis Eradication ...

Journalist Michael Hastings dead at 33

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:42:54 -0400

The Runaway General ") led to McChrystal's ouster, died in an early morning car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the magazine said. He was 33. "Hard-charging, unabashedly opinionated, Hastings was original and at times abrasive," Rolling ...

Irish Lawmakers Expected to Approve Limited Abortion

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:34:41 -0400

DUBLIN -- The Irish Parliament is expected to legalize limited abortion before its summer break after the publication of final government proposals that would allow terminations in cases when there is a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother, including the threat of ...

BuzzFeed Reporter Michael Hastings Dies in Car Accident at Age 33

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:32:13 -0400

"We are shocked and devastated by the news that Michael Hastings is gone," Smith wrote. "Michael was a great, fearless journalist with an incredible instinct for the story, and a gift for finding ways to make his readers care about anything he covered from wars to politicians. He wrote stories that would otherwise have gone unwritten, and without him there are great stories that ...

4 U.S. troops killed at Afghanistan air base

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:29:27 -0400

WASHINGTON Defense officials say four U.S. troops have been killed at or near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Officials said Tuesday the four were killed by indirect fire, likely a mortar or rocket, but they had no other ...

Innovative Ariz. class turns students dreams into reality

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:29:26 -0400

(CBS News) TUCSON, Ariz. - When the Gridley Middle School in Tuscon, Ariz., added a virtual reality class in the fall, 13-year-old Rashad Stevenson was skeptical. But he was truly surprised at how much he liked ...

Colo. senator who pushed for gun control may lose job

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:29:24 -0400

(CBS News) DENVER -- After the massacre last summer in a Colorado movie theater, the leader of the state Senate pushed through a gun-control bill. Among other things, it outlawed the 100-round ammunition magazines used in the murder of 12 people and the wounding of ...

Brazil leader acknowledges social protests

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:27:53 -0400

Brazil’s president has embraced an outbreak of protests against her government across the country, after the South American country saw some of its biggest ever ...

Feds Captives forced to eat dog food

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:26:43 -0400

Iran and U.S. New hope on nukes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:26:04 -0400

>Editor's note: David Rothkopf writes regularly for CNN.com. He is CEO and editor-at-large of the FP Group, publishers of Foreign Policy magazine, and a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Follow him on Twitter.(CNN) -- It would be easy to dismiss Friday's election of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran as little more than a sham -- a rigged election that ...

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