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Search for survivors nearly over in Oklahoma as damage estimate is $2bn

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:06:51 -0400

MOORE, Oklahoma - Rescue workers were combing through the battered remains of buildings left behind in the path of the gigantic tornado that killed two dozen people, including nine children, in Oklahoma on Monday. Officials say the search for survivors is nearly over as efforts turn towards recovery. Gary Bird, fire chief of the badly hit Moore suburb, said he was "98% sure" there were no ...

Florida man known to Boston bombing suspects shot dead by FBI

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:03:15 -0400

MIAMI - A man known to the Boston Marathon bombers was shot and killed Wednesday by an Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent after he turned violent during questioning, the investigating agency said. The Orlando Sentinel newspaper identified the man as Ibragim Todashev, 27. He was killed in the early morning incident in Orlando, Florida. The FBI said the shooting occurred in Orlando, ...

Senate panel approves plan to ease hiring of foreign techies

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:41 -0400

WASHINGTON - A US Senate panel has cleared a proposed legislation that relaxes restrictions on IT companies to hire foreign techies, thus clearing one of the major hurdles to ushering changes in American immigration law in a generation. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill after its authors won a bipartisan support with three Republicans joining 10 Democrats in the 18-member ...

Eight candidates for Iranian presidential race

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:52 -0400

TEHRAN - Iran has approved eight candidates for the presidential election due next month, rejecting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's top aide in a major setback to the hawkish leader of the Islamic republic. Ahmadinejad criticised the decision to remove Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei from the final candidate list and said it was an act of "oppression". He announced plans to take up the case with ...

Top North Korean official visits China

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:56:15 -0400

PYONGYANG, North Korea - In an indication that North Korea may give diplomacy a chance to end regional tension, its leader Kim Jong Un Wednesday sent a special envoy to China to win the confidence of its most important ally. The trip by Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, a senior Workers' Party official and the military's top political officer, comes after months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give ...

Bernanke says more positive signs needed before scaling back stimulus

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:25:11 -0400

WASHINGTON - Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke Wednesday said it was too soon to scale back the monetary stimulus and the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking a decision. A decision to scale back the $85 billion in bonds the Fed is buying each month could come at one of the central bank's "next few meetings" if the economy looked set to maintain ...

Higher exports fail to plug widening Japan trade deficit

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:52:11 -0400

TOKYO - Japan's trade deficit rose substantially more than expected in the month April to 879.9 billion yen ($8.6 billion), which is a 70% jump over the trade deficit during the corresponding month a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.. The deficit, for the tenth consecutive month, was wider than what many economists had forecast. A survey from the Nikkei business daily ...

Vitamin C offers hope of tackling drug resistant TB

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:56:35 -0400

WASHINGTON - Adding vitamin C to existing tuberculosis drugs regime could shorten the therapy for drug resistant TB, claims new research findings published in the online scientific journal Nature Communications. The striking discovery, by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, has determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant TB bacteria in laboratory ...

IMF warns UK against continuing austerity programme

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:53:31 -0400

LONDON - In a critique of the United Kingdom's austerity programme, the International Monetary Fund Wednesday urged the Europe's third largest economy to rebalance the policy to make the transition to a high-investment and more export-oriented economy. "The UK could boost growth by bringing forward measures already included in its fiscal plan, such as spending on infrastructure and job ...

Labour reforms to top US team agenda on Bangladesh visit

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:50:14 -0400

DHAKA - A high level US delegation led by the State Department's Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman will visit Bangladesh this weekend to press for a major overhaul of labour safety regulations following the nation's deadliest industrial accident, an official said Wednesday. The collapse of a nine-storey factory complex housing several garment units outside the capital last ...

British Troops Told Not to Wear Uniforms in Public Following Terrorist Attack

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:07:10 -0400

reports . The report doesn't make clear who gave the order in the first place, but it was quickly reversed: "at Cobra this morning, it was agreed that issuing orders against wearing military uniforms in public would not be the right response to the ...

Inspector General Finds 5 Compliance Rate With Regulations on Certain IRS Contracts

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:07:10 -0400

inspector general's report detailed "inappropriate criteria" used to identify certain applications of mainly conservative organizations for special review resulting in long delays in processing and invasive inquiries. The acting commissioner of the IRS himself admitted to "horrible customer service" and "foolish mistakes." But another report issued by the ...

Gulnara Karimova Takes To Twitter Following Critical Report

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:02:31 -0400

Gulnara Karimova and her supporters have taken to Twitter to respond to an investigative report linking the Uzbek president's daughter to large-scale bribery. The report, published May 22 by RFE/RL and Sweden's "Mission: Investigation" television program, is based on leaked documents that appear to bear Karimova's handwriting. Among other things, ...

At last we get Tolkiens take on King Arthur

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:59:18 -0400

"The Fall of Arthur" by J. R. R. Tolkien is an unfinished poem written about King Arthur, Lanceleot, Guinevere and Mordred. It is being published for the first time. | ...

Michael Adebolajo British-born suspect became obsessed with radical Islam as schoolboy

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:43 -0400

MI5 admit they KNEW about fanatics who 'slaughtered soldier': Police raid house in Lincolnshire village as friends say British-born suspect became 'obsessed with radical Islam as ...

The Angels of Woolwich Three womens outstanding courage as they confront killers and pray for slaughtered soldier

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:42 -0400

As she comforts him in the middle of the road, a second woman stands over her and appears to talk to one of the killers in an apparent attempt to placate ...

Woman geography teacher is banned from the classroom after romantically pursuing 15-year-old pupil for two years

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:41 -0400

Catherine Rayne took a job at the Michael Hall School in Forest Row, East Sussex, in September 2009 - making friends with the pupil on Facebook and swapping mobile phone ...

British twins 83 found dead with plastic bags over their heads in Spanish home in suspected double suicide

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:41 -0400

The 83-year-old ex-pats, who have not yet been named, were found in the property they shared in the Andalusian coastal town of Fuengirola, near Malaga, on ...

Witness tells Lebedev trial she is giving evidence by accident after being told to appear by Russian security service

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:40 -0400

'I'm only giving evidence by accident': New farce in trial of Alexander Lebedev as witness claims she was ordered to appear by Russian security ...

EU expenses MEPs in Brussels earn up to 740 more than average citizen and enjoy free haircuts and gallons of petrol

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:39 -0400

Biting austerity cuts across Europe have not nibbled into the gilded lifestyle of Brussels lawmakers as a new survey shows the incredible perks they continue to enjoy at the expense of taxpayers across the ...

We wont change course on Euro referendum PM warns Tory rebels but he promises no more divisive issues such as gay marriage

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:38 -0400

David Cameron warned restive Tory MPs he will not change policy on an EU referendum yesterday – but promised there would be no more divisive issues such as gay ...

Russia to urgently evacuate Arctic post as ice melts

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:52:27 -0400

Russia has ordered the urgent evacuation of the 16-strong crew of a drifting Arctic research station after ice floe that hosts the floating laboratory began to disintegrate, officials said ...

US missile defense still plagued by technical doubts

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:52:26 -0400

Three decades after Ronald Reagan launched his "Star Wars" project, the costly missile defense program has become a pillar of US strategy despite lingering doubts about its ...

PM says Britain resolute after attack on soldier

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:52:25 -0400

Prime Minister David Cameron vowed on Thursday that Britain would be resolute against violent extremism following the gruesome murder of a soldier by two suspected extremists on a London ...

Russia hears parole bid from Pussy Riot hunger striker

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:52:24 -0400

A court in Russia's Urals on Thursday heard a request for parole by jailed Pussy Riot punk rocker Maria Alyokhina after she announced a hunger strike and received new support from music luminaries including Paul ...

Pope Francis Being an atheist is alright as long as you do good

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:46:15 -0400

Pope Francis has said that atheists should be seen as good people as long as they do good, in a move to urge people of all religions - or no religion at all - to get ...

James Holmes lawyers to challenge insanity defence law

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:45:19 -0400

Colorado shooting suspect James Eagan Holmes makes his first court appearance in Aurora, Colo., in this July 23, 2012, file photo. (REUTERS/RJ Sangosti/Pool/Files) DENVER - Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state’s insanity defence law in a bid to try to avoid the death ...

Oklahoma tornado

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:31 -0400

>For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH.(CNN) -- The lone, tattered page from a decimated children's book sat quietly amid the rest of the rubble. But the words spoke volumes about the pain and nostalgia in the city of Moore:"I remember my old house,Its rooms so bright and wide. Its halls will echo for all time,With the ...

Factory activity slips to seven-month low in May Markit

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:36:16 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manufacturing slowed for a second straight month in May as weak overseas demand and government belt-tightening at home led to the sector's most sluggish rate of growth since October, a survey showed on ...

Jobless claims data suggests labor market strength

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:36:15 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by ...

France wants Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list by end-June

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:36:15 -0400

Supporters of Hezbollah and relatives of Hezbollah member Hussein Ahmad Abu Hasan carry his coffin during his funeral in Beirut's suburbs May 21, ...

London attackers British of Nigerian origin source

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:36:14 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - British authorities believe that two men accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries are British of Nigerian descent, a source close to the investigation said ...

El Salvador president presses for beatification of assassinated archbishop in papal audience

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:34:47 -0400

Pope Francis speaks with El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes during a private audience at the Vatican Thursday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandro Bianchi, ...

Mom describes trying to talk down London slay suspects

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:34:32 -0400

murder in London on Wednesday, but military officials confirm he was a serving soldier in the British Army. CBS News correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports the two men suspected in the attack spent Wednesday night under armed guard at separate hospitals as forensic teams continued to scour the scene of the brutal slaying. Prime Minister David Cameron called an emergency meeting of his ...

Boy Scouts to vote on allowing openly gay members

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:34:31 -0400

Left: Boy Scout Alex Derr speaks out against anti-gay rules during the Equal Scouting Summit Press Conference, May 22, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. Right: Boy Scout Jonathon Grime, 9, raise his hand at the close of a news conference held by people against the change in the Scouts' gay policy Wednesday in ...

U.K. official London attack suspects probed before

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:34:31 -0400

Police officers lay down floral tributes handed to them by members of the public May 23, 2013, at the scene of a deadly attack in Woolwich, southeast ...

Fox News reporter secretly monitored by Obama administration

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:34:30 -0400

(CBS News) Court documents released this week show the Obama administration secretly monitored a Washington journalist. In seeking a search warrant, the FBI called Fox News' James Rosen a "criminal co-conspirator," even though he isn't charged with any crime. These revelations have set off a firestorm of criticism from the left and right, CBS News' Jan Crawford reports. ...

Life terms urged in Bangladesh accident

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:31:41 -0400

Those responsible for the Bangladesh building collapse that killed more than 1,000 garment workers should be given life in prison, a government-appointed committee has said. The investigating committee, appointed by Bangladesh's interior minister, recommended life in prison for the owner of the five factories based in the building on the outskirts of Dhaka last month. The collapse of the ...

12000 homes wrecked

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:20:55 -0400

How to help kids recover and feel safe

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:11:21 -0400

>Editor's note: Melissa J. Brymer is the director of the Terrorism and Disaster Programs at the UCLA/Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress.(CNN) -- Many of the Oklahoma families whose lives were devastated by the tornado will recover over time, especially with the help and support of family and community. But children need special attention as they struggle with what ...

Your weekly National Park escape

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:08:39 -0400

>Editor's note: CNN.com's weekly Summer in the Park series turns to rangers at the United States' most popular national parks to get insider recommendations for your visits, whether you have just one day or can stay longer. The series will run through Labor Day.(CNN) -- The boundary between Tennessee and North Carolina might be one of the loveliest border crossings ever: It's the crest of the ...

Global Stocks Slip on Signs of Economic Stress in China and Japan

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:01:43 -0400

HONG KONG ...

Senators What We Do Not Know About Benghazi

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:28 -0400

Three U.S. senators have identified the missing parts of the response to the Benghazi terror attack. In a statement, Senators Kelly Ayotte, Lindsey Graham, and John McCain list "What We Do Not Know" about ...

Two Georgian Orthodox Priests Charged With Antigay Violence

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:49:40 -0400

At least 17 people have been injured by violence that broke out in Georgia's capital before the start of a rally to mark the International Day Against ...

Syrian Opposition Holding Key Talks In Istanbul

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:49:38 -0400

Syria's main opposition group is meeting in Istanbul to consider possible negotiations with President Bashar al-Assad's regime to end the two-year conflict. The United States and Russia have proposed organizing peace talks involving the opposition and Assad's government. The joint U.S.-Russian initiative, which is dubbed Geneva 2, aims to build on last year's ...

PM to Hague Together we face battle against terrorism

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:45:16 -0400

Israel and the United Kingdom both face the battle against savagery and terrorism at home and around the world, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday in a press conference with British Foreign Secretary William Hague in Jerusalem.The prime minister extended Israel's solidarity with the people of Britain, following ...

Peres writes to the Queen after UK soldiers murder

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:45:15 -0400

Writing on behalf of the Israeli people, President Shimon Peres on Thursday sent a letter of condolence to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, expressing shock and sadness over the brutal murder of a British soldier in London on Wednesday.Shouting Jihadist slogans, two men ran over their victim with a car and then hacked him to death near the British army barracks in Woolwich, south east ...

Assad foe tells leader to cede power to officials

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:45:15 -0400

BEIRUT - A Syrian opposition leader urged President Bashar Assad on Thursday to hand power to his deputy or his prime minister and then go abroad with 500 members of his entourage, without immunity from prosecution.Assad is likely to reject or ignore the 16-point peace plan proposed by Moaz Alkhatib, who resigned as head of the Western-backed opposition National Coalition in March, particularly ...

Its snowing up north but warmer weather is to make a welcome return over the bank holiday weekend with highs of 19C

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:41:16 -0400

Britons would have been forgiven for thinking the worst of the weather was over after enjoying the warmest spell of the year earlier this month. However, as these pictures show, the freezing conditions have made an unwelcome ...

Sex gang victim 18 had to endure 12 DAYS of excruciating cross-examination in court

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:41:15 -0400

A rape victim who was abused by a sex grooming gang from the age of 13 had to endure 12 days of excruciating questions during her attackers trial, it emerged ...

Girl 4 born with just one ear is denied hearing aid due to postcode lottery

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:41:13 -0400

It left her with just one functioning ear, meaning she desperately needs a special device to allow her to hear her teachers clearly on her first day of school in ...

Dutch trader arrested for horsemeat fraud

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:40:06 -0400

Dutch meat wholesaler Willy Selten was arrested on Thursday for allegedly selling 300 tonnes of horsemeat labelled as beef, the public prosecutor ...

Kill Mittal French video game lets players attack Indian billionaire Lakshmi amid factory battle

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:34:10 -0400

A French video game is offering players the chance to become a virtual employee of steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal battling to keep a factory ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry in Middle East for separate talks with Israel and Palestine

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:34:10 -0400

US Secretary of State John Kerry held separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday and acknowledged there was considerable scepticism that the two sides would resume peace ...

Lets not blunder into another war

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:32:15 -0400

>Editor's note: Barry Blechman is co-founder of the Stimson Center, a nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank that studies peace and security challenges around the world.(CNN) -- I was born 70 years ago this spring in the Bronx in New York City. In the years I've lived, more than 500,000 Americans have died and almost 1 million have been wounded in at least 15 US military conflicts. Some wars ...

Special Report French Open A Puzzler in Paris French Open or Roland Garros

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:26:31 -0400

PARIS ...

North Korea says willing to take Chinas advice to start talks

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:24:10 -0400

Choe Ryong-hae (C), director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army (KPA) of North Korea, walks with Chinese Ambassador Liu Hongcai (2nd R) before departing Pyongyang airport for China, in this May 22, 2013 picture released by the North Korea's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang. North Korea sent Choe, one of its top military officials, as a ''special ...

ECB seeks new tools while Fed toys with exit

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:24:08 -0400

PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is looking into expanding its range of policy tools, while the U.S. central bank is mulling scaling back its support measures, highlighting the contrasting fortunes between the world's two biggest economic ...

Kerry meets Israelis Palestinians in bid to revive talks

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:24:08 -0400

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday and acknowledged there was considerable skepticism that the two sides would resume peace ...

Celebrated Nigerian writers funeral begins

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:19:54 -0400

The funeral of Nigeria's celebrated writer, Chinua Achebe, is due to take place in his small hometown in a ceremony expected to draw crowds of mourners. Achebe, author of the widely praised ...

Special Report Panel on IRS James Rosen and the London Terror Attack

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:44:28 -0400

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Senator Susan Rice Deserves to Be Subpoenaed Not an Apology

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:44:28 -0400

South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham was asked last night whether he's going to apologize to Susan Rice. He said that she doesn't deserve an apology; she "deserves to be ...

Police Raid Company Working On 2014 Sochi Olympics

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:39:54 -0400

SOCHI, Russia -- Armed and masked police have searched the offices of a company involved in developing sports facilities for the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi. The general director of the Mostovik Construction Company, Oleg Shishov, told journalists that police blocked off the whole area surrounding his company's offices on May 23. An RFE/RL correspondent said he ...

Dont blame Apple blame the tax code

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:39:12 -0400

>Editor's note: Will Marshall is the president of the Progressive Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank that advocates for tax reform and has received contributions from many US companies that do business abroad. (CNN) -- The Capitol Hill hearing on the IRS scandal this week upstaged another Senate investigation into how US technology companies shelter earnings from domestic taxes. That was ...

EU UN report stokes concern over Iran nuke program

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:35:17 -0400

BRUSSELS - Iran's expansion of sensitive nuclear activity breaks United Nations resolutions and increases concerns about whether its nuclear program is entirely peaceful, the European Union said on ...

Michael Adebolajo named as one of Woolwich killers

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:31:04 -0400

WOOLWICH HORROR TOUCHES RURAL ENGLAND: Police swoop on house in Lincolnshire village as it emerges 'Islamists who killed soldier' are British born and known to security ...

Woolwich attack Moment heroic woman tries to remonstrate with knife-wielding soldier killer before police arrived at scene

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:31:03 -0400

'I wasn't scared. Better me than a child': Incredible courage of the woman Cub Scout leader who confronted knife-wielding Islamic fanatic moments after he had slaughtered soldier in London ...

Psychotic bodybuilder who became obsessed with Batmans Joker attacked innocent stranger with an axe

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:31:01 -0400

A psychotic bodybuilder obsessed with Batman's arch nemesis the Joker has admitted carrying out a terrifying unprovoked axe attack on a stranger in a public ...

Mother Susan Hulbert of Birmingham hospitalised by online date Gavin Taylor met on plenty of fish blasts Telford Magistrates Court

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:31:00 -0400

also blasted magistrates after her attacker Gavin Taylor, 34, from Telford, Shropshire, walked free from court and was ordered to pay ...

The incredible images that reveal where we fly New images show the worlds flight paths

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:31:00 -0400

A Canadian transportation planner has used flight data from around the world to create stunning kaleidoscope-style flight path visualisations of every flight in a ...

Yuichiro Miura 80 becomes oldest climber to reach summit of Mount Everest

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:30:59 -0400

Bold timer: 80-year-old Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura, right, pictured with a friend at 6,500 meters, has become the oldest man to reach the top of Mount ...

Marks and Spencer launches first ripe and sweet GREEN tomato available on the high street

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:30:58 -0400

The tomato, named the Sweet Green, has sugar levels of up to 12 on the Brix scale, a scientific measure developed to assess the quality and sweetness of fruit and vegetables, compared with the Piccolini's level of approximately eight to ...

Five men arrested over claims a child was sexually assaulted at a day nursery

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:30:57 -0400

Held: Five men have been arrested over an allegation of a child being sexually assaulted at a day nursery. Officers have been searching this premises in Bromsgrove as well as two ...

Father driven to suicide after he was accused of being a paedophile on Facebook

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:30:56 -0400

Within 15 minutes, the message had been shared hundreds of times and the bricklayer from Hull, East Yorkshire, began receiving death threats on Facebook, an inquest ...

Love dont cost a ring-ring...Jennifer Lopez launches her own mobile phone store chain

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:23:48 -0400

If Mary Portas can't save the high street, perhaps J-Lo can? The entrepreneurial diva has announced that she is to open her own retail chain of mobile phone ...

Moore mayor pushes for shelter law in wake of Oklahoma tornado

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:23:48 -0400

The mayor of Moore, the Oklahoma suburb devastated by a massive tornado earlier this week, has called for a new law to have shelters installed in every new-built home to protect the town's ...

Sir Paul McCartney appeals to Russian government as Pussy Riot member declares hunger strike

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:23:47 -0400

Sir Paul McCartney has written to Russian authorities asking them to consider releasing members of jailed punk bandPussyRioton ...

American Hunted Over Czech Family Murders

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:21:45 -0400

A California man is being hunted by police in the Czech Republic investigating the killing of four members of the same family. Detectives in the eastern European nation's second-largest city of Brno named their suspect as 20-year-old Kevin Dahlgren. They have released a photograph from his Facebook page which says he was born in 1992 and comes from Palo Alto. His online profile ...

Taliban claim bomb in southwest Pakistan that kills 13

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:12:50 -0400

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for a bomb that killed 11 security personnel and two civilians in the southwestern city of ...

Bulgarias largest party will not try to form government

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:12:50 -0400

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's largest party GERB declined on Thursday to try to form a new government, opening the way for the rival Socialists to put together a technocrat administration and end a political ...

Amid scrutiny of commerce pick WH confident about her fate

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:14 -0400

top 300 U.S. billionaires , is not without her critics. But as the high-powered businesswoman heads to her confirmation hearing Thursday on the road to becoming President Obama's commerce secretary, vocal opposition to her approval has been limited -- and there's scant evidence to suggest Congress will put up a hard fight to block her from getting the job. Pritzker, who heads the ...

GM recalling 27K Cadillac SUVs regulators say wheels can fall off

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:13 -0400

DETROIT General Motors Co. is recalling more than 27,000 Cadillac SUVs worldwide because the wheels can fall off. The company says the recall affects the 2013 Cadillac SRX with 18-inch wheels. Canadian safety regulators say the wheel nuts may not have been tightened enough at the factory. GM says the problem hasn't caused any crashes or injuries, and no wheels have fallen from vehicles. ...

London soldier slaying homegrown Islamic extremism

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:12 -0400

London "We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you. We must fight them as they fight us." Those were the words of a man suspected of brutally slaying an active-duty British soldier on Wednesday in broad daylight. The two suspects' identities had not been confirmed Thursday morning, but multiple British media said they were both British, possibly even local south ...

Drones Gitmo part of broad Obama counterterrorism speech

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:12 -0400

President Obama on Thursday will deliver a major speech on his counterterrorism policies, addressing everything from drone strikes and the status of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, to continuing efforts to fight al Qaeda and the legal framework for the continuing "war on terror." In the substantive speech to be delivered at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Mr. Obama ...

Kerry to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:08:49 -0400

John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has begun a round of separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials but acknowledges there is considerable scepticism that the two sides will resume peace negotiations. Kerry has now visited Israel four times in his four months in office to try to restart peace talks. The negotiations broke down in late 2010 in a dispute over Israeli building of ...

Two car bombs in Niger leave many injured

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:08:47 -0400

Attackers targeting a military barracks in Niger have detonated two car bombs, injuring more than 12 people, according to a French company operating in the affected area. Areva said on Thursday that one bomb went off in Arlit, where it operates a uranium mine, and another exploded in the city of Agadez, where a military barracks was the target. The casualties, all employees of Areva, were in ...

Student held on sedition charge in Malaysia

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:08:46 -0400

Malaysian authorities have detained two anti-government figures and charged a student activist with sedition, renewing the debate surrounding the government's use of the law. Adam Adli Halim, 24, was charged under the Sedition Act over a statement made at a public post-election forum on May 13, and had been held in custody for five days until he was released on bail on Thursday, his lawyer ...

Security tightened after soldiers hacking death

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:06:11 -0400

>Are you there? Send us your photos, videosLondon (CNN) -- Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain would be "absolutely resolute" in the face of extremism Thursday, as he vowed security services will not rest until they track down those responsible for the brutal hacking death of a British soldier in London. London attack: Terrorists targeting soldiers at home again?Cameron condemned the ...

Two AMIA bomb suspects running for Iran president

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:24:01 -0400

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Two suspects in the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires are candidates in Iran's presidential election.Mohsen Rezai and Ali Akbar Velayati, who are believed to have planned the 1994 attack, were among the eight candidates approved Tuesday for the June 14 election by Iran's Guardian Council to succeed Mahmoud ...

Haredi family illegally crosses border into Jordan

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:24:00 -0400

Jordanian authorities arrested a haredi family of eight from Beit Shemesh after they crossed the border into Jordan on Wednesday night under unclear circumstances.The couple and their six children crossed the border near the Hivan River in the Arava. The IDF and Foreign Ministry were working to bring the family back to Israel. An initial investigation found that the father belongs to a ...

Is Israel in touch with Syria villagers

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:23:58 -0400

A report in the New York Times speculated Thursday that Israel may be communicating with Syrian villagers, as part of its response to the two-year civil war raging within its northern neighbor's borders. ...

Five killed in Lebanon’s Tripoli

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:23:33 -0400

A Lebanese Sunni gunman holding a rifle, takes a position in Al-Koubbeh, in Tripoli. Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen backing rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said on ...

Jury deadlocked in Jodi Arias case

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:23:32 -0400

Phoenix - Convicted killer Jodi Arias feels betrayed by an Arizona jury that found her guilty of murdering her ex-boyfriend, according to an interview aired on Wednesday shortly before that same jury became deadlocked over whether to sentence her to ...

Female cadets ‘filmed in the shower’

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:23:27 -0400

Washington - An Army sergeant at the US Military Academy has been accused of videotaping female cadets in the showers at West Point, a defence official said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of sex-related incidents that has rocked the armed ...

Woolwich attack Cameron overrules MoD ban on soldiers wearing uniforms with vow to beat terror by carrying on with normal life

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:20:09 -0400

David Cameron today overruled a Ministry of Defence ban on troops wearing uniforms in public in the wake of the brutal killing of a serving solider on the streets of ...

UK emergency committee meets over slaying

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:19:08 -0400

LONDON: Britain's national security chiefs were meeting on Thursday as counter-terrorism police investigated the murder of a soldier who was hacked to death in a London street by two suspected extremists.The suspects were shot by police after the gruesome attack and spent the night in hospital under armed guard.Wielding knives including a meat cleaver, two men carried out the attack in broad ...

Iran says IAEA report shows nuclear drive is peaceful

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:19:07 -0400

A new report by the UN atomic watchdog validates Iran's progress in its "peaceful" nuclear activities despite international sanctions, the country's envoy to the agency said on ...

One child dead another missing following Minnesota landslide

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:12:15 -0400

Lilydale Park. (Screenshot from stpaul.gov) MINNEAPOLIS - One child was killed and another is missing after students on an elementary school fossil-hunting field trip were swept into a water-filled pit when part of a hillside gave way at a park in St. Paul, Minn., authorities said. Two other children were injured as were two firefighters responding to the incident on Wednesday involving fourth ...

Malaysia police arrest opposition figures in crackdown

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:03:25 -0400

Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim delivers his speech during a rally in protest of the Sunday's election results at a stadium in Kelana Jaya, outside Kuala Lumpur May 8, ...

Almost all states seeing big drop in teen birth rates

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:01:43 -0400

NEW YORK The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. All states but West Virginia and North Dakota showed significant drops over five years. But the Mountain States of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah saw rates fall by 30 percent ...

Most of nations biggest cities continuing robust growth

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:01:42 -0400

WASHINGTON Urban renewal? New census estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting strong population growth for a second straight year. Big cities surpassed the rate of growth of their surrounding suburbs at an even faster clip, a sign of America's continuing preference for urban living after the economic downturn quelled ...

British Security Chiefs Meet After Killing

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:55:48 -0400

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Ukrainian Journalists Protest Decision To Bar 10 From Cabinet Coverage

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:21:03 -0400

Pro- and antigovernment protesters square off in rival demonstrations in the Ukrainian capital soon after leaders of the three main opposition factions in the Ukrainian parliament agree to cooperate on backing a single candidate to oppose incumbent Viktor Yanukovych in presidential elections in ...

McCartney Urges Russia To Release Jailed Pussy Riot Members

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:21:02 -0400

Paul McCartney has written a letter supporting the jailed members of the Russian feminist performance-art group Pussy Riot. An announcement with excerpts from his handwritten letters to Russian officials was placed on ...

PM to Kerry Peace talks top Israels agenda

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:16:20 -0400

Reviving peace talks with the Palestinians tops Israel's agenda, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday as they met in Jerusalem at the start of the American diplomat's latest visit to the region."This is something that both you and I want, and I hope also the Palestinian want," Netanyahu said as they posed for the media at the ...

Israeli restaurateur faces deportation from US

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:16:18 -0400

Israeli restaurateur goes viral with online meltdown His lawyer had no comment on how Bouzaglo ended up in immigration court proceedings, but it seems it has something to do with jail time the Moroccan-born Israeli did for drug distribution and extortion charges before his arrival in the US 13 years ...

Man linked to Tsarnaev shot by FBI agent

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:15:47 -0400

Police officers block the entrance to an apartment complex where a man was fatally shot in Orlando, Florida. The FBI says the man, being questioned by authorities in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing, was fatally shot when he initiated a violent ...

Exclusive China urbanization plan hits roadblock over spending fears-sources

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:59:26 -0400

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's plan to spend $6.5 trillion on urbanization to bolster the economy is running into snags, sources close to the government said, as top leaders fear another spending binge could push up local debt levels and inflate a property ...

Page out of book depicts towns tragedy

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:57:10 -0400

>For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH.(CNN) -- The lone, tattered page from a decimated children's book sat quietly amid the rest of the rubble. But the words spoke volumes about the pain and nostalgia in the city of Moore:"I remember my old house, it's rooms so bright and wide. It's halls will echo for all time, with ...

Portuguese leaders build faith in bailout exit

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:55:08 -0400

A woman with a Portuguese flag shouts slogans during a protest against austerity in front of the presidential palace in Lisbon May 20, 2013. Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva called a state council to discuss the political and economic situation after a ''troika'' bailout ...

M23 rebels announce ceasefire for UN chiefs Congo visit

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:55:07 -0400

M23 rebel recruits stand at attention during a training session at the Rumangabo military camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, May 16, ...

British Prime Minister seeks answers after soldier hacked to death

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:53:58 -0400

Prime Minister David Cameron convened an emergency meeting of his intelligence chiefs on Thursday after two Islamists hacked a soldier to death with meat cleavers on a south London street. A dramatic clip filmed by an onlooker just minutes after Wednesday's killing showed a man with hands covered in blood shouting Islamic slogans and promising revenge on Britain for its participation in wars ...

Bangladesh govt probe blames owners in building collapse

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:53:26 -0400

Bangladesh ends building collapse search; final toll is 1,127 The investigating committee, appointed by the interior ministry, found that the ground Rana Plaza was built on was unfit for a multi-story building. "A portion of the building was constructed on land which had been a body of water before and was filled with rubbish," committee head Khandker Mainuddin Ahmed said. He said the ...

UK police investigate machete murder

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:51:01 -0400

British police are investigating the murder of a man who was attacked with a machete near an army base in South London. The victim was hacked to death with a machete-style knife in the Woolwich district in the southeast of the British capital on Wednesday before the attackers were shot by police. Video footage filmed by an onlooker and broadcast by Britain's ITV news channel showed a man ...

Death toll rises in Lebanon clashes

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:51:00 -0400

Seven people have been killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese fighters backing rival factions in Syria's civil war, according to doctors and security sources. Tripoli has suffered sporadic sectarian violence since the Sunni Muslim-led uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad broke out in March 2011, but after a night of mortar, grenade and ...

UPDATE 2-Suicide bombers strike mine military barracks in Niger

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:07:35 -0400

Thu May 23, 2013 5:52am EDT * Areva says 13 staff wounded in attack on plant in Arlit * Several soldiers wounded in bombing at barracks in Agadez * Government spokesman says Islamists responsible for attacks * Latest sign of Mali conflicting spilling across region By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY, May 23 (Reuters) - Suicide bombers struck a military barracks and a mine run by French nuclear group ...

Peres to Sarkozy at breakfast Friends are friends

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:58 -0400

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who came to Israel primarily to receive an honorary doctorate from Netanya Academic College had a breakfast meeting on Thursday morning with President Shimon Peres, whom he knows well and with whom he had enjoyed previous meetings in Jerusalem and Paris over the past decade, spoken on the phone, and exchanged correspondence.If Sarkozy, instead of being ...

Formula 1 UEFA Maccabiah all on way to Jerusalem

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:57 -0400

attractions forming the backdrop along the route. Some of the greatest professionals in the field will be arriving for the event including a team of drivers and technicians from Ferrari in Maranello, Italy.In addition to Formula One cars, Ferrari Challenge cars will also participate in demo drives, as well as drift cars with high horsepower V8 engines and other sports cars. The road show will ...

We will never buckle to terror Cameron leads emergency Cobra committee with pledge to face down threat from extremists

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:02:05 -0400

David Cameron has convened a meeting of the government's emergency committee today after issuing a defiant message that Britain will ’never buckle’ to terrorists in the wake of the horrific knife attack in ...

French prosecutors to grill IMF chief over payout

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:01:00 -0400

French prosecutors were grilling IMF chief Christine Lagarde in a Paris court on Thursday as they seek to determine whether she should be charged over a state payout to disgraced tycoon Bernard Tapie during her time as finance ...

Obama to reset US terror war in key speech

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:59 -0400

Barack Obama will renew his failed vow to close Guantanamo Bay and argue his drone war is legal and just Thursday, in a speech reframing US anti-terror policy that will shape his presidential ...

Youths torch restaurant cars in Sweden riots

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:50:50 -0400

Groups of youth have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police in a fourth night of riots in suburbs of the Swedish capital that started following a fatal police shooting. Police spokesman Kjell Lindgren says at least 30 cars were set ablaze across western and southern Stockholm early Thursday. Firefighters said they have "never before seen so many fires raging ...

IMFs Lagarde in court for French arbitration case

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:48:58 -0400

PARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde arrived in court on Thursday to be questioned by a French magistrate over her role in a 285-million-euro ($366 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy. ...

Pakistan Blast Kills 13 Officers in Restive Area

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:45:27 -0400

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Barred from election Rafsanjani lambasts Iranian authorities - report

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:44:37 -0400

DUBAI (Reuters) - Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani sharply criticized the country's leadership, opposition website Kaleme said on Thursday, two days after he was disqualified from running in next month's presidential ...

Miners Vale Rio Tinto accused of neglecting displaced Mozambicans

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:44:36 -0400

MAPUTO (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch accused Mozambique's government and foreign mining companies on Thursday of "serious shortcomings" in resettling communities to make way for coal mines, leaving thousands without proper homes, food or sources of ...

Five killed 50 wounded in Lebanons Tripoli

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:44:36 -0400

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen loyal to rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said on ...

Octogenarian Japanese climbs Everest

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:40:10 -0400

An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries has reached the top of Everest, becoming the oldest person to conquer the world's highest mountain. Yuichiro Miura, who took the standard southeast ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay 60 years ago, reached the top of the 29,028ft mountain at roughly 9am local time (03:00 GMT) on Thursday. ...

UN and World Bank in DR Congo peace push

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:40:10 -0400

The UN and World Bank chiefs are visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid reports of fresh fighting in the country’s east which has sent thousands fleeing. Ban Ki-moon and Jim Yong-kim arrived in Kinshasa, the capital, on Wednesday, embarking on a trip largely seen as a fresh push for peace and development.Ban and Kim met Joseph Kabila, the DRC president, and the country's ...

China offers 500 troops to UN Mali force envoys

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:03:48 -0400

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - China has offered to send more than 500 soldiers to the UN force seeking to contain Islamist militants in Mali in what would be its biggest contribution to UN peacekeeping, diplomats said Wednesday.The move could be a bid to overcome tensions with the West over the Syria conflict and to strengthen its relations in Africa, where it is a major buyer of oil and other ...

Car Bomb Kills 12 In Pakistans Southwest

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:29 -0400

Police in Pakistan say a bomb planted on a vehicle in the southwest of the country has killed 12 people, including 11 police officers. Police officials said the attack just outside Quetta also wounded more than 20. Police said the bomb targeted a vehicle carrying members of the police's special forces. Quetta is the capital of southwestern Balochistan Province, which is a stronghold ...

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