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Car rams into Virginia hikers

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

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

Israel worried that Russian weapons will reach Hezbollah

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

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

Syrians on alert as bombs explode in Damascus

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

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

Spies hang after Tehran court ruling

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

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

Oil spill causes Texas to launch law suit

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

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

Mice and lizard return after a month in space

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

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

The Higher Education Scandal

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:01:48 -0400

Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, is an institution of good reputation and high quality, where I have some friends. It offers a liberal arts education typical of the best available in America today. It troubles me that Bowdoin, rather than, say, Harvard--a bigger and richer place where I work--should be made an example of. Nonetheless, Peter Wood and Michael Toscano have done just that in a ...

Majority of Israeli students work while studying

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:51:56 -0400

About 73% of students in the country worked during the 2012-2013 academic year, earning an average monthly wage of NIS 3,230, according to a survey released by the National Union of Israel Students on Sunday, to mark National Student Week.Some 71% of the working students work up to 100 hours each month. about a third of the students - 29% - work over 100 hours a month.In addition, while 10% ...

QA “Video Puts the Human into Human Rights”

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:51:36 -0400

- "We live in a world where billions of citizen witnesses have cameras in their pockets. The opportunities are endless to document human rights violations," Chris Michael, head of training and partnerships ...

Farmer accuses police of acting illegally after they refuse to hand back shotgun he fired at thief

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:48:01 -0400

Claims police acted illegally: Farmer Bill Edwards (right) is struggling to find work after police confiscated his weapons because he shot at metal thief David Taylor (left) as he tried to flee the scene in a van loaded with stolen ...

Newark gas explosion Retired company director and daughter-in-law killed as its revealed baby was pulled from rubble

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:48:00 -0400

Company director Leslie Rourke was helping 42-year-old son Nick and his wife Jeanette renovate the central heating system at their terraced house when a blast akin to a ‘sonic boom’ shook their ...

Google boss Eric Schmidt sneaks out of the No. 10 back door after Cameron refused to challenge him over evil tax avoidance at summit

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:47:59 -0400

The Prime Minister briefed business advisers on his plans for tackling global tax dodging but did not directly criticise Eric Schmidt over Google's arrangements which were last week branded ‘evil’ by ...

Millionaire sexually assaulted young woman on Bondi Beach and then told her he had a lot of money court told

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:41:44 -0400

A British millionaire whose company specialises in loans for people with poor credit ratings told a woman he is accused of sexually assaulting in Australia that his wealth would protect him, a court in Sydney has ...

British man Julian Stevenson due in court after confessing to slitting his childrens throats

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:41:43 -0400

A 48-year-old British man has appeared in a French court today after allegedly confessing to killing his two children by slitting their ...

Mexican opposition dispute goes public threatening reforms

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:04 -0400

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Divisions within Mexico's main conservative opposition party have erupted into a bitter public dispute that threatens to undermine the reform agenda of President Enrique Pena ...

Gay marriage law strains UK Camerons leadership government

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:03 -0400

Civilly-partnered gay couple Tony (L) and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, of Chelmsford, Essex pose near the Houses of Parliament in London February 5, ...

Powerful tornadoes lash US states

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:33 -0400

The central United States is bracing for another round of violent weather on Monday after high winds, hail, and tornadoes struck the region over the weekend, killing one man and injuring more than 20 people. Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska are all in the path of the storm system, which could produce up to 80 mile per hour winds, baseball-sized hail and violent tornadoes in some ...

Severe weather

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:20:16 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. Shawnee, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Tornadoes destroyed homes and tossed trees around like toothpicks as powerful storms ripped through Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and Monday. And the destructive weather, which killed at least two people, isn't ...

After Benghazi U.S. Pressing Ahead on Security Upgrades

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:18:29 -0400

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Twin Bombings Kill 3 in Dagestan

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:06:04 -0400

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What you dont know about terrorism

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:04:13 -0400

>Editor's note: Bruce Schneier is a security technologist and author of "Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust Society Needs to Survive. " (CNN) -- Terrorism causes fear, and we overreact to that fear. Our brains aren't very good at probability and risk analysis. We tend to exaggerate spectacular, strange and rare events, and downplay ordinary, familiar and common ...

How money can buy happiness

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:02:10 -0400

>Editor's note: Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton are co-authors of "Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending" (Simon & Schuster) and professors at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School, respectively.(CNN) -- The logic is so simple: If I work hard now, the money I earn will give me the opportunity to do all the things that make me happy later. What's the ...

Russian Security Services Say Terror Attack Foiled

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:50:10 -0400

Russia's counterterrorism agency says its forces have foiled a terror attack on Moscow. In a statement issued on May 20, the National Antiterror Committee said two of the suspected plotters were killed after a gunbattle on the outskirts of Moscow, and a third suspect was arrested. One special forces official was slightly injured. The committee said all three suspects were ethnic ...

UK set to deport radical Muslim cleric to Jordan

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:51 -0400

LONDON - Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada could be deported to Jordan to face trial on terrorism charges within weeks, a British court heard on Monday, and it ruled he should remain in jail in the meantime to prevent him from absconding.Abu Qatada's deportation to Jordan, which the British government has been trying to achieve for eight years, is expected to take place within weeks when ...

Man refused overdraft guns down four

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:33 -0400

Members of the media and police special forces stand outside a Bank Hapoalim branch after a shooting at the bank in the southern city of Beersheba May 20, 2013. A gunman shot dead four people execution-style in the bank in Israel on Monday after being refused an overdraft and cash from its automatic teller machine. The assailant, identified by media reports as a former paramilitary border ...

No bail for cleric facing deportation

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:31 -0400

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is seen arriving back at his home after being released on bail, in London in this November 13, 2012 file ...

No options off table’ over Syria - Hague

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:29 -0400

LONDON - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must realise that ';no option is off table'; if his government fails to negotiate seriously at peace talks in Geneva, Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said on ...

Two lifeguards arrested over Sharm-el-Sheikh holiday drowning of British five-year-old Chloe Johnson

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:35:08 -0400

Two lifeguards have been arrested over the death of five-year-old girl who drowned on holiday in the Egyptian resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, her parents said ...

Russia wants Interpol to impose All Points Bulletin on British hedge fund boss Bill Browder

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:35:06 -0400

Russia has applied to Interpol to monitor the travel and whereabouts of a British hedge fund boss wanted by Moscow who is at the heart of a diplomatic stand-off over the alleged killing of whistle-blowing lawyer Sergei ...

Nigeria eases curfew in northeast fights on against Boko Haram

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:29:24 -0400

MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria relaxed a curfew on Monday in parts of the northeast where its troops are mounting their biggest offensive yet against militants from the Islamist group Boko ...

Bulgarian Socialists vow to help poor look to form coalition

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:25:27 -0400

Leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party Sergei Stanishev (3rd L) speaks during a news conference at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia May 13, ...

Men who had childhood ADHD may grow up to be obese

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:23:41 -0400

New research shows that men who had ADHD as children are twice as likely to be obese by the time they grow up than men who did not have the mental disorder as kids. Even when socioeconomic factors were taken into account, men who had ADHD when they were younger still were more likely to be obese as adults, according to a new 30-year study published May 20 ...

Watch Miguel jumps lands on fan at Billboard Awards

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:23:41 -0400

Billboard Music Awards . The R&B singer was performing "Adorn" at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas when he attempted a jump-kick onstage and accidentally plopped on two fans, leaving one them a little ...

British flower show in full bloom

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:23:41 -0400

Flowers are displayed during the Chelsea Flower Show in London, May 20, 2013. The Chelsea Flower Show, run by the Royal Horticultural Society, celebrates its 100th birthday this ...

MJs manifesto penned in 1979

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:23:39 -0400

When 60 Minutes' Lara Logan and producer John Hamlin toured a secret warehouse where Michael Jackson's personal effects are stored, they found a surreal collection of statues, arcade games, and crystal-encrusted clothing-- but the most fascinating item they found was a simple handwritten note. "At the age of 21, he wrote a manifesto," explains Hamlin, "scribbled to ...

China and India pledge to improve ties

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:21:02 -0400

India and China will study new ways to ease tensions on their ill-defined border after an army stand-off in the Himalayas, Chinese premier Li Keqiang has said during his first official foreign trip. The number two in the Chinese leadership has offered India a "handshake across the Himalayas", saying the world's most populous nations could become a new engine for the global economy ...

Wave of Attacks Kills Scores in Iraq

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:06:56 -0400

BAGHDAD ...

Storms could be as bad as yesterday

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:08 -0400

Storms could be as bad as yesterday

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:08 -0400

Smart politics to hype terrorism

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:59:54 -0400

Veterans Administration Spends $378K on Signs for Civil War-Era Cemeteries

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:49:57 -0400

contract totaling more than $378,000 was awarded to develop and manufacture signs for Civil War-era cemeteries, including "18 unique interpretive signs for Confederate lots." The contract was awarded by Department of Veterans Affairs ...

Daughters Film Touts Kazakh President’s Green Credentials

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:45:29 -0400

The New York Eurasian Film Festival kicks off on May 20 with "Awakening," a documentary film from Kazakhstan about "green development." The film is the brainchild of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev’s youngest daughter, Aliya Nazarbaeva. The trailer for the 2012 documentary features scenes of green fields as Nazarbaeva talks about the potential of new ...

Streisand to receive honorary Hebrew U doctorate

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:41:11 -0400

Barbra Streisand will receive an honorary doctorate from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.Streisand, the iconic Jewish-American singer and actress, will be presented with the degree at a ceremony on June 17 during the Hebrew University International Board of Governors meeting in ...

Police search Commons office of Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans over rape claims

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:33 -0400

Police investigating rape allegations against Commons deputy Speaker Nigel Evans have searched his offices in the Houses of Parliament, it emerged ...

Tory bosses refuse to launch investigation into claims Camerons friend called party faithful mad swivel-eyed loons

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:33 -0400

Embattled Tory chairman Lord Feldman is to avoid a party investigation into claims he described grassroots activists as ‘mad, swivel-eyed ...

I cant wait to be a dad - even with the long sleepless nights Prince William says hes looking forward to fatherhood as he opens Help For Heroes centre with Harry today

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:32 -0400

The second in line to the throne discussed his impending fatherhood when he was given a teddy bear with a babygro emblazoned with the slogan My Daddy Is A Hero during a visit to the Help for Heroes recovery centre for injured troops at Tedworth House in Tidworth, ...

Women told to make funeral plans after contracting rare form of pneumonia defies the doctors to walk down the aisle on prosthetic legs

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:31 -0400

Debbie, from Gilberdyke, East Yorks, managed to pull through, despite falling into a coma - but doctors were forced to amputate both her legs, and part of her right ...

HMS Ark Royal towed from Portsmouth at start of sad final journey to Turkish scrapyard

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:30 -0400

A final salute to HMS Ark Royal: Former crew and wellwishers wave goodbye as Navy flagship is towed from Portsmouth at start of sad final journey to Turkish ...

Customs officers find live Asian fighting birds in suitcases after smugglers flew them into Britain

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:29 -0400

Two separate attempts to smuggle the birds into the UK were discovered at Leeds Bradford airport. They had been placed in individual wooden cages inside the ...

Briton cut his son and daughters throats at French apartment Father appears in court after fleeing scene on roller skates

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:28 -0400

A British father appeared before a French prosecutor today after allegedly admitting cutting the throats of his two young children because of a bitter custody ...

Illegal immigrant 19 smuggled into UK after father and brother were murdered by militants in Afghanistan loses fight to stay in Britain

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:27 -0400

Najibullah Hashimi, 19, has been living in England ever since fleeing his war-torn homeland as a youngster, and has settled in well, achieving 13 GCSEs, settling down with a foster family and becoming a valued member of Rodmersham Cricket Club in ...

Doctors take pregnant woman 37 with severe mental disorder to High Court to stop her having an abortion

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:26 -0400

Her four-day case started today as Mr Justice Holman will decide whether the unnamed 37-year-old, who is 23 weeks pregnant, is capable of making decisions about terminating her unborn ...

British diver 51 dies of suspected heart attack while exploring sunken ship off the Italian coast

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:25 -0400

Local authorities said Paul Towning, 51, was with a group of six divers taking part in a week long programme involving several deep water explorations on ships that had been sunk during World War ...

UK weather Sunshine and thunderstorms to hit Britain as forecasters predict temperatures as high as 19C and warn of huge hailstones

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:25 -0400

The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for south east Scotland and higher ground through central parts of England, where heavy rain is expected to fall ...

Severe weather

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:36:07 -0400

Up to 79 people killed in wave of attacks in Iraq

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:30:38 -0400

A wave of attacks killed at least 79 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq today, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 200 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in ...

More severe storms tornadoes expected in central U.S.

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:29:55 -0400

Tornadoes tear through Texas The central United States braced for violent thunderstorms on Monday that could bring more hail, heavy rain and tornadoes to the region stricken by a deadly twister over the weekend. The National Weather Service said severe storms would likely pummel the Ozarks and the middle Mississippi Valley, with northwest Arkansas, far southeast Kansas, southern Missouri, most ...

TV Punch-Up Lebedev Pleads Not Guilty

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:29:20 -0400

Newspaper tycoon Alexander Lebedev has pleaded not guilty to a charge of politically-motivated hooliganism at the start of his trial for punching a fellow oligarch during a TV debate. The former KGB spy admits punching property magnate Sergei Polonsky, knocking him off his chair, during the studio recording in 2011. But he claims it was in self-defence and that the case against him has more ...

Trust your memory Bad idea

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:24:08 -0400

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

Car bombs target Shiites in Iraq killing more than 60

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:21:45 -0400

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 60 people were killed in a series of car bomb explosions targeting Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, part of the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops pulled out in December ...

Britain denies bail to radical cleric who faces deportation

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:21:44 -0400

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is seen arriving back at his home after being released on bail, in London in this November 13, 2012 file ...

Israel calls off UNESCO Jerusalem tour blaming Palestinians

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:21:44 -0400

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Monday it had canceled a visit by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to Jerusalem's Old City, saying the Palestinians had sought to politicize a conservation ...

Firefighter killed in massive Dallas condo fire

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:19 -0400

DALLAS Dallas firefighters have recovered the body of a comrade who reported by radio being trapped while battling a condominium complex blaze. A U.S. flag covered the firefighter's body when it was removed from the rubble Monday morning. The firefighter's name wasn't immediately released. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says two firefighters were transported to a hospital ...

World War II graduates go to prom 70 years later

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:18 -0400

New Haven's Hillhouse High School class of 1943 never had a prom because of World War II. But finally, after a 70-year wait, classmates gathered to celebrate and ...

Va. GOP candidate Planned Parenthood more lethal for blacks than KKK

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:18 -0400

2012 video maligning the Democratic party, comparing the women's health organization to the Ku Klux Klan, and decrying what he cast as black voters' "slavish devotion to the Democrat party." Jackson, a black minister from the Chesapeake area, was selected from a crowded field at this weekend's state GOP convention as the party set its top candidates for this ...

Hezbollah suffers heavy losses fighting inside Syria

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:17 -0400

BEIRUT In what may be a first for the Syrian civil war, numerous reports claim Hezbollah suffered heavy losses aggressively fighting alongside the Assad regime's forces in a major battle outside of their home country of Lebanon. It is no secret the Lebanese militant group -- labeled terrorists by many in the West -- has been a strong backer of President Bashar Assad, along with Iran. They ...

Canadian jazz singer botches U.S. national anthem

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:16 -0400

Canadian jazz singer Alexis Normand forgot the words to America's "Star Spangled Banner" before a hockey match, after attempting to learn it earlier that ...

Afghan children on a long and perilous journey

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:15 -0400

The years' long trek will not end in the first European country they arrive in, as should be the 'host' country for asylem seekers, the trek will continue onto Britain which is noted for benefits for asylem seekers right off the boat/plane. Do-gooders at the docks/airports directing them to the welfare office and explaining their 'rights' how to stay in the country and ...

Former Bank Executive in China Faces Bribe Accusations

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:17:14 -0400

Hong Kong ...

Commuter train wreck

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:51:51 -0400

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

Commuter train wreck

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:51:51 -0400

Commuter train wreck

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Severe weather

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:50:02 -0400

NARAL Opposes Ban on Elective Late-Term Abortions

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

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

In Kazakhstan Spending Saturday Night In The Gulag

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

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

Young Israelis struggle to make ends meet

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

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

Today in history - May 20 2013

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

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

Report Chinese hackers resume attacks on U.S. targets

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

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

Yahoo buys blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion

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

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

X Games star invents game-changing prosthetic joints

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

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

Researcher mapping the food genome of what Americans eat

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:16:33 -0400

In this photo taken April 3, 2013, nutrition scholar Prof. Barry Popkin, head of the University of North Carolina Food Research Program, points to an ingredient label while discussing his study, what foods Americans are purchasing in stores and eating, in his office at UNC-Chapel Hill. Popkin is leading a massive project of researchers who are creating a gargantuan map, something he calls ...

Justin Bieber booed at 2013 Billboard Music Awards

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:16:32 -0400

From left, contest Winner Shaniece Cole, Musician CeeLo Green and Milestone Award winner Justin Bieber onstage during the 2013 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 19, 2013, in Las ...

Several killed by car bombs in Dagestan

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

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

Billy Sol Now That Was a Scandal

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

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

Iraq Hit By Wave Of Deadly Bombings

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

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

Polling Agency Prosecutors Decision May Force Closure

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

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

Court Denies Appeal To Investigate Russian Activists Alleged Abduction

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

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

The Week Ahead May 20-26

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

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

Egypt boosts Sinai forces amid hostage crisis

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

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

Irans electoral watchdog may ban Rafsanjani

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

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

Vendor dies after setting self on fire

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

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

Israel backs Kerry peace moves despite internal debate

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:31:42 -0400

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks as he welcomes Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a luncheon at the State Department May 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty ...

Newark house blast Miracle survival of four-month-old baby girl who was rescued covered in soot

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:31:26 -0400

Miracle survival of four-month-old baby girl who was rescued ‘covered in soot’ from rubble of gas blast which left two dead and one man fighting for his ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gay Man Shot In Face In New York Hate Crime

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

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

FBI Hostage Rescue Agents Die In Training

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

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

Severe weather predicted for Midwest and Plains

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

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

Ugandan police raid offices of independent newspaper in probe related to wanted general

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:14:06 -0400

KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan police forcibly entered the premises of an independent newspaper to look for evidence against an army general who recently questioned the president's alleged plan to have his son succeed him, witnesses said Monday. About 50 plainclothes police forced their way into the Daily Monitor's premises in the capital, Kampala, and prevented all journalists from ...

Bungled bank heist in Israel leaves gunman 4 more dead

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

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

Hobson Yahoo buys itself some cool with Tumblr deal

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

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

Lotto winners with tragic story thank guardian angel

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

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

Star Trek Into Darkness wins weekend box office

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

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

Eight Dead In Daghestani Car Bombings

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

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

Lawmakers Urge Kyiv Mayor To Ban Gay Parades

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

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

Gunmen Attack Pakistani Polio Team Kill Policeman

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

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

Have fun with fennel

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

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

Hashimoto’s sex comments rejected - poll

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Engineers shock as he finds nest of SNAKES in cable box

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

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

Battle in Syria Pulls Hezbollah Further Into Assads War

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

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Hezbollah Suffers Losses in Fierce Battle for Syrian City

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

BEIRUT, Lebanon ...

Uproar in France over move for more English at universities

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

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

6.8-magnitude quake strikes off Chile USGS

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

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

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

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

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

Justin Bieber Tops Elton John On Singles List

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

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

Iran electoral watchdog hints at Rafsanjani rejection

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

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

Car bombs kill eight in Russias Dagestan investigators

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

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

Congos army clashes with rebels near eastern city of Goma

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

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese soldiers clashed with rebel fighters for the first time in nearly six months on Monday near the city of Goma, just days before U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is due to visit the troubled eastern ...

Deadly sectarian violence rages in Iraq

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

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

Wave of tornadoes sweeps Midwest

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

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

Egypt sends more forces over Sinai kidnapping

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

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

Kepler or not well find life in space

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:45:02 -0400

>Editor's note: Meg Urry is the Israel Munson professor of physics and astronomy and chairwoman of the department of physics at Yale University, where she is the director of the Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics.(CNN) -- On Wednesday, NASA officials announced a serious problem with the Kepler satellite, the world's most successful planet-finding machine. Since its launch four years ...

Obama Aide Irrelevant Who Edited Benghazi Talking Points

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

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

Taliban Claims Deadly Bombing Near Government Compound In Afghan North

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

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

Interpol to aid search for missing Cape chef

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

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

Iraq Wave of bombings kills scores wounds hundreds targeting markets and bus stops in Baghdad and beyond

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:34:06 -0400

New York Times cited officials as saying that the series of blasts began in the oil-rich southern city of Basra when two car bombs went off at a restaurant and a bus stop. Soon after, at least seven car bombs went off in Baghdad, targeting market places and crowded bus stops during the busy morning ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Use your money to buy happier time

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:12 -0400

What happened to Obamas promise

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

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

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

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

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

Iraq Bombs And Attacks On Police Kill Dozens

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

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

Former Pakistani dictator Musharraf granted bail

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

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

Hundreds of homes wrecked

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

Hundreds of homes wrecked

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

Five things to know about the superplane

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

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

Georgia Considers Taking Softer Approach To Marijuana

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

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

Pyongyang Tests Fifth Missile In Three Days

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

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

U.S. EU Officials Attend LGBT March In Moldova

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

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

Israel nixes UNESCO Jlem delegation at last minute

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

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

Thirty Hezbollah fighters killed in Syrian town

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

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

Tornadoes spotted in Kansas

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

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

Famous ‘hitcher’ charged with murder

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

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

Pensioner’s manure plan earns him a fine

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

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

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

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

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

Retro Report Revisiting the Crack Babies Epidemic That Was Not

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:35:35 -0400

This ...

One dead two injured in North Wales plane crash

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

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

Cannes An Idiosyncratic Healer From Abroad Soothes a Troubled Indian

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

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Swarmageddon Plague of cicadas to hit US

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

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

North Korea fires sixth missile in three days

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

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

China Floods Storms Leave Hundreds Trapped

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

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

N. Korea fires 5th projectile into sea

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

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