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French government concentrates on terror possibility

Sun, 26 May 2013 10:32:49 -0400

A French soldier who was stabbed in a neck while patrolling the La Defense area of Paris on Saturday is believed to have been the target of a terror attack. The soldier, who is still alive, was rushed to hospital after losing a lot of blood. Private First Class Cedric Cordier was approached from behind and stabbed in the neck with a dagger-like knife. He was in the area as part of an ...

Military sex assaults anger Hagel and Obama

Sun, 26 May 2013 10:36:58 -0400

The US Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel, has sent out word that the growing number of sexual assault cases in the US military must come to an end. Calling the assualts a "scourge" on the military, he said anyone who committed sexual harassment or sexual assault in the military would be regarded as having broken "sacred oaths and sacred trusts." Speaking on Saturday to the graduates of the US ...

Greens determine whether paedophiles infiltrated party

Sun, 26 May 2013 10:39:18 -0400

The Greens movement in Germany is trying to determine whether paedophilia was accepted or explored by some members of the party in the 1980's. The party has decided to tackle the controversial issue following damaging accusations that party members wanted to legalise paedophilia. Euronews has claimed the Greens have contacted a prominent political scientist, Professor Franz Walter, to ...

Last king of Serbia to be buried at home

Sun, 26 May 2013 10:34:45 -0400

A state funeral is to be held in Serbia on Sunday for King Peter II. Yugoslavia's last king, Peter II, and three other members of his family will be buried with full honours in the family mausoleum. Serb leaders, including President Tomislav Nikolic and Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and foreign dignitaries will initially attend a service, at St George's Church in Oplenac, near Belgrade. ...

No more Brazilian debt for Africa

Sun, 26 May 2013 10:30:13 -0400

Brazil has decided to forgive $900 million of African debt. 12 African countries will be the beneficiaries of the loan write-off following the plans, in which the government of Brazil will cancel or restructure the debt as part of a strategy to boost ties with the continent, which is seen as an upcoming trade heavyweight. President Dilma Rousseff, while visiting the Ethiopian capital Addis ...

Police make more arrests in London murder

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

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

Many immigrant farmworkers legalized in 86 prospered

Sun, 26 May 2013 21:39:38 -0400

MADERA, California After Paulino Mejia crossed the border illegally into the U.S. in 1980, he picked grapes, peaches and other crops in California's agricultural heartland, lived in crowded rental housing, hid from immigration agents and sent paychecks to family members in his native Mexico. His life, however, changed in 1986, when Congress agreed to allow immigrants who were in the country ...

Protest held against Athens mosque plan

Sun, 26 May 2013 21:39:01 -0400

Members of the ultra-right National Front have led dozens of protesters in a march against the Greek government's plans to build the first state-funded mosque in Athens, the capital. The government has budgeted about one million euros ($1.3m) to build the mosque at a reduced price because of the country's economic crisis, which has delayed the process. However, construction was ...

3 die in south Texas flood

Sun, 26 May 2013 21:32:26 -0400

>Editor's note: Are you there? Stay safe, and send photos or video.(CNN) -- The body of a missing teenager was found Sunday, a day after he was reported missing in floodwaters that struck south Texas, bringing the death toll from the severe weather to three. Two women died Saturday in San Antonio, including one who was swept away after rescue workers nearly reached her. The body of 18-year-old ...

Analysis Elections as political valium

Sun, 26 May 2013 21:05:47 -0400

marathon meeting Sunday night of the Peri Committee , which is the successor of the Kadima- led Plesner Committee, which tried to fix the mess left by the Tal Committee a decade earlier.The Peri Committee ministers fought over very divisive issues like how to compel Arabs to do national service, how to punish haredi draft-evaders and what impact expanded haredi service should have on the ...

Teacher smoking rooms to close in 200 schools

Sun, 26 May 2013 21:05:46 -0400

Starting this fall, 200 schools will open without smoking rooms for the teachers, according to the Education Ministry, which announced the pilot project on Sunday.In addition, these schools are to offer smoking-cessation courses for those who want to kick the habit.The ministry called the decision a "revolution" that will bar smoking completely in 200 schools around the country. ...

Health Min. sets out to strengthen public medicine

Sun, 26 May 2013 21:05:46 -0400

Health Minister Yael German said Sunday during the first session of the National Health Council under her chairmanship that despite the serious deficit status of the public medical system, she will insist that service to the patients be improved, with more respect and compassion."We want to put the patient - the customer - in the center."German, a former mayor of Herzliya who has ...

Ministry to unveil anti-‘greenwashing’ guidelines

Sun, 26 May 2013 21:05:46 -0400

The Environmental Protection Ministry is determined to put an end to what it feels is an all-too-prevalent business phenomenon of misleading consumers regarding environmental friendliness.To accomplish this goal and bearing the slogan "green is not just a color," the ministry will publish on Monday a draft guide to prevent consumer deception when purchasing allegedly ...

Asian stocks still shaky as Nikkei slides 3 percent

Sun, 26 May 2013 20:52:31 -0400

.N225 slid 3.0 percent in early trade on Monday, following on from a 3.5 percent slide last week in breath-taking volatility that no doubt left many investors ...

Her Body Betraying Her Venus Williams Makes Quick Exit at Roland Garros

Sun, 26 May 2013 20:23:00 -0400

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Syria says it will attend peace talks as anti-Assad opposition debates next steps

Sun, 26 May 2013 20:10:12 -0400

ISTANBUL, Turkey - For a fourth day, Syria’s fractured opposition spent Sunday haggling over how to expand their coalition, even as Syrian President Bashar Assad unveiled two new initiatives – accepting an invitation to send representatives to a peace conference to end the 26-month uprising and announcing that Syria would open its borders to “tourists” from Iraq, a move ...

Analysis Beirut rocket attack on Hezbollah a turning point

Sun, 26 May 2013 20:09:11 -0400

Attack on group's stronghold in south Beirut marks turning point in Syrian war and clearest signal yet that the conflict is likely to escalate and spread to Lebanon, already on a knife's edge due to sectarian ...

2 sirens to sound for missile attack drill

Sun, 26 May 2013 20:09:10 -0400

A national war drill simulating a missile attack on Israel from multiple fronts will begin on Monday.Named Steadfast Home Front 1, the exercise will include two air raid sirens that will ring out on Monday.The first siren will sound at 12:30 p.m., and is aimed at schools, kindergartens and work places, while the second will be heard at 7:05 p.m., and will be aimed at getting families at home ...

Israel key to Berlin Hezbollah terror label

Sun, 26 May 2013 20:09:09 -0400

BERLIN - Israeli diplomats traveled recently to Berlin and presented court documents showing Hezbollah's role in terrorism within the European Union.The meticulous documentation collected by Israeli officials played a critical role in changing attitudes among German foreign ministry officials who were reluctant to include Hezbollah in the EU's terror list.The delegation's trip ...

What went wrong with Better Place

Sun, 26 May 2013 20:09:07 -0400

Sunday bankruptcy announcement elicited emotional responses seldom felt at the closure of a company. Executives and customers, environmentalists and oil hawks, car enthusiasts and TED talk-inspired converts alike expressed sadness at the news that Shai Agassi's great scheme to revolutionize the automotive industry had failed.It was not the loss of nearly a billion dollars of investment ...

Activists in Ankara hold massive kissing protest

Sun, 26 May 2013 20:09:06 -0400

Two hundred Turks held a mass kissing protest at Ankara's Kurtulus subway station on Saturday as opposition protesters tried to intervene, according to a report in ...

Pictured Man in his 20s stabbed metres from where soldier Lee Rigby was murdered in Woolwich

Sun, 26 May 2013 20:06:14 -0400

Stabbing: Holding a blood-stained shirt and being treated at the scene, this is the man in his mid-twenties who is believed to have been stabbed in Woolwich this ...

Vietnam vet inspires Calif. town to help the wounded

Sun, 26 May 2013 19:51:54 -0400

(CBS News) LOS ANGELES - A Vietnam veteran has literally been on the march to help severely injured vets from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, while this former marine has embraced those wounded warriors. The tiny town of Murphys, Calif., has embraced ...

Anti-same-sex marriage protest in Paris turns violent

Sun, 26 May 2013 19:51:54 -0400

Riot police officers take position during clashes with anti gay marriage demonstrators in Paris, France, Sunday May 26, 2013. Tens of thousands of people protested against France's new gay marriage law in central Paris on ...

Thousands rally against gay marriage in Paris

Sun, 26 May 2013 19:51:09 -0400

Riot police have battled hundreds of protesters in Paris at the end of a largely peaceful march by tens of thousands of people opposed to France's new gay marriage law. Police arrested 96 people after scuffles at the protest in central Paris on Sunday once the bulk of protesters had gone home. The clashes erupted after hardliners began to wield sticks and riot police filled the Invalides ...

Skydiver Falls to Death Victim Found in California Backyard

Sun, 26 May 2013 19:26:20 -0400

Skydivers in this file photo. A skydiver has fallen to his death in Southern California on Saturday, shocking locals as he fell into someone's backyard in what appears to be a tragic accident.The 62 year old victim has been identified as Ken Oka of Mira Loma.Officials have already conducted a preliminary investigation report which states that Loma was part of a group of skydivers who were ...

President Obama comforts Oklahomas tornado victims

Sun, 26 May 2013 19:21:46 -0400

Shaking his head in shock and at times close to tears, Barack Obama wandered through the tornado-ravaged Oklahoma City suburb of Moore and said the devastation in its trail was "hard to ...

U.K. soldiers family pays painful visit to murder scene

Sun, 26 May 2013 19:12:12 -0400

Lyn Rigby, mother of Drummer Lee Rigby, holding a teddy bear joins other family members as they look at floral tributes outside Woolwich Barracks left by well wishers as they visited the scene of the 25-year-old soldier's murder in Woolwich, south-east London, Sunday May 26, 2013. (PA,AP Photo/John ...

Calif. gov. bristles at releasing more prisoners

Sun, 26 May 2013 19:12:11 -0400

California Governor Jerry Brown is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in a battle over the state's prison population. A federal court has ruled the state's prison system is over-crowded, and it's ordered thousands of prisoners to be released by the end of the year. Over the years, California has sent far more criminals to state prisons than it has room for. California's ...

Reports Rocket fired from Lebanon into Israel

Sun, 26 May 2013 19:12:10 -0400

BEIRUT Lebanon's state-run National News Agency says a rocket has been fired from southern Lebanon towards Israel. The news agency said the rocket was fired late Sunday night from a location near the southern town of Marjayoun, about six miles north of the Israeli border. It was not immediately clear who fired the rocket or whether it caused any damage or ...

Southern Lights dazzle Scott Base

Sun, 26 May 2013 19:08:52 -0400

Staff wintering in at Antarctica's Scott Base were left dazzled when the Southern Lights danced upon the darkened skies over the white continent. The 15-strong team, made up of ten Antarctica New Zealand employees and five Antarctic Heritage Trust Conservators, are likely to see more spectacular Aurora Australis as the winter season progresses. The lights, captured here by Antarctica New ...

Afghanistan Begins Registration For 2014 Elections

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:38:41 -0400

KABUL -- Afghanistan has started registering new voters for its presidential and provincial council elections due on April 5, 2014. Fazel Ahmad Manawi, head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), told reporters at a registration center in Kabul that "today we are happy to have launched the voter registration process." He also said the registrars would only go to areas where ...

Kerry unveils $4 billion Palestinian economic plan

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:35:01 -0400

Plan headed by Quartet special envoy Tony Blair will focus on developing Palestinian private sector, allow for an independent Palestinian economy; Kerry cautions success of plan depends on reaching a diplomatic ...

Iran claims it has new long-range missile launchers

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:35:00 -0400

Iranian Defense Minister Brig.-Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said during a ceremony on Sunday that Iran's Defense Ministry and the aerospace division of the Revolutionary Guard jointly developed a long-range surface-to-surface missile launcher.According to the report on Iran's Press TV website, Vahidi said that the missiles were for defensive ...

Steinitz Peres doesnt speak for government

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:34:57 -0400

Ministers' reactions to President Shimon Peres's calls for the resumption of peace talks Sunday showed differences of opinion within the government on how to deal with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and border ...

Peri ctee holds marathon discussions on proposals

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:34:54 -0400

Several members of the Peri Committee - which has been tasked with drawing up legislation for drafting haredi men into national service - expressed opposition to a number of provisions of the draft legislation drawn up over the past two months, ahead of a committee meeting which began on Sunday evening.The committee convened to discuss the reservations expressed by party representatives with ...

IDF’s only ultra-Orthodox battalion sworn in

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:34:51 -0400

Hundreds gathered at Ammunition Hill in the capital on Sunday evening to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the Netzah Yehuda Battalion, the only haredi combat unit in the IDF.The battalion, also known as Nahal Haredi and currently numbering close to 1,000, is responsible for military operations in and around ...

Cukierman elected head of main French Jewish group

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:34:44 -0400

Roger Cukierman, 76, was elected president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions (CRIF) in France on Sunday, beating out Toulouse community head Arie Bensemhoun in the second round of voting with 61 percent of the vote.Cukierman previously served as CRIF president for back-to-back three-year terms between 2001 and ...

Thousands March in France Against Gay Marriage

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:34:40 -0400

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Water flows from Lake Kinneret to Jordan River

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:34:40 -0400

Water from Lake Kinneret began to flow on Sunday afternoon into the Jordan River, signaling the onset of a comprehensive government plan to rehabilitate the polluted and diminished river.The project will enable the discharge of approximately 1,000 cubic meters of water per hour, with the ultimate goal of replenishing the Jordan with 30 million cubic meters per year. At the same time, sewage ...

Think About It The Jewish identity administration

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:34:37 -0400

Last week we were informed that the IDF's former chief rabbi Avichai Ronsky has been appointed to head a new unit called "The Jewish Identity Administration" within the framework of the Ministry for Religious Services - a ministry created on the ruins of the erstwhile Ministry for Religious Affairs, which was created in 1949, and disbanded in 2003 as part of the coalition ...

The Region Iran’s election

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:34:35 -0400

The names of the men who will be allowed to run for president of Iran by the regime in the June 14 elections have now been announced. Six of eight are supporters of the current ruling faction; the others are two weaker candidates of the other two factions. Outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's tumultuous time in office has left many dissatisfied, especially since he has mismanaged ...

The Kurdish momentum in the Middle East

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:34:33 -0400

Writing in the aftermath of the 1990 Gulf war about the Kurds of Iraq, Turkey and Iran, David McDowall was quite pessimistic about the prospects of Kurdish nationalism, saying: "One must doubt whether Kurdish nationalism can ever prevail against three hostile governments willing to apply ruthless methods to contain the challenge."Paradoxically enough, McDowall's assumptions ...

The myth of the ‘Zionist Crusader’

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:34:29 -0400

In September 1947, Jewish officials pleaded with the leaders of the Arab League to make peace with the emerging State of Israel.The League rebuffed the offer, claiming the Arabs would eject the Jews of Palestine as the Muslims had thrown the Crusaders out of the Middle East centuries before.Twenty years later, Egyptian dictator Gamal Abdel Nasser claimed the medieval Crusades ...

Norway and other European obstacles to peace

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:34:26 -0400

For two months, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has been questioned by his parliament's Scrutiny Committee because the Foreign Ministry has been giving false information to parliament since 2011. The Foreign Ministry had denied that the Palestinian Authority pays high monthly salaries to security prisoners, among them convicted terrorists. Palestinian Media Watch, where I am ...

Colombia rebels reach deal on land reform

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:31:05 -0400

Colombia and leftist FARC rebels said Sunday they have reached a deal on land reform, one of the most contentious items in negotiations aimed at ending five decades of ...

Kentucky policeman shot and killed in apparent highway ambush

Sun, 26 May 2013 17:43:20 -0400

(Reuters) - A Kentucky policeman was shot and killed in an apparent ambush when he stopped to pick up debris on a highway exit ramp, the Courier-Journal newspaper said on ...

Blue Is the Warmest Color Wins Palme dOr at Cannes

Sun, 26 May 2013 17:34:12 -0400

CANNES, France ...

Police Oregon teen school bomb suspect had detailed checklist

Sun, 26 May 2013 17:06:47 -0400

Authorities in northwestern Oregon said on Sunday that a teenager arrested for producing what authorities called explosives for a Columbine-style attack on his high school had meticulously planned his foiled bombing. "He was definitely following a detailed checklist," said Captain Eric Carter of the Albany police department about the 17-year-old, Grant Acord. "It appears he had a ...

Kerry backs private West Bank economic plan but little detail

Sun, 26 May 2013 17:05:53 -0400

* Hopes to draw up to $4 billion in private investment * Likens peace process to "diplomatic quicksand" * No specifics on where investment will come from By Arshad Mohammed DEAD SEA, Jordan, May 26 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sketched out a plan on Sunday to spur Palestinian growth with up to $4 billion in private investment, but did not say where the money ...

Skydiver falls to death after attempting multiple person manoeuvr over Southern California

Sun, 26 May 2013 16:58:37 -0400

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. - Authorities say a 62-year-old skydiver has died after plummeting into a Southern California backyard. UT San Diego cites a preliminary investigation report that finds a group of skydivers were trying a multiple person manoeuvr over Riverside County on Saturday when one of them became entangled in a parachute. The man was unable to free himself and fell to the ground. ...

New U.K. task force to tackle radical Muslim clerics

Sun, 26 May 2013 16:58:34 -0400

LONDON Britain's government is setting up a new terrorism task force to tackle radical preachers and extremism, officials said Sunday, days after suspects apparently linked to extremist Islamist activists brutally killed a British soldier in a London street. Home Secretary Theresa May said the group will look at whether new powers and laws are needed to clamp down on religious leaders and ...

Merkel moves to avoid trade war with China

Sun, 26 May 2013 16:57:27 -0400

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged to take steps to avoid a brewing trade war between China and the EU during a first visit by China's new premier to Germany, with both leaders calling for dialogue. Germany will push in the next six months for discussions on resolving the disputes between Brussels and Beijing over Chinese telecom products and solar panels to avoid it ending in ...

UK charges two men over Pakistan flight

Sun, 26 May 2013 16:57:26 -0400

British authorities have charged two men with endangering an aircraft after a plane carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan to Britain was diverted mid-flight. Essex Police said on Sunday that 30-year-old taxi driver Tayyab Subhani and 41-year-old restaurant worker Mohammed Safdar will appear in court on Monday. Both men, from Lancashire in northwestern ...

Israeli Electric Car Company Files for Liquidation

Sun, 26 May 2013 16:51:24 -0400

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M5 crash Parents pay tribute to mum-of-five 30 killed after driving wrong way up motorway and smashing into four cars

Sun, 26 May 2013 16:34:21 -0400

Zoe Rhiannon Aspland, 30, from Yeovil, Somerset died after driving her Ford Ka north on the southbound carriageway of the M5 during the early hours of Saturday ...

Serbia holds funeral for Yugoslavias last king

Sun, 26 May 2013 16:28:29 -0400

Serbia held a funeral on Sunday for Yugoslavia's last king, Peter II Karadjordjevic, who had fled the country at the start of World War II and died in the US in 1970. The former king's remains, and those of his wife, mother and brother, were interred in the family tomb at St. George church in Oplenac, central Serbia, in a ceremony aired live on the state television. The funeral was attended by ...

American Al Jazeera Channel Shifs Focus to U.S. News

Sun, 26 May 2013 16:23:36 -0400

Qatar acquired Al Gore's Current TV in January, they said that Current would be replaced by Al Jazeera America, an international news channel with 60 percent new programming from the United States. The remaining 40 percent, they said, would come from Al Jazeera English, their existing English-language news channel in Doha, Qatar, that is already available in much of the rest of the ...

Obama urges Americans to step up tornado aid

Sun, 26 May 2013 16:20:20 -0400

President Barack Obama tries to comfort Plaza Towers Elementary School principal Amy Simpson as he views the devastation of the school Sunday, May 26, 2013, in Moore, Okla., caused by tornado and severe weather last ...

Deal reached on land reform in Colombia

Sun, 26 May 2013 16:19:20 -0400

The government of Colombia and leftist rebels say they have reached a deal on land reform, one of the most contentious items in their drawn-out peace negotiations. Sunday's agreement between Bogota and the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) would compensate those who lost land or were displaced from their property, said Cuban diplomat Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, whose ...

UK weather Mirror image that says summers nearly here but forecasters warn of frost in places overnight as bathers flock to the beaches to enjoy mini heatwave

Sun, 26 May 2013 15:56:23 -0400

But gardeners in those areas should keep a keen eye on their summer plantings, as clear skies overnight could result in a late spring ...

Brazils Kanaan wins Indy 500 in 12th attempt

Sun, 26 May 2013 15:53:09 -0400

KV Racing Technology driver Tony Kanaan of Brazil takes the traditional drink of milk after winning the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 26, 2013. REUTERS/Jeff ...

Economic reality finally cracks market fervor

Sun, 26 May 2013 15:43:45 -0400

While there is little in the way of major economic data this week that will send chills through stock markets as happened on Thursday, there is a renewed sense of caution in the ...

1 block 2 twisters

Sun, 26 May 2013 15:32:19 -0400

>Editor's note: John Sutter, the human rights columnist for CNN Opinion, is from Oklahoma City. Follow him on Twitter -- @jdsutter -- for continued updates about the tornado. E-mail him at ctl@cnn.com. Oklahoma City (CNN) -- Nancy ...

Rockets in Lebanon capital signal Syrian spillover

Sun, 26 May 2013 15:21:11 -0400

Two rockets have hit Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut, tearing through an apartment and peppering cars with shrapnel, a day after the Lebanese group's leader pledged to lift President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's civil war. The strikes illustrated the potential backlash against Hezbollah at home for linking its fate to the survival of the Assad regime. It's a gambit that also ...

NY plane crash passengers IDd as patient wife

Sun, 26 May 2013 15:18:14 -0400

Police say they are still searching for one of two passengers aboard an Angel Flight that crashed in upstate New York. They now say the pilot was among the two already found ...

Russian choir of 4335 performs in St. Petersburg eyes world record

Sun, 26 May 2013 15:17:48 -0400

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia--More than 4,000 Russian singers have performed outdoors in St. Petersburg with the aim of setting a world record for the largest ...

Italy MP writes open letter to suicidal gay teen

Sun, 26 May 2013 15:12:36 -0400

In a public exchange of letters that has touched many Italians, the speaker of the parliament has asked to meet a young gay man who says he feels suicidal in one of Europe's most homophobic ...

Obama officials are criminalising journalism says Republican senator

Sun, 26 May 2013 15:12:35 -0400

The Obama administration has been accused of criminalising the press, as US lawmakers called for an independent investigator to look into the way the Justice Department conducts cases involving ...

French investigate Woolwich ‘copy-cat’ attack on terrorism patrol soldier in Paris

Sun, 26 May 2013 15:12:35 -0400

John Lichfield has been The Independent's man in Paris since 1997, covering French news. Before that, he was the paper's Foreign Editor and he has also worked in Brussels and ...

Chinese Telecom Companies Caught in Middle of Trade Dispute

Sun, 26 May 2013 15:07:57 -0400

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Sweden rioters sought for over 200 crimes

Sun, 26 May 2013 15:02:11 -0400

Swedish police say they are looking for perpetrators involved in the weeklong riots in Stockholm suburbs that have resulted in some 220 reported crimes. Summing up a week of violence and destruction, police spokesperson Kjell Lindgren says around 60 people have been detained, suspected of various crimes, although most of them have been released awaiting charges. He says the police investigation ...

UPDATE 2-French lesbian love story wins top prize at Cannes

Sun, 26 May 2013 14:43:17 -0400

Sun May 26, 2013 4:18pm EDT * "La Vie d'Adele" wins Palme d'Or for best picture * Bruce Dern, Berenice Bejo win acting awards (Adds quotes from Spielberg, actors, director, details) By Belinda Goldsmith and Alexandria Sage CANNES, May 26 (Reuters) - An intimate lesbian love story by French director Abdellatif Kechiche won the top prize at the 2013 Cannes festival on Sunday, ...

Pensioner mauled to death while he cooked roast lamb as two neighbours are arrested on suspicion of manslaughter

Sun, 26 May 2013 14:39:13 -0400

Cliff Clarke had slightly burnt the lamb shank he had cooked for his evening meal the day after his 79th birthday and so he had opened his back ...

Suffolk swim Missing swimmer rescued from North Sea charity race after half of 200 participants got into difficulties in freezing waters

Sun, 26 May 2013 14:39:12 -0400

More than 130 swimmers got into difficulty off the coast of Southwold, in Suffolk, with initial reports that up to 90 people were missing, a Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) spokeswoman ...

Three Killed in Light Plane Crash in South Russia

Sun, 26 May 2013 14:34:12 -0400

KRASNODAR, May 26 (RIA Novosti) – Three people were killed on Sunday when a small single-engine plane crashed in the Krasnodar region, in south Russia, the Emergency Situations Ministry has said. The plane crashed shortly after making several circles over a private airfield in the Dinsky district near the village of Belevtsy. The aircraft’s owner, who was the pilot, and two men aged ...

I’d like to teach the world my name Coca-Cola becomes the latest iconic product to get personal with its branding

Sun, 26 May 2013 14:33:53 -0400

The second thing I thought was: "What a clever idea!" One of the most iconic products in the world has removed the branding on 100 million bottles and cans and replaced it with your name. Or, to be exact, the most popular 150 names in Britain.Of course, this is not the first time a drinks' company has got personal.In March last year, Starbucks started asking customers what their ...

Anti-terrorist police hunt attacker after French soldier is stabbed in the neck on streets of Paris

Sun, 26 May 2013 14:33:52 -0400

The soldier was wounded in the incident which happened as he patrolled the French capital's La Defense business district with two comrades.Private First Class Cedric Cordier, 23, who was armed and in uniform, was approached from behind and attacked with a knife or a box-cutter by the man, who fled the scene. Despite losing a considerable amount of blood officials said he was in a stable ...

Kenya London attack suspect arrested turned over in 2010

Sun, 26 May 2013 14:24:31 -0400

This photo taken on November 23, 2010 shows Michael Adebolajo (C) among the nine suspected members of the Al-Shabaab Movement arrested by Kenyan police on November 22 on claims of being Al-Shabaab recruits on their way to Somalia at the ...

SARS-like virus claims another Saudi victim

Sun, 26 May 2013 14:22:52 -0400

An 81-year-old woman who had contracted a SARS-like coronavirus has died in Saudi Arabia, raising the death toll in the country to 18, the health ministry said. "An 81-year-old woman who was suffering from kidney failure as well as other chronic illnesses has died" in the eastern al-Ahsaa region after contracting the virus, the ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Saudi Arabia ...

Obama travels to tornado-ravaged Oklahoma

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:56:37 -0400

photos US President Barack Obama has travelled to Moore, Oklahoma, to view the devastation from last week's monster tornado that killed 24 people and to assure its residents that the federal government will provide long-term help. Obama, who arrived in Moore early on Sunday afternoon (Monday NZT), is scheduled to witness the response effort in the storm-hit corridor and meet with ...

Thousands turn out in Boston to finish Marathon they started

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:53:55 -0400

Thousands of runners returned to Boston's streets this weekend to complete the symbolic final mile of the city's annual marathon, which was brought to a bloody halt last month when two bombs went off near the finish ...

Kawaii Going crazy for cute the Japanese way

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:53:55 -0400

Roughly translating as "cute", kawaii describes the adorable physical features of things like babies, small animals, and indeed anything that evokes feelings of love, nurture and protection.But what was once simply an adjective is now an all-encompassing ideal, rearing its lovable wide-eyed head in all aspects of Japanese life. Increasingly, girls not only want to own things that are ...

Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport allowed to resume goose cull in bid to prevent bird strikes

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:53:54 -0400

Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport is expected to start gassing thousands of geese this week to prevent potentially lethal bird strikes on aircraft, after an animal rights group failed to convince a court to halt the ...

Tens of thousands of people protest over Frances new gay marriage law in Paris

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:53:53 -0400

The law came into force over a week ago, but organisers decided to go ahead with the long-planned demonstration to show their continued opposition as well as their frustration with President Francois Hollande, who had made legalising gay marriage one of his keynote campaign pledges in last year's election. Marchers set off from three separate points across Paris, and by early evening they ...

Russian bid to keep tabs on London based campaigner fails

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:53:53 -0400

Financier Bill Browder is at forefront of a campaign seeking justice for Sergei Magnitsky, the Russian lawyer who exposed corruption before dying in a Moscow ...

French soldiers stabbing could be act of terrorism minister

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:53:07 -0400

Police officers stand at the site where a man armed with a box cutter attacked a French soldier patrolling a subway station of Paris' business district, stabbing him in the neck, on May 25, 2013 in La Defense. (AFP PHOTO/FRANCOIS ...

Obama visits Oklahoma town digging out after tornado

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:49:06 -0400

1 of 4. U.S. President Barack Obama greets first responders as he arrives aboard Air Force One to survey nearby tornado damage, on the tarmac at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City May 26, ...

The real enemy in the attack

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:47:20 -0400

>Editor's note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review. A former CNN producer and correspondent, she is the author of "The End of Revolution: A Changing World in the Age of Live Television. " Follow her on Twitter: @FridaGColumns.(CNN) -- When a man with hands drenched in blood stands just feet away from the body of a person he just hacked to ...

GOP ought to be closed for repairs says Bob Dole

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:44:50 -0400

Former Senate Majority Leader and World War II veteran Bob Dole waves during a ceremony where a plague in his honor was unveiled at the World War II memorial in Washington, DC, April 12, ...

China premier visits Germany amid trade spat

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:43:05 -0400

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel amid a looming trade spat between Asia's economic giant and the European Union. The leaders were expected to discuss a mix of issues on Sunday, but the trade tensions will remain a dominant theme. China is expected to hold informal talks with the European Commission on Monday in a bid to defuse a trade row over solar ...

Murder suspect was held by Kenya cops

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:30:20 -0400

One of the suspects in the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby once appeared in court in Kenya accused of leading a group of Islamists trying to join terrorists in Somalia. Michael Adebolajo was held by police close to the Somali border with a band of "radicalised" Muslim youths who wanted to join the notorious al-Shabaab group. He was deported to Britain after he appeared in court in Mombasa in November ...

Unrest flares across Swedens suburbs

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:30:18 -0400

The pace of the neighbourhood watch suddenly picks up. "Here's the fire we've been waiting for," grins Samiy, an Iraqi in a bulky jacket. It's 2.30am and Samiy, along with dozens of others from local Islamic groups and community organisations, has spent the night patrolling the streets of Husby, Stockholm's centre of riots. Soon there's an acrid stench of burning plastic, and flickers become ...

Miracle of the tornado hospital which took direct hit from twister

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:30:16 -0400

It was the miracle of Moore. Even as a monstrous tornado wrought death and destruction all around, some 300 patients, staff and residents emerged unscathed from the ruins of the only medical centre in the suburban Oklahoma community. Not only did nobody die during the direct hit on the clinic from a fury of wind and debris that bore the power of several Hiroshima atom bombs. But a young woman ...

Surreal normality beyond the war

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:30:14 -0400

The waiters passed between tables carrying silver platters piled with meat, fruits and elaborate desserts. Beneath glittering chandeliers the guests guzzled wine and clapped rhythmically to the music. The party at the Damas Rose hotel in Damascus was in full swing. A few streets away Red Crescent volunteers washed the blood from a stretcher and hosed down an ambulance. A sniper's ...

Extremists cash in on murder of soldier

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:30:12 -0400

Far-right groups have been accused of cynically exploiting the death of Lee Rigby to provoke racially motivated unrest as reports increase of anti-Muslim incidents since his murder. A wave of arrests took place around Britain as complaints flooded in to police over racist comments being posted on social media sites. There were reports of graffiti and one petrol bomb attack on mosques. A march by ...

Caution over French connection

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:30:06 -0400

A French soldier on anti-terrorist duties in Paris has been stabbed in the neck in an attack that President Francois Hollande says cannot "at this stage" be linked to the brutal murder of a London soldier. The attacker fled the scene after stabbing the 23-year-old in La defence business district, which at weekends is packed with shoppers. The local prosecutor's office said ...

Yahoo in mix as Hulu takes bids insider

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400

Online video site Hulu is again up for sale, with Yahoo and pay TV operators DirecTV and Time Warner Cable among the seven bidders, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. Published reports have pegged a bid by a group led by former News Corp executive Peter Chernin at $500 million. The other three bidders were all private equity firms: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts ...

Hezbollah Areas In Beirut Are Hit

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:17:29 -0400

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Rockets Strike Hezbollahs Beirut Stronghold

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:17:29 -0400

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Yankees demise Fuhgeddaboutit

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:13:38 -0400

>Editor's note: Editor's note: Steve Politi is a sports columnist for The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey. Follow him on Twitter: @StevePoliti(CNN) -- This was supposed to be the year that a baseball dynasty crumbled, that everything finally caught up to the mighty Yankees. Their superstars, including Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira, were old and injured. The offseason came and ...

Yankees demise Fuhgeddaboutit

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:13:38 -0400

Yankees demise Fuhgeddaboutit

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:13:38 -0400

Yankees demise Fuhgeddaboutit

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:13:38 -0400

Yankees demise Fuhgeddaboutit

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:13:38 -0400

Funeral For Serbian King 70 Years After Death

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:13:13 -0400

Hundreds of mourners including Serbian government officials have attended a state funeral for deposed King Petar II Karadjordjevic decades after his death in exile. The reburial of the king and other members of the former royal family is seen as an important act of national reconciliation. The bodies of Petar, who went into exile in 1941, his wife Queen Aleksandra, mother Queen Maria and ...

Video Extreme weather patterns and the possible role of climate change

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:05:36 -0400

WFOR's Chief Meteorologist David Bernard, Climate Central's Chief Climatologist Heidi Cullen, TIME Magazine's Jeffrey Kluger and American Meteorological Society President Marshall Shepherd discuss recent extreme weather events, the upcoming hurricane season, and the role of climate change in recent disruptive ...

Coburn War on terror is going to continue

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:05:36 -0400

(CBS News) The war on terror "must end," President Obama declared Thursday in an hour-long foreign policy speech at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. But while the United States "can claim that it's at the end," Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., told "Face the Nation" on Sunday, "this war's going to continue." "I see a big ...

UK murder suspect previously held in Kenya

Sun, 26 May 2013 13:03:43 -0400

One of two men arrested over the murder of a British soldier in a London street was detained in Kenya in 2010 on suspicion of seeking to train with an al-Qaeda-linked group in Somalia, Kenyan police have said. Confirmation that Michael Adebolajo was held in Kenya and deported to London will intensify calls for Britain's spy agencies to explain what they knew about the suspect and whether ...

Pet rescue Moment Princess the cat is pulled from the bonnet of a car after being stuck for TWO WEEKS

Sun, 26 May 2013 12:40:33 -0400

It was only after the pet clawed her way through a coolant hose - triggering a warning light - that owner Julie Tansley, 40, of Nottingham, realised where she had ...

Drug smuggler who spelt out his nickname in cocaine as 10-man British gang are jailed for total of 92 years

Sun, 26 May 2013 12:40:32 -0400

Spelling out his nickname in cocaine, this boastful photograph helped expose a drug smuggler as being part of a huge international criminal gang uncovered by ...

Woman arrested and charged with indecent exposure for wearing thong bikini

Sun, 26 May 2013 12:40:31 -0400

A 22-year-old woman was arrested and charged with indecent exposure for wearing a thong bathing suit in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Friday ...

BREAKING NEWS Two people go missing during charity swim off Suffolk coast

Sun, 26 May 2013 12:40:30 -0400

Incident: Two swimmers are said to be missing after taking part in a charity swim off the Suffolk coast, which involved swimming around Southwold Pier ...

Two women arrested after retired hospital porter 79 dies after being savaged by a dog in the garden of his home while he was cooking

Sun, 26 May 2013 12:40:29 -0400

'When he went back the kitchen had become smoky so he opened the back door and as he opened the back door the dog was there. He was a lovely fella. It's so ...

CBS Breaks Climate Silence With Panel Connecting Climate Change To Extreme Weather

Sun, 26 May 2013 12:37:24 -0400

worst offenders maintaining virtual radio silence on how extreme weather patterns may be the result of manmade climate change. But CBS broke this so-called ...

Woolwich attack Man 22 is fourth person arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder

Sun, 26 May 2013 12:00:48 -0400

The arrests came as authorities in France investigated whether the killing was linked to an attack on a French soldier who was stabbed in the neck in a busy shopping area outside Paris ...

Elderly woman dies of SARS-like virus in Saudi

Sun, 26 May 2013 12:00:15 -0400

An 81-year-old woman who had contracted a SARS-like coronavirus has died in Saudi Arabia, raising the death toll in the kingdom to 18, the health ministry said in a statement on ...

Plane Crash Search For Angel Flight Pilot

Sun, 26 May 2013 11:58:29 -0400

The search has resumed for the pilot of a volunteer medical flight days after the plane crashed in woods in New York, killing at least two people. Divers have been using sonar equipment to scour a big, murky pond where much of the wreckage of the Angel Flight aircraft was submerged. Supervisor Todd Bradt said the divers had trouble seeing in the water because it was so muddy, but a piece of the ...

Pope Tells Mobsters To Repent And Follow God

Sun, 26 May 2013 11:54:01 -0400

Pope Francis has spoken out against Mafia organisations exploiting and enslaving people, and called on gangsters to turn to God. The Pontiff was speaking a day after a courageous priest murdered by the Sicilian Mafia was ...

French gay marriage opponents stage Paris march

Sun, 26 May 2013 11:53:13 -0400

View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Members of the extreme right Nationalist Youth shout slogans on the steps of the Opera as they attend a protest march called, "La Manif pour Tous" (Demonstration for All) against ...

Marathon Bombing Victim Looks for Laughs Not Pity

Sun, 26 May 2013 11:44:39 -0400

Pete DiMartino dreamed of summer ale from his Boston hospital room, a kind of light-bodied beer with honey and lavender accents he might pour in the brewery he wants to open someday. In quiet times between therapy sessions, the 28-year-old bartender from Rochester, N.Y., even came up with a name for the future business: Hip Zipper Lodge. It's a defiant nod to the trauma that brought ...

French anti-terrorism police probe stabbing

Sun, 26 May 2013 11:44:23 -0400

French anti-terrorism investigators are searching for a man who stabbed a soldier in the throat in the commercial district of La Defense outside Paris. The 23-year-old soldier, Cedric Cordier, was in uniform patrolling the busy underground corridors where shops and crowded public transport lines converge beneath the famous Arch of La Defense on Saturday when he was stabbed. The attack came days ...

Schumer Refuses to Endorse Protege Anthony Weiner

Sun, 26 May 2013 11:19:23 -0400

New York senator Chuck Schumer was given the opportunity this morning on national TV to endorse his one-time protege Anthony Weiner in the New York City mayoral race. Schumer refused the ...

Former Obama Intel Official Trend of Leaks Being Set at Top of This Administration

Sun, 26 May 2013 11:19:23 -0400

"You've heard the press's side there," said the ABC host. "Admiral Blair, you were in the White House. The leak investigations have been quite intense in the Obama White House." "Right," said Blair, the former Director of National Intelligence. "And they have been directed, the ones that I knew about, mostly against the U.S. government employees who ...

MSNBC Host Compares Gitmo Inmates to American Slaves

Sun, 26 May 2013 11:19:22 -0400

"This is the time to reaffirm our Americanness," said Harris-Perry. "I also appreciate that the hunger strikers are not trying to die. They're trying to generate autonomy in the context of something that strips their humanity--something we certainly know about from the experience of American slavery. And that the language of before I would be a slave, I'd be buried in my ...

Bahrain FM Hezbollah head Nasrallah is a terrorist

Sun, 26 May 2013 11:11:56 -0400

his fighters would help bring victory to its ally President Bashar Assad in Syria's civil war.The comments represent a departure from the traditional Arab view of Hezbollah as a main force against Israel and show the widening sectarian divisions in the region over the war in ...

INNS experts US policy to curb nuclear Iran in doubt

Sun, 26 May 2013 11:11:54 -0400

Unless the White House soon adjusts its policy on Iran, the US may end up adopting a policy of nuclear containment, rather than prevention, two senior Israeli defense analysts warned on Sunday.Emily Landau, director of the Arms Control and Regional Security Program at Tel Aviv University's Institute for National Security Studies, and Ephraim Asculai, a senior research associate at the ...

Collapsed Missouri overpass was in good condition

Sun, 26 May 2013 10:54:20 -0400

CHAFFEE, Mo. A Missouri highway overpass that partially collapsed when rail cars smashed into one of its support pillars after a cargo train collision was about 15 years old and in good condition but just couldn't withstand the impact, a sheriff ...

Memorial Day An evolved observance of fallen heroes

Sun, 26 May 2013 10:54:18 -0400

Two days before Memorial Day weekend festivities officially kicked off, a cluster of war veterans donning lime green "Honor Flight" T-shirts filed down a narrow pathway at Arlington National Cemetery toward the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. A supervisor whispered instructions to a group of students heading back from watching the changing of the guard: "Make sure to shake their hands ...

Boston Marathon winner gives medal back

Sun, 26 May 2013 10:54:18 -0400

Lelisa Desisa Benti of Ethiopia crosses the finish line to win the men's division of the 117th Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, in Boston, ...

No problem Yes its a BIG problem

Sun, 26 May 2013 10:54:17 -0400

(CBS News) A certain catch phrase is posing a problem for our contributor Bill Flanagan: When did everyone born after 1980 decide that "No problem" was interchangeable with "You're welcome"? Who spread that virus? The Taliban? Listen, today's young people: If you want to infuriate someone born before 1980, just keep telling him "No problem" when they ask ...

Video A revealing look at bathing suit fashions

Sun, 26 May 2013 10:54:16 -0400

As women's bathing suits have revealed more and more at the beach, most men's bathing suits have barely changed. Mo Rocca asks Valerie Steele of New York's Fashion Institute of Technology about the history of swimwear. Also, swimwear designers Parke Lutter and Ronen Jehezkel offer one man a makeover of his beach look. Photo ...

Silent salute

Sun, 26 May 2013 10:53:40 -0400

>Editor's note: CNN Contributor Bob Greene is a bestselling author whose 25 books include "Late Edition: A Love Story"; "Duty: A Father, His Son, and the Man Who Won the War"; and "Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen. "(CNN) -- The names on the formal, state-government-erected memorial signs by the sides of Ohio highways are not famous to the outside world. But once you ...

Silent salute

Sun, 26 May 2013 10:53:40 -0400

Silent salute

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Silent salute

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Silent salute

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Texas flooding