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Massive tornado rips through Oklahoma killing dozens

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:11:18 -0400

WASHINGTON - A massive tornado ripped through parts of Oklahoma city and its suburbs in the United States killing at least 24 people, including nine children, besides leaving scores homeless. As winds at over 320 kilometers per hour (kmph) flattened homes and businesses and severely damaged a hospital and two elementary school, the death toll was earlier said to be more than 90 but it was ...

Thein Sein praised for reforms in Myanmar but urged to end violence against Muslims

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:16:52 -0400

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama praised the reforms of Myanmar leader Thein Sein but urged him to end violence against Muslims. Sein is the country's first president to visit the White House in almost half a century. Speaking from the US capital Monday Obama said he recognized Sein's work to guide Myanmar down "a long and sometimes difficult, but ultimately correct, path to follow." ...

Roadside bombing kills six Afghan policemen in Herat

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:21:19 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan - At least six Afghan policemen guarding a strategically important dam were killed in a roadside bombing Tuesday in the war-torn country's western province of Herat, officials said. They said that suspected Taliban insurgents triggered the explosion when a police patrol vehicle heading to Herat city was travelling in the Chashti Shareef district of the province. "There ...

Top court overturns genocide conviction of former dictator

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:16:15 -0400

GUATEMALA CITY - The constitutional court of Guatemala has ordered that the genocide trial of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt should be taken back to the middle of proceedings, thus overturning his conviction and sentencing to 80 years in prison. The ruling on Monday doesn't annul the entire trial of the case but the top court has ordered that whatever happened after April 19 should be ...

After two weeks detention North Korea frees Chinese boat and 16 fishermen

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:21:12 -0400

PYONGYANG - A Chinese boat and 16 fishermen held by armed North Koreans for more than two weeks have been released, easing the latest tension in relations between the neighbouring allies. Owner Yu Xuejun, who was not on board the boat when it was seized on 5 May, wrote on his microblog that his captain called him at 3.50am to say the crew and boat were set free and that they were on their way ...

Barroro voices concern over estimated one trillion euro tax evasion

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:12:09 -0400

BRUSSELS - Voicing concern about tax evasion that is estimated at one trillion euros, European Commission President Jose-Manuel Barroso said Tuesday that EU leaders will meet at a one-day summit on Wednesday to negotiate solution. The European Union can't afford to let tax evasion go on the way it is. Such large amounts of money, currently sitting in tax havens, would be greatly beneficial ...

German central bank sees signals of economic pick up in Q2

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:04:27 -0400

FRANKFURT - Germany's central bank Deutsche Bundesbank expects the country's economy to improve "markedly" in the second quarter relying on signals of pick up in industrial orders and likelihood of weather related downturn in construction sector no longer impacting investment sentiments a development that could boost the wider eurozone as it struggles to get out of recession. "Overall ...

HNL cancer drug trial discontinued by Pfizer

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:06:43 -0400

NEW YORK - Pharma major Pfizer has discontinued the development of cancer candidate inotuzumab ozogamicin, which is part of a class of therapies called antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), in the haematological cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma after it failed to show benefit in overall survival during phase III trials. Pfizer has notified the study investigators and appropriate regulatory authorities ...

Merger pact by GrubHub and Seamless to stave off rivals

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:27:51 -0400

WASHINGTON - GrubHub Inc. and Seamless North America LLC, two of the biggest online services for food-delivery in the U.S., have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their companies to take on rivals in the growing market for online meal orders. The merger will create a combined company well positioned to drive more orders to restaurants, deliver a better experience for hungry diners ...

Mortgage lending in UK rises highest in four years

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:23:44 -0400

LONDON - The UK housing market seems to be picking up with gross mortgage lending up 4.3 per cent in April over previous month to 12.1 billion pounds, the highest in over four years, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The mortgage lending was 21% higher than April 2012, but this data is skewed by the end of the stamp duty concession on 24 March, 2012. Under the stamp duty ...

Democratic Congresswoman It’s ‘Un-American’ Not to Fund Obamacare ‘Outreach’

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:19:31 -0400

During Tuesday's hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D., Calif.) declared that failing to encourage people to sign up for government-mandated health insurance is downright "un-American." Speier was referring to Congress's refusal to fund the Obama administration's Obamacare "outreach" efforts with ...

IRS Chain of Command Suggests Scandal Not Limited to Low-Level Employees

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:19:31 -0400

After the IRS revealed it had wrongly targeted hundreds of conservative and Tea Party groups, the agency claimed that the misconduct was limited to "low-level employees" in its Cincinnati office. Yesterday, the attorney for Lois Lerner, the head of the IRS's tax-exempt organizations division, told the House Oversight Committee she would invoke her Fifth Amendment rights, making ...

FBI Agent Kills Florida Man Possibly Linked To Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:14:53 -0400

U.S. media reports say a man was fatally shot when a team of FBI agents raided an apartment complex in Orlando, Florida. The shooting happened early on May 22. An FBI spokesman told Orlando television stations that their agent was conducting official duties when the shooting occurred. No further details were immediately released. Local media reports say the man who was shot and killed ...

Jailed Pussy Riot Member Starts Hunger Strike Parole Hearing Adjourned

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:14:52 -0400

BEREZNIKI, Russia -- A parole hearing in the Russian town of Berezniki has been adjourned until May 23 after a jailed member of the all-female opposition group Pussy Riot refused to continue taking part via video-link. At the hearing on May 22, the court rejected Maria Alyokhina's requests to be physically present and to have the judge and the prosecutor replaced. Alyokhina, who spoke ...

Germany backs blacklisting Hezbollah

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:10:13 -0400

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle decided Wednesday to support listing Hezbollah's military wing as a terrorist organization in the European Union, according to German diplomatic sources."In the light of discussions we have had with our partners following the terrorist attack in Burgas, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle supports listing at least the military wing of Hezbollah ...

Gas discoveries give Israel new regional clout

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:10:12 -0400

newfound natural gas reserves will boost its regional clout and could help it improve ties with neighboring states in need of new energy sources, Energy Minister Silvan Shalom said.Once totally dependent on fuel imports, Israel has made the largest gas discoveries in the world over the past decade off its Mediterranean coastline, and is expected to become an exporter by the end of the ...

Teenager dragged to court for giving away a friends VIRTUAL gold coins in an online fantasy game

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:06:22 -0400

Keiron Belmont, 19, logged into a friend's profile on the popular online game RuneScape and gave away her stash of virtual money following an ...

April Jones Mark Bridger had previous convictions for firearms theft and road rage offences

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:06:20 -0400

The former slaughterhouse worker accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones has a string of convictions relating to guns, theft and road rage attacks, a jury was told ...

Give Falklands and Gibraltar their own MP says Nigel Farage UKIP leader says territories voices are dangerously muted

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:06:16 -0400

The UKIP leader claims their voices are dangerously ‘muted’ in Britain and they should be allowed to elect their own ‘MP for the ...

US to push for major factory safety reforms in Bangladesh

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:05:03 -0400

A US government delegation will visit Bangladesh this weekend to press for a major overhaul of factory safety following the nation's deadliest industrial accident, an official said ...

Anthony Weiner Stands For New York City Mayor

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:57:08 -0400

Former US congressman Anthony Weiner, who was forced to resign two years ago over a series of racy tweets, has said he is running for New York City mayor. The controversial Democrat made his announcement in a YouTube video. When he was forced to step down in June 2011 Mr Weiner claimed his Twitter account had been hacked after a photograph of a man's crotch, clad in underwear, was sent ...

Oklahoma Tornado Wreckage Hard To Believe

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:57:08 -0400

Their neighbours in this shattered area are doing the same, collecting up personal items they spot in the rubble before the bulldozers move in and level the area. One young woman has put out a request to her friends on Facebook to help her sift through the wreckage of her home - one of those friends told me it was almost too heartbreaking to contemplate. Many people in Moore said they are ...

Officer Involved in Shooting of Man Linked to Tsarnaev

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:46:58 -0400

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Can we get better at predicting tornadoes

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:45:45 -0400

posted a briefing on YouTube more that three hours earlier stating that tornadoes were likely in the area. Based on modeling and historical trends, the NWS had been warning for days that conditions were ripe for a tornado to hit the region. "The story is not that this was not warned for," said Dr. Marshall Shepherd, president of the American Meteorological Society. "We knew that ...

Octogenarians in race to summit Mt. Everest

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:45:44 -0400

Min Bahadur Sherchan, center, who became the oldest person to climb Mount Everest on May 25, 2008 shakes hands on his arrival in Katmandu, Nepal May 31, ...

Costa Concordia captain ordered to stand trial

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:45:44 -0400

ROME A Judge in Italy has ordered trial for the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off Italy last year, killing 32 people. On Tuesday, Italian prosecutors rejected a plea bargain bid by the captain, defense lawyers ...

Orlando man with ties to Boston bomb suspect killed in shootout with FBI

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:45:43 -0400

Updated at 8:15 a.m. ET (CBS News) The FBI was involved in a fatal shooting near Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., early Wednesday that killed a man with ties to the older brother suspected in last month's deadly terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon. CBS News senior correspondent John Miller, a former FBI assistant director, reported on "CBS This Morning" that the man, ...

Just wanna break down and cry

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:44:59 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- What began as a desperate hunt for survivors in this debris-covered city is giving way to an arduous road to ...

New Zealand police terrorism raids unlawful

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:43:07 -0400

New Zealand police acted unlawfully and unreasonably during armed raids near a small Maori settlement in 2007, an independent report has said. Police accepted the findings of ...

Egyptian President Announces Release of Officers Kidnapped in Sinai

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:39:51 -0400

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Special Report The Art of Collecting A Slice of Russia in Amsterdam

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:30:16 -0400

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Biden Barack’s Learning to Speak Without a Teleprompter

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:08:34 -0400

Speaking at a Jewish American Heritage Month reception last night in Washington, D.C., Vice President Joe Biden requested the "teleprompter in the room to be taken down," according to the pool report. Then he made a joke: "You can't tell Barack that the teleprompter's down. The standing joke in the office is Barack's learning to speak without a teleprompter; ...

Biden Talks of Outsized Influence of Jews The Influence Is Immense

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:08:34 -0400

At a Jewish American Heritage Month reception last night in Washington, D.C., Vice President Joe Biden talked about Jews, power, and influence. "The truth is that Jewish heritage, Jewish culture, Jewish values are such an essential part of who we are that it's fair to say that Jewish heritage is American heritage," Biden said, according to the pool report. "The Jewish people ...

Kirov Governor Casts Doubt On Navalny Embezzlement Charge

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:03:52 -0400

The governor of Russia's Kirov Oblast has cast doubt on embezzlement charges against opposition leader and anticorruption blogger Aleksei Navalny. Navalny is accused of embezzling the equivalent of $510,000 from the "Kirovles" lumber company while he was working as the Kirov Oblast governor's adviser in 2009. Testifying at the Navalny's trial in Kirov Wednesday, ...

Azerbaijan Criminalizes Online Libel and Insult

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:03:51 -0400

Azerbaijan's parliament has approved tighter Internet controls in a move media freedom groups fear could be used to curb online dissent and paralyze independent journalists in advance of presidential elections this October. The parliament voted on May 14 to make online libel and "abuse" criminal offences. The new law allows for cases of slander deemed to be particularly ...

Britain Iran Hezbollah increasing support for Assad

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:59:13 -0400

In Friends of Syria meeting in Amman, UK's foreign secretary Hague says Iran and its militant Shi'ite Lebanese ally Hezbollah are "propping up" Assad, whose regime is "increasingly dependent on external ...

Attractive women tend to be less stressed and more fertile

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:55:32 -0400

Attractive women, such as former model and mother-of-four Jools Oliver (with children Poppy Honey, Daisy Boo, Petal Blossom, Buddy Bear and husband Jamie) may also be more fertile, say ...

Oklahoma tornado Safety experts claim school where nine children died WAS ready despite not having shelter

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:55:30 -0400

The elementary school in which nine children died after a monster tornado barreled through an Oklahoma City suburb was ready for the twister, despite not having a shelter, experts ...

Boundless destruction as US tornado rescue winds down

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:54:22 -0400

As rescue efforts in Oklahoma wound down Wednesday, residents turned to the daunting task of rebuilding a US heartland community shattered by a vast tornado that killed at least 24 ...

Italy approves law on controversial stem cell therapy

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:54:20 -0400

Italian lawmakers on Wednesday gave their final approval to a law that allows limited use of a controversial type of stem cell therapy which has been condemned by many scientists but has given hope to families of terminally-ill ...

Opinion Sky terrifies and inspires

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:50:37 -0400

>Editor's note: Nathan Gunter is the managing editor of Oklahoma Today magazine, the state's official magazine. A graduate of Westmoore High School in Moore, Oklahoma, he holds degrees from Wake Forest University and the University of Oklahoma.(CNN) -- Oklahomans have a special relationship with the sky. We know how to look up. On the prairies of western Oklahoma, the skies are so big, and so ...

The making of a nightmare tornado

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:38:18 -0400

>Editor's note: Louis Wicker is a research meteorologist at NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma. Norman, Oklahoma (CNN) -- On Tuesday morning, the residents of Moore, Oklahoma, woke again to another nightmare. In the past 14 years, Moore and its nearby neighbors have been subjected to devastation from three major tornado events. The latest chapter in this nearly ...

Reviving Detroit from the ground up

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:37:44 -0400

>Editor's note: John Bare is vice president of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and executive-in-residence at Georgia Tech's Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship.(CNN) -- When others dismissed Detroit as a falling knife unworthy of investment, David Egner saw something else. Egner imagined Detroit regenerating from within, with damaged civic tissue repairing itself to foster new ...

Syria opposition calls for reinforcements in embattled Qusair

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:36:37 -0400

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's leading opposition group called on Wednesday for rebels across the country to send reinforcements to the strategic border town Qusair, where heavy fighting has drawn in fighters from Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah ...

Afghanistans Karzai gives India military equipment wish list

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:36:37 -0400

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday he had given a "wish list" of military equipment to India during a visit this week, presenting a conundrum for New Delhi as it weighs whether arming the Afghan army is in its ...

Is our suffering Gods will

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:35:16 -0400

>Editor's note: Joshua Prager is the author of the new book "Half-Life: Reflections from Jersusalem on a Broken Neck" published by Byliner and writes for publications including Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, where he was a senior writer for eight years. He spoke at TED2013 in March. TED is a nonprofit dedicated to "ideas worth spreading," which it makes available ...

FBI agent in fatal shooting of suspect in Orlando

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:35:04 -0400

(CBS News) The FBI says it was involved in a fatal shooting near Universal studios in Orlando, Fla. early Wednesday. CBS News correspondent John Miller, a former FBI assistant director, says the victim was "someone (the agency was) looking at in connection with (Boston bominbgs suspect) Tamerlan (Tsarnaev), based on contacts they had." In a statement Wednesday, the FBI said, "We ...

World Bank announces $1bn for Great Lakes

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:32:40 -0400

The World Bank has announced $1bn in development funding for Africa's Great Lakes region, where renewed fighting this week between the government and rebels in eastern Congo has raised fears once again of an escalation in the conflict.World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Wednesday unveiled the proposed aid financing for one of Africa's most intractable conflict regions on the first day ...

5 ways to handle chronic pain

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:07:05 -0400

>Editor's note: Dr David Kloth is a practicing interventional pain management physician in southwestern Connecticut, director at large for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and co-author of the book "Pain Wise: A Patient's Guide to Pain Management. " He has been practicing pain medicine and researching pain management for more than 20 years.(CNN) -- Chronic pain conditions ...

Weiner Avoids Tabloid Wood by Announcing Mayoral Run in Middle of the Night

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:59:23 -0400

Anthony Weiner announced overnight that he'll be running for mayor of New York City. He made the announcement by releasing this YouTube ...

Stuck In The Middle Abkhazias Ethnic Georgians Feel The Squeeze

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:54:50 -0400

ZUGDIDI, Georgia -- For residents of the Gali district, the southeastern-most tip of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, going to school, getting to a hospital, or collecting a pension payment can be a very tricky endeavor. It involves crossing the administrative boundary that separates Abkhazia from the rest of Georgia, which -- according to Abkhaz authorities -- can only be done ...

Serbia Kosovo Discuss Implementation Of Normalization Deal

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:54:50 -0400

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (center) with Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci (right) and his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic in Brussels on May ...

Inmates Relatives Protest After Reports Of Self-Mutilations

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:54:49 -0400

QARAZHAL, Kazakhstan -- Dozens of inmates' relatives are protesting outside a maximum security prison in the central Kazakh town of Qarazhal following media reports about self-mutilations by dozens of inmates. One protester, Anastasia Tulendieva, told RFE/RL on May 22 that the administration of the AK-159/22 penitentiary has refused to meet with the inmates' relatives and would not ...

LZ Teachers remarkable courage

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:51:45 -0400

>Editor's note: LZ Granderson, who writes a weekly column for CNN.com, was named journalist of the year by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and was a 2011 Online Journalism Award finalist for commentary. He is a senior writer and columnist for ESPN the Magazine and ESPN.com. Follow him on Twitter @locs_n_laughs.(CNN) -- Each day more than 55 million students attend the ...

Police fired into room where Alon held hostage

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:22 -0400

Police fired into the bathroom where Beersheba gunman Itamar Alon was holed up with a hostage on Monday, a decision that was unjustified, Southern District Police Commander Yoram Halevy said Wednesday.During a special meeting of the Knesset's Interior and Environmental protection committee held to examine the circumstances of ...

Police to probe officers conduct in Beduin murder

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:18 -0400

The National Police headquarters opened an investigation against Negev sub-district police on Wednesday, after it emerged that officers from the Arad police station had received a complaint from the mother of two young Beduin girls 24 hours before they were found murdered in the village of Al Fura.Police said the woman told officers that she feared that the girls' father - from whom she is ...

Stockholm rocked by riots

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:49:48 -0400

A car burns after riots in the Stockholm suburb of Kista. Sweden's capital has been hit by some of its worst riots in years after youths scorched dozens of cars, attacked a police station and threw stones at rescue services in its poor immigrant suburbs for a third night running. Photo: ...

Six charged in sex video ‘extortion’ case

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:49:47 -0400

Beijing - A court in the city of Chongqing has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them having sex, the official Xinhua news agency reported on ...

BREAKING NEWS Man charged with murder of four soldiers killed in IRAs 1982 Hyde Park bombing

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:50 -0400

Attack: A man has been charged with the murders of four soldiers in the IRA's 1982 Hyde Park bombing. The car-mounted nail bomb detonated on South Carriage Drive killing four soldiers and seven ...

BREAKING NEWS Police killer Dale Cregan pleads guilty to murders of father and son in gun and grenade attacks

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:48 -0400

He lured the unarmed policewomen with a bogus 999 call before using a Glock handgun and a military grenade to murder them in Hattersley, Greater Manchester on September 18 last ...

French newspaper Liberation publishes in English amid growing row over using language in the classroom

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:46 -0400

French daily Liberation made the editorial decision to print its front page in English in support of a growing campaign to allow its use in the ...

Nigel Farage refuses to kick out old-fashioned UKIP members who say gay sex is disgusting

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:45 -0400

Nigel Farage defended party members with ‘old-fashioned’ views about homosexuality, as he warned that with the government passing same-sex weddings ‘nobody knows where it will end ...

Cameron tries to soothe Tory divisions by insisting gay marriage opponents are not bigots but vows not to change course on Europe

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:44 -0400

David Cameron today sought to heal deep divisions in the Tory party, insisting opponents of his policy to legalise gay marriage are not 'wrong-headed or ...

David McGreavy can be named for murdering three children in 1973

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:43 -0400

Monster's bid to be moved to Open Prison CAN be revealed: Judge overturns anonymity order on man who killed three children and impaled their bodies on ...

One in ten British households are now virtual millionaires London property boom and stock market surge drive up value of assets

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:42 -0400

Soaring house prices in London, rising share prices and brimming pension pots mean that more people than ever are sitting on huge virtual nest eggs ...

Lawyer tracks down his stolen iPad using special app after police refused to investigate

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:41 -0400

A lawyer has slammed police for refusing to help him after he tracked down his stolen iPad with a sophisticated app to the home of the suspected ...

Horrendous racist rant of middle-aged woman on bus caught on video

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:40 -0400

Vitriol: This woman was filmed screaming racist slurs at a young black man who was sitting opposite her on the bus. It is not known what triggered her stream of abuse. The video was later posted ...

Oklahoma tornado 2013 The heartbreaking faces of the dead and the missing

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:40 -0400

The heartbreaking faces of the dead and the missing: Five people named as victims of Oklahoma tornado as desperate families turn to Facebook to search for loved ...

Shaolin children Martial arts practice makes teenagers in China the most well behaved in the world

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:39 -0400

The budding martial arts experts were among nearly 2,000 performers taking part in a spectacular ceremony at the foot of the country's sacred Songshan ...

Cruel friends killed sheep with hammer then butchered it in field so they could have a free roast dinner

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:36 -0400

Simon Pover, prosecuting, said: 'On April 26, the farmer discovered one of the hoggits (year-old lambs) had been killed and its body mutilated. Its remains were found on a footpath. Both hind legs and the head had been ...

Tragic sight of dead horses piled high as farmers return to find just scorched earth after Oklahoma tornado

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:36 -0400

Witnesses who cowered in terror described seeing 'horses and stuff flying around everywhere' and returning to find 'scorched earth' and crumpled ...

Teenage apprentice who was target of warehouse forklift pranks died after being accidentally crushed into wall

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:35 -0400

The accident occurred after workers at Pioneer International Logistics in Trafford Park, Manchester were encouraged by senior staff to 'cut corners' by jumping on the pallets and being raised up to scan in items stored on shelves, the hearing was ...

Out-of-hours doctor put baby at risk after working back-to-back shifts for 24 days straight

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:33 -0400

The German-born medic put in the hours at different organisations and continued to work excessively despite being warned about the risks, it was ...

Oklahoma tornado insurance bill set to top $2billion

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:32 -0400

For survivors of the deadly tornadoes that barreled through central Oklahoma this week, it may be just the beginning of an uphill battle to rebuild their lives as many of them had no insurance coverage to help with the financial ...

Oklahoma tornado First victim identified as nine-year-old JaNae Hornsby

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:39:25 -0400

Oklahoma tornado: Rescue effort nears an end as authorities say they are confident there are no bodies or survivors left in the ...

Faith-Healers Child Death Ruled As Homicide

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:37:16 -0400

The death of the eight-month-old son of a faith-healing couple has been ruled a homicide by a medical examiner. Brandon Schaible died on April 18 at his home in Rhawnhurst, Philadelphia, from bacterial pneumonia, severe dehydration and an infection after his parents withheld medical care, according to a report by Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Gary Collins. It read: "By the ...

Mugabe signs Zimbabwe constitution into law

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:29:02 -0400

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe addresses crowds gathered for the country's 33rd independence celebrations at the National Sports stadium in Harare, April 18, ...

N. Korea sends top envoy to China as tensions mount

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:27:13 -0400

Choe Ryong Hae, director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army (KPA), center, and other delegates from North Korea pose before leaving Pyongyang Airport for China, May 22, ...

12 years post-Taliban Afghan womens rights under fire

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:27:12 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan Hard-line Islamist students protested in the Afghan capital Wednesday, demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they deem un-Islamic. More than 200 male students protested in front of Kabul University against the decree, which includes a ban on child marriage and forced marriage, makes domestic violence a crime and says rape victims cannot be ...

Will tornado relief funding escape politics

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:27:12 -0400

Clark Gardner, at left, and another man place an American flag on debris in a neighborhood off of Telephone Road in Moore, Okla., after a tornado moved through the area on Monday, May 20, ...

Power of Moore OK tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:52:36 -0400

Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled ...

RFERL Kazakh Correspondent Detained With Housing Protesters

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:47:36 -0400

RFE/RL Correspondent Detained In Kazakhstan ASTANA -- A Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) correspondent has been detained in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, while covering a protest by homeowners over what they see as unfair mortgage practices. Orken Zhoyamergen informed his colleagues by mobile phone on May 22 that police forced him onto a bus along with several protesters. ...

Chinese Premier In Islamabad To Boost Strategic Ties

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:47:35 -0400

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang is in Pakistan for a two-day visit aimed at bolstering economic and strategic cooperation. Li arrived in Islamabad following a trip to India earlier in the week. The Chinese premier is being accompanied by cabinet ministers, other senior officials, and businessmen. Li is meeting with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and outgoing Prime Minister Mir ...

Comptroller report flags neglect of Holocaust survivors

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:43:00 -0400

State Comptroller publishes annual report on public complaints; focus on mistreatment of Holocaust survivors, special education students, general increase in volume of ...

US VP Biden lauds Jewish drive for gay rights

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:43:00 -0400

US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday night lauded the influence of Judaism on the United States, specifically mentioning the efforts of Jews on gay rights issues, according a report on the Politico website."The truth is that Jewish heritage, Jewish culture, Jewish values are such an essential part of who we are that it's fair to say that Jewish heritage is American heritage," ...

‘Screams of agony echo in my head’

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:42:36 -0400

The scale of the disaster meant students at a medical college next to the local Enam Hospital had to carry out some of the amputations. Sometimes the operations were done without anaesthetic and howls of agony echoed around the ...

Mentally ill man stabs six children

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:42:34 -0400

Beijing - Authorities in southern China say a mentally ill man stabbed six primary school students and an adult in the latest of several attacks on Chinese ...

Iran Elections Key Players Barred From Race

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:29:30 -0400

Iran's President has said he will raise the decision to ban a close aid from standing in forthcoming elections with the country's Supreme Leader. Iran's Guardian Council announced an approved list of candidates for the June Presidential election - but the list did not include Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's former chief of staff. Also barred from ...

Italy to outline youth jobs plan as government struggles

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:29:06 -0400

government , already sinking in opinion polls and riven by internal disputes, on Wednesday lays out its plans to address one of the main causes of public anger - soaring unemployment among young people. But the left-right coalition's room for maneuver even to address this pressing problem is restricted by Europe's second-biggest debt, the longest recession in at least four decades, ...

Millions falling into poverty in recession-racked Italy report

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:21:33 -0400

ROME (Reuters) - Millions of Italians cannot afford to heat their homes properly or eat meat as their country is racked by recession and soaring unemployment, said a report which found the number of people considered seriously deprived had doubled in the past two ...

Oklahoma tornado victims mull next moves

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:19:43 -0400

MOORE, Okla. With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house of 40 years. It was the 83-year-old grandmother's first time back at her home since a monstrous and deadly tornado ravaged her neighborhood in suburban Oklahoma City. Part of the roof was sitting in the front yard, and the siding from the front of the house was gone. As her son, ...

Major immigration overhaul passes first big test

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:19:43 -0400

Senate Judiciary Committee members Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill. confer on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to ...

Britain to offer visas to Afghan interpreters

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:17:22 -0400

About 600 Afghan interpreters who served with British forces fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan will be allowed to stay in the UK, the government has said. Prime Minister David Cameron initially opposed the move, but backed down after a campaign that called for interpreters and their families to be allowed to settle under a similar package to one supporting Iraqi interpreters, and a ...

UK moves closer to legalising gay marriage

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:17:22 -0400

A bill to legalise gay marriage in Britain has passed a crucial hurdle in parliament, despite efforts by the majority of politicians from Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party to wreck the plans. Members of the House of Commons on Tuesday voted by 366 to 161 in favour of the same sex marriage bill, which will now go to the country's upper house consideration. The bill is ...

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Makhachkala Bombing Highlights Daghestani Leaders Herculean Task

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:39:50 -0400

The four victims of the May 20 double car bombing in Machakhkala bring the number of people killed since Russian President Vladimir Putin named Ramazan Abdulatipov acting president of Daghestan in late January to 96 -- an average of almost one per day. That compares with a total of 405 fatalities in insurgency-related violence in 2012. But the North Caucasus insurgency is only one of many ...

U.S. Senate Committee Passes Bill To Arm Rebels

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:39:49 -0400

A U.S. Senate committee has voted in favor of sending weapons to rebels fighting Syria's government. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 15-3 on May 21 for legislation that would send arms to "vetted" moderate members of the Syrian opposition. The measure will now be considered by the full Senate, where calls are growing for President Barack Obama to do more to help ...

Washington Criticizes Iran After Two Key Presidential Candidates Barred

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:39:47 -0400

The United States has criticized Iran after authorities there barred two potentially key candidates from running in next month's presidential election. Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie -- a close aide to outgoing President Mahmud Ahmadinejad -- were denied a place on the ballot by the Guardians Council of clerics and jurists. Only eight of nearly ...

Tornado survivors reveal their terror

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:34:53 -0400

Moore, Oklahoma - Rescuers went from building to building in search of victims and survivors picked through the rubble of their shattered homes on Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, wiping out blocks of houses and killing at least 24 ...

Imran Khan leaves Pakistan hospital two weeks after forklift fall

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:34:03 -0400

Imran Khan has left hospital more than two weeks after he suffered serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift at a campaign event, a spokesman has said.Khan will remain at his home in the eastern city of Lahore for a while so doctors can monitor his progress, said the spokesman for the ...

David Cameron says he was able to woo his wife because he could drive her around

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:31:46 -0400

David Cameron has confessed that his wife Samantha only fell for him because he owned a car - and that she may not have been 18 when he fell in love with ...

24 dead I think that will stand mayor says

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:31:17 -0400

Video Face-chewing victim recovering strumming guitar

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:29:00 -0400

Ronald Poppo, a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami, plays the guitar in his room at Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Center in Cutler Bay, Fla. The attack left Poppo blind, but doctors say he's been working with an occupational therapist to learn how to take care of himself. The doctors say Poppo also has learned to play guitar and practices ...

Freeport cant say when Indonesia mine to reopen confirms 28 dead

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:18:53 -0400

1 of 2. Freeport McMoran Chief Executive Richard Adkerson (R) chats with Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Jero Wacik during a news conference after their meeting in Jakarta May 22, ...

Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:14:44 -0400

CAIRO (Reuters) - Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were released on Wednesday, ending a crisis that has highlighted lawlessness in the desert peninsula bordering ...

Watch First look at Xbox One

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:12:54 -0400

Big changes for the 2012-2013 season! Watch the current week's episode for FREE up to a week after it airs or subscribe for access to all shows, classic episodes and ...

Chinese premier begins Pakistan visit

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:10:31 -0400

Chinese premier Li Keqiang has arrived in Pakistan for a two-day visit where he will meet prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif, as the long-time allies look to boost trade ties. Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party swept to victory in the May 11 general election on a promise to revitalise the struggling economy and help from its giant neighbour to the north will be important to ...

Deadly Attacks Strike Iraq Again

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:33:16 -0400

Attacks across Iraq on May 21 left at least 20 dead and many more wounded. In the bloodiest attack, a car bomb exploded near a Sunni mosque in western Baghdad, killing 11 people and wounding 21 more. The fresh violence comes a day after some 70 people were killed in violence targeting majority Shi'a. Nearly 300 people have been killed in the last week amid rising sectarian tensions, ...

Kyrgyzstan To Cancel U.S. Transit Center Agreement

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:33:15 -0400

The Kyrgyz government has decided to cancel the U.S.-Kyrgyz agreement on NATO's use of the transit center at Manas International Airport near Bishkek as of July 11, 2014. The announcement was placed on the cabinet's website on May 21. It said a draft of the decision will be given soon to the parliament for approval. A U.S. State Department spokesperson would not speculate on ...

Imran Khan leaveas hospital back at his home in Pak city of Lahore

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:29:16 -0400

Cricket News: Imran Khan had fractured three vertebrae and a rib when he fell 15 feet from a forklift truck at a campaign event in Lahore on May ...

Rebel Feiglin barred from Knesset Education Ctee

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:28:39 -0400

Likud Beytenu removed MK Moshe Feiglin from the Knesset Education Committee Tuesday night, as a result of his rebellion against the coalition because Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will not allow him to visit the Temple Mount.Knesset House Committee chairman Tzachi Hanegbi (Likud Beytenu) announced in the Knesset plenum Tuesday night that coalition chairman Yariv Levine, also of Likud Beytenu, ...

Government watchdog demands PM appoint deputy

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:28:38 -0400

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu must appoint a permanent deputy, the Movement for Quality Government demanded Tuesday.The government watchdog NGO wrote a letter to the Prime Minister's Office and Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein pointing out that Basic Law: Government says that if the prime minister is abroad or incapacitated, his deputy will temporarily take his place as acting prime ...

Independent probe needed for Claims Conference

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:28:38 -0400

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky has called for an independent probe to investigate allegations against senior executives of the Claims Conference, a spokesman ...

Jodi Arias begs for life

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:28:14 -0400

Jodi Arias points to her family as a reason for the jury to give her a life in prison sentence instead of the death penalty during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, ...

Is Pope Francis an exorcist

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:28:12 -0400

In this image made from video provided by APTN, Pope Francis lays his hands on the head of a young man, who then heaved deeply a half-dozen times, convulsed, and slumped in his wheelchair as the pontiff prayed over ...

Kenya unfazed by Obama’s ‘snub’

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:28:11 -0400

Nairobi - Kenya said on Tuesday it was ';fine'; with United States President Barack Obama avoiding the country on an Africa tour next month, rejecting reports it was due to upcoming crimes against humanity trials of its ...

Chinas Li offers to help end Pakistans energy crisis

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:11:56 -0400

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves to the audience during an event organised by Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) in New Delhi May 21, ...

Insight No more easy pickings in Russias banking market

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:08:11 -0400

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained ...

Rescuers seek Oklahoma tornado survivors as area eyes recovery

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:08:11 -0400

1 of 5. Danielle Stephan holds boyfriend Thomas Layton as they pause between salvaging through the remains of a family member's home one day after a tornado devastated the town Moore, Oklahoma, in the outskirts of Oklahoma City May 21, ...

Irans Ahmadinejad says will challenge allys ban from election

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:06:58 -0400

Iran's electoral watchdog on Tuesday disqualified Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, Ahmadinejad's former chief of staff, from running in the June 14 presidential vote. "In my opinion there will be no problem with the Leader and I will take up this issue until the last moment with him," Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday, according to the ISNA news agency. "I am hopeful the problem ...

Egypt TV 7 security personnel kidnapped in Sinai freed

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:06:29 -0400

Egyptian soldiers deployed at Rafah Crossing border between Egypt and Gaza Strip on May 21, 2013 as Cairo was intensifying efforts to secure release of seven security personnel captured in Sinai Peninsula week ...

Anthony Weiner tosses hat into NYC mayoral race

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:06:26 -0400

NEW YORK Anthony Weiner has tossed his hat into the race for New York City mayor, joining a crowded field and formally beginning an attempt to come back from a scandal that forced him to resign from the House of Representatives. After weeks of speculation, the disgraced former congressman made it official ...

Saakashvili Denounces Arrests Of Allies

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:26:41 -0400

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has compared the recent arrests of members of his administration to the jailing in Ukraine of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Former Georgian Prime Minister Ivane Merabishvili was arrested on corruption charges on May 21. Ex-healthcare minister Zurab Chiaberashvili, now a governor of Kakheti region in eastern Georgia, was also arrested after ...

New Documents Suggest Fresh Evidence Of TeliaSonera Ties To Karimova

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:26:40 -0400

TeliaSonera CEO Lars Nyberg (shown here in January) stepped down February 1 as the company, whose two largest stakeholders are the Swedish and Finnish governments, came under increasing scrutiny for its activities in ...

Livni asks German counterpart to blacklist Hezbollah

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:21:59 -0400

initiative within the EU to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization at a meeting with her Germany counterpart Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger on Tuesday night.The meeting of the two high-powered female justice ministers was the first major one of the German justice minister's visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, said a statement by the German ...

Wayne Federman coming back for laughs

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:21:58 -0400

The last time Los Angeles-based comedian Wayne Federman performed in Israel 10 years ago, it was the aftermath of the Second Intifada. Palestinians had blown up pizza parlors and Passover Seders, and Israelis needed a reason to laugh.Comedian Avi Liberman approached his fellow Jew Federman at LA's Improv comedy club and asked him to come with him to Israel to "brighten the mood." ...

US slams Irans disqualification of candidates

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:16:31 -0400

The United States on Tuesday condemned Iran's disqualification of hundreds of would-be presidentialcandidates, accusing the "unaccountable" clerical leadership of seeking to tighten its grip on ...

Float plane crash in Bute Inlet claims one life

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:09:43 -0400

A Beaver float plane, like the one pictured that crashed in 2009 near Saturna Island, was found flipped over in Bute Inlet near Campbell River on Tuesday. One person was found dead ...

Clouds singer known for viral hit succombs to cancer

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:58:32 -0400

Zach Sobiech's battle with cancer may have ended, but the inspirational message he put out for millions will surely endure. The 17-year-old high school senior from Stillwater, Minnesota recorded the song "Clouds" and posted it on YouTube last December, where it has been watched more than 3 million times since. Sobiech died Monday, May 20, ...

Egyptian army says Sinai hostages freed

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:56:00 -0400

Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard abducted on the Sinai peninsula last week have been released, the Egyptian army has said in a statement. "The seven kidnapped soldiers are now on their way to Cairo after they were released thanks to the work of military intelligence, and in cooperation with the noble tribal leaders of Sinai," said army spokesman Colonel Ahmed Ali in a ...

Security Officers Kidnapped in Sinai Are Reported Freed

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:29:41 -0400

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Create unit to investigate illegal W. Bank building

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:13:30 -0400

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein appeals to Defense Minister to create a unit to enforce law against those in involved in illegal West Bank construction in ...

Oklahoma tornado was the most powerful categorised storm

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:07:57 -0400

The massive tornado that cut a wide and deadly swath through a suburban Oklahoma City town has been classified as a top category EF5 system that blew homes off their foundations and sent debris flying almost 160 km ...

Float-plane crash off Vancouver Island claims one life

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:11:42 -0400

A Harbour Air float plane flies through low cloud after taking off from Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday February 16, 2012. (DARRYL DYCK/The Globe and ...

Moscow Says Top Islamist Militant Killed

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:09:03 -0400

Moscow has announced it has killed an alleged ally of one of Russia's most-wanted insurgents. Russia's Anti-Terrorism Committee says Dzhamaleil Mutaliyev was killed along with another militant in a gun battle with security forces May 21 in the town of Nazran in Ingushetia. Russia's Anti-Terrorism Committee said Mutaliyev was a close aide of Doku Umarov, leader of the banned ...

Venezuelas Maduro warns of psychological war

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:58:54 -0400

President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday denounced as "psychological war" a leaked audio recording that purports to show a power struggle among key followers of the late Hugo ...

Coast Guard deserter sentenced to confinement

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:40:27 -0400

HONOLULU A Coast Guard rescue swimmer whose disappearance led to a massive search in Hawaii pleaded guilty to desertion Tuesday, saying he left work one day, decided never to return and spent the next three months camping in the mountains. A military judge sentenced him to more than six months confinement and a bad conduct discharge. During a special court-martial in Honolulu, Petty Officer 1st ...

New Dancing with the Stars champion announced

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:40:26 -0400

"Dancing with the Stars" hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke-Charvet announced this season's celebrity and professional pairings live on "Good Morning America" on Feb. 26, ...

US immigration bill moves one step forward

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:38:02 -0400

A sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system has taken a major step toward viability when a Senate panel gave bipartisan approval to a landmark bill offering a path to citizenship for millions. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved the contentious and potentially historic legislation by a 13-5 vote, following weeks of marathon hearings and meetings to consider more than 200 ...

Secondhand smoke ups kids antisocial behavior risk

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:54:35 -0400

Children that are exposed to secondhand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to be physically aggressive and antisocial - regardless if they were exposed during pregnancy or their parents have a history of being antisocial - researchers at the University of Montreal published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.Researchers Dr. Linda Pagani and Caroline ...

Doctors bend on vacation pay to secure wage hike

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:54:34 -0400

Despite the planned budget cuts, the country's public-sector physicians will receive their second salary increase this year as agreed upon in the labor agreement reached in August 2011 by the Treasury and the Israel Medical Association.IMA chairman Dr. Leonid Eidelman, who initially feared that the increase would be postponed to 2015, made the comments on Tuesday. The IMA had declared a ...

Solar field set for Ben-Gurion’s Negev kibbutz

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:54:34 -0400

The Negev Desert will soon become a little bit brighter with the announcement of two future solar fields, one of which will be built in David Ben-Gurion's former neighborhood.Shari Arison's Shikun Vebinui Group has teamed up with Chinese solar panel giant Suntech Power Holdings, Co. Ltd. to build 11 megawatts worth of photovoltaic panels in two Negev Desert plots. A 5- megawatt ...

Shelter Requirements Resisted in Tornado Alley

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:53:55 -0400

The Web site for the City of Moore, Okla., recommends ...

North Korean leader sends special envoy for leader Kim Jong Un to China

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:46:00 -0400

Choe Ryong Hae . There were no other details. Choe is the North Korea military's top political officer tasked with supervising the 1.2-million-strong force. China is North Korea's only major political and economic benefactor. Beijing has faced pressure from Washington to use its influence to ...

Updates Home of singers sister hit

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:34:55 -0400

>For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKI(CNN) -- At least 24 people -- including nine children -- were killed when a massive tornado struck an area outside Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, officials said. Read more: Heartbreaking scenes in Oklahoma City after disasterAt least seven of those children were killed at ...

Debate Aside Number of Drone Strikes Drops Sharply

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:28:15 -0400

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Tornado rescue efforts wind down in Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:27:54 -0400

Rescue workers neared the end of the search for survivors in the Oklahoma City suburb where a rare and powerful tornado claimed 24 lives, injured at least 230 and left dozens missing. After nearly 24 hours of searching, Moore's fire chief said he was confident there were no more bodies or survivors in the rubble. The Oklahoma medical examiner's office said on Tuesday that nine ...

Sweden riots continue after police shooting

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:27:53 -0400

Around 200 people hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a Stockholm suburb during the second day of rioting, which was triggered by the fatal police shooting of a man wielding a knife. Dozens of windows were smashed, 10 cars and several containers were set on fire, and seven police officers were injured on Tuesday. Six people were arrested early in the day, but two were released after ...

Microsoft unveils new Xbox gaming console

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:27:51 -0400

Microsoft Corp has unveiled the "Xbox One", its first new gaming console in eight years, and its strongest push so far to dominate consumers' living rooms with an array of exclusive media content. The Xbox One took four years to develop and will be the launchpad for a "Halo" live-action video series produced by Steven Spielberg. It will be sold worldwide "later ...

United States Will Be Urged to Allow Retaliation Against Cyberattacks

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:04:30 -0400

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Hamas textbooks to teach about liberation plans

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:44:22 -0400

Hamas has begun preparing new school textbooks that teach children about "plans to liberate Palestine and the legitimacy and various forms of resistance [against Israel]." Jamal Abu Hashem, advisor to the Hamas-controlled education ministry, said new books would be introduced as part of National Education Studies for grades 8-10.Abu Hashem was speaking during a workshop in Gaza ...

Lithuanian FM Heed settlement goods label issue

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:44:22 -0400

Linas Linkevicius tells the 'Post' that if Israel does not label products from West Bank settlements it could lead to a boycott of all Israeli ...

Dont visit casualty - email your GP instead NHS chief Mike Farrars astonishing answer to AE crisis

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:43 -0400

NHS Confederation boss Mike Farrar stunned MPs by saying that contacting GPs online instead of in person would reduce the pressures on hospital casualty ...

Bad weather could raise your blood pressure and even kill you

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:42 -0400

Over time, these fluctuations raise the odds of dying by more than a third. Lack of sunshine and inches of rain can also take their toll, the Glasgow University study ...

A womans risk of post-natal depression could be identified by a simple blood test during pregnancy

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:41 -0400

A blood test that can tell if a pregnant woman is at risk of post-natal depression is being developed. Gwyneth Paltrow has spoken of her battle with the ...

Latest internet meme bearding is the cats whiskers

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:40 -0400

Bearding involves holding a hapless moggie in front of one's face to give the impression of a glorious, luxuriant beard. And believe it or not, it's catching ...

Leveson aide Shami Chakrabarti casts doubt on plans for media regulation

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:38 -0400

A key adviser to Lord Justice Leveson last night threw plans for regulating the media into turmoil by denouncing the idea of a Royal Charter to oversee a new regulator for Britain’s ...

DAILY MAIL COMMENT A plea from the heart of loyal Conservatives

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:37 -0400

In a desperate bid to build bridges with the Conservative rank and file, David Cameron has emailed party members to protest that he is on their side. Today, the Mail imagines how recipients of his ‘personal note’ may ...

Royal Mail boss Moya Greene Treat junk mail with respect - as it helps profits rise by 60

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:36 -0400

Although most of it ends up in the bin, postmen should still treat junk mail with ‘utter respect’, the head of the Royal Mail said ...

Snooker fruity Artist goes completely potty with banana-shaped pool table

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:34 -0400

Carry me, Mommy! Sarah Jessica Parker holds her daughter in her arms as she goes for a stroll in New York Helping her maintain svelte ...

Why ever more fathers are killing their children Top criminologist reveals her research into this sickening trend

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:33 -0400

His neighbours said he was like any other loving dad. They'd often seen him and his wife take their two children to the park, and they'd pop out to local restaurants for dinner ...

Mark Carney New bank chief warns of a decade of stagnation unless European leaders make substantial and significant reforms

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:32 -0400

Europe faces a 'decade of stagnation' unless leaders make 'sustained and significant' reforms, the incoming governor of the Bank of England has ...

Air travel poses no risk to pregnant women and unborn babies as long as they fly before the 37th week

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:31 -0400

Air travel poses ‘no significant risk’ for pregnant women and their unborn babies – even up to three weeks before the birth, doctors ...

SANDRA PARSONS Can no one force GPs to do their job properly

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:30 -0400

Tomorrow, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is due to make a speech criticising GPs for failures that include not knowing their patients’ names and hiving off out-of-hours care to outside agencies. He will also highlight the fact that admissions at A&E departments have soared as a ...

From hedgehogs to otters our wildlife winners and losers 60 of species decline... as others thrive

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:28 -0400

Sixty per cent of the animals, plants and insects studied in the first ever national report on the state of Britain’s natural world have fallen in number, including hedgehogs, red squirrels and turtle ...

Miliband to make tax jibe at Google just days after Cameron failed to do so when he met internet giants boss

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:27 -0400

Ed Miliband will today challenge Google on its tax affairs just days after David Cameron failed to do the same when he met the firm's chief ...

Nick Clegg pours petrol on Tory infighting Get back to governing he tells Coalition partners

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:26 -0400

In a speech today Nick Clegg will say Tory infighting over Europe and gay marriage has been an 'unwelcome distraction' which is undermining public support for the ...

Handsome men are less prone to COLDS - but the same cant be said for beautiful women

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:25 -0400

The scientists, led by Markus Rantala, of the University of Turku, Finland, then photographed the women, who had an average age of 20, and asked 18 heterosexual male undergraduates to rate their ...

Chris Grayling launches crackdown on criminals who are freed from jail halfway through their sentences

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:23 -0400

Changes: Whitehall insiders said Justice Secretary Chris Grayling (pictured yesterday) had ordered a review on changing the current sentencing ...

Why women struggle more than men with life after retirement 80 feel they have no purpose in life after quitting work

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:23 -0400

While men enjoy starting new hobbies and interests and are happy to just relax at home, women are more likely to spend their twilight years worrying – particularly about their lack of income and social ...

Rendition case involving Libyan Abdel Hakim Belhadj who is suing the British Government could be heard in secret

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:21 -0400

Ministers are set to use the controversial secret courts law in the case of a Libyan man who is suing the government over his rendition into the hands of Colonel Gaddafi’s ...

QUENTIN LETTS These Tories of the baleful brigade less trainable than Burmese cats

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:20 -0400

Little sign of the baleful brigade on the Tory backbenches yesterday morning. Were they still in their caves, sated by Monday’s bloodfest and picking mammoth gristle out of their rear ...

Up to 600 Afghan interpreters who risked their lives to help British forces to get right to live in the UK

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:18 -0400

Interpreters who have regularly served on the frontline will get visas for themselves and their ‘immediate dependents’ to come to Britain for a period of five ...