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Suspect killed in Orlando has confessed to 2011 triple murders says FBI

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:03:51 -0400

NEW YORK A Chechen acquaintance of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has confessed to slashing the throats of three people in a 2011 gruesome triple murder, federal law enforcement officials have said. Ibragim Todashev, who made the confession, was killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law ...

Obama seeks more transparency in use of drones

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:41:57 -0400

WASHINGTON - In a major counter-terrorism speech, President Barack Obama Thursday defended the covert US drone program and stressed that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save lives. He also said the use of lethal force extends to U.S. citizens as well. This disclosure comes a day after his administration acknowledged publicly for the first time that four US ...

Taliban car bomb kills 13 in Pakistan

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:37:50 -0400

QUETTA, Pakistan - At least 13 people, including two civilians, were killed in a car bomb targeting a police vehicle in western Pakistani city of Quetta Thursday, police officials said. The bombing also injured at least 20 people in the capital of Baluchistan province, riven by Islamist militancy and a violent separatist insurgency. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the ...

Kerry begins efforts to restart Israeli and Palestinian peace talks

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:37:23 -0400

JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday separately began meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials but appeared doubtful about his success on getting the two warring sides back to peace negotiations. This is Kerry's fourth trip to the Middle East in as many months of his assuming the office of the top US diplomat. He was been trying to revive a peace process that has been ...

Istanbul hosts meeting of Syrian opposition leaders

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:33:08 -0400

ISTANBUL - Syrian opposition leaders Thursday began their three-day meeting in this Turkish capital city to decide on their participation in talks aimed at end the civil war in the country. As the meeting began in Istanbul a prominent Syrian figure in the opposition proposed a transition plan for the country that requires President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to a senior aide and leave ...

Canada threatens to retaliate against change in US meat labeling rules

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:33:00 -0400

OTTAWA - Canada has threatened "retaliatory measures" against the United States move changing the so-called country of origin labeling that would track beef and hogs through the meat processing and distribution systems, stating that it is discriminatory, a view shared by the World Trade Organisation. On Thursday, the United States Department of Agriculture issued a final modification to its ...

After breaches Twitter beefs up security with two-step login

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:11:08 -0400

NEW YORK - Aiming to tackle recent high-profile breaches, popular micro-blogging site Twitter is introducing an optional two-step login for users to beef up security. The new system would try to ensure "it's really you" when a user signs in to Twitter, which transmits some 400 million messages a day. The move follows recent attacks into the twitter accounts of news organisations' such as ...

Irish biotech firm Elan rejects revised Royalty Pharma bid

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:52:46 -0400

DUBLIN/ WASHINGTON Ireland-based biotechnology firm Elan Thursday rejected Royalty Pharma's increased $6.4 billion takeover bid, shortly after the U.S. firm cut the acceptance bar for its latest offer to 50 percent plus one share. Royalty raised its hostile cash bid to $12.50 per share on Monday, from $11.25 previously, but made the new offer conditional on Elan shareholders rejecting, at a ...

Import alert by USFDA hits Wockhardt shares

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:26:11 -0400

MUMBAI - Shares of Wockhardt, one of the leading Indian pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, witnessed a sharp fall of 20% to Rs. 1,315 ($23.61) on the Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) on Thursday after the US FDA published an import alert on one of its three manufacturing facilities near Aurangabad. The import alert, 'detention without physical examination of drugs from firms which have ...

Ford Motor to shutdown 2 units in Australia

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:26:07 -0400

MELBOURNE - Ford Motor Company Wednesday announced plans of closing its local manufacturing operations in Broadmeadows and Geelong in October 2016 thereby forcing 1,200 people out of work. Spelling the end of the iconic Ford Falcon in the country, Ford Australia president Bob Graziano announced that the carmaker would shut its Victorian facilities in October 2016, bringing an end to nearly ...

IMF warns UK against continuing austerity programme

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

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

Hillyer to the Hill

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:37:18 -0400

I recently had dinner with a bright young GOP congressman, and asked what could be done that would most help him and others like him. He said, elect more like us in 2014. The good people of South Alabama will have a chance to get a start on this task in 2013. I trust they'll give Quin Hillyer a good look, and I'm confident they'll like what they ...

Cat Fight Kadyrov Takes On Moscow Socialite In Feline Beauty Contest

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:32:17 -0400

quite literally , with bureaucrats. But a photo posted on May 23 showing him cuddling up with three kittens in his Grozny palace has sparked a new battle with a top Moscow socialite. Kadyrov announced on Twitter the next day that he and Russian TV host Tina Kandelaki had entered into an interminable debate about whose cats were ...

Israel in reassessment thinks Syria’s Bashar Assad will last awhile

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:29:19 -0400

JERUSALEM - Israel has reversed its assessment about the staying power of Syrian President Bashar Assad and now thinks he’ll remain in control of at least part of his country for some time to come – a conclusion that makes it likely, a growing number of officials think, that an escalation of violence between the two countries may be inevitable. Israeli defense officials said that ...

Assad has enough sarin to wipe off Damascus Aleppo Homs

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:27:56 -0400

Exiled Syrian chemical weapons scientist tells Al Jazeera the Assad regime used sarin in small quantities to stop rebel advancements, mixes gases to make it harder to detect WMDs use; adds weapons were developed against ...

Iranian candidate vows to resist West

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:27:26 -0400

Tehran, Iran - Iran's top nuclear negotiator, a candidate in next month's presidential elections, vowed Friday he will pursue a policy of resistance against the West if ...

Syrian rebels trapped in Qusayr army

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:27:25 -0400

Qusayr, Syria - Syrian troops have captured much of the rebel stronghold of Qusayr, in central Homs province, squeezing opposition fighters into the north of the strategic town, a military officer told AFP on ...

London attack puts pressure on spooks

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:27:23 -0400

Tributes are seen near the scene of the attack on a British soldier in Woolwich, south-east London. The soldier was hacked to death on Wednesday by two men shouting Islamic slogans, in what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared to be a terrorist ...

Zetas suspects admit killing US agent

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:27:22 -0400

Washington - Three men have pleaded guilty in US federal court for the 2011 killing of a US immigration and customs agent and the attempted murder of a second agent, the Justice Department ...

UK WEATHER Miserable Bank Holiday weekend ahead as forecasters predict heavy rain showers across the country

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:24:00 -0400

A severe weather warning was in place for the whole of the UK today as gales swept from the South West up to Yorkshire, with temperatures struggling to creep above 12C, and hovering as low as 7C in some ...

Furlough Friday hits US federal employees

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:22:52 -0400

The first day of US government furloughs imposed by a budget crunch saw more than 100,000 federal workers ordered to stay home Friday, including those at the scandal-plagued Internal Revenue Service ...

British spy services under pressure over soldiers murder

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:22:50 -0400

Britain's intelligence services came under pressure on Friday to explain how they let two Islamic extremists suspected of hacking a soldier to death in London slip through their ...

Fighting has turned Tripoli Lebanon into a battleground – and brought the Syrian war home

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:16:55 -0400

He doesn't feel it, strapped up in his bed at the Nini Hospital, swathed in bandages, two bottles of painkillers pumping into him. He was driving his motorcycle on Thursday night from Badawi past the end of Syria Street - an aptly named thoroughfare that divides Tripoli's two warring neighbourhoods of Bab el-Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen - whence came a single sniper's round."It ...

French government seeks to ban extreme right-wing group

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:16:55 -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 ...

Stockholm police ask for reinforcements to quell ongoing riots

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:16:54 -0400

Police in Sweden have appealed to residents to photograph and film people they see rioting in the streets, as they struggle to bring under control the violent unrest that has spread throughout the capital city of Stockholm for more than a ...

Unrest may spread across Europe warns Red Cross chief

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:16:54 -0400

Rocketing unemployment and poverty in some areas of Europe could lead to widespread civil unrest, unless governments take measures to address the humanitarian consequences of austerity measures, the secretary-general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has ...

Key witness against Lebedev cant testify

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:16:53 -0400

Mr Lebedev is charged with hooliganism motivated by political hatred for punching the property tycoon Sergei Polonsky during a 2011 television show.He faces up to five years in jail if found guilty. Mr Lebedev's lawyer, Genri Reznik, said Mr Polonsky's claim that he could not attend was "laughing in the face of justice" and noted that legally, if he is not seriously ill or ...

Depardieu faces fine and ban in drink driving case

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:16:53 -0400

The actor Grard Depardieu faces a EUR4,000 (3,400) fine and a 10-month driving ban after a long-delayed drink driving case finally came to court in Paris ...

Irans clerical leaders cut presidency down to size

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:16:52 -0400

"I think it is not possible to run the country worse than this," said the former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, right, after he became one of 700 candidates barred from standing in the election this week. He is normally reticent in criticising the Iranian authorities. There has frequently between tension between Iranian presidents and Iran's supreme spiritual leader ...

Assad regime agrees to attend first peace conference with rebels

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:16:51 -0400

The Syrian government will attend a US and Russian-sponsored peace conference next month, despite President Bashar al-Assad publicly doubting the prospects of success for such a ...

Dont let talks over two-state solution drift warns Hague

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:16:51 -0400

William Hague has warned the Israelis and Palestinians that the prospect of a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict is slipping away and that the region faces a bleak future if the latest US-sponsored push for talks is not capitalised ...

Best U.S. beaches 2013

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:04:45 -0400

Main Beach took first place on this year's list of top-10 beaches produced annually by coastal expert Stephen P. Leatherman, also known as "Dr. Beach," director of Florida International University's Laboratory for Coastal Research. Read ...

Amid military sexual assault crisis Obama urges Navy grads to uphold honor

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:04:45 -0400

As the Obama administration and Congress attempt to respond to the sexual assault crisis plaguing the military, President Obama on Friday urged the graduating class of the U.S. Naval Academy to "uphold the highest standards of integrity and character." "It's no secret that in recent decades Americans have lost confidence in the institutions that shape our society," Mr. ...

GOP Rep. Obama elected because of Reagans immigration reforms

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:04:45 -0400

President Obama sits in the White House today because President Reagan brought so many Hispanic voters into the nation's fold with the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, Rep. Steven King, R-Iowa, postulated on the House floor Thursday. King, one of the House's staunchest opponents to a comprehensive immigration reform bill, reached that conclusion by connecting two disparate ...

Bridge collapse blamed on tractor-trailer

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:04:43 -0400

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major interstate between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span into a river below as the driver watched the structure collapse in his rearview mirror. Two other vehicles plunged into the Skagit River, but all three occupants escaped with only minor ...

What would an end to the war on terror look like

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:04:43 -0400

Flash Points: President Obama declared that the war on terror, "like all wars, must end," during a speech on Thursday, and CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate talks with CBS News National Security Correspondent Bob Orr about what the president meant when he said that and why any adjustments in counterterrorism policy must reflect a changing - but still perilous - ...

UK security criticised after death of soldier

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:02:07 -0400

Britain's security services have faced questions over whether they could have done more to prevent the murder of a soldier who was hacked to death in London. It has emerged that the suspected killers of 25-year-old Drummer Lee Rigby were already known to intelligence officers before they hacked the Afghan war veteran to death on Wednesday near the Woolwich army barracks. The two suspects, ...

N Korea willing to take positive steps

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:02:06 -0400

A North Korean envoy has told China's president that his reclusive country was willing to take "positive actions" to ensure peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, as China steps up diplomatic efforts to bring Pyongyang back to talks. But Choe Ryong-hae, a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, made no offer to abandon North Korea's nuclear programme on ...

Nigeria military rescues kidnapped group

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:02:05 -0400

Nigeria's military said it has rescued women and children taken hostage by the rebel group Boko Haram after an attack on a police barracks. The claim on Friday by the country's defence department could not be independently confirmed. "Nigerian troops have rescued three women and six children from Boko Haram in the Sambisa forest in Borno state, in northern Nigeria," said a ...

Two held after flight diverted in London

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:53:18 -0400

>Editor's note: Are you there? Share your photos and videos. London (CNN) -- Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, outside of London. A UK fighter jet was scrambled to escort Pakistan International Airlines Flight PK709 from Lahore as it was diverted from northwestern England's ...

Podcast Kremlin Cold War Heats Up

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:20:34 -0400

They’re as different as night and day. One’s a cerebral economist with a talent for balancing budgets even amid mind-bending corruption. The other is a suave, flamboyant political operator whose hand was behind much of the political intrigue over the past decade. Both were key inside players during Vladimir Putin’s first stint in the Kremlin and each played a major role in ...

In Moldova’s Breakaway Transdniester A Tale Of Two Cities

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:20:34 -0400

CHISINAU -- When Ukraine took on the rotating chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) this year, it pledged to use the post to resolve one of the region’s most intractable issues -- Moldova’s breakaway region of Transdniester. But as negotiators conclude a second day of talks in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, hopes of a breakthrough appear ...

Despite word of split over al Qaida Nusra Front still key in Syria fighting

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:17:30 -0400

BAGHDAD - Jabhat al Nusra, the al Qaida-allied Syrian rebel group that’s also known as the Nusra Front, remains integral to efforts to topple the government of President Bashar Assad despite reported rifts within the group over its terrorist ties and claims by other rebels that Nusra’s assassinated rebel leaders in eastern Syria to consolidate its hold on oil fields and other ...

Suspicious vehicle on the M6 causes long tailbacks and Bank Holiday getaway misery as police close motorway in both directions

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:11:55 -0400

At around 6.40pm Warwickshire Police tweeted: 'Motorway incident coming to an end. Hoping to open the motorway soon. More details will be posted ...

Zoo worker seriously injured after being mauled by tiger while feeding it in the big cat enclosure

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:11:54 -0400

Until recently the park was the only zoo in the UK to hold both Siberian or Amur tigers and Sumatran tigers - breeds which represent both the world’s smallest and largest ...

Two arrests after UK fighter jets escort Pakistani plane

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:10:56 -0400

British police arrested two men on a Pakistan International Airlines plane after British fighter jets were scrambled to escort it to a London airport on Friday, officials ...

Who will win Frances culture war Ask Frigide Barjot

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:05:10 -0400

But the French humourist is not laughing. She's scared. "No," she corrects herself. "I'm not scared. I'm very scared. Look at this..."From somewhere in the indescribable chaos of her apartment in central Paris, Barjot, the unconventional leader of the French movement against gay marriage, produces an envelope. Inside, there is a paper handkerchief stained with ...

Toronto mayor clings on as crack video scandal grows

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:05:10 -0400

Toronto's citizens are struggling to make sense of the events surrounding their mayor, Rob Ford, who has spent the last seven days ducking a media storm surrounding a video that allegedly shows him partaking of ...

U.K. fighters escort Pakistan plane to airport 2 arrests

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:04:15 -0400

A Pakistan International Airlines is surrounded by emergency vehicles on the tarmac at Stansted Airport, southern England, May 24, 2013. British fighter jets escorted a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted Airport near London on Friday, where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft. (REUTERS/ Paul Hackett) LONDON - British fighter ...

Amanda Bynes charged in alleged bong toss

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:53:44 -0400

Actress Amanda Bynes appeared in a criminal court Friday disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out of her Manhattan apartment ...

US casts doubts on Iran election credibility

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:51:01 -0400

The United States has called into question the credibility of Iran's presidential election next month, criticising the disqualification of candidates and accusing Tehran of disrupting Internet access. On a visit to Israel on Friday, US Secretary of State John Kerry also warned that time was running out to resolve the deadlock over Iran's contested nuclear programme. Iran's ...

Wartime sex slaves demand Japanese mayor quit

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:51:01 -0400

A Japanese politician has apologised to women forcibly drafted into military brothels during World War II after his comments about them being a military necessity sparked outrage. On Friday, Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto issued the apology after two South Korean women in their 80s, who had been used as 'comfort women' in the war, cancelled a meeting with him over fears of becoming ...

Ugandan army chief fired after leaked letter

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:51:00 -0400

Uganda's president has made a major change in the army, removing the chief of the armed forces to the interior ministry and replacing him with a general in charge of land ...

The road to extremism

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:20 -0400

At the time, it seemed like just another ugly scuffle in a long line of clashes between the police and a rag-tag group of Islamist extremists. The setting was the Old Bailey in 2006, where four men were arrested for fighting with police and photographers as they turned out in support of a fanatic on trial for calling for British soldiers to be killed. Among those led away in handcuffs that day, ...

The road to extremism

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:20 -0400

Friends family pay tribute to real character

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:18 -0400

Drummer Lee Rigby was a loving father who only ever wanted to be a soldier and "live life and enjoy himself", his family said yesterday. The 25-year-old soldier, from Crumpsall, Manchester, was walking towards the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, southeast London, on Thursday when he was run down by a car and murdered by two terrorists. A moving tribute from his family ...

Killing is justifiable says radical cleric

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:16 -0400

The Muslim cleric who claims to have converted suspected killer Michael Adebolajo to Islam says the attack could be justified. Omar Bakri Mohammed has been secretly filmed stating that decapitation of the enemies of Islam was permitted. Yesterday, in comments met with outrage, he told the Independent that he could understand the feeling of rage that had motivated the attackers and that ...

Sweden braced for more violence

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:14 -0400

Stockholm was braced for a fifth night of riots as violent unrest that began almost a week ago in the northern suburbs of the Swedish capital continued to spread to other corners of the city. The brother-in-law of a 68-year-old man who was shot by police in his apartment 12 days ago, in an incident said to be the initial cause of the unrest, has spoken for the first time, asking people to "stop ...

Sweden braced for more violence

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:14 -0400

Obama looking for way to end Americas war on terror

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:12 -0400

America's perpetual war against terrorism must come to an end, President Barack Obama declared yesterday, as he announced restrictions on drone strikes and a fresh effort to close Guantanamo Bay. In a speech to military and political leaders in Washington, Obama said the United States could not wage "a boundless global war on terror" but must face a new reality where threats came from regional ...

Papers call for preachers arrest

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:10 -0400

Britain's newspapers have paid tribute to the soldier brutally murdered in London and demanded the preacher suspected of radicalising suspect Michael Adebolajo be jailed. The soldier, who had served in Afghanistan, was 25-year-old Lee Rigby, known as Riggers to his colleagues. "Riggers ... A True Warrior" said the Sun's headline yesterday. It launched a scathing attack on ...

Donations swamp charitys website

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:08 -0400

The charity Help For Heroes has been swamped with donations, leading to its website crashing after Drummer Lee Rigby was murdered while wearing one of its shirts. The popular military support group has been deluged with calls, donations and demands for its merchandise, prompting its website to collapse from the massive internet traffic. Supporters took to Twitter and social ...

Shot suspects neighbours tell of Islam conversion

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:06 -0400

The second suspect in the Woolwich murder was known for handing out radical leaflets, and a woman believed to be his girlfriend had recently converted to Islam. Other details known about the man, said to be Michael Adebowale, are that he is 22 and that he frequented the area of southeast London where Thursday's atrocity took place. He is in hospital after being shot by armed ...

Further arrests after sickening attack

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:04 -0400

British police have made two further arrests and raided houses across London following the brutal murder of a serving soldier who survived a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Prime Minister David Cameron appealed for calm after 25-year-old Lee Rigby was butchered outside a London army barracks on Thursday, while an extra 1200 officers were deployed on the capital's streets in a bid to reassure the ...

Kids far from gourmets in land of haute cuisine

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:02 -0400

One-third of schoolchildren in France - reputedly the land of the refined palate - are unable to identify a courgette or a leek, with some even believing pasta grows on trees, according to a new study. Months after the French gastronomic meal was inscribed into Unesco's list of world treasures, the survey found that a large percentage of French children aged between 8 and 12 "no longer ...

Unexpected water bearer

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400

A fly with a water droplet balanced on its head features in an incredible up-close-and-personal series of pictures of bugs in amazingly sharp detail. Most of the pictures were taken at a makeshift photo studio inside a jewellery factory in Bat Yam, Israel. Photographer Dmitriy Reinshtein, 26, spent hours waiting for that one special shot and insisted it was no easy task. He said: "Patience is one ...

Unexpected water bearer

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400

Humble hero inspires nation

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400

Ingrid Loyau-Kennett is wearing Union Flag socks. They are the same ones she was wearing on Thursday, when she jumped off the Number 53 bus to confront two alleged terrorists who just minutes before had apparently brutally murdered a soldier outside Woolwich Barracks in southeast London. The men, their hands smeared with blood, were armed with butcher's knives, meat cleavers and a gun. As ...

Fears grow as Assad gains ground

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400

European leaders revisit British plan for direct assistance as rebels remain split over leader President Bashar al-Assad has made such significant military gains that arming rebels directly has become a matter of urgency, according to British sources. Recent military victories have severed rebel supply and retreat routes, allowing the regime to plan a major push to crush divided ...

Podcast Inside Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:12:54 -0400

iTunes podcast feed here . THE WEEKLY STANDARD would like to thank The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and Adele Keim for joining us. ...

Congressional Testimony Standard Late-Term Abortion Method More Brutal Than Gosnells Snippings

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:12:53 -0400

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Selectively Citing Osama Bin Laden

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:12:53 -0400

To begin with, our actions are effective. Don't take my word for it. In the intelligence gathered at bin Laden's compound, we found that he wrote, "We could lose the reserves to enemy's air strikes. We cannot fight air strikes with ...

Congresswoman Announces Opening of Migraine Center

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:12:53 -0400

New York congresswoman Carolyn Maloney announces that she will take part in the opening of a New York City migraine center. Maloney will be joined by Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer and city councilwoman Jessica Lappin. Here's the press release announcing the opening ...

Hague Bold leadership needed to restart peace talks

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:02:37 -0400

British Foreign Minister says current US initiative to restart peace talks was nearly the last attempt at reaching a two-state solution, and that there is no realistic "plan B" should this initiative ...

Lee Rigbys family saw footage of murder on TV and desperately tried to call him to check he was ok

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:42 -0400

'We were attempting to get hold of Lee, obviously we couldn’t. It was the middle of the night when we got confirmed to us it was Lee,' he ...

Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebowale 22 was friends with second killer at university

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:41 -0400

Michael Adebowale, a 22-year-old British citizen of Nigerian descent, has been identified as the second man accused of carrying out the brutal ...

Two men who tried to get in cockpit during flight from Pakistan to Britain pictured

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:40 -0400

Two men had repeatedly tried get into the cockpit of a passenger plane which had to be escorted by an RAF Typhoon jet as it travelled from Pakistan to the ...

Boy sailor who went to sea with his father when he was just 13... only for BOTH of them to be killed by German U boat

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:38 -0400

The father and son were part of a crew transporting troops and coal from Falmouth in Devon to Guernsey when they came under heavy fire by a German UC-72 ...

Driver admits to knocking down and killing woman who jumped in front of his van to try and protect her children

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:38 -0400

He said: 'She’s got [the children] out of the way and, at the same time, put herself between them and the van to prevent it hitting them. She’s let the van take ...

They c all over the place and p all over the field Councillors rant about gypsies

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:37 -0400

A councillor in charge of allocating traveller sites is facing calls to resign after a rant against gypsies in which he said they 'screw everything up' ...

Sixth man arrested in connection with an alleged sexual assault on a toddler at a nursery

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:36 -0400

Police yesterday raided three nurseries and arrested five male nursery workers after a toddler claimed they had been sexually assaulted by a member of staff. Another man has been arrested ...

Boris Shake-shake-shake the room Will Smith and son Jaden give London Mayor a lesson in rapping

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:35 -0400

Boris Johnson may be used to stealing the limelight but he was put in the shade today when A-lister Will Smith and actor son Jaden visited City ...

The purple tomatoes with double the shelf life Compound that helps them stay fresh may also have health benefits

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:34 -0400

Researchers at The John Innes Centre, Norwich, say one way to improve shelf life is to pick tomatoes early when they are still green and induce them to ripen artificially with ethylene, but that results in a loss of ...

Woolwich attack Michael Adebolajo was best friend of war hero killed in Iraq at school

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:33 -0400

Friends said Michael Adebolajo, who was filmed holding a knife in blood-covered hands after Drummer Lee Rigby was brutally killed in Woolwich on Wednesday, had to be consoled at the funeral of Lance Corporal Kirk Redpath in ...

Saudi to send animal samples to US in coronavirus probe

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:20 -0400

(MENAFN - AFP) Saudi Arabia said Friday it would send samples taken from animals possibly infected with a deadly SARS-like virus to the United States for testing in a bid to find the source of disease.The Saudi health ministry has "collected large samples from bats and other animals, including ...

High Court calls for new system to investigate claims of abuse by British soldiers on Iraqis

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:56 -0400

Terri Judd is a reporter with The Independent, who writes regularly on defence issues, having repeatedly embedded with British troops in Iraq and ...

Alexander Lebedev witnesses say they were coerced into testifying

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:53 -0400

The trial of the businessman Alexander Lebedev has descended into farce as witnesses admitted they had been pressured into attending the court case by ...

No one killed in Washington State bridge collapse 3 people rescued from Skagit River

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:21 -0400

Bridge collapse survivor Dan Sligh described his entire ordeal while talking to reporters in Washington State. Sligh was driving on the I-5 Bridge over the Skagit River when a section of it collapsed, sending his vehicle into the water. (May ...

Turkey builds wall at Syria border crossing after bombs

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:40:45 -0400

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is constructing 2.5-km-long (1.5 mile) twin walls at a border crossing with Syria to increase security at the frontier following three deadly bombings this year. The concrete walls will be built on either side of the road leading from the Turkish side of the crossing at Cilvegozu to the Syrian border gate and will be topped with barbed wire, the Turkish Customs Ministry ...

Taliban claim massive bomb attack in Kabul

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:40:09 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke billowing over Kabul in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said. There were no immediate reports of casualties and details were sketchy. The explosion was followed by a gun battle that was still continuing an hour after the blast in the central district. ...

When it comes to vacations the U.S. stinks

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:40:05 -0400

(MoneyWatch) The U.S. has a unique tradition when it comes to celebrating holidays: It doesn't. "The United States is the only advanced economy that does not guarantee its workers any paid vacation time and is one of only a few rich countries that does not require employers to offer at least some paid holidays," concludes ...

Action

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:20 -0400

>Editor's note: This review may contain spoilers.(CNN) -- Drawing level with the "Star Wars" saga and pulling well ahead of "Shrek," "Ice Age" and "Spider-Man" in the sequel stakes, "The Fast and the Furious" could yet challenge Rocky Balboa, Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger for longevity. So what's the appeal? Combining heist movie suspense with regular high-speed chase action, "Fast and ...

Action

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:20 -0400

Bulls-eye One block 2 tornadoes

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:27:11 -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 ...

Museums Move to Return Human Remains to Indigenous Peoples

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:08:12 -0400

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History of Targeting Conservatives

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:57:54 -0400

The White House insists President Obama is "outraged" by the "inappropriate" targeting and harassment of conservative groups. If true, it's a remarkable turnaround for a man who helped pioneer those tactics. On Aug. 21, 2008, the conservative American Issues Project ran an ad highlighting ties between candidate Obama and Bill Ayers, formerly of the Weather Underground. ...

Obama Fails to Salute Marine

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:57:53 -0400

Pres Obama boarded Marine One without returning salute of US Marine at the steps. The Pres then came back out to shake the Marine's hand. -- Mark Knoller ...

Chaos in the Sinai Will International Peacekeepers Be the Next Casualty

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:57:53 -0400

Earlier this week, seven Egyptian security officers were released after being held hostage for a week by Bedouin tribesmen in the Sinai. The abductions are the latest in a series of now commonplace hostage events and armed attacks in the Sinai that highlight the deterioration of security in this desert expanse. While most of these incidents have been aimed at Egyptians, Sinai peacekeepers--the ...

Special Report Panel on Obamas Scandals

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:57:53 -0400

2 on Diverted Pakistani Plane Made Threats They Called Jokes

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:53:18 -0400

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Russian Consul In Crimea Resigns Over Controversial Remarks

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:15 -0400

Crimean Tatars picket the building of the Consulate General of Russia in Simferopol, demanding the resignation of Russian Consul General Vladimir Andreyev on May ...

Georgian PM Says President Can Be Interrogated

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:14 -0400

Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili made a demand for President Mikheil Saakashvili's resignation one of his first major moves after winning elections in October, before backing away from that hard ...

Russian Priest Who Spoke Out On Pussy Riot Granted Czech Asylum

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:13 -0400

A Russian Orthodox priest who stood up for jailed members of the all-female punk-rock collective Pussy Riot says he has been granted political asylum in the Czech Republic. Sergei Baranov, who served as a deacon in the city of Tambov, caused a stir in Russia last year when he published an open letter to the Moscow patriarchate voicing outrage at the church's unforgiving stance against ...

Iraqi Volunteers Join Both Sides Of War In Syria

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:12 -0400

A poster on the home in Basra, Iraq, of Dhia Mutashar Gatie al-Issawi, an Iraqi who was fighting on behalf of the Syrian government before he was killed in ...

Top Russian Social Network Blacklisted By Mistake

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:11 -0400

Russian regulators have lifted a ban on VKontakte, Russia's top social-network website, hours after blacklisting the site by "mistake." Regulating agency Roskomnadzor said one of its employees, instead of blocking a single page deemed inappropriate, had mistakenly barred the entire website from distributing content across the country. VKontakte's founder, Pavel Durov, ...

Central Asian Youths Found Among Fighters In Syria

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:11 -0400

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Turkeys Parliament Passes Law Curbing Alcohol Sales Ads

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:08 -0400

Turkey's parliament has passed legislation to ban advertising of alcoholic products and tighten restrictions on sales. The measure, adopted on May 24, bans the sale of alcoholic beverages between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. It also prohibits selling alcohol in the vicinity of mosques and schools. The law bars beverage companies from promoting their brands, and forces the blurring of images ...

Ukrainian Activists Vow To Hold First Gay Pride Parade Despite Ban

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:07 -0400

What is the state of LGBT rights in the world today? To mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) has released a map charting the rights of homosexuals around the world. The co-secretary general of ILGA, Renato Sabbadini, spoke to RFE/RL's Claire ...

Kerry Israelis Palestinians nearing crunch time

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:09 -0400

Israeli and Palestinian leaders must decide soon on whether to revive long-dormant peace negotiations to end their decades-old conflict, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday.Ending two days of meetings in the region, Kerry said he had had "very productive" talks. But there were no obvious signs of any breakthrough, with neither side offering the sort of compromises needed to ...

Revealed Olmerts peace offer to the Palestinians in 2008

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:09 -0400

Former prime minister Olmert says he blames Livni and Barak for breakdown of negotiations with Palestinians; magazine obtains map sketched by Abbas with offered Israeli territorial ...

Hamas Israel poisoned Gaza patients with gas

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:07 -0400

Hamas Health Minister Mofeed al-Mokhalalati accused Israel of poisoning Palestinians patients in Gaza by providing the hospitals in the Strip carbon monoxide gas posing as nitrous gas, the Middle East Monitor reported on Friday.Four Palestinian patients were reportedly poisoned by the carbon monoxide ...

Rule of Law Israel’s legal headache

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:01 -0400

Does throwing African migrants in detention centers for three years without standard legal proceedings violate international law? Or is it just enforcement of Israel's sovereign right to maintain border ...

Infrastructure Smart customers seek smart grids

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:59 -0400

At Tel Aviv conference, experts hail smart grids as future of energy management as solutions to conserving energy and money for households and ...

New book Could Germany have a Jewish chancellor

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:57 -0400

BERLIN - A new novel about a neo-Nazi plot to assassinate Germany's first Jewish candidate for Chancellor has shed a timely light on the right-wing extremist violence that has plagued the country since 1990 and was swept under the carpet for years.Political ...

Column One Thank you Hafez Assad

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:56 -0400

The threats emanating from Syria have become downright frightening. For the past several days, Home Front Defense Minister Gilad Erdan has been warning repeatedly that it is certain that Israeli population centers will be hit by Syrian ballistic missiles and that we have to be prepared for the worst-case scenarios, including Scud missile-launched chemical weapons attacks on Israel's ...

Into the Fray Can the people trust the government

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:53 -0400

- Bertrand Russell, 1950 This week, almost a decade and a half after the Muhammad al-Dura incident at the Netzarim junction in the Gaza Strip, the government of Israel has taken a stand, rebuting responsibility for the death of the then-12 year old Palestinian ...

Savirs Corner Syrian reconstruction

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:51 -0400

Inside Asia . Since its independence in 1946, Syria has been a theater of confrontation between ethnic and religious groups and a battlefield for outside Arab powers to gain influence in the socalled "mother of Arab nationalism."Syria has been governed since 1971 by the Alawite minority that constitutes only 10 percent of its population. The Assads - father and son - while ...

My Word The signs and the songs

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:49 -0400

When I was a boy World was better spot.What was so was so, What was not was not.Now I am a man; World have changed a lot.Some things nearly so, Others nearly not. "WHICH SIDE do you support?" asked a reader recently, inadvertently summing up precisely my dilemma. It has become a matter of "sides" and a "battle" - and I don't think there can be any victors ...

Moscow felt ‘echoes of earthquake’

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:12 -0400

Moscow - A massive undersea earthquake on Friday in Russia's Far East prompted a tsunami warning and was felt in cities including Moscow far to the west, but there were no immediate reports of ...

Arias in limbo as she awaits her fate

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:10 -0400

Phoenix - An Arizona jury failed on Thursday to reach a unanimous verdict on whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, prompting the judge to order a rerun of the sentencing phase of the ...

Motorists rescued after bridge collapse

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:07 -0400

Olympia, Washington - Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in rural Washington state collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles and drivers tumbling into the frigid water, authorities ...

Gay ban lifted by Boy Scouts

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:03 -0400

Jennifer Tyrrell (left), who was removed from her position as a den leader in 2012 for being gay, hugs Pascal Tessier, 16, after a resolution passed to allow openly gay scouts in the Boy Scouts of America at the Boy Scouts' National Annual Meeting in Grapevine, Texas, on ...

Stockholm riots Clashes grip suburbs as violence flares for fifth night

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:45:41 -0400

The scene of Sweden's worst riots in years, Husby is on the surface at least a typically neat suburb of colorful playgrounds, manicured parks and low rise apartment buildings. Riots that began in Husby have spread across Stockholm over the last four nights in scenes reminiscent of London in 2011 and Paris in 2005 - outbursts with their roots in segregation, neglect and poverty. ...

Stephanie Knight the 21-year-old cancer victim whose dying wishlist captured the nations heart loses her battle with the disease

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:42:24 -0400

Stephanie Knight (left, aged 16, before she became ill) had been bravely battling the rare bone cancer Ewings Sarcoma since she was 17, losing her right leg and part of her pelvis. She died this week aged ...

Rubbing alcohol served as scotch in N.J. Attorney general

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:35:05 -0400

(Shutterstock) Investigators have charged 29 bars in New Jersey for selling cheap alcohol - and in one instance, rubbing alcohol coloured with food dye - and serving it as high-end liquor in what's been dubbed Operation Swill. ...

N.J. cop charged with firebombing bosss house

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:35:05 -0400

(Fotolia) A New Jersey cop is accused of firebombing his boss's home. Early Monday, the home of Edison Police Department Capt. Mark Anderko was hit with either a gas can or Molotov ...

Stretched by riots Swedish police call reinforcements

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:26:14 -0400

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Police in Stockholm called in reinforcements on Friday after youths set cars and a school ablaze in a fifth night of rioting, the worst to hit Sweden for ...

Kerry Lavrov hold phone call on Syria peace conference

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:59 -0400

MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke by phone on Friday to discuss efforts to bring Syria's warring parties to a peace conference, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. "The situation in Syria was discussed in the context of an international conference for a political settlement in the country," the ministry said in a ...

2 men from diverted Pakistani flight into U.K. arrested

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:33 -0400

LONDON British fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistani passenger plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Lahore to England after an incident on board, British officials said Friday. Essex Police boarded the plane at Stansted and arrested two men "on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft," according to a statement from the police, which did not elaborate. Britain's ...

Taliban launches major attack in Kabul

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:21:57 -0400

Taliban fighters have launched a deadly coordinated attack on a UN compound in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, setting off explosions and battling security forces, Reuters reported. A plume of smoke hung over the city centre after the attack was launched on Friday, eight days after six Americans, soldiers and civilians, and nine Afghans were killed in a suicide car bombing in Kabul. The ...

Who owns Jolies genes

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:17:10 -0400

>Editor's note: Gayle Sulik is a medical sociologist, founder of the Breast Cancer Consortium and author of "Pink Ribbon Blues: How Breast Cancer Culture Undermines Women's Health. " Follow her on Twitter: @pinkribbonblues(CNN) -- Angelina Jolie, when writing about her preventive double mastectomy, did not discuss how much her surgeries cost, but she did mention that many women would not be ...

Can men control themselves

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:09:47 -0400

>Editor's note: Pepper Schwartz is professor of sociology at the University of Washington and the author or co-author of 17 books, the latest of which is "The Normal Bar. " She is the AARP Love and Relationship Ambassador and writes the Naked Truth column for AARP.org. She is a senior fellow at the Council on Contemporary Families, a nonprofit organization that gathers research on American ...

Insurgents Attack Near U.N. Mission in Kabul

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:04:57 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan ...

Beijing Plans to Reduce the States Role in the Economy

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:53:47 -0400

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Syria agrees to take part in peace talks says Russia

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:42:37 -0400

The Syrian government will attend a US and Russian-sponsored peace conference next month, despite President Bashar al-Assad publicly doubting the prospects of success for such a ...

William Hague Solution to Middle East conflict is slipping away

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:42:37 -0400

William Hague has warned the Israelis and Palestinians that the prospect of a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict is slipping away and that if the latest US-sponsored push for renewed talks is not grasped, the region faces a bleak ...

Exiled cleric who taught accused in U.K. hacking death praises courage

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:41:39 -0400

Man hacked to death in London street TRIPOLI, Lebanon - A Syrian-born Islamist cleric who taught one of the attackers accused of hacking to death an off-duty British soldier on a London street praised the attack for its "courage" and said Muslims would see it as a strike on a military target. In an interview in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, where he has lived since being banished from ...

Prince Charles helicopter makes emergency landing

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:41:39 -0400

Britain’s Prince Charles was involved in a mid-air drama on Thursday when his helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing due to a technical issue. The heir to the throne was on his way to the Hay Literary Festival in Powys, Wales with his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, when the pilot had to land after discovering a problem. The royal couple touched down at Denham Aerodrome in ...

IRS Lerner was asked to resign refused GOP Sen.

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:31:05 -0400

Insisting that she's "done nothing wrong," Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge of the division that targeted conservative nonprofit groups for additional scrutiny of their applications for tax-exempt status, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a congressional ...

How tornado survivor rescued dog Bowser are faring

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:31:04 -0400

Complete coverage: Oklahoma tornado The story of their reunion touched many of our viewers who wanted to help. So how are Garcia and Bowser doing now? Garcia has some bruises, her home and possessions are gone, but she has the thing she wanted most. Garcia told CBS News' Anna Werner, who was there when Bowser was found, "All of the other things ... you know, one by one they can be ...

Former POWs reunite after 40 years

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:31:04 -0400

In 1973, President Nixon saluted nearly 600 American troops who had been held as prisoners of war in Vietnam. Now, 40 years later, many of those former POW's are reuniting. Ben Tracy ...

UK arrests two men on Pakistan flight

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:28:16 -0400

Two men have been arrested after British fighter jets were launched to divert a civilian plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Pakistan to England after an incident on board. Britain's Ministry of Defence said on Friday that the Typhoons were launched from RAF Coningsby, in Lincolnshire to investigate an incident involving a civilian aircraft but declined to provide further details. A ...

Woman who friends thought was dead after her obituary appeared in local newspaper turns up 30 years later to organise reunion

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:54:28 -0400

'I went abroad for 30 years but everyone thought I was dead': Woman goes home to organise reunion but everyone thought she had passed away after obituary mix ...

BREAKING NEWS Typhoon jets escort flight to Pakistan after security alert

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:54:27 -0400

An RAF Typhoon jet has been scrambled to investigate an incident involving a civilian aircraft, believed to be carrying 297 passengers, in UK airspace, the Ministry of Defence said ...

Darren Orrett murder Mother-of-six Dawn Barr stabbed devoted father of her children to death after he returned to the family home to try and patch up their relationship

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:54:26 -0400

Darren Orrett, 32, had moved out of the family home in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, he shared with care assistant Dawn Barr, 42, after she told him she had started a new relationship with lover Robert ...

Benefits cheat worked as a childrens entertainer while saying she could barely walk because she had crippling arthritis

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:54:25 -0400

Fraud: Benefit cheat Caroline Hartshorn, who claimed benefits, claiming she could barely walk due to arthritis, was working as a children's ...

U.S. weather-watcher satellite fails just before hurricane season

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:50:24 -0400

Fri May 24, 2013 9:50am EDT * Spare satellite activated but not moved * Troubleshooting efforts under way for GOES-13 * Satellite helps track weather off U.S. Atlantic Coast By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 24, (Reuters) - A key satellite positioned to track severe weather in the eastern United States has failed, just as the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is about to start. The U.S. ...

China Tells North Korea to Return to Nuclear Talks

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:49:55 -0400

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Tornado Calls For Shelters In All Schools

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:45:35 -0400

The deaths of seven children in an Oklahoma school hit by a tornado this week have led to new demands for all schools in the state to have storm shelters. Plaza Towers Elementary, where the children died, had no reinforced safe room and many question whether the deaths could have been prevented. "My daughter lost a friend. There is nothing that can change that," said Jennifer ...

Champions League Prince William Backs Bayern

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:45:34 -0400

The Duke of Cambridge has told European football leaders that his money is on Bayern Munich to win Saturday's Champions League final at Wembley. Prince William, speaking in his role as president of the Football Association, was giving the opening speech at the Uefa Congress in London the day before Bayern play Borussia Dortmund in an all-German final. He predicted a 2-0 win for the ...

Hairy moment for tiger Ty as football-sized hairball is removed from his stomach

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:43:42 -0400

A cat getting a hairball is not usually a life-threatening situation, unless the cat in question is a 27 stone Serbian tiger, and this particular hairball is the size of a ...

Truck crash may have caused Washington state bridge collapse

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:41:05 -0400

OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A truck crashed into a four-lane freeway bridge in Washington state Thursday evening and may have caused it to collapse, sending vehicles and drivers tumbling into a frigid river, officials ...

Britain Scrambles Warplanes for Pakistani Airliner

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:40:43 -0400

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Blasts shooting in center of Afghan capital

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:37:19 -0400

KABUL (Reuters) - Several large explosions rocked a busy area in the center of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday with Reuters witnesses describing shooting in the ...

Video BASE jumper rides snowmobile off cliff to honor dead friend

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:35:45 -0400

Professional skier Erik Roner jumped off an 800-feet-high cliff in British Columbia by way of a snowmobile to honor an old friend. Gayle King ...

Calif. pols push for law to make reckless pay price of rescue

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:35:43 -0400

(CBS News) Across the country, search-and-rescue teams are being called out more often -- and not because of the weather, but for people acting recklessly. Some think taxpayers are the real victims, and now there's a new push to change that. It was a tense drama that captivated Southern California in early April. On Easter Sunday, Nick Cendoya and Kyndall Jack set out on a wilderness hike ...

Why Jolies cancer test costs so much

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:33:46 -0400

African Union seeks financial independence

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:33:04 -0400

The African Union has vowed to finance its working budget using mainly domestic resources as it marks its 50th anniversary this week, the deputy chairperson of the continental body's commission has said. Erastus Mwencha made the comments on Thursday at the AU's headquarters in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, while addressing a news conference about the union's budget and ...

Bushs war on terror is over

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:25:41 -0400

>Editor's note: Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a director at the New America Foundation and the author of "Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden -- From 9/11 to Abbottabad," the basis for the HBO documentary "Manhunt" that will be shown on CNN at 9 p.m. today. Washington (CNN) -- In the past few weeks, we've seen a British soldier hacked to death with a meat cleaver on ...

We loved you so much you didnt deserve this Devastated family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby pay emotional tribute to him

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:59:42 -0400

'We were attempting to get hold of Lee, obviously we couldn’t. It was the middle of the night when we got confirmed to us it was Lee,' he said ...

UPDATE 2-U.S. tornado insured losses estimated at $2 bln-$5 bln

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:52:59 -0400

Fri May 24, 2013 8:52am EDT May 24 (Reuters) - Tornadoes that struck the United States from May 18 to May 20 caused between $2 billion to $5 billion of insured losses, disaster modeling company Eqecat said late Thursday. At the high end of the range, the tornado outbreak may rank as the second-worst ever in terms of insured losses, behind the late-April 2011 twisters that devastated Tuscaloosa, ...

Sweden Fifth Night Of Rioting In Stockholm

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:51:30 -0400

Riots continued for a fifth night in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. Cars, schools and a police station were set alight in response to the fatal shooting of an immigrant by ...

Durable goods orders rise point to factory sector resilience

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:43:36 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rose more than expected in April, a sign of resilience in the factory sector despite belt-tightening in Washington and weakness in overseas ...

Kerry says Israelis Palestinians must make tough decisions

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:43:35 -0400

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders are nearing crunch time, when they must decide whether to revive long-dormant peace negotiations to end their decades-old conflict, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on ...

Video Miller on London attack Weve never seen anything like this

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:41:44 -0400

CBS News' senior correspondent John Miller, a former assistant FBI director, discusses the London attack and what is now known about the suspects and their alleged ...

Video shows London suspects with radical preacher

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:41:44 -0400

This story contains video that some viewers may find graphic. (CBS News) LONDON -- Detectives in London were to question two people arrested over the murder ...

Hung jury reportedly emotional at Jodi Arias trial

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:41:43 -0400

Defendant Jodi Arias listens to defense attorney Kirk Nurmi make his closing arguments during her trial on Friday, May 3, 2013 at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. A jury was not able to reach a unanimous decision on whether to sentence her to ...

Eye Opener Emergency landing after airplane catches fire

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:41:41 -0400

A holiday travel mess has ensued after a bridge in Washington State collapsed and closed one of the nation's biggest highways. Plus, a new warning about this year's hurricane season. Also, a woman who reunited with her dog after the Oklahoma tornado gives an update. All that, and all that mattered, in today's "Eye ...

Bridge section disappears in big puff of dust

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:41:41 -0400

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust." "I hit the brakes and we went off," Sligh told reporters from a hospital, adding he "saw the water approaching ... you hold on as tight as you can." Sligh, his wife and another man in a ...

Turkey parliament passes anti-alcohol bill

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:39:14 -0400

Turkey's parliament has backed a controversial bill restricting the consumption and advertising of alcohol in the predominantly Muslim country. The measure, passed on Friday, prohibits alcoholic beverage companies from sponsoring events and restricts the places where such drinks can be consumed. It also bans the sale of alcoholic drinks between 10pm and 6:00am. Supporters of the measure - ...

Deadly blast targets Thai soldiers

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:39:14 -0400

Five paramilitary soldiers have been killed and one other has been wounded by a roadside bomb in southern Thailand, local police say. Police said on Friday that the soldiers were travelling in a pick-up vehicle to meet Muslim community leaders in the Saiburi district of Pattani, one of Thailand's southernmost provinces hit by a near-decade long rebellion which has claimed more than 5,500 ...

Kerry urges hard decisions for peace talks

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:39:13 -0400

John Kerry, US secretary of state, has urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to take "hard decisions" to revive the Middle East peace process. Kerry has been pressing Israel and the Palestinians to resume peace talks that broke down in September 2010. "We're getting toward a time now when hard decisions need to be made," he said in Tel Aviv on Friday at the end of his ...

FIFA to bring in tough anti-racism sanctions

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:39:12 -0400

The man leading FIFA's anti-racism taskforce is putting forward three tough measures to crackdown on racism in football at FIFA's congress in Mauritius next week. Jeffrey Webb speaks exclusively to Al Jazeera's Lee Wellings about FIFA's ...

Woolwich attack Outpouring of grief for murdered Lee Rigby as stream of strangers leave their tributes on street where he died

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:05:14 -0400

The killing of an off-duty soldier in a brutal attack in broad daylight on a London street has shocked the nation, inspiring hundreds of strangers who had never met him to leave poignant ...

Global Soccer Champions League Final Does Not Mark Start of a German Era

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:04:09 -0400

LONDON ...