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Twister that hit Oklahoma caused $2 bn in damage

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

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

FBI kill Florida man known to Boston bombing suspects

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

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

US Senate panel clears key immigration reform bill

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

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

Iran allows eight candidates for presidential race

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

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

North Korean special envoy visits China to win confidence

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

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

Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:18 -0400

Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...

UN urges collective efforts to achieve water secure world on Day for Biological Diversity

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:17:08 -0400

22 May 2013 150 Unless greater efforts are made to reverse current trends, the world will run out of freshwater, the United Nations said today marking the International Day for Biological Diversity and urging stronger scientific alliances to understand and protect natural resources. "We live in an increasingly water insecure world where demand often outstrips supply and where water quality ...

Amid turmoil in Mideast UN envoy urges concerted action to resume Israeli-Palestinian talks

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:15:56 -0400

22 May 2013 150 While international attention is understandably on the tragedy that continues to unfold in Syria, it is equally important to ensure the resumption of negotiations aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a senior United Nations envoy stressed to the Security Council today. "Ending the conflict in Syria is a matter of great urgency and must be the top priority of ...

International community must help Darfur become self-sufficient 8211 UN official

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:15:43 -0400

22 May 2013 150 The United Nations humanitarian chief today stressed the international community must do more to ensure the people of Sudan's Darfur region can better provide for themselves. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos, who is currently on a four-day visit to Darfur, said she was disappointed that after 10 years of humanitarian operations, the region is ...

UN agency to open nuclear emergency preparedness centre in Fukushima

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:15:33 -0400

22 May 2013 150 Experts from the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are heading to Japan to launch an emergency preparedness and response centre in Fukushima, the coastal city devastated two years ago when a massive earthquake and tsunami set off meltdowns at a nuclear power plant. The IAEA, supported by the Government of Japan, will designate a new Response and ...

Council of Europe Concerned About Russias Human-Rights Record

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:15:20 -0400

MOSCOW Thorbjorn Jagland, secretary general of the Council of Europe, has told President Vladimir Putin that the human rights body is concerned about Russia's law requiring non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents. Jagland said Europe will watch how the Kremlin implements the law that went in effect last November, a measure requiring non-governmental organizations ...

World motorsport chief to visit Botswana

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:50:01 -0400

The president of the world motorsport governing body, Federation Internationale de I' Automobile (FIA), Jean Todt is scheduled to visit Botswana in August, Botswana Motorsport Association (BMSA) has confirmed. BMSA secretary general Joseph Khengere said Tuesday they had been in consultations with the FIA since affiliating to them earlier this year and the president will pay a visit to Botswana, ...

Oz women cricketers Down Under on top of world after hefty pay-hike

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:10:02 -0400

Cricket Australia (CA) has announced that the country's top female cricketers will now earn up to 80,000 dollars within a year. The women team has won Women's World Cup and the T20 trophy, prompting CA to consider female cricket as professional, News.com.au reports. CA chief executive James Sutherland compared the women's cricket team to the men's cricket club, saying that the association wants ...

China defeats Kazakhstan in mens volleyball tourney

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:02 -0400

Chinese national men's volleyball team defeated Kazakhstan 3-0 at the China International Men's Volleyball Tournament here. China beat Kazakhstan 25-20, 25-23, 25-16 with little difficulty Tuesday, reports Xinhua. "My team consists of young players who didn't completely obey my order, so I'm very angry," said Gilyazutdinov Rafael, the assistant coach of Kazakhstan. "Although we won the game, I ...

China to consolidate Pakistan ties Li

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:01 -0400

China would firmly consolidate and develop ties with Pakistan "no matter how the international and regional situation changes", said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang who arrived here Wednesday on an official visit to Pakistan. Li said that as he began his visit, he brought with him the Chinese people's friendship to the Pakistani people. Pakistan, a key South Asian country, has made important ...

Ukrainian clubs target Brazil winger Osvaldo

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:40:02 -0400

Brazil international winger Osvaldo is reportedly a summer transfer target of Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist Kharkiv. The 26-year-old has been in impressive form for Brazilian club Sao Paulo and has twice been capped by Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari this year, reports XInhua. Sao Paulo have reportedly already received preliminary offers for Osvaldo from both clubs, considered two of ...

Murofushi loses appeal in IOC member election

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:40:02 -0400

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed Athens Olympic champion Koji Murofushi's challenge of an International Olympic Committee's (IOC) disqualification from member election. The Japanese hammer thrower was disqualified from IOC's athletes committee member election after claims he excessively lobbied fellow athletes ahead of voting at the London Olympics, reports Xinhua. The IOC has ...

Trinindad Football hints at probe to uncover missing funds

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:01 -0400

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) has hinted that an investigation could be launched into unaccounted revenues generated by the federation from World Cup 2006. President of the TTFF Raymond Tim Kee announced Tuesday that a probe is being considered during a press conference at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, reports CMC. "From our understanding, TTFF is very much a part of ...

Oliver tops 110m hurdles at World Challenge Beijing

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:20:02 -0400

With the absence of Chinese star Liu Xiang, American David Oliver topped the men's 110-metre hurdles at the 2013 IAAF World Challenge Beijing here, while China's Li Jinzhe continued his good form and grabbed a second win in the men's long jump. Oliver, bronze medallist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Games, held off the challenge of London Olympic runner-up Jason Richardson and Jamaica's Dwight ...

15 nations for ophthalmology meet in Cuba

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:20:01 -0400

The 7th International Ophthalmology Congress, to be held here June 29-31, will draw experts from 15 countries, Xinhua reported. Over 600 Cuban experts will attend the meeting to showcase the country's latest developments in ophthalmological research. This was carried out over the past few years in conjunction with "Mission Miracle," a joint Cuba-Venezuela programme launched in 2004 to provide ...

14 closely related crocodiles existed around 5mn years ago

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:00:04 -0400

An international team of scientists have revealed that a total of 14 different crocodile species existed and at least seven of them occupied the same area at the same time about five million years ago. But today, the most diverse species of crocodile are found in northern South America and Southeast Asia. Though as many as six species of alligator and four true crocodiles exist today, no more ...

Indo-China bilateral meet on healthcare sector held at Geneva

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:50:03 -0400

Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Dr Li Bin, Minister of Health and Population, People's Republic of China met here yesterday on the sidelines of World Health Assembly to discuss the strengthening of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in healthcare sector. Congratulating Dr Li Bin for taking over as Health Minister of China, Azad stated that in view of her keen interest in ...

Pak batsman Mohd Yousuf rubbishes media reports of retirement from intl cricket

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:50:02 -0400

Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has rejected media reports which said that he has retired from international cricket. The 38-year-old cricketer said that he is already out of the Pakistan team and haven't played top class cricket for a while now, so there is no need for him to announce any retirement, reports the Daily Times. Yousuf last played for Pakistan in an ODI against South Africa in ...

On World Day UN encourages joining do one thing for diversity and inclusion campaign

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:16:48 -0400

21 May 2013 150 Visit a museum, watch a foreign film or share your traditions with someone else, the United Nations is today encouraging people to 8216;do one thing' to mark the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. "Culture, in all its diversity, can foster a sense of identity and cohesion for societies at a time of uncertainty. It is also a powerful source of ...

Over 7 million people now receiving HIV treatment in Africa - UN report

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:15:10 -0400

21 May 2013 150 The number of people in Africa receiving antiretroviral treatment increased from less than 1 million to 7.1 million over seven years, according to a United Nations report which documents the progress in the AIDS response in the world's second largest continent. "Africa has been relentless in its quest to turn the AIDS epidemic around," said the Executive Director of the Joint ...

UAE Singapore discuss global development

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:40:01 -0400

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Singapore have held talks over international development. The talks were held between UAE's minister for international cooperation and development, Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid al-Qasimi and visiting Singaporean minister for foreign affairs K. Shanmugam and his delegation. Both sides discussed ways to support efforts in international development, stimulating the ...

Amnesty International flags asylum law

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:05:58 -0400

Cabinet has presented a draft bill setting the rules for the freezing and restoring assets obtained illegally by foreign dictators and deposited in Switzerland. If approved by parliament, it will be the first law of its kind in the ...

Canada sets new aid for Peru linked to mining

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:05:18 -0400

LIMA, Peru -; Canada's prime minister has announced a new package of development aid for Peru that environmentalists are viewing warily because it is closely tied to Canadian mining investments in the South American ...

Globe artistic chief to chat Bard

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:05:14 -0400

Now the renowned director will be sharing some of what he has learned about the Bard and his plays in "Thinking Shakespeare Live!," a 90-minute presentation meant to help illuminate and demystify Shakespeare's language for actors, artists and general audiences ...

World’s biggest wave farm approved in Western Isles

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:04:12 -0400

NEW YORK: Ministers have approved plans for the world's largest commercial wave farm, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported on ...

Liberty Memorial exhibit looks at origins of First World War

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:59:49 -0400

We officially declare the opening of summer on this Memorial Day weekend, which means it’s time go outside and soak up some sun. (Don’t forget the ...

Forbes Merkel Still Worlds Most Powerful Woman

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:59:14 -0400

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has maintained her position as the most powerful woman in the world, in a ranking published Wednesday by Forbes magazine. Merkel has held the number one position on the Forbes list of the 100 most powerful women in the world for the third year in a row. The 58-year-old chancellor has been a regular on the list since her first appearance in 2006, one year ...

US House panel backs stiff new Iran sanctions

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:54:44 -0400

Iran could face tightened sanctions within months after a US congressional panel Wednesday adopted a measure targeting the nation's auto and mining industries as well as its foreign currency ...

People on the move Surviving the world’s most dangerous journey

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:53:14 -0400

When he left his home in Chiquimula, Guatemala, at 5:00 am on 31 July 2008, Alberto Donis knew he was about to make be one of the most dangerous journeys in the ...

European banks stop sending money to North Korea aid groups

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:43:37 -0400

BEIJING (Reuters) - European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank, leaving them scrambling for a solution short of hand-carrying cash into the impoverished ...

U.S. probe of Benghazi attack focused on more than five suspects

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:38:58 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An investigation of the attacks on the American diplomatic mission and nearby annex in Benghazi, Libya, last year is looking at more than five potential suspects, a U.S. national security source said on ...

World Bank proposes $150 million loan to help Jordan with refugees

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:37:39 -0400

civil war in Syria , Jordanian and World Bank board sources said on Wednesday. "The (World Bank) board should act on it in June," one source told Reuters. "Pressure on Jordan is increasing and the loan should help ease the economic burden." Close to 500,000 Syrian refugees, out of a total of 1.5 million, have sought shelter in Jordan from an escalating civil war between ...

Mall Kicks Out Women Wearing Breast Cancer Hats with Expletive

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:24:28 -0400

The King of Prussia Mall in Pennsylvania kicked out three sisters last Sunday for wearing matching hats with a message: Fu*k Cancer. Over one of the letters was a strategically placed pink breast cancer ribbon. The ladies, who spoke to the ABC News affiliate WPVI, said they were honoring their mother, who died last Tuesday of breast cancer and had battled the disease for four ...

Puerto Ricos Culebra awaits new hospital school

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:56:15 -0400

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; Puerto Rico's tiny island of Culebra has been forever dependent on the U.S. territory for food, jobs and health care, but the territory's governor is cutting some of those ...

Little done in Brazil to improve safety after fire

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:56:14 -0400

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2013 file photo, firefighters work to douse a fire at the Kiss Club in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Relatives of the victims of the nightclub fire that earlier this year killed 242 people in southern Brazil, said on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 that little has been done to improve the safety of public gathering places since the tragedy. (AP Photo/Agencia ...

Argentine leader raises cash handouts 35 percent

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:52:15 -0400

Higher prices for its multiple sclerosis drug Rebif helped German pharmaceutical and high-tech materials company Merck KGaA post a 54 percent rise in first-quarter ...

US pushes Europe to amend arms embargo on Syrian rebels

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:49:09 -0400

John Kerry , the US secretary of state, has been urging the EU to reach consensus on a change that would allow weapons to be delivered to the rebels - though without any decision to do so at this stage.Diplomatic sources said on Wednesday that Britain now has the support of France, Italy and Spain, while Germany is neutral. But Austria, Finland, Sweden and the Czech Republic are still opposed. ...

IRS official refuses to testify before Congress

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:45:46 -0400

The IRS official who oversees non-profit applications refused to testify Wednesday at a congressional panel probing abuse at the US tax agency but defiantly insisted she had done nothing ...

4 Americans killed in counterterrorism drone strikes

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:39:47 -0400

Four Americans, one in a targeted attack, have been killed by drones since 2009, said Attorney General Eric Holder. (U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Effrain ...

Lydia Davis wins $93K Man Booker International Prize

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:39:41 -0400

Lydia Davis, an American writer of short stories --some of them just a single line long -- has won the 60,000 ($93,230 Cdn) Man Booker International Prize. She was named the winner in London Wednesday, coming out ahead of nine international contenders. Davis, 65, has written nine collections of short stories and one ...

Karl vomits after worlds hottest pie

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:33:24 -0400

The world's hottest chilli pie has claimed another victim after Today show co-host Ben Fordham got one over serial prankster Karl Stefanovic. Courtesy: Channel ...

Exclusive Glencore Trafigura deals with Iran may have skirted sanctions - U.N.

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:33 -0400

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential U.N. Panel of Experts report seen by Reuters on ...

US IDs 4 Americans Killed by Drones

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:27 -0400

Attorney General Eric Holder has disclosed in a letter to Congress that four Americans were killed by U.S. drones in the course of the government's attacks on terrorists. "Since 2009, the United States, in the conduct of U.S. counterterrorism operations against al-Qaida and its associated forces outside of areas of active hostilities, has specifically targeted and killed one U.S. ...

Octogenarians Compete for Oldest-Everest-Climber Record

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:26 -0400

Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, 80, left, is hoping to become the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest, breaking the record for the oldest person to climb the mountain, currently held by Nepal's Min Bahadur Sherchan, right, who reached the summit at the age of 76, in ...

Bill Nye Jabs Sen. Jim Inhofe on Climate Change

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:26 -0400

Early Tuesday morning Nye wondered what Oklahoma senator and well-known climate change denier Jim Inhofe thought about the tornado that devastated Moore, ...

Watch Biden Welcomes Grads to Greatest Coast Guard the World Has Ever Seen

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:26 -0400

Thank you very much -- -- thank you so very very much. Let me -- before began that. -- your words that are. Hearts go and our prayers. Are said for of the people of Oklahoma. Particularly moral problem. Secretary of -- Toronto as the media comment on -- -- was. Scheduled to be here today. I met were there yesterday the situation room. Relative to the situation in. -- Oklahoma. And -- she asked me ...

Chuck E. Cheese Killer Gets Reprieve

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:25 -0400

U.S. Supreme Court on Feb .19, 2013 denied convicted killer Nathan Dunlap's appeal of his death sentence, moving closer the likely execution of the man who killed four in an Aurora Chuck E. Cheese restaurant nearly 19 years ...

Opposition Groups Call for Swaziland Election Boycott

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:51:47 -0400

King of Swaziland Mswati III (Front) and one of his 13 wives disembark from a plane after arriving at Katunayake International airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 13, 2012. ...

Vatican releases first report of financial watchdog

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:51:20 -0400

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Under pressure from global financial circles, the Vatican has published its first annual report from its financial watchdog agency.It also announced new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing.The Vatican created the oversight agency in 2010 in an effort to shake its image as a secretive tax haven and improve its reputation in global financial circles. ...

UN expanding mine action work in Mali

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:50:07 -0400

UNMAS Mali is training and working with local Malian military and police to clear landmines and unexploded ordinance in the northern part of the country. Photo: UNMAS/Marc ...

South African Government Contribution to Fully Fund World Champ Swim Team

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:48:11 -0400

By Neville Smith, ZwemZaJOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 22. SPORT Minister Fikile Mbalula has announced has announced that his department will offer financial assistance to the cash strapped national swimming federation Swimming South Africa.The R2,7million sponsorship will help the national team's campaign at the forthcoming FINA World Swimming Championships that will take place in ...

IAEA report Iran expands nuclear technology

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:47:36 -0400

Herman Nackaerts, left, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, shakes hands with Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, after their talks at the permanent mission of Iran in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. U.N. nuclear agency officials are meeting with Iranian counterparts in a renewed attempt ...

Argentine Indians ask president for their lands

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:47:35 -0400

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -; Argentina's Qom Indians have asked President Cristina Fernandez for help in recovering some of their ancestral ...

Egypt leader claims victory in captives release

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:47:35 -0400

This image made from video broadcast on Egyptian State Television shows members of the Egyptian security forces after their release by kidnappers, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors Wednesday after successful mediation, the country's military ...

Forbes Womens Summit 2013 Some of the Worlds Most Influential Women Share Insights and Lessons Learned

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:29 -0400

Earlier this month, Forbes was proud to bring together more than 300 of the most influential women in the world - across generations - to discuss the dynamic ways in which they're accelerating change by embracing innovation and disruption -- and collectively, redefining power. They didn't disappoint. Participants of the ...

London terror attack leaves 1 dead near barracks

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:26:39 -0400

LONDON (AP) -- In a brutal daylight attack which raised fears that terrorism had returned to London, two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death near a military barracks Wednesday before police wounded them in a ...

London attack

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:25:38 -0400

>Are you there? Send us your photos, videosLondon (CNN) -- They first hit the man, thought to be a British soldier, with a car in broad daylight. Then the two attackers hacked him to death and dumped his body in the middle of a southeastern London road. As the victim -- dressed in what appeared to be a T-shirt for Help for Heroes, a charity that helps military veterans -- lay prone, one of the ...

London attack

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:25:38 -0400

Holy See to 66th World Health Assembly

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:21:35 -0400

Here is the intervention by the Holy See delegation to the 66th World Health Assembly. The meeting is under way in Geneva, Switzerland. The address by Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, the representative of the Holy See, was given ...

EU approves sending border security advisers to Libya

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:20:52 -0400

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments approved a mission on Wednesday to help Libya improve its border security in response to concerns that Islamist militants and weapons move freely across the North African country's ...

U.S. says four Americans have been killed in counterterrorism operations

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:20:52 -0400

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on ''Oversight of the United States Department of Justice'' on Capitol Hill in Washington May 15, ...

Take A Breathtaking Trip Around The World In 15 Minutes

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:20:06 -0400

9 NASA's Landsat satellites have provided incomparable views of Earthen landscapes since the 1970s. In February, the newest satellite to join the family, called the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, took flight, and thanks to its new imaging technology, the Operational Land Imager, the images of land-masses are more detailed than ever. A recently released video of a fly-over of a swath of ...

Is Pope Francis an exorcist

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:13 -0400

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis' fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped "liberate" a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican's insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old husband and father who traveled to Rome from Mexico to attend ...

Graphic video knife-wielding suspect talks to camera

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:07 -0400

Warning: graphic video. A man with bloodied hands and knives appears in amateur video that shows the immediate aftermath of an attack in southeast London in which a man was ...

Mass. Boy Takes Geography Bee

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:16:53 -0400

Passion for geography runs deep in Sathwik Karnik's family. When he was about 6, his mother began challenging Sathwik and his older brother, Karthik, to her own version of hide-and-seek -- using an atlas. The boys would comb through the book, trying to be the first to find a city or landmark. The games paid off when Karthik, now 15, made the finals of the National Geographic Bee in ...

Facebook Teens Weary of Drama

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:16:52 -0400

Pew study shows that teenage users have been moving some of their online sharing to other social media services like Twitter and Instagram to escape the "drama and pressure" of Facebook. The study does still list Facebook as the most often used service (81 percent of teens answered this way) and number one for active accounts (94 percent of teens said they currently have a Facebook ...

Twitter Beefs Up User Security

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:16:52 -0400

the Associated Press' account was taken over by hackers who told the media outlet's millions of followers that bombs had exploded at the White House. Starting today, though, Twitter users will have an added security feature intended to help prevent those types of hacks. The social network has rolled out a log in, or two-step, verification process, which requires users to confirm ...

6 Still Missing Amid Tornado Damage

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:16:51 -0400

Eric Lowery looks over damage to his mother's vehicle after it was blown from her workplace and came to rest on the debris of a nearby collapsed building in Moore, Okla., May 23, ...

International markets roundup

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:16:14 -0400

A roundup of trading on major world markets:NEW YORK - US stocks ended lower after a choppy day of trading, as the market weighed exit signals on the Federal Reserve's exceptionally loose monetary policy.At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 81.18 (0.53 per cent) to 15,306.40.The broad-based S&P 500 gave up 13.86 (0.83 per cent) at 1,655.30, while the tech-rich ...

TRNC hosts an international sports event

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:14:02 -0400

The 1st Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) University Sports Games is taking place in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).Turkish Youth & Sports Minister Suat Kilic who attended the opening ceremony of the event in Lefkosa on Tuesday said that this event was a ray of hope for ending the embargoes on TRNC.Athletes from seven countries are participating in the first international ...

3-D printer helps save dying baby

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:13:11 -0400

>Editor's note: "Life's Work" features innovators and pioneers who are making a difference in the world of medicine.(CNN) -- When he was 6 weeks old, Kaiba Gionfriddo lay flat on a restaurant table, his skin turning blue. He had stopped breathing. His father, Bryan, was furiously pumping his chest, trying to get air into his son's lungs. Within 30 minutes, Kaiba was admitted to a local ...

Immigration agent unions go rogue

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:05:28 -0400

>Editor's note: Ruben Navarrette is a CNN contributor and a nationally syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group. Follow him on Twitter: @rubennavarrette. San Diego (CNN) -- Welcome to the chaotic Department of Homeland Security. Two unions -- representing nearly 20,000 DHS employees -- recently joined forces to publicly oppose the Senate immigration reform bill from the ...

China milk powder firms court foreign cachet for domestic gains

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:59:56 -0400

By Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI | Wed May 22, 2013 4:59pm EDT SHANGHAI May 23 (Reuters) - The rolling green hills and gurgling blonde toddlers in the ads for Yashili International Holdings Ltd underscore how keen China's biggest milk powder producers are to appear global to emerge from the shadow of a fatal baby formula scandal. The 2008 incident, which involved melamine-tainted milk ...

London attack

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:43:19 -0400

UK officials Radical Islam drives London attack

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:41:23 -0400

Two U.K. government officials say a brutal attack that left one man dead near a London military barracks appears to have been motivated by radical Islam. Two men apparently attacked another man near ...

Political participation by indigenous peoples in Latin America still low - UN report

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:40:05 -0400

Print 22 May 2013 &#150 Indigenous peoples in Latin America have undergone an unprecedented mobilization in the past 20 years, but political participation, particularly among women, is still low, the United Nations said in a new report released today. Intercultural Citizenship – Contributions from the political participation of indigenous peoples in Latin America, released by the UN ...

Streamlined News Analyzing USA Diving World Team

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:38:02 -0400

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 22. USA Diving yesterday named 15 athletes to participate in the world championships in Barcelona this summer, including Olympic champion David Boudia, who will compete in just the individual 10-meter event, and Troy Dumais, who is going to his eighth world championships and will be in the synchro 3-meter event. Like Boudia and Dumais, Ipsen won a medal at the London ...

Colombia 9 soldiers killed by in rebel attack

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:37:21 -0400

BOGOTA, Colombia -; At least nine Colombian soldiers were killed in an attack with homemade explosives by the country's second-largest leftist rebel band, the military said ...

Mount Moriah On World Cafe

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:34:33 -0400

Mount Moriah is a rock band formed around the duo of guitarist Jenks Miller and singer Heather McEntire. Its second full-length album, the ...

International markets roundup

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:34:14 -0400

A ROUNDUP of trading on major world markets: NEW YORK - US stocks ended lower after a choppy day of trading, as the market weighed exit signals on the Federal Reserve's exceptionally loose monetary policy. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 81.18 (0.53 per cent) to 15,306.40. The broad-based S&P 500 gave up 13.86 (0.83 per cent) at 1,655.30, while the tech-rich ...

Hizb ut-Tahrir Releases Industrial policy for the Khilafah Making Khilafah the Worlds Leading Industrialized State

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:32:28 -0400

Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah Pakistan has issued a Publicized Policy Position (PPP) regarding the subject of establishing the industrial requirements for the Khilafah as the world's leading state. Although Pakistan has huge material resources, a young, bright and lively population and has been included within the "next eleven" economies in the world regarding its potential, its industry ...

Containerized Exports From Europe to North America at Eight-Month High

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:43 -0400

Containerized export volume from Europe to North America reached 322,300 20-foot-equivalent units in March, its highest volume since July 2012 and the second highest volume in this lane since the JOC began collecting this data in January 2011, according to data from Container Trades Statistics, ...

Google boss calls for a rational and predictable international tax system

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:29:50 -0400

Google boss Eric Schmidt, explaining his firm's tax affairs, says: 'Virtually all the American companies have tax structures like this, and UK companies operating in the US do too.' Photograph: Olivia ...

Bill Gates Takes Back Title Of Worlds Richest Bumping Carlos Slim

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:29:18 -0400

Bill Gates is once again the world's richest person, thanks in large part to a slide over the past few days in the price of Mexican stocks. Gates bumps Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim from his perch as world's richest, a post Slim has held for the past four years. The swap happened at the end of the trading day on Monday, after America Movil shares dropped 0.24% from Friday's ...

Icelands new eurosceptic government vows EU referendum

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:26:34 -0400

The two parties that emerged victorious from Iceland's general election in April announced Wednesday they had agreed to form a government and vowed to hold a referendum on EU ...

Am. Samoa to keep flier miles for govt travelers

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:24:31 -0400

By FILI SAGAPOLUTELEAssociated Press PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) - American Samoa plans to take away frequent flier miles from government workers who travel on behalf of the U.S. territory. Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga says the territory will use the miles to help medical patients travel off-island when needed, or help students travel for educational programs. Moliga says Hawaiian Airlines ...

Face transplant quickest ever

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:21:03 -0400

A 33-year-old Polish man has received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident in what his doctors have described as the fastest time frame to date for such an ...

10 powerful women making news

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:20:06 -0400

A look at some of the world's most influential female newsmakers, all of whom grace Forbes magazine's annual list of the planet's top 100 powerful ...

Still pushing the boat out The Venice Art Biennale is the wackiest cultural show in the world

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:17:30 -0400

Remember the paradise island of Tuvalu, the small Commonwealth territory where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge danced in native costumes during the Jubilee tour last year? Tavalu's entry for the Venice Art Biennale next week will see artist Vincent J F Huang raising awareness of the climate crisis engulfing the island with his massive oil pump interactive/slaughter machine. People fill up ...

Assange accuser demands action

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:13:10 -0400

ONE of the two Swedish women who have accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sex crimes has urged Sweden's government to put pressure on Ecuador to hand him over to the Swedish justice ...

Europe stocks erase losses after Bernanke comments

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:12:06 -0400

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets reversed and turned higher in afternoon action on Wednesday, after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that ending the bank's loose policy stance now ...

New Book Promotes World Youth Day

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:10:58 -0400

In anticipation of this July's World Youth Day in Rio, a book has been released to share the story of World Youth Day and to inspire more young people to ...

Russian punk band member starts hunger strike to protest court ruling

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:10:17 -0400

1 of 10. Jailed Pussy Riot punk rock group member Maria Alyokhina is seen on a monitor, as she takes part in a video conference from the penal colony, inside the courtroom during a hearing in the town of Berezniki May 22, ...

Serbia Kosovo agree way forward on plan to normalize ties

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:10:17 -0400

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Serbia and Kosovo agreed in principle on Wednesday on a plan to implement an historic accord to settle their relations, a step that strengthens Serbia's chances of getting the go-ahead next month to start talks on joining the European ...

Video Volcanos rumbles may signal coming to life

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:37 -0400

A plane carrying 140 people caught on fire when landing at an airport in Moscow, Russia. No one was injured. Video shows passengers fleeing the aircraft via emergency exits, then jumping from the wing, while firefighters attempt to extinguish the ...

Man dead in truly shocking London attack terrorism suspected

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:32 -0400

Police officers man a cordoned-off area in Woolwich, southeast London, May 22, 2013, following an incident in which a man was killed and two others were seriously ...

Watch Weiwei Rants Against State Control in Music Video

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:06:20 -0400

A Chinese artist and activist has released heavy metal music video meant to depict his detention. In a Chinese prison I -- -- made this video called dominant showing two guards who watch him while ...

Man Hacked Dead in Suspected Terror Attack

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:06:19 -0400

Police officers carry equipment while investigating a crime scene of an apparent attack that left one man confirmed dead and two people wounded near Woolwich barracks in London, May 22, ...

Tech Giant SAP Recruiting Autistic Workers

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:06:08 -0400

PHOTO: CO-CEOs of SAP AG Bill McDermott, right, and Jim Hagemann Snabe during the annual results press conference on Jan. 23, 2013 in Walldorf, ...

Suspect shot after talking on camera

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:56:04 -0400

>Are you there? Send us your photos, videosLondon (CNN) -- A man thought to be a serving British soldier was killed by two armed men in a frenzied attack on a London street Wednesday, in what the government is treating as a suspected act of terrorism. Witnesses told of a gruesome scene in which the man was hit by a car, then hacked with cleavers and his body dumped in the middle of the road in ...

Helen Mirren Steps in for Queen to Grant Dying Boys Wish

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:55:55 -0400

Helen Mirren , acting as the Queen, stepped in to have tea with the boy. Mirren paid for 10-year-old Oliver Burton, from Leicester, England, and his parents to attend her West End show, where she plays the Queen. Afterward, she invited them backstage and had her butler serve them tea, while Oliver played with her Corgis. ';She stayed in character for the whole thing. Oliver ...

Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:55:35 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A key House committee chairman says a wide-ranging immigration bill just passed by a Senate committee falls far short of what is needed to end the problem of illegal ...

Mexico cartel dominates torches western state

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:55:32 -0400

LA RUANA, Mexico (AP) -- The western Mexico state of Michoacan is burning. A drug cartel that takes its name from an ancient monastic order has set fire to lumber yards, packing plants and passenger buses in a medieval-like reign of ...

How to help kids recover from twister

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:40:55 -0400

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

Kiwis booked on worlds first commercial space flight

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:32:30 -0400

A number of Kiwis have already stumped up a total of more than $1.8 million to book a place on the world's first commercial space flight. Virgin Galactic hopes to be taking commercial flights outside of the earth's atmosphere by 2014. Eight New Zealanders have signed up with House of Travel already. Expert agent Stephen Parsons has visited the operating port of the ...

European Leaders Take Steps in Cracking Down on Tax Fraud

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:31:08 -0400

PARIS -- The European Union has announced a series of measures to crack down on tax avoidance and fraud, including the automatic exchange of bank information to catch cheats. European Union President Herman Van Rompuy hailed as "unprecedented" a series of measures against tax evasion agreed to Wednesday by the bloc's 27 leaders during a brief summit in Brussels. Among them: ...

Security Council Adopting Resolution 2103 Extends Mandate of United Nations Presence in Guinea-Bissau by One Year

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:44 -0400

Acting on the recommendation of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) for one year, deciding also to readjust its presence so it could help the West African nation restore constitutional order following the 2012 military coup and hold elections by the end of ...

Security Council extends UN political mission in Guinea-Bissau

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:42 -0400

the mandate of the United Nations political mission in Guinea-Bissau to assist in finding solutions to the political and economic crisis being exacerbated by additional challenges posed by transnational crime, in particular drug trafficking and money laundering. The 15-member council voted unanimously to extend through 31 May 2014 the work of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in ...

Guinea UN official initiates consultations between Government opposition leaders

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:28 -0400

Print 22 May 2013 &#150 A United Nations envoy today convened a consultative meeting in the Guinean capital, Conakry, between the Prime Minister and opposition leaders, pressing ahead with UN efforts to assist the parties in resolving differences over preparations for stalled legislative elections and other contentious issues through peaceful means. Said Djinnit, the Special Representative ...

Europe targets Switzerland in fight against bank secrecy

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:24 -0400

Reuters © (L-R) Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras listens to Austria's Chancellor Werner Faymann and Latvia's Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis as they pose for a family photo during a European Union leaders summit in Brussels May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Laurent ...

World FBI Man shot dead during Boston bombings questioning

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:26:49 -0400

A friend of the dead man identified him to local media as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev, who had previously lived in Boston and knew Tsarnaev, the older of the two brothers suspected of planting two bombs at the marathon on April 15. Three people were killed and 264 injured in the ...

Global local issues for Iran in upcoming election

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:26:24 -0400

Main domestic and international issues facing Iran ahead of its June 14 presidential election: --- NUCLEAR QUESTION: Four rounds of revived talks between Iran and world powers since last year have produced no important headway in the Tehran's impasse with the West. The U.S. and allies worry Iran's uranium enrichment could lead to atomic weapons, which could shift the balance of power ...

Police arrest Dominican accused of raping 60 women

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:26:24 -0400

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -; Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested a man suspected of raping at least 60 women in the past two ...

Georgian ex-prime minister jailed for 2 months

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:26:23 -0400

TBILISI, Georgia -; A court in Georgia has ordered that a former prime minister be held in jail for two months pending trial on charges of embezzlement and abuse of ...

Toronto mayors brother delivers defense of Ford

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:26:22 -0400

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford enters a council meeting about casino proposals at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday, a close ally of Ford, said Wednesday, May 22, 2013 that Ford has followed legal advice in remaining silent about a purported video that appears to show him smoking crack cocaine. Holyday is urging Ford to address the video. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, ...

Irans Ahmadinejad looks to outsider options

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:26:20 -0400

In this picture taken on Saturday, May 11, 2013, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, and his close ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei wave to journalists as they arrive at the election headquarters of the interior ministry for registering Masheaei's candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, in Tehran, Iran. By now, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is well accustomed to enduring blows ...

21st Anniversary of Cubas Hemingway International Yacht Club

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

Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) In the middle of the preparations of the 63rd International Fishing Tournament Ernest Hemingway, the attendees include in their programs the celebrations for the yacht club that also bears the name of the American writer today. The Hemingway International Yacht Club organizes a meeting for tomorrow to remember its creation, which sponsor the tournament with the ...

Palestinians have little faith in Kerry effort

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:22:07 -0400

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks during a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, right, in Amman Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and its Arab and European allies will step up their support for Syrias opposition to help them fight for the freedom of their country if President Bashar Assads regime ...

Saudi Qaeda plotters get long jail terms

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:19:16 -0400

Riyadh - A Saudi court sentenced eight citizens to jail terms of between 10 and 25 years on Wednesday after convicting them of plotting for Al-Qaeda, state news agency SPA ...

How Nathan Myhrvolds Modernist Cuisine Became the Worlds Most Influential -- and Profitable -- Cookbook

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:21 -0400

T he most unromantic dinner for two in the history of epic eating recently went down outside Seattle. The participants: me and Nathan Myhrvold, the legendary technologist who, armed with the tens of millions he earned helping Bill Gates popularize software at Microsoft, has reinvented himself as the world's most renowned food scientist. The setting: his sprawling laboratory, where he ...

Cloud makes a world of difference

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:21 -0400

/enpproperty--> Want to visit a fortune teller? There is a digital one at the ongoing 16th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo. "By inputting the name of your micro blog, the cloud terminal can read your micro blog and immediately figure out your personality, hobbies, habits, personal relationships and popularity," said Lei Tao, CEO of Skycloud. This is the third time ...

Trip to Europe elevates relations

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:19 -0400

Li Keqiang 's visits to Switzerland and Germany show the importance that China's new leadership attaches to relations with Europe, observers said. "Europe and China are indeed more and more dependent on each other for their current and future development," Nicola Casarini, research fellow at the EU Institute for Security Studies, told China Daily. "The euro crisis and ...

Europe faces decade of stagnation if no reforms Bank of Canada chief

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:14:48 -0400

MONTREAL--Europe faces a "decade of stagnation" if it does not move on momentous reforms to put its fiscal house back in order, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned ...

Europes main markets decline on British data

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:14:47 -0400

LONDON/HONG KONG--Europe's main stock markets fell on Wednesday, with London and sterling in focus following Bank of England minutes and mixed British data, and ahead of key testimony by U.S. Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke later in the ...

Europe steps up tax fight

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:08:16 -0400

European leaders took the fight to tax cheats Wednesday with a pledge to share bank account data across the European Union and accelerate initiatives to tackle abuse by ...

Even top Europe steel firms at risk unless output cut

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:02:21 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - The European steel sector in under pressure to cut production quickly as overcapacity and weak global demand threaten even some of the most important plants, the chief executive of Italian steel manufacturer ...

Terror fear as soldier hacked to death

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:57 -0400

A MAN thought to be a serving soldier has been killed near a barracks in London, while two alleged suspects are in a serious condition after being shot by ...

Crack-smoking mayor urged to speak

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:56 -0400

A CLOSE ally of Rob Ford said the Toronto mayor has followed legal advice in remaining silent about a purported video that appears to show him smoking crack ...

Sisters are youngest Oklahoma victims

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:53 -0400

Mrs Vargyas is apparently too distraught to speak.The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified 23 of the 24 victims and that 10 of those killed are children.The very youngest is 4-month-old Case Futrell who died from head injuries.The eight other children ranged in age from 4 years old to 9 years old. Of those, six were suffocated. The other two died from massive ...

Afghan cricket captains dad abducted

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:51 -0400

UNKNOWN gunmen have dragged the father of Afghanistan's cricket captain from his car on the outskirts of Jalalabad city and have taken him hostage, officials ...

Face transplant saves mans life

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:49 -0400

A 33-YEAR-OLD Polish man has received a life-saving total face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said is the fastest timeframe to date for such an ...

Rinehart more powerful than Beyonce

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:48 -0400

German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped Forbes's list of the world's most powerful women for the third consecutive year, followed by Brazil's Dilma Rousseff. They were followed by Melinda Gates - who co-chairs the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with her billionaire philanthropist husband - US First Lady Michelle Obama and former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton.Ms Rinehart ...

The 1 Equation Investors Need to Know to Understand the World Today

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:47 -0400

4 Global Transitions/4 Global Experiments = 1 Unusual Market Confused about the markets? Don't be. All you need is the above equation to understand the recent past, the present and what may lie ahead. Let me explain. Five years after the financial crisis, the global economy is attempting four major, multi-year transitions. Each is consequential; and, together, they speak to historical ...

Fighting in Sudans Darfur region displaces 300000 U.N. aid chief

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:28 -0400

OUTSIDE EL FASHER, Sudan (Reuters) - About 300,000 people have fled their homes due to a surge in fighting in Sudan's Darfur region this year and are now living in terrible conditions and short of food, the United Nations aid chief said on ...

Striking Kenyan truckers block east Africas main trade route

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:27 -0400

Mombasa (Reuters) - Kenyan truckers blocked the only highway from the port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi on Wednesday, threatening to choke the main trade artery to east Africa unless officials reverted to the old way of weighing ...

Colombian rebels deny kidnapping two Spaniards

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:27 -0400

HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC rebels on Wednesday denied accusations that they were holding two Spanish tourists who authorities say were kidnapped in the South American country last ...

Mexican volcano on verge of eruption

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:44 -0400

A cloud of ash belches out of Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano, some 35 miles from Mexico City, May 20, 2013. Authorities have raised the alert level to "Yellow Phase Three," the fifth of a seven-stage warning system, restricting access to an area of about seven miles around the volcano while preparing evacuation routes and ...

Video People cling to car in sidewalk skiing stunt

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:43 -0400

Top 10 Highest-Paid CEOs

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:53:58 -0400

Leslie Moonves, who was paid $60 million, is the highest-paid CEO of S&P 500 companies with chief executives who have served at least two full ...

How Do You Pronounce GIF Anyways

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:53:57 -0400

Image credit: Courtesy The Webby Awards ';It’s pronounced ‘JIF,’ not ‘GIF.’'; Those are the words of GIF creator Steve Wilhite, who finally settled the pronunciation debate Tuesday night as he accepted his Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Webby Award show in New York City, hosted by comedian Patton Oswalt. That’s right, it’s ...

22 People Weather Twister in Bank Vault

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:53:56 -0400

Fourteen employees of the Tinker Federal Credit Union and eight others rode out the tornado in the credit union's bank vault in Moore, Okla., May 20, ...

Pizza Delivery to Afghanistan Troops Sets Guinness Record

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:53:52 -0400

(Image credit: Laurie Manzardo Photography) A pizza mission to U.S. military service members in Afghanistan has made the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest pizza ...

BP to invest $2.85bn in Iraqs largest oilfield

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:53:31 -0400

Oil major BP has allocated $2.85 billion to develop Iraq's Rumaila oilfield in 2013, up from $2.2 billion last year, the head of the joint management committee for the field told Reuters On ...

Why dont they have basements

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:49 -0400

>Country star Toby Keith tours the damage in his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma on 'AC360' tonight, 8pm ET. (CNN) -- It's one of the most familiar pieces of advice from authorities to people in the path of a tornado: Get into your basement. Yet few homes in the Oklahoma City area have them -- even though that state is hit by far more powerful tornadoes than most others. "Probably less than one ...

Why dont they have basements

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:49 -0400

Why dont they have basements

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:49 -0400

Why dont they have basements

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Iraq gets final helicopter delivery

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:13 -0400

The U.S. Army reports its Project Office for Armed Scout Helicopters has completed deliveries of 407 Bell Helicopters to Iraq. The final delivery consisted of three aircraft, bringing the number of armed 407s handed over to Iraq by the Army's Redstone Arsenal to 24. "First, our Army is providing an armed scout capability to our allies in the country of Iraq," said Lt. Col. Chris ...

Doi Tatishvili advance on upsets at Strasbourg International

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:09 -0400

Misaki Doi and Anna Tatishvili claimed upset wins Wednesday in second-round play of the Strasbourg International tennis tournament in France. Doi ousted fourth-seeded Hsieh 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3). Doi won three more points (119-116) than Hsieh in the match, fewer than the four point-difference by which she won the tiebreaker. Tatishvili took out ...

Cameron Indications London attack terror

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:43:36 -0400

Two men attacked another man near a London military barracks on Wednesday. One man died and the two others believed to be have weapons were shot by ...

Noxilizers first CFO to focus on fundraising international growth

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:36:14 -0400

Noxilizer is looking to grow its international footprint. Noxilizer Inc.'s new (and first) chief financial officer said he will be focusing on raising money for the company as it seeks to grow its international footprint. David Chaskin will be responsible for the Baltimore sterilization companys finances and helping close its next fundraising round. Noxilizer began the fundraising round with ...

International Watchdog Iran Expands Nuclear Activities

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:17:34 -0400

The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has made a significant step toward building a reactor that Western experts say could provide a second path to possibly producing material for a nuclear ...

Majid Al Futtaim acquires full ownership of Carrefour in the Middle East

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:15:13 -0400

Carrefour 's 25 per cent stake in its hypermarket business for EUR530 million (Dh2.50 billion). Under the deal signed today, Majid Al Futtaim will own 100 per cent of Majid Al Futtaim Hypermarkets' shares, the Dubai-based retailer said in a statement. At the same time, MAF extended its exclusive franchise partnership with the Carrefour Group until 2025. The pair have been partners ...

El Salvador president meets pope amid Romero hopes

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:13:10 -0400

VATICAN CITY -; El Salvador's president meets with Pope Francis on Thursday amid mounting indications that the stars have finally aligned to move slain Archbishop Oscar Romero onto the first key stage on the path toward possible ...

Congo fighting persists as UN chief arrives

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:13:08 -0400

FILE -In this Nov. 29, 2012 file photo, Congolese government troops patrol near Minova in eastern Congo. Fighting between M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day Tuesday, May 21, 2013, near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma, in clashes that have so far killed 20 people, all of them either soldiers or rebels, officials said. Peace talks reached a dead end in recent weeks, ...

Argentine dictator Videlas burial protested

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:13:02 -0400

FILE - In this March 24, 1977 file photo, Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla is seen commemorating the first anniversary of the military coup in Asuncion, Argentina. The former Argentine dictator died of natural causes Friday, May 17, 2013, while serving life sentences at the Marcos Paz prison for crimes against humanity. Videla took power in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of ...

Bahrain opposition group snubs crisis talks

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:13:00 -0400

MANAMA, Bahrain -; Bahrain's main Shiite opposition group says it will temporarily boycott talks aimed at easing the Gulf nation's more than two-year unrest because of increased crackdowns by security ...

Israeli air force chief warns of Syrian attacks

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:12:58 -0400

JERUSALEM -; Israel's air force chief warned Wednesday that tensions with Syria could escalate into a "surprise war" and that Israel needs to be ...

World Goth Day Going Dark

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:12:10 -0400

May 22, 2013 1:20 PM ET World Goth Day is an annual worldwide event that celebrates goth music, fashion and art on May 22nd. It began in 2009 as Goth Day, started by two DJs from the BBC, the superbly named Martin OldGoth and Cruel Britannia. Rather than have it on Halloween they chose May, so goths could stand apart from others just dressing up to be cheeky. Many think of goth as ...

Animated Image Creator Gave The World A Jift Not A Gift

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:11:59 -0400

technology from the 1980s. In those days (around 1987) it was difficult to transfer the kinds of images we see today through telephone wires, much less post such an image on a website. Mr. Wilhite was working with CompuServe at the time, one of the earliest Internet Service Providers, and decided to tackle the problem of images on the web. His company originally wanted a format they could use to ...

Costa Rican volcano spews ash smoke

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:09:02 -0400

In this image provided by the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica, the Turrialba volcano emits an ash-filled gas plume in Costa Rica, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Park rangers activated a green alert, the lowest of three levels, after the Turrialba volcano rumbled loudly and emitted thick clouds of ...

MSC to Raise Asia-Europe Rates

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:07:03 -0400

will also increase rates for all dry and refrigerated cargo on its trade from Limassol, Cyprus, to any destination in the Far East, beginning June 1.The hike will be $100 per ...

Sent down at the Old Bailey A tour of the worlds most famous court

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:06:00 -0400

Few people these days get to see "dead man's walk" at the Old Bailey - where for hundreds of years convicts were led out to be executed outside on the site of the old Newgate Prison - and those that do give it little attention. Increasing numbers of workmen will soon begin passing through similarly hidden parts of the Central Criminal Court, however, as it begins a 37m ...