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North Korea launches threatened missile

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:23:08 -0400

North Korea has fired three short-range missiles from its east coast. South Korean officials have been carefully monitoring the missile firings as tensions rise again in the Korean Peninsula. The missiles were fired on Saturday morning and afternoon in a north-east direction. Analysts have said the missiles were not as dangerous as the intermediate-range missiles which Pyongyang had ...

Violence flares throughout Iraq

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:20:47 -0400

Violence has erupted in many areas of Iraq. On Saturday morning eight people, including a police officer, his wife and children, were killed by gunmen who also kidnapped ten security force personnel in the Rashid area, south of Baghdad. The gunmen first broke into the home of the local administrator, killing one of his guards. They then moved on to the nearby house of Captain Adnan ...

Cell phone surveillance powers loosened in US

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:18:32 -0400

A federal judge in the US has given law agents permission to track people's mobile phones without a warrant. New York judge Gary Brown has ruled that law enforcement agents can conduct cell phone surveillance against people who forget to turn their phones off. In a written ruling, he said: "Given the ubiquity and celebrity of geo-location technologies, an individual has no legitimate ...

US general takes action against sexual assault

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:16:25 -0400

A top general has warned that Washington is facing a crisis due to the scandal of sexual assaults in the country's military. The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey has called for the Obama administration to heed his warning, saying the country is in danger of losing women soldiers. During the week, US President Barack Obama met with General Dempsey, Defense ...

France still unsure about gay marriage

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:13:38 -0400

France has legalised same-sex marriage, becoming the 14th country to do so. President Francois Hollande signed the bill into law following months of bitter political debate, including a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition. On Friday the Constitutional Council threw out the challenge, allowing the president to sign the documents. The legislation also legalises gay adoption. ...

Cigarette smuggling ring with terror links busted in New York

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:38:55 -0400

NEW YORK - Authorities in New York are claiming to have busted a multi-million cigarette smuggling ring and arrested at least 16 Palestinian immigrants having alleged links with known terror organisations. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and NYPD Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly Thursday said that the 16 members of the criminal ring in New York City, Albany County and Schenectady County ...

Obama turns table on Republicans, seeks more money for security at embassies

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:34:14 -0400

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has called for more security at American embassies around the world, urging Congress to help him "as a partner" to fully fund the State Department in this regard. By seeking Congress support for stepping up the security at embassies, Obama has turned the tables on Republicans amid criticism that the government's response to Benghazi attack on a US ...

Dozens killed in Iraq bomb blasts

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:20:50 -0400

BAGHDAD - Scores of people were killed in Iraq Friday, in a day marked by several bombings including two outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba after Friday prayers, killing at least 43 worshipers in one of the deadliest attacks in a month-long surge in sectarian violence. One bomb exploded as worshippers were departing the Saria mosque in the city of Baquba while a second ...

Boston suspect scribbled note in boat while hidding from police

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:44:22 -0400

NEW YORK - Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled a note in a boat he hid in while the manhunt was on, saying the attacks were retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and described the victims as "collateral damage". Tsarnaev wrote the note with a marker in the boat, describing the Boston victims "collateral damage" in the same way Muslims have been ...

Syria receives advanced cruise missile batteries from Russia

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:39:06 -0400

WASHINGTON - Russia has sent advanced anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria in a move that underscores its support to the beleaguered regime of President Bashar Al Assad in the war-torn Arab nation, officials citing credible intelligence reports said here. The New York Times reported Friday that the new missiles sent to Syria have an advanced radar system that makes them "more effective". ...

Energy Department gives nod for more US LNG exports

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:28:40 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Energy Department Friday gave a conditional nod authorizing Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction, LLC (Freeport) to set up a second facility for export of domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. The approval means that gas-hungry markets like Japan and India could start ...

Minor setback reported on Nippon's test flight of Dreamliner

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:28:04 -0400

TOKYO - Japan's All Nippon Airways said Friday a modified Dreamliner had suffered a "minor" setback while conducting a test flight of an aircraft this month, but assured it was not due to overheating of lithium batteries. All Nippon Airways, the Japanese airline that is the largest operator of Boeing's beleaguered Dreamliner, said an electric distribution panel overheated and blackened during ...

Three days after closure Bangladesh factories reopen

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:34:08 -0400

DHAKA - Bangladesh has re-opened hundreds of garment factories after just three days of closure following protests over pay and poor work conditions. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association had called for the re-opening on Friday. The shutdown of factories this week was prompted by worker protests over low pay and poor working conditions sparked by the country's worst ...

Developing nations set to dominate global investments says World Bank

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:44 -0400

WASHINGTON - The share of developing countries led by China and India in global investment is expected to triple by 2030 to three-fifths, from one-fifth in 2000, says the latest edition of the World Bank's Global Development Horizons (GDH) report, which explores patterns of investment, saving and capital flows as they are likely to evolve over the next two decades. Seventeen years from now, ...

Morrisons signs deal to use Ocado logistics facility

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

LONDON - Morrisons Supermarkets, one of the major British retail chains, has entered into a 170 million pounds and 25-year agreement with Ocado Group plc ("Ocado"), to acquire its recently opened Dordon Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC) in the Midlands, and lease it back with commitment to use its logistics and distribution facilities to start grocery deliveries to customers by January 2014. ...

Man arrested after plane bomb threats

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:40:18 -0400

Beijing - Chinese police have arrested a man who allegedly made bomb threats which caused delays or diversions to Shanghai, news reports said on ...

Ahmadinejad cancels Thailand trip due to busy schedule

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:36:27 -0400

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was due to address a water security forum in Thailand has cancelled the trip because of his busy schedule, a member of the president's media office said ...

Russian plane catches fire upon landing

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:30:14 -0400

Plane catches rire upon landing at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport. Russia's deplorable air safety record just got worse. Moscow's Vnukovo Airport was temporarily closed on Saturday morning after a plane carrying about 140 people from the southern Russian city of Stavropol caught fire after landing, a law enforcement source told the Russian news site RIA Novosti. No one was reported ...

Bernanke upbeat on innovation outlook in commencement address

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:22:17 -0400

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke attends the G20 finance ministers meeting during the Spring Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, April 19, ...

Republicans use IRS scandal to tar Obamacare

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:20:52 -0400

Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., linked the ongoing targeting scandal at the IRS with Obamacare in the weekly Republican address on Saturday, warning that the troubled agency has too much control over the rules and regulations governing the implementation of the law. Standing beside the "red tape tower," a 7-foot stack of regulations associated with Affordable Care Act, Harris said, "Just ...

American engineers death suicide or cyber-espionage

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:20:52 -0400

(CBS News) The death of an American computer engineer, Shane Todd, in Singapore has created quite a stir. His parents contend he was murdered, but authorities say it was suicide. The mystery seems to have links to the dark world of cyber-spying and could possibly involve China. Rick and Mary Todd traveled from Montana to Singapore to prove that their son was actually the victim of a web of ...

Afghan MPs block divisive womens rights law

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:18:33 -0400

Afghanistan's parliament has failed to pass a law banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women's rights since the Taliban was toppled over a decade ago. President Hamid Karzai approved the law by decree in 2009 and parliament's endorsement was required. But a rift between conservative and more secular members of the assembly resulted in debate being ...

Gallup Majority of American Say Benghazi IRS Scandals are Serious Matters

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:48:03 -0400

Most Americans say that the issues being raised by congressional hearings into the Benghazi terrorist attacks and the revelations that the IRS unfairly targeted conservative groups "involve serious matters that need to be ...

Protesters Square Off In Kyiv Opposition Joins Forces For 2015 Vote

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:44:05 -0400

KYIV -- Pro- and antigovernment protesters have squared off in rival demonstrations in the Ukrainian capital, with some people requiring medical treatment after objects started to fly at one event. Police told RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service that "several people" had been injured on the sidelines of the opposition rally when "young people started to throw water bottles and ...

Serbian Basketball Star Partizan Manager Danilovic Stabbed In Belgrade

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:44:03 -0400

Former Serbian basketball star Predrag Danilovic has been stabbed and seriously injured in a bar fight. Danilovic was stabbed at a cafe in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, early on May 18. Danilovic, 43, was hospitalized with serious injuries to his head, arms, and abdomen. Doctors said he was stable following surgery. Belgrade police, who said the reason for the brawl was not ...

PA continues crackdown on Palestinian journalists in W.Bank

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:40:27 -0400

In past week Palestinian Authority security forces interrogated, detained two journalists, despite promises to honor freedom of media; interrogators forced reporter to provide them with email and Facebook ...

Hollande signs gay marriage into law

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:39:49 -0400

French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorising gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate. Photo: ...

Ben Parkinson MBE Prince Charles touch for a true hero

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:36:45 -0400

This is the emotional moment a British soldier who survived the worst ever battlefield injuries while serving in Afghanistan collected his MBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham ...

Alexander Litvinenko inquest close to collapse after coroner rules evidence should be heard in secret

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:36:45 -0400

The inquest into the death of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko could be scrapped and replaced with a public inquiry to allow evidence to be heard in ...

Iraq violence kills eight police kidnapped

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:35:55 -0400

Violence in Iraq on Saturday killed eight people including a police officer, his wife and two children, and gunmen also kidnapped five police officers, officials ...

EU bans refillable olive oil bottles and dipping bowls in bid to end food fraud

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:30:02 -0400

The European Commission said on Friday that, as of 2014, restaurateurs will only be allowed to offer non-refillable bottles with proper labelling to customers. . "We are just protecting consumers," said EU spokesperson Oliver Bailly. "We are just making clear that when you want to have olive oil of a certain quality in a restaurant, you get exactly the one you are paying ...

Afghanistan Blocks Law Protecting Women

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:28:38 -0400

Afghanistan's parliament has blocked a law banning violence against women in what is being seen as a serious blow to the progress of women's rights. President Hamid Karzai approved the legislation by decree in 2009 but the country's politicians were required to endorse it. However, a rift between conservative and more secular members of the assembly meant the debate was ...

US Powerball Lottery Nears Historic Jackpot

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:28:37 -0400

The Powerball jackpot is nearing historic territory again a little more than a year after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize. Should nobody pick the correct six numbers, the prize money will roll over to next week's draw and almost certainly eclipse the $656m (£427m) doled out to winners in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland in the Mega Millions game in March 2012. But ...

Gay Marriage Legal In France Despite Protest

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:28:37 -0400

France has became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage. President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law after months of bitter political and public debate Mr Hollande acted a day after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition, which had been the last obstacle to passing the bill into law. The legislation also legalises gay ...

Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains collide

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:20:18 -0400

FAIRFIELD, Conn. Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor. Three patients remained in critical condition Saturday morning, with two of those stable, according to officials at two Bridgeport hospitals. The crash happened Friday ...

S. Korea N. Korea launches short-range missiles

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:20:17 -0400

A South Korean man at a Seoul, South Korea, train station watches a TV news broadcast reporting a missile launch conducted by North Korea May 18, ...

First Saudi woman climbs to top of Everest

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:17:54 -0400

A 25-year-old graphic design graduate has become the first ever Saudi woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest. Raha Moharrak is the only female in a group of four Arabs who announced two months ago that they would be reaching the summit in ...

Ken Jacobs and His Films Feted in 80th-Birthday Tributes

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:00:01 -0400

There are artists who burn out at 30 and others who, accelerating as they mature, begin to seem like forces of nature. One such force is Ken Jacobs, who turns 80 next Saturday ...

North Korea

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:59:37 -0400

>Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ...

Surrey Polices Tandridge Beat team call crooks numpties and Billy Burglar on Facebook

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:33:50 -0400

A police force which calls crooks 'numpties' on its Facebook page and writes in a jokey manner about crime and criminals on its patch has won a huge following from local ...

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN Peter Mandelson admits Labour brought migrants here after losing working class votes

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:33:49 -0400

The truth at last! Peter Mandelson admits Labour 'sent out search parties' to bring migrants here after losing the votes of the working class, writes RICHARD ...

Nigel Farage hounded by mob says Scottish nationalists are fascist scum who hate the English

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:33:48 -0400

The UK Independence Party leader said the left-wing extremists who trapped him in an Edinburgh pub were the ‘ugly face of Scottish nationalism’ pursuing an anti-English ...

SIMON HEFFER Philip Hammond a serious contender The grey man who could be David Camerons nemesis

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:33:48 -0400

You may not have heard of Philip Hammond — there’s little reason why you should. After all, the Defence Secretary is not the most charismatic ...

Investigation launched over German Green partys support for paedophiles in the 1980s

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:27:16 -0400

Germany's Greens, Europe's most influential environmentalist party, have been obliged to open a detailed investigation into past policy and practice amid revelations that in the 1980s, its members actively supported paedophile groups which campaigned to legalise sex with ...

Germanys Merkel visits Pope urges tougher market controls

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:18:28 -0400

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope Francis on Saturday and, apparently responding to his criticism of a heartless "dictatorship of the economy", called for stronger regulation of financial ...

New Yorkers Strongbox Can it shield anonymous sources

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:17:03 -0400

prison terms , media organizations are scrambling to find ways to protect themselves and their sources. The New Yorker on Wednesday took a step in that direction, creating an online dropbox where people can send documents, tips and letters to reporters - in exchange for what magazine calls "a reasonable amount of ...

Tunisia bans Salafist groups meeting

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:14:46 -0400

The Tunisian government has banned a Salafist group from holding its annual congress, according to the interior ministry. The ministry said on Friday that Ansar al-Sharia's congress planned for Saturday posed a threat to public order. "We have decided to prohibit this gathering, which would be in violation of the law and because of the threat it represents to public order," the ...

Blasts targeting Sunnis kill 76 in IraqBombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months.

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:06:41 -0400

Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country could again be veering toward civil war. The attacks followed two days of bombings targeting Shiites, including bus stops and outdoor markets, with a total of 130 people killed since Wednesday. Scenes of bodies sprawled across a street outside a mosque and mourners killed during a funeral ...

Eight killed 10 policemen kidnapped in Iraqs Sunni heartland

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:42:32 -0400

RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq on Saturday, security sources said, apparently viewing them as collaborators with the Shi'ite-led government of a nation plagued by sectarian hatred.Sunni-Shi'ite tensions in Iraq have been amplified by the conflict between mostly Sunni rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's ...

South Korea Says North Fired Missiles

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:39:29 -0400

South Korea's Defense Ministry says North Korea on May 18 launched three short-range missiles off its east coast. South Korea's Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok, speaking in Seoul, said Pyongyang fired two missiles this morning and another in the afternoon in the Sea of Japan. North Korea last carried out missile launches in March when it test-fired two short-range ...

Has U.S. Green Card Lottery Run Out Of Luck

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:39:28 -0400

WASHINGTON -- Each year around this time, millions of would-be immigrants to the United States from around the world hold their breath. Early May is when the U.S. State Department releases its shortlist of applicants to the annual green-card lottery. About half of them -- 55,000 people -- will receive permanent-residence visas, the tickets to eventual citizenship. This year, like any other, ...

Enraged by kidnapping Egypt police keep Gaza border closed

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:35:37 -0400

Policeman says crossing will remain closed until the seven remaining kidnapped hostages who were taken by Islamic militants are freed and the Interior Minister comes to listen to security ...

OJ knew about guns says lawyer

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:35:16 -0400

LAS VEGAS - A former attorney for OJ Simpson testified on Friday that the ex-football star knew two associates would be armed with guns when they accompanied him to a Las Vegas hotel room to recover property from two memorabilia ...

Gitmo prisoner struck in clash named

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:35:13 -0400

Miami - A lawyer is identifying one of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners who was shot with non-lethal rounds in a recent clash at the prison and says the wounds were more significant than portrayed by U.S. ...

Football coach Dale Strawbridge spared jail after he treated girls team like personal harem

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:32:14 -0400

A young football coach who sexually assaulted three members of a girls’ under 16 team who he treated as ‘his personal harem’, was today spared ...

Tia Sharp relatives cash in on murder A home life based on benefits drugs and sex - what hope did she have

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:32:13 -0400

Outside the terrace house in Croydon, South London, where Tia Sharp used to stay with her grandmother, someone has left a bouquet with a message in the form of a poem. It begins: ‘Three little words / Forget me not / They don’t say much but mean a lot / Forget you not, we never ...

Chinese man abducted as 5-year-old reunited with parents using GOOGLE MAPS

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:32:12 -0400

A Chinese man has been reunited with his biological family more than 20 years after he was abducted as a little boy - and claims he has Google Maps to thank for finding his way ...

Asteroid 9 times larger than the QE2 set to whizz past Earth

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:32:11 -0400

Scientists have named the asteroid 1998 QE2 but the name has nothing to do with the transatlantic Cunard liner - it follows a code used for newly-discovered asteroids by the US Minor Planet Centre in Cambridge, ...

Turkey softens opposition to Syria conference

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:31:15 -0400

Turkey has softened its opposition toward a Russia-US brokered international conference on Syria following Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's trip to the United States, local media said ...

Rome protest turns up heat on new PM Letta

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:16:46 -0400

1 of 2. Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta attends a news conference with European Parliament President Martin Schulz (not pictured) at Chigi palace in Rome May 10, ...

Facebooks first year on Wall Street

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:15:16 -0400

Facebook's May 18, 2012, IPO, which valued the company at a whopping $104 billion, was more than just a stock offering -- it grew into a cultural and financial phenomenon. But as launches go, this one was a misfire. A software glitch at Nasdaq delayed the IPO by 30 minutes. Worse, investor demand underwhelmed. After pricing at $38, Facebook shares barely got off the ground to close at ...

For GOP scandals could be an electoral plus - or minus

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:15:15 -0400

As the Obama administration grapples with a series of recent controversies within its ranks, political observers in Washington have begun to calculate their potential political impacts. But while many Republicans believe the scandals could prove a boon to the party's prospects in the 2014 midterm elections, they it's equally important not to "overreach" on the issue -- and ...

Nigerian warplanes strike Boko Haram camps

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:12:57 -0400

Nigerian officials say warplanes have struck Boko Haram camps in the northeast in a major offensive against the group's fighters.Troops used jets and helicopters on Friday to hit targets in their biggest military campaign since Boko Haram launched a revolt almost four years ago. The air raids, which began after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the states of Yobe, ...

The Next Scott Brown

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:41:37 -0400

Bay State Republicans are hoping for a replay of the last Senate special election, in early 2010, when their nominee Scott Brown shocked the political world by defeating Democrat Martha Coakley, a veteran of statewide politics who had been thought a shoo-in. Coakley wasn't a terrible candidate, but she ran a bad campaign, and Brown took advantage of the growing dissatisfaction with Barack ...

Israeli restaurateur goes viral with online meltdown

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:33:35 -0400

An explosive American TV appearance by an Israeli expat and his wife, and their subsequent aggressive online reaction, have gone viral and made headlines in the US news. Samy and Amy Bouzaglo let rip at critics in a spectacularly public fashion after they and their restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona was panned by Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares reality show. Ramsay had few good words ...

Tory politician David Chaplin turns up to council meetings dressed as a woman called Jane

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:30:21 -0400

The 65-year-old said he was now called Jane and was undergoing hormone replacement therapy.Miss Chaplin, as she is now known, has asked staff and colleagues at Wellington town council in Shropshire to refer to her as a ...

EU vows to ban jugs and dipping bowls from restaurants to protect customers

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:30:20 -0400

The controversial move means that customers will now only be able dip their bread or garnish their food using oil from non-refillable and labelled ...

Alton Towers new roller coaster BREAKS DOWN leaving Tinchy Stryder and Towies Jessica Wright disappointed

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:30:18 -0400

It's Fault-on Towers! New roller coaster BREAKS DOWN on opening ride, leaving guests which included Tinchy Stryder and TOWIE's Jessica Wright ...

Chloe Johnson British girl 6 drowns in hotel swimming pool in Sharm el-Sheikh

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:30:17 -0400

'The British Consulate were immediately informed and they are now working with our dedicated resort team in Egypt, to offer every assistance possible to the family in ...

Nigeria kidnap victim Chris McManus executed in toilet with British special forces just yards away

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:30:16 -0400

Executed in a toilet with British special forces just yards away: Horrendous death of construction worker held hostage in Nigeria recounted to family at ...

Deadly Iraq violence spills into fourth day

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:10:44 -0400

Deadly violence in Iraq has spilled into a fourth day, with reports that seven more people have been killed and three more injured, amid fears over a new round of sectarian bloodshed. Two police officers were killed on Saturday after an improvised device exploded at a federal police base south of Mosul, a mainly Sunni Muslim area in the country's north, Al Jazeera's Omar Al Saleh, ...

Daily life Hunger strikes sprays of filth

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:43:48 -0400

>Editor's note: This story contains graphic language that some readers may find offensive. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (CNN) -- For the 160-plus inmates at the US prison camp here, each sunrise brings a new day that most would rather starve than endure. For the American troops who guard them, each day brings a daily rain of obscenities and filth -- sometimes physical as well as verbal. More than a ...

Opinion Stop force-feeding close Gitmo

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:43:34 -0400

>Editor's note: Vince Warren is the executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, a nonprofit legal and educational organization that works to protect rights guaranteed by the US Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. CCR represented clients in two Guantanamo Supreme Court cases and coordinates the work of hundreds of pro bono attorneys representing prisoners ...

Syrian rebels claim Assad chemical weapons use

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:31:06 -0400

The Syrian opposition claimed on Saturday that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons in Damascus and in the northern Syrian city of Saraqeb, Israel Radio reported quoting Saudi owned Al-Arabiya news network. Al-Arabiya reported that the dozens of people wounded in the attacks were suffering from breathing difficulties, the radio said. The ...

Cheznye Emmons British backpacker 23 dies after drinking poisoned alcohol in Indonesia

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:27:25 -0400

Cheznye Emmons, 23, was served the deadly spirit while visiting an orangutan sanctuary in the jungle of Indonesia as part of a trip around south-east Asia with boyfriend Joe Cook, ...

Madeleine McCann Possibility Maddie is still alive as Scotland Yard identify 20 new suspects

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:27:24 -0400

'There is a possibility she is still alive': Scotland Yard identify 20 new suspects in hunt for Madeleine McCann - but Portuguese will not re-open ...

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Can radio stations get new listeners

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:08:56 -0400

>"Do you remember lying in bedWith your covers pulled up over your headRadio playing so no one can see ... "-- The Ramones, "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?"Columbus, Ohio (CNN) -- In this capital city and college town, there is a shrine to a disc jockey. His name was Andy Davis, better known as "Andyman," and he manned the evening drive-time shift at WWCD-FM. He was a bear of a man, a ...

What is wrong with L.A. sports teams

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:06:35 -0400

Become a fan of CNNOpinionStay up to date on the latest opinion, analysis and conversations through social media. Join us at Facebook/CNNOpinion and follow us @CNNOpinion on Twitter. We welcome your ideas and comments. This joker -- I guess others out there, too -- gets a weird satisfaction out of ...

N.Korea launches short-range missiles

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:00:15 -0400

Lawyers cant photograph Tsarnaev

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:57:52 -0400

>See the iconic images that captured the horror and heroism of the Boston bombings on an Anderson Cooper special report, "Back to Boston: Moments of Impact," CNN tonight, 10 p.m. ET. (CNN) -- A federal magistrate has refused a request from lawyers for the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect that would allow them to take "current and periodic" photographs of him, which would have been ...

Irans Chief Vetter Says Mercedes A No-No For Irans Next President

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:32:08 -0400

Ex-President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (second from right) at a meeting in 2011 with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (right) and members of Iran's powerful Guardians ...

North Korea fires three missiles as nuclear programme slows down according to UN

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:27:10 -0400

Northeast Japan Jolted by Earthquake

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:24:14 -0400

two nuclear plants in Fukushima reported no new irregularities after the quake, Kyodo news agency said. Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi prefecture further north also detected no irregularities, operator Tohoku Electric Power Co said. In Miyagi prefecture, where the shaking was the strongest, there were no information on injuries, Kyodo added. The United States Geological Survey recorded the quake ...

New case of SARS-like virus in Saudi ministry

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:23:35 -0400

A Saudi health ministry official visits patients infected with a new SARS-like virus at a hospital in the eastern Saudi province of al-Ahsaa. ...

Nightclub dancer tells of Berlusconi parties

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:05:22 -0400

The nightclub dancer at the centre of the sex trial of Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, has told a court that guests at the media tycoon's "bunga bunga" parties dressed as nuns, nurses and US President Barack Obama. Morrocan-born Karima El Mahroug, better known by her stage name Ruby the Heartstealer, spoke on Friday as a witness in a trial at which several ...

Can art change the world

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:02:11 -0400

>Editor's note: Flora Zhang is a producer at CNN Digital. Follow her on Twitter: @flozha (CNN) -- "If you give me Times Square, I want to give it back to the people. "JR, the 30-year-old globetrotting French street artist, could well say the same about the slums of Kenya or the favelas of Brazil, where he has created large-scale projects. Known for his black-and-white portraits, poster-sized ...

Afghan Police Chief Assassinated

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:34:24 -0400

Officials say Police Chief Abdul Ghani was near his home late Friday when gunmen shot him. No one has been detained in the case. The Associated Press quotes a local official as saying Ghani had led a crackdown on insurgents in his district of Khaki Safad that resulted in the killing and capture of several Taliban leaders. The spokesman said that made him a target for Taliban ...

Afghan District Police Chief Killed

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:29:39 -0400

An Afghan police chief has been killed after two militants riding on motorcycles opened fire on his vehicle in western Afghanistan. Abdul Ghani, police chief of Khak-e Safid district in Farah Province, was killed instantly outside his home late on May 17. Provincial spokesman Abdul Rahman Zhawandai said that Ghani was rushed to hospital but was declared dead upon arrival. Ghani had led ...

Report NKorea launches 3 missiles

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:19:12 -0400

France becomes 14th country to approve same-sex marriage

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:05:55 -0400

French President Franois Hollande has signed gay marriage into law, making way for the first nuptials to take place in June. This makes France the ninth country to legalise same-sex marriage, and the 14th worldwide. The bill passed the final hurdle on Friday as the Constitutional Council gave it the all-clear. It is the country’s largest social reform since abolishing the death penalty. ...

Video Time Lapse Montreal by Winter

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:04:58 -0400

Check out the mysterious sliding stones of Racetrack Playa, some insane star trails, and pink aurora in this time lapse video of Death Valley. Video courtesy ...

Russias grand football designs

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:02:35 -0400

A combined league bringing together the best football clubs in Eastern Europe, including three winners of the UEFA cup - CSKA Moscow, Zenit St Petersburg and Shakhtar Donetsk - may become a reality following UEFA’s deadline to force financial fair play requirements.Ukraine and Russia’s leading football clubs are heavily subsidised by sponsorship and, unless they manage to considerably ...

UKs Litvinenko inquest suffers setback

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:57:27 -0400

A long-delayed inquiry to determine circumstances that led to the death of Alexander Litvinenko, the Russian intelligence officer, could be abandoned after the official responsible for leading it partly upheld a British government request to withhold crucial evidence. Robert Owen, a senior judge acting as coroner, said on Friday that keeping some of the evidence secret would make it impossible ...

Several killed in China rainstorms

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:57:26 -0400

Heavy rainstorms blamed for this week's landslides in southern China have killed 55 people and left 14 others missing, Chinese authorities say. At least nine provinces have had storms and some flooding and landslides since Tuesday, the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs website said on its website on Saturday. Ten provincial localities in south China have been affected including Anhui, ...

Navy pilot earns masters degree in engineering while in combat zone

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:57:13 -0400

The Navy lieutenant needed armed guards and an armored car to get to an exam site, in Kabul, Afghanistan. A deadly bomb attack also caused him to his miss classes — transmitted live via the Internet — but he ...

UPDATE 1-Northeast Japan jolted by M5.9 quake no tsunami warning

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:49:19 -0400

TOKYO, May 18 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Tokyo Electric Power Co's two nuclear plants in ...

Feds to investigate Conn. train crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:26:30 -0400

>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Federal transportation investigators will work to determine what caused two passenger trains to collide during rush hour in Connecticut, sending dozens to the hospital. Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board will be at the site of the crash this morning, the agency said. The two Metro-North passenger trains, ...

Gosnell Seeps into the News

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:25:22 -0400

By most accounts, Kermit Gosnell seemed stunned last week when a jury found him guilty of three counts of first-degree murder in what seemed to have been his routine killings of newborn babies at his abortion clinic in Philadelphia; he thought he was doing his job. Abortion is legal and is a much-touted right. The president recently lavished praise on Planned Parenthood, a lobbyist for which had ...

Report Israel prefers Assad survive Syria conflict

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:17:01 -0400

Israeli intelligence officer tells 'Times of London' that Israel prefers a "devil it knows than demons it can only imagine"; another source said Assad's staying power had been ...

British woman could face death penalty for smuggling

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:14:54 -0400

A British woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said. The woman, identified only by her initials AR, was arrested at a hotel in the city of Surabaya, East Java province, last month with 1.47 kilograms of the drug, the Indonesian narcotics agency said. "Because ...

Earthquake strikes Japan

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:09:54 -0400

A strong 6.1 earthquake has struck off the northern coast of Japan's main Honshu island, seismologists say, but no tsunami warning was issued and there are no immediate reports of damage. The quake hit at 2.48pm (local time) in the Pacific some 50 kilometres from the town of Namie near the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Daiichi plant, the United States Geological Survey said. Japan's meteorological ...

Earthquake strikes Japan

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:09:54 -0400

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has stuck 278km north east of Tokyo, Japan. The US Geological Survey says the quake was 41km deep. - Herald ...

Earthquake strikes Japan

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:09:54 -0400

Earthquake strikes Japan

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:09:54 -0400

Earthquake strikes Japan

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:09:54 -0400

Earthquake strikes Japan

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:09:54 -0400

Earthquake strikes Japan

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:09:54 -0400

Earthquake strikes Japan

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:09:54 -0400

Earthquake strikes Japan

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:09:54 -0400

48 Hours Unraveling the lies of Jodi Arias

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:55:20 -0400

Jodi deserves the DP she deserves no mercy she has no redeeming qualities. She premeditated the slaughter of Travis and an overkill only because if she could not have him then in her mind neither would anyone else. She has no ...

Somaliland hopes for independence

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:53:05 -0400

The Horn of Africa has been ravaged by war and famine for decades, and now one of Somalia's regions, hopes to become an independent state. Somaliland sits on the Gulf of Aden and is officially regarded as an autonomous region of Somalia. The two were, however, separate until 1960. During the civil war in the 1980s, 40,000 people from Somaliland were killed, and nearly half a million fled. ...

US scolds Russia for sending arms to Syria

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:53:04 -0400

The US has scolded Russia for sending missiles to the Syrian government, with plans for an international peace conference promoted by the two major powers appearing to founder on diplomatic rifts over its scope and purpose. General Martin Dempsey, the most senior US military officer, has described Russia's recent delivery of anti-ship missiles to President Bashar al-Assad as "ill-timed ...

Exclusive EU cites Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE for trade violations

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:19:07 -0400

By Daniel BasesNEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines.European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said he was prepared to launch a formal investigation into anti-competitive behaviour by these Chinese ...

Reports of 60 injured in US train accident

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:06:54 -0400

NEW YORK: A rush-hour collision between two commuter trains in a suburb north of New York City Friday injured 60 passengers, five of them seriously.A spokesman for the Metro North commuter train line said the incident involved a train headed into the city and one traveling in the opposite direction toward New Haven, Connecticut."Sixty people have been taken to the hospital," Connecticut ...

France legalises same-sex marriage

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:59:31 -0400

France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed it into law following months of bitter political debate. Hollande acted a day after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition, which had been the last obstacle to passing the bill into law. The legislation also legalises gay adoption. French ...

Dozens injured in Conn. train collision

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:52:53 -0400

>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured -- some of them critically -- authorities said. A train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m., hitting the other ...

France set to legalise same-sex marriage

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:48:37 -0400

French President Francois Hollande is due to sign a gay marriage and adoption bill into law, after the country's Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition. Hollande, trying to turn the page on months of bitter opposition to the measures, said it was "time to respect the law and the Republic". The Constitutional Council approved the bill on ...

Commuter trains collide in Connecticut injuring up to 60 people

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:13:42 -0400

Reuters © Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in Bridgeport, Connecticut causing one to derail injuring numerous passengers, May 17, 2013. REUTERS/ Michelle ...

U.S. Criticizes Russia On Missiles To Syria

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:10:23 -0400

The top U.S. military officer has denounced Russia for providing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime with anti-ship missiles, saying the weapons will only worsen the Syrian war. The comments by General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, came after "The New York Times" reported that Russia recently delivered a shipment to Syria’s government of ...

Stars at NBA 2013 playoffs

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:44:47 -0400

Rihanna attends Game One of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs between the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks at American Airlines Arena on April 21, 2013, in Miami, ...

South Sudan town trashed by army

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:42:28 -0400

Al Jazeera has gained access to a South Sudanese town, where fighting and looting have forced most of the population to leave. Homes and a hospital have been looted and destroyed, with the UN blaming South Sudanese soldiers who have been fighting a regional rebel group. The army denies the charge, but medical staff and patients at the hospital, the only such facility for 150km, said they had ...

Scores injured after US trains collide

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:42:27 -0400

Two commuter trains serving the US city of New York have collided in Connecticut state during evening rush hour, injuring at least 49 people, authorities say. There have been no reports of fatalities in the Friday collision. The Metro-North Railroad, a commuter line serving the northern suburbs, said a "major derailment" had occurred near Fairfield, just outside the town of ...

U.S. Quiet On Iran Women President Bar

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:03:57 -0400

The United States has declined to take a firm stand after a member of Iran’s electoral authority said women will be barred from standing in Iran’s June presidential election. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Washington would not comment on specific candidates. She also noted that Iranian authorities must approve all candidates. The spokeswoman said that, broadly, the ...

Lisbon to hold first Jewish film festival

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:59:38 -0400

Hundreds of people were expected to attend Lisbon's first-ever Jewish film festival next week.The three-day festival, entitled "Judaica: 1st exhibition of cinema and culture," was scheduled to open on May 22 at Lisbon's main art cinema, Cinema Sao Jorge, and will include 15 Jewish and Israeli documentary and feature productions, according to a report by the Jornal Digital news ...

UN panel sanctions delaying N.Korea nuke program

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:57:01 -0400

North Korea is still trying to import and export nuclear and ballistic missile-related items but financial and trade sanctions are slowing progress on development of their prohibited weapons, UN experts say in a new report. Key parts of the expert panel's report, obtained Friday by the Associated Press, provide further information on North Korea's attempts to evade four rounds of increasingly ...

On Golf Rory McIlroy Is Said to Be Leaving Horizon Sports Management

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:55:59 -0400

Three years after he won his first PGA Tour title, Rory McIlroy returned last month to Quail Hollow, the scene of that inaugural victory, as the recently dethroned world No. 1 in search of his game and his first win of the new season. The simplicity that characterized ...

O.J. Simpsons ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:37:05 -0400

LAS VEGAS O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial, after giving damaging testimony that Simpson actually knew his buddies had guns when they went to a hotel room together to reclaim some sports memorabilia. Miami-based attorney Yale Galanter quickly found himself under withering ...

Connecticut gov. 5 are critically hurt

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:18:17 -0400

Commuter train wreck