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Missile launched from North Korea

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 ...

Iraq seeing more violence

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 ...

Mobile phones can be tracked says US judge

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 ...

Sex assaults convince top general to take action

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 ...

Gay marriage can now take place in France

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. ...

Britains first astronaut to go on space mission in 2015

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:40:01 -0400

Britain's first "official" astronaut, 41-year-old Major Tim Peake, has been selected to go on a five-month mission to the International Space Station in 2015, a media report said Sunday. Peake, a former army helicopter pilot, graduated as a European Space Agency astronaut more than two years ago and has been waiting for a space mission since then, the Guardian daily said. However, Peake has ...

England to tour West Indies in February

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:30:02 -0400

England and the West Indies will play three Twenty20 matches and three One-Day Internationals in the Caribbean early next year, the West Indies Cricket Board announced. The three One-Day Internationals will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds in Antigua while Kensington Oval in Barbados will host the T20 games, the WICB said Saturday, reports CMC. The Twenty20 matches will be ...

Kirani James talks up Grenada relay team

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:30:02 -0400

World and Olympic 400 metre champion Kirani James has warned that Grenada is capable of producing a relay team as a force to be reckoned with in world athletics. The Grenadian quarter-miler has identified three of the country's overseas-based athletes who he believes can form a quartet with himself to compete against the best in the world, reports CMC. They include Rondell Bartholomew who has ...

Wells delighted with play-off victory

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:30:02 -0400

Bermudian striker Nahki Wells says he is delighted with his role in helping Bradford City win promotion to League One after his football club swept aside Northampton Town 3-0 in the League Two play-off final at Wembley Stadium. Wells, 22, made history by becoming the first Bermudian to score Saturday at Wembley, home of English football, reports CMC. Wells netted his team's third goal in front ...

Wet Indies board chief lauds Chanderpaul for rare landmark

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:20:01 -0400

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron says "character and focus" are the main factors that have driven West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul to reach the milestone of 300 first class matches. The 38-year-old achieved the rare feat appearing for Derbyshire against Sussex in the English County championship, reports CMC. "On behalf of the Board of Directors of ...

Kirani James outpaces rivals to win in Shanghai

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:00:02 -0400

World and Olympic champion Kirani James powered to victory against his main rivals from London 2012 Olympics in the 400 metres at Shanghai's Diamond League meet. The Grenadian quarter miler raced ahead on the final bend to edge 2008 Olympic champion, the USA's Lashawn Merritt, into second place Saturday, reports Xinhua. Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic, the silver medallist from last ...

John Lennons guitar sells for $408000

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:00:01 -0400

A custom-made guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison has sold for $408,000 at an auction. The guitar, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified American buyer in New York, BBC reported. Harrison played "I Am The Walrus" on the guitar in a scene from "Magical Mystery Tour" in 1967. Lennon used it in a video for "Hello, Goodbye" later that year. The Julien's ...

4G to debut in Shanghai next month

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:50:02 -0400

4G services, which provide mobile users with internet access up to 50 times faster than the current 3G network, will be launched in Shanghai next month when the China Mobile company begins large-scale trials. The fourth generation of mobile phone mobile communication technology standards orm 4G provides users with high-speed internet access on devices such as phones, data cards and MiFi routes, ...

Juventus confirm Tevez talks

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:50:01 -0400

Juventus general manager Beppe Marotta confirmed that the Italian Serie A champions are in contact with Carlos Tevez in an attempt to sign the Argentine striker. Marotta said Juventus could have some meetings with Tevez's team, reports Xinhua. "It is clear that at this stage of the season agents step forward and I will not rule out a meeting in that sense. We could reach an agreement with them, ...

Isinbayeva to continue as Youth Olympics ambassador

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:50:01 -0400

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sunday announced that two-time Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia will be an official ambassador of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Nanjing, China. The Russian pole vaulter will reprise her role as a YOG Ambassador, following her support and attendance of the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics, which saw over 3,600 elite young athletes from ...

Isinbayeva wins comeback meet in Shanghai

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:50:01 -0400

Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva won her first competition of the season by jumping 4.70 metres at the Diamond League meeting here. The 30-year-old skipped the winter season after a tough Olympic year in which she won bronze, and is using the event in China to prepare for the Moscow World Athletics Championships in August. The Russian posted the winning height - well below her world ...

Russian dies in Vietnam after fight with compatriot

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:40:02 -0400

A Russian tourist died in Vietnam after a fight with a compatriot and fellow-traveller in the coastal city of Nha Trang. The two Russians, who were travelling in Vietnam together and shared a room at a hotel in Nha Trang, entered a heated argument that resulted in a fight, the Tuoi Tre news website said. In the course of the fight, one of them inflicted a wound in the neck of the other with a ...

Four prisoners flee Russian jail

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:40:02 -0400

Four inmates jailed for murder and burglary have escaped from a prison in Russia by digging a 20-metre-long tunnel, investigators said. The incident took place in Irkutsk region in East Siberia. The prisoners escaped from an industrial area in Markovo village, where they worked as carpenters, by digging a tunnel, a statement said. Prison authorities noticed that the inmates were missing during ...

Closer ties between China India to strengthen BRICS

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:30:01 -0400

Only weeks after Chinese President Xi Jinping had a much-publicized meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Durban on the sidelines of a BRICS summit, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reached New Delhi Sunday on the first leg of his maiden tour abroad. Such a short time interval in top-level contacts between the two Asian giants gives the impression the Chinese dragon and the Indian ...

Chinese man jailed for raping killing woman

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:30:01 -0400

A Chinese man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and killing a woman 15 years ago. The now 44-year-old convict, Liu Jiasuo, raped the woman in a forest near a railway station in Anhui province, the Shanghai Daily reported. He was found guilty based on DNA evidence. The convict followed the woman on the midnight of July 13, 1998. He tried to strike up a conversation but was ignored ...

Sampdoria beat Juventus 3-2 in Serie A final round

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:20:02 -0400

Sampdoria beat Juventus 3-2 at home in the final round of the season to complete a double over the Italian Serie A champions. Sampdoria striker Fabio Quagliarella put Juventus ahead, but Eder, Lorenzo De Silvestri and Mauro Icardi scored in a row to put the hosts 3-1 in front. Emmanuel Giaccherini scored a consolation goal for the champions in stoppage time Saturday, reports Xinhua. Juventus ...

Hindus living dangerously in Balochistan

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:20:02 -0400

Though Hindus have richly contributed in the economic prosperity and development of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province since pre-partition days, they are today faced with the dilemma of survival and living "dangerously". Historically, it is not clear in documents to assert how and when Hindus originally settled in Balochistan. But the Balochistan-based Baloch and Hindu historians and ...

DPR Koreans win mixed doubles at table tennis worlds

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:20:02 -0400

DPR Korea's Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong claimed the mixed doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. This is the first individual title at the world championships that was won by a non-Chinese player or pair since it was last held here 10 years ago. China has cleans wept all titles since, reports Xinhua. The two Kims defeated Lee Sangsu and Park Yongsook of South Korea in the ...

China thrash India 5-0 in Sudirman Cup

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:10:02 -0400

Indian shuttlers were thrashed 0-5 by their Chinese counterparts on the first day of the Sudirman Cup here at the Putra Stadium Sunday. India lost their Group A matches in all the five categories of the biennial world mixed team badminton championships, winning only one game out of 11. In the first match, Tarun Kona and Ashwini Ponnappa expectedly lost their mixed doubles tie against World No.3 ...

Chinese premier in India border row on agenda

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:10:01 -0400

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Sunday on a three-day state visit, his first overseas trip after assuming office in March, during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a string of issues including the recent border row. Li, who touched down late Sunday afternoon, was received by Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed at Palam airport's Air Force ...

Iran executes two spies working for CIA Mossad

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:00:01 -0400

Two Iranian spies, allegedly working for America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel's Mossad were Sunday hanged in Iran, state-run IRIB TV reported. Mohammad Heidari, one of the executed men, had prepared information in a number of security issues and had given them to Mossad in several meetings outside the country, Xinhua cited the report as saying. Heidari received money in return ...

Rodents return to Earth after space flight

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:50:01 -0400

The returnable capsule of a biological research satellite landed in Russia Sunday, bringing mice, Mongolian gerbils, geckos and various micro-organisms and plants back to Earth after their month-long flight, the Mission Control said. The capsule landed in Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan. The descent vehicle separated from the equipment module of the Bion-M spacecraft at 6.32 ...

Conference on Syria settlement very soon UN chief

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:50:01 -0400

After consultations with UN Security Council permanent members, a conference on the Syrian settlement will take place "very soon", possibly at the beginning of June, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said here Sunday. "As I have been asked by the parties to convene this conference on the auspices of the United Nations, I'm now actively engaging with all the parties I have spoken to: the US, ...

UN chief calls on North Korea to return to talks

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:40:02 -0400

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Sunday said he was concerned over North Korea's latest short-range missile launches and called on Pyongyang to return to the six-party talks on its controversial nuclear programme. The communist regime broke off talks with South Korea, China, the US, Japan and Russia on its nuclear programme in 2009, after the UN Security Council passed a resolution condemning ...

Russian military to make inspection flights over US

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:40:01 -0400

A group of Russian military observers will carry out two inspection missions over the US under the Open Skies Treaty between May 19 and June 3, the Russian defence ministry said. The Russian inspectors, accompanied by US officials, will fly on board a Tupolev Tu-154 LK-1 plane from the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and the Travis Air Force Base in California. These will be the 14th ...

Lohan avoiding Mueller in rehab

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:10:01 -0400

Actress Lindsay Lohan is reportedly avoiding Brooke Mueller, who wants to become her close friend, in a rehab. Both of them are being treated at the Betty Ford rehabilitation centre in California. Lohan, 26, is there for alcohol addiction, while Mueller is getting treated for drug addiction, reports radaronline.com. "Brooke is extremely eager to become besties with Lindsay while in rehab, and ...

Hindu temples Bollywood and a Yemeni citys India ties

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:00:01 -0400

A Hindu temple that dates back over 150 years, a market that sports an Indian name and love for Bollywood reflect the India connect of the Yemeni city of Aden. The famous Hindu temples include the Shri Tarichmerga Temple that was built in 1862, the Shri Ram Ji Temple that was built in 1875 and the Hanuman Temple that was built in 1882. It is estimated that Indians in Aden numbered 8,563 in 1856 ...

Miley Cyrus swatted again

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:50:02 -0400

Pop singer Miley Cyrus has become the victim of swatting for the second time. It was reported that a call was received from Cyrus's home here Friday claiming a crime at the premise. The 20-year-old was swatted in August 2012 as well when she was not at home, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Last month even Rihanna fell prey to swatting. Police received a call claiming two armed men were arguing at ...

Pakistani toll in Siachen avalanche rises to 128

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:40:01 -0400

The death toll in an avalanche in the Siachen glacier region last year has risen to 128, following the recovery of three more bodies, the Pakistani military said. The bodies of three soldiers were recovered from Gayari sector of Siachen Saturday, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. On April 7, 2012, at least 140 soldiers of the 6 Northern Light Infantry Battalion and a few civilians came ...

Sarabjit death probe Pakistani official may visit India

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:30:01 -0400

A one-man inquiry tribunal comprising Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi of Lahore High Court may visit India to complete the judicial inquiry into the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, a media report said. Sarabjit Singh, an Indian on death row in Pakistan, died May 2 after a group of Pakistani prisoners attacked him April 26 Kot Lakhpat Jail. Sarabjit was on death row since 1990 ...

Fish therapy makes its way into Gaza

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:10:01 -0400

Fouad Yahya, a resident of the Gaza Strip, had never expected that one day a fish will help treat his skin disease, a therapy that he learnt about via the internet. "I smiled as I inserted both of my feet in a vessel filled with warm freshwater containing dozens of Garra Rufa fish, a toothless kind of fish used for such kind of therapy," Xinhua quoted him as saying. "I relaxed as the fish ...

Sheen Muellers children better off with Richards

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:02 -0400

Actors Charlie Sheen apparently feels that it's a good idea to let his sons stay in the custody of Denise Richards, while their mother Brook Mueller is in rehab. Richards, who was married to Sheen for four years before parting ways in 2006, is looking after his four-year-old twins Bob and Max because he cannot take care of them on his own. Sheen and Mueller got married in 2008 and they ...

Mel C daughters second choice Jessie J comes first

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:02 -0400

Former Spice girl Singer Melanie Chisholm aka Mel C says her daughter Scarlet really adores singer Jessie J, who is a judge on the Britain's singing reality show "The Voice". Mel C feels she is the second favourite of her four-year-old daughter. "Saturday night telly with 'The Voice' is an absolute must as Jessie J is her favourite singer. Mummy's only her second favourite now," new! magazine ...

Pakistani man lynched over prostitution

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:02 -0400

A man was lynched to death and two others, including an alleged prostitute, were injured after they were caught in an "objectionable" condition in a house near the Pakistani capital, a media report said Sunday. The incident took place in Golra on the outskirts of Islamabad Saturday, Dawn News reported. Police said the man hired the services of a sex worker and brought her to a friend's house. ...

Tamara Ecclestone not obsessed with wedding plans

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:01 -0400

Model Tamara Eccelstone admits being excited about her marriage to fiance Jay Rutland, but says she is not obsessed about plans related to her D-day. The 28-year-old got engaged in February, one month after meeting Rutland. "I'm really excited about the wedding. But I will let him have his input. I'm not some sort of monster," dailystar.co.uk quoted Eccelstone as saying. However, she is clear ...

Pakistani woman politician shot dead

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:50:01 -0400

A senior woman politician in Pakistan's port city of Karachi was gunned down by motorcycle-riding assailants outside her residence late Saturday, a media report said Sunday. Zahra Shahid Hussain, vice president in Sindh province of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was killed in an attempted robbery on the eve of re-polls in Karachi's NA-250 constituency, ...

Sharif-Kayani meeting is good for Pakistan paper

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:30:02 -0400

A Pakistani newspaper Sunday lauded army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani for breaking convention and calling on incoming Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. "The meeting augurs well for a smooth and trouble-free transition within the country keeping the larger national security interests in view," The News International said in an editorial. The daily described Kayani's gesture to call on Sharif at ...

Rita Oras new album blast from the past

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:30:01 -0400

Singer Rita Ora is currently working on a new album, which will talk about her life and the relationships that she dealt with in the past. The 22-year-old had a nasty fallout with ex-boyfriend Rob Kardashian and the latter publicly accused her of cheating on him with 20 other men but retracted it later. "My next album is about me being 22, growing up in this industry really fast and being in a ...

Sharon Ozzy reconcile

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:30:01 -0400

Singer Sharon Osbourne and her husband Ozzy have reportedly given their marriage another chance after going through a rocky patch for a month. It was earlier revealed that the couple, married for 31 years, were living in separate houses. The reason was said to be Ozzy's intake of drugs for over a year without the knowledge of his wife. However, Sharon was recently seen wearing a diamond ring on ...

Car bomb kills eight in Syria

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00:02 -0400

At least eight people were killed and 10 others wounded when a car bomb ripped through a Damascus district Saturday night, local media and activists said. A huge explosive device was planted under a car in the northeastern district of Ruken Addien, the state media said, adding that bomb squads dismantled another explosive device in the same area, reports Xinhua. Meanwhile, the oppositional ...

Deadly rains affect 200000 in China

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:50:02 -0400

Continuous rainfall has claimed one life and affecting some 200,000 people in southwest China, authorities said Sunday. The rains started Thursday and had battered 14 counties in Guangxi region, Xinhua reported. The downpour damaged or destroyed 561 houses and ruined 12,120 hectares of crops, resulting in direct economic losses of about $24 ...

Pakistan holds re-polling after fraud claims

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:50:02 -0400

Re-polling in a parliamentary seat started in Pakistan's port city Karachi Sunday following allegations of vote rigging, officials said. The Election Commission ordered re-polling after political parties alleged that election officials had been stopped from reaching the polling centres May 11, reports Xinhua. Voting will continue until 5 p.m. on one National Assembly and two provincial assembly ...

Chinese premier departs for India

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:50:02 -0400

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang departed here Sunday for official visits to four nations, with India being the first stop. From India, Li will go to Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany, reports Xinhua. Li is visiting these countries at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Pakistan government, Swiss President Ueli Maurer and German Chancellor Angela ...

Bayer Leverkusen bid for Corinthians Romarinho

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:40:01 -0400

Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen has reportedly made a bid to sign highly rated Brazilian playmaker Romarinho. The German outfit has offered Corinthians 12 million euros to secure the 22-year-old in the European summer transfer window, reports Xinhua. Romarinho emerged on Brazil's football scene last year as a striker but has been transformed into an attacking midfielder by Corinthians coach ...

Rousseff opens Brasilia World Cup stadium

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:40:01 -0400

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff officially opened Brasilia's Mane Garrincha World Cup stadium. Despite controversy surrounding delays and cost overruns, Rousseff said the 71,000-seat venue was now the source of pride among Brazilians, reports Xinhua. "A year ago they said that we wouldn't build our stadiums, that they wouldn't be ready. But now we are seeing that the stadiums have been built ...

Dubai moves to stop ivory tusk smuggling

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:00:02 -0400

An environment campaign to enhance international efforts to combat the smuggling of elephant ivory tusks is being undertaken by the Dubai Police General Command. The new campaign is part of an ongoing bid by Dubai authorities to clamp down on the illegal shipment of elephant tusks from Africa to the Far East. According to Gulf News daily, the police awareness campaign was launched in Dubai's ...

Russia reviews adoption law over French gay marriage

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:10:01 -0400

Russia's children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has said Moscow may change its adoption agreement with France in response to the country's new gay marriage law. Earlier Saturday French President Francois Hollande signed into law a controversial bill allowing same-sex marriage. The bill has sparked mass protests throughout the nation. Russian President Vladimir Putin said late last month ...

Pregnancy wont affect Knowles performances

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:50:01 -0400

Singer Beyonce Knowles is reportedly expecting her second child with rapper Jay-Z and it is unlikely to affect her forthcoming stage performances. She had earlier pulled out of her Mrs. Carter show world tour in Antwerp, Belgium due to exhaustion, but she performed later when the tour touched down in Switzerland. A source has said that Knowles' pregnancy will most likely not affect her North ...

Waterhouse happy with Cooper

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:40:01 -0400

Model Suki Waterhouse is reportedly happy with her casual relationship with actor Bradley Cooper, but she hopes it becomes serious gradually. "Suki asked Harvey Weinstein to introduce her to Bradley because she said she needed to meet him. She wanted him and went after him. Now they're together all the time," femalefirst.co.uk quoted a source as saying. Their relationship is casual right now, ...

The Hangover actor engaged

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:50:01 -0400

Actor Justin Bartha, who plays Doug, one of the four friends in the popular "The Hangover" film series, is reportedly engaged to fitness trainer Lia Smith. The movie star proposed to Smith early May. "They're the cutest couple. She was completely surprised by the whole thing," usmagazine.com quoted a source as saying. "The trip to Big Sur, the engagement, the ring, everything. So cute," the ...

Japan clarifies report on North Korean missile launches

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:00:02 -0400

While confirming North Korea's missile launches Saturday, the Japanese government clarified none of the missiles landed in its territorial waters, Xinhua reported. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, citing its country's defence ministry, had reported that North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan. The ministry had detected two missiles being launched in the ...

Rooney Mara to endorse Calvin Klein perfume

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:00:02 -0400

Actress Rooney Mara has been named the new face of American designer brand Calvin Klein's new perfume. The 28-year-old will reunite with David Fincher, who directed her in "The Social Network" and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", to shoot a series of TV advertisements for the fashion house' upcoming female fragrance, Downtown. "I am very excited to be included in the group of amazing women ...

Five Azerbaijan troops killed in road crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:00:01 -0400

At least five Azerbaijan soldiers were killed and six seriously injured when their vehicle rammed into a tree and overturned, the government said. The accident occurred early Saturday in Guba region, some 168 km from capital Baku, reported Xinhua citing Azerbaijan's internal ministry. Though an investigation was underway , police said bad weather as well as mechanical defects might have caused ...

UAE to raise standard of education

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:50:01 -0400

The announcement of the UAE's Ministry of Education about the School Leadership Project to raise standards in the country's education sector is an important initiative which needs to be highly commended, a UAE daily has said. "Over the next five years, 700 education professionals in public schools in the UAE will undergo rigorous training in international best practices in teaching to set the ...

Inmates flee Siberian prison via tunnel

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

Over 2,500 police officers are engaged in search of four inmates, jailed for murder and burglary, who escaped from a prison in the East Siberia's Irkutsk region by digging a tunnel, local officials said Saturday. The prisoners escaped from an industrial area of a colony in Markovo village, where they worked as carpenters, by digging a 20-metre-long tunnel, an official statement said. The ...

Rajapaksa vows to fight external forces for peace

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

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday renewed his pledge to fight all "external elements" seeking to "disrupt" the country's peace. Speaking on the fourth anniversary celebration of winning the three-decade war against Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE), Rajapaksa was alluding to foreign countries, led by the US, Xinhua reported. Some countries have been critical of Sri Lanka's ...

Cyrus Bieber to collaborate

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

Pop singers Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber are reportedly planning to collaborate for something new. Cyrus, 20, was spotted leaving a Hollywood recording studio within minutes of 19-year-old Bieber Thursday. They are believed to be working on a collaboration, reports contactmusic.com. "There aren't that many recording booths at this studio, they must be doing something together. Justin and ...

Heidi Klum spares weekends for kids

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:01 -0400

German supermodel Heidi Klum always keeps her weekends free for her children. The 39-year-old raises kids Leni, nine, Henry, seven, Johan, six and Lou, three, with former husband Seal. Despite her busy schedule, she tries to be spend quality time with them whenever possible. "I keep weekends open and wrap my workday at a reasonable hour so I'm home for dinner and bedtime stories," ...

Afghan police officer killed in Taliban attack

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:01 -0400

A senior police official was killed in Afghanistan's Farah province when two Taliban militants opened fire on him, an official said Saturday. Ghani Khan, the police chief of Khak-e-Safid district, was visiting Charbagh area outside provincial capital Farah city Friday night. Khan was killed on the spot as two Taliban militants, riding a motorcycle, came across and sprayed bullets, reported ...

Top Pakistani Politician Gunned Down in Karachi

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400

A top Pakistani politician has been shot and killed in Karachi. Police say Zahra Shahid Hussain was shot twice in the head Saturday during an attempted street robbery outside her home. She died on the way to the hospital. A spokesman for Hussain's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, calls her killing an act of terrorism. Hussain was a senior vice president of PTI, which ...

Anti-terror officer killed with family in Baghdad

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

Five people, including an anti-terrorism police officer along with his wife and children, were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the Iraqi capital Saturday, a government source said. The incident occurred at dawn when gunmen broke into the house of the officer in al-Rasheed suburb and shot him dead with his wife and two children, reported Xinhua citing a source in Iraq's interior ministry. ...

Rihanna sues Topshop

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:40:01 -0400

Pop star Rihanna has reportedly sued British retail brand Topshop for $5 million for using her image on their products without her permission. The brand has been selling women's T-shirts printed with an image of Rihanna in an oufit from her iconic "We Found Love" video. "Rihanna's management asked Topshop a number of times to stop selling her image and were told, 'We do what we want'. They buy ...

After 12 Zoe Saldana prefers male company

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

Actress Zoe Saldana says the number of her male friends exceeds that of her female pals. No wonder the 34-year-old loved being a part of the almost completely male cast of "Star Trek Into Darkness". "It's a very accurate reflection of how I am in my own life. I have more male than female friends," contactmusic.com quoted Saldana as saying. Saldana also said she and her co-stars Zachary Quinto ...

Cricket Australia investigating Warners twitter rant

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:50:01 -0400

Cricket Australia (CA) is investigating a Twitter rant by cricketer David Warner, who launched a scathing attack on reputed Australian cricket writers Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn. "CA is aware of comments made on David Warner's twitter account overnight. CA is attempting to contact Warner and will continue to investigate the matter. CA will make further comment once it has conducted a ...

Hydro projects in Spiti top priority Virbhadra Singh

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:30:01 -0400

Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Saturday said more micro and mini hydropower projects would be set up in Spiti Valley to usher an era of prosperity and provide employment opportunities to the youth of the area. "The government will take consent of the locals before allowing the projects to set up," the chief minister said at a public meeting here. Virbhadra Singh is touring Lahaul-Spiti district ...

North Korea fires projectile

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:26:50 -0400

19 May 2013 North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials ...

Guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison sells for $400k

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:19:19 -0400

The Beatles Vox guitar, a custom prototype made in 1966 and later given to "Magic Alex" Mardas, a friend of the band, was sold by Julien's Auctions at the Hard Rock Cafe on Times Square.The instrument raised a hundred thousand dollars more than its pre-auction estimate, which was between 200,000 and 300,000 US dollars (130,000-200,000).Harrison can be seen rehearsing with the ...

France Killings Briton Held Over Kids Deaths

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:17:54 -0400

A divorced British man is being questioned by police in France on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two children. The bodies of the youngsters aged five and 10 were discovered in his apartment on Saturday in Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyon. The children were said to have arrived at the property on Friday and it was apparently the first time he had welcomed them to his apartment for ...

Top 5 best and worst things about my time studying abroad in America | Richard Morris

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:12:23 -0400

A Brit studying abroad across the pond might not sound that adventurous, but it's been an eye-opening year for me at the University of West Georgia in the much stereotyped US south. Here's the best and worst of what I learned about ...

Eurosceptics running protection racket in Tory party says Lord Mandelson

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:12:22 -0400

Lord Mandelson, a former Northern Ireland secretary, appeared to liken the Eurosceptics to the provisional wing of the Irish republican movement. Photograph: Rex ...

France in talks with U.S. Israel to buy drones minister

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:11:44 -0400

PARIS (Reuters) - France is in talks with the United States and Israel to buy intelligence-gathering drones to build up a modern fleet, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on ...

Pakistan holds re-vote in Karachi despite killing

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:41:35 -0400

In this undated photo released by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, Movement for Justice) party press office in Karachi, Zohra Shahid, center, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, poses with unidentified women at an unknown location in Pakistan. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on ...

Winning Powerball ticket sold in Florida supermarket estimated jackpot $590 million

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:39:11 -0400

Photo credit: Getty Images | A customer holds $140 worth of Powerball tickets that he just purchased in San Francisco, Calif. People all over the country are lining up to purchase $2 Powerball tickets as the multi-state jackpot hits $600 million. (May 17, ...

One winner of record $590m US lottery jackpot

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:28:25 -0400

A single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million (EUR460 million), officials said ...

Coronation Street Cleans Up At Soap Awards

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:26:59 -0400

Coronation Street dominated the British Soap Awards, scooping eight of 16 awards including Best Soap, while EastEnders picked up just one prize. The only gong for the BBC show was a Lifetime Achievement award for Adam Woodyatt, who has played Ian Beale since the soap began. Coronation Street also proved a hit with fans, taking home three out of five of the public-voted awards. Alan ...

Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:24:56 -0400

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) -- Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly ...

Chinese premier visits India to boost ties

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:24:55 -0400

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ...

Netanyahu takes aim at weapons leakage in Syria

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:20:39 -0400

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Sunday of further Israeli strikes inside Syria, pledging to act to prevent advanced weapons from reaching Hezbollah and other militant ...

Afghanistans Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid tensions with Pakistan

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:20:38 -0400

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are running high on Afghanistan's disputed border with ...

Here to Stay Syrian President Assads defiant message

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:20:05 -0400

President Bashar al-Assad has said he will not step down, as the conflict in Syria enters its third year. In an interview with Argentinian newspaper Clarin, he said ‘to resign would be to flee’. He also said US and Russian attempts at peace talks were doomed to failure, claiming that rebel groups were too fractured to enable any kind of ceasefire or summit. Assad blamed neighbouring ...

Second Vietnamese TV provider drops CNN and BBC

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:49:53 -0400

HANOI, Vietnam -; A popular Vietnamese cable television provider has stopped providing CNN and BBC, saying the channels don't have the licenses needed under a law stipulating that much content on foreign channels must be translated into ...

Syrian activists Shelling near Lebanon kills 16

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:49:52 -0400

A Syrian supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, holds a placard with his picture and the national flag as he participates in a protest outside the US Embassy in central London, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Lefteris ...

Broken rail probed after US crash

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:44:59 -0400

19 May 2013 US investigators are examining a broken section of rail to see if it is connected to the commuter train derailment and collision outside New York City that left dozens ...

Kenya police kill terror couple

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:44:58 -0400

Augustine Nthumbi, the officer in charge of the Githurai Kimbo area on the city's outskirts, said investigators raided the flat where the couple were staying following a tip-off and ordered them out of their house.Nthumbi said the couple refused to surrender, threw grenades and used their eight-month-old baby as a human shield. Nthumbi said two grenades were recovered from the house.Police ...

Kuwait deports hundreds for traffic offences

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:42:28 -0400

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has deported hundreds of expats for traffic offences in the past month, a report said on Sunday, drawing condemnation from a human rights group.The Al-Anbaa newspaper cited a senior interior ministry official as saying that as many as 1,258 foreigners have been deported for traffic violations since a crackdown began about a month ago.Foreign residents caught driving without a ...

Two remanded over killing of Malcolm X grandson

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:36:50 -0400

Police agents keep watch at the entrance of the Palace bar at Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City where Malcolm Shabazz was beaten to death. Photograph: Tomas ...

North Korea launches missiles off its east coast according to the South

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:36:39 -0400

North Korea has launched three missiles into the sea off its east coast, reheating simmering tensions and prompting mild rebukes from the US and ...

Pakistani Politician Zara Hussain Is Killed

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:34:49 -0400

Former cricket star Imran Khan has blamed a UK-based political rival and the British government after a female party colleague was shot dead. Zara Hussain, 59, was gunned down outside her home in the violence-plagued city of Karachi. She was vice president of the women's wing of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Sindh province. The killing came on the eve of a partial ...

Slippery eel slides towards disaster

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:49:53 -0400

However, there are fewer and fewer eels making that journey and the imbalance between eel stocks around the world and demand in Asia, where "unagi" has a prized place on Japan's sushi menu, is driving prices to caviar levels.In Maine, the last big US fishery for glass eels, as the young see-through ones are known, the creatures are aquatic gold.Prices reached a record $2,600 a ...

Saudi Arabian woman makes history having successfully scaled Mount Everest

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:45:25 -0400

Mountaineering officials say 64 climbers, including a Saudi Arabian woman, have successfully scaled Mount Everest from Nepal's side of the ...

Up to 60 people injured after elderly driver ploughs into Virginia parade

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:45:25 -0400

Up to 60 people were injured when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain ...

Gunman kills senior member of Imran Khans political party as row over Pakistan election vote rigging continues

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:45:24 -0400

Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. She was the vice president of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh. No one has claimed responsibility for the killing. Mr Khan's party has claimed it was the victim of vote rigging in several areas of ...

US college student being held hostage was shot and killed by police officer

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:42:40 -0400

Andrea Rebello was shot once in the head on Friday morning by an officer who had responded to a report of a home invasion at an off-campus home, police said yesterday.The masked intruder pointed a gun at the officer while holding the 21-year-old Hofstra University student in a headlock, Nassau County homicide squad Lt John Azzata said.In a tense confrontation with the officer, gunman Dalton Smith ...

Single ticket scoops $590m jackpot in Florida lottery

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:42:39 -0400

A single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated 590.5 million dollars (389.2m), officials said ...

Iran hangs two spies working for Israel and U.S. report

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:48 -0400

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities executed two men on Sunday convicted of working for Israeli and U.S. spy agencies, Iran's Fars news agency ...

Belgium probes into counterfeit euros originating in China

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:21 -0400

Belgian authorities have launched an investigation after the seizure of tons of fake euro coins which came from China. Customs at Brussels airport have been confiscating the counterfeit coins over the past few months. Germany’s Bundesbank mistakenly accepted fake money from China worth six million euros in ...

Bees buzz over landmines after detection training

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:18 -0400

Croatian researchers have trained bees to detect land mines by associating the scent of the bees’ sugary food with the smell of explosives. During the Balkan War two decades ago, 90,000 mines were buried across the country, according to a government estimate. Some 2,500 people in Croatia have been killed by them since ...

Russia cult film director Balabanov dies

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:18 -0400

Renowned Russian film director Alexei Balabanov has died at the age of 54. His breakthrough movie, criminal drama Brat (Brother) and his film Voina (War) about conflict in Chechnya, became cult hits in Russia. Balabanov made 16 films over nearly 25 years. Russian media reports say Balabanov died after suffering a seizure. He is thought to have been ill for some time, though details of his ...

Beckham Tearful goodbye for Le Spice Boy

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:17 -0400

PSG are scheduled to play one last match against Lorient next week, but it is unclear whether Beckham will figure in the fixture, making it a touching moment for fans as ...

Pro-drachma party launches urging Greece to leave the euro

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:13 -0400

A political party in Greece is calling for the country to leave the euro and go back to using the drachma as its national currency. Plan B held its first general meeting in Athens on Saturday and is headed up by the former leader of the left-wing opposition Syriza party. So far, Plan B is a small party with only around 400 members. Describing the party’s stance on leaving the euro, Plan ...

Anti-government anger in Turkey after Syria border bombings

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:12 -0400

Authorities in southern Turkey say they have detained four more suspects in connection with twin car bomb attacks last weekend. It means the total number of arrests after the bombs has risen to 17. Turkish media also say a car has been found which it is suspected was due to be used for a third attack. The announcements followed clashes with police in Reyhanli near the Syrian border where the ...

U.N. chief Ban says worried over North Korea missile launch

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:01 -0400

Pyonyang to refrain from further launches and return to stalled nuclear talks with world powers. Ban, who spoke to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti during a visit to Moscow, called North Korea's launch of three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday a "provocative action". "We are very worried over North Korea's provocative action," he told RIA in ...

Irans Guard warns against post-election turmoil

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:25:01 -0400

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Several Iranian newspapers are citing a senior Revolutionary Guard commander as warning his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after the June 14 presidential ...

Driverless cars pilotless planes … will there be jobs left for a human being

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:48:23 -0400

drones is encouraging the growth of pilotless commercial aircraft - the first ever flew in British airspace last month. Google's driverless car is completing ever more trials ever more successfully: the world's major car companies are all hot in pursuit, working on their own prototypes of their own versions. The automated checkouts at supermarkets are becoming as familiar as bank cash ...

Pope Francis greets German leader

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:16:13 -0400

Pope Francis arrives for an evening rally with the faithful at St. Peter's Square. The crowd, estimated by the Vatican at 200,000, had been waiting for him for hours on ...

Penn Station awaits overhaul

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:16:12 -0400

NEW YORK - The busiest passenger train station in the United States is a 1960s-era, utilitarian labyrinth in the basement of a basketball arena. Pennsylvania Station, a gateway to the nation's biggest city, was designed to accommodate about 200,000 riders a day. Now, it is packed with more than 600,000. At rush hours, it resembles a human demolition derby. All it takes to strand hundreds of ...

Powerball pot hits $600M

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:16:10 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - It's all about the odds. With four out of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot during Saturday night's drawing, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars - and that's after taxes. The problem, of course, is those same odds just about guarantee the lucky person won't ...

N. Korea fires 3 missiles

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:16:08 -0400

BEIJING - North Korea fired three short-range missiles off its east coast Saturday, following through on months of threats to conduct a missile launch. The South Korean Defense Ministry reported that it detected two launches in the morning and another in the afternoon. Its initial assessment was that the missiles were short-range surface-to-ship or surface-to-surface missiles capable of ...

France approves gay marriage

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:16:07 -0400

PARIS - France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate. Hollande's office said he signed the bill Saturday morning, a day after the Constitutional Council struck down a challenge to the law and ruled it in ...

IRS grilled for political motives

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:16:06 -0400

Steven Miller, the ousted IRS chief, testifying Friday. Rep. Dave Camp (R., Mich.), panel chairman, called the misdeed "the latest example of a culture of cover-ups and political intimidation in this ...

Woman testifies about Berlusconi parties and cash

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:16:04 -0400

After testifying at the trial of three former aides to Silvio Berlusconi, Karima el-Mahroug (right) leaves court with lawyer Paola Boccardo. They are accused of procuring el-Mahroug, others for ...

Security or political ploy

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:16:02 -0400

PETARE, Venezuela - Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas. Flashlights in his face, the driver steps out and places his hands on the roof while the soldiers frisk him for drugs and weapons. He's clean, and a hand gesture from the commanding officer sends him off into the maze of ...

Mayor rejects crack-use claims

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:16:01 -0400

TORONTO - A video purportedly of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack has caused an uproar in Canada. Ford on Friday called the allegations "ridiculous." The video has not been released publicly, and there is no way to verify whether it is authentic. Reports by gossip website Gawker and the Toronto Star said it was taken by a man who claimed he had sold crack to Ford. The Associated ...

An official Wash. state pot logo

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:15:59 -0400

Brent Miller in a grow room of his medical-marijuana operation in Seattle. Among state proposals governing retail sales: Track the product from "seed to ...

NE rail link severed

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:15:58 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, adding that a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine whether it is connected to the accident. The crash damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the Northeast Corridor. The crash also caused Amtrak to ...

In interview Assad says hell be staying

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:15:56 -0400

BEIRUT - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday that he won't step down and will instead "face the storm," raising new doubts about a U.S.-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war. In the Syrian capital Damascus, meanwhile, a powerful explosion went off in the Ruken al-Deen neighborhood, ...

Despite sequester elite U.S. employees set to get bonuses

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:15:53 -0400

WASHINGTON - An elite group of federal employees is set to receive cash bonuses, despite this year's automatic budget cuts, according to a report that a Senate subcommittee issued Friday. The report revealed that members of the government's highly paid Senior Executive Service - who make up less than 1 percent of the federal workforce - had received more than $340 million in bonuses ...

Leading Pakistani politician killed

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:04:11 -0400

The body of Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior female politician from cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party, is carried at a hospital in Karachi, in this still image taken from video footage. Photograph: Reuters ...

Defiant Assad says peace talks ‘unrealistic’

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:04:10 -0400

Dr Assad reiterated he would not resign and said peace talks would not make sense because the opposition was too fragmented to negotiate an ...

Jessica Ennis Marries In Derbyshire Ceremony

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:02:38 -0400

Olympic champion Jessica Ennis has married her long-term partner at a church in Derbyshire's Peak District. Bystanders in the picturesque village of Hathersage broke into spontaneous applause outside the Church of St Michael and All Angels as Ennis arrived to marry fiance Andy Hill. Around 100 guests are thought to have attended the hour-long wedding service on Saturday before heading ...

Paul Kagame I asked America to kill Congo rebel leader with drone

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:57:07 -0400

A new M23 recruit demonstrates his martial arts skills in the Democratic Republic of the Congo last week. Rwanda denies aiding them. Photograph: James ...

Is Kagame Africas Lincoln or a tyrant exploiting Rwandas tragic history

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:57:06 -0400

Rwanda 's president is famously direct with his critics. His contempt for governments he's crossed swords with, led by the French, is only marginally less vitriolic than his view of human-rights groups daring to lecture him, the rebel leader whose army put a stop to the 1994 genocide of 800,0000 Tutsis. But now even friends are regarded with suspicion to the point of hostility. Take ...

Upmarket Pakistan district votes again as Imran Khan decries killing

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:56:29 -0400

Record jackpot in US lottery draw

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:22:07 -0400

Powerball draw.Powerball.com said the win means the current estimated jackpot resets to 40 million dollars (26.4 million) or 25.1 million dollars (16.5 million) in cash value.The numbers drawn on Saturday were 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and Powerball 11.With four of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone was almost certain to win the game's highest jackpot, though ...

Saudi woman scales Everest summit as country warms to women in sports

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:18:47 -0400

Saudi woman Raha Moharrak reached the summit of Nepal's Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, in a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom where women's sports are severely restricted, tourism officials said on ...

Powerball Winning Ticket For $590m Jackpot

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:12:58 -0400

One winning ticket was sold in Florida for the record Powerball jackpot of more than $590m (389m), says a lottery official. The numbers drawn on Saturday were 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and Powerball 11. The chances of winning were astronomically low at one in 175.2 million. Terry Rich, a lottery official in Iowa, confirmed the ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Florida. He said ...

Working conditions in the fashion industry news and teaching resources round up

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:07:32 -0400

The collapse of a factory in Bangladesh has put sustainability in the fashion industry back on the agenda. Here are the best news stories and teaching resources to deal with the issues in ...

Danger and separation from families changing job of U.S. diplomats

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:06:53 -0400

Family members of deceased State Department diplomat Anne Smedinghoff, (front row L-R) sister Regina, father Tom, and mother Mary Beth listen to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speak at dedication ceremonies for new names inscribed on the American Foreign Service Association Memorial plaque in Washington May 3, ...

Hove Murder Probe After Man Is Shot Dead

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:22:24 -0400

Police have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man who was shot dead in Hove. The 31-year-old was discovered in Church Road, at its junction with Selborne Road, at about 11.30pm on Saturday. He was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton where he died just after 1am. Chief Inspector Helen West, of Sussex Police, said the victim was targeted and that it was ...

Indias weakened Congress wondering if early elections will help

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:17:00 -0400

Rahul Gandhi, a lawmaker, speaks to Sonia Gandhi (R), who is his mother and India's ruling Congress party chief, during the Indian National Congress meeting in Jaipur, capital of India's desert state of Rajasthan January 20, ...

Lord Howe David Cameron Is Losing Control

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:31:16 -0400

Former Tory chancellor Lord Howe has claimed David Cameron is losing control of his party as its "long, nervous breakdown" over Europe continues. Lord Howe, said Mr Cameron had "opened a Pandora's box politically" through his plan to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the European Union. In a strongly-worded attack he said the Tory leadership was ...

Powerball numbers for $600M jackpot 10 13 14 22 52 plus Powerball of 11

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:52:01 -0400

Photo credit: Steve Pfost | Tasha Scott, left, of Amityville, receives her powerball ticket from attendant Cem Kucukgode, right, at the mega mart on Route 110 in Amityville. (May 18, ...

Knicks season ends with 106-99 loss to Pacers in Game 6

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:52:00 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Knicks' most successful season in nearly 20 years ended here Saturday night, 10 wins short of their first championship since ...

Internet in coma as Iran election looms

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:46:19 -0400

Iran is tightening control of the Internet ahead of next month's presidential election, mindful of violent street protests that social networkers inspired last time around over claims of fraud, users and experts ...

Boom in Luxury Towers Is Warping New York Real Estate Market

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:20:52 -0400

Only 10 floors have been completed in what is intended to be the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere ...

World hunger could be eradicated

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:57:55 -0400

19 May 2013 World hunger could be eradicated if the revenues that developing countries lose through tax dodging were available to them to invest in agricultural development, says a report from charity Christian ...

Can Al-Jazeera win hearts and minds in America

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:54:25 -0400

The pan-Arab news giant is laying the groundwork for the launch ofAl-Jazeera America after its purchase of Current TV, a struggling US ...

Student Hostage Shot Dead By Police Officer

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:52:29 -0400

A New York college student has been shot dead by a police officer who was responding to reports of an intruder at her home. Andrea Rebello was being held in a headlock by a masked gunman when officers arrived at her address in Uniondale on Long Island. A policeman opened fire as Dalton Smith - the man who forced his way into the house - made a motion to fire at the two officers at the scene. ...

Fractured track to be analyzed