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Car rams into Virginia hikers

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:21:55 -0400

A parade in the US state of Virginia has been ended by an horrendous car crash. Over 50 people were injured in an incident where a car ploughed into the crowd whose members had been hiking through the area. More than a dozen people were seriously injured in the crash, which took place during the Trail Days festival in the town of Damascus in northern Virginia. Ambulances ferried the ...

Israel worried that Russian weapons will reach Hezbollah

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:24:01 -0400

Israel has warned Russia about sending arms to Syria. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has spoken on Channel Two television's Meet the Press to condemn shipments of arms from Russia that she said may be used against Israel. She said: "These are not just any weapons, they are tie-breakers, and that's why there is a responsibility with all world powers, certainly Russia, not to supply such ...

Syrians on alert as bombs explode in Damascus

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:19:24 -0400

At least eight people have been killed and ten others injured in a bomb attack in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The incident took place in the north of the city, where cars and buildings were set alight by a bomb. The bomb had been concealed in another car which was parked near a school in the Rukn Eddin neighbourhood. Another explosive device was defused by military experts who had ...

Spies hang after Tehran court ruling

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:27:54 -0400

Two spies have been hanged in Iran following a Revolutionary Court judgement. Press TV has reported the spies, who worked for the US Central Intelligence Agency and the Israeli spy agency, the Mossad, were hanged at dawn on Sunday. Sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court, the men have been named as Mohammad Heidari, a Mossad agent and Kourosh Ahmadi, who was convicted of working for ...

Oil spill causes Texas to launch law suit

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:26:06 -0400

BP and Halliburton are being sued by the state of Texas over one of the worst oil spills in US history. Texas has become the latest complainant in allegations that both companies engaged in "misconduct" for their role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Four other states that have sued BP and other companies in connection to the spill. Alabama and Louisiana filed complaints in 2010 ...

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in IndiaUpdate

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

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here today on a three-day state visit. The visit is expected to expand cooperation between the two countries substantially. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said New Delhi is highly hopeful that the visit will enhance mutual trust and understanding between the people and leadership on sensitivities of two countries. Briefing media here ...

Britains benefits ghettos Report reveals growing number of estates where half those of working age are dependent on handouts

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:37:00 -0400

It would mean nearly one in five children are growing up in a workless household – the second highest in Europe after Macedonia where it is nearly one in ...

The forgotten carers battling to cope alone Almost two million are missing out on vital support because they do not consider themselves carers

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:59 -0400

As many as 1.75million of the 6.5million Britons who have responsibilities for looking after loved ones do not consider themselves as carers, says a ...

Ally Swinton I was thinking This is really it. I am going off a cliff. I am going to die Miracle survivor of 2000ft avalanche fall speaks of his terrifying experience

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:58 -0400

'I was thinking: This is really it. I am going off a cliff. I am going to die': Miracle survivor of 2,000ft avalanche fall reveals terrifying moment he was forced to SWIM to safety through ...

UK weather No signs of summer as forecasters predict marble-sized hail and thunderstorms for this week

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:56 -0400

While the rest of the week is expected to be fairly dry, even the hardiest of souls would struggle to sunbathe, with temperatures set to dip to low double figures, cooler than the average for this time of ...

Ground control to Major Tim... Army pilot will be the first British astronaut to go into space for 20 years

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:55 -0400

The married father of two, who was born in Chichester, West Sussex, will take part in spacewalks and complex scientific research and experiments in the Columbus laboratory module, which is attached to the front of the 400-ton space ...

Man killed and four people injured after Newark house is set alight by gas explosion

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:54 -0400

A man was killed and four other people were injured last night in a gas explosion which destroyed a terraced house - with one person still missing in the early hours of this morning, police ...

MELANIE PHILLIPS The more abuse Mr Gove gets from the teachers the more you know hes right

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:53 -0400

Sometimes, you can gauge someone’s quality from the enemies they make. By that standard, the embattled Education Secretary, Michael Gove, is a person of the highest ...

Lord Feldman A chance encounter in the Blue Boar - and a torrent of threats from No. 10

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:53 -0400

With its soft lighting, sumptuous sofas and leather-seated booths offering discreet hospitality, the Blue Boar Smokehouse – a short stroll from Parliament – is popular with MPs and ...

British businessman has his prostate removed over cancer risk from Jolie gene

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:52 -0400

Last week Angelina Jolie revealed that she had had a double mastectomy after discovering that the BRCA1 gene gave her an 87 per cent risk of developing breast ...

Facebook study Lives of Mr and Mrs Average charted online show how women discuss TV at 44 and men lose interest in their careers at 30

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:51 -0400

While women tend to take exercise seriously from the age of 34, for example, the average man waits until his 45th birthday before working hard to get in ...

Vitamin D helps beat symptoms of asthma Supplements could soon be used as treatment alongside other drugs

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:49 -0400

A new study found the ‘sunshine’ vitamin resulted in lower levels of a natural chemical in the body that aggravates symptoms in asthma patients and cuts the effectiveness of ...

Meltdown on gay marriage Cameron faces humiliating Commons defeat as Tory MPs prepare to back amendment which could delay weddings until after the next election

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:48 -0400

At least 100 Tory MPs are expected to join forces with Labour and the Lib Dems to back an amendment allowing heterosexual couples to have civil partnerships ...

How three in four pharmacies give poor drugs advice Patients health is being put at risk

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:47 -0400

Which? sent trained undercover mystery shoppers into 122 pharmacies across the UK and an expert panel of three experienced pharmacists rated the advice they ...

The day I was almost killed by a rampaging herd of cows by DAVID BLUNKETT

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:46 -0400

The death last week of retired university professor Michael Porter while walking with two dogs through a field of cows is a terrible reminder of just how dangerous these placid-looking beasts can ...

Police take DNA of 27 primary children a week

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:45 -0400

Frances Crook, the league’s chief executive, said most children were ‘just up to mischief’ and it was wrong to treat them like hardened ...

Sir Mervyn King says George Osbornes plan to help housebuyers could cause another crash

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:44 -0400

The outgoing Bank of England governor said George Osborne’s Help to Buy scheme was ‘too close for comfort’ and could damage the mortgage market if allowed to continue for too ...

The invisible beauty of flowers Images of petals leaves and pollen captured by electron microscope

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:43 -0400

Japanese artist Susumu Nishinaga uses a scanning electron microscope to delve into the fabric of petals, leaves and pollen, creating a stunning collection of plants from sunflowers to ...

Divorced British father admits slitting throats of his son 10 and daughter 5 after being allowed to spend time with them for first time since bitter custody battle

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:42 -0400

A British father yesterday admitted cutting the throats of his two young children after being allowed to spend time alone with them for the first time since his bitter divorce from their French ...

Definitely not a rubbish send-off Grandfather-of-four buried in skip-shaped coffin after lifetime of working on building sites

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:42 -0400

Grandfather-of-four Tony Bryan, 74, asked that the unusual casket be taken on a tour of his home town on the back of his work lorry before being buried in his back ...

Customers charged twice for items because contactless cards were activated from their pockets

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:41 -0400

They say money was taken from their contactless payment cards – even when they did not try to use them – at stores including Marks & ...

Over 55s smile the most People in that age group are happier than anyone else

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:40 -0400

Researchers found that those over 55 smile more than other age group, indicating that life gets better as we near retirement and start to put work stresses behind ...

Tories expect UKIP to win first place in EU elections PM running scared says Howe

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:38 -0400

David Cameron expects the UK Independence Party to win next year’s European Parliament elections despite his pledge to hold an in/out referendum on ...

Fifty hospital beds a week axed under the Coalition pushing accident and emergency wards to breaking point

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:37 -0400

Fifty hospital beds have been axed every week since the last election – pushing overstretched accident and emergency wards ever closer to breaking ...

Nine in ten parents want online porn automatically blocked by the Government

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:36 -0400

The National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) found nine out of ten parents want a default setting on computers and smartphones which prevents the viewing of adult ...

Sandcastle hero Beach boy finds memory card... and traces family to return precious snaps

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:34 -0400

Jake, who found the memory card, said: ‘I was just digging and kicking the sand around. I didn’t know what it was and it was time to go so I showed my dad and he told me what it ...

Shell Eco-marathon An electrifying challenge Thousands of students take part in three day event to find the blueprint for the car of tomorrow

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:33 -0400

They look like they could have come from a futuristic science fiction film, but these vehicles could in fact be the blueprint for the car of ...

Double dippers The 5000 retired police who get pension AND salary

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:32 -0400

Nearly 5,000 retired police officers have been re-employed again by their old force and are ‘double dipping’ into the public purse, it has ...

The woman who claims she is too pretty to take a job Graduate hounded by sex pests and jealous females

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:31 -0400

She said: ‘They [other women] assumed because I was pretty, I was stupid, so didn’t take me seriously at first and, because of their own insecurities, were jealous of my ...

PETER MCKAY In 70 years have we gone from the greatest to the weakest Silly spats prove how weak our leaders are

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:30 -0400

Those who grew up during the Hungry Thirties, and fought in World War II, were called ‘the greatest generation’ in a 1968 book by U.S. author and broadcaster Tom ...

Rising numbers of men have laser treatment to cure hairy hobbit feet

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:29 -0400

Dermatologist Dr Michael Prager performs two laser hair treatments on men's feet each day. He said the number of men having the procedure has doubled in the last ...

Terrorised by a very protective mother goose Students forced to run for cover by birds looking after their eggs

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:28 -0400

But one particularly protective mum was causing chaos on campus yesterday as she viciously attacked students trying to get back to their halls of ...

Disabled killer whale with missing fins survives with the help of family who hunt for its food

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:26 -0400

But rather than be left to fend for itself or die, the whale appears to be cared for by members of its pod, which share their food with the ...

Pregnant and with a wealthy new lover internet bride of millionaire murdered in the Ukraine

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:26 -0400

But she looked relaxed and happy in the company of her new man, who is listed at Companies House as being a director of Ochre Blue Ltd, a women’s handbag and accessories ...

British skier plunges hundreds of feet to his death while trying to reach shelter during ice storm on Mont Blanc

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:24 -0400

A British skier plunged hundreds of his feet to his death while trying to reach shelter on Mont Blanc via an icy ridge blasted by freezing winds, it emerged ...

Caernarfon Airport crash One dead and adult and child injured as light aircraft crashes on take-off and flips over

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:23 -0400

Chief Inspector Darren Wareing said: 'An investigation is ongoing and we are appealing to anyone who witnessed the plane as it approached the runway of Caernarfon Airport to contact ...

Mairead Philpott set to appeal against length of jail sentence for killing her six children after defence lawyer says her role was not as substantial as the judge assessed

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:22 -0400

Mairead Philpott, 32, was jailed alongside her husband at Nottingham Crown Court last month after being found guilty of the manslaughter of children Jade, John, Jack, Jesse, Jayden and ...

Amanda Knox claims she is penniless after facing libel lawsuits over her memoir but says she is not going to change her story

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:21 -0400

She will be paid a reported $4million in total for her memoir Waiting To Be Heard but claimed that her retrial and a potential libel lawsuits will leave her ...

Tree house for grown ups - The rainforest home that allows owners a canopy-top vista

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:20 -0400

'This house evades the mechanics of the camera; it is difficult to capture the way the interior space flows seamlessly through to the ...

Number of people dying because of unbearable heat set to double this century because of climate change

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:18 -0400

It follows a report last year by the Health Protection Agency that warned heat related deaths in the UK will increase by more than 10,000 annually - a fivefold ...

Are you gay bisexual or straight Bizarre question asked by police in Neighbourhood Watch survey

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:17 -0400

The questionnaire by West Midlands Police asked residents in Birmingham questions about their sexual orientation so they could help officers 'detect crime and anti-social ...

Did Madeleine McCann abductor stay in same resort Investigators probe new leads amid claims couple soothed crying three-year-old before she disappeared

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:16 -0400

Scotland Yard are also believed to be re-interviewing holidaymakers and staff at the complex where the three-year-old was last seen as part of an ongoing review into her ...

Super Bowl of swine Barbecue world championship attracts 250 competitors battling it out for grill king title

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:15 -0400

Welcome to the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest – aka the ‘Super Bowl of Swine’ – where it’s never too early to fire up the ...

David Cameron should not have promoted tennis crony to Tory party chairman says David Mellor as row over swivel-eyed loons comment engulfs Conservatives

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:14 -0400

Former minister David Mellor has today criticised David Cameron for appointing his university 'chum' and tennis partner Lord Feldman as co-chairman of the Conservative party, as the row over an alleged 'swivel-eyed loons' remark about grassroots supporters ...

Police launch murder investigation after man 31 is shot dead in Brighton street

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:13 -0400

Police hunt bank robber caught on camera putting his finger to his lips to quieten hysterical teller after slipping her a note saying he would kill ...

Bravery of five-year-old Jessica given just 10 months to live by doctors as rare tumour begins to respond to treatment

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:12 -0400

A little girl with a terminal tumour who was told she had just ten months to live is on the road to an amazing recovery after battling the rare ...

From tennis pals at Oxford to the very top of Government How Lord Feldman has been at Camerons side for decades

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:10 -0400

sheer strength and longevity of Cameron's friendship with Lord Feldman which makes the furore so damaging for the Tory leader because it is widely assumed their views are ...

Worlds most dramatic city as youve never seen it before Stunning timelapse video of Dubai show hustle and bustle of life around skyscrapers and mosques

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:09 -0400

Now an amazing timelapse video of Dubai takes viewers on an incredible four and a half minute journey through its streets, high-speed rail, the breathtaking skyline, the night life and the visually stunning sunsets and ...

No wonder its called a kingfisher Bird catches up to 50 a day... and one unlucky frog

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:07 -0400

It's a hard life! Supermodel Karolina Kurkova stands out in blue print shirt and matching trousers while staying on Roberto Cavalli's yacht in ...

Stuart Hazell Tia Sharp murderers self-pitying letters from jail reveal his upset at nasty stuff said by prisoners

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:06 -0400

Self pity: Child killer Stuart Hazell wrote letters complaining that he was crying himself to sleep in prison because of the 'nasty stuff' said about ...

Was he hoping for a clean getaway Serial burglar took a BATH in victims home after cooking a meal in microwave

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:05 -0400

Maidstone Crown Court heard how the 40-year-old serial burglar had sneaked into the house through the window and helped himself to various electronic items and ...

The Tiny Apple Photographer shrinks New York Citys landmarks down to doll sized proportions using camera trickery

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:04 -0400

New York City makes all who live there and visit feel small, but photographer Richard Silver has found a way to make denizens of the city that never sleeps seem even ...

Japan government upgrades economic assessment for first time in two months

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:20:44 -0400

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government upgraded its assessment of the economy in May for the first time in two months, in a sign growth is accelerating as exports and factory output pick ...

Storms kill 1 in Oklahoma

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:20:30 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. (CNN) -- At least one person was killed Sunday when tornadoes ripped through three states, tearing roofs off homes, downing power lines and tossing trees like matchsticks. The death happened in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, said Sheriff Mike ...

China asks NKorea to release fishing boat crew

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:51:49 -0400

BEIJING -; The Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang asked North Korea to release a private Chinese fishing boat and its crew soon after its owner reported the detention 10 days ago, state media ...

Tornado levels homes in Oklahoma City trailer park

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:47:31 -0400

People survey damage from a tornado that hit Edmond, Okla., on Sunday, May 19, 2013. A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged roofs and structures near Oklahoma City and kicked up debris in Wichita, ...

Intertwined fates The Lebanon-Syria-Iran axis

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:47:11 -0400

The instability rocking Syria has caused three critical security arenas - Lebanon, Syria and Iran - to become more closely intertwined than ever before.As has been widely reported, Hezbollah, acting on Iranian orders, has mobilized a significant portion of its fighting force to Syria to help secure a turnaround for the regime of President Bashar ...

Palestinian lost speech ability after PA torture

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:47:11 -0400

A Palestinian man who was detained by the Palestinian Authority security forces in Hebron has lost the ability to speak as a result of severe torture, according to a report released by the Independent Commission for Human Rights.Mohamed Abdel Karim Dar of Hebron was hospitalized after being tortured while in detention, the report, which documented 28 cases of torture in PA prisons in the ...

Oxfam warns of health risks to Syria refugees

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:42:21 -0400

Aid organisation Oxfam warned on Monday that the warmer weather will increase health-related risks for hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, and appealed for urgent ...

Powerful thunderstorms rumble through hard-hit Midwest

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:28:05 -0400

EDMOND, Okla. A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged homes and buildings near Oklahoma City and put the Tulsa area on high-alert. There were no immediate reports of injuries caused by any of the tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma and Kansas, including one that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond before moving ...

Canadas top aide quits over expenses scandal

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:27:23 -0400

The top aide to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has resigned over his role in an mounting expenses scandal which is threatening to undermine the Conservative government. Nigel Wright, Harper's chief of staff, quit on Sunday after secretly giving a C$90,000 ($87,000) cheque in February to Mike Duffy, a member of the upper Senate chamber, to help him cover living expenses he had ...

Post-Chavez Venezuela makes overture to US

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:27:22 -0400

Venezuela's foreign minister has signalled that his country is ready to improve its diplomatic ties with the United States. "We are going to remain open to normalising relations with the United States," Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said on Televen television on Sunday. "The first thing would be to resume diplomatic representation at the highest level," he said. The ...

Pilot Its tearing up everything

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:11:44 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. (CNN) -- Tornadoes touched down in three states on Sunday, ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, the National ...

Disney NBCUniversal and Paramount Plan Bold Studio Expansions

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:58:07 -0400

NBCUniversal and Paramount all have large, long-term expansion plans on the books. The construction would follow recent face-lifts and incremental growth on and near the lots owned by the three other major studios -- Fox, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Warner Brothers. The resulting transformation would seem to put a glow of health on an industry that was bruised by a writers strike in 2007, ...

Jakarta Journal Suhartos Indonesian Legacy 15 Years Later

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:57:21 -0400

JAKARTA, Indonesia ...

Mother of Oxford sex gang pair blames their victims She says schoolgirls should have been playing with toys

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:52:53 -0400

The mother of two members of the Oxford child sex abuse gang has blamed the schoolgirls for the ordeal they suffered, saying ‘they were having sex at the age of ten instead of playing with ...

Russia Expels Former American Embassy Official

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:38:57 -0400

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Conn. train collision a major headache for commuters

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:37:30 -0400

(CBS News) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - It will almost certainly be an ugly commute on the East Coast for tens of thousands Monday morning. Train service on part of the country's busiest rail line is out of commission. Crews are starting to rebuild hundreds of feet of track south of New Haven, Conn. following ...

Chinese premier arrives in Delhi for talks

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:36:39 -0400

Li Keqiang, the Chinese premier, has arrived in India for a series of meetings with senior government officials aimed at rebuilding trust between the two countries and boosting trade ties. Li, who arrived in New Delhi on Sunday afternoon, has said that his decision to choose India for his first foreign visit since taking office "indicates the great importance Beijing attaches to its ...

Bomb Suspects Trip Sheds Light on Caucasus War

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:25:39 -0400

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Venezuela in rare diplomatic overture to America

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:14 -0400

CARACAS - Venezuela on Sunday made a rare diplomatic overture to the United States, suggesting it could be time for better ties."We are going to remain open to normalizing relations with the United States," Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said on Televen television Sunday."The first thing would be to resume diplomatic representation at the highest level," he said.The ...

British skier falls to his death in French Alps

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:55:48 -0400

The man, who has not been named, was out with another skier when they were caught in a storm as they descended the challenging Vallee Blanche near Chamonix.He plunged down the north face of the Aiguille du Midi mountain after the pair decided to return to the cable car because of dangerously high winds and blizzards.Mountain rescue teams have yet to recover his body.Captain Patrice Ribes, of ...

Tech Industry Pushes to Amend Immigration Bill

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:55:33 -0400

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Shooting death of gay man rocks New York community

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:55:00 -0400

A view of fog over the New York skyline. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson) NEW YORK - Greenwich Village, the birthplace of the U.S. gay rights movement, remained in shock on Sunday over the shooting death of a gay man by a gunman who police said uttered anti-gay slurs before targeting the victim. Mark Carson, 32, was shot dead in Greenwich Village around midnight on Friday in what police are calling a ...

8 things to know

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:47:35 -0400

>World-renowned chef, author and Emmy winning television personality Anthony Bourdain visits Libya in the next episode of "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown," airing Sunday, May 19, at 9 p.m. ET. Follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.(CNN) -- Following Libya's revolution, oil production has been restored and the country has slipped from the front pages. Once more, Libya has become North ...

8 things to know

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8 things to know

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8 things to know

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8 things to know before visiting Libya

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:47:05 -0400

Outlook dim as Syria diplomacy gathers force

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:46:44 -0400

John Kerry is expected to explain the plans for talks at a meeting in Jordan on Wednesday of the "Friends of Syria" club of countries seeking Assad's downfall, many of which are skeptical of the peace initiative. Syria's opposition will meet on Thursday in Istanbul to announce its stance, and the Arab League's Syria committee will also meet on Thursday in Cairo at the ...

Police killed as violence continues in Iraq

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:45:33 -0400

At least 10 policemen have been killed after unidentified gunmen attacked a police station in the Iraqi city of Rawah, northwest of Baghdad, police officials say. The attack took place on Sunday evening in the city, located about 320km northwest of Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. The base commander was among those killed, a police source told Al Jazeera. Qais al-Rawi, the head of the area's ...

Breaking Bread Karen J. Greenberg Vexed by Terrorism Trials and Guantnamo and Bearing Witness

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:40:55 -0400

Perhaps a meal was not the ideal setting to talk about something as unappetizing as a hunger strike. But there was no way, even with lunch on the table, to avoid that grim topic with Karen J. Greenberg, who has made herself an expert on matters of torture, terrorism trials and the military prison at GuantÃ¡namo Bay, Cuba. There, dozens of inmates are refusing food to protest ...

Biebers monkey Abandoned animal is German state property after singer fails to claim it back

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:11:33 -0400

Justin Bieber’s abandoned monkey Mally is now officially the property of the German state and has been moved to a secret location to protect it from paparazzi photographers and fans wanting to adopt ...

Imran Khan condemns killing of senior member of his reforming party after she was gunned down outside her home

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:11:32 -0400

Former cricketer Imran Khan has condemned the killing of a senior member of his political party and laid the blame with the leader of rival party the Muttahida Quami ...

Pope Francis admits he falls asleep during nighttime prayer but thinks God understands

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:11:32 -0400

The Pontiff told a crowd of 200,000 people about his moment of shuteye, but said he thought God understands that it's hard to stay awake after a tiring ...

Swingeing socialist tax policies in France mean thousands of millionaires have paid more than 100 of their annual income

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:11:31 -0400

Taxes on the rich imposed by Socialist president Francois Hollande meant more than 8,000 French households had tax bills that exceeded their income last ...

Could South America end its participation in the war on drugs Fears horrific human cost of tackling cartels will lead to change in policy

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:11:30 -0400

Latin American countries could stop deploying law enforcement agencies to fight cartels after concluding that the human costs of the 'war on drugs' is just too ...

No peace deal in Syria and I wont be stepping down says president Assad in rare interview punctured by shell fire

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:11:29 -0400

In a rare interview conducted in the library of the presidential palace in Damascus, he warned America and Russia that peace talks were no nearer the negotiating ...

Benghazi-disciplined diplomat a prolific poet

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:56:53 -0400

Raymond Maxwell -- one of the four State Department officials disciplined over security lapses that led to the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year -- is also a prolific poet. And he's been publishing provocative verses since he was put on administrative leave December ...

Thunderstorm supercells threaten Midwest

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:56:50 -0400

Not sure if these homes have basements, but it's insane to live in Oklahoma tornado country and not have one. We live in the Midwest, and we have a basement to go too when the tornado warnings sound. Every home in practically every subdivision has basements. I wouldn't live in a home without ...

5 hospitalized in train collision

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:49:36 -0400

>Were you there? Share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Five people remained in the hospital -- one in critical condition -- two days after a commuter train derailed and struck another train on one of the busiest tracks in the country, officials said Sunday. National Transportation Safety Board investigators looking at the accident, along the corridor from New York to New Haven, Connecticut, ...

HM Led Labor Breakthrough by European Retailers

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:14 -0400

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Jlem to vie for 2019 UNSC seat despite Berlin bid

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:26:07 -0400

Israel will go ahead with its candidacy for an unprecedented seat on the UN Security Council in 2019 despite Germany's determination to run against it, diplomatic officials ...

A-G told IDF to remove remaining Migron homes

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:26:07 -0400

The state should remove the structures that were left intact at the site of the former Migron outpost, Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein told the Civil Administration last week according to his office.The IDF had forcibly evacuated 50 families from the outpost in September, after the High Court of Justice ruled that their homes were built without permits on land classified by the state as ...

Beduin pelt Retamim residents with stones

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:26:06 -0400

Masked Beduin men blocked the road to Kibbutz Retamim in the Negev, throwing stones at residents' cars on Sunday afternoon.Following a complaint from a Retamim woman, who managed to drive around the makeshift roadblocks while the masked men on all-terrain vehicles threw stones at her car, which also contained her three children, without getting hurt, Negev Police sent a special force to ...

WJC to probe Claims Conference fraud cover-up

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:26:06 -0400

World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder has asked Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany chairman Julius Berman and executive vice president Gregory Schneider to respond to allegations of covering up ...

On Par A Power Shift in Golf Calling the Shots From the Couch

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:24:17 -0400

Jamie Epstein, a New Jersey lawyer, was watching the final round of the Players Championship on his laptop when the leader, Tiger Woods, drove the ball into the water on the 14th hole. Epstein was incredulous when Woods made his subsequent drop roughly 250 yards from the pin. From where Epstein sat, at a Whole Foods cafeteria, it appeared that ...

Could cop have avoided accidentally killing NY student

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:08:57 -0400

NEW YORK The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced the most harrowing decision of a law enforcement career: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must act to save a life, says an expert in the field. "The big question is, how do you know, when someone's pointing a gun at you, whether you ...

Small Fla. town wonders who won Powerball

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:08:55 -0400

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million -; the highest Powerball jackpot in history. But it wasn't Matthew Bogel. On Sunday, he loaded groceries into his car after shopping at the Publix. He shook his head when asked about the jackpot. "It's crazy, ...

Critics Notebook Andris Nelson Is Latest of Orchestras Young Leaders

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:50:33 -0400

When it comes to classical music these days, the kids ...

Hofstra University student killed by cops in hostage standoff

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:27:45 -0400

Andrea Rebello. (Instagram) A 21-year-old university student who was taken hostage in her apartment and then shot to death during a police standoff with an armed robber on New York’s Long Island was killed by a bullet fired from an officer’s gun, investigators said on Sunday. Andrea Rebello was shot in the head on Friday by one of eight rounds fired at Dalton Smith, who had the woman ...

Insight Despite curbs Chinas vast hot money triangle flourishes

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:20:52 -0400

ZHUHAI, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) - In an underground mall just a stone's throw from China's teeming border with Macau, a row of 30 small shops with identical golden plaques does a brisk, though shadowy trade with mainland Chinese visitors, many of them bound for the gambling ...

Exclusive Bangladesh factory banned by Wal-Mart still makes Wrangler shirts

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:20:52 -0400

GAZIPUR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world's largest apparel maker, U.S.-based VF ...

Reports Yahoo to acquire Tumblr for $1.1B

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:19:32 -0400

YHOO ) may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications. The Sunnyvale, California, company's board of directors met Sunday and approved a $1.1 billion acquisition of online content-sharing site Tumblr in a deal Mayer ...

Republicans continue beating Benghazi drum

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:19:32 -0400

After the White House released some 100 pages of emails documenting the development of talking points used to brief the public on the attack in Benghazi, Democrats brandished the disclosure as evidence that there was no attempt by the White House to airbrush or spin the administration's response for political advantage. The emails revealed only a bureaucratic tug-of-war between the State ...

UNESCO delegation arrives on rare inspection trip to Jlem

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:47:28 -0400

Israel lets delegation inspect preservation work in Old City in exchange for Palestinians postponing anti-Israel resolutions pending before the body; agreement viewed as diplomatic achievement, brokered by US and ...

Father confesses to gruesome murder of children

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:47:14 -0400

A 48-year-old divorced Briton locked in a bitter custody battle has confessed that he had killed his two young children by slitting their throats in the French city of Lille. The bodies of the five-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy were discovered on Saturday afternoon (local time) in the man's apartment in Saint-Priest, a southeastern suburb of the eastern city of Lyon. The ...

Methanol in alcohol bottle kills British backpacker

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:33:57 -0400

A British backpacker has died after drinking poisoned alcohol while trekking in the Indonesian jungle. Cheznye Emmons died after drinking from a bottle that later turned out to be filled with deadly methanol. Reports said it was either labelled gin or whisky. The 23-year-old had been travelling across south Asia with her boyfriend Joe Cook, 21, and a male friend they had met on ...

Syrian Army Moves Into Rebel-Held Qusayr

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:33:39 -0400

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Syrian government forces backed by Lebanese fighters from the militant group Hezbollah pushed Sunday into parts of a strategic city long held by rebels, according to both an antigovernment activist and pro-government news channels. If the advance holds, it would be a serious setback for opponents of President Bashar al-Assad and further inflame regional ...

Critics Notebook Coen Brothers Inside Llewyn Davis Is Popular at Cannes

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:30:52 -0400

CANNES, France ...

Web censorship thought to be rife in Iran

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:29:08 -0400

Iran is tightening control of the internet ahead of next month's presidential election according to users and internet experts in the country. Social network users previously sparked violent street protests over claims of election fraud after voting in 2009. The authorities deny such claims, but have not explained exactly why service has become slower. Businesses, banks and state ...

Books of The Times Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:26:59 -0400

When readers of ...

Yahoo board approves $1.1-billion purchase of Tumblr report

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:04:00 -0400

The Yahoo Inc. board has approved the $1.1-billion (U.S.) acquisition of Tumblr, a New York-based blogging service, according to The Wall Street Journal.The purchase was a foregone conclusion, said the website AllThingsD.com, citing sources close to the tech giant's board.The deal is just the latest effort by Yahoo to cultivate a hipper image since the arrival of CEO Marissa Mayer last ...

Damascus Gate clashes inflame tensions in east Jlem

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:57:38 -0400

Palestinians expressed their anger outside Damascus Gate on Sunday afternoon, claiming it was "impossible" for any man under the age of 50 to go through it to enter the mosque.Violent clashes broke out Saturday afternoon in east Jerusalem between over 100 Palestinians and police following what authorities described as an "illegal march" from Damascus Gate to al-Aksa ...

Caribbean Scientist Warns of Climate Change Disaster

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:54:01 -0400

The Caribbean does not have the luxury of time for decisive action on climate change and global warming. In fact, it is on the brink of calamity, according to a prominent ...

Egypts Morsi rules out talks as hostage video appears

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:53:33 -0400

CAIRO: Egypt's President MohamedMorsion Sunday ruled out negotiating with the kidnappers of three policemen and four soldiers who appeared to plead for their release in an online video.The abductions on Thursday in the Sinai Peninsula prompted angry police to shut down border crossings with Gaza and Israel, piling the pressure onMorsito secure the hostages' release."There are no ...

Obama touts second term agenda in graduation speech

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:53:32 -0400

US President BarackObama, in a rousing speech to graduating college students on Sunday, touted his second term agenda, steering clear of scandals that have engulfed the White House in recent ...

Match made in cyberspace Yahoo poised to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:48:52 -0400

Not quite a year after arriving at Yahoo! from Google, chief executive Marissa Mayer has apparently persuaded her board to approve the purchase of Tumblr - the go-to website for legions of young bloggers and internet sharers - for $1.1bn in cash, despite it making just $13m in sales last ...

Obama tries to bounce back after tough week

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:43:38 -0400

U.S. President Barack Obama adjusts his tie before receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the graduation ceremony of the class of 2013 at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia May 19, ...

Man dead two critical in family plane crash

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:42:28 -0400

A MAN has died while a boy and another man are fighting for their lives after a light aircraft crashed on the approach to an airport runway in ...

Morsi rules out talks over Sinai hostages

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:37:43 -0400

Egypt's president Mohamed Morsi has ruled out negotiating with the kidnappers of three policemen and four soldiers who appeared to plead for their release in an online video. The abductions on Thursday in the Sinai peninsula prompted angry police to shut down border crossings with Gaza and Israel, piling the pressure on Morsi to secure the hostages' release. "There are no ...

Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:27:53 -0400

BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean ...

Poverty in Israel – and the PM’s expenses

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:05:03 -0400

Think About It: OECD figures published last week indicate that among the 34 members of the organization, the rate of poverty in Israel is the ...

Meuhedet’s 4000 staffers to go on warning strike

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:05:03 -0400

Some 4,000 staff members of the third-largest health fund - Meuhedet - will hold a one-day warning strike on Monday.The dispute involves what the workers claim is foot-dragging in negotiations over the last 18 months on reaching a new collective ...

Peres Teach the very young respect for the elderly

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:05:03 -0400

The Jerusalem Post to ask President Shimon Peres - a very active almost 90, about how to solve the problem.Peres said that it was a matter of education from the earliest possible age. Children have to be educated to respect human dignity, he ...

The Region Where does Israel’s greatest threat lie

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:05:02 -0400

There is a passionate, but somewhat academic debate over the following issue: Which is the greater threat, the Sunni Islamists (Egypt, Tunisia, Gaza Strip and perhaps soon to be Syria) or the Shia Islamists (Iran, Lebanon, Syria at the moment)? My answer would be the Iran-led Shia bloc. But with two reservations: the margin isn't that big, and it also depends on the specific place and ...

Gay rights are human rights

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:05:02 -0400

The invitation was so unexpected, and email scams are becoming so sophisticated, that I was sure this was one of the latter: "The Ambassador of the United States of America... a reception in honor of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Community in Israel."Well really! How stupid did the sender think I was? Except that it wasn't a scam, and the US ambassador to ...

Yahoo to buy popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion Report

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:58:17 -0400

If the acquisition takes place, it would be the biggest for Yahoo under Mayer and come in the wake of other pricey deals for startups, such as Facebook's acquisition of the photo app Instagram for stock worth $1 billion at the ...

Soccer Arsenal Edges Out Spurs for Final Champions League Berth

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:57:42 -0400

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Lets go Bulworth... If Barack Obama wants to act like a cinema president which films should he copy

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:55:58 -0400

Thankfully only the later part of that plot seems to have inspired Obama. The New York Times' Peter Baker reported last week that Obama had spoken "longingly of 'going Bulworth'" and telling it like it is.As Baker's story and other Obama moments have proven, it's not the only Hollywood plot available to those in the West ...

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen injures back falling into pool

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:55:57 -0400

The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has broken a bone in her lower spine by falling into an empty swimming pool at her mansion near ...

Hezbollah takes fight to rebels as Syria’s war spills into Lebanon

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:55:57 -0400

Hezbollah launched a major offensive in support of the Assad regime today, with fighters from the Lebanese militant group playing their most significant role yet in Syria's two-year-old civil ...

Keep the change say Germans alarmed by European plan to scrap copper coins

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:55:56 -0400

Desperate to save pennies as the economic crisis continues to bite, the European Union is mulling over phasing out one and two cent coins after it emerged that they cost more than their face value to ...

Analysis West learns to jaw not war on Syria as the countrys civil war destabilises the region

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:55:56 -0400

Sunday's reports that the Syrian conflict was spilling over into Lebanon can be taken as further evidence that the sectarian civil war is destabilising the region. There are also signs that the unending strife is pushing the two players who really matter, America and Russia, towards trying for negotiations and a ceasefire based on the Geneva Accord signed last ...

Imran Khan blames rival for murder of politician

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:55:51 -0400

Imran Khan today blamed a political rival based in Britain for the murder of a politician from his own party who was shot dead outside her house in Karachi on Saturday ...

Tunisian Islamist protester killed in clash with police

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:48:05 -0400

TUNIS (Reuters) - One protester died and several were injured when Tunisian Islamists defied a ban on their demonstration and clashed with police on ...

WH adviser Partisan fishing expeditions wont distract Obama

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:47:00 -0400

(CBS News) "Partisan fishing expeditions" - like the amplifying clamor around news that the Internal Revenue Service targeted for excessive review conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status - White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said Sunday on "Face the Nation," won't "distract" President Obama from doing his job. Pfieffer did admit, however, the the ...

AP CEO blasts unconstitutional DOJ probe

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:46:57 -0400

(CBS News) The Associated Press doesn't question the Justice Department's right to have seized two months' worth of its phone records, the organization's president and CEO Gary Pruitt said Sunday on "Face the Nation." It was the methodology - "so sweeping, so secretively, so abusively and harassingly overbroad," he said - that breached the Constitution. As ...

Obama Racism is no excuse for not excelling

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:46:56 -0400

As a young man, "Sometimes I wrote off my own failings as just another example of the world trying to keep a black man down," said President Obama during a commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta, "but one of the things you've learned over the last four years is that there's no longer any room for ...

Twin dies during NY home invasion

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:46:04 -0400

In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University. A short time later, the intruder, Dalton Smith, and a 21-year-old college junior, Andrea Rebello, were both dead. The two were killed early Friday by a Nassau County police officer who fired ...

2 dead in small plane crash near Auburn

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:17:07 -0400

The FAA says the plane went down under "unknown circumstances" and could not say if the plane had just taken off or was on approach to the airport at the time of the ...

Comptroller set to probe PMs financial issues

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:12:26 -0400

financial controversies surrounding Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu from "Bibi-tours" to the general jump in expenses to "bed-gate," said his spokesman on Sunday.Reportedly, Shapira is asking Netanyahu's office for various clarifications regarding the allegations, though Shapira's spokesman downplayed the possibility of any immediate major ...

Israel must protect its Beduin citizens

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:12:25 -0400

One day each summer, my childhood camp was magically transformed into a mini-Israel for "Yom Yisrael," Israel Day. My favorite part of Yom Yisrael was the Beduin tent. There was something mysterious and astonishing about the characters who served us sweet, strong coffee and welcomed us to sit with them on the tent's floor. I was taught that the Beduin were part of the very ...

Reality Check Israel’s modern-day royal family

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:12:25 -0400

It's a shame Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spent the flight to London for Margaret Thatcher's funeral asleep on the double bed that cost the taxpayer an extra half-a-million shekels. He could have used the flight time more profitably by reading up on a how a truly great conservative leader regarded the use of taxpayers' money for prime ministerial personal comforts.Soon ...

Health minister attacks dental health protection

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:12:25 -0400

Fluoridation of community water supplies is under attack by the new health minister, despite its success in Israel in reducing dental caries in ...

Israel acts to deny Hezbollah arms says PM Netanyahu

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:08:35 -0400

Israel is "acting" to prevent weapons from Syria from reaching Lebanon's Hezbollah and will continue to do so, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on ...

Struggling with urban decay Detroit now has a mountain of unwanted coke

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:01:10 -0400

The vistas in struggling Detroit are not always beautiful. Once-grand commercial buildings stand open to the winds while wild grasses strangle those swathes of the city where abandoned homes have been razed. And now residents must deal with an enormous and fast-growing mountain of pitch-black ...

Senior member of Imran Khans Tehreek-e-Insaf party assassinated as row over Pakistan election vote rigging continues

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:01:06 -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 Pakistan, ...

Hezbollah steps up Syria battle Israel threatens more strikes

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:55:48 -0400

AMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops on Sunday and Israel threatened more attacks on Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider regional conflict if planned peace talks ...

Obama to discuss legality of drone program

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:54:31 -0400

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said. Obama's speech will be an attempt to fulfill his State of the Union pledge to be more "transparent" with the public about the controversial drone program that has become the ...

Have recent controversies paralyzed Washington

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:54:28 -0400

CBS News political director John Dickerson, Politico's Lois Romano, the New York Times' David Sanger, and the Washington Post's Dan Balz discuss whether recent controversies will prevent Washington from doing any actual ...

Nadal and Serena triumph in Rome

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:52:42 -0400

After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the two tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from start to finish to win 6-1, 6-3 on Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title. It was the most lop-sided win in the series since Nadal also lost just four games, but over three sets, in the 2008 French Open final against Federer. Nadal ...

Kansas Oklahoma Iowa Missouri are in bulls-eye

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:38:41 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. (CNN) -- Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes are threatening to pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest on Sunday and Monday. A mix of ingredients could combine to spawn a severe weather outbreak sweeping through parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa and ...

Al-Qaeda exploits oilfields