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Police make more arrests in London murder

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:57:37 -0400

Three men have been arrested in London over the murder of the British soldier, Lee Rigby, 25, who was allegedly hacked to death by Islamist extremists. Two men aged 28 and 24 were arrested at their home in southeast London, while a 21-year-old man was arrested in a London street. Police are considering laying conspiracy to murder charges against the trio. They are being held by Counter ...

Envoy hands over Pyongyang peace missive to Chinese president

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:58:46 -0400

BEIJING - A senior North Korean envoy delivered a letter from his leader Kim Jong-un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him that Pyongyang was ready to take "positive action" to re-join stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. The letter was handed over by envoy, Vice Marshal Choe Ryong-hae. Choe told Xi that North Korea is willing to take positive actions to solve problems ...

Alleged arms dealer in America following extradition

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:02:09 -0400

Richard Chichakli, who has been tied to convicted international arms dealer Viktor Bout, has been extradited from Australia to the US. The 53 year old alleged financial muscle behind the Bout gun-running organisation had been living in Melbourne under an alias before authorities arrested him in January. Syrian-born Chichakli had managed to evade police while working as a cleaner in the city ...

Arizona sheriff told to stop profiling Latinos

Sat, 25 May 2013 05:50:03 -0400

A US court in Maricopa County, Arizona has found that high-profile sheriff Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino men and women in his attempt to stop illegal immigration. Judge Murray Snow ruled that Arpaio's office would have to stop using race or Latino ancestry as a factor in stopping vehicles carrying Latino occupants. Arpaio had been sued by several Hispanic drivers ...

Pakistani children die as bus explodes

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:09:26 -0400

At least 17 children have died in eastern Pakistan following an explosion on a school bus. Other children were also injured when a faulty gas cylinder on board the bus exploded. The incident occurred on the outskirts of the city of Gujrat, which is located about 200km southeast of the capital, Islamabad. Police have confirmed the children were on their way to school when the bus was ...

June 28 to see News Corp split into two companies

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:56:04 -0400

WASHINGTON - Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation Friday announced the planned separation of the $76-billion conglomerate into two distinct publicly traded companies, with one to be renamed 21st Century Fox and the publishing firm to retain the News Corp brand. The split has been formally approved by the Board of Directors. The Company announced appointments to the Boards of Directors of both ...

UK spy agencies defended over drummer soldier murder

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:52:28 -0400

LONDON - The British government has defended its spy agencies for failing to prevent murder of a soldier in London despite signs and revelations that the two suspects were well known to MI5. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said it was impossible to control everyone all the time. "Peers and MPs will do a thorough investigation in terms of what the security forces knew but I've seen ...

Audit records of Chinese firms to be made accessible to US regulators

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:37:07 -0400

BEIJING - Chinese regulators Friday announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding with their US counterparts giving American authorities increased access to documents from Chinese audit firms. The signing of the MOU between China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is a significant ...

Investments being sought by Croatia for oil exploration in Adriatic Sea

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:42:23 -0400

ZAGREB/LONDON - Croatia, soon to become the 28th member of the European Union,- is looking to undiscovered oil and gas fields in the Adriatic Sea to revive its ailing economy, according to the country's president. Ivo Josipovic told CNN that Croatia is searching for partners in the energy sector to help reveal oil and gas "green fields" in the waters that separate the Balkan nations and ...

Fan fiction authors to find platform on Amazon

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:39:36 -0400

WASHINGTON - Amazon, the largest online retailer of books, movies, music and games, Friday offered its Kindle e-book platform to fan fiction authors to sell some of their work. Fan fiction is literature inspired by popular books, shows, movies, comics, music, and games. Publication outside of blogs and online fanzines is often difficult because of copyright issues. Amazon Publishing has ...

Central bank of China to push forward market oriented reforms

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:37:38 -0400

BEIJING - China is planning to steadily push forward market-oriented reform in its interest rates and exchange rates mechanisms this year as part of the financial sector reforms to better serve the real economy, a central bank report said on Friday. The "China Financial Stability Report (2013) released by the People's Bank of China stressed that it would be steadily promoting the interest ...

IMF warns UK against continuing austerity programme

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

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

Church objects to gay march in Kiev

Sat, 25 May 2013 05:37:50 -0400

A court in Kiev has banned Ukraine's first gay pride event. The court ruled the march, would have attracted anti-gay activists into the centre of the city, where annual Kiev Day celebrations would also have been taking place. A group of opponents led by the Orthodox Church led the objections to the march. The Church, through its Archpriest Georgy Kovalenko, issued the grounds for ...

Vehicles, people plunge into river after bridge collapse

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:45:25 -0400

WASHINGTON - A handful of vehicles and some people plunged into a river after a more than half a century old bridge that links Seattle in the US with Canada collapsed, throwing the movement on the highway into disarray. Authorities said there were no deaths in the bridge collapse on the Skagit River in the US state of Washington. Three people were rescued and taken to hospitals, they said. ...

Another jewellery heist hits Cannes as $2.6 mn necklace stolen

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:52:38 -0400

CANNES - A second suspected jewellery heist was reported at the Cannes Film Festival, with a single necklace by Swiss jeweller De Grisogono worth nearly $2.6 million reported missing. In the case of the first gem loot at the Cannes Film Festival, thieves literally tore out a safe filled with roughly $1 million-worth of jewels from a hotel room. The second time around the event took place at ...

Amnesty laments lack of support for refugees globally

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:46:37 -0400

LONDON - Global rights body Amnesty International has said that the world is "increasingly" becoming "dangerous place" for refugees due to inaction on human rights. The London-based group in its annual report cited the increasing number of refugees around the world, and highlighted the lack of support for them, as the key human rights issue for the past year. It said that the number of ...

Netanyahu will not freeze West Bank settlements

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:25 -0400

Is Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu nearing his second declaration in four years on a building freeze in the West Bank in order to facilitate the renewal of peace talks with the Palestinians? The answer is probably ...

Abbas under pressure to start talks without preconditions

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:25 -0400

PA official: Western FMs pressure Abbas to return to negotiating table even if Israel doesn't commit to settlement freeze, accept pre-1967 lines; PA president fails to update PA officials on meetings with ...

Politicians slam German Greens for ‘Israel boycott’

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:24 -0400

BERLIN - The German Green party is under fire because of its push in the Bundestag to label Israeli products from the West Bank and the Golan Heights.Leading German politicians and academic specialists weighed in last week, accusing the Greens of promoting Nazi-style boycotts of Jewish products and ignoring the lessons of the ...

Dozens protest near MKs home over gas exports

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:23 -0400

Dozens of protesters demonstrated on Saturday night in Ramat Gan around Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom's residence over the government's intention to approve the export of natural gas from Israel, Army Radio reported. A central website of the social protest movement j14 declared on Saturday that the "Israeli public is waking up and beginning to understand that natural gas, ...

Pro-Israel caucus forming in Russian parliament

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:23 -0400

A select group of Russian parliament members will soon be urging their colleagues to say "da" to Israel after a delegation of Israelis took steps to initiate the formation of a pro-Israel caucus in the Duma in meetings last week in Moscow.The delegation from the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus (KCAC) and the World Jewish Congress met with influential Christian leaders from across ...

Haredi draft proposals to face challenges in vote

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:23 -0400

The bill drawn up to form the basis of legislation for drafting haredi men into national service is unlikely to emerge in one piece following votes on Sunday on each of its clauses by the committee that drafted it.The ministerial committee headed by Science, Technology and Space Minister Yaakov Peri of Yesh Atid will meet for a marathon session to begin on Sunday evening. Each of the ...

BGU experts to help preserve Galapagos Islands

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:22 -0400

The exotic Galapagos Islands, which lie on the equator about 1,000 kilometers off the west coast of South America, are a treasure trove of unusual animal species because of their isolation for thousands of years. They have eroded over the millennia, making them much smaller today, but they still provoke much curiosity and wonder. The islands, which are owned by Ecuador, prompted Charles ...

Welfare minister Remove remote settlements now

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:22 -0400

Welfare Minister Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid) said on Saturday that Israel should dismantle isolated settlements immediately without waiting for negotiations, Israel Radio reported. "These settlements cost us alot of money and we must do the utmost so we do not appear to be a state that does everything to scuttle negotiations," Cohen said in a cultural event at Holon ...

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:21 -0400

Although less than two percent of national health expenditures go to education, promotion and prevention of disease, this doesn't reflect a lack of interest among the public. At a recent Women's Health Day organized for the 11th time at Jerusalem's Israel Museum by Hadassah University Medical Center's Patricia and Russell Fleischman Women's Health Center, 2,000 people ...

Jobbik MP Auschwitz museum may not reflect facts

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:21 -0400

The Jerusalem Post has learned.During a debate in parliament on Thursday, Jobbik MP Tamas Gaudi-Nagy announced that he believed that the museum at the Auschwitz death camp in Poland "may not reflect real ...

Israel’s interests in Syria

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:20 -0400

It is a mistake for Israelis to express support for Bashar Assad. Israel should stay out of the Syrian conflict altogether while hoping for the fall of the Assad regime. Ultimately, Israel would be better served by a failed state next door than by a strong, Iranian-backed entity there.Several prominent Israelis have expressed their preference for an Assad victory in the Syrian civil war. ...

Brawl breaks out among Berlin Jewish community

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:20 -0400

BERLIN - A meeting of the elected leadership of the conflict- ridden Berlin Jewish community -Germany's largest with 10,500 members - spilled over into physical attacks on Thursday due to disputes over the 2013 budget.The session turned "brutal," said one observer at the community's representative meeting ...

Center vs periphery The roots of terror

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:14:20 -0400

On April 30, Haytham al-Mishal, implicated in recent rocket attacks on Eilat, was driving down the road in Gaza City on a motorcycle. Without warning, he was engulfed in an explosion from an Israeli air strike. The air strike was the first since the previous outbreak of violence in Gaza in November 2012. This continued back-and-forth is a dangerous, and often fatal, reminder of the ...

Two believed dead as heavy rains flood San Antonio streets

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:56:21 -0400

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - One woman died when her car was washed off a bridge and a second was believed to have drowned on Saturday as drenching rains in San Antonio triggered floodwaters so strong they swept a city bus off the street and forced the rescue of some 130 people, officials ...

Truck crash caused Washington state bridge collapse officials

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:56:18 -0400

MOUNT VERNON, Washington (Reuters) - A bridge that collapsed in Washington state and sent two cars plunging into the Skagit River, raising concerns about the safety of the nation's aging infrastructure, was knocked down by a truck that crashed into at least one girder, officials said on ...

Jersey Shore heads into summer with high hopes

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:55:06 -0400

(CBS News) SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. - Seven months after superstorm Sandy ripped up boardwalks and washed a roller coaster into the ocean, summer is getting its unofficial kickoff this weekend on the Jersey Shore. The next three months are the time most businesses make most of their money in beach towns along a 127-mile stretch of the New Jersey coast. But they're still not catching many breaks ...

Disgraced ex-IMF chief spotted on red carpet at Cannes

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:26:54 -0400

Disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Saturday sent French media into a frenzy when he appeared on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of Jim Jarmusch's vampire tale "Only Lovers Left ...

Trio arrested over London soldier murder

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:26:52 -0400

Three men were arrested Saturday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder the British soldier who was hacked to death in a London street by two ...

Hurricane season fears as warning satellite fails

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:21:49 -0400

Experts fear it could not have happened at a worse time. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the satellite, which provides coverage for the entire US eastern seaboard, is relied upon to track hurricanes threatening cities along the coast. The NOAA gave a warning that this year's hurricane season - the first since hurricane Sandy devastated the New York and New ...

Divided Europe imperils Syrian arms embargo

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:21:49 -0400

A raft of sanctions aimed at hobbling the Syrian regime is at risk of collapse, according to diplomats, unless deeply divided European foreign ministers can reach a consensus tomorrow on amending a ban on arming the ...

Fire and fury in Sweden as riots spread

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:21:48 -0400

From the moment Henrik Sedin gathered the puck, deep inside his own half, it was destined to be a wild night in Stockholm. It was shortly before 10pm last Sunday when the team's millionaire superstar slapped the puck hard into the empty net: 5-1. For the first time in seven years, and in front of their own fans, Sweden were the ice-hockey champions of the ...

Killing with kindness Burmas religious battleground - and the monks at the heart of it

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:21:48 -0400

Six years ago, the world cheered the monks behind Burma's Saffron Revolution. Now, a horrific new eruption of religious slaughter is being blamed on a 'Buddhist Bin Laden'. So what happened to the mantra of ...

LA synchronises its stoplights

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:46:44 -0400

It seems the impossible has occurred: The nation's most congested city has become a model for traffic control. Gridlock still prevails and drivers' blood pressure still spikes as LA's traffic arteries seize up during morning and afternoon rush hours. Yet, with the flip of a switch earlier this year, Los Angeles became a worldwide leader by synchronizing all of its nearly 4,400 stoplights. It is ...

Soldier stabbed on patrol in Paris no link at this stage to London murder

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:44:59 -0400

A French soldier on anti-terrorist duties was stabbed in the neck Saturday in an attack that President Francois Hollande said could not "at this stage" be linked to the brutal murder this week of a military man in ...

Three more arrests over soldier hacked to death

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:42:14 -0400

Murdered soldier Lee Rigby. Photo/AP Three men have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder the British soldier hacked to death in a London street by two Islamists. Two men aged 24 and 28 were arrested at a residential address in southeast London while a 21-year-old man was arrested in the street around 1.5 kilometres from the murder scene, Scotland Yard police headquarters ...

Bayern Munich 2 Borussia Dortmund 1 Bayern Munich Edges Borussia Dortmund in Champions League Final

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:07:16 -0400

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Maoist Attack Kills at Least 16 in India

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:02:30 -0400

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India Grows Impatient With Prime Minister Singh

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:02:27 -0400

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Anti-Muslim actions rise in UK over slain soldier

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:00:24 -0400

By SYLVIA HUIAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Police, politicians and activists in Britain are warning of rising anti-Muslim sentiment following the slaughter of an off-duty British soldier in a London street, an apparent act of Islamic extremism that has horrified the nation. Metropolitan Police investigating the killing of Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old soldier who was run over by attackers then ...

Kerry presses Egypt on economic reform says aid depends on it

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:49:40 -0400

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry urged Egypt to act swiftly on economic reforms to secure a $4.8 billion International Monetary Fund loan, saying the measures were needed to get further aid from the U.S. Congress, an American official ...

British police arrest three more over killing of soldier

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:49:39 -0400

A worker adds flowers to other floral tributes to Drummer Lee Rigby, of the British Army's 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, at the scene of his killing in Woolwich, southeast London May 24, ...

Thousands of U.S. bridges vulnerable to collapse

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:48:23 -0400

SEATTLE Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally ...

London brutal attack probe nets additional arrests

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:48:21 -0400

LONDON British police on Saturday arrested three more suspects in connection with the savage killing of an off-duty soldier that has raised fresh concerns about terrorism. Scotland Yard said counter-terrorism officers arrested two men, aged 24 and 28, at a residential address in southeast London. A third man, 21, was arrested separately on a London street at the same time. Police said they used a ...

Pentagon chief urges end to sex assault scourge

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:19:52 -0400

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets Saturday that they must stamp out the "scourge" of sexual assault within the military, as US leaders grappled with the growing ...

Two freight trains collide in Missouri bringing down overpass

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:06:49 -0400

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities ...

Soldiers death fuels far right march in UK

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:03:22 -0400

The march in Newcastle, a city in the north, highlighted growing anti-Muslim sentiment in the UK in the wake of the gory killing. "This won't be the last of right-wing demonstrations," said Al Jazeera's Peter Sharp, reporting from ...

Worldwide protests held against Monsanto

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:03:21 -0400

Protests against seed giant Monsanto are getting under way across the US and in dozens of other countries. "March Against Monsanto" organisers said they calling attention to the dangers posed by genetically modified food and the companies that produce it. Protests were being held in more than 250 cities on Saturday. Genetically modified plants are grown from seeds engineered to ...

Verdicts Expected for Heads of Milosevics Secret Police

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:29:57 -0400

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Syria rebels fight on as peace talks pressure mounts

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:11:35 -0400

Hezbollah-backed assault on a strategic central town as pressure grew on the opposition to attend a peace conference after the regime agreed to do so. The main opposition National Coalition has met in Istanbul for three days trying to overcome deep divisions over Russian and US proposals to convene a conference to which representatives of President Bashar al-Assad would be invited without any ...

Thousands run final mile of Boston Marathon as memorial

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:53:44 -0400

Thousands of runners and their supporters took to the streets of Boston on Saturday to finish the marathon many started a month ago -- but were forced to abandon after bombs exploded near the finish ...

Friend of man suspected of killing British soldier on London street arrested after BBC interview

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:48:46 -0400

The man who most strongly defended Toronto Mayor Rob Ford against allegations he was filmed smoking crack cocaine is now himself facing a claim he once dealt in ...

Syrian opposition struggles to find unity as battle rages on

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:48:23 -0400

Demonstrators shout Islamic slogans as they wave Syrian opposition flags during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul May 24, 2013. (REUTERS/Murad ...

Swiss capital locked down amid techno protest

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:47:36 -0400

- The picturesque heart of Switzerland's capital Berne was locked down Saturday ahead of a politically-tinged techno parade, with crowds of youngsters preparing to take to the streets for the mass unauthorized rally. After last year's edition of "Tanz Dich Frei" (Dance Yourself Free) drew huge numbers and saw a minority of black-clad hardliners make for the Swiss parliament to ...

Copycat fears as soldier knifed in Paris

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:43:35 -0400

President Francois Hollande says there is "at this stage" no apparent link between a knife attack on a soldier in Paris and the murder of a soldier in London. His comment comes after a man armed with a box cutter attacked a French soldier patrolling the business district of Paris on Saturday evening and stabbed him in the neck. Police sources said the victim would survive the ...

Senators lack votes on immigration despite progress

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:39:57 -0400

Despite bipartisan progress in both houses of Congress on a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, one of the key senators involved in negotiations warned supporters not to count their chickens before they hatch ...

Drive or fly What summer travel shows about economy

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:39:57 -0400

(CBS News) Now that the seasons are officially switching over to the warm weather months, many families start planning their getaways. Economists use these trips to monitor how our nation's financial system is doing. AAA is not expecting a huge amount of travel on Memorial Day weekend, yet travel experts believe that this summer will have a steady, but slow, increase in people leaving on ...

Armed Maoist rebels attack convoy in India

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:37:45 -0400

Heavily-armed Maoist rebels have killed 17 people, including 12 local Congress leaders, after ambushing a convoy in a remote tribal belt of central India, a top police officer said. "We can confirm 17 deaths. Among those who have been killed are five policemen. The rest are all leaders of the state Congress unit," Rajinder Kumar Vij, the chief of anti-naxal operations of Chhattisgrah ...

Arrests made at gay rights protest in Russia

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:37:44 -0400

Russian police detained about 30 pro and anti-gay activists in central Moscow, imposing the city's ban on gay rights demonstrations. The arrests on Saturday, underlining Russia's tough response to public demonstrations by gay groups, coincided with the first ever gay rally in neighbouring Ukraine, which was allowed by the authorities and protected by the police. Russia's ...

Kiss protest held at Turkey subway station

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:37:43 -0400

Dozens of couples have locked lips at a subway stop in Turkey's capital, Ankara, to protest subway authorities' admonishment of a couple that kissed in public. Some 100 people in the station kissed for several minutes in protest on Saturday. Demonstrators carried signs reading ``Free Kisses'' and chanted slogans. Turkish media reported that, earlier in the week, Ankara ...

Nasrallah says Hezbollah will bring victory to Syrian ally Assad

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:02:30 -0400

Israel 's interests in the region. "We will not rely on anyone ... like all the battles before this one: We will be its people, its men, and we will be the ones who bring it victory," he said, speaking from an undisclosed location. "We will continue to the end of the road, we accept this responsibility and will accept all sacrifices and expected consequences of this ...

Hezbollah Chief Orders Fight to Save Syrias Assad

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:02:05 -0400

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French soldier stabbed in neck outside Paris

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:52:53 -0400

A French soldier patrolling a business neighbourhood west of Paris has been stabbed in the neck by a man who quickly fled the scene and is being sought by police, President Francois Hollande said. The soldier was patrolling in uniform with two other men as part of France's Vigipirate anti-terrorist surveillance plan when he was approached from behind around 1600 GMT and stabbed in the neck ...

Chile blocks Barrick Gold mining project

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:52:53 -0400

Chile's environmental regulator has blocked Canada-based Barrick Gold Corporation's multi-billion dollar mining project and imposed its maximum fine, citing "serious" environmental violations.After a four-month investigation, Chile's Environmental Superintendent said on Friday that all construction work on the Pascua-Lama mine must stop until Barrick builds the systems it ...

Attacker stabs uniformed French soldier in Paris

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:25:17 -0400

A man armed with a box cutter on Saturday attacked a French soldier patrolling the business district of Paris and stabbed him in the neck, police sources ...

Western Aid Finances Afghan Projects From Silly to Sublime

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:23:47 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan ...

Soldiers and sex Can men grow up

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:20:48 -0400

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

Roaches evolving to evade traps scientists say

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:19:30 -0400

(Fotolia) A strain of cockroaches in Europe has evolved to outsmart the sugar traps used to kill them, researchers have discovered. According to the BBC, American scientists found that the mutant cockroaches had a "reorganized" sense of taste, making them perceive the glucose used to coat poisoned bait not as sweet but rather as bitter. A North Carolina State University team tested ...

Senator Oklahoma hit hard but were not knocked out

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:10:53 -0400

Sen. Jim Inhofe, whose home state of Oklahoma was battered by a massive and deadly tornado less than a week ago, promised perseverance in the face of tragedy in the weekly Republican address on Saturday, declaring, "Oklahoma has been hit hard, but we're not knocked ...

Hagel Military sexual assault must be stamped out

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:10:52 -0400

West Point, N.Y. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military. A day after President Barack Obama delivered a similar edict to U.S. Naval Academy graduates, Hagel's message comes amid a series of widespread incidents of sexual misconduct across the armed services in ...

African Union Continental drift

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:08:36 -0400

- The African Union headquarters complex in the capital Addis Ababa stands in stark contrast to its immediate surroundings. The wide planetarium-like structure sitting comfortably attached to a $100m lightly glazed tower dominates the city’s skyline. Inside, the combined leadership of 54 nations gather in state of the art conference rooms to contemplate Africa’s future. Outside the ...

Malaysians rally against electoral fraud

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:08:35 -0400

Tens of thousands of people held a rally near Malaysia's capital against alleged electoral fraud, further raising the political temperature after divisive recent polls. The latest in a series of protest rallies over the May 5 elections - which the opposition says were won fraudulently by the 56-year-old ruling coalition - saw a large crowd gather in an open field outside Kuala Lumpur ...

Hezbollah chief promises victory in Syria conflict

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:00:09 -0400

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah delivers a broadcast speech during a rally commemorating 'Liberation Day,' which marks the withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon in 2000, in Mashghara village, Bekaa valley, Lebanon on May 25, 2013. ...

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