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Suspect killed in Orlando has confessed to 2011 triple murders says FBI

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:03:51 -0400

NEW YORK A Chechen acquaintance of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has confessed to slashing the throats of three people in a 2011 gruesome triple murder, federal law enforcement officials have said. Ibragim Todashev, who made the confession, was killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law ...

Obama seeks more transparency in use of drones

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:41:57 -0400

WASHINGTON - In a major counter-terrorism speech, President Barack Obama Thursday defended the covert US drone program and stressed that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save lives. He also said the use of lethal force extends to U.S. citizens as well. This disclosure comes a day after his administration acknowledged publicly for the first time that four US ...

Taliban car bomb kills 13 in Pakistan

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:37:50 -0400

QUETTA, Pakistan - At least 13 people, including two civilians, were killed in a car bomb targeting a police vehicle in western Pakistani city of Quetta Thursday, police officials said. The bombing also injured at least 20 people in the capital of Baluchistan province, riven by Islamist militancy and a violent separatist insurgency. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the ...

Kerry begins efforts to restart Israeli and Palestinian peace talks

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:37:23 -0400

JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday separately began meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials but appeared doubtful about his success on getting the two warring sides back to peace negotiations. This is Kerry's fourth trip to the Middle East in as many months of his assuming the office of the top US diplomat. He was been trying to revive a peace process that has been ...

Istanbul hosts meeting of Syrian opposition leaders

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:33:08 -0400

ISTANBUL - Syrian opposition leaders Thursday began their three-day meeting in this Turkish capital city to decide on their participation in talks aimed at end the civil war in the country. As the meeting began in Istanbul a prominent Syrian figure in the opposition proposed a transition plan for the country that requires President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to a senior aide and leave ...

Scarred U.S. struggling to maintain foothold in Mideast

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:16:31 -0400

In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, "Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular and western European states should be doing about the civil war in Syria." Those limitations are palpable in both language and ...

Pakistani plane forced to land near London two held

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:01 -0400

Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday to escort a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane down to land after it was diverted from Manchester. Later, two people were arrested from aboard the aircraft on suspicion of endangering the flight. The Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were scrambled to escort the passenger plane, originally heading from Pakistan's Lahore city to Britain's ...

Two held over Pakistani planes mid-air alert

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:10:01 -0400

Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday for escorting a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane after it was diverted from Manchester. Later, two people were arrested on suspicion of endangering the aircraft's flight. The Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were scrambled to escort the passenger plane, originally heading from Pakistan's Lahore city to Britain's Manchester city. Police boarded ...

Condom handout at Russian WWII monument slammed

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:10:02 -0400

A prominent Russian lawmaker Friday called for public condemnation of a recent handout of condoms by AIDS activists at an monument in honour of soldiers who died in World War II. "The most serious reaction to such things is not the introduction of new administrative bans, but a sharp condemnation by society," said Olga Batalina, head of the Russian parliament's committee on family issues. "This ...

Britain sends up fighters as Pakistani plane diverted

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:30:02 -0400

Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday for escorting a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane after it was diverted from Manchester. The PIA plane was diverted from Manchester to Stansted airport, reported BBC, citing a Manchester airport spokesperson Friday. The plane, flight number PK709, carrying 297 passengers, had reportedly left Lahore at 09.35 a.m. and was due in at Manchester ...

British Open squash Pallikal goes down fighting to World No.2

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:50:01 -0400

India's Dipika Pallikal fought hard before losing to local hope Laura Massaro in the pre-quarterfinals of the Allam British Open Squash Championships here. Fifteenth-ranked Pallikal squandered a great start to go down 11-7, 10-12, 9-11, 6-11 against the World No.2 amid cold and wet conditions surrounding the glass court at the KC Stadium here Thursday night. Her loss ended India's challenge in ...

European golf tour head apologises for using coloured term while referring to Woods-Garcia spat

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:30:02 -0400

The head of the European golf tour has offered an apology for using the word 'coloured' during a live television interview in which he was referring to the spat between World No.1 Tiger Woods and Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia. European Tour CEO George O'Grady had said that 'most of Sergio's friends are colored athletes in the United States', the New York Post reports. According to the report, ...

Virtuous people not happy all around the world

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:40:02 -0400

Virtuous people are believed to have happier lives, but a new research has revealed that it depends on where you come from. In countries where antisocial punishment is common and where people commonly justify dishonest behavior, virtuous individuals (measured, for example, by how comfortable people are avoiding a fare on public transport or cheating on their taxes) are not as satisfied with life ...

Russia to spend $8 billion on 2018 World Cup

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:30:02 -0400

Russia is expected to spend no more than $8 billion to fund the 2018 football World Cup, a steep fall from the previously estimated $16.6 billion, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said. "All parameters that could have been cut have been cut. The last figure that (Sports Minister Vitaly) Mutko ... came to me with was 250 billion rubles ($7.94 billion)," Xinhua quoted Shuvalov as saying. The ...

Seven Cubans to participate in World Judo Masters

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:30:02 -0400

Five female and two male Cuban judokas will participate in the 2013 World Judo Masters tournament, to be held in Russia's Tuymen city. The team is led by Idalis Ortiz, 2012 Olympic champion in the over 78 kg category, as well as London 2012 silver medallists Yanet Bermoy (52 kg category) and Asley Gonzalez (90 kg), reports Xinhua. Ortiz is ranked world No.1 in her class, while Gonzales is ...

EU regulators seek tax transparency from companies

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:40:01 -0400

The European Commission said Thursday that it is working on a proposal to require corporate giants with operations in the European Union to publicly report profits, taxes paid and subsidies received on a country-by-country basis. Representatives of the 27 member-states agreed to seek ways to prevent multinationals from avoiding their obligations by channeling profits through subsidiaries in ...

UN plans six-day mission to Afghanistan Pakistan

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:10:02 -0400

Beijing, May 24 (Xinhua-ANI): Humanitarian emergency directors from various UN agencies will travel on a six-day mission to Afghanistan and Pakistan, the United Nations said Thursday. During the visit from May 26 to June 1, the directors will see for themselves "the ongoing humanitarian operations in the countries and look into ways in which the humanitarian community can strengthen its response ...

Former England skipper Illingworth says Fiery Fred Trueman better than Anderson

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:50:01 -0400

Former England captain Ray Illingworth has said that although bowling star James Anderson is the best swing bowler in the world now, but his former teammate and Yorkshire legend Fred Trueman was far better. Illingworth's statement comes on the backdrop of the second Test against New Zealand starting at Headingley, where Lancashire cricketer Anderson, on 305 wickets, is expected to cruise past ...

Taliban influence in Afghanistan to grow Russian agency

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:40:01 -0400

The Taliban influence in Afghanistan may grow after international coalition forces pull out, while rising radicalism in Syria could lead to the country's disintegration, Russian military intelligence agency GRU has said. GRU chief Lt. Gen. Igor Sergun said the situation in Afghanistan poses a "serious challenge to international stability" and that the withdrawal of the International Security ...

UN official highlights positive trends in Africa to protect indigenous peoples rights

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:16:36 -0400

23 May 2013 150 A United Nations official today stressed that Africa has taken positive steps to protect the rights of indigenous people, adding that the continent must continue making progress and avoid repeating mistakes made by other regions. "Africa has been consolidating and strengthening the legal framework protecting indigenous people," Senior Specialist on Indigenous Tribal Peoples' ...

DR Congo In Goma Secretary-General hails regional accord as best chance for peace in years

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:16:07 -0400

23 May 2013 150 Arriving today in restive eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged all the leaders of Africa's Great Lakes region to throw their support behind a recently-signed peace accord which aims to ensure security, as well as development, for the long-troubled country. "We have the best chance in many years to bring peace and ...

Greater attention needed for safe childbirths UN urges on inaugural Day to end obstetric fistula

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:15:34 -0400

23 May 2013 150 The prevalence of obstetric fistula - a preventable and treatable condition linked to women's reproduction - among women and girls in developing countries is a denial of their human rights, senior United Nations officials today said urging global action to make childbirth safer. "The persistence of fistula is a result of human rights denied and a reflection of human rights ...

South Sudans President Says Never to ICC

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:15:06 -0400

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN South Sudan President Salva Kiir said Thursday that he would "never acceptrdquo; the International Criminal Court. He spoke during a visit from new Kenyan president and ICC indictee Uhuru Kenyatta, who pledged the creation of roads, rail and pipelines to deepen economic ties between Kenya and the new nation. It was Uhuru Kenyatta's first visit to South Sudan since ...

Syrias Civil War Fuels Violence in Iraq

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400

Ominous ties are emerging between skyrocketing sectarian violence in Iraq and Syria's civil war. Analysts say al-Qaida-linked militants are flowing back and forth from both countries and are seeking to use religious differences to bring down the government, not only in Damascus, but also in Baghdad. Iraqis are witnessing the worst violence to rock their country in five years. ...

Daughter comes forward for World War II medals found in Goodwill store

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:21:59 -0400

It didn't take long for a family member of James Joseph McKenzie to claim his World War II medals.The medals mysteriously turned up in a Goodwill store on Wednesday.This morning, a few hours after the Post-Dispatch published a story on the medals, McKenzie's daughter, Mimi Michelle McKenzie called Goodwill to see if she could take possession of them, said Goodwill President and CEO ...

Ruby says her sworn statements were lies

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:21:27 -0400

MILAN -; The woman who prosecutors allege had sex with Silvio Berlusconi while he was Italy's premier in exchange for money spent her second day on the witness stand Friday, denying her own sworn descriptions of racy escapades at his `'bunga bunga" parties and long lists of expensive jewelry and watches received from the media mogul. Karima el Mahroug, a Moroccan known as Ruby, ...

The Conscientious Objector and Inside Iraq the Untold Stories Launched on Portico

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:16:59 -0400

Net2TV Corporation (www.net2television.com) is offering two award-winning movies on its Portico connected-TV service through Friday, June 7. The feature-length films -- "The Conscientious Objector" and "Inside Iraq: the Untold Stories" -- are critically acclaimed and have won awards at CINEQUEST Film ...

Lack of fresh water could hit half the world’s population by 2050

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:14:47 -0400

Severe water shortages will affect more than half the world's future population of nine billion people by 2050 if governments fail to collaborate on international efforts to protect and conserve life's most vital ingredient, experts have warned. One of the first indications of a future water crisis will be mass migrations of people away from areas without ...

Two arrests after UK fighter jets escort Pakistani plane

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:10:56 -0400

British police arrested two men on a Pakistan International Airlines plane after British fighter jets were scrambled to escort it to a London airport on Friday, officials ...

Spy on the worlds web searches with a Google Trends screensaver

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:09:42 -0400

Google is all about searching. Well... not "all" about, but it's what the company is known for. Any firm that logs information about how customers are using its services are usually berated, ...

Turkey aims to curb alcohol sales

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:05:28 -0400

24 May 2013 Turkey's parliament has passed a law to ban all advertising of alcohol and tighten restrictions on sales in the mainly Muslim but secular ...

Washington bridge collapses after Alberta trucker hits beam say police

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:04:28 -0400

Washington State police say an Alberta trucker was responsible for hitting a steel beam precipitating a bridge collapse on one of the busiest routes in the American northwest. William Scott, 41, was driving an oversized load on the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River when it struck the beam, said State Patrol Sgt. Kirk Rudeen. Scott's wife told CBC News that while his load clipped ...

Taliban attack international compound in Afghan capital

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:59:39 -0400

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants launched a large-scale attack involving the United Nations in the center of the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, sparking a five-hour battle with security ...

British police close motorway to deal with suspicious vehicle

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:59:38 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - British police closed one of the country's busiest motorways in both directions on Friday to deal with an incident which highway officials said involved a suspicious ...

RAF Typhoons divert Pakistan International Airlines plane to Stansted - video

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:56:31 -0400

Essex police have made two arrests for 'suspicion of endangerment to the aircraft' after a Pakistan passenger plane, en-route to Manchester, had to be escorted to Stansted airport by RAF Typhoons. The aircraft has been isolated and passengers have disembarked. No one was hurt during the incident and Stansted airport is operating as ...

Top Bosnia court orders release of president charged with graft

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:55:26 -0400

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that the president of the autonomous Muslim-Croat federation, charged with corruption, had been detained illegally, and ordered a lower court to release him ...

Hollywood Sentinel New Issue Features Art Worlds Most Powerful Jeffrey Deitch

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:55:09 -0400

The new issue of The Hollywood Sentinel launched this weekend, featuring Bruce Edwin's exclusive interview with MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch. MOCA, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, is headed by Mr. Deitch, who is considered by many to be the most powerful person in the world of art today. Known as a tough, yet brilliant dealer, Mr. Deitch helped raise the value of his ...

Astana Economic Forum looks at a world in turmoil

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:54:37 -0400

A special World Anti-Crisis Conference was the centre piece of this year’s Astana Economic Forum. The idea was to provide a platform for addressing what is widely perceived to be a faltering global financial system. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Europe was the focus given recent banking disasters, soaring youth unemployment, and the prevailing sense of economic uncertainty throughout the ...

Md. Suspect Is Son of Bush Official

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:51:17 -0400

The 20-year-old son of a former aide to President George W. Bush was charged in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday, accused by police of killing a man with a hatchet. Claude Alexander Allen III, of Gaithersburg, was arrested by Montgomery County police and online court records show he's been charged with first-degree murder. A phone message left at the Allen household wasn't ...

Free Airline Ticket Scams and Rip-offs

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:51:16 -0400

Every industry falls victim to scams, rackets and rip-offs. Or plain old pipe dreams. Which reminds me of Powerball, which, isn't a rip-off since someone eventually comes up with the winning numbers but it probably won't be you or me (odds of winning: 1 in 175,223,510). You have a better chance at becoming the next American Idol (1 in 103,000) or succumbing to an attack of bees (1 in ...

Missing College Student Found in N.C.

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:51:15 -0400

Pennsylvania State Police are looking for University of Rhode Island college student, Matthew Royer who went missing while driving back home to Skippack Township, Pa., May 16, 2013. Anyone with information is asked to contact PSP Skippack at ...

Photo Amanda Byness Mugshot Revealed

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:51:14 -0400

(Photo credit: Handout) Amanda Bynes was arraigned and released in New York City on Friday morning, just hours after being arrested for tampering with physical evidence, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of marijuana. Despite appearing in her arrest photos wearing a long blonde wig, the former child star is shown in her mugshot sporting a very short hairdo. Bynes, ...

Hradecka wins twice to gain Strasbourg International final

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:46:01 -0400

Lucie Hradecka won a pair of matches Friday that advanced her to the finals of the Strasbourg International tennis tournament in search of her first WTA title. Rain delays pushed Hradecka's quarterfinal match to Friday and she ...

Afghan Taliban attack aid group 2 guards killed

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:40:11 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A Taliban suicide car bomber and five heavily armed gunmen attacked an international aid group's guest house in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing two guards and setting off an hours-long battle with security forces in an upscale Kabul neighborhood, authorities ...

Obamas drone speech could improve Pakistan ties

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:40:10 -0400

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- President Barack Obama's decision to impose more restrictive rules governing U.S. drone strikes and his prediction that they will be used less could pave the way for better relations with the new government of key ally Pakistan, officials and analysts said ...

Ex-Guatemala president extradited to US

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:40:10 -0400

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- The lawyer for ex-Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo says he is being extradited to the United States to face money-laundering and embezzlement ...

Tunisian feminist faces 6 months in prison

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:40:09 -0400

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- The lawyer of a Tunisian woman who gained notoriety for posting online topless pictures of herself as a protest says she faces six months in prison for carrying a dangerous ...

From Nixon’s historic opening to the new U.S.-China world order Now what

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:13:12 -0400

John J. Metzler NEW YORK -- Dr. Henry Kissinger called for the United States and China to collaborate on a new global order, and a groundbreaking new report, "U.S.- China Economic Relations in the Next Ten Years," underscored the deepening commercial engagement between the two Pacific powers. Indeed with President Barack Obama meeting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in California in ...

World-first stunt on the cards at Nitro Circus

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:11:30 -0400

FEARLESS BMX rider Matt Whyatt could pull off a world-first stunt when the Nitro Circus Live tour hits Townsville tonight. Whyatt, 21, will use his finely tuned instincts to decide whether he'll add yet another move to his famed "Whyatt Riot" manoeuvre - a backflip and tailwhip combined with a 360 degree spin that he invented."No one else has done my trick yet, but I want to ...

Pleas for Weapons Europe Reluctant to Arm Syrian Rebels

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:08:54 -0400

Despite desperate pleas from top Syrian insurgents, Western leaders remain reluctant to arm them. Though the European embargo is set to expire at the end of the month, political and legal considerations make aid for the rebels ...

Chile blocks worlds highest mine project

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:08:45 -0400

VALLENAR, Chile -; Chile's environmental regulator has stopped construction and imposed sanctions on Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project, citing "serious violations" of its environmental ...

Iran presidential candidate vows to resist West

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:08:44 -0400

TEHRAN, Iran -; Iran's top nuclear negotiator, a candidate in next month's presidential elections, says he will pursue a policy of resistance against the West if ...

NKorean envoy delivers letter to Chinas president

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:08:43 -0400

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, greets North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae in Beijing Friday, May 24, 2013. The top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Xi on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for ...

Cuba silent on Canadians corruption trial

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:08:41 -0400

Canadian businessman Sarkis Yacoubian goes to court for his corruption trial in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 24, 2013. The trial of Yacoubian, who was president of import company Tri-Star Caribbean which was shuttered in July 2011, is under way nearly two years after he was detained. President Raul Castro has repeatedly spoken of a need to root out entrenched corruption on this Communist-run island, ...

Nigeria military says it rescued hostages in north

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:08:40 -0400

ABUJA, Nigeria -; Nigeria's military says it has rescued women and children taken hostage by Islamic extremists after an attack on a police ...

Russia says Syrian regime agrees to peace talks

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:08:35 -0400

Head of the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces Mouaz al-Khatib speaks during the group's meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, May 23, 2013. A spokesman said Syria's main opposition bloc welcomes renewed calls by its foreign supporters that Syrian President Bashar Assad give up power at the start of any political transition aimed at ending the ...

‘Too early’ to speculate on Causeway’s world heritage status

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:05:42 -0400

Unesco has said it is too early to say if the Giant’s Causeway’s status as a world heritage site is at risk over a golf course development Environmental groups have been involved in a long-running campaign to prevent a hotel, clubhouse and driving range being built close to the internationally renowned tourist attraction.Planning permission has been granted by Environment Minister ...

Barrick fined $16m for Pascua-Lama violations

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:04:25 -0400

Mining machinery and barrels with chemicals sit on the facilities of Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama project in northern Chile, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Chile's environmental regulator has stopped construction and imposed sanctions on Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project, citing "serious violations" of its environmental ...

Destination Imagination competitors descend on Knoxville from across the globe

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:03:35 -0400

Milan High Red Eye team members get the first look at their invisible "Phantom of the Opera" member, who appears to them at the end of the skit, at the Destination Imagination competition Friday, May 24, 2013. DI is an interactive academic competition held annually in Knoxville that features over 1,200 teams and 16,500 competitors from over 15 countries. Team Milan team members, left to ...

UK ordered to hold inquests into civilian deaths during Iraq war

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:01:04 -0400

judgment that could have an impact on how the British military is able to conduct operations among civilians in the future, the court ruled on Friday that up to 161 deaths should be the subject of hearings modelled upon coroners' inquests.In practice, a series of hearings - possibly amounting to more than 100 - are likely to be held as a result of the judgment, which follows a three-year ...

What The Olive Oil Disaster Tells Us About The European Union

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:04 -0400

Last week the European Union published a law that said that olive oil could no longer be served in restaurants with refillable bottles or in bowls. Instead, only labelled, one use only, bottles could be used. This week the EU withdrew this ...

The World in Photos This Week - An FP Slide Show

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:04 -0400

John Allen to the Middle East; Man bites dog: A good week for the F-35; No timeframe for transferring drone ops to Pentagon; What Obama's moves mean for Pakistan; War on terror: Are we there yet?; and a bit more. - by Gordon ...

Fueled By The Sun Solar Impulse Lands In Dallas And Shatters World Distance Record

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:02 -0400

Powered solely by the Sun, Solar Impulse, which has the wingspan of a jumbo jet and weighs less than a compact car, successfully flew from Phoenix to Dallas on Thursday, May 23, to complete the longest leg of the Across America mission, which will conclude in New York. The 950 mile flight to DFW Airport set a new world distance record in solar ...

Punta Cana hosts 10th annual International Mango Symposium June 6-9

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:58 -0400

Santo Domingo. - The country will host the 10th International Mango Symposium from June 6 to 9 in Bavaro, Punta Cana (east), where representatives from 30 countries already confirmed attendance. The event is expected to draw international attention to Dominican Republic's mango production, with exports to US$7.5 million, with Europe as the main destination. Agriculture minister Luis Ramon ...

Canada not joining Pacific Alliance trade bloc yet

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:12 -0400

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, front right, was part of the official photo at the Pacific Alliance Summit in Cali, Colombia on Thursday. Canada has observer status for these trade negotiations. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian ...

Ottawa high school helps another halfway around the world

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:03 -0400

Hillcrest High School students are just $600 away from building their second elementary school overseas in five years. The students will participate in their 3rd Annual Walk for Water fundraiser Thursday, in support of Brick by Brick, a school building project in rural Ecuador with Free the ...

Brazil buys robots for World Cup Olympic security

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:49:27 -0400

Brazil will host both Pope Francis and the FIFA World Cup in 2014, and the 2016 Olympic Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro, leading the government to invest in additional security. The Brazilian government contracted iRobot to provide military iRobot 510 PackBot robots. For $7.2 million, Brazil will get about 30 PackBot 510 units, which usually cost about $100,000 to $200,000 each, along with ...

World Briefing | Asia Earthquake in Russias Far East Prompts Evacuations

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:46:42 -0400

An 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck ...

Bahraini protesters clash with police over raid on clerics home

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:46:22 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - Hundreds of Bahraini Shi'ite Muslims angered by a raid last week on a top cleric's home clashed with police on Friday, while thousands more gathered in the cleric's village for a peaceful sit-in against their Sunni-led ...

Algerian jihadi mastermind claims Niger suicide attacks

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:42:08 -0400

NIAMEY (Reuters) - French special forces and Niger troops shot dead on Friday the last two Islamists involved in a twin attack on a military base and a French uranium mine in Niger, which was claimed by the mastermind of January's mass hostage-taking in ...

Switzerland sees free-trade pact with China in July

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:42:08 -0400

Swiss President and Defence Minister Ueli Maurer (R) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang listen to national anthems during the second day of an official visit to Switzerland at the government's guesthouse Lohn in the village of Kehrsatz, near the Swiss capital of Bern, May 24, ...

Western Europe wallows in wintry weather

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:41:22 -0400

13/03/2013 12:06 CET May continues to bring scant springtime sunshine across western Europe. Instead, unsettled and unusual weather conditions have hit large parts of the continent. Heavy rain and melting snow has caused rivers to overflow and forced hundreds of people out of their homes in eastern Norway. In London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Paris temperatures are between five and 10 degrees ...

Afghanistan capital hit by 2nd huge bombing in just over a week

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:40:10 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke billowing over Kabul in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said. There were no immediate reports of casualties and details were sketchy. The explosion was followed by a gun battle that was still continuing an hour after the blast in the central district. ...

Actress Bynes accused over pot

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:39:56 -0400

Actress Amanda Bynes was charged with reckless endangerment after police said that she heaved a marijuana bong out of an apartment window in New York City.She appeared in Manhattan court today wearing a tracksuit and a long, dishevelled blonde wig.The incident happened at her apartment building on West 47th Street last night.Police said that a building official called police to complain that ...

US Man Arrested in Murder of Family in Czech Republic

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:41 -0400

United States , the Associated Press reported Friday. The Czech regional police chief in the city of Brno had issued an international arrest warrant for Dahlgren, who'd fled to the United States, ...

Obama Nods to Drones in Naval Academy Speech

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:41 -0400

May 24, 2013 12:18pm President Obama gave a nod to his newly articulated drone policy as he addressed the graduating class of the U.S. Naval Academy on Friday. ';We still face threats from al Qaeda affiliates and individuals caught up in its ideology,'; Obama said, addressing the academy’s graduation ceremony in Annapolis, Md. ';Will still need to conduct targeted strikes ...

Hangover Part III The Wolfpack Finds Itself in a New Mess

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:40 -0400

, director and co-writer Todd Phillips breaks with the format of the previous two films. This time, the particular mess the Wolfpack finds itself in isn’t the result of a bachelor party gone wrong. Instead, after a hilarious intervention that probably would’ve been even funnier had parts of it not been included in the trailer, Bradley Cooper’s Phil, Ed Helms’s Stu and ...

The Living Is Queasy in Circle Wheel House

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:39 -0400

May 24, 2013 11:21am ';The Wheel House'; is a performance piece that uses a circus wheel, fashioned into a home, which two performers (drifters) maneuver through and around while the audience views and, at some performances, travels alongside. The wheel itself is made up to resemble a home with doors and windows, pots and pans, and even curtains, while the drifters perform aerial feats ...

Action

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:20 -0400

>Editor's note: This review may contain spoilers.(CNN) -- Drawing level with the "Star Wars" saga and pulling well ahead of "Shrek," "Ice Age" and "Spider-Man" in the sequel stakes, "The Fast and the Furious" could yet challenge Rocky Balboa, Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger for longevity. So what's the appeal? Combining heist movie suspense with regular high-speed chase action, "Fast and ...

Turkeys European Union Ministry will provide 9 million euros in grant funds for media and NGOs

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:35:06 -0400

Turkey's European Union Ministry will provide 9 million euros in grant funds for media and NGOs ANKARA - Turkey's European Union Ministry (EU) will provide 9 million euros in grant funds to media and civil society organizations as part of the Turkey-EU joint "Civil Society Dialogue III Grant Scheme."EU Minister Egemen Bagis said in a written statement on Friday that the ...

Lubna ranked 67th among worlds 100 powerful women

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:29:48 -0400

WAM ABU DHABI, May 24th, 2013 (WAM) -- Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of Development and International Co-operation has been ranked 67the among the world's strongest women in 2013, according to the annual report released by the Forbes. She was also ranked the first at the Arab level, followed by the Saudi Businessperson Lubna Al-Elian. Forbes is an American business ...

Bulls-eye One block 2 tornadoes

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:27:11 -0400

>Editor's note: John Sutter, the human rights columnist for CNN Opinion, is from Oklahoma City. Follow him on Twitter -- @jdsutter -- for continued updates about the tornado. E-mail him at ctl@cnn.com. Oklahoma City (CNN) -- Nancy ...

Gender pay gap in Middle East between 20-40

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:56:23 -0400

DEAD SEA, JORDAN // Bringing female workers' pay closer in line with their male colleagues in the Middle East and North Africa is exercising the minds of delegates at the World Economic Forum as estimates put the pay gap at between 20 and 40 per cent. Getting women into the workforce has long been a challenge for policymakers in a region where levels of female joblessness are generally ...

Luxury brands position for U.S. boom as China flags Europe sags

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:55:45 -0400

A Hermes bag is seen in this file photo. Luxury retailers are preparing for a resurgence in the U.S. market as affluent consumers prepare to spend again. (Fred Lum/The Globe and ...

Japanese World Championship Team Impresses on Day One of Japan Open

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:54:09 -0400

KANAGAWA, Japan, May 24. THE first day of the Japan open long course competition saw members of the country's world championship swim team impress in their first races since being added to the world team roster.With a world-leading 58.84 to her credit from the world championship trials in April, Aya Terakawa cruised to the win in the women's 100 back today with a 59.50. Sayaka Akase ...

3 al-Qaida members 2 soldiers dead in Yemen clash

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:53:20 -0400

SANAA, Yemen -; A security official says al-Qaida gunmen attacked a military position in a southern province, touching off fighting that left three militants and two soldiers ...

Third term begins for Ecuadors President Correa

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:53:19 -0400

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2013 file photo, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa gives a thumbs up to supporters as he stands with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, not in picture, on a balcony at the government palace in Quito, Ecuador. On Friday, May 24, 2013, Correa will begin his second presidential term after winning the Feb. 17 election. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, ...

Suicide bomb hits Kabul as Taliban battle police

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:53:18 -0400

Afghan police aim their weapons after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 24, 2013. A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke billowing over Kabul and setting up a gun battle in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said. (AP Photo/Ahmad ...

French help Niger to kill last jihadist bombers

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:53:17 -0400

Twisted metal lies at the site of a morning car bomb attack inside a military camp in Agadez, in northern Niger, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to ...

Niger defense minister Hostages freed in Agadez

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:53:12 -0400

Muse Will Play at World War Z Premiere

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:13 -0400

which will be equal parts full-scale concert and film premiere The film features 14 minutes of Muse's music, mostly the song "Isolated System" from the trio's latest ...

Is This Google X’s Plan to Wire the World

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:01 -0400

were flummoxed by Schmidt's prediction. There are many parts of the world without reliable telecommunications infrastructure. How do you wire parts of Africa--or the Indonesian archipelago? In my conversations with Astro Teller, Google X's excellently named director of moonshots, for this ...

European Union Bring on the opposition

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:51:51 -0400

Many reproach the EU for its poor transparency and democratic deficit. The problem, however, lies elsewhere, believes sociologist Armin Nassehi. What is lacking is a true opposition, transnational and firmly at home within the European Union ...

Cubans Russians Lead in Last Stop for World Diving Series

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:51:31 -0400

Mexico, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The last stop in the Diving World Series begins today and ends on Sunday at the Pan American Aquatics Complex in Guadalajara, Mexico, with Russian and Cuban duos in the lead for top honors in the male synchronized platform. In the two-day event the first four duos in each branch will compete, while also training for the next world championship, from July 19 to ...

Blitzbokke lose skipper for World Cup

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:51:23 -0400

Springbok Sevens captain Frankie Horne will miss the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow next month because of injury. The most experienced Springboks Sevens player ever injured a shoulder during the last round of the Sevens World Series in London and will undergo an operation to fix the damage next week.He has a fractured bone in his shoulder and also suffered ligament damage.Horne made ...

2 men arrested after plane from Pakistan to England diverted due to incident on board

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:49:12 -0400

LONDON - Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain, officials said, rattling the U.K. just days a British soldier was killed on a London street in a suspected terror attack.A fighter jet was launched to divert the Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying nearly 300 passengers to Britain's Stansted ...

World Lung Foundation Warns U.S. Budget Cuts Will Slow The Fight Against Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:48:40 -0400

World Lung Foundation (WLF) today warned that the sequestration of the United States Federal Budget will have the unintended consequence of slowing efforts to control and ...

2 held after Pakistan-UK flight diverted

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:59 -0400

Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, outside of ...

Moscow felt ‘echoes of earthquake’

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:12 -0400

Moscow - A massive undersea earthquake on Friday in Russia's Far East prompted a tsunami warning and was felt in cities including Moscow far to the west, but there were no immediate reports of ...

Arias in limbo as she awaits her fate

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:10 -0400

Phoenix - An Arizona jury failed on Thursday to reach a unanimous verdict on whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, prompting the judge to order a rerun of the sentencing phase of the ...

Motorists rescued after bridge collapse

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:07 -0400

Olympia, Washington - Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in rural Washington state collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles and drivers tumbling into the frigid water, authorities ...

Gay ban lifted by Boy Scouts

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:03 -0400

Jennifer Tyrrell (left), who was removed from her position as a den leader in 2012 for being gay, hugs Pascal Tessier, 16, after a resolution passed to allow openly gay scouts in the Boy Scouts of America at the Boy Scouts' National Annual Meeting in Grapevine, Texas, on ...

List Toyota tops BMW as worlds top auto brand

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:36:54 -0400

Toyota has passed BMW in a ranking of the world's most valuable brands. The list was put together by a keeper of such scores called Brandz. But it's no time for celebration if you're in the auto industry. ...

World stocks to grind higher

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:35:38 -0400

"This is a classic holiday market reversal," said Neil Shah, a director at London's Edison Investment. When investors and traders return to their desks after the long weekend in the U.S. and the U.K., stocks would continue moving higher, he said. Japan, where the ...

Pakistan aircraft incident rattles U.K.

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:35:15 -0400

Passengers disembark from a Pakistan International Airlines flightbound for Manchester from Lahore, Pakistan, after it was diverted to Stansted Airport, north of London Friday. Chris Radburn/AP ...

Qatar drops bid to move UN aviation agency HQ from Montreal

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:35:15 -0400

Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum, left, Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird, centre, and Quebec's Minister for International Relations Jean-Franois Lise, leave the International Civil Aviation Organization's Montreal headquarters following a meeting May 3. The so-called 'Team Montreal' was spearheading counter moves to Qatar's offer to move the UN agency to Doha, which ...

Travel Picks Top 10 golf resorts around the world

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:34:42 -0400

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - If your idea of a nature hike involves driving an elusive ball over acres of meticulously manicured greens, then bookmark this list of premier putting destinations created with golf enthusiasts in mind, hand-picked by the boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith (www.mrandmrssmith.com). Fore! Reuters has not endorsed this list: 1. Primland; Virginia, USA Pristine ...

Swiss tax diplomat to quit as U.S. Europe talks heat up

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:34:10 -0400

By Oliver Hirt and Caroline Copley ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's top tax diplomat will step down at the end of August, the finance ministry said on Friday, as talks with foreign governments eager to crack down on funds hidden in Swiss bank accounts enter a critical phase. Michael Ambuehl, state secretary for international financial matters since 2010, will take up a job in September ...

Madrids Catholic Church says it needs exorcists

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:31:20 -0400

ReligionenLibertad, a Catholic website, blames the growing secularization of Spanish society for what it calls an increase in people asking for help with their ...

The UKs immigration crackdown will lead to a loss of international talent | Sarah Mulley

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:27:20 -0400

International students at Wigan College. 'A substantial number of international university students come via the UK FE sector, which has seen numbers fall by almost 50%.' Photograph: Christopher ...

Icelands new PM rejects EU but embraces EU economic goals

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:26:18 -0400

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland must find stability by aiming for the same economic goals as those set for European Union states, even though it is skeptical about joining the EU and will keep its own currency, the new prime minister ...

Syria opposition seeks to unify as momentum for talks builds

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:26:17 -0400

George Sabra (L), a veteran Christian opposition figure and acting President of the Syrian National Coalition, speaks during the opening session of a meeting by members of the Syrian opposition in Istanbul May 23, ...

Pakistan should consider IMF deal after reforms in place adviser

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:26:16 -0400

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's new leadership expects first results of its planned steps to shore up its finances and ease a power crisis in two or three months and only then should decide whether and on what terms to seek an IMF bailout, a senior policy adviser said on ...

Kerry Lavrov hold phone call on Syria peace conference

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:59 -0400

MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke by phone on Friday to discuss efforts to bring Syria's warring parties to a peace conference, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. "The situation in Syria was discussed in the context of an international conference for a political settlement in the country," the ministry said in a ...

World Health Organization Coronavirus research stalled by scientific red tape

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:34 -0400

China's Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, leaves the podium after delivering a speech during the 66th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, ...

Three hurt in US bridge collapse

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:22 -0400

The major link between the US and Canadian sides of the Pacific Northwest region was severed after a bridge collapsed, dumping a handful of vehicles and people into a river, police said. All three people who were on the span were rescued and taken to hospitals.The four-lane Interstate 5 bridge - more than half a century old - collapsed about halfway between Seattle and Vancouver, British ...

Retail expert Neiman Saks could create international success Video

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:23:53 -0400

May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bloombergs Cristina Alesci reports on major luxury retailers and the affects of possible M&A within the industry. She speaks on Bloomberg Televisions In The Loop. (Source: Bloomberg) A luxury expert considers a Neiman Marcus/Saks Fifth Avenue merger an opportunity for the two brands to build a company focused on a better customer experience. A Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman ...

McDonalds CEO Scolded By 9-Year-Old

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:22:14 -0400

Don Thompson, CEO of McDonald's Corp., found himself on the grill after a 9-year-old girl accused the fast food giant of trying to "trick kids into eating food that isn't good for them." Hannah Robertson, 9, flew in with her mom from Kelowna, British Columbia, to attend McDonald's annual shareholder meeting Thursday in Oak Brook, Ill., the company's headquarters. ...

Watch Did President Obama Forget to Salute

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:22:13 -0400

Digital Report: President Obama Delivers National Security Speech President Barack Obama details counterterrorism priorities, addresses heckler during ...

Watch Mariah Carey Jokes Through NYC Wardrobe Snafu

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:22:10 -0400

TechBytes: Twitter, J.Lo to Open Cellphone Stores To fight hackers, users will now have to go through a verification process before using ...

Traveling the world through Terminal 21

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:20:32 -0400

A RED double-decker bus stands alongside the brick-lined retail shops in downtown "London." Malls keep trying to outdo each other in so many interesting--and sometimes strange--ways. Some strive to be noticed through their scale, others by some grand feature or through a prominent anchor tenant. Others do it by a novel concept in the shopping experience. The popular Mall of America ...

Who owns Jolies genes

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:17:10 -0400

>Editor's note: Gayle Sulik is a medical sociologist, founder of the Breast Cancer Consortium and author of "Pink Ribbon Blues: How Breast Cancer Culture Undermines Women's Health. " Follow her on Twitter: @pinkribbonblues(CNN) -- Angelina Jolie, when writing about her preventive double mastectomy, did not discuss how much her surgeries cost, but she did mention that many women would not be ...

US Czech slaying suspect killed relatives

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:11:01 -0400

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- An American man accused of killing his uncle, aunt and cousins in the Czech Republic was arrested after fleeing to the United ...

Can men control themselves

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:09:47 -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 ...

UPDATE 1-Stretched by riots Swedish police call reinforcements

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:09 -0400

Fri May 24, 2013 11:00am EDT By Ilze Filks and Mia Shanley STOCKHOLM May 24 (Reuters) - Police in Stockholm called in reinforcements on Friday after youths set cars and a school ablaze in a fifth night of rioting, the worst to hit Sweden for years. Pupils at a primary school in Kista - an IT hub that is home to the likes of telecoms equipment maker Ericsson and the Swedish office of Microsoft - ...

Brad Pitts World War Z And Why Bad Buzz Doesnt Equal Box Office Bomb

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:50:45 -0400

Brad Pitt -starring zombie epic on June 21 and the purpose of this early screening is to attempt to fight back against the tide of 'bad buzz' that has plagued the film for much of the last year. It's a noble effort, and the positive reactions will certainly help the film as its marketing campaign turns the final lap. But the mostly inside baseball on-set turmoil and/or reshoots ...

10 Top Beach Resorts Around The World

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:50:45 -0400

10 Top Beach Resorts Around The World The desire to visit faraway shores (or even those in your own backyard) is so deeply woven into our collective summer psyche that it's practically instinctual. There's just something about feeling sand between your toes, a cold drink in your hand and a warm, salty breeze on your face that simply can't be replicated at a lake house or pool. ...

China Switzerland to seal free trade deal

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:49:31 -0400

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is in Switzerland to sign a free trade pact with the Alpine nation - the first comprehensive agreement the country has reached with a major western ...

UN chief challenges African leaders over Congo

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:49:29 -0400

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging African leaders to implement a plan that the U.N. hopes will stabilize eastern Congo after years of ...

Facebook phone not coming to Europe

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:46:40 -0400

Facebook Home which replaces the standard Android screens with its own social media interface. Home has been available for download to other Android devices too but hasn't proved popular with users. UK mobile ...

British fighter jets scrambled after incident on Pakistan International Airways flight

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:45:46 -0400

United Kingdom Two men have been arrested after British fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistan International Airways flight to an Essex airport after an on-board incident on Friday.British police arrested the men on suspicion of "endangerment of an aircraft".The plane, which was carrying 297 passengers en route from Lahore to Manchester, was diverted to Stansted Airport in ...

Suicide blast rocks central Kabul

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:42:54 -0400

Police said it was a suicide bombing. It was followed by a gun battle which was still continuing more than an hour later.An Associated Press cameraman who witnessed thes blast said it was near a hospital for the National Security Directorate, the state intelligence service.He said the blast collapsed a building wall, but was not clear if there were any casualties. Police quickly cordoned off the ...

William Hague Solution to Middle East conflict is slipping away

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:42:37 -0400

William Hague has warned the Israelis and Palestinians that the prospect of a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict is slipping away and that if the latest US-sponsored push for renewed talks is not grasped, the region faces a bleak ...

World stock markets to grind higher

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:42:31 -0400

Five climbers missing on Mount Kanchenjunga worlds 3rd highest peak

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:41:23 -0400

KATHMANDU, Nepal - A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world's third highest mountain. The five disappeared Monday on Mount Kanchenjunga, and bad weather was preventing a rescue helicopter from reaching the base camp. Mountaineering Department official Dipendra Poudel said Friday the climbers were descending from the summit when they were believed to ...

Uganda president ousts army boss amid dispute - NBC40.net

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:40:42 -0400

By RODNEY MUHUMUZAAssociated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni fired his top military commander Friday, the ouster apparently linked to turmoil over Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him as head of state. Sacked army chief Gen. Aronda Nyakairima was appointed minister of internal affairs, effectively cutting his links to the army's chain of ...

Austria wants EU arms embargo to Syria extended

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:40:07 -0400

Austria 's foreign minister said Friday. Austria's 377 soldiers make up the largest contingent of the approximately 900 U.N. peacekeepers posted to the Golan Heights separating Syria and ...

Spains Princess Cristina faces new tax probe charge

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:32:41 -0400

MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish judge has opened an investigation into Princess Cristina's tax returns after an earlier charge of being an accomplice in an embezzlement case against her husband was ...

UK fighter jet scrambled to divert civilian plane travelling from Pakistan to England

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:31:16 -0400

LONDON - Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain, officials said, rattling the U.K. just days a British soldier was killed on a London street in a suspected terror attack. A fighter jet was launched to divert the Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying nearly 300 passengers to Britain's ...

U.K. scrambles jet to investigate civilian plane

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:31:03 -0400

LONDON British fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistani passenger plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Lahore to England after an incident on board, British officials said Friday. Essex Police boarded the plane at Stansted and arrested two men "on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft," according to a statement from the police, which did not elaborate. Britain's ...

2 Arrested in Pakistan Plane Incident

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:28:36 -0400

British police say two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a civilian plane flying from Pakistan to England. A jet was launched to divert the Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying nearly 300 passengers to Britain's Stansted Airport on Friday. It was originally supposed to have landed in Manchester. Essex Police said that two ...

World Stocks Lower After Big Sell-Off

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:28:36 -0400

World stocks edged lower on Friday, a day after markets around the world dropped sharply on concerns global growth is slowing and the Federal Reserve could start scaling back its monetary stimulus. Japan's Nikkei, which had led the previous day's losses with a plunge of over 7 percent, seesawed throughout Friday before closing 0.9 percent higher at 14,612.45. In Europe, stocks ...

13 Recipes to Make on the Grill for Memorial Day

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:28:31 -0400

Nothing says summer like a delicious meal on the grill. From steaks to sides and even desserts, you can grill your entire meal outside with these recipes. So fire up the grill this weekend and enjoy ...

Watch Boy Scouts to Admit Openly Gay Members

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:28:28 -0400

All right, we'll turn now to the historic decision by the boy scouts of america. For the first time in its long history the organization will now admit openly gay scouts. The controversial ...

Nahyan inaugurates Burjeels first 1st international conference

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:18:43 -0400

WAM Abu Dhabi, May 24th, 2013 (WAM) -- Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, inaugurated today the 1st international conference on minimally invasive surgery and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). The two-day conference titled ?Tomorrow is Already Today' and hosted by Burjeel Hospital in collaboration with ...

Progress made in international child custody disputes

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:17:00 -0400

child custody disputes can often reach across Texas borders and sometimes even international borders. A number of international child custody disputes have involved U.S. citizens and citizens of Japan. As the Washington Post noted recently, there has been pressure on Japan to join the international child custody treaty to "address concerns that Japanese mothers can take children away from ...

Police Suicide bomb hits heart of Afghan capital

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:55:37 -0400

A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke billowing over Kabul in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police ...

UPDATE 1-Turkey bans alcohol advertising and curbs sales

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:45:36 -0400

Fri May 24, 2013 9:45am EDT * PM says ban is to protect youth from bad habits * Critics say ban is sign of creeping Islamic influence * Turkish brewers see shares fall * Diageo "very saddened" by new legislation By Ozge Ozbilgin ANKARA, May 24 (Reuters) - Turkey banned alcohol advertising and tightened restrictions on its sale on Friday, drawing criticism from secular Turks as well as the ...

Kenyas mental hospital drugs confines patients

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:42:22 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- An advocacy group says patients at Kenya's only psychiatric hospital are often confined and immobilized using drugs that put them into a comatose-like state, factors that could have led to the recent escape of 40 male ...

Death toll from Guinea opposition march rises to four

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:37:23 -0400

CONAKRY (Reuters) - The official death toll from Thursday's clashes between Guinean opposition protesters and police and government supporters rose to four on Friday, meaning at least 22 people have now been killed in unrest since ...

London investigators grapple with unprecedented gruesome terror tactics

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:35:46 -0400

(CBS News) New details have emerged regarding the background and tactics allegedly used by the two men accused of savagely murdering British soldier Lee Rigby in London on Wednesday. According to British media reports, Michael Adebolajo, 28, was a British citizen, born in Nigeria, raised as a Christian, and is believed to have converted to Islam over the course of the last decade. He and ...

Why Jolies cancer test costs so much

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:33:46 -0400

Watch Emergency Landing in London Caught on Tape

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:33:19 -0400

We're going to turn to the emergency landing for a british airways jumbo jet at one of the world's busiest airports. Smoke was seen pouring out of one of the engines before the jet landed as ...

Watch Arias Jury Hung in Penalty Phase

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:33:19 -0400

bombshell in the jodi arias trial. The jury deadlocked over her fate after deliberating for three days and 13 hours. We'll talk exclusively to the jury foreman in just a moment. First here's ...

Kid to McDonalds Stop Tricking Us

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:33:16 -0400

Morning Business Memo… A 9 year-old girl has chewed out the top executive at McDonald’s for ';tricking kids into eating your food.'; The rare confrontation happened as CEO Don Thompson answered shareholders’ questions at the fast food company’s annual meeting in Oak Brook, Ill., Thursday. Hannah Robertson, whose mother Kia blogs about how parents can make ...

Amnesty International criticizes torture in Egypt

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:27:19 -0400

Amnesty International says the administration of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi failed to implement reforms to eradicate torture. "No legal or policy reforms were implemented to eradicate torture under either the SCAF [Supreme Council of Armed Forces] or President Morsi's administration," the organization said. "Torture and other ill-treatment continued and security forces ...

Bushs war on terror is over

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:25:41 -0400

>Editor's note: Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a director at the New America Foundation and the author of "Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden -- From 9/11 to Abbottabad," the basis for the HBO documentary "Manhunt" that will be shown on CNN at 9 p.m. today. Washington (CNN) -- In the past few weeks, we've seen a British soldier hacked to death with a meat cleaver on ...

International Rectifier Honors TowerJazz with Foundry Supplier of the Year 2012 Award

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:24:09 -0400

TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced it has received a Foundry Supplier of the Year 2012 Award from International Rectifier, a world leader in power management ...