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North Korea fires short range weapons

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:25:10 -0400

PYONGYANG - North Korea continued to fire short range projectiles into waters off its east coast for a third straight day on Monday, officials here said, despite warnings from the US and South Korea against increasing tensions. The North has conducted six such firings since Saturday, in what are believed to be tests of short-range guided missiles or rockets from multiple launchers, officials ...

Papering over border differences China and India agree to boost trade

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:19:57 -0400

NEW DELHI - India and China Monday played down a recent border stand-off and agreed to maintain peace along their disputed boundary as well as boost economic relations. Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, who decided to make India the first stop of his maiden foreign jaunt as premier, stressed that the population of the two nations comprised one third of the world. Both countries have seen ...

Musharraf gets bail in Bhutto assassination case

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:10:36 -0400

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Former Pakistani military dictator Pervez Musharraf was Monday granted bail in a case related to the assassination of ex premier Benazir Bhutto. Musharraf has been under house arrest because he is accused of failing to provide adequate security for Bhutto who was murdered in a bomb and gun attack in December 2007 while campaigning for elections. The assassination ...

Multiple bombings in Iraq leave over 60 dead

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:05:19 -0400

BAGHDAD, Iraq - More than 60 people, including Iranian Shia pilgrims, were killed in a series of car bombings and shootings across Iraq Monday, officials said. The worst hit in Monday's violence was Baghdad where eight car bombs and a roadside bomb ripped through bus stops, marketplaces and other crowded areas in Shia neighbourhoods. The attacks left 12 people dead and 109 wounded, a senior ...

Hezbollah loses 23 militants in clash with Syrian rebels claim activists

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:58:56 -0400

BEIRUT, Lebanon - At least 23 elite fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, fighting alongside the Syrian government troops, were killed near the Lebanese border Monday, an activist group said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks Syria's war, said more than 100 Hezbollah members also have been wounded in the fighting around the opposition-held ...

Blogging platform Tumblr acquired by Yahoo for $1.1 bn

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:40:57 -0400

NEW YORK - Yahoo promised "not to screw it up" as it formally announced its acquisition of the popular Tumblr blogging platform for $1.1bn in cash, giving the company a much-needed base in social media to reach a younger generation of users. The relaxed wording of the memo for one of the internet giant's biggest acquisitions was echoed in the memo sent by David Karp, Tumblr's 26-year-old ...

US drugmaker Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5bn deal

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:31:34 -0400

WASHINGTON/ DUBLIN - Actavis Inc, the largest US generic drug maker by market value, is acquiring Dublin-based Warner Chilcott in a deal worth $8.5billion (5.6billion pounds) including $3billion net debt, to create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the country. Under the deal, Actavis, which itself has been the subject of bid speculation, would be offering $5billion in ...

Bombardier unveils Challenger 350 mid sized business jet

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:21 -0400

GENEVA - Canadian aeroplane maker Bombardier has expanded its leading Challenger family of business jets with the launch of the new Challenger 350 aircraft in collaboration with global leader in private aviation, US firm NetJets. The launch on Monday was held at a special event here at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE). Bombardier said deliveries of the ...

$254mn Eskom wind power project gets South African regulator's nod

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:11 -0400

JOHANNESBURG - The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has granted power producer Eskom a licence for its Sere wind farm in the Western Cape, paving the way for the company to start construction of its $254.3 million (R2.4-billion) project. Sere is the Nama word for "cool breeze". The wind farm project is scheduled to become fully commercially operational by the end of ...

Morgan Stanley India to sell wealth management arm to StanChart

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:51:43 -0400

MUMBAI - The UK based Standard Chartered (StanChart) Monday announced plans to acquire the Indian private wealth management business of US multinational financial services firm Morgan Stanley for an undisclosed amount as part of plans to expand operations. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals. "Standard Chartered India has agreed to acquire Morgan Stanley's onshore private ...

Exchange Of Fire On Israeli-Syrian Border

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:29:22 -0400

The Israeli military has said one of its patrols has been hit by gunfire from Syria on the Golan Heights. The military said in a statement that the attack damaged a vehicle, but caused no injuries. The statement said the Israeli patrol "returned precise fire at the source and reported a direct hit." The incident happened overnight May 20-21. However, Syria's army ...

Deadly Attacks Claim More Iraqi Lives

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:29:22 -0400

Security officials say new attacks in Iraq have killed at least seven people and injured dozens. Three people were killed and more than 40 injured on May 21 in two car bombings in the city of Tuz Khormato, in Salaheddin Province, some 170 kilometers north of Baghdad. The cars were parked near the city's market and exploded as stores were opening. A suicide blast at a checkpoint, ...

Israel restores Gaza fishing area to six miles

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:24:50 -0400

Israel is restoring the Gazan fishing area to six miles (11km), the IDF said Tuesday, after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon had confirmed the decision.The announcement came two days before ...

IDF denies Syrian claim Israeli vehicle destroyed in Golan

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:24:50 -0400

Syrian military leadership says on state TV that its armed forces destroyed an Israel vehicle, but the IDF says it was just lightly damaged; soldiers return fire; defense source: "The fire was directed at ...

Jewish terrorist Tytell appeals murder conviction

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:24:50 -0400

conviction and his two life sentences for murdering two Palestinians to the Supreme Court.On April 9, the Jerusalem District Court sentenced Tytell to two life sentences and an additional 30 years in prison for the murder of two Palestinians and an assortment of other ...

Oklahoma tornado 2013 Twister is worst in recent memory including one that hit same town in 1999

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:19:24 -0400

The catastrophic storm that tore through Moore, Oklahoma on Monday bears striking similarities to other powerful tornadoes that have killed hundreds of people and caused billions in ...

Susan Powell Mystery Case Closed By Police

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:11:04 -0400

The case has been closed on missing Utah mum Susan Powell, whose husband became prime suspect for her disappearance before he then killed himself and their two sons. The West Valley City Police Department said it could not solve the investigation, which has gripped the US for almost four years, but revealed several new details. They include reports that Josh Powell had an affair just months ...

FBI gives detail on agents death in training exercise

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:01:36 -0400

NORFOLK, Va. Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday night. Special Agents Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw were killed in the incident Friday. Both were members of the bureau's elite hostage rescue team, a group known ...

Toby Keith Moore Oklahoma will persevere post-tornado

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:01:36 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY Country music performer Toby Keith says he was raised up in the area near Oklahoma City that was hit by a devastating tornado. Keith issued a statement saying Monday's tornado in Moore, Okla., devastated the community in which he grew up. The city has embraced Keith's celebrity, and his name is on the Moore water ...

Official expecting 40 more bodies

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:01:19 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKI. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Clinging to the hope of finding more survivors, rescue workers scoured mountains of rubble Tuesday where houses and schools once ...

Seven Afghan police killed amid fresh attacks

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:59:06 -0400

A powerful roadside bomb has killed seven policemen in western Afghanistan as forces were engaged in a deadly battle with up to 1,000 Taliban fighters who attacked police checkpoints in the south, officials have said. Police said that the Afghan National Army policemen died when their vehicle hit the explosive device planted in the road in the Chishti Sharif district of Herat province on Tuesday ...

In New Delhi Chinese Leader Promotes Trade Ties

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:42:17 -0400

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Four Georgian Men Arrested Over Antigay Violence

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:23:38 -0400

Georgian Orthodox Christian activists shout antigay slogan, before clashes with gay rights activists on the International Day Against Homophobia in Tbilisi on May ...

Beersheba killer told court needed gun for defense

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:18:49 -0400

shot and killed four people in a Beersheba bank on Monday, had a weapon despite an earlier police request to confiscate his weapon, the courts sent out a copy of the transcript of the hearing over confiscating his weapon.The court transcript from August 8, 2011 reveals that Alon's "winning argument" for keeping his weapon appeared to be that his life was in danger and he needed the ...

Many kids among 91 feared dead in US tornado

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:18:49 -0400

MOORE, Okla. - At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 2 mile wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroyed.President Barack Obama declared a major disaster area in Oklahoma, ordering federal aid to supplement state and local efforts in Moore after the ...

Anti-Semitism on the rise - Kerry

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:18:03 -0400

American Secretary of State John Kerry, at the launch of a State Department report on religious freedom worldwide, voiced concern on Monday over rising anti-Semitism and laws used to target religious ...

Obama approves aid for Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:18:02 -0400

Moore, Oklahoma - At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a three-kilometre-wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was ...

Man scales St Peter’s in political protest

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:18:00 -0400

Italian businessman Marcello Di Finizio displays a banner to protest against austerity measures, on the dome of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 20, 2013. The banner reads, "Stop this massacre, the political horror show is continuing... Pope Francis help us". REUTERS/Alessandro ...

Brain-boosting Mediterranean diet could slow down the onset of dementia more effectively than low-fat alternative

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:12:45 -0400

The diet enjoyed by countries in southern Europe has long been thought to combat heart disease and cancer because it is rich in fruit, vegetables, fish, nuts, whole grains and olive ...

Video emerges of Pope Francis reportedly performing an exorcism

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:05:56 -0400

The astonishing footage, taken immediately after Pentecostal mass on Sunday 19th May, shows the Pontiff approach the second of two wheelchair bound people, whose face is pixelled out. After a priest leans across the boy or young man to tell Francis something, the Pope's expression becomes more serious, the voice-over notes. He then grips the top of the subject's head firmly and is seen ...

Disney pulls show that makes fun of gluten-free child

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:54:33 -0400

Outrage by some parents over what they deem derogatory statements about children who need gluten-free diets that were made on the Disney Channel show "Jessie" has led the company to pull the episode off the air. "To our viewers, we received your feedback about tonight's 'Jessie' episode which some of you accessed early on Video-on-Demand," Disney said in a ...

Oklahoma tornado kills at least 51 including 20 children

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:54:30 -0400

MOORE, Okla. A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph Monday. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise. Some 236 people were ...

Syrian opposition continue talks in Madrid

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:52:03 -0400

Syrian opposition groups are meeting in Madrid to compile a draft political solution to the conflict. The talks, which entered a second day on Tuesday, include Moaz al-Khatib, who resigned last week as leader of the Syrian National Coalition. Khatib cited the failure of the international community to stop the conflict as the reason he stepped down. The Spanish foreign ministry said ...

Obama Says More Reforms Planned In Burma

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:14:39 -0400

President Barack Obama says Burmese President Thein Sein has pledged to release more political prisoners and institutionalize democratic reforms in that southeast Asian country. Obama met with Thein Sein at the White House on May 20 in what was seen as a gesture of U.S. support for Burma’s moves toward democracy after decades of repressive military rule. It the first visit to the U.S. ...

Livni PA must know peace talks are the only game in town

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:10:15 -0400

Israeli is continuing an intense dialogue on the peace process with US Secretary of State John Kerry, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said Tuesday during the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting. The common goal, she said, is re-starting direct talks between the Israelis and Palestinians: "We want the Palestinian Authority to know that peace talks are the only game in ...

Small and Large Steps towards Equality for Gays in Cuba

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:09:55 -0400

CIEGO DE VILA, Cuba , May 20 2013 (IPS) - The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in Cuba has won advances on issues like the change of name of pre-operative transgender persons, while they continue to fight for the right to same-sex civil ...

Cameron survives vote on gay marriage

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:09:46 -0400

British Prime Minister David Cameron headed off another Conservative rebellion on Monday after the opposition Labour Party helped him see off a ';wrecking amendment'; which had threatened his gay marriage ...

Pentagon takes over some drone operations

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:09:44 -0400

Washington - President Barack Obama's administration has decided to give the Pentagon control of some drone operations against terrorism suspects overseas that are currently run by the CIA, several US government sources said on ...

Hezbollah ‘plays growing role in Syria’

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:09:42 -0400

Supporters of Hezbollah and relatives of Hasan Faisal Sheker, an 18-year-old Hezbollah member, carry the coffin during his funeral in Nabi Sheet near Baalbeck on Monday. About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian activists said on ...

Woman told to make funeral plans after contracting rare form of pneumonia defies the doctors to walk down the aisle on prosthetic legs

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:06:01 -0400

Debbie, from Gilberdyke, East Yorks, managed to pull through, despite falling into a coma - but doctors were forced to amputate both her legs, and part of her right ...

Video Tornado rips through Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:59:28 -0400

A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs yesterday, flattening entire neighbourhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 91 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to ...

Former IRS head Shulman to give first public testimony

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:58:38 -0400

Former U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in Washington in this October 8, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang/Files WASHINGTON - A U.S. Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry more details out of current and former officials of the Internal Revenue Service about the agency’s targeting of conservative ...

Obama opponents target Sebelius solicitations for group

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:58:37 -0400

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (R) and Attorney General Eric Holder (2nd R) lead a news conference to announce Medicare Fraud Strike Force law enforcement actions at the Justice Department in Washington, May 14, 2013. Also pictured is FBI Assistant Director Ron Hosko (L). REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON - With the White House already reeling from three major ...

Monstrous tornado devastates Oklahoma suburbs

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:51:19 -0400

Oklahoma City, flattening entire neighbourhoods and destroying a primary school with winds up to 200mph (320 kph). At least 51 people have been killed, including at least 20 children, and officials say the death toll is expected to rise to 91.The Oklahoma medical examiner's office said it has not yet received the 40 more bodies that had been retrieved from the rubble in Moore, but has been ...

Russia says two rebels killed in North Caucasus

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:50:26 -0400

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian security forces killed two suspected militants in the North Caucasus during a night-time sweep in the region plagued by an Islamist insurgency, investigators said on ...

Deadly tornado rips through Oklahoma City

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:46:26 -0400

US President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma after a 3km-wide tornado packing winds of up to 320kph tore through the state capital killing at least 51 people, including 20 children, and injuring at least 230. The Oklahoma medical examiner's office said it was expecting the death toll to rise to 91 people. Officials in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore said that many ...

Gay man’s murder sparks public anger

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:04:50 -0400

Thousands of New Yorkers - including mayoral candidate Christine Quinn - marched on Monday to protest the fatal shooting of a gay man in the neighbourhood that was the cradle of the modern US gay rights ...

Oklahoma tornado tears through school

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:04:49 -0400

Two girls stand in the rubble of their home after the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. A three-kilometre-wide twister tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes and trapping two dozen school children beneath ...

Konys LRA has killed more than 100000 UN

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:58:38 -0400

The Lord's Resistance Army has killed more than 100,000 people during a reign of terror in Central Africa over the past 25 years, UN leader Ban Ki-moon said on ...

Israeli troops in Golan return fire from Syria army

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:58:37 -0400

Israeli soldiers patrolling the disputed Golan Heights along the border with Syria fired back after coming under fire overnight, an Israeli Defence Forces statement said ...

5 things to know

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:45:36 -0400

>Editor's note: CNN's Thom Patterson boards the 787 Dreamliner Monday for its first commercial US domestic flight after it was grounded for battery problems. Watch for his report this afternoon on CNN.com and follow his progress on Twitter. Houston (CNN) -- Aviation fans have already named it Dreamliner 2.0. No longer grounded for safety concerns, Boeing's embattled 787 Dreamliner now has a ...

5 things to know

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:45:36 -0400

Analysis Some Republicans see new scandal in Sebelius fundraising

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:43:03 -0400

President Barack Obama makes a statement next to Secretary of HHS Kathleen Sebelius about contraceptive care funding in the press room of the White House in Washington, February 10, ...

Israel fires back at Syria after gunshots at its troops

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:43:03 -0400

Israeli soldiers walk together during a training close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria on the Israeli occupied Golan Heights May 7, ...

IRS officials back on Capitol Hill hot seat over targeting

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:43:02 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry more details out of current and former officials of the Internal Revenue Service about the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they sought tax-exempt ...

6.0-magnitude quake hits Russias far-east Kamchatka coastline USGS

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:54:00 -0400

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula early Tuesday, followed by a series of strong aftershocks, the US Geological Survey ...

JPMorgan investors on edge over vote on Dimon what if they win

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:38:54 -0400

JPMorgan Chase & Co CEO Jamie Dimon testifies before the House Financial Services hearing on ''Examining Bank Supervision and Risk Management in Light of JPMorgan Chase's Trading Loss'' on Capitol Hill in Washington June 19, ...

Guatemalas top court overturns ex-dictators genocide conviction orders trial to resume

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:37:46 -0400

FILE - In this Friday, May 10, 2013 file photo, Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt wears headphones as he listens to the verdict in his genocide trial in Guatemala City. Guatemala's top court has overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's and ordered his trial to resume. Constitutional Court secretary Martin Guzman says the trial needs ...

CBS takes Mike Molly tornado-themed finale off air

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:37:21 -0400

NEW YORK CBS has taken the scheduled season-ending episode of "Mike & Molly" off the air because its plot line revolved around a tornado threatening the couple. The network said it replaced the comedy with a rerun on Monday out of sensitivity to victims of ...

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