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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Syrian FM on surprise visit to Baghdad

Sun, 26 May 2013 04:44:36 -0400

BAGHDAD: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem landed in Baghdad on Sunday on an unannounced visit for talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a senior government official said.It was unclear how long the visit would last and whether Muallem would meet with any other Iraqi officials."The foreign minister of Syria, Walid Muallem, arrived in Baghdad at the head of a Syrian ...

Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people in attack on convoy of local leaders and supporters of ruling Congress party

Sun, 26 May 2013 04:39:44 -0400

India is reeling after at least 28 people were killed and many more were injured after up to 200 Maoist rebels attacked a convoy containing local leaders of the ruling Congress ...

Israel Gas Bonanza New Field Discovered

Sun, 26 May 2013 04:38:01 -0400

Vilified, ostracised, threatened in the Middle East, Israel is about to join the Gulf Arab states as a fossil fuel giant that could tie it closer to its neighbours and Western Europe. A natural gas bonanza is about to begin. By the end of this year Israel will be looking to shift the production of electricity to gas-powered generators producing half the Jewish state's wattage. The ...

Rockets hit south Beirut after Hezbollah vows Syria victory

Sun, 26 May 2013 03:53:16 -0400

Two men inspect their damage house after two rockets hit their area in a Beirut suburbs May 26, 2013. Two rockets hit a Hezbollah-controlled district in the southern part of Lebanon's capital on Saturday, residents said, wounding several ...

Australian Cardinal urged to apologise for child sex crimes

Sun, 26 May 2013 03:12:29 -0400

Australia's most senior Catholic has been urged to face up to child sex crimes committed by members of the church and to apologise when he fronts a parliamentary inquiry on Monday. Cardinal George Pell will be the last witness to give evidence at Victoria's child sex abuse inquiry. Victorian Premier Denis Napthine has called on him to be open and honest with the public about the ...

Brazil to write off $900m of African debt

Sun, 26 May 2013 03:11:32 -0400

Brazil has said it plans to cancel or restructure $900m worth of debt in 12 African countries, as part of a broader strategy to boost ties with the continent. Brazilian officials said on Saturday that President Dilma Rousseff, visiting Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to mark the African Union's 50th anniversary, was set to announce a new development agency alongside the cancellation that will ...

New scandal hits US college sports program

Sun, 26 May 2013 02:43:35 -0400

The woman hired to clean up the scandal-scarred athletic program at Rutgers University quit as a volleyball coach 16 years ago after her players submitted a letter complaining she ruled through humiliation, fear and emotional abuse, The Star-Ledger reported. Julie Hermann, hired May 15 as athletic director of the New Jersey university, has promised a restart for the program following the ...

Bangladesh paralysed by opposition strike

Sun, 26 May 2013 02:41:28 -0400

Police say opposition activists have set offhomemade bombs and damaged several vehicles in Bangladesh's capital as theylaunched a general strike demandingresignation ofPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina before general elections, which aredue early next year. Police official Monirul Islam said no one had been injured in Sunday's incidents, and more than10,000 security forceswere deployed in ...

48 Hours Dirty Little Secrets

Sun, 26 May 2013 02:35:03 -0400

Well, this story starts what will be a long summer of reruns from 48 hours!! The sociopathic minister at least got the justice he so deserved. He made the mistake of talking pillow talk to his new girlfriend and tell ...

2 women die in south Texas flood

Sun, 26 May 2013 02:33:11 -0400

>Editor's note: Are you there? Stay safe, and send photos or video.(CNN) -- Two women died Saturday from raging floodwaters in San Antonio, including one who was swept away after rescue workers nearly reached her. At one point Saturday, a storm and subsequent flash floods had knocked out power to about 12,000 customers and spurred the closure of dozens of streets in the southern Texas city and ...

Quake rattles Uzbekistan

Sun, 26 May 2013 02:32:33 -0400

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck Uzbekistan. The earthquake was centred 27km north of Bulung'ur and was at a depth of 26km. More details ...

Quake rattles Uzbekistan

Sun, 26 May 2013 02:32:33 -0400

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck Uzbekistan. The earthquake was centred 27km north of Bulung'ur and was at a depth of 26km. More details ...

Quake rattles Uzbekistan

Sun, 26 May 2013 02:32:33 -0400

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck Uzbekistan. The earthquake was centred 27km north of Bulung'ur and was at a depth of 26km. More details ...

Australia to end live betting odds during sports PM

Sun, 26 May 2013 02:07:02 -0400

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia will ban the broadcast of betting odds during live sports matches under new rules unveiled Sunday, designed to keep the watching of sport separate from the promotion of gambling.Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the government had ordered broadcasters to amend their codes to ensure a reduction in the promotion and advertising of gambling during sport."All promotion ...

Two rockets hit southern Beirut district residents

Sun, 26 May 2013 01:44:39 -0400

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two rockets hit a Hezbollah-controlled district in the southern part of Lebanon's capital on Sunday, residents said, wounding several ...

Neymar bound for Barcelona

Sun, 26 May 2013 01:41:08 -0400

Brazil's World Cup hope Neymar has confirmed he is moving to Spanish champions Barcelona on a five-year contract. The gifted 21-year-old striker chose Barcelona on Saturday over their Spanish arch-rivals Real Madrid after Santos ended three years of resisting offers for Neymar and let him go before next year's tournament in Brazil. "On Monday I'm signing a contract with ...

11 killed 16 injured in Myanmar bus accident

Sun, 26 May 2013 01:23:07 -0400

Myanmar state media say a bus traveling from Yangon to Mandalay has skidded off a bridge, leaving 11 dead and 16 injured including an American citizen. State newspapers reported that the accident occurred Saturday when a tyre on the bus blew, causing the vehicle to skid and plunge off the bridge into a stream below. They said the bus was carrying 27 people. The US Embassy in Yangon confirmed an ...

Four wounded as rockets hit Beirut

Sun, 26 May 2013 01:20:00 -0400

Rockets slammed into two Beirut neighbourhoods that are strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, wounding at least 4 people, Lebanese security officials and media said. Tensions have been running high in Lebanon, and Syrian rebels have threatened to retaliate against the militant Shiite Hezbollah group for sending fighters to assist President Bashar Assad's forces in Syria. One rocket landed in ...

Crunch time for Jersey Shore businesses after Sandy

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:49:14 -0400

(CBS News) LONG BEACH ISLAND, N.J. - This is the beginning of a crucial time for beach communities battered by superstorm Sandy last October. Business owners operate under different economic rules on the Jersey Shore, making most of their livings between now and Labor Day. We sat down with the owners of the Harvey Cedars Shellfish Company to hear first-hand about the challenge now under way. ...

Peres Abbas Kerry to discuss peace in Jordan

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:14:01 -0400

World Economic Forum expected to present a new peace initiative at conference; Jordanian King Abdullah II: We need to help the parties get on the path of Arab Peace Initiative, time to stop feeding ...

US Teenager Arrested Over School Bomb Plot

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:04:22 -0400

A teenager in the US is to be charged with attempted murder after he allegedly planned to carry out a bomb attack on his high school. Grant Acord, 17, was arrested after police in Oregon received a tip he was making a bomb to blow up West Albany High School. Benton County District Attorney John Haroldson said six bombs were later found in a secret compartment in his bedroom. These ...

Texas Flash Floods More Than 200 Rescued

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:04:22 -0400

Flash floods caused by torrential downpours in San Antonio, Texas, have left at least one person dead and sparked a huge rescue mission to help hundreds of stranded drivers and residents. A woman who became trapped while driving managed to get onto the roof of her car but was swept away, firefighters said. Her body was later found near a fence. Authorities were searching for at least two ...

L.A. stoplights synchronized to improve traffic

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:56:17 -0400

LOS ANGELES It seems that the impossible has occurred: The nation's most congested city has become a model for traffic control. Yes, gridlock still prevails and drivers' blood pressure still spikes as LA's traffic arteries seize up during every morning and afternoon rush hour. Yet, with the flip of a switch earlier this year, Los Angeles became a worldwide leader by synchronizing ...

US teenager accused of planning to bomb school

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:25:41 -0400

A US teenager who intended to blow up his school will be charged with attempted aggravated murder after six bombs were found in his bedroom, a prosecutor said late Saturday. Grant Acord, 17, planned to attack his school in Oregon in a plot "forged and inspired" by a 1999 mass shooting at a high school in Columbine, Colorado, said Benton County District Attorney John ...

Syria Hizballah Vows To Stay Until End

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:23:31 -0400

Syrian troops and their Iranian-backed Lebanese Hizballah allies have been pushing their attack on rebels in the mainly Sunni Muslim border town of Qusair. Pro-regime forces were reported May 25 to have unleashed artillery barrages in a bid to extend their control over the town. The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 20 people were killed in the fighting. ...

France Probing Stabbing Of Soldier

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:23:30 -0400

French authorities say it is too early to know whether the stabbing of a French soldier has a link to the murder of a British soldier by suspected Islamic extremists. The French soldier, who was wearing a uniform, was stabbed in the throat May 25 as he carried out an antiterrorist patrol in the La Defense business district outside Paris. Officials said the 23-year-old soldier was expected ...

Soccer Exhibition at Yankee Stadium Feels Like a Rehearsal

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:08:38 -0400

It was a preliminary rendering for curious observers, a rough sketch of one possible future for soccer in New York City. Manchester City defeated Chelsea, 5-3, in a rollicking exhibition game Saturday at Yankee Stadium. The match, between two powerhouse English clubs, was cast officially as a friendly at a neutral site, a no-stakes contest played shortly after the conclusion of the ...

In Afghan Transition U.S. Forces Take a Step Back

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:05:25 -0400

The Third Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division has been training Afghanistan's security forces in an effort to help them become ...

Will immigration reform get killed in Republican-led House

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:02:03 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The biggest overhaul of U.S. immigration laws in a generation won bipartisan approval from a powerful U.S. Senate committee last week, but there is a strong chance that Republicans in the House of Representatives will end up killing ...

Battle for Syrias Qusayr intensifies

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:58:28 -0400

Syria's western border town of Qusayr has come under fire for a seventh straight day as government forces backed by the Lebanese Hezbollah movement battled to drive out rebel fighters, witnesses have said. At least 40 people were reported killed on Saturday in what residents told Al Jazeera was the worst fighting they had seen since the start of the civil ...

Rebel attack leaves 17 dead

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:30:00 -0400

About 200 suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in eastern India, killing at least 17 people and wounding 24 others, police said. Senior police officer M. Gupta said the attack occurred Saturday in the Sukma area, about 215 miles (345 kilometers) south of Raipur, the capital of ...

Why I think were wasting billions on global warming by top British climate scientist

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:43 -0400

Last week, I was part of a group of academics who published a paper saying that the faster, more alarming, projections of the rate at which the globe is warming look less likely than previously ...

Revealed The EUs great green U-turn on policy that is sending energy bills soaring across the continent

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:42 -0400

It is now urging members to restore Europe’s competitiveness by ‘fracking’ for cheap natural gas from shale, instead of pushing ‘renewable’ energy subsidies which cost consumers billions of ...

Bud Britains bravest police horse returns to duty after being punched by football thug

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:42 -0400

Bud, who belongs to the West Yorkshire force, was hit by a Newcastle United fan following the team’s defeat to arch-rivals Sunderland last ...

PETER HITCHENS For once a stupid insult is more important than brutal murder

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:41 -0400

By far the most important event of the week is the attempt to conceal the truth – that the leadership of the Tory Party hate their members and their ...

Rachel Johnson My generation is soft Tell that to a Cub leader from Cornwall

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:40 -0400

But Mrs Loyau-Kennett was trained not just in first aid as a Brownie and Cub Scout leader, but in attitude, too. She had clearly taken to heart the Scout ...

How COULD you boycott my daughters wedding Mothers fury as Lady Bath snubs wedding of her only son to bride set to become Britains first Black marchioness

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:40 -0400

The mother of Emma McQuiston, who will become Britain’s first black marchioness, has lambasted Lord and Lady Bath for refusing to attend her daughter’s wedding to their only ...

The wrath of Widdy Ann Widdecombe brands Michael Howard a gloating bully and blasts Cameron for being obsessed with his image in explosive new book

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:39 -0400

Perhaps the most famous example was when I attacked Michael Howard as having something of the night about him and thereby ruined his hopes of the Tory leadership in ...

Sunday paper of the year Judges praise us for more scoops must-read columnists and riveting exposes at top awards

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:38 -0400

The Mail on Sunday last week scooped one of the newspaper industry’s most coveted honours, being named Sunday Newspaper of the Year at the London Press Club ...

Key witness in bizarre trial of Alexander Lebedev backs media tycoon as the victim goes missing AGAIN

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:37 -0400

Mr Lebedev, 53, faces up to five years in jail if convicted of ‘politically motivated hooliganism’ in a case some observers say is driven by the Kremlin or other powerful figures seeking to jail him in revenge for his anti-corruption campaigns. The move came as a picture was released allegedly showing Mr Polonsky, 40, relaxing by the sea in Israel, despite claiming he could not leave ...

Police probe whether zookeeper 24 was mauled to death by tiger because of technical fault with enclosure doors

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:36 -0400

Police were last night investigating if a technical failure led to a young female zoo keeper being mauled to death by a tiger. Sarah McClay, 24, was killed when the animal pounced on her in its enclosure on ...

LIZ JONES I was sexually abused by boys at the age of nine

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:36 -0400

I was having dinner with my 16-year-old nephew on Friday night and, while his mum knew little about the issues surrounding what happened in Woolwich, he was entirely up to ...

BLACK DOG Mogadon Man needs a tonic

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:36 -0400

Reflecting on Essex boy Hammond’s lack of Cameron-style silky sophistication, one backbencher sneered: ‘Philip Hammond is a good example of what happens when Mogadon Man walks into a Speak Your Weight ...

DAILY MAIL COMMENT The first step in tackling this twisted hate

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:35 -0400

Yet the radicalisation by extremists of two young converts to Islam appears to be at the heart of what happened in Woolwich. In this paper today, hate preacher Omar Bakri tells how he radicalised 28-year-old suspect Michael Adebolajo, who subsequently met 22-year-old Michael Adebowale at the University of ...

Soda addiction as bad for your teeth as meth or crack study

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:34 -0400

Bad news, diet coke junkies: gulping down excessive amounts of soda is no longer just bad for your teeth, now it's as bad for your teeth as crystal meth or crack.That's according to one study, anyway, which found that excessive consumption of soda - even diet soda - can rot your choppers as badly as ingesting two of the most dangerous narcotics on earth.The good news is it likely takes ...

Ann Widdecombe Cameron vetoed my peerage because I opposed foxhunting claims former Tory MP

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:34 -0400

In a new book, serialised in The Mail on Sunday, she says that as a former Minister she ‘had a strong probability’ of joining the House of Lords when she left the Commons in ...

Michael Adebolajo Portrait of terror suspect on anniversary of 911 Woolwich soldier-killer pictured on march defending mosque

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:33 -0400

He was among hundreds of young Muslims who gathered outside Harrow Central Mosque in North-West London, to 'defend' it against a planned joint protest by the English Defence League and Stop the Islamisation of Europe ...

Cats beat dogs hands down... at least at drinking as scientists prove using super high speed cameras

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:32 -0400

However, our animal friends are unable to do that, nor are they able to suck, and until very recently scientists were unsure of just how dogs and cats do ...

Almost empty after a year... The Shard turns into the tallest white elephant in the world

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:32 -0400

Dim prospects: Lights blaze out from the viewing gallery but almost all the rest of the Shard lies in darkness as evening falls last week - in stark contrast to surrounding ...

Magistrates court in Liverpool was centre of six-year scam to help motorists avoid bans by scrubbing penalty points

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:31 -0400

Jonathan Sandiford, prosecuting, said: 'The Crown’s case against the defendants before the court today is that they were customers of the dishonest scheme, who paid money to have convictions and penalty points ...

Identity of double agent killed by MI6 in WWII revealed in newly released files

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:30 -0400

Foreign Office files kept secret for more than 70 years have revealed details of how MI6 kidnapped and killed a French double agent during World War Two - and ordered the creator of James Bond to help them cover it ...

Mobility scooter OAP hunted by police after smashing into group of mothers and their children before driving off

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:29 -0400

Jeanette Woodcock, 29, and her two friends were walking along the pavement with their young children when the pensioner drove up behind them on his battery powered ...

Did suffragette who died under the Kings horse mean to kill herself Historian believes return ticket shows she just wanted to make a stand

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:29 -0400

Emily Davison (1872 - 1913), a few days before her fatal attempt to stop the King's horse 'Amner' on Derby Day to draw attention to the Women's Suffragette ...

David Hockney says he nearly gave up painting after the sudden death of his assistant Dominic Elliot left him unable to draw

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:28 -0400

Keen sportsman Dominic Elliott, 23, had worked for the artist for two years before his unexplained death in March. Family said Hockney, 75, was 'like a father' to the young ...

Cars torched police attacked in new Stockholm riots

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:20:51 -0400

Cars were torched and police facedstone-throwing youths in Stockholm's immigrant-dominated suburbs on early Sunday,but the nightly riots that have raged for a week appeared to be easing, ...

Japanese Lab Workers Exposed to Radiation

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:10:04 -0400

TOKYO -- As many as 55 workers at a national laboratory may have been exposed to low levels of radiation after an experiment overheated, releasing radioactive particles into the air, the agency operating the lab said ...

Okla. residents dilemma after tornadoes Stay or move

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:06:39 -0400

by Vanita Nair (CBS News) MOORE, Okla. - On Sunday, President Obama will be in Moore, Oklahoma to see the damage from Monday's devastating tornado. Funerals for two more children were held Saturday. Now families in Moore are asking a tough question again: whether to stay and rebuild -- or move ...

Retired signs at Las Vegas Neon Museum shimmer again

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:06:37 -0400

LAS VEGAS The junked signs that attracted throngs to old Las Vegas have for years gathered dust in a neon boneyard just a few miles from the sleek mega-casinos on the Strip. This Memorial Day weekend, the hulking metal come-ons are once again glinting and shimmering at night. The Neon Museum, where Sin City's most iconic signs go to retire, has begun aiming more than 100 multicolored ...

Deadly clashes rock Guinea ahead of poll

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:04:16 -0400

At least five people have been killed when security forces in Guinea opened fire on protesters in opposition strongholds in the capital, medical sources and witnesses have said. The violence on Saturday brings to 11 the number of people killed since Thursday in unrest that began over election preparations but has frequently degenerated into looting and clashes between ethnic groups. Thierno ...

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