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Search for survivors nearly over in Oklahoma as damage estimate is $2bn

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:06:51 -0400

MOORE, Oklahoma - Rescue workers were combing through the battered remains of buildings left behind in the path of the gigantic tornado that killed two dozen people, including nine children, in Oklahoma on Monday. Officials say the search for survivors is nearly over as efforts turn towards recovery. Gary Bird, fire chief of the badly hit Moore suburb, said he was "98% sure" there were no ...

Florida man known to Boston bombing suspects shot dead by FBI

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:03:15 -0400

MIAMI - A man known to the Boston Marathon bombers was shot and killed Wednesday by an Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent after he turned violent during questioning, the investigating agency said. The Orlando Sentinel newspaper identified the man as Ibragim Todashev, 27. He was killed in the early morning incident in Orlando, Florida. The FBI said the shooting occurred in Orlando, ...

Senate panel approves plan to ease hiring of foreign techies

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:41 -0400

WASHINGTON - A US Senate panel has cleared a proposed legislation that relaxes restrictions on IT companies to hire foreign techies, thus clearing one of the major hurdles to ushering changes in American immigration law in a generation. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill after its authors won a bipartisan support with three Republicans joining 10 Democrats in the 18-member ...

Eight candidates for Iranian presidential race

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:52 -0400

TEHRAN - Iran has approved eight candidates for the presidential election due next month, rejecting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's top aide in a major setback to the hawkish leader of the Islamic republic. Ahmadinejad criticised the decision to remove Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei from the final candidate list and said it was an act of "oppression". He announced plans to take up the case with ...

Top North Korean official visits China

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:56:15 -0400

PYONGYANG, North Korea - In an indication that North Korea may give diplomacy a chance to end regional tension, its leader Kim Jong Un Wednesday sent a special envoy to China to win the confidence of its most important ally. The trip by Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, a senior Workers' Party official and the military's top political officer, comes after months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give ...

Bernanke says more positive signs needed before scaling back stimulus

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:25:11 -0400

WASHINGTON - Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke Wednesday said it was too soon to scale back the monetary stimulus and the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking a decision. A decision to scale back the $85 billion in bonds the Fed is buying each month could come at one of the central bank's "next few meetings" if the economy looked set to maintain ...

Higher exports fail to plug widening Japan trade deficit

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:52:11 -0400

TOKYO - Japan's trade deficit rose substantially more than expected in the month April to 879.9 billion yen ($8.6 billion), which is a 70% jump over the trade deficit during the corresponding month a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.. The deficit, for the tenth consecutive month, was wider than what many economists had forecast. A survey from the Nikkei business daily ...

Vitamin C offers hope of tackling drug resistant TB

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:56:35 -0400

WASHINGTON - Adding vitamin C to existing tuberculosis drugs regime could shorten the therapy for drug resistant TB, claims new research findings published in the online scientific journal Nature Communications. The striking discovery, by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, has determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant TB bacteria in laboratory ...

IMF warns UK against continuing austerity programme

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

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

Labour reforms to top US team agenda on Bangladesh visit

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:50:14 -0400

DHAKA - A high level US delegation led by the State Department's Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman will visit Bangladesh this weekend to press for a major overhaul of labour safety regulations following the nation's deadliest industrial accident, an official said Wednesday. The collapse of a nine-storey factory complex housing several garment units outside the capital last ...

Barroro voices concern over estimated one trillion euro tax evasion

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:12:09 -0400

BRUSSELS - Voicing concern about tax evasion that is estimated at one trillion euros, European Commission President Jose-Manuel Barroso said Tuesday that EU leaders will meet at a one-day summit on Wednesday to negotiate solution. The European Union can't afford to let tax evasion go on the way it is. Such large amounts of money, currently sitting in tax havens, would be greatly beneficial ...

German central bank sees signals of economic pick up in Q2

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:04:27 -0400

FRANKFURT - Germany's central bank Deutsche Bundesbank expects the country's economy to improve "markedly" in the second quarter relying on signals of pick up in industrial orders and likelihood of weather related downturn in construction sector no longer impacting investment sentiments a development that could boost the wider eurozone as it struggles to get out of recession. "Overall ...

Mortgage lending in UK rises highest in four years

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:23:44 -0400

LONDON - The UK housing market seems to be picking up with gross mortgage lending up 4.3 per cent in April over previous month to 12.1 billion pounds, the highest in over four years, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The mortgage lending was 21% higher than April 2012, but this data is skewed by the end of the stamp duty concession on 24 March, 2012. Under the stamp duty ...

Pickering agrees to be questioned over State Department’s Benghazi probe

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:28 -0400

WASHINGTON - The retired U.S. diplomat who co-chaired an internal State Department review of the 2012 terrorist attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on Wednesday ended his refusal to submit to a closed-door interview with a Republican-led House committee that is investigating the assault. No date was set for the private deposition of retired Ambassador Thomas Pickering by staff of ...

U.S. U.N. urge Gulf states to donate more for Syrian refugees

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:27 -0400

WASHINGTON - With its neat rows of carpeted cabins, security monitors and on-site hospital and school, the Mrigb al Fuhud camp in Jordan is opulent compared with the squalid tent cities that house other Syrian refugees. Humanitarian workers, however, privately deride it as a five-star hotel or the Stepford camp. Built by the United Arab Emirates for nearly $10 million, the camp holds ...

Soldier killed in Golan mine accident to be buried

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:42:13 -0400

killed in a minefield accident on Wednesday as Roee Yisrael Alfi, 18, of Gan Yavne, and promoted him posthumously to the rank of corporal.Alfi, who had been in training and was tasked with clearing a minefield on the Golan Heights, died after one of the mines, which had been exposed and marked ahead of its clearance, went off for an unknown ...

Non-Orthodox Jews can use mikvaot for conversion

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:42:11 -0400

Deputy Religious Services Minister Eli Ben-Dahan said on Wednesday that ritual baths, or mikvaot, could be used by Conservative and Reform groups for their conversion process, even though the Chief Rabbinate does not recognize conversions conducted by non-Orthodox Jewish denominations.Ben-Dahan was speaking during a hearing of the Knesset Internal Affairs Committee, which was reviewing the ...

Labor faction chairman Herzog forms lobby for IBA

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:42:09 -0400

Labor Party faction chairman Isaac Herzog has set up a Knesset lobby to protect the interests of the Israel Broadcasting Authority, for which he was responsible when he served as welfare and social services minister.Herzog formed the lobby in response to a report in ...

J’lem to offer free checkups for hearing awareness

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:42:05 -0400

Jerusalem's Hadassah Academic College will conduct free hearing tests for the general public, performed by Hadassah University Medical Center ear-nose-and-throat specialists along with the college's clinical-communications students on Tuesday as part of National Hearing Awareness Day events.Events will be held on Tuesday, May 28 at starting at 8 a.m. in cooperation with various ...

Jordan Red Cross tours J’lem women’s health clinic

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:42:03 -0400

A delegation from the Jordanian Red Cross came to Jerusalem on Wednesday to tour Bishvilaych, a nonprofit medical clinic for haredi and Modern Orthodox Jewish women in the capital's Givat Shaul neighborhood.Many traditionally religious women feel uncomfortable about being examined by male doctors and discussing intimate matters with them - and according to the heads of the clinic, ...

Shalom Gas exports to be capped at 40

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:42:01 -0400

Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom intends to set the maximum natural gas export allocation at 40 percent rather than the expected 53% figure, he told Channel 2 on Wednesday night. As companies continue to explore and drill through Israel's eastern Mediterranean waters, export allowances have become a topic of contention across the country. The 282-billion cubic meter Tamar ...

Smartphone app updates bus proximity in real time

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:41:59 -0400

Rather than pacing at a bus stop wondering why the 8 a.m. line still has yet to show up at 8:15, Israeli travelers are now able to take advantage of a smartphone application that provides updates about their bus's proximity in real time.The iPhone and Android app NetBus is the brainchild of four young men who came up with the idea during their army service and are equal partners in the ...

Claims Conference leaders must resign now

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:41:57 -0400

Over the past few days, there have been additional mind-boggling exposures of further scandals, lack of transparency, cover-ups and ethical failures at the highest possible levels of the Claims Conference leadership and management. Unless these latest reports appearing ...

Mothers anger after officials only grant one of her disabled identical twin sons disability benefit

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:37:56 -0400

A couple have spoken of their disbelief after just one of their disabled identical twin sons, who both have Downs Syndrome, was granted vital disability benefits while the other was ...

Woolwich attack Shocking video taken by eyewitnesses to slaughter of soldier in which killer blames British Government and apologises to women who saw it

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:37:55 -0400

Shocking footage emerged this evening of one of the suspected Woolwich attackers, covered in blood and saying: 'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a ...

We will never buckle to terror Cameron spreads defiant message online that Britain will face down threat from extremists

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:37:54 -0400

David Cameron tonight issued a defiant message that Britain will ’never buckle’ to terrorists in the wake of the horrific knife attack in ...

Jodi Arias death penalty jury in deadlock

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:30:20 -0400

Jodi Arias looks at her family during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 20, 2013. REUTERS/Rob Schumacher/Arizona ...

HP profit down 32 percent shares up as results beat estimates

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:20:52 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co's quarterly profit slid 32 percent but the world's largest personal computer maker raised the lower end of its full-year outlook after earnings per share beat forecasts, sending its stock 10 percent ...

Graphic video knife-wielding suspect talks to camera

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:07 -0400

Warning: graphic video. A man with bloodied hands and knives appears in amateur video that shows the immediate aftermath of an attack in southeast London in which a man was ...

Fed uncertainty extinguishes rally

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:05 -0400

NEW YORK Stocks fell today on news that several Federal Reserve policymakers in a meeting earlier this month favored cutting back on stimulus programs as early as June if the economy continued to improve. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 80 points to 15,307, a loss of a half a percent. The release of minutes of the April 30-May 1 meeting reversed a 154 point surge in early trading after ...

AG Holder Drones killed 4 Americans since 2009

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:05 -0400

Attorney General Eric Holder says four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009. The attorney general said that in conducting U.S. counterterrorism operations against al Qaeda and its associated forces, the government has targeted and killed one American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki. Awlaki, a senior al Qaeda operative, has been connected to the 2009 Christmas Day ...

3-D printer helps save dying baby

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:13:11 -0400

>Editor's note: "Life's Work" features innovators and pioneers who are making a difference in the world of medicine.(CNN) -- When he was 6 weeks old, Kaiba Gionfriddo lay flat on a restaurant table, his skin turning blue. He had stopped breathing. His father, Bryan, was furiously pumping his chest, trying to get air into his son's lungs. Within 30 minutes, Kaiba was admitted to a local ...

Immigration agent unions go rogue

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:05:28 -0400

>Editor's note: Ruben Navarrette is a CNN contributor and a nationally syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group. Follow him on Twitter: @rubennavarrette. San Diego (CNN) -- Welcome to the chaotic Department of Homeland Security. Two unions -- representing nearly 20,000 DHS employees -- recently joined forces to publicly oppose the Senate immigration reform bill from the ...

London attack

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:43:19 -0400

>Are you there? Send us your photos, videosLondon (CNN) -- They first hit the man, thought to be a British soldier, with a car in broad daylight. Then the two attackers hacked him to death and dumped his body in the middle of a southeastern London road. As the victim -- dressed in what appeared to be a T-shirt for Help for Heroes, a charity that helps military veterans -- lay prone, one of the ...

A Glimmer of Hope for the Illinois GOP

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:41:02 -0400

After a decade of the Democratic party dominating all levers in government the state of Illinois is a mess. Its government pension debt is far and away the largest of the 50 states and its dismal credit rating reflects it. Unlike neighboring states Illinois is hemorrhaging jobs and dancing around its myriad problems, apparently hoping they'll go away on their ...

Yahoos Insane Purchase of Tumblr

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:41:02 -0400

This week we have entry #5,740,412 in the ledger documenting "Why Not Every Market-Based Outcome Is Optimal." And that's the Yahoo purchase of ...

RFERLs Turkmen Correspondent Released From Custody

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:36:25 -0400

was released today under circumstances that have yielded little information about his ordeal. Acting RFE/RL President and CEO Kevin Klose welcomed Yazmuhamedov's release, saying, "We're very happy he's safe, and I thank the governments, international organizations, media outlets and NGOs that challenged his detention and pressed for his release." ...

With Hezbollah coffins Syria now exporting conflict

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:47 -0400

HERMEL, Lebanon - On a country road in Lebanon's northeast, traffic is heavy; ambulances screech by, sirens blaring, and cars packed with mourners follow coffins as Hezbollah brings wounded fighters home from Syria, and its dead.With the bodies from the battle over the border at Qusair, comes the violence, as civil conflict between Syria's Iranian-backed ruler and Sunni rebels ...

‘I won’t let Bikur Cholim close’ says Gamzu

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:47 -0400

After years of financial trouble, Jerusalem's Bikur Cholim Hospital is now being run "impressively" by the capital's Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Health Ministry director-general Ronni Gamzu ...

US Jewish groups help out after Oklahoma tornado

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:45 -0400

"Unfortunately, this isn't the first nor will it be the last disaster to hit Oklahoma, so we're setting up a fund to reflect that," says Rabbi Vered ...

LA elects first Jewish mayor since 1878

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:44 -0400

LOS ANGELES - This city chose Eric Garcetti as its first elected Jewish mayor in one a number of political contests on Tuesday that reflected the city's diversity, as well as its numerous variations of Jewishness.Garcetti, 42, and a veteran city councilman, defeated City Controller Wendy Greuel by eight points according to final results announced on Wednesday morning. He will take ...

A crisis over parking

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:43 -0400

Israel isn't the only Western country debating the relationship between religion and the state. In fact, this is becoming one of the hottest issues across Europe and North America, brought to the forefront by changing demographics in the West: its social make-up becoming more and more multicultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious.Canada is certainly not immune, especially its ...

Forget ‘Start-up Nation’ please

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:43 -0400

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Media Comment The IBA’s ‘reformation

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:42 -0400

This past Tuesday, the Knesset Economics Committee, chaired by Professor Avishai Braverman (Labor) discussed rehabilitating the Israel Broadcasting Authority.The IBA's leadership, chairman Dr. Amir Gilat and executive director Yoni Ben-Menachem, are to be complimented for having brought to almost full fruition a process that began almost a decade ago and was considered by many to be ...

Washington Watch Is Hillary inevitable

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:41 -0400

It seems all we're hearing from the political mavens these days is how Hillary Clinton is not only the inevitable 2016 Democratic nominee but a shoo-in as the next president.That may be good news to Jewish Democrats - Clinton remains a popular figure among Jewish voters despite virulent efforts by the far Right to portray her as anti-Israel - but it is already producing mudslinging that ...

Encountering Peace Who is not a peace partner

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:39 -0400

On Monday the Knesset Caucus for Israeli- Arab peace was launched, attended by about one-third of the Knesset Members and with more than 250 citizen supporters in the audience.This caucus of MKs strives to be the largest in the 19th Knesset based on support of what is believed to be the official position of the government and the prime minister. Two states for two peoples is the central ...

Another battle of hearts and minds

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:38 -0400

The al-Dura incident was the defining moment of the second intifada. It occurred on September 30, 2000, which is considered the first day of the second intifada.Although the process leading up to it was long and included political milestones such as Camp David, and violent incidents such as Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount, the large-scale fighting only began immediately ...

U.S. Acknowledges Killing 4 Americans in Drone Strikes

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:23 -0400

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Icelands new eurosceptic government vows EU referendum

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:26:34 -0400

The two parties that emerged victorious from Iceland's general election in April announced Wednesday they had agreed to form a government and vowed to hold a referendum on EU ...

Oklahoma twister that hit Moore ‘more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb’

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:20:49 -0400

The vast tornado that struck an Oklahoma suburb on Monday afternoon dwarfed even the Hiroshima atomic bomb in its destructive power, according to ...

Germany and Britain Push to List Hezbollah as a Terror Group

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:11:15 -0400

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Man hacked to death in London street in suspected militant attack

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:10:17 -0400

1 of 2. Police officers guard a cordon set up around a crime scene where one man was killed was killed in Woolwich, southeast London May 22, ...

Shocking attack in England

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:32 -0400

Police forensics tents and officers are seen in Woolwich, east London, May 22, 2013. British police shot and wounded two men after a man thought to be a serving soldier was killed outside a London barracks, in an attack Prime Minister David Cameron called "truly shocking." In a dramatic move, the government's emergency response committee was being summoned following the killing ...

Weird pirate ant comes with an eye patch

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:31 -0400

Scientists have discovered a strangely patterned new insect in the Philippines, dubbing it the "pirate ant" because of a dark stripe over its eyes that makes it look like it's wearing an eye patch. The formal name of the newfound creature is Cardiocondyla pirata, and belongs to a group of species that are found from Thailand across the whole Indonesian-Malaysian region. "On a ...

Kate wears sunny yellow for palace garden party

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:30 -0400

Prince Charles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, attend a garden party on the grounds of Buckingham Palace in London on May 22, ...

Tsarnaev friend implicates dead brother self in murders

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:30 -0400

Mugshot photos of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, and Ibragim Todashev, was fatally shot in Orlando, Fla. May 22, 2013 when he initiated a violent confrontation, FBI officials ...

Jodi Arias jury We cant decide sentence

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:30 -0400

(CBS/AP) -- After launching deliberations Tuesday afternoon, a jury weighing whether or not Jodi Arias will be sentenced to death has announced they are unable to reach a unanimous decision. After briefly entering the courtroom just before noon on Wednesday, a judge ordered them to continue ...

Suspect shot after talking on camera

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:56:04 -0400

>Are you there? Send us your photos, videosLondon (CNN) -- A man thought to be a serving British soldier was killed by two armed men in a frenzied attack on a London street Wednesday, in what the government is treating as a suspected act of terrorism. Witnesses told of a gruesome scene in which the man was hit by a car, then hacked with cleavers and his body dumped in the middle of the road in ...

Report on Bangladesh Building Collapse Finds Widespread Blame

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:52:10 -0400

DHAKA, Bangladesh ...

How to help kids recover from twister

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:40:55 -0400

>Editor's note: Melissa J. Brymer is the director of the Terrorism and Disaster Programs at the UCLA/Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress.(CNN) -- Many of the Oklahoma families whose lives were devastated by the tornado will recover over time, especially with the help and support of family and community. But children need special attention as they struggle with what ...

Congressman Worries About Chilling Effect of Scandal -- On IRS

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:30:32 -0400

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Another IRS Scandal Two ‘Sentenced for Unemployment Insurance Fraud’

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:30:32 -0400

Congressional hearings over the last two weeks have been filled with stories of misconduct due to incompetence and inexperience among certain IRS employees. Both Republicans and Democrats have leveled the accusations, and Internal Revenue officials testifying before Congress have admitted as much. At the same time, all parties have stressed that the vast majority of IRS employees are hard ...

Former politician called B.C.’s ‘flying MLA’ perishes in plane crash

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:28:22 -0400

Former B.C. MLA Harold Long has died in a plane crash, the B.C. coroner's office confirmed Wednesday morning.Mr. Long, 72, first served as an MLA for McKenzie from 1986 to 1991, and then for Powell River-Sunshine Coast from 2001 to 2005.The coroner's office said Mr. Long was the sole occupant of a DHC-2 Beaver float plane that was spotted overturned in Bute Inlet on the west side of ...

FBI Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:26:51 -0400

Investigators stand outside an apartment complex in Orlando, Fla., where a man was fatally shot when a team of FBI agents swarmed his home early on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The FBI says the man, being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation. (AP Photo/John ...

Cameron Says Attack In London Could Be Terrorist Incident

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:25:22 -0400

British Prime Minister David Cameron says there are strong indications that an attack in London could be a "terrorist incident." Speaking at a press conference in Paris, Cameron said the attack was "absolutely sickening" and announced he was cutting short his trip to return to London. British police on May 22 said they shot and wounded two suspected attackers after a man ...

Detained RFERL Turkmen Correspondent Released

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:25:20 -0400

TURKMENABAT, Turkmenistan -- A Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) correspondent based in Turkmenistan has been freed after being detained by police earlier this month. Rovshen Yazmuhamedov told RFE/RL that he was released on May 22 after spending two weeks in custody. It is still unclear why he was detained in the northeastern city of Turkmenabat. Yazmuhamedov, 30, has worked for ...

Police release portion of bank shooting video

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:19:59 -0400

Mourners bid farewell to victim of bank shooting In the video, shooter Itamar Alon can be seen entering the bank branch at 11:34, hours after he visited the bank earlier in the day. He had come in and been turned down when he tried to take money out of his account, which was NIS 6,000 in the overdraft.At 12:50, Alon is shown speaking to a bank employee who is on the other side of the door, though ...

Thanks to Kuperwasser al-Dura report truth is on its way

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:19:55 -0400

For over 10 years, I've been fighting, along with many friends, to get out the truth about the al-Dura blood libel.For many years, the strongest argument of our opponents has been the silence of the State of Israel when my efforts were sometimes undermined by Israeli diplomats. So getting the support of Israeli public diplomacy was an important objective.On Sunday, Prime Minister ...

Saudi Qaeda plotters get long jail terms

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:19:16 -0400

Riyadh - A Saudi court sentenced eight citizens to jail terms of between 10 and 25 years on Wednesday after convicting them of plotting for Al-Qaeda, state news agency SPA ...

Woolwich latest Shocked eyewitness tells of horrific machete attack on soldier

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:45 -0400

An eyewitness who watched a man brutally killed with a machete-style knife and dumped in a street tonight dramatically revealed how he watched the two attackers behave like 'crazed ...

The joke’s on me – Chechen leader is double the trouble in online hoax

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:08:28 -0400

As if one Ramzan Kadyrov were not trouble enough, for a while this week it appeared that the world might have to deal with two of them. Chechnya's controversial president posted a number of photographs on his Instagram account laughing and joking with a body double. Both men were dressed in the same outfits and bore such a close resemblance to each other that it was impossible to tell which ...

Former B.C. MLA Harold Long dies in float-plane crash off Stuart Island

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:07:43 -0400

A former member of B.C. legislative assembly, Harold Long, has been identified as the victim in a float plane crash off Stuart Island.The BC Coroners Service says Long was the pilot and sole occupant of a Beaver float plane that overturned in Bute Inlet off Stuart Island, northeast of Campbell River, yesterday afternoon.Long died at the scene and his body was recovered later in the day.Long, who ...

Topless protest at church after historians suicide

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:07:22 -0400

Topless protest at church A Femen activist protested in Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral on Wednesday, one day after far-right historian Dominique Venner committed suicide inside. Venner shot himself at the altar in front of around 1,500 visitors. Venner condemned both same-sex marriage and Islamist influence in France in writings before his death. The now infamous topless protesters released ...

Helen Clark ranked 21st most powerful woman

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:05 -0400

Helen Clark has been ranked as the 21st most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine. The head of the UN's development programme is the only New Zealander in the list of 100 women - and moves up from number 50 two years ago and 61 two years before that. It is the ninth time she has featured on the list. Helen Clark is in charge of a budget of almost $6 billion and a staff of 8000 in 177 ...

Truly shocking London attack leaves 1 dead 2 injured

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:37 -0400

Police officers man a cordoned-off area in Woolwich, southeast London, May 22, 2013, following an incident in which a man was killed and two others were seriously ...

Obama to view Oklahoma tornado damage Sunday

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:37 -0400

President Barack Obama will travel to tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla., on Sunday. White House spokesman Jay Carney says the president will view the tornado damage first-hand. He also plans to meet with victims and first responders. The monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday afternoon, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of rubble. State ...

People cling to car in sidewalk skiing stunt

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:36 -0400

A plane carrying 140 people caught on fire when landing at an airport in Moscow, Russia. No one was injured. Video shows passengers fleeing the aircraft via emergency exits, then jumping from the wing, while firefighters attempt to extinguish the ...

Triple homicide focus of questioning before FBI shooting

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:35 -0400

Christie Keep politics out of Oklahoma disaster relief

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:35 -0400

BELMAR, N.J. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says now is "not a time for political retribution" against the people of Oklahoma victimized by a powerful tornado. The Republican governor on Wednesday urged lawmakers in Washington to support "swift and immediate" aid to tornado victims, even though Oklahoma's two GOP senators voted against bills sending $60 billion in federal ...

Experimental asthma drug helps untreatable patients in study

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:33 -0400

Asthma suffers who aren't helped by existing medications may have reason to breathe a sigh of relief. An experimental drug called dupilumab was shown to reduce asthma attacks and helped boost lung function for people with moderate to severe asthma who can't control their symptoms with conventional medicine like ...

Officials Meet After Brutal Attack in Southeast London

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:51 -0400

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Why dont they have basements

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:49 -0400

>Country star Toby Keith tours the damage in his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma on 'AC360' tonight, 8pm ET. (CNN) -- It's one of the most familiar pieces of advice from authorities to people in the path of a tornado: Get into your basement. Yet few homes in the Oklahoma City area have them -- even though that state is hit by far more powerful tornadoes than most others. "Probably less than one ...

Why dont they have basements

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:49 -0400

IMF says Britain a long way from recovery

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:15:34 -0400

LONDON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday that Britain was a long way from a "sustainable recovery", and called for the government to boost infrastructure spending in order to accelerate economic growth and offset austerity."Recent data suggest some improvement in economic and financial conditions," the IMF said in a statement published at the conclusion of ...

IMF Chief Lagarde to Appear Before French Courts

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:11:27 -0400

Paris, May 22 (Prensa Latina) International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde will be grilled Thursday by prosecutors investigating her alleged involvement in a corruption case occurred during her time as French finance minister. Lagarde will appear before the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR), which probes cases of ministerial misconduct, to explain her 2007 handling of a row that ...

UK official Barbaric attack near London military barracks could be terror-related

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:10:22 -0400

A tent is erected near the scene of an attack in southeast London Wednesday today. LONDON - Two suspected Islamist terrorists have been shot after a soldier was allegedly beheaded in south east London today.The victim – who was wearing a Help For Heroes t-shirt – was said to have been attacked by men armed with knives, including a meat cleaver.One of the alleged killers said after ...

Cameron Indications London attack terror

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:08:16 -0400

British Prime Minister David Cameron says there are "strong indications" that a brutal attack in London is terror-related. Two men attacked another man near a London military barracks. One man died and the two others believed to have weapons were shot by police. Speaking at a press conference in Paris with French President Francois Hollande, Cameron called the attack "the most appalling crime" ...

Soldier killed in London in suspected terror attack

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:07:05 -0400

British PM Cameron calls national security meeting after "shocking" killing of man believed to be serving soldier; 2 suspects shot by police at the scene; eyewitnesses say attackers use machete-like ...

Iran expanding nuclear activities IAEA

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:17 -0400

IRAN is making significant progress in expanding its nuclear programme, including in opening up a potential second route to developing the bomb, a new UN atomic agency report shows. The International Atomic Energy Agency's latest quarterly report said that Tehran has accelerated the installation of advanced uranium enrichment equipment at its central Natanz plant. It also outlined further ...

Woolwich attack Two men hack soldier wearing Help for Heroes T-shirt to death with machetes in suspected terror attack

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:07 -0400

'We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you': Chilling words of bloodied man 'after he hacked soldier in Help For Heroes T-shirt to death in terror ...

Costa Concordia captain to be tried for manslaughter

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:56:28 -0400

The captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which capsized off Italy's west coast last year, killing 32 people, will face trial for manslaughter as well as other charges, an Italian judge has ...

A bad day for tax cheats EU to crack down on those seeking to escape heavy bills

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:56:27 -0400

European leaders are under pressure to do more to crack down on individuals and corporations seeking to escape heavy tax bills, with Austria and Luxembourg giving the strongest signals yet that they would finally drop opposition to sharing bank account ...

Oklahoma tornado The lucky lost their homes. The unlucky lost their lives

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:56:27 -0400

Stay or flee? Pick up loved ones or take cover? The choices made in the moments after the tornado warnings sounded were a matter of life and ...

Friends of Syria gather in hopes of bringing an end to Syria civil war

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:56:26 -0400

Diplomats gathered in Amman today for the latest Friends of Syria meeting to discuss the prospects of joint US and Russian sponsored peace talks aimed at bringing an end to the country's bloody two-year civil ...

Atheists are good if they do good Pope Francis says

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:55:30 -0400

Pope Francis waves as he leaves at the end of his Wednesday general audience at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on May 22, 2013. (REUTERS/Tony Gentile) VATICAN CITY - Atheists should be seen as good people if they do good, Pope Francis said on Wednesday in his latest urging that people of all religions - or no religion - work together. The leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman ...

Major powers urge Assad to commit to peace

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:54:20 -0400

Major powers urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to commit to peace and step down as they gathered in neighbouring Jordan to discuss preparations for a Russian- and US-proposed peace conference. Ahead of a meeting of the Friends of Syria group in Amman, US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Assad to make a "commitment to find peace" after more than two years of ...

Main Bahrain opposition group temporarily boycotts talks

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:53:22 -0400

Shi 'ite Muslim cleric's home. Little progress has been achieved in the talks that began in February as part of efforts to end two years of political deadlock following pro-democracy protests by majority Shi'ite Muslims in 2011 that were crushed by the Sunni-led government. Bahrain's information affairs ...

Britain calls emergency meeting after man killed in London

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:45:59 -0400

1 of 2. Police officers guard a cordon set up around a crime scene where one man was killed was killed in Woolwich, southeast London May 22, ...

Analysis From opera to exercises U.S. and China deepen military ties

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:45:57 -0400

Musicians from the military bands of China's People's Liberation Army and the U.S. Army take photos during a rehearsal for their joint concert at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, in this October 29, 2012 file ...

Afghanistan Suicide bomber kills anti-Taliban village elder 3 others in busy market

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:07 -0400

KABUL - A suicide bomber on foot killed an anti-Taliban village elder and at least three other people in a busy marketplace Wednesday in central Afghanistan, the latest in a wave of assassinations and bombings. Habibullah Khan was killed along with two bodyguards and a civilian bystander in the afternoon attack in Ghazni province's Moqur district, police said. At least 14 civilians were ...

L.A. voters limit number of medical pot clinics

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:02 -0400

In this photo taken Tuesday, May 14, 2013, Medical marijuana vials are displayed at the Venice Beach Care Center medical marijuana dispensary in Venice, Calif. Los Angeles politicians have tried and failed for so long to regulate medical marijuana that it was only a matter of time before voters got a chance to control shops that have ...

Kerry U.S. ready to step up aid to Syrian rebels

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:01 -0400

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, not pictured, in Amman Wednesday, May 22, ...

Molecule may be able to block cocaine addiction

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:00 -0400

Scientists say they have identified a compound that may be able to help cocaine addicts overcome their addiction. The molecule, called CGP3466B, has been shown in a new study to stop cocaine-addicted mice from wanting the drug. "It was remarkably serendipitous that when we learned which brain pathway cocaine acts on, we already knew of a compound, CGP3466B, that blocks that specific ...

Soldier killed near London army barracks

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:41:01 -0400

One person has died and at least two people have been wounded in an attack near a military training barracks in London, officials say. Media reports said a British soldier was killed in Wednesday's incident in the Woolwich district in the southeast of the capital. While details were scant, Prime Minister David Cameron called an emergency meeting of his government's emergency Cobra ...

Kenya probe links president to rights abuses

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:40:59 -0400

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto have been named in a report investigating post-election violence and human rights abuses between 2007 and 2008.In a report released late on Tuesday, a special commission said Kenyatta and Ruto helped to plan and fund the violence, allegations that the president has denied.The Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report did not ...

Dozen shot dead at Baghdad brothel

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:40:58 -0400

Unidentified gunmen have shot dead at least seven women and five men at a brothel in the Iraqi capital in the same area where alcohol shops were attacked last week, security and medical officials have said.The attack took place at a two-storey house with a backyard surrounded by a sheet metal fence, in a quiet residential part of the Zayouna district of east Baghdad on Wednesday, the AFP news ...

Former MLA identified as float plane crash victim

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:33:49 -0400

5/22/2013 Former Liberal MLA Harold Long has been identified as the victim of yesterday's float plane crash in Bute Inlet, near Stuart Island. Former B.C. attorney general Geoff Plant says it's sad news, and calls long "a wonderful colleague in the legislature." Long's beaver float plane went down a flipped northeast of Campbell River late yesterday afternoon. ...

Pre-trial hearing adjourned for Kiwi in Canada

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:31:41 -0400

A pre-trial hearing for an ex pat New Zealander accused of murdering his wife in Canada has been adjourned. Former Napier city councillor Peter Beckett, 56, was due to stand trial at Salmon Arm Provincial Court for the murder of his wife Laura Letts-Beckett by allegedly pushing her off a boat in 2010. The pre-trial opened yesterday in Canada [Tuesday local time] but was adjourned ...

Storm chaser joins rescue effort as dream trip turns to nightmare

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:20 -0400

Neill Ellis travelled from his Bay of Plenty home to "Tornado Alley" in the United States to fulfil a lifelong dream. But what he saw when a huge twister ravaged the community of Moore on the outskirts of Oklahoma City was the stuff of nightmares. The Tauranga man was the only Kiwi in a group of storm-chasers - the others were Australians and Americans - on a five-week trip to the region, where ...

Oklahoma tornado We are by your side says Obama

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:18 -0400

Message of solidarity comes as evidence emerges federal fund shortages stalled storm shelter building plans. President Barack Obama vowed that the United States would stand behind Oklahoma as it struggled to fill the "empty spaces" left by the devastating tornado with "love and laughter and community". The President promised the full support of the federal Government and that he would "back up ...

Gay marriage bill goes to Lords

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:16 -0400

David Cameron's leadership came under further pressure as 133 Conservative MPs voted against gay marriage and the British Prime Minister was warned the proposal would now run into fierce opposition in the House of Lords. After two weeks of damaging Tory infighting, senior party sources said Cameron could face a vote of confidence in an attempt to oust him as leader before the 2015 general ...

Rivals banned in run up to Irans election

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:14 -0400

Two key challengers in the race to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President of Iran have been banned from taking part in next month's elections. In a move consolidating the grip of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's electoral watchdog blocked candidacies by both Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former President, and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a presidential adviser. Although both were drawn from ...

Trauma guide proves lie

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:12 -0400

The battle to keep Tibetans under control is inflicting severe psychological damage on Chinese armed police, an internal training document has revealed. The leaked 25-page training manual was given to members of the People's Armed Police charged with keeping order in Tibetan areas of Sichuan province, which borders Tibet. Among the advice it offers are ways of dealing with ...

Death in cathedral over vile gay law

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:10 -0400

A far-right French historian committed suicide at the altar of Notre Dame Cathedral yesterday by shooting himself in the mouth in an apparent protest against gay marriage. Dominique Venner, 78, a former right-wing activist well-known in France for his political essays, posted a note on his blog attacking a law passed by the Socialist Government last week allowing same-sex marriage and adoption, ...

Arrest over IRA bombing

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400

A man was charged last night over a notorious IRA bombing in London in 1982 which killed four British soldiers on ceremonial duty. John Anthony Downey, 61, from County Donegal in Ireland, had been arrested at London's Gatwick Airport. He was to appear before magistrates in London overnight charged with four counts of murder and another charge of intending to cause an explosion likely to endanger ...

Dimon to keep both JPMorgan jobs

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400

Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase voted to let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and chief executive, keep both his jobs. At the bank's annual meeting, just 32 per cent of shareholders voted for a non-binding measure that would have advised the bank to split the roles. That's less than the 40 per cent vote that a similar proposal received last year. Shareholder groups lobbying for the split gained momentum ...

Opinion How to be safe in storm

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:17:07 -0400

>Editor's note: Joshua Wurman is an atmospheric scientist, tornado researcher and the inventor of the DOW mobile radars. He is the director of the Center for Severe Weather Research in Boulder, Colorado. (CNN) -- A junior professor drives his Doppler On Wheels mobile radar trucks through Moore, Oklahoma, less than 90 seconds after a tornado has torn a path of destruction through the city. ...

Liberals Turn on Lois Lerner IRS

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:03:57 -0400

IRS official Lois Lerner , writing that Lerner's refusal to testify before Congress means she should be fired. "Whether or not she should be fired for whatever she did in the scandal itself, deciding to take the fifth means she needs to be removed from her position," Marshall writes. "I was chatting with people yesterday who said that civil service protections may make this ...

Who In Georgia Is Merabishvilis Arrest Meant To Scare

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:58:48 -0400

The arrest of Georgia's former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili is a clear attempt to crush the allies of President Mikheil Saakashvili, one analyst ...

Vox Pop Iranians React To Dismissal Of Presidential Hopefuls

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:58:47 -0400

RFE/RL's Radio Farda received a flood of comments via e-mail, Facebook, telephone, and on text messages from its audience in Iran that overwhelmingly express disappointment and anger at the Guardians Council's final list of candidates for Iran's June 14 presidential election. In an informal poll conducted on Radio Farda's website, 76 percent of respondents said they believe ...

Oklahoma tornado damage could cost more than $2 billion

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:56:45 -0400

MOORE, Okla. - The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday. State authorities meanwhile said two infants were among the 24 people who perished in the twister.Oklahoma Insurance Department spokeswoman Calley Herth told The Associated Press that the early damage tally is based on ...

Britain Must Do More for Economy I.M.F. Warns

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:56:43 -0400

LONDON -- Britain should do more to fuel economic growth and be prepared to pump more money into its bailed-out banks if necessary, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday in a ...

Gibraltar Moves Toward UEFA Membership as Spain Resists

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:53:58 -0400

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Why dont Oklahomans have basements

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:52:59 -0400

Iran upping nuclear capacity but below Israeli red line

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:52:52 -0400

VIENNA - Iran has increased its capacity to refine uranium by installing hundreds more centrifuges, a UN nuclear agency report said on Wednesday, underlining Tehran's defiance of Western demands to curb the activity.But, in a development that could help buy time for diplomacy between Iran and world powers, the report showed limited growth of Iran's most sensitive nuclear stockpile and ...

Anti-sexual harassment bills clear hurdle

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:52:51 -0400

Two bills increasing the punishment for and definition of sexual harassment passed preliminary votes in the Knesset Wednesday.The first bill, proposed by MK Michal Roisin (Meretz) increases the penalty a judge can charge a harasser in a civil lawsuit without proof of damage from NIS 50,000 to NIS 150,000.Presenting the legislation in the plenum, Roisin said that an Economy Ministry report found ...

Invasive beetle may cause trees to fall

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:52:51 -0400

The Agriculture Ministry has warned that every minute trees could fall on passers-by due the alarming presence of an invasive beetle species from the Far East - the red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier). Attacking mainly palm trees that are common in Israel's city streets, the approximately 3.5-centimeter red palm weevils eat the wood of the trees from the inside until the ...

Driver boasts about hitting bloody cyclist

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:52:08 -0400

Ms Way, believed to work for accountants Larking Gowen, a firm that sponsors cycle challenges, tweeted: ';Definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier - I have right of way he doesn't even pay road tax ...

First picture Hugging and smiling the brother and sister murdered by their British father in bitter custody battle with French mother

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:48:50 -0400

In loving arms: The first picture of siblings Mathew and Carla Stevenson who allegedly had their throats cut by their father, Julian Stevenson, in ...

New town mayor accidentally smashes car through front doors of his local Tesco just five days into his job

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:48:49 -0400

As the new mayor of his local town, Terry Buckle was no doubt keen to make an instant impression. And as these pictures show, the 73-year-old has certainly made a big impact - just not the kind he perhaps wanted. Councillor Buckle smashed straight through the front door of his local Tesco store - just five days after becoming the new mayor of Bury St Edmunds in ...

Ahmed Angel Is this the most handsome man on the planet He certainly thinks so

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:48:48 -0400

But very little is known about the mysterious Ahmed Angel. According to his website, he is studying medicine in Belarus and speaks Arabic, English, Russian and French. But his passion is most clearly illustrated by the 400 photos of himself posted on his Facebook page. Album titles include 'the most beautiful face ever' and 'very ...

Taylor Swift lookalike claims she has been beaten by bullies who envy her resemblance to star singer

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:48:48 -0400

Convincing lookalike Xenna Kristian, 18, suffered bruising after allegedly being pulled from her chair and repeatedly kicked while studying at college on ...

Man charged with murder of four soldiers killed in IRAs 1982 Hyde Park bombing after being arrested stepping off plane from Ireland

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:48:47 -0400

In the dock: A 61-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of four soldiers in the 1982 Hyde Park bomb. John Anthony Downey is pictured arriving at court in a police escorted ...

Are you a nacho a tomato or a string bean New research reveals the 7 different shapes of modern man

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:48:45 -0400

One in six - 15 per cent - believe they're a sleek straight up and down cucumber, while the rounded tomato represents ten per cent of the male ...

Troops in the classroom as Britains first military-style free school gets the go-ahead

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:48:44 -0400

The patron of the Phoenix School is Lord Guthrie, the former head of the British Army. It is being launched by Captain AK Burki who served in the Royal Corps of Signals and trained Afghan Army ...

25000 attend huge wedding between Ultra-Orthodox Jewish families

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:41:47 -0400

There was standing room only in Jerusalem on Monday night as the heir to one of the most important Jewish ultra-orthodox families married his bride, in front as many as 25,000 ...

Stillborn babys ashes stolen from home

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:40:36 -0400

(Fotolia) A Georgia couple has issued a plea for the return of their stillborn son's ashes, which were stolen during a break-in. Jody and Haley Hughey's son Caleb was stillborn in 2008 and they kept his ashes in an engraved silver box on top of their ...

Hizbollah And Iran Propping Up Syria Says Hague

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:39:48 -0400

William Hague has warned that Iran and its militant Shi'ite Lebanese ally Hizbollah are "propping up" Syrian President Bashar al Assad. Speaking in Jordan, the Foreign Secretary said: "It is very clear that Syrian regime is receiving a great deal of support ... from outside Syria from Hizbollah and Iran. "This is a regime that is increasingly dependent on external ...

Artist throws rock at the party machine

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:31:25 -0400

Open the Firefox browser Click Tools>Options>Privacy<Use custom settings for history Check Accept cookies from sites Check Accept third party cookies Select Keep until: they expire Click ...

Stories of survival Second-grader recounts tornado

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:21 -0400

(CBS News) The tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., completely demolished Plaza Towers Elementary School. Seven children were killed on the school's grounds. But miraculously, several students were pulled out from the rubble alive. Second-grade student Courtney Brown is one of those child survivors. From her hospital bed, the 8-year-old recalled the moment the warning sirens first sounded. ...

Bono and Olivia Wilde join Matt Damons toilet strike

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:19 -0400

What is the latest celebrity accessory trend? Diapers. In a humorous, but fact-filled PSA, Olivia Wilde, Bono and Richard Branson announce they are joining Matt Damon's toilet strike to raise awareness about the global water crisis. In the definition of promises they can't keep (but it's the sentiment that counts), the three celebs pledge, "We won't go to the bathroom ...

Focus in Oklahoma Moves From Rescue to Recovery

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:24:50 -0400

MOORE, Okla. ...

Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:16:08 -0400

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an ...

Mayor wants shelters

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:14:55 -0400

>Country star Toby Keith tours the damage in his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma on AC360 tonight, 8pm ET. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH.(CNN) -- The mayor of tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, will push for a law requiring storm shelters or safe rooms in new homes, he told CNN Wednesday. "We'll try to get it passed as ...

Mayor wants shelters

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:14:55 -0400

Why dont they have basements

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:57:27 -0400

Dem. Rep. There Will Be Hell to Pay If IRS Doesnt Cooperate Threatens Special Prosecutor

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:50:35 -0400

2 infants among 10 kids killed in Oklahoma tornado

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:46:40 -0400

This aerial view shows an entire neighborhood destroyed by Monday's tornado, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Tony ...

In Russia Drunk Driver Who Killed Seven Jailed

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:45:43 -0400

A Russian drunk driver who triggered nationwide debate after killing seven people, including five orphan children, in a road accident last year has been sentenced to prison. A Moscow court has ordered Aleksandr Maksimov to serve 8 1/2 years in prison. Maksimov sparked an outcry in Russia last fall when he crashed his car into a bus stop at 200 kilometers per hour while drunk and high on ...

Khomeinis Daughter Calls On Supreme Leader To Reinstate Rafsanjani As Candidate

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:45:42 -0400

The daughter of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of Iran's Islamic republic, has emerged among those stunned and angered by the exclusion of former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from next month's presidential race. Zahra Mostafavi Khomeini addressed an unprecedented letter to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urging him to put Rafsanjani back on the ...

Court Rejects Bail For Musharraf In Judges Detention Case

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:45:41 -0400

A court in Pakistan has refused bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in a case related to the detention of judges in 2007. Public prosecutor Aamir Nadeem said that an antiterrorism court in the capital, Islamabad, rejected Musharraf's bail application after listening to the defense and the prosecution. The ruling comes two days after a separate court granted Musharraf bail in ...

US Embassy Outpost legalization undermines peace process

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:40:56 -0400

American official attends High Court of Justice hearing on petition to raze selected W. Bank outposts; land forum condemns diplomat's presence at hearing; Peace Now: sending of US representative message to ...

Amid Syria tensions IAF chief says surprise war a threat

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:40:54 -0400

exchanged fire in the Golan Heights , Israel Air Force chief Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel warned that Israel must be prepared for a "surprise war" developing.Speaking at a conference in Herzliya focusing on the conclusions of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Eshel stated that "a surprise war can develop today in many forms. Isolated events can escalate very quickly and require that we are ready in ...

FBI ‘kills man with suspected ties to Tsarnaev’

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:40:17 -0400

The Orlando Sentinel said a friend had identified the dead man as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev of Orlando. The newspaper quoted the friend, Khusn Taramiv, as saying Todashev was being investigated as part of the Boston bombings and knew bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev because both were mixed martial-arts ...

US general suspended over adultery allegations

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:40:15 -0400

Washington - A US general was suspended on Tuesday as commander of an army training centre following allegations of adultery and a physical altercation, an army spokesman ...

Mark Bridger claims bone fragments found in fire were leftovers from chicken dinner NOT April Jones skull

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:36:59 -0400

‘I saw a little person pushed up against the front wheel. I scooped her up and she was floppy’: Mark Bridger takes the stand to deny murdering April ...

Captain in Italy cruise ship crash faces July trial

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:35:50 -0400

The captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship will go on trial from July 9 for manslaughter over the January 2012 disaster in which 32 people lost their lives, an Italian judge ruled on ...

The courage of teachers

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:33:42 -0400

>Editor's note: LZ Granderson, who writes a weekly column for CNN.com, was named journalist of the year by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and was a 2011 Online Journalism Award finalist for commentary. He is a senior writer and columnist for ESPN the Magazine and ESPN.com. Follow him on Twitter @locs_n_laughs.(CNN) -- Each day more than 55 million students attend the ...

The courage of teachers

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:33:42 -0400

The courage of teachers

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:33:42 -0400

Europes tax haven Ireland faces criticism over Apples tax bill

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:29:43 -0400

The Republic of Ireland has called for an international clampdown on multinationals shifting profits around the world to avoid tax, after criticism that Irish loopholes helped technology giant Apple to shrink its tax ...

German chancellor Angela Merkel named most powerful woman in the world by Forbes - again

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:29:43 -0400

German chancellor Angela Merkel has been named as the most powerful woman in the world by business magazine Forbes for the third year ...

Mugabe Paves The Way For Zimbabwe Elections

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:27:59 -0400

President Robert Mugabe has cleared the path to crucial elections later this year by signing Zimbabwe's new constitution into law. The 89-year-old, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, signed the document two months after it was overwhelmingly approved by Zimbabweans at a referendum. "This is a happening of joy, great joy indeed," Mr Mugabe said at ...

Why dont they have basements

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:22:16 -0400

IRS Lerner says did nothing wrong refuses to answer questions

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:19:07 -0400

1 of 3. U.S. Director of Exempt Organizations for the Internal Revenue Service, Lois Lerner, takes her seat before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on alleged targeting of political groups seeking tax-exempt status by the IRS, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 22, ...

Existing home sales highest in almost three-and-a-half years

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:19:06 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home resales rose in April to the highest level in nearly 3-1/2 years, which should support the housing sector and the overall economic ...

Witness undermines case against Russian protest leader

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:19:05 -0400

Nikita Belykh (R, standing), governor of the Kirov region, attends a court hearing, with Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny (2nd L) seen in the foreground, in Kirov, May 22, ...

Prager Is our suffering Gods will

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:18:29 -0400

>Editor's note: Joshua Prager is the author of the new book "Half-Life: Reflections from Jersusalem on a Broken Neck" published by Byliner and writes for publications including Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, where he was a senior writer for eight years. He spoke at TED2013 in March. TED is a nonprofit dedicated to "ideas worth spreading," which it makes available ...

IRS Lerner I have not done anything wrong

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:16:45 -0400

Updated at 10:45 a.m. ET Before invoking her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent, Lois Lerner, the head of the tax-exempt organizations division of the IRS, proclaimed her innocence before a congressional committee Wednesday. "I have not done anything wrong," Lerner told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. "I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any IRS ...

Bernanke Tightening monetary policy now would hurt recovery

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:16:44 -0400

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke waits for the beginning of a hearing before the Joint Economic Committee May 22, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington, ...

Man linked to Boston suspect killed by FBI

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:14:09 -0400

An FBI agent has shot and killed a Florida man who "turned violent" while being questioned about the Boston Marathon bombings, the bureau has said.A friend of the dead man told the Orlando Sentinel and Orlando television stations that he was 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev of Orlando, a Chechen who had previously lived in Boston. Two brothers identified by the FBI as suspects in the April ...

Mayor wants mandatory shelters

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:04:18 -0400

>Country star Toby Keith tours the damage in his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma on AC360 tonight, 8pm ET. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- The mayor of tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, will push for a law requiring storm shelters or safe rooms in new homes, he told CNN Wednesday. "We'll try to ...

IRS Official Lois Lerner I Have Not Done Anything Wrong

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:37:37 -0400

"I have not done anything wrong," she said. "I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations. And I have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee."Lerner adds that she invoke her 5th Amendment right and "will not answer any of the questions or testify ...

Dem. Congressman on IRS Scandal More Important than One Election

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:37:37 -0400

The Democratic ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, Elijah Cummings, said that today's IRS hearing "is more important than one ...

Inspector General Who Uncovered IRS Scandal Dated Michelle Obama

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:37:36 -0400

J. Russell George, the inspector general who uncovered the IRS scandal, appears to have at one time dated Michelle Obama, well before she was married to Barack Obama. "All the attention was new, but George has operated in these halls of power his entire career. He worked for Dole, and then in President George H.W. Bush's White House. In between, he attended Harvard Law School, ...

Tajik Opposition Leader Ordered Held In Pretrial Detention

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:32:57 -0400

DUSHANBE -- A leading Tajik opposition figure and businessman has been been ordered held in pretrial detention for up to two months. Zayd Saidov's lawyer told RFE/RL that a court in Dushanbe ruled on May 22 that Saidov cannot be released on bail. Saidov, a lawmaker and the leader of Tajikistan's unregistered New Tajikistan party, was detained on May 19 on charges of corruption. ...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Bars Journalists After Protest

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:32:55 -0400

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has ordered that several local reporters shall be barred from covering government meetings after they staged a silent protest over a recent attack on journalists. Reporters attending a cabinet meeting on May 22 stepped in front of television cameras and turned their backs on Azarov and his colleagues. Signs pinned to their backs read, "Today ...

European Union Leaders Meet on Tax Avoidance

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:31:09 -0400

BRUSSELS -- European Union leaders gathered here Wednesday for a one-day meeting focused on tax avoidance, amid mounting indignation over reports that American companies including Apple had sheltered profits in member states like ...

Fed Stimulus Still Needed to Help Recovery Bernanke Says

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:31:05 -0400

WASHINGTON -- Despite recent improvement in the job market, the Federal Reserve needs to continue its stimulus efforts to avoid endangering the recovery, the Fed chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, planned to tell Congress on ...

German intel Assad strengthening hold in Syria

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:28:10 -0400

Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has become more stable, gaining an upper hand in capabilities to successfully thwart rebels amid the conflit plaguing the country, German foreign intelligence agency assessments were reported as stating Wednesday in German ...

Jenin Jenin Bill approved in early vote

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:28:09 -0400

A bill allowing class-action lawsuits to be filed against those who slander IDF soldiers passed a preliminary vote on Wednesday.According to the legislation submitted by MK Yoni Shetboun (Bayit Yehudi) and coalition chairman Yariv Levin (Likud Beytenu), if someone slanders IDF soldiers' operational activities, that person can be sued for slander in a class action ...

China arrests 13 over ‘protest rumours’

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:27:38 -0400

Police in Beijing say they have arrested 13 people for allegedly spreading rumours and disrupting public order following a protest over a migrant worker's ...