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Massive tornado rips through Oklahoma killing dozens

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:11:18 -0400

WASHINGTON - A massive tornado ripped through parts of Oklahoma city and its suburbs in the United States killing at least 24 people, including nine children, besides leaving scores homeless. As winds at over 320 kilometers per hour (kmph) flattened homes and businesses and severely damaged a hospital and two elementary school, the death toll was earlier said to be more than 90 but it was ...

Thein Sein praised for reforms in Myanmar but urged to end violence against Muslims

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:16:52 -0400

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama praised the reforms of Myanmar leader Thein Sein but urged him to end violence against Muslims. Sein is the country's first president to visit the White House in almost half a century. Speaking from the US capital Monday Obama said he recognized Sein's work to guide Myanmar down "a long and sometimes difficult, but ultimately correct, path to follow." ...

Roadside bombing kills six Afghan policemen in Herat

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:21:19 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan - At least six Afghan policemen guarding a strategically important dam were killed in a roadside bombing Tuesday in the war-torn country's western province of Herat, officials said. They said that suspected Taliban insurgents triggered the explosion when a police patrol vehicle heading to Herat city was travelling in the Chashti Shareef district of the province. "There ...

Top court overturns genocide conviction of former dictator

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:16:15 -0400

GUATEMALA CITY - The constitutional court of Guatemala has ordered that the genocide trial of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt should be taken back to the middle of proceedings, thus overturning his conviction and sentencing to 80 years in prison. The ruling on Monday doesn't annul the entire trial of the case but the top court has ordered that whatever happened after April 19 should be ...

After two weeks detention North Korea frees Chinese boat and 16 fishermen

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

PYONGYANG - A Chinese boat and 16 fishermen held by armed North Koreans for more than two weeks have been released, easing the latest tension in relations between the neighbouring allies. Owner Yu Xuejun, who was not on board the boat when it was seized on 5 May, wrote on his microblog that his captain called him at 3.50am to say the crew and boat were set free and that they were on their way ...

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 ...

HNL cancer drug trial discontinued by Pfizer

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:06:43 -0400

NEW YORK - Pharma major Pfizer has discontinued the development of cancer candidate inotuzumab ozogamicin, which is part of a class of therapies called antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), in the haematological cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma after it failed to show benefit in overall survival during phase III trials. Pfizer has notified the study investigators and appropriate regulatory authorities ...

Merger pact by GrubHub and Seamless to stave off rivals

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:27:51 -0400

WASHINGTON - GrubHub Inc. and Seamless North America LLC, two of the biggest online services for food-delivery in the U.S., have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their companies to take on rivals in the growing market for online meal orders. The merger will create a combined company well positioned to drive more orders to restaurants, deliver a better experience for hungry diners ...

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 ...

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

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

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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 ...

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

>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 ...

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, ...

FBI says man shot dead while being questioned about Boston bombings

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

ORLANDO, Fla./WASHINGTON. (Reuters) - An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man who turned violent while being questioned about the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, the bureau ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Los Angeles elects first Jewish mayor

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:28:06 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Eric Garcetti was elected the first Jewish mayor of Los Angeles, one of a number of political contests that reflect the city's diversity, and its Jewish community.Garcetti, 42, a veteran city councilman, led city controller Wendy Greuel by six points around 3 a.m. Wednesday, with nearly 100 percent of the ballots counted. Greuel conceded about an hour earlier."Thank you ...

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 ...

Stockholm riots spread as PM slams hooliganism

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:22:48 -0400

Rioting spread across Stockholm's suburbs early Wednesday in the third night of unrest to hit the Swedish capital, as Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt blamed the violence on "hooliganism" and appealed for ...

FBI kills friend of Boston bomb suspects during questioning

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:16:34 -0400

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

Stockholm riots spread to districts after fatal police shooting

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:16:33 -0400

Gangs of youths have smashed shop windows, set cars ablaze and burnt down a cultural center as riots that started in one Stockholm suburb after a fatal police shooting spread to other low-income areas of the Swedish ...

Costa Concordia Trial Date Set For Captain

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:14:20 -0400

A judge in Italy has ordered the trial of the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which ran aground in Tuscany last year, killing 32 people. Francesco Schettino, 52, will be the only defendant in the trial, which will begin on July 9 in the Tuscan town of Grosseto. Schettino had unsuccessfully attempted to plea bargain with the court earlier this month, when he had requested a ...

Zimbabwes Mugabe signs new constitution into law

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

President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday signed Zimbabwe's new constitution into law, clearing the path to crucial elections later this year. The longtime ruler inked the document two months after it was overwhelmingly approved in a referendum. "This day is an historic day, it's about the future," Constitutional Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga said at the signing ceremony, held ...

In pictures Nasa images of Oklahoma tornado reveal scale of storm

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

The images from space show the mammoth storm before and after it struck, along with views of the weather system that caused the tornado. The pictures reveal the sheer scale and power of the twister, while night time images show just how much damage was caused by the twister. The storm was classified as an F-4 tornado with wind speeds of between 166 to 200 mph, according to the National Weather ...

Bernanke expected to stay the course on Fed policy

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:05:32 -0400

Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank Ben Bernanke attends the Treasury Department's Financial Stability Oversight Council in Washington April 25, ...

Tax official at center of scandal wont testify lawyer

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:05:28 -0400

(L-R) J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration of the U.S. Treasury, Steven Miller, the acting director of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, and Douglas Shulman, former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, testify before the Senate Finance Committee in Washington May 21, ...

Tornado victims start picking up the pieces

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:03:38 -0400

It was the 83-year-old grandmother's first time back at her home since a monstrous and deadly tornado ravaged her neighborhood in suburban Oklahoma City. Part of the roof was sitting in the front yard, and the siding from the front of the house was gone. As her son, Jeff, and her grandsons picked through what was left of her belongings, Arvin found some dark humor in the situation. "Oh ...

German firm to hire hundreds with autism

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:52 -0400

A German software giant has announced it intends to employ hundreds of people with autism as software testers and programmers in a global drive over the next seven years. SAP, which has already launched pilot projects in India and Ireland, said the move aimed to find workers "who think differently" in the hopes that this would lead to innovative ideas and advances. By 2020, one ...

9 myths about drones and Guantanamo

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:50:25 -0400

>Editor's note: Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a director at the New America Foundation and the author of "Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden -- From 9/11 to Abbottabad," the basis for the HBO documentary "Manhunt" that will be shown on CNN on May 24. Jennifer Rowland is a research associate at the New America Foundation.(CNN) -- On Thursday, President Barack Obama is ...

Hell push for mandatory safe rooms in homes

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:49:45 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO 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 ...

Opinion How to be safe

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:38:29 -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. ...

Opinion How to be safe

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:38:29 -0400

LZ Such bravery

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:34:04 -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 ...

LZ Such bravery

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:34:04 -0400

Democratic Congresswoman It’s ‘Un-American’ Not to Fund Obamacare ‘Outreach’

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:19:31 -0400

During Tuesday's hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D., Calif.) declared that failing to encourage people to sign up for government-mandated health insurance is downright "un-American." Speier was referring to Congress's refusal to fund the Obama administration's Obamacare "outreach" efforts with ...

IRS Chain of Command Suggests Scandal Not Limited to Low-Level Employees

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:19:31 -0400

After the IRS revealed it had wrongly targeted hundreds of conservative and Tea Party groups, the agency claimed that the misconduct was limited to "low-level employees" in its Cincinnati office. Yesterday, the attorney for Lois Lerner, the head of the IRS's tax-exempt organizations division, told the House Oversight Committee she would invoke her Fifth Amendment rights, making ...

FBI Agent Kills Florida Man Possibly Linked To Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:14:53 -0400

U.S. media reports say a man was fatally shot when a team of FBI agents raided an apartment complex in Orlando, Florida. The shooting happened early on May 22. An FBI spokesman told Orlando television stations that their agent was conducting official duties when the shooting occurred. No further details were immediately released. Local media reports say the man who was shot and killed ...

Jailed Pussy Riot Member Starts Hunger Strike Parole Hearing Adjourned

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:14:52 -0400

BEREZNIKI, Russia -- A parole hearing in the Russian town of Berezniki has been adjourned until May 23 after a jailed member of the all-female opposition group Pussy Riot refused to continue taking part via video-link. At the hearing on May 22, the court rejected Maria Alyokhina's requests to be physically present and to have the judge and the prosecutor replaced. Alyokhina, who spoke ...

Germany backs blacklisting Hezbollah

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:10:13 -0400

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle decided Wednesday to support listing Hezbollah's military wing as a terrorist organization in the European Union, according to German diplomatic sources."In the light of discussions we have had with our partners following the terrorist attack in Burgas, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle supports listing at least the military wing of Hezbollah ...

Gas discoveries give Israel new regional clout

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:10:12 -0400

newfound natural gas reserves will boost its regional clout and could help it improve ties with neighboring states in need of new energy sources, Energy Minister Silvan Shalom said.Once totally dependent on fuel imports, Israel has made the largest gas discoveries in the world over the past decade off its Mediterranean coastline, and is expected to become an exporter by the end of the ...

Teenager dragged to court for giving away a friends VIRTUAL gold coins in an online fantasy game

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:06:22 -0400

Keiron Belmont, 19, logged into a friend's profile on the popular online game RuneScape and gave away her stash of virtual money following an ...

Give Falklands and Gibraltar their own MP says Nigel Farage UKIP leader says territories voices are dangerously muted

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:06:16 -0400

The UKIP leader claims their voices are dangerously ‘muted’ in Britain and they should be allowed to elect their own ‘MP for the ...

US to push for major factory safety reforms in Bangladesh

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:05:03 -0400

A US government delegation will visit Bangladesh this weekend to press for a major overhaul of factory safety following the nation's deadliest industrial accident, an official said ...

Ukraine PM bars reporters from government meetings after protest

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:02:12 -0400

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov ordered a dozen local reporters to be barred from covering government meetings after they staged a silent protest on Wednesday over physical attacks on journalists at a rally. "What kind of show is this?" Azarov said when reporters who were attending a cabinet meeting stepped in front of television cameras, turning their backs on ...

Anthony Weiner Stands For New York City Mayor

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:57:08 -0400

Former US congressman Anthony Weiner, who was forced to resign two years ago over a series of racy tweets, has said he is running for New York City mayor. The controversial Democrat made his announcement in a YouTube video. When he was forced to step down in June 2011 Mr Weiner claimed his Twitter account had been hacked after a photograph of a man's crotch, clad in underwear, was sent ...

Oklahoma Tornado Wreckage Hard To Believe

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:57:08 -0400

Their neighbours in this shattered area are doing the same, collecting up personal items they spot in the rubble before the bulldozers move in and level the area. One young woman has put out a request to her friends on Facebook to help her sift through the wreckage of her home - one of those friends told me it was almost too heartbreaking to contemplate. Many people in Moore said they are ...

Turkey reportedly shuts border crossing with Syria

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:56:59 -0400

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey has shut its side of the last border crossing with Syria still controlled by President Bashar al-Assad's government, stepping up security following two deadly bombings this month, Reuters reported. Fifty-one people were killed when twin car bombs ripped through the Turkish border town of Reyhanli in the southern province of Hatay on May 11, heightening fears that ...

France beefs up Africa Middle East embassy security

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:56:16 -0400

PARIS, May 22 (Reuters) - France will invest about 20 million euros ($25 million) to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and Africa after its mission in Libya was targeted by a car bomb in April, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. Spokesman Philippe Lalliot confirmed an email sent by Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to staff on Tuesday saying the measure ...

Irans rulers risk alienating voters by candidate bans

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:55:44 -0400

View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a media conference at Iran's embassy after he attended the Developing-8 summit in Islamabad November 22, 2012. REUTERS/Mian ...

Officer Involved in Shooting of Man Linked to Tsarnaev

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:46:58 -0400

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Man Being Queried on Tsarnaev Ties Is Killed by Officer

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:46:58 -0400

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Can we get better at predicting tornadoes

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:45:45 -0400

posted a briefing on YouTube more that three hours earlier stating that tornadoes were likely in the area. Based on modeling and historical trends, the NWS had been warning for days that conditions were ripe for a tornado to hit the region. "The story is not that this was not warned for," said Dr. Marshall Shepherd, president of the American Meteorological Society. "We knew that ...

Octogenarians in race to summit Mt. Everest

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:45:44 -0400

Min Bahadur Sherchan, center, who became the oldest person to climb Mount Everest on May 25, 2008 shakes hands on his arrival in Katmandu, Nepal May 31, ...

Costa Concordia captain ordered to stand trial

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:45:44 -0400

ROME A Judge in Italy has ordered trial for the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off Italy last year, killing 32 people. On Tuesday, Italian prosecutors rejected a plea bargain bid by the captain, defense lawyers ...

Just wanna break down and cry

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:44:59 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- What began as a desperate hunt for survivors in this debris-covered city is giving way to an arduous road to ...

New Zealand police terrorism raids unlawful

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:43:07 -0400

New Zealand police acted unlawfully and unreasonably during armed raids near a small Maori settlement in 2007, an independent report has said. Police accepted the findings of ...

Egyptian President Announces Release of Officers Kidnapped in Sinai

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:39:51 -0400

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Special Report The Art of Collecting A Slice of Russia in Amsterdam

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

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Biden Barack’s Learning to Speak Without a Teleprompter

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:08:34 -0400

Speaking at a Jewish American Heritage Month reception last night in Washington, D.C., Vice President Joe Biden requested the "teleprompter in the room to be taken down," according to the pool report. Then he made a joke: "You can't tell Barack that the teleprompter's down. The standing joke in the office is Barack's learning to speak without a teleprompter; ...

Biden Talks of Outsized Influence of Jews The Influence Is Immense

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:08:34 -0400

At a Jewish American Heritage Month reception last night in Washington, D.C., Vice President Joe Biden talked about Jews, power, and influence. "The truth is that Jewish heritage, Jewish culture, Jewish values are such an essential part of who we are that it's fair to say that Jewish heritage is American heritage," Biden said, according to the pool report. "The Jewish people ...

Kirov Governor Casts Doubt On Navalny Embezzlement Charge

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:03:52 -0400

The governor of Russia's Kirov Oblast has cast doubt on embezzlement charges against opposition leader and anticorruption blogger Aleksei Navalny. Navalny is accused of embezzling the equivalent of $510,000 from the "Kirovles" lumber company while he was working as the Kirov Oblast governor's adviser in 2009. Testifying at the Navalny's trial in Kirov Wednesday, ...

Azerbaijan Criminalizes Online Libel and Insult

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:03:51 -0400

Azerbaijan's parliament has approved tighter Internet controls in a move media freedom groups fear could be used to curb online dissent and paralyze independent journalists in advance of presidential elections this October. The parliament voted on May 14 to make online libel and "abuse" criminal offences. The new law allows for cases of slander deemed to be particularly ...

Britain Iran Hezbollah increasing support for Assad

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:59:13 -0400

In Friends of Syria meeting in Amman, UK's foreign secretary Hague says Iran and its militant Shi'ite Lebanese ally Hezbollah are "propping up" Assad, whose regime is "increasingly dependent on external ...

Attractive women tend to be less stressed and more fertile

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:55:32 -0400

Attractive women, such as former model and mother-of-four Jools Oliver (with children Poppy Honey, Daisy Boo, Petal Blossom, Buddy Bear and husband Jamie) may also be more fertile, say ...

Oklahoma tornado Safety experts claim school where nine children died WAS ready despite not having shelter

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:55:30 -0400

The elementary school in which nine children died after a monster tornado barreled through an Oklahoma City suburb was ready for the twister, despite not having a shelter, experts ...

Boundless destruction as US tornado rescue winds down

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:54:22 -0400

As rescue efforts in Oklahoma wound down Wednesday, residents turned to the daunting task of rebuilding a US heartland community shattered by a vast tornado that killed at least 24 ...

Italy approves law on controversial stem cell therapy

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:54:20 -0400

Italian lawmakers on Wednesday gave their final approval to a law that allows limited use of a controversial type of stem cell therapy which has been condemned by many scientists but has given hope to families of terminally-ill ...

Opinion Sky terrifies and inspires

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:50:37 -0400

>Editor's note: Nathan Gunter is the managing editor of Oklahoma Today magazine, the state's official magazine. A graduate of Westmoore High School in Moore, Oklahoma, he holds degrees from Wake Forest University and the University of Oklahoma.(CNN) -- Oklahomans have a special relationship with the sky. We know how to look up. On the prairies of western Oklahoma, the skies are so big, and so ...

The making of a nightmare tornado

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:38:18 -0400

>Editor's note: Louis Wicker is a research meteorologist at NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma. Norman, Oklahoma (CNN) -- On Tuesday morning, the residents of Moore, Oklahoma, woke again to another nightmare. In the past 14 years, Moore and its nearby neighbors have been subjected to devastation from three major tornado events. The latest chapter in this nearly ...

Reviving Detroit from the ground up

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:37:44 -0400

>Editor's note: John Bare is vice president of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and executive-in-residence at Georgia Tech's Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship.(CNN) -- When others dismissed Detroit as a falling knife unworthy of investment, David Egner saw something else. Egner imagined Detroit regenerating from within, with damaged civic tissue repairing itself to foster new ...

Reviving Detroit from the ground up

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:37:44 -0400

Reviving Detroit from the ground up

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:37:44 -0400

Syria opposition calls for reinforcements in embattled Qusair

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:36:37 -0400

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's leading opposition group called on Wednesday for rebels across the country to send reinforcements to the strategic border town Qusair, where heavy fighting has drawn in fighters from Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah ...

Afghanistans Karzai gives India military equipment wish list

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:36:37 -0400

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday he had given a "wish list" of military equipment to India during a visit this week, presenting a conundrum for New Delhi as it weighs whether arming the Afghan army is in its ...

Is our suffering Gods will

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:35:16 -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 ...

FBI agent in fatal shooting of suspect in Orlando

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:35:04 -0400

(CBS News) The FBI says it was involved in a fatal shooting near Universal studios in Orlando, Fla. early Wednesday. CBS News correspondent John Miller, a former FBI assistant director, says the victim was "someone (the agency was) looking at in connection with (Boston bominbgs suspect) Tamerlan (Tsarnaev), based on contacts they had." In a statement Wednesday, the FBI said, "We ...

World Bank announces $1bn for Great Lakes

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:32:40 -0400

The World Bank has announced $1bn in development funding for Africa's Great Lakes region, where renewed fighting this week between the government and rebels in eastern Congo has raised fears once again of an escalation in the conflict.World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Wednesday unveiled the proposed aid financing for one of Africa's most intractable conflict regions on the first day ...

REFILE-UPDATE 1-Rescuers comb Oklahoma tornado rubble for buried survivors

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:25:15 -0400

Wed May 22, 2013 7:25am EDT (Inserts day Wednesday into 3rd paragraph) * Officials say no one on missing list, but search continues * Next phase will involve more cleanup than rescue * Many may have survived thanks to home shelters By Ian Simpson and Alice Mannette MOORE, Okla., May 22 (Reuters) - Rescue workers with sniffer dogs and searchlights combed through the wreckage of a massive tornado ...

5 ways to handle chronic pain

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

>Editor's note: Dr David Kloth is a practicing interventional pain management physician in southwestern Connecticut, director at large for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and co-author of the book "Pain Wise: A Patient's Guide to Pain Management. " He has been practicing pain medicine and researching pain management for more than 20 years.(CNN) -- Chronic pain conditions ...

Weiner Avoids Tabloid Wood by Announcing Mayoral Run in Middle of the Night

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:59:23 -0400

Anthony Weiner announced overnight that he'll be running for mayor of New York City. He made the announcement by releasing this YouTube ...

Stuck In The Middle Abkhazias Ethnic Georgians Feel The Squeeze

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:54:50 -0400

ZUGDIDI, Georgia -- For residents of the Gali district, the southeastern-most tip of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, going to school, getting to a hospital, or collecting a pension payment can be a very tricky endeavor. It involves crossing the administrative boundary that separates Abkhazia from the rest of Georgia, which -- according to Abkhaz authorities -- can only be done ...

Serbia Kosovo Discuss Implementation Of Normalization Deal

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:54:50 -0400

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (center) with Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci (right) and his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic in Brussels on May ...

Inmates Relatives Protest After Reports Of Self-Mutilations

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:54:49 -0400

QARAZHAL, Kazakhstan -- Dozens of inmates' relatives are protesting outside a maximum security prison in the central Kazakh town of Qarazhal following media reports about self-mutilations by dozens of inmates. One protester, Anastasia Tulendieva, told RFE/RL on May 22 that the administration of the AK-159/22 penitentiary has refused to meet with the inmates' relatives and would not ...

LZ Teachers remarkable courage

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:51:45 -0400

Police fired into room where Alon held hostage

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:22 -0400

Police fired into the bathroom where Beersheba gunman Itamar Alon was holed up with a hostage on Monday, a decision that was unjustified, Southern District Police Commander Yoram Halevy said Wednesday.During a special meeting of the Knesset's Interior and Environmental protection committee held to examine the circumstances of ...

Police to probe officers conduct in Beduin murder

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:18 -0400

The National Police headquarters opened an investigation against Negev sub-district police on Wednesday, after it emerged that officers from the Arad police station had received a complaint from the mother of two young Beduin girls 24 hours before they were found murdered in the village of Al Fura.Police said the woman told officers that she feared that the girls' father - from whom she is ...

Stockholm rocked by riots

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:49:48 -0400

A car burns after riots in the Stockholm suburb of Kista. Sweden's capital has been hit by some of its worst riots in years after youths scorched dozens of cars, attacked a police station and threw stones at rescue services in its poor immigrant suburbs for a third night running. Photo: ...

Six charged in sex video ‘extortion’ case

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:49:47 -0400

Beijing - A court in the city of Chongqing has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them having sex, the official Xinhua news agency reported on ...

BREAKING NEWS Man charged with murder of four soldiers killed in IRAs 1982 Hyde Park bombing

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:50 -0400

Attack: A man has been charged with the murders of four soldiers in the IRA's 1982 Hyde Park bombing. The car-mounted nail bomb detonated on South Carriage Drive killing four soldiers and seven ...

BREAKING NEWS Police killer Dale Cregan pleads guilty to murders of father and son in gun and grenade attacks

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:48 -0400

He lured the unarmed policewomen with a bogus 999 call before using a Glock handgun and a military grenade to murder them in Hattersley, Greater Manchester on September 18 last ...

French newspaper Liberation publishes in English amid growing row over using language in the classroom

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:46 -0400

French daily Liberation made the editorial decision to print its front page in English in support of a growing campaign to allow its use in the ...

Nigel Farage refuses to kick out old-fashioned UKIP members who say gay sex is disgusting

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:45 -0400

Nigel Farage defended party members with ‘old-fashioned’ views about homosexuality, as he warned that with the government passing same-sex weddings ‘nobody knows where it will end ...

Cameron tries to soothe Tory divisions by insisting gay marriage opponents are not bigots but vows not to change course on Europe

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:44 -0400

David Cameron today sought to heal deep divisions in the Tory party, insisting opponents of his policy to legalise gay marriage are not 'wrong-headed or ...

David McGreavy can be named for murdering three children in 1973

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:43 -0400

Monster's bid to be moved to Open Prison CAN be revealed: Judge overturns anonymity order on man who killed three children and impaled their bodies on ...

One in ten British households are now virtual millionaires London property boom and stock market surge drive up value of assets

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:42 -0400

Soaring house prices in London, rising share prices and brimming pension pots mean that more people than ever are sitting on huge virtual nest eggs ...

Lawyer tracks down his stolen iPad using special app after police refused to investigate

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:41 -0400

A lawyer has slammed police for refusing to help him after he tracked down his stolen iPad with a sophisticated app to the home of the suspected ...

Horrendous racist rant of middle-aged woman on bus caught on video

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:40 -0400

Vitriol: This woman was filmed screaming racist slurs at a young black man who was sitting opposite her on the bus. It is not known what triggered her stream of abuse. The video was later posted ...

Oklahoma tornado 2013 The heartbreaking faces of the dead and the missing

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:40 -0400

The heartbreaking faces of the dead and the missing: Five people named as victims of Oklahoma tornado as desperate families turn to Facebook to search for loved ...

Shaolin children Martial arts practice makes teenagers in China the most well behaved in the world

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:39 -0400

The budding martial arts experts were among nearly 2,000 performers taking part in a spectacular ceremony at the foot of the country's sacred Songshan ...

Cruel friends killed sheep with hammer then butchered it in field so they could have a free roast dinner

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:36 -0400

Simon Pover, prosecuting, said: 'On April 26, the farmer discovered one of the hoggits (year-old lambs) had been killed and its body mutilated. Its remains were found on a footpath. Both hind legs and the head had been ...

Tragic sight of dead horses piled high as farmers return to find just scorched earth after Oklahoma tornado

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:36 -0400

Witnesses who cowered in terror described seeing 'horses and stuff flying around everywhere' and returning to find 'scorched earth' and crumpled ...

Teenage apprentice who was target of warehouse forklift pranks died after being accidentally crushed into wall

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:35 -0400

The accident occurred after workers at Pioneer International Logistics in Trafford Park, Manchester were encouraged by senior staff to 'cut corners' by jumping on the pallets and being raised up to scan in items stored on shelves, the hearing was ...

Out-of-hours doctor put baby at risk after working back-to-back shifts for 24 days straight

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:33 -0400

The German-born medic put in the hours at different organisations and continued to work excessively despite being warned about the risks, it was ...

Oklahoma tornado insurance bill set to top $2billion

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:32 -0400

For survivors of the deadly tornadoes that barreled through central Oklahoma this week, it may be just the beginning of an uphill battle to rebuild their lives as many of them had no insurance coverage to help with the financial ...

Sergio Garcia apologises for fried chicken jibe at Tiger Woods

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:43:10 -0400

Spain Sergio Garcia has apologised after making a "fried chicken" jibe aimed at world number one Tiger Woods during a European Tour awards dinner on Tuesday.Garcia, who has a frosty relationship with Woods, was on stage with his Ryder Cup team-mates when he was asked in jest whether he would be inviting Woods for dinner during next month's US Open in Merion."We will have him ...

Oklahoma tornado First victim identified as nine-year-old JaNae Hornsby

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

Oklahoma tornado: Rescue effort nears an end as authorities say they are confident there are no bodies or survivors left in the ...

Faith-Healers Child Death Ruled As Homicide

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:37:16 -0400

The death of the eight-month-old son of a faith-healing couple has been ruled a homicide by a medical examiner. Brandon Schaible died on April 18 at his home in Rhawnhurst, Philadelphia, from bacterial pneumonia, severe dehydration and an infection after his parents withheld medical care, according to a report by Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Gary Collins. It read: "By the ...

N. Korea sends top envoy to China as tensions mount

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:27:13 -0400

Choe Ryong Hae, director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army (KPA), center, and other delegates from North Korea pose before leaving Pyongyang Airport for China, May 22, ...

12 years post-Taliban Afghan womens rights under fire

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:27:12 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan Hard-line Islamist students protested in the Afghan capital Wednesday, demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they deem un-Islamic. More than 200 male students protested in front of Kabul University against the decree, which includes a ban on child marriage and forced marriage, makes domestic violence a crime and says rape victims cannot be ...

Will tornado relief funding escape politics

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:27:12 -0400

Clark Gardner, at left, and another man place an American flag on debris in a neighborhood off of Telephone Road in Moore, Okla., after a tornado moved through the area on Monday, May 20, ...

Power of Moore OK tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:52:36 -0400

Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled ...

RFERL Kazakh Correspondent Detained With Housing Protesters

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:47:36 -0400

RFE/RL Correspondent Detained In Kazakhstan ASTANA -- A Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) correspondent has been detained in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, while covering a protest by homeowners over what they see as unfair mortgage practices. Orken Zhoyamergen informed his colleagues by mobile phone on May 22 that police forced him onto a bus along with several protesters. ...

Chinese Premier In Islamabad To Boost Strategic Ties

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:47:35 -0400

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang is in Pakistan for a two-day visit aimed at bolstering economic and strategic cooperation. Li arrived in Islamabad following a trip to India earlier in the week. The Chinese premier is being accompanied by cabinet ministers, other senior officials, and businessmen. Li is meeting with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and outgoing Prime Minister Mir ...

Comptroller report flags neglect of Holocaust survivors

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:43:00 -0400

State Comptroller publishes annual report on public complaints; focus on mistreatment of Holocaust survivors, special education students, general increase in volume of ...

US VP Biden lauds Jewish drive for gay rights

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:43:00 -0400

US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday night lauded the influence of Judaism on the United States, specifically mentioning the efforts of Jews on gay rights issues, according a report on the Politico website."The truth is that Jewish heritage, Jewish culture, Jewish values are such an essential part of who we are that it's fair to say that Jewish heritage is American heritage," ...

‘Screams of agony echo in my head’

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:42:36 -0400

The scale of the disaster meant students at a medical college next to the local Enam Hospital had to carry out some of the amputations. Sometimes the operations were done without anaesthetic and howls of agony echoed around the ...

Mentally ill man stabs six children

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:42:34 -0400

Beijing - Authorities in southern China say a mentally ill man stabbed six primary school students and an adult in the latest of several attacks on Chinese ...

Iran Elections Key Players Barred From Race

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:29:30 -0400

Iran's President has said he will raise the decision to ban a close aid from standing in forthcoming elections with the country's Supreme Leader. Iran's Guardian Council announced an approved list of candidates for the June Presidential election - but the list did not include Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's former chief of staff. Also barred from ...

Italy to outline youth jobs plan as government struggles

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:29:06 -0400

government , already sinking in opinion polls and riven by internal disputes, on Wednesday lays out its plans to address one of the main causes of public anger - soaring unemployment among young people. But the left-right coalition's room for maneuver even to address this pressing problem is restricted by Europe's second-biggest debt, the longest recession in at least four decades, ...

Millions falling into poverty in recession-racked Italy report

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:21:33 -0400

ROME (Reuters) - Millions of Italians cannot afford to heat their homes properly or eat meat as their country is racked by recession and soaring unemployment, said a report which found the number of people considered seriously deprived had doubled in the past two ...

Oklahoma tornado victims mull next moves

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:19:43 -0400

MOORE, Okla. With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house of 40 years. It was the 83-year-old grandmother's first time back at her home since a monstrous and deadly tornado ravaged her neighborhood in suburban Oklahoma City. Part of the roof was sitting in the front yard, and the siding from the front of the house was gone. As her son, ...

Major immigration overhaul passes first big test

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:19:43 -0400

Senate Judiciary Committee members Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill. confer on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to ...

Britain to offer visas to Afghan interpreters

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

About 600 Afghan interpreters who served with British forces fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan will be allowed to stay in the UK, the government has said. Prime Minister David Cameron initially opposed the move, but backed down after a campaign that called for interpreters and their families to be allowed to settle under a similar package to one supporting Iraqi interpreters, and a ...

UK moves closer to legalising gay marriage

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

A bill to legalise gay marriage in Britain has passed a crucial hurdle in parliament, despite efforts by the majority of politicians from Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party to wreck the plans. Members of the House of Commons on Tuesday voted by 366 to 161 in favour of the same sex marriage bill, which will now go to the country's upper house consideration. The bill is ...

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