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Blogging platform Tumblr acquired by Yahoo for $1.1 bn

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

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

US drugmaker Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5bn deal

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

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

Bombardier unveils Challenger 350 mid sized business jet

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

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

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

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

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

Morgan Stanley India to sell wealth management arm to StanChart

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

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

Mice and lizard return after a month in space

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:10:02 -0400

A Russian capsule, which had mice and lizards as its occupants, returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space. According to scientists, the experiment was conducted to test effects of weightlessness and other factors of space flight on the cell structure, Fox News reported. Russian state television showed the capsule and some of its inhabitants following its safe landing in a ...

IRSs Lerner Had History of Harassment Inappropriate Religious Inquiries at FEC

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:24:48 -0400

Perhaps no other IRS official is more intimately associated with the tax agency's growing scandal than Lois Lerner, director of the IRS's Exempt Organizations Division. Since admitting the IRS harassed hundreds of conservative and Tea Party groups for over two years, Lerner has ...

Egyptians don’t like Morsi’s presidency but opposition flounders anyway

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:17:14 -0400

CAIRO - As Egypt’s first democratically elected president nears the completion of his first year in office, there is growing resentment among Egyptians about his tenure. The dismal economy has grown worse, sectarian tensions are greater, and government services have declined – something many people thought would have been impossible. Indeed, many here feel that Mohammed ...

Erekat throws his weight behind Kerrys bid to revive talks

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:16:03 -0400

Chief negotiator tells UN in New York settlement freeze, release of prisoners not conditions to resume talks, but obligations Israel must fulfill; says Palestinians exerting "every possible effort" to ensure ...

Obama concerned over Hezbollah militants in Syria

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:16:02 -0400

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama told his Lebanese counterpart on Monday he was concerned about Lebanese Hezbollah militants fighting in Syria to support Syrian President Bashar Assad, the White House said.Obama and Lebanese President Michel Suleiman spoke by telephone the same day Syrian activists said about 30 Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to Assad ...

Man dies from SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:42 -0400

A Saudiman who had contracted the coronavirus has died, raising the death toll in the kingdom from the SARS-like virus to 16, the health ministry announced on Monday on its Internet ...

Moscow Terror Attack Foiled After Shootout

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:04:17 -0400

Russian security services claim to have foiled a planned terrorist attack in Moscow after a shootout that killed two alleged militants. "Our forceful actions prevented an attempted act of terror in the capital," the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) said in a statement. Two suspects were killed and a third arrested during the raid on a house in the town of Orekhovo-Zuyevo, ...

Images show path of devastation

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:58:25 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. Shawnee, Oklahoma (CNN) -- [Breaking news update at 4:58 p.m. Monday]Areas of metropolitan Oklahoma City appeared to be in shreds Monday afternoon after a massive tornado moved through the ...

Chief Palestinian peace negotiator backs Kerrys efforts

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:56:25 -0400

Saeb Erekat (R), a Palestinian senior politician and chief negotiator speaks during a visit to a tent set-up in protest against the construction of a road in the Arab neighbourhood of Beit Safafa in Jerusalem March 14, ...

Tornado on the ground in Oklahoma City area

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:56:24 -0400

(Reuters) - A tornado was on the ground in the Oklahoma City metropolitan are on Monday, live television showed, and the National Weather Service warned of tornadoes in two counties of central ...

Record Fla. Powerball winner cant remain anonymous

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:54:46 -0400

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million. The lucky ticket was bought sometime Saturday or earlier at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a city of about 13,000 people best known around the state for its brand of spring water with the same name. ...

Another tornado touches down near Oklahoma City

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:54:46 -0400

SHAWNEE, Okla. A "large and extremely dangerous" tornado touched down near Oklahoma City, the National Weather Service confirmed, bringing more dangerous weather that has already claimed the lives of two people since Sunday. The new twister is just one of several created by a storm system that swept through the nation's midsection Sunday and into Monday, with damage concentrated ...

Boston cardinal skips event over Irish PMs role

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:25:29 -0400

Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement today because of the involvement of Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who supports a bill in his country that would allow abortion. A few dozen protesters, some playing bagpipes, demonstrated at the college during the morning graduation ceremony. They held signs with messages that included: "Boston College Keep Your Pro Life Values. ...

Obama to Travel to Africa

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:08 -0400

President Obama and the First Lady look forward to traveling to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania from June 26 - July 3. The President will reinforce the importance that the United States places on our deep and growing ties with countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including through expanding economic growth, investment, and trade; strengthening democratic institutions; and investing in the next ...

Podcast The Medias Role in the IRS Scandal

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:08 -0400

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Obama Michelle Would Not Be Sitting in the Rain. She Has Taught Me About Hair.

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:07 -0400

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Carney Yes Chief of Staff and Treasury Sec. Met Many Times in Last Month with Obama

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:07 -0400

A reporter confirmed with Jay Carney, today at the press briefing, that President Obama met with his chief of staff and the treasury secretary many times over the last month and that neither official told the president of the IRS ...

U.S. Concerned Over Hizballah Involvement In Syria

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:16:40 -0400

The White House says President Barack Obama has expressed the United States' concern over Hizballah's involvement in Syria in a telephone call with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman. The phone call on May 20 took place as Syrian government troops backed by Hizballah fighters continue their assault on a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border. The London-based Syrian Observatory ...

Will Iran’s Former President Rafsanjani Be Allowed To Run

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:16:40 -0400

A senior figure in the Iranian regime appears to have hinted that presidential hopeful Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (pictured) might be considered too old to ...

Egypt’s Morsi dispatches army to Sinai after suspected Islamists snatch soldiers

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:13:39 -0400

CAIRO - Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi ordered army reinforcements to the restive Sinai on Monday amid rising tensions there over the kidnapping of seven soldiers by suspected Islamist militants. In a break from past practices, Morsi said he would not negotiate with kidnappers, which some interpreted as an effort by the beleaguered president to appear tough in the face of his falling ...

Kerry announces new anti-Semitism envoy

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:12:18 -0400

Ira Forman, who led President Obama's reelection campaign in the Jewish community, was appointed as the State Department's envoy to combat anti-Semitism. US Secretary of State Kerry made the announcement as he released the 2012 International Religious Freedom Report.The State Department announced the appointment on Monday -- the same day it released its 2012 report on religious freedom ...

Activists Hezbollah suffers big losses in Syria

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:12:18 -0400

AMMAN/BEIRUT - About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday.Sunday's reported death toll was the highest for Hezbollah in a single day's conflict in Syria, highlighting the increasing intervention by the ...

Storming the Bastille of Israel’s religious bureaucracy

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:12:17 -0400

This past Sunday, a press conference was held in Jerusalem which may yet come to signify the start of a revolutionary change in the provision of religious services in the Jewish state.Speaking to reporters, Religious Services Minister Naftali Bennett and Deputy Minister Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan announced a series of long-overdue reforms that will, for the first time, introduce elements such as ...

An aliya reunion 40 years and going strong

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:12:17 -0400

I am not a person who frequents weekend seminars and group events, so it was with some trepidation that last week I attended a reunion of ex-British olim, mostly, but not exclusively, who had come to Israel in the 1970s and 1980s and had been friends and acquaintances in the Bnei Akiva movement in the UK during that period.A small group, some 20-plus couples, assembled for a Shabbat at a ...

Social protests A redux

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:12:16 -0400

Last Saturday night, thousands of Tel Avivians took to the streets in a repeat of the 2011 social protests that captivated both the nation and international media, but which garnered few tangible results.At that time, makeshift tent "cities" were erected throughout Tel Aviv, most prominently on the posh Rothschild Boulevard, to protest social and economic inequality, particularly ...

No holds barred Was the Holocaust punishment for sin

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:12:16 -0400

Do those who argue that European Jewry were nearly wiped out by God as a consequence of sin really believe they are doing God a favor with this ...

Jordan’s king trying to play on Israel’s fears

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:12:15 -0400

Jordan's King Abdullah II is in trouble.Protests against him have been continuous for over two years now, and the theme of toppling the king has become well-established, as confirmed by Al Jazeera, The Independent and other media sources.To add to the king's woes, both his Palestinian majority and the formerly loyal East Bankers have joined forces against him. This has sent shock ...

X marks the spot Could a new find be about to rewrite Australian history

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:11:31 -0400

Australia was first discovered by Dutch explorers in the early 17th century. So how did 1,000-year-old copper coins from a former African sultanate end up on a remote Australian ...

Mistrial claims in Arias case

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:05:06 -0400

The penalty phase of the Jodi Arias murder trial wrapped up for the day today after a series of legal arguments in which her defence lawyers asked for a mistrial and to withdraw from the case. The trial is scheduled to continue tomorrow with Arias speaking to the jury. The judge denied the defense's request for a mistrial based on a key witness receiving death threats. In protest of the judge's ...

Alexander Lebedev says charges are fabricated

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:02:22 -0400

The businessman Alexander Lebedev told a Russian court that he did not understand the accusations against him of "hooliganism motivated by political hatred" that could see him jailed for up to five ...

The Pour New Sangrias That Refresh and Revive

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:01:20 -0400

It was the stuff of cheap excitement and of headaches, of travel posters of beaches and bullfights, and of simpler times when Greenwich Village was a folk paradise and when Spanish food meant garlic and shrimp rather than laboratory gastronomy. For wine lovers who have reached middle age, sangria, like Mateus or ...

Brazil probes rumor that set off panic run on state bank

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:52:54 -0400

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Monday she ordered the Federal Police to investigate the source of a rumor that sent thousands of poor Brazilians running to state bank branches seeking payment of a monthly family ...

Mass. priest suspended for plagiarizing online sermons

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:13 -0400

SANDWICH, Mass. A priest on Cape Cod has been suspended for plagiarizing sermons. The Rev. John McGinn, 65, of St. John's Episcopal Church in Sandwich was placed on administrative leave earlier this month after the diocese learned he had allegedly been using other preachers' sermons since 2006, reports CBS ...

Twister on demolition tour

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:30:20 -0400

Tornadoes ravaged parts of Oklahoma yesterday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. The tornado in Shawnee was one of several that touched down in America's midsection. Twisters, hail and high winds also struck Iowa and Kansas as part of a massive storm system that stretched from Texas to ...

Tranquilised bear rescued from tree

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:20:22 -0400

It was a bigger-than-average tree rescue for firefighters in Colorado Springs. They had to use a ladder truck to reach a black bear after it fell asleep in a tall pine tree after being tranquilised yesterday. The bear weighed between 68 and 90 kg. State wildlife division spokesman Michael Seraphin says a wildlife officer and firefighters put a harness around ...

Twister on demolition tour

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:20:20 -0400

Two dead after hot-air balloons collide in Turkey

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:20:00 -0400

Three Brazilian tourists have died and 22 other people were hurt after two hot-air balloons collided in central Turkey, officials say. The accident occurred over Cappadocia's sculpted rock formations when one balloon's basket ripped another's envelope in mid-air, governor of Nevsehir province Abdurrahman Savas told Anatolia news agency. "The lower balloon was torn and fell ...

Carney Top Advisers Knew About IRS Scandal But No One Told Obama

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:17:18 -0400

White House spokesman Jay Carney says that the president's counsel and chief of staff knew about the investigation into the IRS's targeting of conservative group. But, Carney says, they didn't see it fit to tell President Obama about the ...

State Dept. Spokeswoman Refuses to Criticize Iran for Excluding Women Candidates from Election

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:17:18 -0400

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki refused to criticize Iran for excluding women candidates from the upcoming "election" there. The remarkable exchange, ...

The Perfect Summer Beer May Be the Saison

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:16:48 -0400

For years, the American beer world has been in love with saisons: dry, fruity ales traditionally made by Belgian farmers in winter, then set aside for quenching thirst during hot summer days in the fields. But while most craft breweries have a saison beer in their rotation, and some even specialize in the style, it has yet to catch on with the general, I. P. A.-swilling ...

Pakistani Prime Minister-Designate Calls For Taliban Talks

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:12:40 -0400

Pakistan's prime minister-designate has called for a dialogue with hard-line Taliban militants waging a war against the government. In a speech on May 20, Nawaz Sharif said that the Taliban's past offer of talks should be considered seriously. Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League party secured a majority in the May 11 parliamentary elections and is expected to form a new ...

Putins Game And Kudrin’s Choice

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:12:39 -0400

lashed out at the authorities, saying the country needed to modernize economically and politically or risk stagnation and decay. "Stagnation is not a one-day story," he said. "Even if we roll our sleeves up now, we'll have to toil three or five years to attain new elements of effectiveness...The political system is lagging behind the challenges of the time, and does not ...

U.S. Report Says Religious Freedom On The Decline Worldwide

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:12:38 -0400

WASHINGTON -- Religious freedom is on the decline in many parts of the world, according to a new report from the U.S. State Department, which calls the trend "worrying." The 2012 International Religious Freedom Report ...

Mass murder shocks Beersheba neighborhood

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:07:54 -0400

Remo Vaknin says he's lucky to be alive. Grabbing a cigarette outside of Beersheba's Soroka Hospital on Monday afternoon, Vaknin described how he was standing in the Neve Zeev neighborhood Bank Hapoalim branch when ...

Palestinian tragic film takes Cannes by storm

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:07:52 -0400

CANNES - A tragic love story between two Palestinians living under Israeli occupation received a standing ovation at the Cannes film festival on Monday and broke new ground as the first film fully funded by the Palestinian cinema industry."Omar" by director Hany Abu-Assad, known for the 2005 award-winning film "Paradise Now", is a political thriller interwoven with a story of ...

Qatar Arab Spring makes peace more pressing

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:07:52 -0400

thrown his state's riches behind Arab uprisings, said on Monday that the emergence of 'people power' had put Arabs in direct confrontation with Israel and made a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more pressing."We heard in the past that reform (in the Arab world) must wait until a peaceful settlement with Israel is achieved, but everybody should realise that ...

Dershowitz to PM Watch ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:07:52 -0400

Comedian Larry David has been called a lot of things over the course of his long and successful career, but we're pretty sure "peace maker" has never been one of them. Until now. Well, almost sort of, anyway.Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz has sent an episode of David's HBO show "Curb Your Enthusiasm" to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, in hopes that he ...

Unifying Jews at the Western Wall

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:07:51 -0400

It is deeply painful to see ideological differences in Jewish modesty laws lead to violence and bigotry against women prayer groups at the Kotel. Intolerance is counterproductive to preserving one's views, and of course contradicts the Jewish traditions rich history of diversity.Even though some respected haredi (ultra- Orthodox) legalists like Rabbi Moshe Feinstein and Rabbi Yosef ...

The Majlis Shura al-Mujahidin Between Israel and Hamas

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:07:51 -0400

A wave of Salafi protest against the ruling Hamas government has swept the Gaza Strip over issues including the treatment of prisoners, corruption, and ...

Rebels flog two over illegal marriage

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:07:22 -0400

In this January 11, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, shows rebels from al-Qaeda affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra waving their brigade flag on the top of a Syrian air force ...

Julian Stevenson Briton who cut his son and daughters throats in French apartment took them for a McDonalds and to buy sweets in hours before killing

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:03:52 -0400

The British father who has admitted to cutting the throats of his two young children was seen buying sweets, bread and drinks in a bakery with his son and daughter just hours before the double ...

Pakistans presumptive PM calls for Taliban talks

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:56 -0400

Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government today, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army. Nawaz Sharif said "terrorism" was one of the most serious problems plaguing the country and any offer by the Pakistani Taliban to talk "should be taken seriously. ""All options should be ...

Jos Mourinho and Real Madrid Parting Ways

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:59:33 -0400

JosÃ© Mourinho, the petulant but prosperous Portuguese soccer coach who labeled himself the Special One, will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season and is widely expected to return to Chelsea for a second term with the West London powerhouse. His departure was announced at a news conference in Spain Monday night, with the ...

No socks rule is latest bid to ease Pakistan power cuts

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:55:25 -0400

In the latest of a series of directives from the country's caretaker government, officials have announced that civil servants have been told that they should not wear socks to the office as part of a plan to try and keep cool without air-conditioning.Pakistan suffers from crippling, debilitating power cuts of up to 18 hours a day. Improving capacity and reducing those huge shortages will be ...

Briton Julian Stevenson under formal investigation in Lyon over murder of own children

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:55:24 -0400

A divorced British father with a history of drunkenness and domestic violence was formally accused of the murder of his two children, who were found with their throats cut in his apartment in southern ...

Blasts and shootings claim 90 lives in Iraq as sectarian violence rises

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:55:24 -0400

Iraq is edging closer to all-out sectarian war between Sunni and Shia Muslims as a series of car bombings and shootings killed at least 90 people and left many others ...

Nigeria says has Islamists on defensive

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:45:25 -0400

MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria claimed an early success for its military offensive against Islamist insurgents in the northeast on Monday, saying the militants' activities had been stifled by nearly a week of attacks on their ...

Immigration bill would require fingerprinting at 30 airports

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:43:53 -0400

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (C) reacts to a note from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) during a markup session for the immigration reform legislation in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill May 20, 2013 in Washington, ...

Conn. train collision ruins commute for 1000s in Northeast

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:43:50 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Connecticut commuters endured slow trips to work Monday following last week's train collision that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. It took Gary Maddin of Milford an hour to make what is normally a 20 minute drive from his home to the Bridgeport train station. From there, he planned to board a shuttle bus to Stamford where he could catch a ...

Study Poor in suburbs outnumber those in cities

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:43:49 -0400

A man walks down the street collecting cans on October 20, 2011, in Reading, Pennsylvania. Reading, a city that once boasted numerous industries and the nation's largest railroad company, has recently been named America's poorest city with residents over 65,000. According to census data, 41.3 percent of people live below the poverty line in Reading. Reading has about 90,000 residents, ...

Jodi Arias lawyer Defense wont call more witnesses

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:43:48 -0400

Jodi Arias looks at her family May 8 after being found of guilty of first-degree murder in the 2008 killing her one-time boyfriend, Travis Alexander. The trial is entering its penalty phase, during which the same jury will decide whether Arias should be sentenced to ...

Commuter train wreck

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:40:20 -0400

>Were you there? Share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Commuters who would normally take the train between New Haven, Connecticut, and New York braced for the worst Monday after a derailment that disrupted train service on one of the busiest tracks in the country. Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy had suggested that Monday morning commuters should telecommute or carpool, and said they should ...

The Higher Education Scandal

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:01:48 -0400

Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, is an institution of good reputation and high quality, where I have some friends. It offers a liberal arts education typical of the best available in America today. It troubles me that Bowdoin, rather than, say, Harvard--a bigger and richer place where I work--should be made an example of. Nonetheless, Peter Wood and Michael Toscano have done just that in a ...

Majority of Israeli students work while studying

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:51:56 -0400

About 73% of students in the country worked during the 2012-2013 academic year, earning an average monthly wage of NIS 3,230, according to a survey released by the National Union of Israel Students on Sunday, to mark National Student Week.Some 71% of the working students work up to 100 hours each month. about a third of the students - 29% - work over 100 hours a month.In addition, while 10% ...

QA “Video Puts the Human into Human Rights”

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:51:36 -0400

- "We live in a world where billions of citizen witnesses have cameras in their pockets. The opportunities are endless to document human rights violations," Chris Michael, head of training and partnerships ...

Farmer accuses police of acting illegally after they refuse to hand back shotgun he fired at thief

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:48:01 -0400

Claims police acted illegally: Farmer Bill Edwards (right) is struggling to find work after police confiscated his weapons because he shot at metal thief David Taylor (left) as he tried to flee the scene in a van loaded with stolen ...

Newark gas explosion Retired company director and daughter-in-law killed as its revealed baby was pulled from rubble

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:48:00 -0400

Company director Leslie Rourke was helping 42-year-old son Nick and his wife Jeanette renovate the central heating system at their terraced house when a blast akin to a ‘sonic boom’ shook their ...

Google boss Eric Schmidt sneaks out of the No. 10 back door after Cameron refused to challenge him over evil tax avoidance at summit

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:47:59 -0400

The Prime Minister briefed business advisers on his plans for tackling global tax dodging but did not directly criticise Eric Schmidt over Google's arrangements which were last week branded ‘evil’ by ...

Bad weather coming -- are you safe

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:10 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. Shawnee, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Tornadoes destroyed homes and tossed trees around like toothpicks as powerful storms ripped through Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and Monday. And the destructive weather, which killed at least two people, isn't ...

Millionaire sexually assaulted young woman on Bondi Beach and then told her he had a lot of money court told

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:41:44 -0400

A British millionaire whose company specialises in loans for people with poor credit ratings told a woman he is accused of sexually assaulting in Australia that his wealth would protect him, a court in Sydney has ...

British man Julian Stevenson due in court after confessing to slitting his childrens throats

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:41:43 -0400

A 48-year-old British man has appeared in a French court today after allegedly confessing to killing his two children by slitting their ...

Associated Press Financial Times and BBC have been hacked by them - but who are the Syrian Electronic Army

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:38:42 -0400

Earlier this month, several employees of the satirical news website The Onion received what looked like harmless unsolicited emails, containing apparently innocuous hyperlinks. One such message purported to be from an address at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees; it invited the recipient to click through to an article seemingly from The Washington Post. In fact, the link redirected to a page ...

Anger as Barack Obama opens White House door to Burmese President despite recent claims of violence

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:38:37 -0400

Just eight months ago, Burma's President was still on a blacklist barring him from travelling to the United States. Now, the ugly past and anxieties about the future were set aside when Thein Sein was welcomed into the White House, becoming the first Burmese head of state to cross the threshold since Lyndon Johnson rolled out the red carpet for the military dictator Ne Win in ...

Mexican opposition dispute goes public threatening reforms

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:04 -0400

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Divisions within Mexico's main conservative opposition party have erupted into a bitter public dispute that threatens to undermine the reform agenda of President Enrique Pena ...

Gay marriage law strains UK Camerons leadership government

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:03 -0400

Civilly-partnered gay couple Tony (L) and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, of Chelmsford, Essex pose near the Houses of Parliament in London February 5, ...

Kellogg re-inventing Special K brand

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

NEW YORK Special K was once just a line of cereals. Today, it's a diet food empire. The brand first hit shelves in 1955 as a no-frills breakfast alternative but now caters to dieters who see its airy chips and pastries as a way to beat cravings and lose weight. And this summer, Kellogg Co. ...

United Airlines resumes 787 Dreamliner flights

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:21 -0400

United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. The planes are flying again after being grounded for four months because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on another. Federal authorities lifted the grounding order on April 19 but it has taken Boeing, which makes the plane, and the airlines a few more ...

Twister on demolition tour

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:20 -0400

Airline makes bungladesh of African destination

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:18 -0400

Two United States holidaymakers found themselves a long way from their intended destination after an airline confused two airport codes. Sandy Valdiviseo and her husband, Triet Vo, wanted to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar in Senegal with Turkish Airlines. Instead they ended up almost 11,000km away in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, after the airport codes were mixed up, the Los Angeles Times ...

Preschools may get right to bar unvaccinated children

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:16 -0400

Preschools and childcare centres in New South Wales may be given the legal right to refuse to enrol children who have not been vaccinated. The state Opposition will present legislation to Parliament allowing the right of refusal following declining rates of vaccination that in some parts of NSW are now lower than in Rwanda. Health authorities have warned that unless checked, the decline will ...

Al-Qaeda linkage spurs rebel split

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:14 -0400

Jabhat al-Nusra, the much-feared militant jihadist group that has taken control of large rebel-held areas of northern Syria, has split in two following its leadership's public declaration of allegiance to al-Qaeda. Some of its fighters have withdrawn from the front line against the Assad regime in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, rebel leaders there have told the Daily Telegraph, and appear to ...

Gillard urged to ease Orwellian spy laws

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:12 -0400

Prime Minister Julia Gillard is coming under renewed pressure to ease the wave of draconian powers handed to Australia's domestic spy agency since the September 11 attacks on the United States. The more than 50 laws passed as Australia grew more fearful after the terror bombings in Bali, and of its embassy in Jakarta and other international targets, are tougher even than those imposed in the US ...

Controversy-churning conservative talk-radio titans in danger of dying with ageing audience

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:10 -0400

When Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a "slut", he probably thought it was just another incendiary remark: the latest in a four-decade career full of and, arguably, built on incendiary remarks. In February 2012, Fluke, a 30-year-old graduate law student at Georgetown, appeared before Washington legislators to explain why her university ought to offer free contraception under its student health ...

Fiancees past engulfs Kiwi

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400

A New Zealand engineer has found himself at the centre of media attention in Australia after it emerged he is engaged to the former girlfriend of a jailed killer. Jeo Ipeekaw announced on Facebook that he was engaged to Bethany Heagney - the former girlfriend of two-time killer Mustapha Dib, who was last year sentenced to 30 years' jail for the murder of a pregnant woman in 2000. Sydney's Daily ...

Powerful tornadoes lash US states

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:33 -0400

The central United States is bracing for another round of violent weather on Monday after high winds, hail, and tornadoes struck the region over the weekend, killing one man and injuring more than 20 people. Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska are all in the path of the storm system, which could produce up to 80 mile per hour winds, baseball-sized hail and violent tornadoes in some ...

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After Benghazi U.S. Pressing Ahead on Security Upgrades

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:18:29 -0400

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Twin Bombings Kill 3 in Dagestan

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What you dont know about terrorism

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:04:13 -0400

>Editor's note: Bruce Schneier is a security technologist and author of "Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust Society Needs to Survive. " (CNN) -- Terrorism causes fear, and we overreact to that fear. Our brains aren't very good at probability and risk analysis. We tend to exaggerate spectacular, strange and rare events, and downplay ordinary, familiar and common ...

How money can buy happiness

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:02:10 -0400

>Editor's note: Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton are co-authors of "Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending" (Simon & Schuster) and professors at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School, respectively.(CNN) -- The logic is so simple: If I work hard now, the money I earn will give me the opportunity to do all the things that make me happy later. What's the ...

South Africa Mandela name pulled into politics

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:51:10 -0400

JOHANNESBURG -; Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what he stood for has already ...

Russian Security Services Say Terror Attack Foiled

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:50:10 -0400

Russia's counterterrorism agency says its forces have foiled a terror attack on Moscow. In a statement issued on May 20, the National Antiterror Committee said two of the suspected plotters were killed after a gunbattle on the outskirts of Moscow, and a third suspect was arrested. One special forces official was slightly injured. The committee said all three suspects were ethnic ...

UK set to deport radical Muslim cleric to Jordan

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:51 -0400

LONDON - Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada could be deported to Jordan to face trial on terrorism charges within weeks, a British court heard on Monday, and it ruled he should remain in jail in the meantime to prevent him from absconding.Abu Qatada's deportation to Jordan, which the British government has been trying to achieve for eight years, is expected to take place within weeks when ...

Man refused overdraft guns down four

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:33 -0400

Members of the media and police special forces stand outside a Bank Hapoalim branch after a shooting at the bank in the southern city of Beersheba May 20, 2013. A gunman shot dead four people execution-style in the bank in Israel on Monday after being refused an overdraft and cash from its automatic teller machine. The assailant, identified by media reports as a former paramilitary border ...

No bail for cleric facing deportation

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:31 -0400

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is seen arriving back at his home after being released on bail, in London in this November 13, 2012 file ...

No options off table’ over Syria - Hague

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:29 -0400

LONDON - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must realise that ';no option is off table'; if his government fails to negotiate seriously at peace talks in Geneva, Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said on ...

Myanmar leader set for historic US visit

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:43:54 -0400

Myanmar President U Thein Sein will become the first leader of his country in 47 years to visit the White House, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms.The former general will meet with President Barack Obama during the visit that started Monday and later seek to woo US businesses that see a lucrative market in the Southeast Asian nation.Some say that Obama's ...

Two lifeguards arrested over Sharm-el-Sheikh holiday drowning of British five-year-old Chloe Johnson

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:35:08 -0400

Two lifeguards have been arrested over the death of five-year-old girl who drowned on holiday in the Egyptian resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, her parents said ...

Russia wants Interpol to impose All Points Bulletin on British hedge fund boss Bill Browder

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:35:06 -0400

Russia has applied to Interpol to monitor the travel and whereabouts of a British hedge fund boss wanted by Moscow who is at the heart of a diplomatic stand-off over the alleged killing of whistle-blowing lawyer Sergei ...

Russia foils terror attack on Moscow

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:33:11 -0400

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian security services said Monday they had foiled a terror attack on Moscow, killing two of the plotters and arresting another."Our forceful actions prevented an attempted act of terror in the capital," the National Anti-Terror Committee said in a statement.The statement said the men, all three of them ethnic Russians, were detected on the outskirts of Moscow. A ...

Nigeria eases curfew in northeast fights on against Boko Haram

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:29:24 -0400

MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria relaxed a curfew on Monday in parts of the northeast where its troops are mounting their biggest offensive yet against militants from the Islamist group Boko ...

2 dead 20 injured after explosions in Dagestan- Wave of violent attacks kills at least 86 in Iraq

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:26:14 -0400

MAKHACHKALA, Russia – Two people are dead and at least 20 are injured after two car bombs exploded Monday in Dagestan, in Russia's North Caucasus region, where armed militias are leading an Islamist insurgency. Both blasts were near the headquarters of the court bailiffs and appeared to have been detonated by remote control, a Russian state agency told Reuters. Police cordoned ...

Bulgarian Socialists vow to help poor look to form coalition

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:25:27 -0400

Leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party Sergei Stanishev (3rd L) speaks during a news conference at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia May 13, ...

Men who had childhood ADHD may grow up to be obese

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:23:41 -0400

New research shows that men who had ADHD as children are twice as likely to be obese by the time they grow up than men who did not have the mental disorder as kids. Even when socioeconomic factors were taken into account, men who had ADHD when they were younger still were more likely to be obese as adults, according to a new 30-year study published May 20 ...

Watch Miguel jumps lands on fan at Billboard Awards

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:23:41 -0400

Billboard Music Awards . The R&B singer was performing "Adorn" at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas when he attempted a jump-kick onstage and accidentally plopped on two fans, leaving one them a little ...

British flower show in full bloom

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:23:41 -0400

Flowers are displayed during the Chelsea Flower Show in London, May 20, 2013. The Chelsea Flower Show, run by the Royal Horticultural Society, celebrates its 100th birthday this ...

MJs manifesto penned in 1979

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:23:39 -0400

When 60 Minutes' Lara Logan and producer John Hamlin toured a secret warehouse where Michael Jackson's personal effects are stored, they found a surreal collection of statues, arcade games, and crystal-encrusted clothing-- but the most fascinating item they found was a simple handwritten note. "At the age of 21, he wrote a manifesto," explains Hamlin, "scribbled to ...

China and India pledge to improve ties

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:21:02 -0400

India and China will study new ways to ease tensions on their ill-defined border after an army stand-off in the Himalayas, Chinese premier Li Keqiang has said during his first official foreign trip. The number two in the Chinese leadership has offered India a "handshake across the Himalayas", saying the world's most populous nations could become a new engine for the global economy ...

Wave of Attacks Kills Scores in Iraq

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:06:56 -0400

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Storms could be as bad as yesterday

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Storms could be as bad as yesterday

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Smart politics to hype terrorism

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Veterans Administration Spends $378K on Signs for Civil War-Era Cemeteries

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:49:57 -0400

contract totaling more than $378,000 was awarded to develop and manufacture signs for Civil War-era cemeteries, including "18 unique interpretive signs for Confederate lots." The contract was awarded by Department of Veterans Affairs ...

Daughters Film Touts Kazakh President’s Green Credentials

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:45:29 -0400

The New York Eurasian Film Festival kicks off on May 20 with "Awakening," a documentary film from Kazakhstan about "green development." The film is the brainchild of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev’s youngest daughter, Aliya Nazarbaeva. The trailer for the 2012 documentary features scenes of green fields as Nazarbaeva talks about the potential of new ...

Streisand to receive honorary Hebrew U doctorate

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:41:11 -0400

Barbra Streisand will receive an honorary doctorate from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.Streisand, the iconic Jewish-American singer and actress, will be presented with the degree at a ceremony on June 17 during the Hebrew University International Board of Governors meeting in ...

Seven more Godolphin horses test positive for steroids

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:39:45 -0400

Seven horses at the former yard of the disgraced trainer Mahmood al-Zarooni, including Encke, last year's St Leger winner, have tested positive for stanozolol following drug-testing of ...

Police search Commons office of Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans over rape claims

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:33 -0400

Police investigating rape allegations against Commons deputy Speaker Nigel Evans have searched his offices in the Houses of Parliament, it emerged ...

Tory bosses refuse to launch investigation into claims Camerons friend called party faithful mad swivel-eyed loons

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:33 -0400

Embattled Tory chairman Lord Feldman is to avoid a party investigation into claims he described grassroots activists as ‘mad, swivel-eyed ...

I cant wait to be a dad - even with the long sleepless nights Prince William says hes looking forward to fatherhood as he opens Help For Heroes centre with Harry today

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:32 -0400

The second in line to the throne discussed his impending fatherhood when he was given a teddy bear with a babygro emblazoned with the slogan My Daddy Is A Hero during a visit to the Help for Heroes recovery centre for injured troops at Tedworth House in Tidworth, ...

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

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:31 -0400

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

HMS Ark Royal towed from Portsmouth at start of sad final journey to Turkish scrapyard

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:30 -0400

A final salute to HMS Ark Royal: Former crew and wellwishers wave goodbye as Navy flagship is towed from Portsmouth at start of sad final journey to Turkish ...

Customs officers find live Asian fighting birds in suitcases after smugglers flew them into Britain

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:29 -0400

Two separate attempts to smuggle the birds into the UK were discovered at Leeds Bradford airport. They had been placed in individual wooden cages inside the ...

Illegal immigrant 19 smuggled into UK after father and brother were murdered by militants in Afghanistan loses fight to stay in Britain

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:27 -0400

Najibullah Hashimi, 19, has been living in England ever since fleeing his war-torn homeland as a youngster, and has settled in well, achieving 13 GCSEs, settling down with a foster family and becoming a valued member of Rodmersham Cricket Club in ...

Doctors take pregnant woman 37 with severe mental disorder to High Court to stop her having an abortion

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:26 -0400

Her four-day case started today as Mr Justice Holman will decide whether the unnamed 37-year-old, who is 23 weeks pregnant, is capable of making decisions about terminating her unborn ...

British diver 51 dies of suspected heart attack while exploring sunken ship off the Italian coast

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:25 -0400

Local authorities said Paul Towning, 51, was with a group of six divers taking part in a week long programme involving several deep water explorations on ships that had been sunk during World War ...

UK weather Sunshine and thunderstorms to hit Britain as forecasters predict temperatures as high as 19C and warn of huge hailstones

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:25 -0400

The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for south east Scotland and higher ground through central parts of England, where heavy rain is expected to fall ...

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Up to 79 people killed in wave of attacks in Iraq

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:30:38 -0400

A wave of attacks killed at least 79 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq today, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 200 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in ...

More severe storms tornadoes expected in central U.S.

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:29:55 -0400

Tornadoes tear through Texas The central United States braced for violent thunderstorms on Monday that could bring more hail, heavy rain and tornadoes to the region stricken by a deadly twister over the weekend. The National Weather Service said severe storms would likely pummel the Ozarks and the middle Mississippi Valley, with northwest Arkansas, far southeast Kansas, southern Missouri, most ...

TV Punch-Up Lebedev Pleads Not Guilty

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:29:20 -0400

Newspaper tycoon Alexander Lebedev has pleaded not guilty to a charge of politically-motivated hooliganism at the start of his trial for punching a fellow oligarch during a TV debate. The former KGB spy admits punching property magnate Sergei Polonsky, knocking him off his chair, during the studio recording in 2011. But he claims it was in self-defence and that the case against him has more ...

Talks to resume with Mali government Tuaregs

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:26:16 -0400

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) -- The foreign affairs minister of Burkina Faso says talks will soon resume with a Tuareg rebel group whose influence has been growing in northern ...

Trust your memory Bad idea

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:24:08 -0400

>Editor's note: This is part of CNN's "Life's Work" series, which features innovators and pioneers who are making a difference in the world of health and medicine. (CNN) -- You probably feel pretty attached to your memories -- they're yours, after all. They define who you are and where you came from, your accomplishments and failures, your likes and dislikes. Your memories help you separate ...

Car bombs target Shiites in Iraq killing more than 60

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:21:45 -0400

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 60 people were killed in a series of car bomb explosions targeting Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, part of the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops pulled out in December ...

Britain denies bail to radical cleric who faces deportation

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:21:44 -0400

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is seen arriving back at his home after being released on bail, in London in this November 13, 2012 file ...

Israel calls off UNESCO Jerusalem tour blaming Palestinians

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:21:44 -0400

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Monday it had canceled a visit by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to Jerusalem's Old City, saying the Palestinians had sought to politicize a conservation ...

Firefighter killed in massive Dallas condo fire

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:19 -0400

DALLAS Dallas firefighters have recovered the body of a comrade who reported by radio being trapped while battling a condominium complex blaze. A U.S. flag covered the firefighter's body when it was removed from the rubble Monday morning. The firefighter's name wasn't immediately released. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says two firefighters were transported to a hospital ...

World War II graduates go to prom 70 years later

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:18 -0400

New Haven's Hillhouse High School class of 1943 never had a prom because of World War II. But finally, after a 70-year wait, classmates gathered to celebrate and ...

Va. GOP candidate Planned Parenthood more lethal for blacks than KKK

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:18 -0400

2012 video maligning the Democratic party, comparing the women's health organization to the Ku Klux Klan, and decrying what he cast as black voters' "slavish devotion to the Democrat party." Jackson, a black minister from the Chesapeake area, was selected from a crowded field at this weekend's state GOP convention as the party set its top candidates for this ...

Canadian jazz singer botches U.S. national anthem

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:16 -0400

Canadian jazz singer Alexis Normand forgot the words to America's "Star Spangled Banner" before a hockey match, after attempting to learn it earlier that ...

Afghan children on a long and perilous journey

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:15 -0400

The years' long trek will not end in the first European country they arrive in, as should be the 'host' country for asylem seekers, the trek will continue onto Britain which is noted for benefits for asylem seekers right off the boat/plane. Do-gooders at the docks/airports directing them to the welfare office and explaining their 'rights' how to stay in the country and ...

Former Bank Executive in China Faces Bribe Accusations

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:17:14 -0400

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Commuter train wreck