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North Korea launches threatened missile

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:23:08 -0400

North Korea has fired three short-range missiles from its east coast. South Korean officials have been carefully monitoring the missile firings as tensions rise again in the Korean Peninsula. The missiles were fired on Saturday morning and afternoon in a north-east direction. Analysts have said the missiles were not as dangerous as the intermediate-range missiles which Pyongyang had ...

Violence flares throughout Iraq

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:20:47 -0400

Violence has erupted in many areas of Iraq. On Saturday morning eight people, including a police officer, his wife and children, were killed by gunmen who also kidnapped ten security force personnel in the Rashid area, south of Baghdad. The gunmen first broke into the home of the local administrator, killing one of his guards. They then moved on to the nearby house of Captain Adnan ...

Cell phone surveillance powers loosened in US

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:18:32 -0400

A federal judge in the US has given law agents permission to track people's mobile phones without a warrant. New York judge Gary Brown has ruled that law enforcement agents can conduct cell phone surveillance against people who forget to turn their phones off. In a written ruling, he said: "Given the ubiquity and celebrity of geo-location technologies, an individual has no legitimate ...

US general takes action against sexual assault

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:16:25 -0400

A top general has warned that Washington is facing a crisis due to the scandal of sexual assaults in the country's military. The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey has called for the Obama administration to heed his warning, saying the country is in danger of losing women soldiers. During the week, US President Barack Obama met with General Dempsey, Defense ...

Isinbayeva to continue as Youth Olympics ambassador

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:50:01 -0400

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sunday announced that two-time Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia will be an official ambassador of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Nanjing, China. The Russian pole vaulter will reprise her role as a YOG Ambassador, following her support and attendance of the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics, which saw over 3,600 elite young athletes from ...

Senator warns US lack of foreign policies may lead to modern-day Hitler invasion

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:40:05 -0400

A senior US Senator has posted on Twitter that the country is not working on its foreign policies as of now, remembering that last time when the country had no foreign policies Hitler had started the World War II. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa is known for his unusual Twitter feeds referring history, the Huffington Post reports. Grassley has warned that a modern-day Hitler invasion is ...

DPR Koreans win mixed doubles at table tennis worlds

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:20:02 -0400

DPR Korea's Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong claimed the mixed doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. This is the first individual title at the world championships that was won by a non-Chinese player or pair since it was last held here 10 years ago. China has cleans wept all titles since, reports Xinhua. The two Kims defeated Lee Sangsu and Park Yongsook of South Korea in the ...

Belgian golfer loses Bulgarian competition after forced to tee from toilet

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:00:02 -0400

A Belgian golfer had crashed out of the World Match Play Championship in Bulgaria after he was forced to play out of a toilet. Defending champion Nicolas Colsaerts was beaten by Ryder Cup colleague Graeme McDowell 2 and 1 in the quarterfinals on the Thracian Cliffs course after his tee shot flew into a public toilet close to the green, The Age reports. The report further said Colsaerts was then ...

Conference on Syria settlement very soon UN chief

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:50:01 -0400

After consultations with UN Security Council permanent members, a conference on the Syrian settlement will take place "very soon", possibly at the beginning of June, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said here Sunday. "As I have been asked by the parties to convene this conference on the auspices of the United Nations, I'm now actively engaging with all the parties I have spoken to: the US, ...

UN chief calls on North Korea to return to talks

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:40:02 -0400

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Sunday said he was concerned over North Korea's latest short-range missile launches and called on Pyongyang to return to the six-party talks on its controversial nuclear programme. The communist regime broke off talks with South Korea, China, the US, Japan and Russia on its nuclear programme in 2009, after the UN Security Council passed a resolution condemning ...

McDowell defends slip about McIlroys leaving Nike deal agency

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:50:02 -0400

Northern Irish golfer Graeme McDowell has defended his slip about World No.2 Rory McIlroy leaving his management company, saying that although the move is not yet confirmed, it is already being much talked about in the golfing world. For weeks there have been whispers at big events in America that McIlroy is about to leave Horizon, the Dublin-based management agency that negotiated his 20 ...

Rousseff opens Brasilia World Cup stadium

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:40:01 -0400

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff officially opened Brasilia's Mane Garrincha World Cup stadium. Despite controversy surrounding delays and cost overruns, Rousseff said the 71,000-seat venue was now the source of pride among Brazilians, reports Xinhua. "A year ago they said that we wouldn't build our stadiums, that they wouldn't be ready. But now we are seeing that the stadiums have been built ...

Dubai moves to stop ivory tusk smuggling

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:00:02 -0400

An environment campaign to enhance international efforts to combat the smuggling of elephant ivory tusks is being undertaken by the Dubai Police General Command. The new campaign is part of an ongoing bid by Dubai authorities to clamp down on the illegal shipment of elephant tusks from Africa to the Far East. According to Gulf News daily, the police awareness campaign was launched in Dubai's ...

Sectarian Violence Kills 11 in Iraq

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:06 -0400

It was a violent day in Iraq Saturday with at least 11 people killed and 10 policemen kidnapped as hatred simmers between the ruling Shi'ite majority and the Sunni minority. Gunmen broke into the home of an anti-terrorism policeman in the Baghdad suburb of Rasheed, killing him, his wife, and two children. Another security officer was killed elsewhere in Rasheed. Police say gunmen killed a ...

Pope Church Must Help Poorest Not Dissect Theology

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:04 -0400

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people on Saturday, telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it "breaks my heartrdquo; that the death of a homeless person is not news. Francis, who has made straight talk and simplicity a hallmark of his papacy, made his unscripted comments in answers to questions by four people at a ...

Top Pakistani Politician Gunned Down in Karachi

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400

A top Pakistani politician has been shot and killed in Karachi. Police say Zahra Shahid Hussain was shot twice in the head Saturday during an attempted street robbery outside her home. She died on the way to the hospital. A spokesman for Hussain's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, calls her killing an act of terrorism. Hussain was a senior vice president of PTI, which ...

Prayers for Panchen Lamas release mark International Tibet Solidarity Day in Dharamsala

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:30:02 -0400

Observing the 18th year of disappearance of their spiritual leader, the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Cheoki Nyima, scores of exiled Tibetans participated in prayer meetings here on Friday to mark the International Tibet Solidarity Day. International Tibet Solidarity Day marks the anniversary of the disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Cheoki Nyima who went missing in 1995. Panchen Lama is ...

Pakistan holds re-vote in Karachi despite killing

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:41:35 -0400

In this undated photo released by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, Movement for Justice) party press office in Karachi, Zohra Shahid, center, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, poses with unidentified women at an unknown location in Pakistan. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on ...

Revisiting U.S. Commitment To The Middle East

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:39:17 -0400

Two years ago on May 19, President Obama called for a new chapter in American diplomacy, promising to make it a top priority to support democracy and human rights in a changing Middle East. Some experts say that the U.S. has failed to live up to that commitment in places like Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. The conflict in Syria has also opened a darker chapter in the Arab ...

Inequality surges in world’s richest countries esp. in times of crisis

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:29:25 -0400

USA Not only has social inequality risen in the industrialized nations over the past three decades, the economic crisis of 2008-09 sped up the deterioration as "pain of the crisis was not evenly shared," a new report says. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which unites the world's most developed countries, has ...

David Cameron is losing control of Conservative party over Europe says Lord Howe

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:28:15 -0400

The former conservative minister Lord Howe, who served as foreign secretary under Margaret Thatcher, has claimed that David Cameron is "losing control" of his party over ...

Netanyahu takes aim at weapons leakage in Syria

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:20:39 -0400

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Sunday of further Israeli strikes inside Syria, pledging to act to prevent advanced weapons from reaching Hezbollah and other militant ...

Afghanistans Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid tensions with Pakistan

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:20:38 -0400

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are running high on Afghanistan's disputed border with ...

Three car bomb attacks leave 8 dead 50 wounded in southern Iraq

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:05:54 -0400

BAGHDAD, April 29 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed and 50 others injured when three car bomb attacks hit two cities in southern Iraq on Monday, an interior ministry source said. Two car bombs exploded in a market in Amarah, some 300 km southeast of Baghdad, killing six people and wounding 30 others, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Another car bomb struck ...

Second Vietnamese TV provider drops CNN and BBC

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:49:53 -0400

HANOI, Vietnam -; A popular Vietnamese cable television provider has stopped providing CNN and BBC, saying the channels don't have the licenses needed under a law stipulating that much content on foreign channels must be translated into ...

North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:49:52 -0400

SEOUL, South Korea -; South Korea says North Korea has fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same ...

Syrian activists Shelling near Lebanon kills 16

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:49:52 -0400

A Syrian supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, holds a placard with his picture and the national flag as he participates in a protest outside the US Embassy in central London, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Lefteris ...

Google’s Plan To Take Over The World

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:48:47 -0400

-- without someone’s computerized headgear staring back at you. It was oddly discomforting knowing that thousands of people had the ability to take a photo or video of you just by winking at their Glass. It’s far too early to tell if Glass will take off when it’s ready for the general public, but if it does, then it’ll be just another example of how Google has reached ...

Broken rail probed after US crash

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:44:59 -0400

19 May 2013 US investigators are examining a broken section of rail to see if it is connected to the commuter train derailment and collision outside New York City that left dozens ...

Kenya police kill terror couple

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:44:58 -0400

Augustine Nthumbi, the officer in charge of the Githurai Kimbo area on the city's outskirts, said investigators raided the flat where the couple were staying following a tip-off and ordered them out of their house.Nthumbi said the couple refused to surrender, threw grenades and used their eight-month-old baby as a human shield. Nthumbi said two grenades were recovered from the house.Police ...

Cannes World War Z With Brad Pitt to Open Moscow Film Festival

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:28:45 -0400

Brad Pitt Introduces Marc Foster's Zombie Thriller 'World War Z' They also unveiled the first 10 competition titles, with the rest set to be announced later this month. The first members of the competition jury are writer and ...

Slippery eel slides towards disaster

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:49:53 -0400

However, there are fewer and fewer eels making that journey and the imbalance between eel stocks around the world and demand in Asia, where "unagi" has a prized place on Japan's sushi menu, is driving prices to caviar levels.In Maine, the last big US fishery for glass eels, as the young see-through ones are known, the creatures are aquatic gold.Prices reached a record $2,600 a ...

Iran hangs two spies working for Israel and U.S. report

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:48 -0400

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities executed two men on Sunday convicted of working for Israeli and U.S. spy agencies, Iran's Fars news agency ...

U.N. chief Ban says worried over North Korea missile launch

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:01 -0400

Pyonyang to refrain from further launches and return to stalled nuclear talks with world powers. Ban, who spoke to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti during a visit to Moscow, called North Korea's launch of three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday a "provocative action". "We are very worried over North Korea's provocative action," he told RIA in ...

Arab Parliament condemns surge in terrorist attacks in Iraq.

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:26:48 -0400

WAM CAIRO: The Arab Parliament on Saturday condemned the recent sharp rise in terror blasts in Iraq and emphasised that these attacks are unjustifiable and not acceptable in any heavenly religion as they seek to kill peaceful innocent people. The Speaker of the Arab Parliament, Ahmed Al Jarwan, in a press release, termed the bombings as "vicious, coward and sordid." On Friday, one ...

Irans Guard warns against post-election turmoil

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:25:01 -0400

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Several Iranian newspapers are citing a senior Revolutionary Guard commander as warning his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after the June 14 presidential ...

Dubai World Central starts building new warehouses

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:19 -0400

Dubai World Central (DWC) has announced that it has begin construction on the fourth complex of warehouses to be developed within its logistics ...

Where in the world is Ragheb Alama Fans worried he wouldn’t show for Friday’s Arab Idol

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:58:25 -0400

fight with fellow feisty judge Ahlam digging too deep into Ragheb Alama's skin to the point that he flew the coup and headed to the City of Lights to hide in the Eiffel Tower? This was the question some fans wondered when the superstar tweeted a pic from Paris last week.Ragheb didn't let his fans down, and made it to Friday night's episode of the hit talent show, only for the drama ...

Guantanamo Prison Hunger Strike Puts The Eyes Of The World On Us

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:58:22 -0400

U.S. Guantanamo prison wasestablished by the Bush administration in 2002. Of the 166 detainees, over 100 are refusing to eatas a form of protest. Some simply want ...

Former CEO Of Nestle Wants The World’s Water Supply Under Corporate Control

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:58:22 -0400

@GreenBiz Nestle’s former CEO has not only come out in favor of genetically modified food and fought vigorously against the labeling of such food by corporations, he has also expressed favor with the idea ...

Medical emergency eyed in Va. parade crash

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:56:07 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Bristol Herald Courier, Earl Neikirk - Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in ...

Gay hate murder on street

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:49:40 -0400

A GUNMAN issued homophobic slurs before fatally shooting a 32-year-old man at point-blank range in the face on a crowded street in New ...

Video of carshunted into hotel pool

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:49:40 -0400

The woman driving the Toyota Camry, whose name has not been released, was taken to Broward Health Medical Center with serious injuries.No one was in the pool at the time, and a crane was called in to remove the car from the water but not bfore onlookers posted the pictures ...

Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:14:13 -0400

Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad crash that injured 70 ...

Upmarket Pakistan district votes again as Imran Khan decries killing

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:56:29 -0400

The body of Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior female politician from cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party, is carried at a hospital in Karachi, in this still image taken from video footage, May 18, 2013. Hussain was shot and killed by unidentified assailants on Saturday, according to ...

Tunisia PM to Attend Doha International Forum

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:51:48 -0400

Tunis - Prime Minister Ali Larayedh will pay a two-day visit to Qatar as of Sunday. He will have a series of talks with Qatari leaders to look at means to strengthen co-operation and partnership relations. Mr. Larayedh will attend the 13th session of the Doha International Forum, according to a Prime Ministry communique released on Friday. Several heads of State and government, political ...

GCC is 13th largest world economy says Bahraini Min.

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:45:33 -0400

WAM ABU DHABI: Gulf hydrocarbon producers emerged as the 13th most powerful economy in the world in 2011 while strong oil prices allowed them to become the fifth largest exporter with the highest trade surplus, according to a Bahraini minister. Hassan Fakhru, minister of trade and industry, estimated the combined GDP of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at around US$1.4 trillion in ...

Iraq needs deep change to avoid sectarian war says paper

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:45:32 -0400

WAM ABU DHABI: What Iraq needs desperately is a system of more decentralised governance, where Baghdad is not calling all the shots - and targeting political opponents. There is reason to believe that a system drawing on the principles of federalism, with stronger regional administrations, is one way that Sunnis, Shias and Kurds could find common cause, according to a local newspaper. ...

Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying for Mossad CIA

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:30:42 -0400

Sunday’s report says Mohammad Heidari, who was accused of providing Mossad with classified information in return of money, and Kourosh Ahmadi, who allegedly gave the CIA intelligence on Iran, were hanged. The report didn’t say when the men were arrested or tried. Iran occasionally says it has dismantled Western spying networks in the country and announces arrests of individuals on ...

Record jackpot in US lottery draw

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:22:07 -0400

Powerball draw.Powerball.com said the win means the current estimated jackpot resets to 40 million dollars (26.4 million) or 25.1 million dollars (16.5 million) in cash value.The numbers drawn on Saturday were 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and Powerball 11.With four of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone was almost certain to win the game's highest jackpot, though ...

Saudi woman scales Everest summit as country warms to women in sports

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:18:47 -0400

Saudi woman Raha Moharrak reached the summit of Nepal's Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, in a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom where women's sports are severely restricted, tourism officials said on ...

1 Winning Ticket Sold in Fla. on Powerball

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:03:41 -0400

A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. Terry Rich, a lottery official in Iowa, confirmed the ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Florida. Rich told The Associated Press by telephone that details were expected to be announced later by Florida lottery officials about the actual ticket ...

Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:19:49 -0400

An elderly couple feed their great-grandson with a piece of cake as they sit under the sun in winter in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, January 9, ...

Bus strikes kills woman at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:17:02 -0400

A woman's airport visit to greet an arriving traveler turned deadly when she tripped in a roadway and a charter bus ran over her. It forced the normally hectic four-lane arrivals section ...

Indias weakened Congress wondering if early elections will help

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:17:00 -0400

Rahul Gandhi, a lawmaker, speaks to Sonia Gandhi (R), who is his mother and India's ruling Congress party chief, during the Indian National Congress meeting in Jaipur, capital of India's desert state of Rajasthan January 20, ...

Auto world shifts gears to emerging markets India to ride the high tide

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:13:39 -0400

Expressing surprise over S&P's threat to downgrade India's credit rating, India Inc termed the agency's affirming its negative outlook on the country as unfortunate and ...

Powerball drawing follows late ticket-buying rush

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:48:45 -0400

(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki). Cathy Raymond, of Oklahoma City, displays the Powerball Lottery tickets she purchased in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, ...

Private Officer International offers Wellness Program www.privateofficer.com

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:31:48 -0400

Private Officer International continues to add great member services that are non-traditional, timely and of real value to our members. Each year we look at ways to increase our directed services, resources, training and member programs, always looking at how we can make a true difference to our membership group and to each member on a personal level. Today, I am excited and proud to announce a ...

Japans economic rebound a recipe for Europe

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:21:32 -0400

PARIS: The recovery of the Japanese economy, just as a recession in Europe digs in, is renewing pressure on European policymakers to shift course from austerity to stimulus. Data released on Thursday showed Japan's economy grew markedly in the first quarter, only weeks after a new government and a new team at the central bank set about stoking the world's third-biggest economy. The ...

UPI Sports Calendar for Sunday May 19

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:17:56 -0400

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Chinese premier heads to India to boost ties

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:12:04 -0400

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier is heading to India on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to expedite efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ...

Bring the charisma to your Real World audition

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:50:57 -0400

Saturday, May 18, 2013 | 8:19 p.m. This is the true story of multiple strangers, auditioning to live in a house, work together and have their lives taped, to find out what happens when people stop being polite -- and start getting cast on "The Real World." Before viewers ever meet the latest housemates of MTV's long-running "The Real World," the show has to get cast. A ...

Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth Vote ahead

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:48:23 -0400

With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout ...

Internet in coma as Iran election looms

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:46:19 -0400

Iran is tightening control of the Internet ahead of next month's presidential election, mindful of violent street protests that social networkers inspired last time around over claims of fraud, users and experts ...

Winning numbers drawn in $590.5 million Powerball jackpot

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:44:43 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Lottery officials have announced winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot. The numbers drawn Saturday are: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and a Powerball of 11. Officials ...

Ivory Coast massacre suspect arrested by army

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:41:14 -0400

Soldiers are seen patrolling a street in Abidjan in December of 2010, following violent clashes after the election outcome. The Ivory Coast army now says it has detained a militia leader responsible for the 2010-11 postelection violence. (Luc ...

Kenneth N. Waltz Who Helped Shape International Relations as a Discipline Dies at 88

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:36:07 -0400

Kenneth N. Waltz, a pre-eminent thinker on international relations who was known for his contrarian, debate-provoking ideas, not least his view that stability in the Middle East might be better served if Iran had a nuclear weapon, died on May 12 in Manhattan. He was ...

Trib reporter’s Iraq stories win top Pa. press award

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:35:08 -0400

Tribune-Review investigative reporter Carl Prine received a Best of Show award on Friday from the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors for "Rules of engagement," his investigation into the deaths of two deaf, unarmed teenage brothers by American soldiers in ...

I Followed What I Thought Was the Law.

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:30:45 -0400

More than four years after he choked back tears at his sentencing, O.J. Simpson addressed a Las Vegas court on Wednesday sounding cheerful and confident in his bid to a win a new trial. He bantered with bailiffs during breaks, making them laugh, and chuckled at himself at times during testimony when discussing his drinking at the time. Simpson, 65, was called to the stand on the third day ...

Watch Cleveland Police Recount First Moment of Freedom for Captive Women

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:30:43 -0400

for the first time we're hearing from the officers who rescued the women locked up in that home for a decade. Linzie janis reports tonight one of the young women jumping into the arms of an ...

Watch New Twisters Caught on Tape 30 Million in Path of Storm

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:30:42 -0400

Thirty million Americans are bracing for possible twisters tonight new pictures coming in of this twister in Texas some real -- up close with a tornado the -- they're splitting off. And drifting ...

Watch Sticky Fingers in the Office Costing Companies Billions

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:30:42 -0400

Who hasn't -- a little something from the office supply closet but tonight here are staggering number office -- perhaps one of your coworkers. Stealing more than fifty billion dollars a year in ...

8 killed 8 policemen kidnapped in Iraqs violence

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:20:50 -0400

RAMADI, Iraq, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Eight people were killed in separate attacks across Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen kidnapped eight policemen in the western province of Anbar, the police said. In western Iraq, two people were killed in clashes between tribesmen and Iraqi security forces near the city of Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, when the tribesmen apparently believed that a police unit ...

Mississippians join international environmental movement

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:06:14 -0400

OCEAN SPRINGS, MS (WLOX) - Coastal residents added their voices to those calling for the end of energy policies that hurt the environment. The Hands Across the Sand demonstrations took place on beaches around the world on Saturday. In South Mississippi, the concern centered around the state government's plan to allow offshore drilling off coastal waters. For five minutes people stood hand ...

World hunger could be eradicated

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:57:55 -0400

19 May 2013 World hunger could be eradicated if the revenues that developing countries lose through tax dodging were available to them to invest in agricultural development, says a report from charity Christian ...

International student Jorayev enjoys being senior at Coosa

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:56:49 -0400

The 17-year-old Coosa Christian student is getting ready for graduation and he already has been involved in awards night and senior prom.He received the award for highest average in Bible class and ranks eighth in the school’s class of 17 seniors.Kuvvat is from Turkmenistan, and this is his second year as an exchange student in the United States.He spent his junior year at Lee High School ...

More students come to study from across the globe

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:56:49 -0400

The students want to improve their English skills as well as experience life in the United States.German Linares of Spain said of English, ';It’s the main language of the world and it’s good that I know it properly.';Linares said a lot of people are leaving Spain for jobs in other countries, and it the ability to speak English is imperative to success.He was required to do ...

IAAF Diamond League Nine world leading results set

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:54:45 -0400

SHANGHAI - Nine world leading results were set on Saturday at the IAAF Diamond League Shanghai meet, which featuring a star-spangled squad including 7 reigning Olympic champions and 9 defending world titlists. London Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica outran her archrival Carmelita Jeter again as she won the women's 100m sprint. The 1.52-meter-high Jamaican set a ...

Can Al-Jazeera win hearts and minds in America

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:54:25 -0400

The pan-Arab news giant is laying the groundwork for the launch ofAl-Jazeera America after its purchase of Current TV, a struggling US ...

Student Hostage Shot Dead By Police Officer

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:52:29 -0400

A New York college student has been shot dead by a police officer who was responding to reports of an intruder at her home. Andrea Rebello was being held in a headlock by a masked gunman when officers arrived at her address in Uniondale on Long Island. A policeman opened fire as Dalton Smith - the man who forced his way into the house - made a motion to fire at the two officers at the scene. ...

Passenger jet at Newark airport forced into belly landing

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:49:15 -0400

Emergency personnel spray foam on the fuselage of a US Airways Express commuter plane after it made a belly landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday. There were no injuries. (WABC TV News/Associated ...

Fractured track to be analyzed