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Cut in nuclear stockpiles proposed by Obama in talks with Russia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:25:30 -0400

BERLIN - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would seek talks with Russia to reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons both hold by up to a third. Speaking in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate during a visit to the German capital, Obama said he was confident the US could maintain its security while reducing its nuclear capacity by a third. He also called for ...

Dalian Wand Group to enhance UK presence with luxury hotel and yacht unit

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:45:23 -0400

LONDON - China's largest premier commercial property and entertainment conglomerate, Dalian Wanda Group Wednesday entered into 320million pounds definite acquisition deal with leading British yacht company, Sunseeker International Ltd, under which Wanda will acquire a majority shareholding of 91.81% in pre-eminent luxury motor yacht manufacturer. Under the agreement, the remaining 8.19% stake ...

Karzai says peace talks with Taliban should be Afghan led

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:23:12 -0400

KABUL - An angry Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday his government would not join US peace talks with the Taliban "until the peace process is totally under Afghan control." He also suspended talks with the US to discuss the nature of US military presence after international troops withdraw in 2014. A spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said the decision was taken over ...

North Korean leader Kim used luxury yacht to tour coast, says report

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:35:12 -0400

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has used a luxury boat to tour the country's east coast amid indications that the 90-feet-long yacht may have been smuggled into the country in defiance of UN sanctions that bans importing of luxury items to the impoverished country. A website that tracks events in the reclusive state said the yacht, a Princess 95MY made by British-based ...

Somalia UN office attacked and 15 killed by Islamist militants

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:34:40 -0400

MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least 15 people, including some United Nations workers, were killed Wednesday when a UN compound in the Somali capital came under a bomb and gun attack by Islamist militants of an Al Qaeda-linked group, a minister said. Interior Minister Abdikarim Hussein Guled in a hurriedly called press conference said that the eight slain UN workers included four foreigners working ...

NSA director defends e-snooping claiming it helped foil 50 terror attacks foiled

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:28:19 -0400

WASHINGTON - The controversial US snooping of foreign emails and telephone calls has prevented more than 50 potential terrorist attacks in at least 20 countries, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) has said in defending the surveillance programme. The targets include the New York Stock Exchange and other important installations across the world, General Keith Alexander said ...

EU antitrust regulator fines Lundbeck and several generic drug firms

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:13:25 -0400

BRUSSELS - European Union in its first case over pay-for-delay deals that held back sales of cheaper generic drugs Wednesday fined Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck 93.8 million euros and imposed fines totaling 52.2 million euros on several other producers of generic medicines. The European Commission, the EU's antitrust regulator, said the companies had reached agreements that may have ...

Chrysler to recall 2.7 mn Jeeps but says vehicles not defective

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:20:18 -0400

NEW YORK - Chrysler avoided a showdown with the US government by agreeing to recall 2.7 million Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions. Chrysler said it recognised the matter had raised concerns for customers The US company said it had resolved its differences with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The recall affects ...

Four US mortgage servicers faulted for lapses by settlement monitor

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:19:27 -0400

WASHINGTON - Four of the largest U.S. mortgage servicers, including Citigroup Inc (C). and Bank of America Corp., have failed to adequately upgrade their treatment of customers in danger of foreclosure, according to a court-appointed monitor. Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo have failed to adhere to some of the new standards set out in a landmark settlement meant to ...

Spain making progress but requires urgent action to generate growth says IMF

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:10:52 -0400

MADRID - Spain risks high joblessness and sluggish growth for years unless its government together with Europe takes "urgent action' to generate growth and jobs, the International Monetary Fund stated Wednesday. "While there are signs the economic contraction may end soon, the outlook remains difficult," IMF said in its annual assessment of the Spanish economy. "But unemployment remains ...

FBI Chief Drones Used In U.S.

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:44:44 -0400

FBI Director Robert Mueller says U.S. authorities deploy drones for surveillance in America in some limited law enforcement situations. Mueller affirmed the use of the unmanned aircraft in America on June 19 in response to questions from U.S. senators. The FBI later released a statement that said drones are used only to watch stationary subjects and to avoid serious risks to law enforcement ...

The Sopranos star James Gandolfini dies in Italy

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:40:16 -0400

LOS ANGELES - James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the groundbreaking cable TV ...

Brazil Protests Elite Troops Sent To Hot Spots

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:27:02 -0400

Brazilian protesters outraged over the costs of hosting next year's World Cup have clashed with police outside a football stadium, as the government deployed elite forces to contain the unrest. Violence erupted near the £155m Castelao stadium in the city of Fortaleza where the national side faced Mexico in the Confederations ...

Top Democrat presses Pentagon on Gitmo force-feeding

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:16:49 -0400

WASHINGTON The force-feeding of terror suspects at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, runs counter to international standards, medical ethics and the practices at American prisons, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Wednesday in pressing the Pentagon to establish a more humane treatment. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who traveled to Guantanamo earlier this ...

Fierce fighting for control of Syrias Aleppo

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:15:42 -0400

Rebel fighters say they need support to battle Syrian government forces in Aleppo in the country's north. The Free Syrian Army says it is trying to defend the area from a military force armed with helicopters, tanks and a lot of artillery - far superior to the weapons and supplies the FSA has. But other opposition groups nearby seem to have acquired the kind of weapons being sought. The ...

US Fed weighs slowing down bond-buying

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:15:41 -0400

Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, has said the central bank is likely to slow its bond-buying programme this year and end it by next year because of a strengthening economy. The announcement on Wednesday implies that a reduction in the Federal Reserve's $85bn-a-month programme would probably mean higher rates on mortagages and other consumer and business loans. After a ...

Nuclear expert Israeli warheads are a threat to its own security

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:35:18 -0400

Israel has 80 to 100 warheads, "more powerful than what was used in Hiroshima," says nuclear expert; research finds even a limited nuclear war would lead to world's temperature dropping, result in widespread ...

Brazil fare hikes rolled back in victory for protests

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:30:00 -0400

Brazil's two biggest cities rolled back transit fare hikes that had triggered massive protests as demonstrators clashed with police outside a Confederations Cup ...

Pa. girl who fought for lung transplant improving mom says

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:11:20 -0400

Janet Murnaghan says on her Facebook page her daughter Sarah was moved on Wednesday from a heavy-duty breathing machine to a traditional ventilator. She calls that "a big step" toward being able to wake Sarah from the heavy sedation she's been under since last week's operation. Sarah is from Newtown Square, just west of Philadelphia. She suffers from severe cystic fibrosis. ...

Kerry Karzai Talk Over Taliban Flap

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:32:52 -0400

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken by telephone with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a bid to defuse a row that threatens to scuttle renewed peace talks with the Taliban. Karzai on June 19 threatened to boycott U.S.-directed talks with the Taliban and said he was suspending negotiations with Washington on a pact aimed to address U.S.-Afghan relations after 2014. Karzai’s ...

New York KKK member designs death ray against enemies of Israel

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:27:54 -0400

A KKK member from upstate New York was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly designed a "death ray" that is meant to kill Muslims and other "enemies of ...

Kate Middletons natural baby birth - with Carole and Pippa there too Mother and sister are put on stand-by in case William is on RAF duty

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:37 -0400

The Duchess of Cambridge plans to give birth naturally and may even have her mother and sister at her side when she goes into labour, it emerged last ...

Natalia risked death to give a kidney to this total stranger. And her reasons will take your breath away

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:36 -0400

But the mother of four stood firm. For although Sue, 51, wasn't going under the knife for the good of her own health, it certainly wasn't for vanity either. It was to save the life of someone she had never met by donating one of her kidneys to a total ...

One-way mirrors bottomless floors and walls made of gold The worlds most creative TOILETS resemble pieces of art

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:36 -0400

While most of us will happily splash out on a deluxe kitchen or the perfect leather chesterfield, decorating the humble toilet is often overlooked when it comes to home ...

Give 12-year-olds career advice to stop them wasting their working lives says CBI director-general

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:35 -0400

John Cridland, director general of the CBI, said he was alarmed by the ‘big mismatch between the skills that young people have and the realities of the ...

Babies given antibiotics before theyre one are more prone to eczema Drugs increase risk by 40

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:34 -0400

After years of debate about a possible link, a huge study shows taking the drugs in the first year of life increases the chances of developing the skin disorder by 40 per ...

Breakthrough medical trial allows 3-year-old to hear for the first time

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:33 -0400

Grayson Clamp's parents tried everything to help their deaf 3-year-old son hear. But when a cochlear implant failed to fix his auditory disability, Len and Nicole Clamp turned to an untested method that had never before been used on children in the United States: an 'auditory brain stem ...

Dont allow TVs or computers in childrens bedrooms Education minister reveals concerns parents dont realise their offspring can access hard core material

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:32 -0400

During a debate in Parliament about the harmful impact of pornography on youngsters, Lord Nash said that unfortunately it was a ‘fact of life’ that parents gave their children such free ...

Secret justice is no justice at all and closed court requests should be treated with concern

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:31 -0400

The president of the Supreme Court said that other than in exceptional circumstances judges should treat requests to hear cases in closed courts with ‘distaste and ...

Mortgages only one in 200 can understand Home-buyers left baffled by complex deals that make it hard to identify cheapest option

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:31 -0400

Richard Lloyd of Which? said: ‘While it’s good to see lenders now offering lower interest rates, mortgage arrangement fees have risen dramatically in the past two years. Even people who already have a mortgage struggle to recognise the cheapest deal. Lenders should be more transparent about the true ...

BBCs expenses bill up by 50 Huge surge in amount claimed for flights and rail travel by senior executives

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:30 -0400

The BBC’s expenses bill for its top executives has increased by nearly 50 per cent in just three months, fuelled by a huge surge in the amount spent on ...

Pushy parents are chasing lost dreams trying to make their children succeed

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:29 -0400

Pushy parents who go to great lengths to make their children succeed are attempting to make up for their own failed dreams, researchers have ...

GM farming would save countryside and cost less Ministers controversial claim

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:28 -0400

Britain should lead the way in producing genetically modified food because it would lower prices and free up the countryside, Owen Paterson will argue ...

Reaching retirement age Itll make you feel healthier Over-65s say they feel decades younger

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:27 -0400

Official research measuring the nation’s ‘happiness’ found those who have reached retirement age are happier about their own health than they have been for ...

Crowning glory for Carole the new Queen Mother Royal baby will be brought up more Middleton than Windsor

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:27 -0400

View comments Should there have been any doubt remaining, let it be extinguished now. We may not yet know the sex of the baby, but we know its true people. The Royal Baby will certainly be royal, but it will be brought up more Middleton than Windsor. The word is that the first people to find out the sex, the hair colour, the weight, and the distribution of pudge and dimples of our future ...

Exposed the bosses in hospital deaths cover-up Two women hid baby-deaths evidence

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:25 -0400

Cynthia Bower, former chief executive of the Care Quality Commission, and her deputy Jill Finney were 'round the table' when the decision was taken to delete evidence of a botched CQC ...

DAILY MAIL COMMENT This bungling quango is a health risk to all

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:24 -0400

The more we learn of its incompetence, secrecy and deceit, the longer the charge sheet grows against the quango entrusted with safeguarding standards of healthcare in ...

Chancellor George Osborne uses Mansion House speech to declare Britain has left intensive care

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:23 -0400

Britain's economy has left intensive care: Chancellor tells bankers that recovery means taxpayer-owned Lloyds and RBS can start to be returned to private ...

Probe into why firms cant get loans Banks investigated for first time in a decade

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:22 -0400

Probe into why firms can't get loans: Banks investigated for first time in a decade after claims some small businesses can't even open current ...

Bathtime lasts 100 hours a year Average Briton spends that amount of time getting clean

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:21 -0400

The average Briton now spends 100 hours in the bath and shower each year – and several more hours arguing over the bathroom ritual, says a ...

Women give short shrift to any chap under 6ft Two thirds of women consider taller men sexier than their smaller rivals

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:21 -0400

But it looks like disappointment is inevitable, as the poll of 1,400 Britons found the average man is just 5ft 10in, two inches short of the ideal. The average woman measures 5ft ...

A runaway witness his glamorous lawyer and a sinister new twist in Putins bid to crush his nemesis

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:20 -0400

Officially, Mr Polonsky remains on bail in Cambodia pending his own trial. But when contacted by the Mail two weeks ago, his local lawyer, Kong Radi, admitted: ‘I don’t know where he ...

UK summer Its already over Weathermen say we face 10 years of soggy summers says MAX HASTINGS

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:19 -0400

Summer? It's already over! Weathermen say we face 10 years of soggy summers. MAX HASTINGS – convinced this year's sun has been and gone – is taking drastic ...

Tillie Esper who wrote message in bottle almost 100 years ago has her story told

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:18 -0400

'It’s like she came back to life': The woman who wrote the message in a bottle almost 100 years ago has her story told as her descendents are ...

Ex-HSBC boss who oversaw bank as it laundered money for terrorists quits as a minister after scathing report

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:17 -0400

Number 10 sources insisted the peer's role at the bank had nothing to do with his decision to stand down, saying he had always intended to go after two to three ...

Empire with no shame The new baby deaths cover-up proves secrecy infects the entire NHS bureaucracy says JULIE BAILEY who exposed the Mid-Staffs scandal

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:16 -0400

But in recent years something has gone badly wrong with certain parts of the healthcare system. The uplifting rhetoric about service is not always matched by the reality of practice in some of our NHS hospitals, where patients have been put at sometimes fatal risk by incompetence, squalor and ...

STEPHEN GLOVER God help us when Girl Guides ditch religion for the shallow cult of the individual

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:15 -0400

Obviously I’ve never been a Girl Guide. Nor did I ever join the Scouts. I was briefly a member of the more junior Cubs — but got out as soon as I ...

Your dress size dear Erm... Nearly half of British men dont know their partners measurements

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:15 -0400

However, an overwhelming majority, a full 73 per cent, felt it was not important to know that they knew things like their partner’s dress or shoe ...

Worlds first beer-ordering app translates beer into 59 different languages

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:14 -0400

British holidaymakers can order a beer wherever they are in the world without resorting to pidgin language, thanks to the world's first 'beer' translator ...

David Cameron We WILL jail reckless bankers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:13 -0400

The Prime Minister revealed the Government would change the law to catch reckless behaviour in the City and claw back bonuses from banks which had been bailed out with taxpayers' ...

Its not a tiger or a lion... its a liger Mother gives birth to three adorable rare cubs which will grow to be among the largest cats in the world

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:13 -0400

Bizarre: A Russian zoo is home to a unique animal - the liger. It is half-lioness, half-tiger. Mother Zita is pictured licking her one month old liliger ...

The pictures that draw you in... Amazing 3D sketches that look as if objects are flying sailing or crawling off the paper

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:12 -0400

A Dutch artist has created a series of 3D illustrations using a technique similar to airbrushing, making everything from planes to contorted faces pop out of the ...

Nigella Lawson throat attack Charles Saatchis ex wife Kay says he was never physically abusive

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:11 -0400

She said: 'Whilst Charles has always had his faults, I never experienced him to be physically abusive. He may be hard work, but I feel he is being treated ...

Diet determines heart disease risk as early as age 3

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:10 -0400

A study found that the effects of unhealthy eating begin at an early age, with the tell-tale signs of cholesterol noticeable in children aged between three and ...

Are YOU addicted to the internet Doctors draw up list of symptoms including mood changes and a poor social life

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:09 -0400

Do you stay up late into the night using the internet? Are you grumpy or anxious when you can't log on? Do you need to use the internet more and more to feel ...

Busy bee eaters Birds fight mate and nest together during annual migration through Africa

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:08 -0400

The amazing display of Carmine Bee Eaters was captured on the banks of the Zambezi river in Kalizo, Namibia, by wildlife photographer and tour guide Andrew ...

Peppa Pig Worlds Facebook page hacked tells children to go to hell

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:08 -0400

Several spam links and pictures were uploaded onto the social networking page, which more than 130,000 people have 'liked,' leading to scores of complaints from parents that their children could see the ...

The bizarre PINK lakes from around the world that look like milkshakes due to a freak of nature

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:06 -0400

From the vibrant Lake Hillier, on Middle Island in the Recherche Archipelago, in Western Australia, to a protected pink nature reserve bordering a Spanish city, these shots show how something considered unpleasant - algae - can look so ...

Rural America in every color of the rainbow Photographer captures brilliantly vivid pictures of fields and farms

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:05 -0400

Photographer Larry Gerbrandt spent nine years capturing on camera the luminous wheat fields and farms of an area known as the Palouse in Eastern ...

Dont make a snap judgement The artist whose paintings are so lifelike they look like photographs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:05 -0400

At a quick glance it's hard to spot a single brush stroke but Miss Duguid says she stops just short of hyper-realism to ensure that her work is visually stunning but continues to look like a ...

Astrodome and Pan Am terminal head list of Americas most endangered buildings due to threat of demolition

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:05 -0400

Iconic buildings such as the Houston Astrodome and the Pan Am terminal at JFK Airport are among the most threatened in the U.S., according to a new ...

City leaders lower bus fares to placate Brazil rioters

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:20:17 -0400

Leaders in Brazil's two biggest cities said Wednesday that they reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignited anti-government protests that have spread across the nation in the past week. Many people doubted the move would quiet the demonstrations, which have moved well beyond outrage over the fare hikes into communal cries against poor public services in Latin America's biggest ...

Stars pay tribute to James Gandolfini

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:05:37 -0400

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: James Gandolfini attends "Which Way Is The Frontline From Here?" New York Premiere at HBO Theater on April 10, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty ...

Woman stabbed killed on Hollywoods Walk of Fame

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:00:47 -0400

Police in Los Angeles say they've arrested three panhandlers in the fatal stabbing of a young woman who was taking photographs on Hollywood's star-lined "Walk of Fame. "Police say they found the 23-year-old woman bleeding from multiple stab wounds near busy Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Patrols were beefed up and witnesses reported seeing armed officers on ...

James Gandolfini Is Dead at 51 a Complex Mob Boss in Sopranos

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:46:53 -0400

James Gandolfini, the Emmy Award-winning actor who shot to fame on the HBO drama ...

Kosovo Liaison To Serbia Resigns

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:27:16 -0400

Kosovo's liaison officer to Serbia has resigned, just two days after he took the job. Lulzim Peci resigned June 19 after saying in an interview that Kosovo and Serbia could only have normal relations after Serbia recognizes Kosovo’s independence. Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry said Peci had exceeded his powers as a diplomat. Serbia refuses to recognize the independence of its ...

Putin First Soviet government was mostly Jewish

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:22:50 -0400

Russian President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, June 13, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Aleksey Nikolskyi/RIA ...

Monsoon floods in India kill 119 strand thousands

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:13:10 -0400

Monsoon flooding that has stranded thousands of people and caused landslides in northern India has killed almost 120 people, and the prime minister said the toll could rise substantially. The torrential rain and landslides since Sunday have stranded pilgrims at four revered Hindu shrines, washed away bridges and roads and caused other damage in Uttrakhand state. Prime Minister ...

US jobless to fall but Fed wary of putting brakes on stimulus

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:12:43 -0400

The US Federal Reserve's bond buying programme could begin to slow down this year and come to an end around the middle of next year, the country's top central banker, Ben Bernanke, said ...

Brazils Leftist Governing Party Born of Protests Is Perplexed by Revolt

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:01:21 -0400

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Next up for Obama Major effort on climate change

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:00:51 -0400

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more - and we will do more," Obama said Wednesday in ...

Nuclear waste clean-up delayed and billions over budget

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:00:49 -0400

(CBS News) The new Secretary of Energy has been on the job only four weeks, but he made a beeline Wednesday to see his biggest headache for himself. Ernest Moniz went to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state. Hanford made the plutonium for American nuclear weapons from the Manhattan Project in World War II until 1987. Now, highly radioactive waste is leaking, and a project to clean ...

James Gandolfini dead at 51

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:00:45 -0400

James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate mob boss in HBO's "The Sopranos" helped create one of TV's greatest drama series and turned the mobster stereotype on its head, died Wednesday in Italy. He was 51. In a statement, the cable channel, and Gandolfini's managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders, said he died Wednesday while on holiday in ...

Optimistic Fed Outlines an End to Its Stimulus

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:50:20 -0400

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U.S. Scrambles to Save Taliban Talks After Afghan Backlash

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:44:07 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan ...

Turkish Liberals Turn Their Backs on Erdogan

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:34:35 -0400

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Athens Journal Muffling of a Voice Provokes an Outcry in Greece

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:28:23 -0400

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US arming of Assads foes forces Iran to bleed resources in Syria

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:17:22 -0400

The fact that Iran, Hezbollah are sending militias, arms and money into Syria is a sign they are worried the regime might fall. Keeping them engaged and pouring resources into Syria weakens them ...

Summers predicts US economy will return to 3 growth this year

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:17:21 -0400

The United States economy will reach a 3 percent growth rate by the end of 2013, Larry Summers, former US Treasury secretary, predicted Wednesday night.Speaking on a panel of distinguished economists and thinkers at the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, Summers praised US President Barack Obama for policies that are beginning to bear fruit in the economy.Obama's stimulus push helped ...

WikiLeaks Says It Is Working to Negotiate Asylum in Iceland for Snowden

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:16:49 -0400

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Rail delays the worst for six years say passengers as just 40 say tickets are value for money

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:13:33 -0400

One in eight passengers are unhappy with their unreliable rail services at a time of inflation-busting fare rises and bumper bonuses for rail ...

Thousands stage new protests in Bulgaria despite PMs apology

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:12:32 -0400

Thousands of Bulgarians took to the streets for a sixth straight day of protests on Wednesday, demanding the resignation of new Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski despite his apology over a political ...

Syrian troops rebels clash outside Damascus district

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:12:31 -0400

Syrian troops and rebels were locked in fierce clashes on Wednesday night outside the Damascus district of Qabun as the army tried to storm the area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ...

Postcard from... Coria del Rio

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:07:15 -0400

It is exactly 400 years since the samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga established the first ever diplomatic contact between Japan and Spain when, after a 12-month journey, his ship made its landfall in the small town of Coria del Rio on the River Guadalquivir in Andalusia.And to commemorate that encounter, Prince Naruhito, pictured, the heir to the Japanese throne, ensured that part of his state visit to ...

Radiation weapon plot foiled in US

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0400

U. S. authorities accused two men of assembling a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel. The indictment charged 49-year-old Glendon Scott Crawford and 54-year-old Eric ...

Nelson Mandelas health Is it time to let go

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:55:59 -0400

In South Africa, former President Nelson Mandela has now been in the hospital for 12 days, battling a lung infection. The official word is his condition remains serious but ...

4th suspect held in Ohio case

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:30:07 -0400

>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A fourth suspect is in custody in the alleged forced labor of a mentally disabled woman held with her young daughter, according to federal prosecutors in Ohio. Dezerah Silsby, 21, turned herself in and is scheduled to appear in court Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The two victims ...

Flooding Damages Lourdes French Holy Site

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:28:41 -0400

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Myanmar constitution likely to dash Suu Kyis presidential hopes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:20:53 -0400

Reuters © Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi waves to supporters as she leaves the National League for Democracy party headquarters after attending her 68th birthday ceremony in Yangon June 19, 2013. REUTERS/Soe Zeya ...

Fluffy cows Old beauty practice gains attention

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:24 -0400

In this photo provided by Matt Lautner is a fluffy male cow named Texas Tornado at Lautner Farms in Adel, Iowa. The art of grooming cows so they look like massive poodles is a well-known beautification practice in the show cattle industry that helps sell livestock. But tell that to the Internet, which became fascinated with the moniker fluffy cow after a photos of Texas Tornado and other ...

National service in Arab sector up 76 over past year

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:12:49 -0400

A ceremony was held on Tuesday at the Haifa Cinematheque to recognize the record-high 3,000 Arabs volunteering in the national service program this year.This represents an increase of 76 percent over last year, when 1,700 ...

Common chiffchaff makes rare southern journey to nest in Israel

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:12:47 -0400

Birders in the Hermon region have for the first time ever discovered a community of nesting common chiffchaffs, a type of leaf warbler that typically is found 700 kilometers north of this spot.Bird experts from the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel found a population of 20 pairs of the chiffchaffs nesting in the winter foliage of a remote valley in the Hermon.Until now, the ...

Jerry Silverman We have to be one Jewish community

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:12:46 -0400

In order to meet the acute challenges facing an increasingly fractured Jewish landscape, organized communal institutions are finding ways to evolve and adapt, Jerry Silverman, president of the Jewish Federations of North America, said on Wednesday.Speaking ...

Israelis worry whether they will get care they need if fall sick

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:12:46 -0400

Even though 83 percent of Israelis buy supplementary health insurance from their public health funds and 42% have commercial health insurance policies, only half of them feel secure they will get all the medical treatment they need if they become seriously ill.This is one of the findings of the ninth poll of Jerusalem's Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute on public satisfaction with service ...

Red-Dead conduit to be jointly promoted by gov’t KKL-JNF

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:12:45 -0400

Development of the proposed Red Sea-Dead Sea conduit will occur under the joint administration of the State of Israel and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund, leaders from both parties announced on Tuesday.Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom, KKL-JNF chairman Efi Stenzler and presidents of JNF chapters from all over the world agreed to the joint pursuit of this enormous project ...

Agassi Green future inevitable – it’s cheaper

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:12:45 -0400

As renewable technologies continue to become more efficient and affordable, industries and entrepreneurs will inevitably switch to cleaner fuel sources - even if not for environmental reasons, Shai Agassi said Wednesday.The founder and former CEO of the now bankrupt Better Place spoke at the Israeli Presidential Conference 2013 in Jerusalem on the panel "Is There Hope for a Green ...

Italian Praised for Saving Jews Now Seen as Nazi Collaborator

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:11:51 -0400

He has been called the Italian Schindler, credited with helping to save 5,000 Jews during the Holocaust. Giovanni Palatucci, a wartime police official, has been honored in Israel, in New York and in Italy, where squares and promenades have been named in his honor, and in the Vatican, where Pope John Paul II declared him a martyr, a step toward potential sainthood. But at the United States ...

787 Dreamliner is forced into diversion due to a technical fault in latest embarrassment for Boeing

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:09:15 -0400

The incident will heap further embarrassment on Boeing, which has seen the Dreamliner get off to a troubled start by being grounded for several months thanks to overheating in its ...

Brazil protests Even footballers condemn government for spending billions on the World Cup

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:09:14 -0400

Some of Brazil's most famous footballers have backed the tens of thousands of people who have continued to protest today over the billions being spent on the 2014 World ...

Indian court rules that any couple who have sex are legally married... and could technically need to divorce if they wanted to sleep with someone else

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:09:13 -0400

If an unmarried couple have sex they are considered husband and wife - and would have to ‘divorce’ if they split, an Indian court has ...

Vatican pave the way to declaring Pope John Paul II a saint after attributing a mystery miracle to him

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:09:13 -0400

Fast-tracked: Pope John Paul II in Gdansk, during his seventh pilgrimage to Poland in 2011 An insider told The Daily Telegraph that details of the miracle are likely to be announced at the end of this month or at the beginning of ...

Militants claim three Britons dead after bomb attack on UN compound

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:02:25 -0400

The United Nations' gradual, peaceful return to Somalia was shattered this morning as a truck full of explosives was detonated at the front gates of its compound in the capital, ...

Louisiana teen allegedly killed half-sister with TV wrestling moves

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:01:29 -0400

Police car lights. (QMI Agency) A 13-year-old boy has been charged with murder in New Orleans after causing the death of his 5-year-old half-sister using wrestling moves he had seen on television, police said. Viloude Louis died Sunday afternoon of blunt force trauma to her body, including broken ribs and a damaged liver, police said, after the boy wrestled with her using World Wrestling ...

Pussy Riot star Maria Alekhina staging play in prison

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:01:29 -0400

Freed Pussy Riot star says she's under surveillance Incarcerated Pussy Riot star Maria Alekhina is planning to stage a theatre production for fellow inmates at the prison where she is serving her sentence. The punk star was jailed for two years in 2012 after staging a musical protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin at a church in Moscow. She has been a vocal critic of conditions ...

Civil rights under attack by big government Beck

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:01:28 -0400

Glenn Beck (L) addresses the crowd during a Tea Party rally to "Audit the IRS" in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington June 19, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron WASHINGTON -- The United States government is trampling on Americans' civil rights, according to popular conservative commentator Glenn Beck. And the scandal currently embroiling the Internal Revenue Service, that it targeted ...

Goodfella Home Search Possible Remains Found

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:00:34 -0400

The FBI has found possible human remains at the New York City house once occupied by a famous gangster who inspired Robert De Niro's character in Goodfellas. An FBI spokesman confirmed that agents found material they want to test as part of an investigation, but declined to comment further. On Monday, agents began a digging operation at the former Queens home of James Burke, a Lucchese ...

Obamas nuke deal wont make us safe

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:53:15 -0400

>Editor's note: Ira Helfand is a past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility and co-president of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Alan Robock is a distinguished professor of climate science at Rutgers University and a fellow of the American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union and American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is ...

US Fed set to ease stimulus measures

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:52:38 -0400

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FBI says it uses surveillance drones on U.S. soil

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:52:08 -0400

FBI Director Robert Mueller gestures at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing about the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 19, ...

3 football players charged in Naval Academy rape case

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:50:29 -0400

ANNAPOLIS, Md. The U.S. Naval Academy has announced charges against three football players accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman. The academy said Wednesday the students have been charged with making a false official statement as well as rape, sexual assault or other sexual ...

Goo from naked mole rat may protect against cancer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:50:26 -0400

The naked mole rat may hold the secret to cancer resistance. Scientists have identified a chemical that they say prevents the notoriously ugly rodent with a long lifespan from developing cancer. They hope the substance could one day lead to effective cancer treatments in humans. "A lot of cancer research focuses on animals that are prone to cancer," study author Vera Gorbunova, a ...

Paula Deen says she used racial slur but doesnt tolerate hate

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:50:26 -0400

Paula Deen says the celebrity chef "does not condone" racial epithets, following reports that Deen admitted to using "the N-word" and once planned a wedding reception with all black waiters. Deen's admission of using the slur came while she was providing deposition as part of a $1.2M lawsuit filed against her and her brother Earl "Bubba" Biers by Lisa Jackson, ...

Confusion over planned US-Taliban talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:49:12 -0400

Tensions over the Taliban's new political office in Qatar have thrown planned talks between the Afghan anti-government group and the US into disarray. The meeting was expected to take place in Doha on Thursday but the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has said he will not be attending it. Wednesday's developments came one day after the ...

There is no safe number of nukes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:25:28 -0400

Reforming Veterans Affairs Preserving Promises to Those Who Serve

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:16:23 -0400

- Roughly 900,000 veterans are awaiting their Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation claims, with 70 percent backlogged for more than 125 days. Veterans' waiting in line for claims--sometimes for years--is utterly unacceptable; yet the VA says they can't resolve the backlog until 2015.On June 20 ...

Vitamins

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:12:47 -0400

>Editor's note: To see Offit's interview with Dr Sanjay Gupta, check out "Sanjay Gupta, M. D. " Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 a.m.(CNN) -- Dr Paul Offit doesn't take any ...

Vitamins

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:12:47 -0400

>Editor's note: To see Offit's interview with Dr Sanjay Gupta, check out "Sanjay Gupta, M. D. " Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 a.m.(CNN) -- Dr Paul Offit doesn't take any ...

Vitamins

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:12:47 -0400

>Editor's note: To see Offit's interview with Dr Sanjay Gupta, check out "Sanjay Gupta, M. D. " Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 a.m.(CNN) -- Dr Paul Offit doesn't take any ...

Vitamins

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:12:47 -0400

>Editor's note: To see Offit's interview with Dr Sanjay Gupta, check out "Sanjay Gupta, M. D. " Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 a.m.(CNN) -- Dr Paul Offit doesn't take any ...

Vitamins

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:12:47 -0400

>Editor's note: To see Offit's interview with Dr Sanjay Gupta, check out "Sanjay Gupta, M. D. " Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 a.m.(CNN) -- Dr Paul Offit doesn't take any ...

Vitamins

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:12:47 -0400

>Editor's note: To see Offit's interview with Dr Sanjay Gupta, check out "Sanjay Gupta, M. D. " Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 a.m.(CNN) -- Dr Paul Offit doesn't take any ...

Why Brazil was burning