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Massive tornado rips through Oklahoma killing dozens

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

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

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

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

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

Roadside bombing kills six Afghan policemen in Herat

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

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

Top court overturns genocide conviction of former dictator

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

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

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

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

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

Barroro voices concern over estimated one trillion euro tax evasion

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

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

German central bank sees signals of economic pick up in Q2

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

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

HNL cancer drug trial discontinued by Pfizer

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

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

Merger pact by GrubHub and Seamless to stave off rivals

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

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

Mortgage lending in UK rises highest in four years

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Float-plane crash off Vancouver Island claims one life

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:11:42 -0400

A Harbour Air float plane flies through low cloud after taking off from Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday February 16, 2012. (DARRYL DYCK/The Globe and ...

Moscow Says Top Islamist Militant Killed

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:09:03 -0400

Moscow has announced it has killed an alleged ally of one of Russia's most-wanted insurgents. Russia's Anti-Terrorism Committee says Dzhamaleil Mutaliyev was killed along with another militant in a gun battle with security forces May 21 in the town of Nazran in Ingushetia. Russia's Anti-Terrorism Committee said Mutaliyev was a close aide of Doku Umarov, leader of the banned ...

Venezuelas Maduro warns of psychological war

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:58:54 -0400

President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday denounced as "psychological war" a leaked audio recording that purports to show a power struggle among key followers of the late Hugo ...

Coast Guard deserter sentenced to confinement

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:40:27 -0400

HONOLULU A Coast Guard rescue swimmer whose disappearance led to a massive search in Hawaii pleaded guilty to desertion Tuesday, saying he left work one day, decided never to return and spent the next three months camping in the mountains. A military judge sentenced him to more than six months confinement and a bad conduct discharge. During a special court-martial in Honolulu, Petty Officer 1st ...

New Dancing with the Stars champion announced

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:40:26 -0400

"Dancing with the Stars" hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke-Charvet announced this season's celebrity and professional pairings live on "Good Morning America" on Feb. 26, ...

US immigration bill moves one step forward

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:38:02 -0400

A sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system has taken a major step toward viability when a Senate panel gave bipartisan approval to a landmark bill offering a path to citizenship for millions. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved the contentious and potentially historic legislation by a 13-5 vote, following weeks of marathon hearings and meetings to consider more than 200 ...

Secondhand smoke ups kids antisocial behavior risk

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:54:35 -0400

Children that are exposed to secondhand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to be physically aggressive and antisocial - regardless if they were exposed during pregnancy or their parents have a history of being antisocial - researchers at the University of Montreal published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.Researchers Dr. Linda Pagani and Caroline ...

Doctors bend on vacation pay to secure wage hike

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:54:34 -0400

Despite the planned budget cuts, the country's public-sector physicians will receive their second salary increase this year as agreed upon in the labor agreement reached in August 2011 by the Treasury and the Israel Medical Association.IMA chairman Dr. Leonid Eidelman, who initially feared that the increase would be postponed to 2015, made the comments on Tuesday. The IMA had declared a ...

Solar field set for Ben-Gurion’s Negev kibbutz

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:54:34 -0400

The Negev Desert will soon become a little bit brighter with the announcement of two future solar fields, one of which will be built in David Ben-Gurion's former neighborhood.Shari Arison's Shikun Vebinui Group has teamed up with Chinese solar panel giant Suntech Power Holdings, Co. Ltd. to build 11 megawatts worth of photovoltaic panels in two Negev Desert plots. A 5- megawatt ...

Opinion Sky terrifies and inspires

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:47:44 -0400

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

North Korean leader sends special envoy for leader Kim Jong Un to China

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:46:00 -0400

Choe Ryong Hae . There were no other details. Choe is the North Korea military's top political officer tasked with supervising the 1.2-million-strong force. China is North Korea's only major political and economic benefactor. Beijing has faced pressure from Washington to use its influence to ...

Updates Home of singers sister hit

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:34:55 -0400

>For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKI(CNN) -- At least 24 people -- including nine children -- were killed when a massive tornado struck an area outside Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, officials said. Read more: Heartbreaking scenes in Oklahoma City after disasterAt least seven of those children were killed at ...

Tornado rescue efforts wind down in Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:27:54 -0400

Rescue workers neared the end of the search for survivors in the Oklahoma City suburb where a rare and powerful tornado claimed 24 lives, injured at least 230 and left dozens missing. After nearly 24 hours of searching, Moore's fire chief said he was confident there were no more bodies or survivors in the rubble. The Oklahoma medical examiner's office said on Tuesday that nine ...

Sweden riots continue after police shooting

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:27:53 -0400

Around 200 people hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a Stockholm suburb during the second day of rioting, which was triggered by the fatal police shooting of a man wielding a knife. Dozens of windows were smashed, 10 cars and several containers were set on fire, and seven police officers were injured on Tuesday. Six people were arrested early in the day, but two were released after ...

Microsoft unveils new Xbox gaming console

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:27:51 -0400

Microsoft Corp has unveiled the "Xbox One", its first new gaming console in eight years, and its strongest push so far to dominate consumers' living rooms with an array of exclusive media content. The Xbox One took four years to develop and will be the launchpad for a "Halo" live-action video series produced by Steven Spielberg. It will be sold worldwide "later ...

The making of a nightmare tornado

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:14:41 -0400

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

Hamas textbooks to teach about liberation plans

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:44:22 -0400

Hamas has begun preparing new school textbooks that teach children about "plans to liberate Palestine and the legitimacy and various forms of resistance [against Israel]." Jamal Abu Hashem, advisor to the Hamas-controlled education ministry, said new books would be introduced as part of National Education Studies for grades 8-10.Abu Hashem was speaking during a workshop in Gaza ...

Lithuanian FM Heed settlement goods label issue

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:44:22 -0400

Linas Linkevicius tells the 'Post' that if Israel does not label products from West Bank settlements it could lead to a boycott of all Israeli ...

Dont visit casualty - email your GP instead NHS chief Mike Farrars astonishing answer to AE crisis

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:43 -0400

NHS Confederation boss Mike Farrar stunned MPs by saying that contacting GPs online instead of in person would reduce the pressures on hospital casualty ...

Bad weather could raise your blood pressure and even kill you

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:42 -0400

Over time, these fluctuations raise the odds of dying by more than a third. Lack of sunshine and inches of rain can also take their toll, the Glasgow University study ...

A womans risk of post-natal depression could be identified by a simple blood test during pregnancy

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:41 -0400

A blood test that can tell if a pregnant woman is at risk of post-natal depression is being developed. Gwyneth Paltrow has spoken of her battle with the ...

Latest internet meme bearding is the cats whiskers

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:40 -0400

Bearding involves holding a hapless moggie in front of one's face to give the impression of a glorious, luxuriant beard. And believe it or not, it's catching ...

Leveson aide Shami Chakrabarti casts doubt on plans for media regulation

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:38 -0400

A key adviser to Lord Justice Leveson last night threw plans for regulating the media into turmoil by denouncing the idea of a Royal Charter to oversee a new regulator for Britain’s ...

Sam fell for my car before me says Cameron PM says he was able to woo his wife because he could drive her around

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:37 -0400

David Cameron has confessed that his wife Samantha only fell for him because he owned a car - and that she may not have been 18 when he fell in love with ...

DAILY MAIL COMMENT A plea from the heart of loyal Conservatives

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:37 -0400

In a desperate bid to build bridges with the Conservative rank and file, David Cameron has emailed party members to protest that he is on their side. Today, the Mail imagines how recipients of his ‘personal note’ may ...

Royal Mail boss Moya Greene Treat junk mail with respect - as it helps profits rise by 60

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:36 -0400

Although most of it ends up in the bin, postmen should still treat junk mail with ‘utter respect’, the head of the Royal Mail said ...

Snooker fruity Artist goes completely potty with banana-shaped pool table

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:34 -0400

Carry me, Mommy! Sarah Jessica Parker holds her daughter in her arms as she goes for a stroll in New York Helping her maintain svelte ...

Why ever more fathers are killing their children Top criminologist reveals her research into this sickening trend

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:33 -0400

His neighbours said he was like any other loving dad. They'd often seen him and his wife take their two children to the park, and they'd pop out to local restaurants for dinner ...

Mark Carney New bank chief warns of a decade of stagnation unless European leaders make substantial and significant reforms

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:32 -0400

Europe faces a 'decade of stagnation' unless leaders make 'sustained and significant' reforms, the incoming governor of the Bank of England has ...

Air travel poses no risk to pregnant women and unborn babies as long as they fly before the 37th week

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:31 -0400

Air travel poses ‘no significant risk’ for pregnant women and their unborn babies – even up to three weeks before the birth, doctors ...

SANDRA PARSONS Can no one force GPs to do their job properly

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:30 -0400

Tomorrow, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is due to make a speech criticising GPs for failures that include not knowing their patients’ names and hiving off out-of-hours care to outside agencies. He will also highlight the fact that admissions at A&E departments have soared as a ...

From hedgehogs to otters our wildlife winners and losers 60 of species decline... as others thrive

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:28 -0400

Sixty per cent of the animals, plants and insects studied in the first ever national report on the state of Britain’s natural world have fallen in number, including hedgehogs, red squirrels and turtle ...

Miliband to make tax jibe at Google just days after Cameron failed to do so when he met internet giants boss

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:27 -0400

Ed Miliband will today challenge Google on its tax affairs just days after David Cameron failed to do the same when he met the firm's chief ...

Nick Clegg pours petrol on Tory infighting Get back to governing he tells Coalition partners

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:26 -0400

In a speech today Nick Clegg will say Tory infighting over Europe and gay marriage has been an 'unwelcome distraction' which is undermining public support for the ...

Handsome men are less prone to COLDS - but the same cant be said for beautiful women

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:25 -0400

The scientists, led by Markus Rantala, of the University of Turku, Finland, then photographed the women, who had an average age of 20, and asked 18 heterosexual male undergraduates to rate their ...

Chris Grayling launches crackdown on criminals who are freed from jail halfway through their sentences

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:23 -0400

Changes: Whitehall insiders said Justice Secretary Chris Grayling (pictured yesterday) had ordered a review on changing the current sentencing ...

Why women struggle more than men with life after retirement 80 feel they have no purpose in life after quitting work

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:23 -0400

While men enjoy starting new hobbies and interests and are happy to just relax at home, women are more likely to spend their twilight years worrying – particularly about their lack of income and social ...

Rendition case involving Libyan Abdel Hakim Belhadj who is suing the British Government could be heard in secret

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:21 -0400

Ministers are set to use the controversial secret courts law in the case of a Libyan man who is suing the government over his rendition into the hands of Colonel Gaddafi’s ...

QUENTIN LETTS These Tories of the baleful brigade less trainable than Burmese cats

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:20 -0400

Little sign of the baleful brigade on the Tory backbenches yesterday morning. Were they still in their caves, sated by Monday’s bloodfest and picking mammoth gristle out of their rear ...

Up to 600 Afghan interpreters who risked their lives to help British forces to get right to live in the UK

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:18 -0400

Interpreters who have regularly served on the frontline will get visas for themselves and their ‘immediate dependents’ to come to Britain for a period of five ...

SIMON HEFFER The ugly truth is a smug Tory elite has sneered at the party faithful for decades

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:17 -0400

A measure of the bizarre political times in which we live is that the Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative party felt yesterday that he had to email his dwindling band of activists and urge them to believe how much he values ...

MS gives up on building new stores Retailer will stop construction in three years as customers increasingly buy goods online

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:17 -0400

Bosses believe that the popularity of 'click and collect' means people will be buying more online and either collecting from its existing stores or getting home ...

Oklahoma tornado Elementary school where 7 children were killed by tornado couldnt afford storm shelter

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:15 -0400

The elementary school in which seven children drowned after a monster tornado barreled through an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday had not built a tornado shelter as they could not afford it, officials have ...

Camomile tea fights cancer Chemical contained in drink takes away superpowers in diseases cells

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:14 -0400

Scientists at Ohio State University found apigenin can block the ability of breast cancer cells to live far longer than normal cells, halting their spread and making them more sensitive to drug ...

How teens are shunning Facebook in favor of Twitter and Tumblr to avoid peers oversharing and prying parents profiles

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:14 -0400

Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online ...

Business is booming for sex shop boss who turns fourth former Little Chef into couple friendly adult superstore

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:12 -0400

Neither objector agreed to be named but both claimed the location on the main western approach road to Hull was not a suitable location for a sex ...

How the word skinny is easier to digest than diet when it comes to low-calorie food and drink

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:11 -0400

. Apparently calorie-counting consumers find the word 'skinny' easier to digest than 'diet' because the latter is more negative and associated with ...

Schoolgirl 17 raped twice by stranger in park after she lost her friends at nightclub

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:10 -0400

A teenage girl separated from her friends on a night out was put in a taxi and driven to a muddy park 25 miles away, where she was raped twice and thought she was going to die, a court heard ...

Broadmoor wing which holds dangerous killers is run like a social club with patients giving each other BACK WAXES on a pool table

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:09 -0400

Legal battle: Former Broadmoor manager Stephen Rooney (pictured) is suing the top-security hospital for unfair dismissal at an employment tribunal where it was claimed the Kempton Ward was being run like a social ...

Poplar party host 24 accused of raping woman guest was sleepwalking during sex attack

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:08 -0400

Darren Ramsey, 24, of Poplar, east London, was allegedly linked to the crime with a one-in-a-billion DNA match - but insisted he was unconscious and remembers ...

Babies who breathe second-hand smoke are more likely to be aggressive adults

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:08 -0400

Young children and babies forced to breathe second-hand cigarette smoke are more likely to be aggressive and anti-social as adults, according to new ...

Runaway bride Woman in wedding dress flees as she is chased across grass by excitable dog

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:07 -0400

The Youtube video features an unnamed woman called Morgan being filmed by a friend or family member after visiting her grandmother in the shimmering ...

Ultimate tribute to a selfless hero Parents of British soldier killed while protecting his comrades in Afghanistan accept his posthumous Victoria Cross from the Queen

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:06 -0400

The mother of a 'supremely courageous and inspiring' British soldier who died protecting the lives of his comrades in a battle with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan has spoken of her pride after accepting his posthumous Victoria Cross ...

Does it matter what side the Marmite goes on Rogue BBC Good Food site member posts recipe for Marmite on toast and sparks hilarious reaction

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:06 -0400

One no-nonsense we user has gone back to basics to post a recipe for Marmite on toast on the BBC's Good Food website - sparking a wave of hilarious ...

Eating sweets DOESNT make you more likely to be overweight or develop heart disease

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:04 -0400

Those who consumed sweets at least every other day were no more likely to be overweight or be at greater risk of cardiovascular disease than others who treated themselves about once a week or less, the research ...

Worlds oldest bodybuilder Pumping iron the 83-year-old body builder who is taking on the boys at their own game

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:03 -0400

But not the world's oldest competitive bodybuilder, Ray Moon, who has just given men less than half his age a run for their money at an international ...

Cute prairie dogs appear to cup each others faces and kiss in these adorable pictures

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:02 -0400

The cute critters were spotted cementing their familial bonds in their enclosure at Hannover Zoo in Germany. Showing their love, a pair even shared a kiss as one prairie dog appeared to tenderly cup the other's ...

ONS House prices rise by 2.7 across UK in the last year

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:40:01 -0400

Property prices in the 12 months to March 2013 increased by 2.7 per cent, edging up slightly compared to the annual 1.9 per cent rise recorded in February, according to official ...

Georgia Hedges Beautiful Essex teenager found hanged at home died in hospital two days later

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:39:59 -0400

'An ambulance was called. Extensive resuscitation was carried out and she was transferred to Adenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge where she died on the morning of May ...

Iran and Hezbollahs Support for Syria Complicates U.S. Strategy on Peace Talks

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:39:31 -0400

MUSCAT, Oman ...

US missile test delayed for a day

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:38:54 -0400

The US Air Force delayed for a day an intercontinental ballistic missile test Tuesday because of a "range safety instrumentation ...

Landmark immigration bill passes key Senate hurdle

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:38:53 -0400

The sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system took a major step towards viability Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to approve a landmark bill offering a path to citizenship for ...

Oklahoma tornado was strongest category weather official

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:38:52 -0400

The massive tornado that cut a wide and deadly swath through a suburban Oklahoma City town was a top category EF5 system with winds over 200 mph (321 kmh), a weather official told AFP ...

Afghan Interpreters Can Come To UK In Rethink

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:31:36 -0400

Around 600 Afghan interpreters are to be offered the chance to settle in Britain after an apparent coalition rethink. About half the staff working with UK forces are expected to be granted visas in recognition of risks to their personal safety. The proposals could see all interpreters who have been in the job more than 12 months and put themselves in physical danger offered a resettlement ...

Sky terrifies and inspires Okies

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:11 -0400

EU set to brand Hezbollah terrorists

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:23:14 -0400

Open the Google Chrome browser Click Tools icon>Options>Under the Hood>Content Settings Check Allow local data to be set Uncheck Block third-party cookies from being set Uncheck Clear cookies Close ...

Visitors evacuate after suicide at Paris Notre Dame Cathedral

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

PARIS Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head. It's the first suicide in decades at the landmark site, Monsignor Patrick Jacquin, the cathedral's rector, told The Associated Press. "It's unfortunate, it's dramatic, ...

Okla. tornado upgraded to most powerful class

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

With more than 300 people injured and at least 24 killed, government weather experts confirmed the twister that plowed through Moore, Okla., Monday was an EF5, which put the tornado in the most powerful classification. Scott Pelley reports on the latest from the ground in Moore, ...

DWTS Champion Melissa Rycroft picks a winner

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

Melissa Rycroft attends the 20th Annual Race to Erase MS Gala "Love To Erase MS" at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on May 3, 2013, in Century City, ...

Senate committee approves immigration bill

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

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

Saudi reportedly executes Yemeni gang members

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:18:34 -0400

Saudi Arabia has executed five Yemenis and displayed their bodies in public for killing a national and forming a gang that committed robberies across several towns in the kingdom, the interior ministry said. The men were executed on Tuesday in the town of Jizan in the southwest of Saudi Arabia. New York-based watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) slammed the punishment as "outrageous". ...

Updates Child victim identified

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:12:30 -0400

Drama as Alarm Sirens Wailed Time Reveals Lower Death Toll From Tornado

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:03:24 -0400

MOORE, Okla. ...

Suit against IDF for killing Palestinian rejected

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:35:13 -0400

The Jerusalem District Court has rejected a civil damages claim in a wrongful death case against the state for the killing of Ekel Saror during clashes over the West Bank security barrier near Ni'lin between Palestinian protesters and the IDF in 2009, it was announced on Tuesday.The actual decision against the six plaintiffs' claim was rendered on Monday.The court fully adopted the ...

Court to review rabbinical courts social exclusion order

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:35:13 -0400

The High Court of Justice accepted for deliberation on Monday a petition demanding that an independent rabbinical court that issued a writ of social exclusion against a haredi woman in the city of Elad should publicly rescind the decree.The writ was issued against the woman, referred to as HK to protect her identity, because she filed a complaint with a civil court against a neighbor who was ...

Rafsanjani a Founder of Irans Revolution Is Rejected as Candidate

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:32:54 -0400

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Journalists shouldnt be prosecuted for doing their jobs Obama

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:29:56 -0400

President Barack Obama does not want journalists prosecuted for doing their jobs, his spokesman said Tuesday, amid a furore over a Fox News reporter caught up in a Justice Department leak ...

Britains gay marriage bill passes major hurdle

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:29:54 -0400

British Prime Minister David Cameron headed off another Conservative rebellion after the opposition Labour Party helped him see off a "wrecking amendment" which had threatened his gay marriage ...

Immigration Overhaul Wins Panels Backing in the Senate

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:05 -0400

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Panel in Senate Sends Immigration Bill to the Floor

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:05 -0400

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Chinese Bear Bile Farming Draws Charges of Cruelty

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:17:24 -0400

Guizhentang Pharmaceutical uses bears to produce a traditional remedy it markets for a variety of ailments. A worker, above, drained bile from a bear's gallbladder in Fujian ...

Exclusive Bob Lutz Chinese in bid to buy Fisker Automotive - sources

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:14:18 -0400

WASHINGTON - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though it may end up paying more. ...

Prosecutors consider using racketeering law against SAC source

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:14:17 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors are considering charging Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors as a criminal enterprise engaged in a long pattern of insider trading in stocks, according to a person familiar with the ...

In Europe a Fed President Urges Quantitative Easing

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

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Injured third-grade teacher tells of trying to protect students

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:12:42 -0400

CBS News (CBS News) MOORE, Okla. -- Third-grade teacher Jennifer Doan's sternum and spine are fractured, and there are lacerations all over her body. She can barely speak, but her memory of the tornado is crystal clear. "We told them to get down, there weren't any lights on and already and they were all scared," she says. "I held my arm -- my arm over the ones next to ...

Oklahoma natives home destroyed for the second time

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:12:41 -0400

(CBS News) MOORE, Okla. - To lose your home to a tornado is incredible enough. But for one Moore, Okla., woman, it has now happened twice. CBS News found Nancy Davis in the ruins of her home Tuesday, in the same spot as the house she lost 14 years ago. This time, she was able to help her neighbors. George Stanley has lived in Oklahoma for sixty years. "We stepped outside here and saw the ...

Search efforts winding down

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:12:40 -0400

NWS , EF5 tornadoes and have winds over 200 mph -- enough to reduce well-constructed houses into splintered rubble and generate automobile-sized missiles. In this case, it reached a maximum 210 mph and covered a path 17 miles long and 1.3 miles wide for 50 minutes. The Oklahoma insurance commissioner said the damage is estimated to cost a total of $3 billion. The news came as the search for ...

Watch Jodi Arias talks about suicide

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:12:40 -0400

In this recently released video Jodi Arias, the Phoenix woman on trial for her boyfriend's 2008 stabbing and shooting death, sings and laughs to herself during a break from ...

Algerian presidents health still questioned

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:10:01 -0400

Official assurances about the improving health of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, hospitalised in France in April, have failed to convince many Algerians, as analysts warn that hiding such details is harder than it was. On Tuesday, France's defence ministry said Bouteflika was moved from the Val-de-Grace military hospital in Paris to a new facility in the French capital "to continue ...

Andy Murray withdraws from French Open with back injury

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:05:31 -0400

Andy Murray, Great Britain, hoists his trophy after defeating Novak Djokovic, Serbia, to win the men's championship at the U.S. Open held at the National Tennis Center on September 10, 2012 in New York. UPI Photo/Monika ...

In Disarming Testimony Apple Chief Eases Tax Tensions

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:00:02 -0400

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Square Feet Ambitious Paris Project Takes Shape in the Suburbs

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:57:42 -0400

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Teachers saved students in Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:39:08 -0400

The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up. But before all of the youngsters could get there, the tornado alarm sounded. The plan changed quickly. "All the teachers started screaming into the room and saying, 'Get into the hallway! We don't ...

War drill set to test responses to chemical attack

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:04 -0400

Authorities will hold a war drill next week based on the scenario of missiles pouring in from multiple fronts, with some carrying chemical warheads. The "targets" in the drill include population centers and strategic facilities.Named "Steadfast Home Front 1," the exercise will simulate the firing of missiles from Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza, and will include two air-raid ...

Yacimovich Morally corrupt to link murder to economy

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:02 -0400

Connecting the shooting in Beersheba to the economic situation is immoral, opposition leader Shelly Yacimovich (Labor) said Tuesday."Murder is murder is murder," Yacimovich stated. "Itamar Alon committed a cruel, violent, inhuman massacre of innocent people and left deep suffering and pain behind him."The Labor leader said she argued with her closest advisers who asked ...

State vows to curb private gun ownership

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:02 -0400

The government will work with all relevant public and private bodies in order to reduce the number of privately owned firearms in the country, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch said Tuesday, the day after Itamar Alon, a former security guard, used his firearm ...

Livni Scale tilts for freedom of information

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:01 -0400

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni on Tuesday addressed a Knesset Freedom of Information conference, saying "the prominent public interest moves the scale overwhelmingly in favor of freedom of information," in the balance between the need for state secrecy and for public transparency regarding government dealings.On the 15th anniversary of the passage of the Law on Freedom of ...

Is Pope Francis an exorcist Video appears to show Pontiff perform exorcism on wheelchair-bound boy after Sunday Mass

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:22:55 -0400

The television station of the Italian bishops' conference said it had surveyed exorcists, who agreed that Francis either performed an exorcism or a prayer to free the man from the ...

Dominique Venner Right-wing historian shoots himself in Notre Dame cathedral in protest at gay marriage

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:22:54 -0400

A right-wing historian shot himself dead in front of hundreds of tourists at the altar of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris today, apparently in protest at France's legalisation of gay ...

Communist soldiers of North Korea have fun at the fair as incredible images capture army during downtime

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:22:53 -0400

Laughing and joking, stroking stray dogs and relaxing at a fun fair, these are members of North Korea's fearsome People's Army as you've never seen them ...

Oscar Pistorius brother weeps as he is acquitted of culpable homicide of female motorcyclist in car accident five years ago

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:22:52 -0400

The brother of murder-accused Olympian Oscar Pistorius cried tears of relief as a magistrate acquitted him of culpable homicide in the death of a woman in a car ...

Vatican forced to tighten security at the Sistine Chapel after pickpockets target huge crowds of tourists

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:22:51 -0400

Some 25,000 people a day, or five million people a year, visit the chapel which is the best-known chapel of the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in the Vatican ...

US court rules Osama death photos can stay secret

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:21:45 -0400

A US appeals court ruled Tuesday that the federal government is not required to release photos that were taken of Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden after he was killed by special ...

7 Muslims Sentenced to Prison for Myanmar Violence

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:09:12 -0400

spasms of religious violence two months ago that left more than 40 people dead and chased thousands of people from their homes in central ...

Iran bars candidates for presidential election

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:06:08 -0400

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities on Tuesday barred former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a relative moderate, from running in the June 14 election, along with a protg of the current president, leaving mainly hardliners left to contest the ...

Brigadier general suspended over altercation with woman

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:04:26 -0400

WASHINGTON The Army says the commanding general of Fort Jackson, S.C., has been suspended in connection with charges of adultery and involvement in a physical altercation. The Army says Brig. Gen. Bryan Roberts reportedly was in an altercation with another woman, not his wife. Roberts was suspended from his job by Gen. Robert W. Cone, commander of Army Training and Doctrine Command, while the ...

Okies love-hate relationship

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:45:09 -0400

Okies love-hate relationship

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:45:09 -0400

Survivors tell harrowing stories

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:42:16 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKIMoore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Sun was hard to come by in Moore, Oklahoma, Tuesday. The sky still looked menacing, dark and ...

Oklahoma tornado Condolences from delegates at USNZ Pacific Partnership Forum

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:36:38 -0400

Delegates at the USNZ Pacific Partnership Forum meeting in Washington DC have expressed sorrow at the loss of life in the Oklahoma tornado. NZUS executive director Stephen Jacobi said delegates made note of the Canterbury earthquake, which had disrupted the last forum meeting. "Now the people of Oklahoma are facing devastation and loss of extraordinary proportions. "Our hearts go out to the ...

Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:59 -0400

WASHINGTON -; The Pentagon wants more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to ...

Happy Hour Links Conservatives Unite

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:21 -0400

Powerline : "Conservatives Unite Against Immigration Bill." Allahpundit: "U.S. officials have identified five Benghazi suspects -- but won't seize them ...

Disqualification Of Rafsanjani Paves Way For Khamenei To Install Loyalist

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:19:48 -0400

The decision by Iran’s powerful Guardians Council to bar former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from running in next month's presidential election paves the way for the country’s establishment to bring a loyalist to power. It also deals another blow to the credibility of the June 14 poll, analysts say. With his potential appeal to both reformists and conservatives, ...

Organic Cooperative Proves that Agriculture Can Prosper in Cuba

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:14:49 -0400

Continuous upgrading and a "vocation" for farming are two keys to the success of a cooperative that could serve as a model for boosting agriculture in ...

Indigenous Brazilians Learn to Fight for the Right to Food

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:14:49 -0400

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 21 2013 (IPS) - Indigenous communities in remote areas of Brazil have begun to recognise that they have the right to not be hungry, and are learning that food security means much more than simply having food on the ...

Stressed Ecosystems Leaving Humanity High and Dry

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:14:49 -0400

Global Water System Project (GWSP) , a research institute based in Bonn, Germany. ';Humans are changing the character of the world water system in significant ways with inadequate knowledge of the system and the consequences of changes being imposed,'; Bhaduri told IPS. The list of human impacts on the world’s water – of which only 0.03percent is available as freshwater ...

Tackling Crime Takes on Import As Urban Populations Rise

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:14:48 -0400

At the UN Forum of Mayors on Crime Prevention and Security in Urban Settings, from left to right: Dong Min Ki, Jonathan Lucas, Cecilia Andersson, Martin Xaba, Bilal S. Hamad, and Marin Casimir Ilboudo. Credit: Silvia ...

Seeking Justice for Dictatorship Victims – Two Continents Apart

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:14:48 -0400

HIJOS , the acronym for "Sons and Daughters for Identity and Justice Against Oblivion and Silence", is an Argentine rights group founded in 1995 when children of people "disappeared" by that country's 1976-1983 military regime came together to hold escraches or outings of human rights ...

UNFPA Focuses on Contraception for 222 Million in Developing World

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:14:48 -0400

- When thousands of participants from around the world gather in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur next week, the primary focus will be on health and empowerment of girls and ...

QA Guantanamo ‘Has No Right to Exist’

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:14:48 -0400

Robert Stefanicki interviews RAMZI KASSEM, associate professor of law at the City University of New York and a lawyer who defends prisoners at Guantanamo ...

In India Rapists Don’t Spare Children

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:14:47 -0400

police inaction , triggered fresh agitation in the national capital. In the same month, another five-year-old girl in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh succumbed to her injuries after enduring similarly unspeakable horrors. Stories of rape and abuse, often involving fatalities, are pouring in every day now, with the latest figures showing that child rapes in India have risen 336 ...

Zimbabwe’s Ruling Party Militias Spread Fear of Voting

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:14:47 -0400

- For the last month Gibson Severe and his wife, Merjury Severe, known opposition supporters from Hurungwe district in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland West Province, have been hiding out in the country's capital ...

Caribbean Farming Gets Its Roots Wet

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:14:47 -0400

- As Caribbean communities grapple with the entwined challenges of climate change and food security, modern technologies offer hope that the region’s stagnating agricultural sector can be made more ...

Oklahoma tornado ‘Our hearts are broken. This is bigger than anything I’ve ever seen. It’s huge. It’s horrific’

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:04:39 -0400

I saw that line earlier from the sky, even on an open field close to where the tornado first touched down on Monday afternoon. It is the edge of the funnel's fist. One corner of the pasture is strafed a darker green than the rest, like the turned corner of a hanky. Suddenly all the twister's path through the subdivisions of Moore comes into view. From above, it resembles the scar of ...

Pope performs exorcism Vatican denies video footage

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:03:41 -0400

Pope Francis blesses a child as he leaves in his papamobile after the Holy mass for Pentecost Sunday on May 19, 2013 at St Peter's Square at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO Vatican City - The Vatican on Tuesday denied that Pope Francis had performed an exorcism after an Italian religious television channel said footage of the pontiff blessing a boy in a wheelchair showed he had. ...

With wary eye on the U.S. China courts India

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:53:37 -0400

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, smiling and effusive, was out to smooth ruffled feathers in India this week, promising to ease tensions and increase trade between Asia's fastest growing economies in his first trip overseas since taking ...

Chinas bird flu outbreak cost $6.5 billion

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:53:36 -0400

GENEVA (Reuters) - The H7N9 virus appears to have been brought under control in China largely due to restrictions at bird markets, but caused some $6.5 billion in losses to the economy, U.N. experts said on ...

U.S. IDs several men possibly responsible for Benghazi attack

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:51:41 -0400

WASHINGTON The U.S. has identified several men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, but none of them are in U.S. custody and the FBI isn't sure where they might be, a U.S. official told CBS News correspondent Bob Orr. The Associated Press reported there were five men identified. An official told CBS News that number was "in the ...

Iowa Cops Man suspected of abducting 2 girls found dead

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:51:39 -0400

IowaSexOffenders.com (CBS/AP) DAYTON, Iowa - Authorities say a convicted sex offender who was suspected of abducting two girls from an Iowa bus stop Monday has been found dead. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says 42-year-old Michael Klunder was found dead Monday night at a rural property northeast of Dayton, which is about 60 miles north of Des Moines. His cause of death remains ...

Oklahoma tornados strength upgraded to rare EF5

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:51:38 -0400

MOORE, Okla. The National Weather Service's damage survey found that the monster tornado that wreaked havoc on an Oklahoma City suburb is the most powerful type of tornado there is: an EF5. According to the Enhanced Fujita scale and ...

Clouds singer known for viral hit dies from osteosarcoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:51:37 -0400

Zach Sobiech's battle with cancer may have ended, but the inspirational message he put out for millions will surely endure. The 17-year-old high school senior from Stillwater, Minnesota recorded the song "Clouds" and posted it on YouTube last December, where it has been watched more than 3 million times since. Sobiech died Monday, May 20, ...

Watch NASA captures Okla. tornado from space

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:51:37 -0400

NASA's GOES-13 satellite captured images of the storm system that sparked tornadoes in the middle of the country. The video includes images of the twister left dozens of people dead in Moore, ...

India offers more aid for Afghanistan

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:48:49 -0400

India has offered to provide more training and reconstruction aid for Afghanistan as most international troops prepare to withdraw next year.President Pranab Mukherjee told visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai that India was proud to help, a statement from Mukherjee's office said on Tuesday."India is prepared to increase bilateral contribution to institution-building, training and ...

LZ Teachers remarkable courage

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:43:54 -0400

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

A Guide for Game Hunting in Englands Premier League

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:40:39 -0400

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England ...

Will Yahoo make Tumblr uncool

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:38:16 -0400

>Editor's note: Douglas Rushkoff writes a regular column for CNN.com. He is a media theorist and the author of the new book "Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now. "(CNN) -- So why would Yahoo -- the original king of Internet discussion groups -- pay over $1 billion for a simple little blog-publishing tool like Tumblr? Doesn't the giant Web company have the ability to create its own ...

Liberal Pundits Gather in West Wing

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:13:08 -0400

ezraklein & other lefty columnists headed into the West Wing as a group. POTUS coffee? Carney meeting? Anyone? - Ari Shapiro ...

Opinion Okies love-hate relationship

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:12:31 -0400

Updates Rating changed to EF5

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:03 -0400

IDF soldier killed while clearing Israeli minefield

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:03:22 -0400

An IDF soldier was killed while taking part in the clearing of a minefield in the southern Golan Heights.The soldier was of the Engineering Corps. His family has been notified.Ground Forces Commander Maj.-Gen. Guy Tzur appointed a committee of inquiry to investigate the incident.The mine exploded for unknown reasons during an advanced training phase of the Engineering Corps, a senior army ...

Egyptian army secures Sinai in hunt for Islamists

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:03:22 -0400

Rafah near the border with Gaza on Thursday in the latest setback for the Cairo government's efforts to reinstate law and order in the Sinai ...

US envoy Hussein to combat Holocaust denial

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:03:22 -0400

United States Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is to travel to Poland on Wednesday to visit Jewish communities, the site of the former Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, and other Holocaust historical ...

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