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Virginia hikers hit by runaway car

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:21:55 -0400

A parade in the US state of Virginia has been ended by an horrendous car crash. Over 50 people were injured in an incident where a car ploughed into the crowd whose members had been hiking through the area. More than a dozen people were seriously injured in the crash, which took place during the Trail Days festival in the town of Damascus in northern Virginia. Ambulances ferried the ...

Israel concerned Russian arms will reach enemies

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:24:01 -0400

Israel has warned Russia about sending arms to Syria. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has spoken on Channel Two television's Meet the Press to condemn shipments of arms from Russia that she said may be used against Israel. She said: "These are not just any weapons, they are tie-breakers, and that's why there is a responsibility with all world powers, certainly Russia, not to supply such ...

Syrian bomb disposal experts on high alert

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:19:24 -0400

At least eight people have been killed and ten others injured in a bomb attack in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The incident took place in the north of the city, where cars and buildings were set alight by a bomb. The bomb had been concealed in another car which was parked near a school in the Rukn Eddin neighbourhood. Another explosive device was defused by military experts who had ...

Iranian spies die in dawn hanging

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:27:54 -0400

Two spies have been hanged in Iran following a Revolutionary Court judgement. Press TV has reported the spies, who worked for the US Central Intelligence Agency and the Israeli spy agency, the Mossad, were hanged at dawn on Sunday. Sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court, the men have been named as Mohammad Heidari, a Mossad agent and Kourosh Ahmadi, who was convicted of working for ...

Texas takes on large oil firms

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:26:06 -0400

BP and Halliburton are being sued by the state of Texas over one of the worst oil spills in US history. Texas has become the latest complainant in allegations that both companies engaged in "misconduct" for their role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Four other states that have sued BP and other companies in connection to the spill. Alabama and Louisiana filed complaints in 2010 ...

Motorsports Team MRF deliver 1-2 finish

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:20:01 -0400

Team MRF achieved a 1-2 finish here Sunday with Esapekka Lappi and Gaurav Gill finishing in that order in the International Rally of Whangarei that also doubled up as the first round of the 2013 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship. Visiting New Zealand for their first time, 22-year-old Finn Esapekka Lappi (co-driver Janne Ferm) led from start-to-finish driving the Skoda Fabia S2000. Lappi ...

ISAF plane makes hard landing in Afghanistan

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:50:01 -0400

A C-130 plane with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) made a hard landing Sunday in Afghanistan, but there were no casualties, a statement said. The plane landed in Logar province, 60 km south of Kabul, Xinhua cited the ISAF statement as saying. Without providing details, the statement stressed that "there are no casualties, and there was no indication of insurgent ...

Bhubaneshwar hosts rock concert to preserve heritage art

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:10:01 -0400

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), in association with the Odisha State Museum (OSM), organised the rock art exhibition in Bhubaneshwar on the occasion of the International Museum Day. The renowned museum showcased around 250 photographs of rock arts and six to eight replicas of the preserved art. Project director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, BL Malla said ...

North Korea fires short-range missile

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:20:02 -0400

North Korea Sunday fired a short-range missile into the East Sea, even as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was concerned over Pyongyang's latest missile launches and urged the regime to return to the talks on its controversial nuclear programme. Citing an anonymous military official in Seoul, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the short-range missile launch came a day after Pyongyang ...

UN chief urges DPRK to return to negotiating table

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:40:04 -0400

Moscow, May 19 (Xinhua-ANI): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to return to the negotiating table with international mediators. Ban was concerned over the DPRK's latest short-range missile launches and urged the country "to refrain from further such acts," Ban told the RIA Novosti news agency. The DPRK launched three short-range ...

Britains first astronaut to go on space mission in 2015

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:40:01 -0400

Britain's first "official" astronaut, 41-year-old Major Tim Peake, has been selected to go on a five-month mission to the International Space Station in 2015, a media report said Sunday. Peake, a former army helicopter pilot, graduated as a European Space Agency astronaut more than two years ago and has been waiting for a space mission since then, the Guardian daily said. However, Peake has ...

Kirani James talks up Grenada relay team

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:30:02 -0400

World and Olympic 400 metre champion Kirani James has warned that Grenada is capable of producing a relay team as a force to be reckoned with in world athletics. The Grenadian quarter-miler has identified three of the country's overseas-based athletes who he believes can form a quartet with himself to compete against the best in the world, reports CMC. They include Rondell Bartholomew who has ...

Kirani James outpaces rivals to win in Shanghai

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:00:02 -0400

World and Olympic champion Kirani James powered to victory against his main rivals from London 2012 Olympics in the 400 metres at Shanghai's Diamond League meet. The Grenadian quarter miler raced ahead on the final bend to edge 2008 Olympic champion, the USA's Lashawn Merritt, into second place Saturday, reports Xinhua. Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic, the silver medallist from last ...

Isinbayeva to continue as Youth Olympics ambassador

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

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

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

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

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

DPR Koreans win mixed doubles at table tennis worlds

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

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

Belgian golfer loses Bulgarian competition after forced to tee from toilet

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

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

Conference on Syria settlement very soon UN chief

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

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

UN chief calls on North Korea to return to talks

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

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

Rousseff opens Brasilia World Cup stadium

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

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

Dubai moves to stop ivory tusk smuggling

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

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

McDowell defends slip about McIlroys leaving Nike deal agency

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

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

Bidders vie to build world’s largest hydropower plant in Congo

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:02:15 -0400

A file photo shows eight massive turbines, only three of which work, on the Congo River. Existing hydro plants Inga I, commissioned in 1972, and Inga II which followed a decade later, have fallen into disrepair. ...

Europes cruise ship loss is Asias cruise ship gain

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:53:23 -0400

The numbers of cruise operators cutting back on their European programmes and ships is increasing, with Regent Seven Seas now cutting back dramatically on their programmes, Carnival announcing it was pulling out of Europe for 2014, with other lines cutting back in Europe for 2014 include Royal Caribbean which announced earlier this month that it would send only seven ships to Europe in 2014, down ...

Watch Wait Begins for Owner of Winning Powerball Ticket

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:36:49 -0400

Question who is America's newest multi billionaire it's hard to believe but there was just one winning ticket. In that giant powerball lottery overnight and it was sold in zephyr hills Florida ...

Watch Monster Twisters Caught on Tape

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:36:49 -0400

Dangerous scene playing out across much of the heartland at this hour several cities taking cover. At these pictures just coming in from Oklahoma City tonight you can see the fears cloud -- there on the horizon sending debris in every direction knocking out power already. ABC year old -- -- Jersey had been warning all of us that in the last 24 hours if this Sunday night to severe weather would ...

Watch President First Lady Offer Words of Wisdom to Class of 2013

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:36:49 -0400

Tuition season is upon us tonight the president among the headliners offered advice this weekend some of the debate stinging. And there was the famous mayor who suggested students who are so so -- ...

Triology tour Author Atkinson talks World War II in Knoxville visit

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:04:55 -0400

Pulitzer prize-winning author Rick Atkinson speaks to guests Sunday at the Bijou Theater. Atkinson was in Knoxville as part of a national book-signing tour for the final installment of his "The Liberation Trilogy." (Photo by Wade Payne, Special to the News ...

Gearing for world without PCs

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:59 -0400

/enpproperty--> Manufacturers seek out other options to keep profit margins Dell Inc, the world's third-largest personal computer manufacturer and one of the most time-honored players in the hardware-making industry, is betting on a 1-year-old software unit to redefine its brand after the global PC market started to suffer from declining sales and the company announced it was ...

Heilan chief rides into new world of business

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:37 -0400

/enpproperty--> I performed a comedy-style double-take as our van rounded a corner and we were presented with the sight of two giant Dutch-style windmills, their blades turning as if they were grinding grain into flour instead of deliberately attracting attention in a breathtaking way by being so out of place. Two questions came to mind. Where was this? Xinqiao town in Jiangyin city, ...

Venezuela in rare diplomatic overture to America

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:14 -0400

CARACAS - Venezuela on Sunday made a rare diplomatic overture to the United States, suggesting it could be time for better ties."We are going to remain open to normalizing relations with the United States," Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said on Televen television Sunday."The first thing would be to resume diplomatic representation at the highest level," he said.The ...

Putin to Meet with Council of Europe Secretary General

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:55:59 -0400

MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will on Monday meet with Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland, the Kremlin reported. Jagland arrived in Russia on a three-day working visit on Sunday. The visit's program will start Monday when the Council of Europe chief meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. The ...

British PM urges more action on tax from UK territories

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:51:20 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain called upon its overseas territories to "get their house in order" over the sharing of tax information on Monday as the UK looks to lead a global fight against tax evasion ahead of a meeting of the world's wealthiest ...

Young techie enters worlds richest

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:50:17 -0400

The sale is set to make Tumblr founder David Karp, 26, instantly once of the wealthiest tech businessmen in the world.Yahoo! did not immediately return AFP's calls for confirmation, but CEO Marissa Mayer has scheduled a news conference in New York Monday at which the company said it will unveil "something special."Reports last week said Yahoo! is eyeing the move to attract more ...

Tornadoes send US residents packing

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

NBC reports.Residents in downtown Wichita were told to seek shelter Sunday afternoon after a tornado was confirmed on the ground. The warning, which also covered the surrounding area that includes Haysville, was lifted in early evening, KSN reported.Last week, 10 tornadoes touched down in several small communities in North Texas, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds ...

8 things to know

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:47:35 -0400

>World-renowned chef, author and Emmy winning television personality Anthony Bourdain visits Libya in the next episode of "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown," airing Sunday, May 19, at 9 p.m. ET. Follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.(CNN) -- Following Libya's revolution, oil production has been restored and the country has slipped from the front pages. Once more, Libya has become North ...

8 things to know

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:47:35 -0400

Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar presidents landmark visit

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:47:34 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47 years on ...

8 things to know before visiting Libya

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

College baseball roundup Seton Hill falls short of D-II World Series

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:47:01 -0400

Seton Hill's run at a spot in the NCAA Division II World Series ended with a doubleheader loss to Shippensburg on Sunday in Winston-Salem, ...

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed on Wednesday that in conversations with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry they came to an agreement to organize a new international conference on the conflict in Syria. Moscow and Washington agree

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:35:24 -0400

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, confirmed on Wednesday (8th) that in conversations with U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, they came to an agreement to organize a new international conference on the conflict in Syria. Moscow and Washington agree that the meeting will take place in May in Geneva with the participation of both parties Moscow and Washington agree that the meeting will ...

Bloomberg terminals opened world of information to reporters

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

Today, what really connects the financial world? Money, intellect and ideology are candidates. But the best answer may be: the Bloomberg terminal. More than 315,000 of these data cockpits are in use around the world, leased for $20,000 a year. To locate a shared terminal in an office one merely needs to follow the deepest footpath in the carpeting. "Smart money" cannot live without ...

Movers Shakers Kyle OKeefe Robert Half International

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

Robert Half International Title: Regional vice president Age: 35 Kyle O’Keefe, who has a decade of experience at Robert Half International, has been promoted to regional vice president for the specialized staffing firm’s Twin Cities market. O’Keefe will oversee operations for Robert Half’s Accountemps and OfficeTeam staffing divisions ...

How The Syria Debate Is Playing Out In The Middle East

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:16:45 -0400

Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: That concern is reflected in the Arab media. Ramez Maluf, head of the Department of Journalism at Balamand University in Lebanon, has been tracking that reaction. He joined us from our bureau in Beirut. And I asked him how invested people in the region ...

Iranian Candidate Hopes To Take International Viewpoint Home

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:16:44 -0400

Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. We begin this hour in the Middle East, first Iran. This week, the religiously based Guardian Council is expected to announce the final roster of candidates in that country's ...

International brain centre plan for Coast

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:13:16 -0400

BOLD plans are under way to establish a multimillion-dollar Neuroscience Centre of Excellence at Southport, a move that will create 3000 jobs in the proposed CBD and link the region with the Mayo Clinic and the Rockefeller Research Centre.Griffith University, the State Government and Gold Coast City Council have joined forces and established a taskforce to deliver the centre, with the first ...

Militants kill 10 Iraq policemen in checkpoint attacks

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:08:50 -0400

Sectarian violence flares in Iraq Militants have killed at least 10 Iraqi policemen in a series of attacks on checkpoints in the West of the country, police and local officials said. Sectarian tensions in Iraq have been amplified by the conflict in neighbouring Syria, where mostly Sunni rebels are fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad who is backed by Shi'ite Iran. There was no ...

Pakistan army will be watching Sharifs cozying up to India

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:57:58 -0400

Nawaz Sharif, incoming prime minister and leader of political party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), smiles as he talks to journalists after visiting Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), outside the Shaukat Khanum hospital in Lahore May 14, ...

UAE tops Middle East with $10 billion in tourism receipts

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:57:27 -0400

The UAE has topped the Middle East region for international tourism receipts in 2012, according to data released by the UN's World Tourism Organisation. The UAE was ranked 31st in global list with receipts of about $10bn, just ahead of Saudi Arabia which was placed 35th, with revenues of $7.4bn. Middle East tourism receipts totalled $46.7bn last year, the Arabian Business quoting UNWTO ...

5 hospitalized in train collision

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:49:36 -0400

>Were you there? Share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Five people remained in the hospital -- one in critical condition -- two days after a commuter train derailed and struck another train on one of the busiest tracks in the country, officials said Sunday. National Transportation Safety Board investigators looking at the accident, along the corridor from New York to New Haven, Connecticut, ...

Haikou International Yachting Exhibition successfully concluded

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:33:50 -0400

The 3-day 2013 China (Haikou) Yachting Industry Forum and International Yachting Exhibition were successfully concluded at Haikou Xinbu Island on 13th May. According to the organizing committee, a total of 108 yachts were on display at the exhibition, more than at either of the previous two years, with a trade volume of more than 53.77 million yuan. Alongside foreign enterprises, this ...

Switzerland take silver at world championships

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:31:06 -0400

The European Court of Justice could settle differences between Switzerland and the European Union over their future bilateral relationship, a top Swiss diplomat has told the NZZ am Sonntag ...

Hernandez Ferguson has changed world football

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:06:56 -0400

Manchester United's Javier Hernandez hailed Alex Ferguson's impact on football after the manager's last game ended in a 5-5 draw with West Brom.Ferguson received a guard of honour before Sunday's pulsating clash at the Hawthorns, which finished all square as a Romelu Lukaku hat-trick inspired Steve Clarke's men to a remarkable fightback, the hosts coming back from four ...

Kerry heads to Middle East focus on Syria

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:04:48 -0400

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to the Middle East this week to meet with leaders in the area. It is expected that Syria will be a major point of discussion. Shibley Telhami of the Brookings Institute and journalist Rula Jebreal join MSNBC with ...

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