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1cf1528e51ee8ba05b42edaf5c2aef7915b20231 | Zanzibar, Tanzania (CNN) -- Two young British women were injured in an acid attack carried out by two men on a motorcycle on the east African island of Zanzibar, local police said Thursday. The women, who were attacked in Stone Town, the island's historic center, had been working as volunteer teachers on the island, tr... | NEW: The government will regulate the sale of acid, step up police patrols .
Eyewitnesses say acid was splashed on the women's faces, chests and hands .
They were volunteering as teachers in Zanzibar, i-to-i Travel says .
Their attackers were two men on a motorcycle, police say . |
1cf3685ac07d6c1467f1d2b7f092dc548d159df8 | Iran has launched a new satellite – its fourth in recent years. The satellite – designed and built domestically – is capable of sustaining its orbit for 18 months and is named Fajr, which translates as dawn. The launch comes amid negotiations with world powers over Iran’s contested nuclear programme. The satellite – de... | Fajr, which means dawn, was sent into orbit today, state media reports .
It is the first observation satellite launched by Iran since 2012 .
The country insists the machine has been designed to take photographs .
Critics fear space programme will be used develop nuclear weapons . |
1cf382cf4fff6e72bc9fad7358473ad2f3267f6b | By . Kieran Corcoran . A suspected thief is being hunted by police after abandoning his phone - complete with selfie screensaver - at the scene of a jewellery shop raid. Germain Ibrahim Fofana, 27, allegedly stole three rings worth £18,000 from a shop in Kingston, Southwest London, after posing as a loving couple with ... | 'Thief' stole three rings in Kingston, London on Sunday afternoon .
But in his haste to escape he left a phone behind - with a selfie background .
Police were able to use the image to identify the suspected criminal .
Germain Ibrahim Fofana, a 27-year-old Frenchman, is now being hunted . |
1cf5801c8eb6e8768dbb62ead99668b8c30fdd22 | Hong Kong (CNN) -- When Shaun Rein drives to Shanghai's Pudong International Airport, about 10 minutes outside the airfield, he begins to notice a line of cars -- including Rolls Royces and Bentleys -- parked along the side of the highway. "Why? It's because these people, who can spend a million dollars on a car, don't... | China's growing middle class is expected to grow from 350 million to 600 million by 2020 .
Beijing's new leaders trying to steer economy toward domestic spending rather than exports and investment .
Concerns remain over wealth disparity and lack of social safety net in China .
Foreign companies say it's increasingly mo... |
1cf62b846dc01c4cfd94786e11978860a4377575 | Peter Reid says the inaugural Indian Super League heralds a time for India to shed its ‘poor boy image’. The 58-year-old former England international midfielder is manager of Mumbai City who kick off the new season on October 12 against Atletico de Kolkata . Organisers hope this is the start of a new dawn in India with... | The inaugural Indian Super League kicks off on October 12 .
Peter Reid will manage Mumbai City with players including Nicolas Anelka .
Former England international hopes ISL will help shed 'poor boy image'
Freddie Ljungberg, Robert Pires, Alessandro del Piero, Mikael Silvestre and David Trezeguet are among other star p... |
1cf68fa53e27d7f25320fce8f85f70c456efd808 | Britain risks sleep-walking into a full-scale war by launching missile strikes against Syria, former top brass warned last night. Retired commanders cautioned that an ill-thought-out attack against President Assad’s brutal regime could provoke revenge attacks at home and abroad. Lord West of Spithead, a former First Se... | They cautioned could provoke revenge attacks home and abroad .
Also emerged Israel was taking .
precautions against possible Syrian attack .
They include bolstering missile defences and handing out gas masks . |
1cf80deeb560656fb1b96d4d56dd4eb4e02bae2f | Arrest: Former Montgomery County DA Bruce Castor said he wanted to arrest Cosby - but there was not enough evidence . The former District Attorney who decided not to charge Bill Cosby with rape today revealed to MailOnline that he wanted to arrest the star - but had insufficient proof. Bruce Castor was the DA of Montgo... | Andrea Constand claimed Cosby drugged and attacked her at his Philadelphia home in 2004 .
She launched a civil suit against him and settled out of court in 2006 .
She remains the only woman to press charges against comic legend - as others now come forward to accuse star of sexual assault .
Cosby had to take statement ... |
1cf8fd8205104ddd4cdc5733c43beb970f07b77c | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 22:37 EST, 24 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:32 EST, 25 October 2013 . A man on trial in the slaying of Washington Redskins star safety Sean Taylor admitted to breaking into the NFL player's home, kicking down the bedroom door and shooting Taylor, and drew a detailed diagram of th... | Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor was murdered in November 2007 during a burglary .
After his death, then-17-year-old Eric Rivera Jr was arrested during a routine traffic stop .
Rivera allegedly confessed to killing Taylor while trying breaking into Taylor's home to steal $200,000 in cash .
A recording of that co... |
1cf90f5fce9d58eb1bcc8d3d83b8a5bb352b2fc3 | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 04:30 EST, 17 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:22 EST, 17 June 2013 . A man blackmailed a terrified Muslim teenager into handing over more than £15,000 worth of her mother’s jewellery to stop him exposing a sex tape of her on Facebook. Aamir Khan, 20, told the 16-year-old girl that he had cov... | Aamir Khan, 20, told the girl, 16, he had covertly filmed them during an intimate encounter in his car .
The victim was so ashamed she considered running away from home and killing herself .
Khan admitted blackmail and was sentenced to three years, seven months youth detention . |
1cf9359c7ffe26472cfeb267101d0e90017217e3 | Rome (CNN) -- The parents of Amanda Knox, an American convicted of murdering her British roommate in 2007, were indicted Tuesday for allegedly libeling police in Perugia, Italy, Knox's mother and the family's Italian attorney said. In a 2009 interview in the Sunday Times of London, Curt Knox and Edda Mellas said that t... | NEW: A family spokesman says Knox's parents are focused on her appeal .
Curt Knox and Edda Mellas said their daughter told them she was physically and verbally abused .
The claims were made in a 2009 Sunday Times of London interview .
A hearing is set for July 4 . |
1cf95fbae3393ee95c5fa9c8db47cf7bfdc8c8fc | Militant preacher Anjem Choudary has been identified as a leading British influence for the Al Qaeda-linked terrorists who carried out the Kenya shopping mall atrocity, it emerged yesterday. London-based Choudary, who has been linked to dozens of terrorist suspects, is highlighted in a video issued by East African grou... | Mohammed Ansar, 39, is British documentary film-maker and journalist .
He was singled out in video and police visited him on Wednesday evening .
The hour-long video is titled 'Woolwich attack: It’s an eye for an eye'
Other targets include Usama Hasan, a researcher with Quilliam Foundation .
Imam and broadcaster Ajmal M... |
1cf97bb420fd9fe92343ea5d78bbaef7d830456b | By . David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor . A landmark budget agreement that passed in the U.S. House on Thursday faces certain death in the Senate unless at least five Republicans step up to support it – but so far there are no takers at all. The GOP's Senate leaders plan to launch a procedural effort to kill the pla... | Congress needs to pass a new budget by January 15 to avoid another government shutdown .
Republican Rep. Paul Ryan and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray negotiated a framework and tried to sell it to their respective majorities .
The GOP-led House passed the plan Thursday night despite complaints from tea partiers and other... |
1cf98a499b8d242ef576bbe4008873c9389fc3e5 | Atletico Madrid star Diego Costa seemed to be running freely during a light training session as he attempts to recover from the hamstring injury which threatens to rule him out of the Champions League final against Real Madrid on Saturday. The 25-year-old even managed a couple of sprints after stretching and heading of... | Diego Costa takes part in Atletico Madrid's final training session before Champions League final against Real Madrid .
Striker looked set to miss the final with a hamstring injury .
Diego Simeone's players seemed in a relaxed mood ahead of the European final .
Tiago claims Atleti boss Diego Simeone is 'like a god' to t... |
1cfb11d33560b4a579b9405ec244b1571bb7f7f1 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:42 EST, 27 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:25 EST, 27 September 2013 . An Indiana woman who rescued a baby squirrel after his nest was accidentally chainsawed in half is being forced to give him up. Sara Householder has been looking after Rocky the squirrel since March afte... | Tree surgeon accidentally sawed through nest in March .
Rocky's mother and sibling died but Rocky survived .
Sara Householder nursed him from a few days old .
Rocky to be taken away because permit must be given before getting animal . |
1cfb5455dc5fc58d51d52255b89ee88595cdd921 | (CNN) -- Stuxnet is viewed as potentially the most dangerous piece of computer malware discovered. It's been developed on an unprecedented scale and has the ability to target and control specified industrial machinery. Trying to explain how this works is a bit like trying to trace the origin of this nasty little piece ... | Stuxnet, a new piece of computer malware, has unprecedented potential .
It exploits four holes and goes straight to the brain of industrial computers .
It's not internet based, but can use the internet to spread . |
1cfb95ffd3919f5f16854c196995cce87553fdd3 | Roger Federer has called on tennis to redouble its efforts in the fight against doping, saying it would be "naive" to think the sport is clear of drugs cheats. "Naivety says that tennis is clean, the way it's been all the way through," the 17-time grand slam champion 31-year-old told CNN. "It's pretty good, of course e... | Roger Federer says it is "naive" to think tennis is clear of doping .
World No. 2 calls for more testing and funding in the fight against banned substances .
17-time grand slam winner also suggests introducing biological passports .
Federer beaten in semifinals in Dubai as Novak Djokovic marches on . |
1cfc2cae566842014c43070c9d707e245b2afab4 | The search is on for a software programmer at Yahoo who went missing without a trace New Year's Day. Friends say Luke Arduini of Oakland, California is a brilliant Javascript programmer and that his employer has gone so far as to hire a private investigator to find the 28-year-old. Arduini has disappeared without telli... | Luke Arduini of Oakland, California was last heard from over social media when he posted a picture of San Francisco's Bay Bridge .
Friends say Yahoo believes him valuable enough to go looking for .
Private investigator James Vierra says Arduini has a history of mental instability and suicidal comments .
Friends say he'... |
1cfc4211be79075b21ba5d4673f284fd2da37cbe | This is the incredible moment a sperm whale who is just minutes old is escorted to the surface for its first breath by female whales who act as midwives. The amazing images show the pregnant mother swimming along with a pod of the normally shy animals in the Azores. Suddenly the mother-to-be stops and gives birth to a ... | A female sperm whale gives birth surrounded by a pod of other females .
After the baby is born, other whales step in appearing to act as midwives .
They then escort the newborn to the surface so it can take its first breath .
Birth was captured on camera by Kurt Amsler while diving in the Azores .
He says the birth was... |
1cfc90af53e86a9d9e2bc114a996c3571fa43833 | The last Paris Motor Show was marked by tear gas and workers' violent protests against job cuts. Now, the mood is different and industry bosses are back doing what they prefer: Showing off the latest luxury models, supercars and hybrid motors. Among the most anticipated cars at this week's event -- one of the biggest d... | Paris Motor Show kicks off as car giants take the stage to present new models .
Focus will be on greener and more efficient cars, as manufacturers try to capture new customers .
European car market shows signs of recovery, but Asia remains the growth center . |
1cfe0ea2927d21533bd09ea236ff7be26dfff57a | By . Rosie Taylor . PUBLISHED: . 11:04 EST, 26 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:13 EST, 26 May 2013 . British buyers are snapping up entire villages in Spain for a fifth of the price of the average semi-detached home here. Property bargain-hunters are making the most of Spain's economic crisis to buy homes locals can no lo... | Britons buying Spanish property at knockdown prices amid economic crisis .
Entire villages selling for fifth the price of average British semi-detached .
Neil Christie, 61, bought hamlet for retirement for only 45,000 euros . |
1cff4858dfb568061499d5b7d2b112fabb9814ce | Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) -- Venezuelan cable television providers dropped a channel Sunday that has been critical of President Hugo Chavez, citing violation of broadcast laws. Radio Caracas Television, which lost its broadcasting license in 2007 and became a cable-only channel, disappeared shortly after midnight on Sat... | NEW: RCTV denies it violated law, says move to drop it from cable is illegal .
Radio Caracas Television had been critical of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez .
Cable providers says RCTV violated broadcast laws .
Five other channels were taken off air . |
1d016dab849fad7d5d27119b0148e0db3dd319ca | By . Meghan Keneally . PUBLISHED: . 06:26 EST, 22 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:26 EST, 22 February 2013 . Prosecution lawyers in the Jodi Arias murder trial have challenged the defendant over phone records and diary entries they say contradict her claims her boyfriend was a pedophile. Arias, who maintains she was ... | Arias forced to defend previous statements during first day of prosecution .
Admitted shooting Travis Alexander but 'had no memory' of stabbing him . |
1d01e21b9195e9ac89c85b1d1657773b5a90318e | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 09:50 EST, 18 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:00 EST, 18 October 2013 . Third class rail travel could return to Britain as the government faced claims it was turning the clock back half a century. Plans to re-privatise the East Coast main line from London t... | Department for Transport included option in prospectus for line sell-off .
Expected to include an extra tier between first class and standard class .
Unions warn it will mean ' passengers rammed in to creaking cattle trucks' |
1d03b7c2746cada93fea03c6dcd5ec1e11e053b0 | Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- U.S. authorities have discovered about 30 tons of marijuana that were part of a smuggling operation using a tunnel under the California-Mexico border, officials said Wednesday. The 600-yard tunnel -- which features a rail system, lighting and ventilation -- connects a warehouse in Tijua... | NEW: "It's not a good day for the cartels," says ICE director John Morton.
NEW: Smugglers were caught in the act, Morton says .
A 600-yard tunnel connected warehouses in Tijuana and San Diego, officials say .
26 tons of smuggled marijuana were found on the U.S. side and 4 in Mexico . |
1d049b10067b15eab4341ae52524b99f4aeeeba2 | Despite Japanese deflation, a weaker yen and rising prices throughout the world, Tokyo has resumed its position as the world's most expensive city, according to the latest Worldwide Cost of Living Survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Tokyo took over from the Swiss city of Zurich, which dropped to seventh. Austr... | Sydney, Melbourne big movers .
Caracas the most expensive city in the Americas .
Asia-Pacific cities dominate the top 20 . |
1d050b7c3c2e8c588f57fb25f273c4c3c8e902d6 | A drink-driver who crashed in a country lane phoned her passenger's father instead of 999, leaving the distraught man to find his dead son at the scene. Debbie Barker has been jailed for three years over the late-night crash which killed hotelier Tom Bannister as they drove home from his Coniston Hotel near Skipton, No... | Debbie Barker, 43, took Tom Bannister from Coniston Hotel, North Yorkshire .
Range Rover lost control on bend in country lane, throwing him from the car .
But she rang hotelier's father who found body, delaying ambulance's arrival .
Barker, who was over drink-drive limit four hours later, jailed for three years . |
1d069343f76291dced6cbef86a9ff2fd26c51575 | What would spur someone to walk up to a war memorial, fatally shoot a soldier guarding it, then rush into Canada's Parliament and open fire? The attacker, identified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, may have taken the answer to his grave when he himself was shot dead before he could seriously hurt anyone inside Parliament. Yet... | U.S. source: Zehaf-Bibeau has "connections" online with jihadists .
He had been staying at a shelter in Ottawa since early October .
His mother told police that Zehaf-Bibeau wanted to go to Syria, official says .
Authorities say he killed a Canadian soldier, attacked parliament before his death . |
1d08ec9ef173137b292c6c28f1daa466a955e61b | The mighty Bárðarbunga volcano in Iceland's Highlands began erupting on August 29 last year. Five months on, it is still going, producing a lava-field spanning around fifty miles. Lava over 40-feet deep is seeping out of the volcano while the concentration of sulphur dioxide has, at times, been so high that the Iceland... | Long-running eruption began in August 2014 and has now produced a lava-field spanning around fifty miles .
Lava over 40-feet deep is seeping out of the volcano and Icelandic scientists are uncertain about its future .
Concentration of sulphur dioxide has been so high that Icelandic authorities urged local residents to ... |
1d0975572bc4de6d9494d372b48b7298805b29b3 | Slavisa Jokanovic has been appointed the new Watford manager after a bizarre week at the club. The former Chelsea midfielder takes over at Vicarage Road as Billy McKinlay left the Hornets after just eight days in charge. McKinlay became Watford's third manager this season following Oscar Garcia's decision to stand down... | Billy McKinlay left his job as Watford manager on Tuesday .
McKinlay became Watford's third manager this season following departures of Oscar Garcia and Giuseppe Sannino .
Watford beat Brentford 2-1 in McKinlay's first game in charge last Tuesday and then drew 1-1 at Brighton at the weekend . |
1d09da49aec981b5abfbffcdf538c6c7782aa4bb | Click here to read the most damning allegations in the leaked ECB dossier . Kevin Pietersen has never been one to follow the norm, and on Tuesday night he chose one of the world’s 100 most endangered buildings to launch the book charting the recent career of this endangered cricketer. The former England batsman found h... | Kevin Pietersen launched new book in a stunning Franciscan monastery .
Former England batsman's new autobigraphy has lit bonfires around the national team .
A dossier of information on Pietersen put together by the ECB was leaked on Tuesday .
Document alleges Pietersen disobeyed Flower’s instructions ahead of second T... |
1d0bc2a8e8b6d6f3632b4fb4ae6684bc24c37f42 | A Utah man serving life in prison for a double murder that he believes was directed by God says his ideas likely influenced a couple's decision to fatally overdose along with their children. Dan Lafferty sees himself as the prophet Elijah and the world as hell, a philosophy that played into the September deaths of Benj... | Dan Lafferty sees himself as the prophet Elijah and the world as hell .
His philosophy played into the deaths of Benjamin and Kristi Strack .
He said he became close to the couple about 10 years ago .
He claims Kristi Strack was in love with him and her husband knew .
The couple frequently visited him in prison up unt... |
1d0c41cad61c0731eecd019a80fbf20f88881ab0 | (CNN) -- It's football training, but not as we know it. German champions Borussia Dortmund are boldly going where no club has gone before with the "Footbonaut", a soccer training machine powered by a smart phone. Winners of the Bundesliga title in each of the last two seasons, Dortmund has unveiled the 14-meter cage wh... | German champions Borussia Dortmund pioneer the use of "space age" training .
The "Footbonaut" is a 14-meter cage which delivers balls to a player by eight machines .
The player must then pass to one of 72 panels which is signaled by a flashing green light .
"It is the perfect tool to improve ball-handling skills," says... |
1d0cc7406767855e94486671831e1b6aed94a41d | Study found celebrity reinventions are behind women's growing confidence . Women today contrasted with those of the Eighties, who confessed to never reinventing their appearance . By . Rosie Taylor . PUBLISHED: . 08:46 EST, 17 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:20 EST, 17 May 2012 . Celebrities who constantly reinvent themse... | Study found celebrity reinventions are behind women's growing confidence .
Women today contrasted with those of the Eighties, who confessed to never reinventing their appearance . |
1d0d0580aa01ff472e25c320cca9a4d17dc28762 | PUBLISHED: . 10:58 EST, 18 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 18:34 EST, 18 March 2014 . A brother has spoken of the moment a seaside adventure turned to tragedy and his regrets at leaving his sister trapped in a water-filled cave while he tried to get help. Charlotte Furness-Smith, 30, died after she and her brother Alex we... | Royal Navy 'poster girl' Charlotte Furness-Smith, 30, died while coasteering .
Brother had to leave her trapped in cave while he alerted Coastguard .
Alex, 31, said she screamed 'get me out of here' as water filled the cave .
Rescuers could only speak to the terrified woman through a blowhole .
By the time Coastguard h... |
1d0ed3e0481b59e6003ebc21b715ebdd5cb29632 | Ally McCoist today insisted his job is not 'bombproof' as he dismissed suggestions Rangers' desperate financial position is the only thing preventing him from being sacked. But he did admit he will accept any road back to Scotland's top flight - even if it means using the play-offs to finally reclaim the Ibrox side's P... | Rangers manager Ally McCoist insists he is not 'bombproof' from the sack .
Some fans turned against Ibrox boss after 3-1 home defeat to Hibernian .
Rangers trail rivals Hearts by six points in the Scottish Championship .
There are suggestions that the club cannot afford to sack their manager . |
1d0edd72522602c161be779ef9e9e7ace6308bba | (CNN) -- After shocking the tennis world at the U.S. Open, teen sensation Catherine "Cici" Bellis has set her sights on Ellen DeGeneres' couch. The 15-year-old stunned 12th seed Dominica Cibulkova with a 6-1 4-6 6-4 triumph in her first grand slam match, becoming the youngest winner of a U.S. Open tie since Anna Kourni... | 15-year-old Catherine "Cici" Bellis win her first ever grand slam match .
Bellis defeats 12th seed Dominica Cibulkova in the U.S. Open first round .
The junior world No. 2 was given a wildcard after winning the U.S. national championships .
Bellis plays Kazakhstan's Zarina Diyas in the second round . |
1d0eeef761469b52831e2b4b7f2a085f1584de43 | An elderly man found living in south-central Vietnam has claimed to be a U.S. war veteran who was presumed dead after his helicopter was shot down during a special ops mission over Laos in 1968. But despite the potentially astonishing discovery, the man's two daughters - whom he has never contacted since disappearing -... | Sgt. John Hartley Robertson is believed to have died in 1968 over Laos during a special ops mission during the Vietnam War .
A new documentary claims to have found him - aged 76 - still living there .
This man, who remarried, has never contacted the American wife and two children who have believed him dead for 44 years... |
1d10cc1991f4b019cabf879dabbf8a4d5bcf3289 | CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (CNN) -- Franklin Graham was stumped. He had no idea what to give his father, evangelist Billy Graham, for his 90th birthday Friday. The Rev. Billy Graham speaks at a crusade in Kansas City, Missouri, in October 2004. Suddenly, it dawned on him. "I have people who sometimes come up to me and s... | Graham turns 90 on Friday; large birthday celebration planned for next week .
Tens of thousands of people have left birthday greetings for the evangelist .
Graham has preached to more than 215 million people in person .
Graham's family says his mind is sharp and he's in good physical shape . |
1d112c4adf98ad2ed6c04742fd408867d393fd24 | By . James Nye and Thomas Durante . PUBLISHED: . 16:39 EST, 20 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:46 EST, 21 May 2013 . The catastrophic storm that tore through Moore, Oklahoma on Monday bears striking similarities to other powerful tornadoes that have killed hundreds of people and caused billions in damage. Striking on May ... | Tornado in same area 14 years ago left 44 people dead .
The destruction also invoked memory of horrific 2011 twister that struck Joplin, Missouri .
The deadliest tornado to hit the U.S. killed 695 people in March 1925 in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana . |
1d112f2776a2bd0b116970ffc5674112c2206b5a | (CNN) -- For the past 49 years French animal trainer, Thierry Le Portier, 63, has been a calm handler of wild felines. Growing up he had originally wanted to be a gym teacher, but after catching a glimpse of a lion tamer during a trip to the zoo in Marseille, Le Portier decided to give up his hobbies -- rugby and judo ... | Frenchman Thierry Le Portier has been training big cats for the past 49 years .
Three of his tigers were used as references for the Oscar-nominated film "Life of Pi"
Le Portier says training is "an art" that takes time and an understanding of the animals .
He says the only animals that scare him are those that have bee... |
1d11be2cae4de7f42709f9509dce5299267fd79c | Your camera could be about to get a lot smaller. Researchers have succeeded in making one of the key components of cameras, the charge-coupled device (CCD), just one atom thick. And they say it could be employed in ultra-thin two-dimensional imaging devices in the future. Scroll down for video . Graduate student Sidong... | Rice University scientists in Texas create ultra-thin imaging device .
Called copper indium selenide (CIS) it is just one atom thick .
But the material apparently has enormous light detection potential .
It could be used to trap electrons and store images .
Project's Sidong Lei says this could allow for 2D imaging devi... |
1d12ff984ca0cc7bcff842f168d1d37da1109f78 | Nothing quite stirs the emotions like walking into a gallery to see an original masterpiece. Seeing that same piece on a digital screen may not have the same effect until now, but one Spanish group claims iPad art-viewing could give a greater insight than you might think. Madrid’s famous gallery, Museo del Prado, has r... | The app brings together ancient paintings with modern technology to explore 14 of Museo del Prado’s masterpieces .
X-ray function reveals layers of paint and canvas structure, while infrared vision exposes artists’ sketches beneath .
Zooming into face of Saint John the Evangelist from Descent from the Cross reveals tea... |
1d138a00ee0f1746071f3624f1119e7b5e590b6e | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- For 8-year-old Ryan Mohar, an elevator isn't just an elevator. He spends hours pressing the buttons and riding up and down, preferring this to the slew of alternatives that his teachers offer -- even candy. Ryan Mohar, who has autism, gets treated with ABA approaches at the Marcus Autism Cente... | Applied behavior analysis is a rigorous empirical method to teach behaviors .
Autism Speaks has endorsed bills in 25 states to make insurance cover ABA .
Research: 60 percent of high-functioning kids can lose autism diagnosis with ABA .
Five-year medical costs for children with autism, on average, about $35,000 . |
1d13933fee028ef896a845a5e18d0faeba655a41 | (CNN) -- The president of the South African Football Association (SAFA) has been suspended as part of an investigation into match-fixing ahead of the country hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2010. Kirsten Nematandani and four other SAFA officials were suspended as an act of "good governence" following a report by football... | South African Football Association president suspended amid match-fixing claims .
Kirsten Nematandani and four officials named in a FIFA report .
The results of four South Africa friendlies ahead of 2010 World Cup pre-arranged .
Vice president Chief Mwelo Nonkonyana set to take interim charge of the body . |
1d148bab179e41f22049b4a36043eff3842084b2 | By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 05:21 EST, 8 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:07 EST, 8 October 2013 . Mercy mission: Reconstruction expert Asim Shahmalak is travelling to Pakistan to help acid attack victims . A surgeon is travelling to Pakistan to help women scarred in acid attacks. Reconstruction expert Asim Shahm... | Asim Shahmalak, a reconstruction expert, will help seven women .
Mr Shahmalak will transform their hair, eyebrows and eyelashes . |
1d153e1f3d7848086002f9803b6c3788dd0e56c1 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:02 EST, 22 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:26 EST, 26 July 2013 . Two Thai Badminton players have been disqualified at the Canada Open after bad blood between former doubles partners ended in a punch up on the court in front of horrified spectators. Video from the tournament sho... | Video shows Bodin .
Issara chasing his compatriot Maneepong Jongjit .
Drama came during change of ends in the men's doubles finals .
Pair had previously been teammates and played during London Olympics . |
1d15619b6441fd0149b2e45b8e82d06a643cb178 | By . Sean O'hare . PUBLISHED: . 13:12 EST, 12 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:50 EST, 13 December 2012 . A jeweller fought off a gang of masked raiders who attacked him with a sledgehammer, by hurling gold watches at them. Dramatic CCTV stills show the moment four balaclava-wearing robbers smashed their way into Davi... | David Nicholls wasn't insured and may have to close business .
Gang made off with jewellery worth tens of thousands of pounds . |
1d15686c5c1f20f38b042888f5d9c2c614f1ce59 | By . Amy Oliver . PUBLISHED: . 08:05 EST, 9 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:37 EST, 9 August 2012 . Attacks: Fighter Azran Quasid, 26, attacked the women on different occasions after befriending them, Guildford Crown Court was told . A cage fighting friend of Alex Reid whose ring-name is 'Casanova' overpowered and rape... | Azran Quasid allegedly raped the women on separate occasions .
The second rape is said to have been carried out while Quasid was on bail accused of first rape .
He denies two counts of rape and one of assault by penetration .
Court heard he is friend of fellow cage fighter Alex Reid . |
1d16e54b69eecf72e435b332080162813d499c6a | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 06:40 EST, 3 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:30 EST, 5 February 2013 . The first all-girl rock band to come out of Kashmir has been forced to cancel their live shows after receiving rape and death threats on Facebook. Award-winning Pragaash, which means light, have been targeted since ... | Pragaash targetted since winning an award at their first public performance .
Internet trolls said the teenage girls should be raped and thrown in river .
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omah Abdullah came out in support of trio and said he hopes 'handful of morons won't silence them' |
1d1729f9215800261266d19ba42e34106ef772e5 | Argentina has made a formal complaint to its neighbour Uruguay after the country's president called his female Argentine counterpart an 'old hag'. The famously candid Jose Mujica had no idea his microphone was switched on when he attacked Cristina Fernandez . de Kirchner, 60, moments before a press conference. He was h... | Jose Mujica did not know microphone was switched on at time .
'Cross-eyed' comment referred to late Argentine president Nestor Kirchner .
Argentina's foreign minister makes formal protest over remarks . |
1d1752a8bd1f907bf4bccaeed3adfbd24f520c2e | Sir Bradley Wiggins will not ride for Team Sky in this year’s Tour de France, team principal Sir David Brailsford has confirmed. He will, instead, be racing on the track for Team England at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The 2012 champion had long since indicated that he would not be included in a squad built aroun... | Wiggins will not race at the Tour de France, confirms Sir Dave Brailsford .
Four-time Olympic champion became the first Briton to win the race in 2012 .
Last year's winner Chris Froome is set to lead to lead the team again .
He will instead race on the track for England at the Commonwealth games . |
1d17a050052d49210cb9edb213cc95270f3f69ee | Hecklers stood up and chanted repeatedly 'we believe the women' during Bill Cosby's third and final performance of a Canadian tour on Friday night. The hecklers then marched out of the theater in Hamilton as the 77-year-old comedian asked his audience not to react. Cosby is facing growing sexual assault allegations fro... | Scene occurred on Friday during Cosby's final stop on his three-city tour .
Hecklers were in the audience at the Hamilton Place Theatre and stormed out in protest of Cosby's sexual assault scandal .
Outside scores more stood with signs .
Cosby asked fans to remain calm and there were signs and security throughout the t... |
1d18556a2ff6513b41e2449c62d77c83ca2b4f77 | Iker Casillas is planning to swap shirts with Mario Balotelli when Liverpool visit the Bernabeu for their Champions League clash, but he'll wait until full time to do so. The Italian forward was roundly criticised for swapping shirts with defender Pepe at half time when Real Madrid visited Anfield for their recent Grou... | Liverpool face Real Madrid on Tuesday in their Champions League clash .
Iker Casillas wants to swap shirts with Mario Balotelli .
Casillas said he sees no problem with swapping at half time . |
1d19c69ce635756d9ffd72dd13d0cee6a80a26e3 | The staggering death toll from the Syrian conflict has grown even further as at least 200 people were killed Tuesday, an opposition group said. About 60 of them were killed in regime air strikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Well over 190,000 people have died in Syria in the country's three-year civil ... | Government airstrikes blamed for dozens of deaths .
U.N.: More than 190,000 people have been killed in the Syrian crisis . |
1d1a9664fff359629c63d8b1cb333a7d604780b9 | By . Simon Jones for MailOnline . Russell Slade has resigned as manager of Leyton Orient, paving the way for him to become the new boss of Cardiff City. The Bluebirds had three approaches rebuffed by the Brisbane Road side for permission to open talks with Slade. But Vincent Tan’s move to land his No 1 target took a ne... | Russell Slade has resigned as manager of Leyton Orient .
The resignation could pave the way for a move to Cardiff City .
The Bluebirds had three approaches rebuffed by Orient .
The 53-year-old led Orient to the League One play-off final last year . |
1d1b15e00aba1b7c08344540262521a4de81493b | By . Ruth Styles . With their blonde good looks and strapping build, Danish men such as Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, 43, have long been considered among the most handsome in Europe. But women don't just want to date them: They want to have 'Viking babies' too, with Danish sperm now accounting for a third... | Danish sperm now makes up a third of the total used in the UK .
Women cite the Danes' blonde good looks and 'dependable' nature .
Famously handsome Danes include Nikolaj Coster-Waldau .
Capital Copenhagen is home to two huge sperm banks .
Sperm is now one of Denmark's top exports along with beer and Lego . |
1d1b24814fca0eaadd1ef9f65ef88f711d43533b | By . James Slack, Home Affairs Editor . Pledge: The Prime Minister has made a string of pledges to kick out more foreign criminals, but overseas convicts are now avoiding deportation in one in three cases - a sharp increase on previous years . The number of foreign criminals avoiding deportation rose by 50 per cent las... | Total of 1,310 overseas convicts considered for removal were not sent home .
Number includes 15 murderers, 15 rapists and 20 guilty of child sex offences .
Foreign convicts now avoiding deportation in one in three cases .
Many criminals cite their human right to a family life in the UK .
MPs say revelations show Britai... |
1d1bc9e7d4602a7182498a4ab59b0a3602d44c3b | (CNN) -- Luis Suarez has been hit with a 10-game ban for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic. The Liverpool striker was found guilty by the English Football Association Wednesday following the incident which occurred during his side's 2-2 draw with Chelsea last Sunday. An FA statement read: "A three-person Indep... | Liverpool striker Luis Suarez hit with 10-game ban by English Football Association .
Suarez has until Friday at midday GMT to appeal against punishment .
Liverpool "shocked and disappointed" at decision . |
1d1e0a5f5d1622cbd17445bd9eddde20b622027c | By . Dr Ellie Cannon . PUBLISHED: . 17:00 EST, 5 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:03 EST, 5 January 2013 . As a doctor – and also a parent – I was deeply concerned by the controversial case of Neon Roberts, the seven-year-old whose mother Sally refused to allow him to have radiotherapy for his brain tumour. The hospita... | Sally Roberts refused to allow her son radiotherapy .
Seven-year-old Neon has a brain tumour .
Ms Roberts lost court case in December and Neon is due to begin radiotherapy next week . |
1d1e0cccfda616a372f72fabcc4ecfecc864f8b9 | "Piers Morgan Tonight" airs weeknights on CNN/US at 9 p.m. ET and on CNN International at 0200 GMT (live simulcast), 1200 GMT, and 2000 GMT and HKT. CNN -- Andrew Lloyd Webber told CNN's Piers Morgan that Michael Jackson wanted to play the title role in the film version of "The Phantom of the Opera." According to Webbe... | Andrew Lloyd Webber is working on a stage revival of "The Wizard of Oz"
Webber's musical "The Phantom of the Opera" turns 25 this year .
His song "I Don't Know How to Love Him," was first named "I Long for Kansas Morning" |
1d1e89f3ee6ca99806de33d6008311c57a4720d5 | By . Alasdair Glennie . PUBLISHED: . 19:47 EST, 21 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:19 EST, 23 August 2013 . The closest you’d expect The Great British Bake Off to get to blood is strawberry jam. But the return of the BBC2 show saw more gory accidents than an episode of Casualty. It achieved a record audience on Tuesday... | The BBC2 show achieved a record audience on Tuesday night .
But the programme saw more gory accidents than an episode of Casualty .
Viewers who were treated to close-ups of mangled flesh and oozing blood . |
1d1e96e5cab7fb9a490115d3eed380014edd77b8 | By . Chris Pleasance . A Romanian actress and TV presenter has been arrested after allegedly trying to blackmail a doctor into giving her a free boob job. Oana Zavoranu, 40, had already paid for seven breast operations from Dr Marek Valcu at his clinic in Bucharest, Romania, but became upset after she thought he was co... | Oana Zavoranu, 40, had seven breast surgeries at clinic in Bucharest .
Actress and TV presenter became convinced surgeon was conning her .
Zaboranu demanded £7,000 and free implants from Dr Marek Valcu .
However she was arrested after plastic surgeon tipped off police . |
1d1edad84f3516895fa3de6d37c5a337957c3926 | Wearing a sheer leopard top, Rauda Alaita buzzed around her beauty salon in Damascus. She decided six months ago to open this little shop, paint its walls seafoam green and call it Aloe Vera. "Everybody told me you are crazy! Starting a business now?" she said. "But I thought I should try, and it worked quite well!" Al... | In the capital Damascus, life in some neighborhoods seems normal .
Women get their nails done, customers shop at a well-stocked pharmacy .
"We are trying to have a normal life," one woman says, "but inside us, it's not the same" |
1d1f14a4a443bc4702d9fad3656665590a8ac4ab | A woman who was woken up by a truck crashing into her front yard was horrified after finding a dead man riddled with gunshot wounds inside. The homeowner inspected the vehicle through her bedroom window after it veered off the street towards her home in Houston, Texas, just before midnight on Thursday. After hearing th... | Woman in Houston, Texas, got out of bed after hearing the loud crash .
Looked out the window to see a man slumped over the steering wheel .
Dialled 911, police arrived and found man had died from gunshot wounds .
Detectives are trying to determine where and when the man was shot . |
1d2059507d5634aa70678691323cc0aa351888b9 | Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has fired his second broadside at Prime Minister Tony Abbott in just two days, urging him to sack his chief of staff Peta Credlin. In a series of social media posts, Murdoch wrote that Mr Abbott's controversial top adviser 'must do her patriotic duty and resign' if he doesn't sack her. The de... | Rupert Murdoch says Peta Credlin 'must do her patriotic duty and resign'
News Corp columnist Miranda Devine blamed her for Prince Philip gaffe .
Mr Abbott today said Ms Credlin had nothing to do with the decision .
MPs have complained about her tight control on the PM's office .
The News Corp Australia chairman recentl... |
1d2093c2fee04d8ddc2faedd05403b61899305df | Pharrell Williams and Disney's Frozen soundtrack top the charts when it comes to music that helps parents keep children distracted in the car, reveals research by Oxford University's Dr Ruth Herbert. A leading music psychologist, Dr Herbert has looked into what is the most popular and effective means of occupying kids ... | Study looks into the most popular and effective ways to occupy kids in cars .
80% of parents prefer music as the best distraction for children .
Pharrell Williams' Happy and Frozen's Let It Go are the most popular songs .
They share the same four-chord progression that is common in pop songs .
Katy Perry, One Direction... |
1d20f9546afa7d7cff4e797498ea14397d5d222b | The current Ebola crisis in West Africa is on pace to sicken more people than all other previous outbreaks of the disease combined, the health official leading the U.S. response said Thursday. The next few weeks will be critical, said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), wh... | CDC director Dr Tom Frieden estimated it would take at least three to six months to end the outbreak, under what he called 'a best-case scenario'
More than 1,700 people have been sickened in the current outbreak, in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria .
Nearly 1,000 have died, according to the World Health Organi... |
1d2207a46bdb9616e67bb3829484caf3529e8d35 | By . Bianca London . Amy Childs has been showcasing her fashion credentials in Marbella and now her fans can emulate her look thanks to her new range. The TOWIE star and fashion designer has unveiled - and modelled - her new high-summer range, kicking off with her capsule collection inspired by bold prints and summer e... | Amy, 24, created dresses inspired by Wimbledon and festivals .
Capsule collection - priced from £50 - is first drop of high-summer range .
Says her fans should embrace colourful prints this summer . |
1d2332d9f3b8421e600c6de8d94e6c03477ac346 | By . Lillian Radulova . Federal MP George Christensen has received a death threat after posting a controversial Twitter comment regarding the budget on Thursday. The LNP member for the Queensland electorate of Dawson suggested that people who were unhappy with the tough budget measures, should try living in Asia before... | George Christensen said that complaining Aussies 'should do tour of Asia'
Remarks by Nationals MP provoked backlash on Twitter .
Critics labelled the comments 'disgraceful and shameful'
Unrepentant Christensen hit back saying 'sometimes truth hurts'
He reported the death threat to police after blaming Bill Shorten for ... |
1d24084440b21ff4bfda29e1d312aca067e18f15 | By . Richard Shears and Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 11:17 EST, 28 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:25 EST, 28 November 2013 . The girlfriend of the Australian businessman who murdered his fiancée by throwing her from a 15th-floor balcony has revealed that she's writing a script about the case. Rachelle Louise, 24, who... | Simon Gittany 40, found guilty of murdering aspiring model Lisa Harnum .
His girlfriend Rachelle Louise has revealed she is writing a script of the case .
She maintains his innocence and fled court in tears as verdict was read out .
Gittany will face a sentence hearing in February . |
1d251fd5390d16434617e99195a6fa060fa03102 | Russia has suspended the import and use of an American GM corn following a study suggesting a link to breast cancer and organ damage. Separately, the European Food Safety Authority(EFSA), has ordered its own review in to the research, which was conducted at a French university. The decision by Russia could be followed ... | The European Food Safety .
Authority orders review in to the research, conducted at a French university .
Russia's decision could be followed by other nations .
Experts at the University of Caen conducted an experiment running for the full lives of rats - two years .
The findings found raised levels of breast cancer, l... |
1d256ed6bf0bfeca41dc98393c7ad0b9deca8bce | (CNN) -- Justin Ross Harris was indicted last week on eight counts in the hot-car death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper. Harris could face the death penalty if prosecutors decide to seek it and he's convicted of the most serious charge. However, the felony murder charge predicated on second-degree child neglect -- whic... | Justin Harris was charged in eight-count indictment in hot car death case .
Cevallos: The counts are structured to maximize the chance of a conviction .
Cevallos: In Georgia, even an unintentional act can be grounds for murder conviction .
He says sexting charges will be easiest to prove and could influence entire case... |
1d28b38cddb178ba52576de86cdcd2f887a37141 | Tragic: Mohammed Abdul Razzak, 16, was found on the M60 motorway with multiple injuries days after missing a mock GCSE exam . A gifted schoolboy overcome by stress over his forthcoming GCSE exams jumped to his death from a motorway bridge. Mohammed Abdul Razzak, 16, had told his GP of his desire to end his life at leas... | Mohammed Abdul Razzak was vice student principal, predicted top grades .
Headteacher described him as a 'hard-working, popular, talented young man'
16-year-old struggled with anxiety, became 'withdrawn' in final school year .
Missed mock exam, wrote of self-harm, told GP he planned 6 suicides .
Days later he was found ... |
1d296c4ada100fe849f5831ec102093421264de8 | (CNN) -- Vito Maggiolo, an assignment editor in Washington who has been with CNN since the network started in 1980, was sent to Beijing in the spring of 1989 to help cover the historic visit of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to China -- like everyone else who was sent to Beijing. Vito Maggiolo (right) argued that a le... | Vito Maggiolo was sent to Beijing to help cover Mikhail Gorbachev's visit to China .
"We found ourselves covering a mini-revolution," he said .
When Chinese officials tried to stop CNN broadcasting, he challenged them .
He argued, without success, that the letter did not have the correct "chop" or seal . |
1d297a78e274667a760127572c7e8ca662f889a1 | An investigation has been launched after three airlines reported drones flying dangerously close to planes on the approach to New York's JFK Airport. Flight crew on a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 first spotted an unmanned drone as the jumbo jet made its final approach on a flight from London last Sunday evening. The capt... | Three commercial airline pilots reported unmanned drones in one week .
Virgin Atlantic crew spotted drone at 3,000ft while coming in to land at JFK .
Delta and JetBlue also reported unmanned objects flying near to planes .
Delta pilot claimed drone was flying too close to a wing while landing .
Investigation into incid... |
1d2a6728758472c63dc06c286f99bd0cb8f9648c | A young woman who was told she might not see her 30th birthday if she didn't slim down has lost an incredible 20st – nearly two thirds of her body weight – and dropped 10 dress sizes. At just 27 Bríanán McEnteggart weighed 32st 11lb and wore a dress size 34. It was at a routine health check that her GP warned her that ... | At her largest, Brianan was told she could be dead in 18 months .
Joined Slimming World with a friend having tried many fad diets .
Dropped 32st 11lb to 12st 6lb, and was named Slimming World Woman of the Year 2014 .
Now has started a new job and moved in with partner she met at group . |
1d2b9d4272adcb949d80fbf2fdcdd466eefdd308 | Kate Moss looks fantastic in wellies — and so does my 14-year-old niece. So why do I always resemble a flat-footed troll when I pull on my ancient black pair? According to Sarah Longthorn, founder of fashion brand Wedge Welly, my mistake is that my welly wardrobe is woefully out of date. ‘Choosing the right pair of rub... | Wellies are no longer just for gardening and walking the dog .
They are now a fashion statement .
Kate Moss looks great in wellies and so does Charlotte Kemp's niece .
So why do hers never quite look as good?
Sarah Longthorn, founder of fashion brand Wedge Welly steps in .
There are tens of new styles to choose from . |
1d2bd30cbc3f0900a323b665d6a6d25636adbfe2 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:46 EST, 28 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:47 EST, 28 August 2012 . With an estimated fortune of $250million, one would think Mitt Romney would not have let a family debt go unpaid for 130 years. An author claims the Republican presidential candidate owes her family $25,000 af... | Author Judith Freeman claims her great-grandfather William Flake bailed Mitt Romney's great-grandfather out of jail for $1,000 .
Miles Park Romney had been arrested on polygamy charges .
Romney never repaid Flake and instead fled to Mexico with his family .
A local newspaper editor referred to Romney as 'a mass of putr... |
1d2c8ba3a98207c53a94a55bd5120c45e18f7c70 | By . Alex Gore . PUBLISHED: . 03:45 EST, 1 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:13 EST, 1 March 2013 . A self-confessed child hitman has been found murdered in Mexico today after police were forced to return him to his mother because he was so young. The body of Jorge Armando Moreno was found alongside five others, who had b... | The body of Jorge Armando Moreno was found near Morelos in Zacatecas .
It was found alongside bodies of four unidentified women and one man .
All six murder victims had been tortured and dumped at a busy roadside .
He was arrested this month and confessed to assassinations and murders .
But Moreno was released, with th... |
1d2ce139926755779a97828d962fc3bab632c032 | I may have looked like a petrified pterodactyl, but inside I felt like a fledgling sea eagle finding her wings. I was taking a turn at simulated skydiving on the new cruise ship Quantum of the Seas - and it wasn't just the most exhilarating thing by far that I have ever done on a ship, it was the most extraordinary exp... | New vessel Quantum of the Seas is being marketed as the first 'smartship'
The Royal Caribbean ship is the latest new arrival in the world of cruising .
Amenities include a vertical wind-tunnel where guests can try 'sky-diving' |
1d2dde39af4ea845b0784a5c58300fe390043621 | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 05:01 EST, 3 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:11 EST, 3 April 2013 . Football manager Paulo Di Canio is caught on camera grieving at the funeral of an Italian fascist connected with a terrorist attack which killed 85 people. The controversial new Sunderland boss was present when Paolo Signo... | Di Canio, 44, was at the funeral of fascist Paolo Signorelli where mourners made the right-arm salute as the body was carried out of the church .
New Sunderland manager was a frequent visitor to Signorelli's home in the final years of his life .
The far-right activist spent eight-years on remand over the bombing of Bol... |
1d2f117cbed83ded88036bd0bfd9fef1b45cc4a9 | (CNN) -- Liverpool striker Ryan Babel has been charged with improper conduct by the English Football Association (FA) following his criticism of referee Howard Webb on Twitter. Webb, who took charge of the 2010 World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands, awarded a controversial first minute penalty against Live... | Ryan Babel is the first footballer to be charged by FA over a Twitter posting .
Babel used a mock-up picture of referee Howard Webb and made derogatory comments .
The Dutch international could face a ban if found guilty of charges . |
1d2fecdb1caaca542b2d2faea3db091c0f5d841d | The FBI has been called in to help analyse the home flight simulator belonging to the pilot of the missing Malaysian Airlines plane. A US official, speaking anonymously, says the FBI is currently working on data from the simulator while Malaysia's defense minister says investigators are trying to restore files. It is t... | FBI are looking at electronic files deleted from pilot's home flight simulator .
Hoped files will give help discover what happened to missing MH370 .
Simulator taken from pilot's home outside Kuala Lumpur at the weekend .
Investigators said today data had been deleted but they are retrieving it .
Best friend tells Mail... |
1d305d7a519fd75c412c7a92a33d56ae24554eed | Backpacker Jack Davies, 21, was found hanged in Thailand 'after feeling pressure to come home' to Britain, an inquest heard . A backpacker who moved to Thailand after watching Leonardo DiCaprio film The Beach was found hanged in his hotel room 'after feeling pressure to come home'. Jack Davies, 21, was found dead 6,000... | Backpacker Jack Davies moved to Thailand after watching film The Beach .
He travelled the country for 3 years before settling down on idyllic island .
Friends said he felt 'under pressure' to return Llanelli, Wales, inquest hears .
Mr Davies was found hanged in his hotel room in August last year .
Coroner says it is 'u... |
1d306b1655909d62635ef6a30f6229ba51e60701 | West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has fanned the flames of his row with Louis van Gaal by now claiming that he is the most sophisticated manager in the Premier League. Allardyce accused Manchester United of employing long-ball tactics during their recent 1-1 draw at the Boleyn Ground. But Van Gaal, armed with a statistics... | Allardyce believes he is the Premier League's most sophisticated boss .
He admitted Louis van Gaal and Arsene Wenger have more experience .
But the West Ham boss said he is always looking for the 'cutting edge' |
1d323d280b58f9d02c47cd108b12c64c1c41f9c2 | (CNN) -- Despite supporters' hopes that this time it's different, President Barack Obama's new call for restricting some semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines will face deeply entrenched resistance in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and could be a long shot even in the Democratic-led Sena... | Obama's proposed assault weapon ban isn't likely to survive the House, analyst says .
Vulnerable Democrats may not support legislation in the Senate, either .
But supporters say December's killings in Connecticut changed the equation . |
1d33ef4ad8fbec9054673686ba59679a15daf2ff | By . Associated Press . A Denver, Colorado dispatcher has been fired after failing to relay key information to officers responding to a call from a woman who was killed 12 minutes into a 911 call. Police say the dispatcher didn't tell officers that the woman's husband was getting a gun from a safe. Kristine Kirk, a mot... | A 911 dispatcher in Colorado has been fired following the death of a caller during an emergency call .
Kristine Kirk was allegedly shot dead by her husband Richard Kirk in April .
She called 911 to report that her husband had eaten marijuana candy and was hallucinating .
She told the dispatcher that her husband had gon... |
1d341879cb19dd890f5e26c3f5372d46751cf959 | (CNN) -- Authorities have arrested a man they say was the leader of a kidnapping cell responsible for kidnapping, raping and torturing victims along the U.S.-Mexico border. Serafin Medina-Angel was arrested at his home in Tijuana, Mexico, on September 1, according to a Monday statement from U.S. Customs and Border Prot... | Serafin Medina-Angel was arrested in Tijuana, Mexico, on September 1 .
He is accused of targeting Mexican citizens on their way to the United States .
Medina-Angel is charged with three counts of kidnapping . |
1d3468976114393128cf474bd88f18da841534f0 | Boston (CNN) -- Courtroom drama erupted Friday when James "Whitey" Bulger stood and angrily addressed the judge, without the jury present, about how his murder trial was "a sham" and he wasn't going to take the stand in his own defense. That provoked an outburst from the widow of a man who is among 19 people Bulger is ... | Widow of alleged victim shouts from gallery to Bulger, "You're a coward!"
"He is going to take his secrets to the grave with him," her son says later .
"This is a sham. Do what ya's want with me," Bulger tells the judge .
He offers assets of nearly $822,000 to murder victims' families if convicted . |
1d349441c903b2958e959ea2f30f358197a9a77d | By . Christopher Leake . Last updated at 10:25 PM on 3rd December 2011 . She has seen distinguished diplomatic service in Washington DC and Sri Lanka. But on her latest mission to Tehran, Pumpkin the terrier found herself embroiled in a diplomatic incident as hundreds of protesters chanting ‘Death to England’ stormed t... | Dominick Chilcott dashed from building with pet pooch in his arms .
Had to fly to UK without her after being expelled from country .
Violent mob damaged valuable oil paintings and stole photo of Queen . |
1d34ec8ad2e33a9b11ded597bddecad72f68b785 | Alexis Sanchez - the man Arsenal believe can fire them to the Barclays Premier League title - has sealed his £30million move from Barcelona. The Chile superstar, who cut short his holiday to finalise the transfer in London, completed a medical and agreed a four-year contract - with the option of a further 12 months - w... | Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez signs for Arsenal in £30million deal .
Sanchez leaves holiday early to fly to London for medical with Gunners .
Sanchez signs four-year deal worth up to £140,000-per-week .
Wage will see 25-year-old match Mesut Ozil as Arsenal's top earner .
Newcastle right-back Mathieu Debuchy set to s... |
1d35dc6caaceadb8a4933e777d817aab92a661c8 | For 13 years, President Bashar al-Assad has governed Syria. For 2½ of those years he's faced repeated calls from many inside and outside the country for his resignation. Now, al-Assad's regime is thought by many Western governments to have used chemical weapons against its own people, prompting talk of international mi... | Bashar al-Assad has been president of Syria since 2000 .
He has faced calls from many inside and outside Syria to resign .
"I was made in Syria and to live and die in Syria," he said last year .
Al-Assad is a "master of deception" says one analyst . |
1d362d09568ee355b72457fb88f9053d6087c965 | Former U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden has accused the U.S. National Security Agency of routinely passing private, unedited communications of Americans to Israel, an expert on the intelligence agency said Wednesday. James Bamford, writing in the New York Times, said Snowden told him the intercepts included com... | Claims messages could make relatives of Americans in Israel and Palestine into targets .
New York Times writer James Bamford calls it 'one of the biggest abuses we've seen'
Memorandum between the NSA and its Israeli counterpart shows transfers may have occurred since 2009 . |
1d386b91da099bf5bdd48425e0eeaf353cbdb0b5 | The Queen of Sweden has boycotted the prestigious Polar Music Prize awards ceremony due to the criminal past of one of the winners, U.S. rock legend Chuck Berry. The 87-year-old rock pioneer was found guilty of human trafficking involving a 14-year-old girl in 1960, whom he was also accused of having a sexual relations... | Rock legend Chuck Berry awarded Sweden's Polar Music Prize .
Queen Silvia and Princess Madeleine boycotted prize ceremony .
Berry convicted of human trafficking under the controversial Mann Act .
Took girl, 14, over state line and accused of sleeping with her in 1959 .
Polar Music Prize winners are awarded £87,000 (1m ... |
1d3a0e7b5e9ff4686ed54a53c38b32de41cf1828 | Eli -- a sweet, active, blonde-haired preschooler -- had gone to sleep feeling fine, perhaps dreaming of playing with his sisters or having a fun day at school. He didn't make it through the night. While the young boy died sometime between the night of Wednesday, September 24, and the following morning, it wasn't until... | Official: A preschooler went to bed "asymptomatic," was dead the next morning .
A medical examiner now says the boy died suddenly from enterovirus D68 .
There's no way of telling how the boy contracted the virus, official says .
CDC confirms 538 people in 43 states have respiratory illnesses caused by enterovirus D68 . |
1d3aad8b6ebf7d789202e420ea323bf29d059f70 | (CNN) -- The Syrian vice president arrived Friday in Moscow to talk with Russia's foreign minister about the unrest that has roiled Syria for months, a Russian state news agency reported. Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa was to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov "to discuss ways for a peaceful settlement o... | NEW: 23 people have been killed in Syria on Friday, activists say .
NEW: State-run SANA says no casualties occurred .
The Syrian vice president goes to Moscow for talks .
Russia has opposed sanctions on Syria, and has proposed a new U.N. resolution . |
1d3b4185e8420962e79a7ad876ad02c152ca42f7 | By . Matt Roper . and Chris Parsons . PUBLISHED: . 03:52 EST, 23 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:57 EST, 23 April 2012 . Brazil secretly helped supply weapons to Argentina during the Falklands War, it was revealed today. Brazil was officially neutral in the 1982 conflict, which began 20 years ago this month when Argenti... | Newly-discovered document claims Argentina regularly asked South American neighbour for help during Falklands .
Brazil had claimed to be neutral during 1980s territorial conflict . |
1d3d1d1d2210d4e94cbe34b9948314e3f78373e6 | New York police are concerned drones could become tools for terrorists, and are investigating ways to stop potential attacks. Until now police haven't acknowledged drones as a potential weapon, but the NYPD has now said the technology has advanced enough that someone could use them to carry out an air assault using che... | Police have investigated criminals who have rigged guns to drones .
And are working with the military to develop technology to stop attacks .
Incidents involving drones have drastically increased in New York City .
Last year a drone was landed in front of German Chancellor Angela Merkel . |
1d3d26327caeaf49a1256bc1beb8a06c8a787957 | Manchester City striker Stevan Jovetic believes plenty of goals in a victory against Manchester United this weekend will be the perfect way to lift the club. The Barclays Premier League champions appear to have lost their sparkle in recent games, with a shock Capital One Cup defeat by Newcastle on Wednesday following a... | Manchester City take on Manchester United at the Etihad on Sunday .
Stevan Jovetic said that City need to add more goals to their game .
Newcastle dumped Man City out of the Capital One Cup on Wednesday . |
1d3dd827672bb8b48a274dddd51a4da99d10e405 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Losing appetite: Cone sales plummeted last year and Cornetto was the worst hit with a 14% drop . If the weekend’s warm weather had you heading for the supermarket freezer cabinet, chances are you weren’t stocking up on Cornettos. Traditional ice cream cones are falling out of favour, with mor... | Last year sales 7.2m more tubs sold than in 2012 during hot summer .
Cone sales plummeted and Cornetto worst hit with 14% drop .
Firm creating new cone topped with ice cream ball in bid to revive fortunes . |
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