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fce23106a0edaea76107f6ee0c36cf3860c410c9 | By . Victoria Wellman . PUBLISHED: . 09:52 EST, 30 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:57 EST, 30 July 2012 . Georgia flesh-eating victim, Aimee Copeland's recovery is coming on, according to her father, who blogged yesterday that his daughter is already able to do 200 sit-ups in seven minutes, thanks to a gruelling rehabil... | The gruelling programme also includes leg-lifts and 'plank' exercises .
Aimee refuses to ride in the wheelchair-friendly van bought by her father . |
fce2730e5368f6681c8ff8e4e2320305432dbb55 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 12:03 EST, 26 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:34 EST, 27 March 2013 . Tragic: Gérald Babin, 25, died during the first day of filming on French reality show Koh-Lanta . One of France's most popular reality television programmes has had its latest season cancelled after a contestant died on th... | Gérald Babin complained of cramps while undergoing task on Koh-Lanta .
Airlifted to hospital but suffered multiple heart attacks on the journey .
16th season of popular reality show cancelled after tragic death . |
fce28cfc07c13a73f405e83df697cbc4a42bbe74 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Is this hanging on your wall? This painting sold for £3,000 on eBay eight years ago, but has now been established as an Impressionist masterpiece . If you paid £3,000 for this painting on eBay eight years ago, you might be sitting on an Impressionist masterpiece – and a small fortune. It was ... | Art dealer sold work online eight years ago - but has forgotten who to .
BBC show Fake or Fortune has established it is by Edouard Vuillard .
The impressionist masterpiece is now worth an estimated £250,000 .
Presenter Fiona Bruce: 'Someone, somewhere, is sitting on a fortune' |
fce2a95e4a31a4a5befcf81f46968edf62f60cde | By . Erin Clements . American Eagle Outfitters has been accused of using a street artist's designs without permission. Miami, Florida-based David Anasagasti filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging that his signature eyeball images appeared in the store' s spring campaign - including its advertising, billboards, s... | The lawsuit says artist David Anasagasti’s reputation is partly founded on the perception that he doesn't 'sell out'
Mr Anasagasti's murals depicting rows of sleepy eyes can be seen in Miami's Wynwood Arts District, where American Eagle's promotional images were allegedly shot . |
fce2aab89c651d1c6ef19bc2e43c8f61f725354b | By . Ap Reporter . A computer glitch could help smokers get affordable coverage through Obamacare next year despite a rule allowing insurance companies to charge them much more than non-smokers. In yet another delay for the health care overhaul, the Obama administration has quietly notified insurers that the system gl... | Older smokers likely to benefit, saving around $4,500 per year .
Younger smokers could pay more than they otherwise would have .
The glitch will take at least a year to fix .
Obamacare health insurance markets launch October 1 . |
fce2e2fdc52ff713a9d549ded8f43dfe2e1dad64 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 04:50 EST, 25 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:42 EST, 25 September 2013 . Homes and businesses could be built in national parks if developers pay to make up the damage elsewhere. In a speech on boosting the rural economy, Environment Secretary Owen Paters... | Environment Secretary Owen Paterson backs 'biodiversity offsetting'
Homes, offices and farm buildings could be built in most protected areas .
Developers would pay for new nature sites to be created nearby . |
fce312065384a6a897374cf2f92cfee09d63cc5b | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 12:12 EST, 18 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:26 EST, 18 March 2013 . The U.S. start-up which wants to make 3D-printable firearm blueprints available for free online has received a license to allow it to make and sell guns. Cody Wilson, founder and figurehead of Defense Distributed, post... | Defense Distributed's Cody Wilson granted Type 7 Federal Firearms License .
Group posts a picture of the document, with the message 'The work begins!'
Licence will allow Mr Wilson to make and sell the weapons he prints . |
fce31f3873d278a1ce775bc803c1879b5a9354a2 | By . Chris Brooke . PUBLISHED: . 14:47 EST, 19 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:47 EST, 19 December 2012 . Caring: Shannon was a 'loving and absolutely fantastic daughter' and her father said: 'The day Shannon died we died' A teenager died from undiagnosed deep vein thrombosis just hours after visiting an out-of-hours... | Shannon Deakin stopped taking the Dianette pill four weeks before her death .
GP thought it was an infection and gave her antibiotics but she died 12 hours later .
Devastated parents say they are considering legal action . |
fce43eb77c24dfd4f519486844a9349b8fb6032c | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 09:52 EST, 23 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:44 EST, 23 September 2013 . Jibe: Shadow chancellor Ed Balls used his keynote speech on the economy to crack a joke about David Cameron's holiday snaps . Politics is often portrayed as an exercise in proving w... | Nervous laughter at Labour conference after shadow chancellor's joke .
Uses keynote speech on the economy to mock PM's changing his trunks .
David Cameron was pictured on Cornwall beach with Mickey Mouse towel .
Ed Miliband pictured on Brighton beach - but he kept his trousers on . |
fce4a4d7ae8a60cd1a6f6ebb12d69203a6855525 | (CNN) -- Think of the greatest American sports stars of all time and names like Jesse Owens, Muhammad Ali and Serena Williams will likely spring to mind. But long before these champions smashed the record books -- and blazed a trail in the public's imagination -- the first generation of black U.S. athletes dominated an... | First black American sports stars weren't basketball players -- they were jockeys .
Many became skilled horse handlers while working as slaves in the south .
Today, just a few black jockeys compete on U.S. race tracks .
Horse racing now dominated by Latino riders . |
fce4a9a3ff8945582cfdc22c4c7a3719b58ada7f | Mohammed Noman, pictured, his wife, three young daughters, his mother and his brother were rescued from the blaze in Rochdale, Greater Manchester . A family of seven and their pet puppy have been rescued from a serious house fire, after a car parked on their drive was set ablaze in a suspected arson attack. Mohammed No... | Mohammed Noman, wife and daughters, aged nine, six and two, rescued .
The 26-year-old gas engineer's mother, 47, and brother also led to safety .
Blaze started at around 3.30am after a car in the driveway caught fire .
Police are treating the incident as a suspected arson attack but no arrests have been made . |
fce5553c4e34d4c6c1c62593ec10100d480d976a | Louis van Gaal has praised his Manchester United side for their 'unbelievable' team spirit after they came from a goal down to beat Preston North End 3-1 in the FA Cup on Monday night. The Red Devils will play Arsenal in the quarter-finals after seeing off the League One side at Deepdale, with goals from Ander Herrera,... | Manchester United beat Preston North End 3-1 on Tuesday night .
Red Devils through to FA Cup quarter-finals after victory at Deepdale .
Scott Laird had put the League One side in front in the second half .
Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini and Wayne Rooney sealed win for United .
Louis van Gaal says visitors' team spiri... |
fce579afa416cdb2693f8af92b9f377b01bea3b3 | KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Fighting raged in Afghanistan over the weekend, with a suicide bombing slaying six people, a NATO-led soldier and an Afghan police officer dying in an "altercation," and troops killing several insurgents in battles, authorities said. Fighting between the Taliban and NATO forces continues to ... | Militants kill eight people and injure at least 17 in latest attacks .
Insurgents killed a coalition soldier in eastern Afghanistan .
Soldier's name and nationality held until family members could be notified . |
fce5a699389cc60d4e93e303fa769407ca409fc8 | (CNN) -- There are few careers that can match the pedigree of Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho. Having just set a remarkable nine-year unbeaten home league record -- which spanned 150 matches and four clubs in four different countries -- the Portuguese manager is eyeing yet another remarkable record. As he leads his Rea... | Andre Villas Boas is following in the footsteps of his mentor Jose Mourinho .
Villas Boas has led Porto to the Portuguese title at the age of just 33 .
Mourinho was seven years older when he won his first league title with the club .
Both men are motivated, ambitious and superb at organizing their players . |
fce5b0b595fe4df2eb45a20a45bd6e37f43c5c14 | By . Tom Kelly and Andrew Levy . PUBLISHED: . 18:59 EST, 16 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:28 EST, 17 December 2012 . Days before the tragedy, the father of a British boy killed in the Sandy Hook massacre told friends in the UK that his family was enjoying a ‘dream life’ in America. Ian Hockley, whose six-year-old... | The father of the British boy murdered in U.S. school shooting had spoken warmly of the family's new life .
He told former neighbours in UK that their new home was safe and peaceful .
His son was killed by a crazed gunman at school a week later . |
fce5c95b0333b6285297ca1c02b90398ad32d57d | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 23:43 EST, 17 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:13 EST, 18 April 2013 . A plague of rats in gardens and playgrounds could be on the way thanks to new health and safety rules that go beyond European Union guidance, pest control experts claim. The Health and Safety Executive would like the use... | HSE wants 'second gen' rat poisons restricted to within 16ft of buildings .
Agency is worried that predators in countryside will ingest these poisons .
Pest control experts say other animals don't eat poisons if used correctly .
Some 128,000 rat treatments carried out annually 'would be made illegal' |
fce5c9b13881b6ae4513f2f6ae5a541d7d2bfb9c | By . Sara Malm for MailOnline . Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano has been hit by the strongest earthquake since tremors began over a week ago, raising fears that another ash cloud disaster may become reality. The earthquake reached a magnitude of 5.7, potentially leading Iceland to yet again bring the warning code to red ... | Iceland volcano hit by 5.7 magnitude earthquake overnight .
Warning code currently on orange level but could be brought to red .
It is feared an eruption could lead to a repeat of the 2010 ash cloud chaos .
The Eyjafjallajokull eruption disrupted around 100,000 international flights . |
fce6ad77eb2f4bd2a4ec2840ed77f45bd38bf641 | (CNN) -- The space shuttle Atlantis glided to a picture-perfect landing Friday morning under bright, sunny skies at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The seven-person crew returned after an 11-day mission to deliver key spare parts to prolong the life of the international space station. The original six-member crew, wit... | NEW: Mission Control to crew: "Everybody, welcome back to Earth"
NEW: Crew lands at 9:44 a.m. ET Friday after 11-day mission to international space station .
Crew's mission included three spacewalks and installation of two platforms .
Crew's Thanksgiving meal included smoked turkey, green beans and cornbread dressing . |
fce70b5cd67140ca147dae0c40055fa067b7bbae | Instead of scanning the beach for fins, Queenslanders can track sharks in near real time on their phones. Researchers this week tagged three tiger sharks off Fraser Island, in Queensland's southern coast, and their movements can be followed by anyone using a smartphone app. According to the app, Jedda, a 3.5-metre fema... | Three sharks were tagged off Fraser Island, Queensland's southern coast .
Queenslanders can track them in near real time on a smartphone app .
Researcher Bonnie Holmes says the app could one day warn people when a shark is in the area .
About 20 more sharks will be tagged between Fraser Island and Cairns . |
fce71870d1003649bf0b48852793183198af2db9 | By . Rob Waugh . PUBLISHED: . 13:34 EST, 22 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:34 EST, 22 March 2012 . White iPhone 4S: The new iPhone 5 will have a much bigger 4.6-inch screen, and will launch this summer, according to sources in Korea . The new iPhone 5 will have a much bigger 4.6-inch screen, and will launch this summer... | Screen would make new phone same size as Android rival Galaxy S2 .
Leak from unnamed Korean source .
Release date 'in second quarter' this year . |
fce78b13d9e826a1e997e626a3cdef92c8160f6b | (CNN) -- Summer is inching upon us, and that means kids at public pools will be splashing, barbecues in the backyard will be blazing and a slate of blockbusters will start crowding around "The Avengers" at cineplexes. While all this is going on, one song will be blaring from car radios, tinny laptop speakers and hot do... | One song will soon be blaring in the background, and that tune will be the song of the summer .
Many sites will inform you that Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" is a shoe-in .
We'll certainly concede that it was the song of the spring . |
fce99e7542af3429bae32c84bd0063633c8f53d9 | A chemical compound found in spicy curries could help reduce the risk of developing bowel cancer, a study has found. Researchers gave capsaicin, which gives chilli peppers their heat, to mice genetically prone to developing multiple tumours in their gastrointestinal tract. The capsaicin triggered a pain receptor in the... | Researchers gave capsicin, which gives chilli peppers their heat, to mice .
Animals are genetically prone to developing tumours in gastrointestinal tract .
Capsicin triggered pain receptor, setting off reaction reducing tumour risk .
Treatment extended lifespan of mice by more than 30 per cent .
Bowel cancer is third m... |
fcea10d0588f6c925eb0a48c03b6055b8a5da874 | He's photographed everyone from Jerry Hall and Kate Moss to Mick Jagger and Damon Albarn but David Bailey says the secret of his success isn't being a dab hand with a camera - it's because he 'falls in love' with each and every one of his subjects. 'I'm a whore, I fall in love with them while they're with me,' Bailey t... | The 75-year-old has new show opening in February 2014 .
Bailey's Stardust will include 250 of his most famous portraits .
Famous models include Jerry Hall, Kate Moss and Mick Jagger . |
fcea5707db07b334a766d74774fea7af3fd53787 | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 04:22 EST, 12 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:37 EST, 12 December 2013 . The ruling that jailed feminist punk group Pussy Riot was illegal and should be heard again, Russia's Supreme Court has said. According to the Supreme Court, it was never established that Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and... | It was never established that Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina disturbed the peace out of 'hatred for a social group'
Moscow court also did not take into consideration that they had children .
Supreme Court is yet to set a date for an appeal hearing .
Group's lawyer pleased and hopes they might be out before the New Year . |
fceacf8c8a4da1478aceb7f36bc976c949f6e1d5 | A 29-year-old mother was fatally shot Tuesday in an Idaho Walmart when her 2-year-old son in the shopping cart grabbed a gun that was in her purse and shot her in an apparent accident, authorities said. Detectives were investigating the scene and Walmart officials immediately shuttered the store in Hayden, said the Koo... | Mom was shopping with several of her children at Walmart, police say .
They were doing some post-holiday shopping in electronics department .
"This is a pretty tragic incident right now that we're dealing with," police rep says . |
fceb2b53bb297aaa3670ca69c0408d55b8ad308f | By . John Drayton . World number one Adam Scott produced a bogey-free third round 66 to move two shots off the lead at the Crown Plaza Invitational in Forth Worth, Texas. The Australian is in danger of losing his place at the top of the Official World Golf Ranking after only a week, depending on how Henrik Stenson fini... | Australian hits an improved round to give himself a chance in the final round .
World number one responds to the threat posed by Henrik Stenson .
Scott has only been top of the PGA rankings for a week .
Kevin Chappell misses out on being youngest to hit 59 on PGA Tour . |
fceb309feb6cbb1fbd85a1aaf4f3eea14e64ea02 | (CNN) -- Clothes can look good, feel good and smell good, but now they can also sound good. Conceptual artist and sound designer Alyce Santoro has developed a material she calls "sonic fabric." Made from 50% polyester thread and 50% cassette tape, it has the consistency of denim, but is able to play audio. This month, ... | Sonic fabric is a textile made from cassette tape and polyester thread .
The material has the consistency of denim but is capable of producing audio .
Sonic fabric has been used in collections by fashion designers and live on stage by musicians . |
fcec33311f22d2fdc5831691fc74bbc1668e9a7b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:29 EST, 31 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:42 EST, 1 September 2012 . Exam watchdogs last night dismissed calls for the wholesale regrading of this summer’s English GCSE papers, despite admitting that nearly 60,000 pupils who entered early got away with an easier test. Ofqual ... | Oqual admits January's GCSE English exams were 'graded generously'
But it said June's test boundaries were set properly and marked fairly .
Students will be offered an extra chance to re-sit exams in November .
But Association of School and College .
Leaders said this was not 'acceptable or practicable'
Has threatened ... |
fcec7d9182ed78c068df1889f012ada3b4b201f1 | The Duchess of Cambridge has expressed her grief over the death of a 12-year-old cancer patient she met on a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital. Catherine spent time with leukemia sufferer Fabian Bate, then aged nine, when she and William attended the opening of a new children's wing at the Surrey hospital in 2011. Sh... | The Duchess met Fabian Bate at the Royal Marsden Hospital in 2011 .
After her visit she penned a hand-signed letter to the young cancer patient .
She spoke movingly of how she was touched by his 'strength of character'
The 12-year-old lost his eight-year battle with leukemia on Tuesday .
His parents said that Kate's le... |
fcec8cb63ec9dd7e1ca01b64eb21a7e1d7f8c3b8 | (CNN) -- The Humane Society of the United States released Thursday what it says is video showing gruesome images of many dead chickens -- and in some cases, mummified chicken carcasses -- at a farm in southeastern Pennsylvania. The animal protection organization says the video is from an undercover investigation it con... | The Humane Society shows video of dead chickens at an egg farm .
The farm calls the allegations of inhumane conditions "a gross distortion"
The Humane Society is pushing passage of legislation to create better conditions . |
fced3866514311648d51aad21def626350480e1d | Two patients died after being given kidney transplants infected with a parasitic worm, it was revealed today. Darren Hughes, 42, and Robert 'Jim' Stuart, 67, were each given a kidney from a transplant donor who was carrying the deadly worm in his organs when he died. Health bosses have confirmed the 'unique and tragic ... | Doctors not aware donor had the worm - known as Halicephalobus - when the transplants were carried at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff .
Patients 'deteriorated rapidly' after surgery and died less than 3 weeks later .
The two men are part of only five cases ever recorded across the world . |
fced7f9bc4dc855bb62172867258c983a1cadf78 | Leicester have bid £5million for Ipswich striker David McGoldrick but could face competition from Crystal Palace. For all the moves before 11pm, click here . The Tractor boys are believed to want £7million for the 26-year-old, who scored 16 goals in 34 games last season, but a deal for £6m plus add-ons could be struck.... | The Foxes are keen to add another striker to their ranks .
They have bid £5million for Ipswich forward David McGoldrick .
McGoldrick scored 16 times in 34 appearances last season .
They could face competition from Crystal Palace for the 26-year-old . |
fced8fe93df49e7d0115fb78e1eee9ed097373bf | By . Liz Hull . PUBLISHED: . 17:06 EST, 5 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:31 EST, 6 June 2013 . Wealthy businesswoman Diana Lee was murdered and her body mutilated by the penniless lover to whom she had given £70,000, a court has heard . A wealthy businesswoman was murdered and her body mutilated by the penniless lover t... | David Ryan left his wife at home as he 'sneaked to have sex with Diana Lee'
After one rendezvous he is alleged to have bludgeoned her to death .
It's claimed Ryan mutilated her body with a saw to destroy DNA evidence .
Chester Crown Court heard he then dragged body to garage and set on fire . |
fcedcafe8ca725cb3ba24a50f02f8a0564163ae7 | Athens, Greece (CNN) -- Greek lawmakers on Sunday agreed to cut thousands of government workers to secure another 8.8 billion euros ($11.5 billion) in bailout funds. The vote clears the way for 15,000 civil servants to be fired by the end of 2014, the first time Greece's cash-strapped government has said it will cut it... | NEW: "This is going to be a success story," prime minister says .
The vote clears the way for another $11.5 billion in loans .
The Greek unemployment rate is already over 27% .
EU and IMF officials say Greece is meeting its bailout targets . |
fcee1b3705c90c6bfb949c62556b6c108e1f88f3 | Turkey's leader accused France of "genocide" last century during the war in Algeria, a ratcheting up of rhetoric over controversial French legislation that would criminalize any public denial of what the bill calls the Armenian genocide last century in Ottoman Turkey. "In Algeria, an estimated 15 percent of the populat... | The Foreign Ministry slams 'personal attacks'
Turkey is incensed over the National Assembly bill .
Erdogan brings up French activity last century in Algeria . |
fceeb8600999e2be578dff8cfc12a62027df75cb | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Navy has charged six guards accused of assaulting detainees in May at Camp Bucca in Iraq, naval officials said Thursday. U.S. guards patrol at Camp Bucca in Iraq in May. The Army Criminal Investigation Division investigated alleged incidents that left two detainees with minor bruises. The d... | Navy guards accused of assaulting detainees at Camp Bucca .
Eight prisoners were confined to cell sprayed with riot control agent, Navy says .
Navy: Two detainees allegedly left with minor bruises . |
fceebbeca3fd798fa5311f8a4b7b6b9a99911c60 | CERN's Large Hadron Collider will be turned back on in March - at double power, scientists revealed today. The world's biggest particle collider, located near Geneva, has been undergoing a two-year refit. Work is now 'in full swing' to start circulating proton beams again in March, with the first collisions due by May,... | The 27 km circular lab went offline .
in February but will reopen in March with more firepower to help scientists solve the mysteries of the universe .
A year ago, the Large Hadron Collider made one of the greatest discoveries in the history of .
science, identifying what is believed to be the Higgs boson .
As engineer... |
fceed90b027bc409db51880d2891f6120f506f77 | In the space of one frantic fortnight, Jak Alnwick has been exposed to the brilliance and brutality of life as a professional footballer. On Sunday afternoon, as the rookie goalkeeper makes his full home debut in a Tyne-Wear derby, you get the feeling his experience will swing across the perilous pendulum which divides... | Newcastle United face Sunderland in the Tyne-Wear derby on Sunday .
Young goalkeeper Jak Alnwick will again play due to injuries .
He was at fault for two goals against Tottenham on Wednesday . |
fcf027e56f8a4d1a6317d0489b9e23644dc51587 | By . Luke Salkeld . PUBLISHED: . 05:05 EST, 28 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:45 EST, 29 November 2012 . A healthy young woman decided to have her breasts removed because of a family history of cancer. Fiona Luscombe, 23, chose to have a double mastectomy after both her mother and grandfather died following battles ... | Fiona Luscombe, from Plymouth, feared she would also succumb to BRCA2 gene which increases risk of cancer .
'I grew up with cancer and I just couldn't risk it' she said . |
fcf03b156890d5f04b7b231a968058f9a3bbdc03 | By . Associated Press . and Michael Zennie . A friend of Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev wired more than $71,000 to people in six countries and used fake names several times for the transactions - including while Tsarnaev was on a pilgrimage in Russia, according to prosecutors. Khairullozhon Matanov, 23, is ac... | Khairullozhon Matanov, 23, is accused of deleting computer files and lying to agents investigating the 2013 bombings .
The immigrant from Kyrgyzstan says he has no family in the US and waived his right to be released on bail . |
fcf0459f7810df9b3e8bed851878025f2f2b426f | McDonald's is testing custom-made burgers with a choice of 20 toppings and sauces. Customers at the two U.S. restaurants involved in the pilot are able to have their burgers grilled to order through. They make their order on iPads in the two pilot stores at Laguna Niguel, California, and Romeoville, Illinois. Diners at... | McDonald's testing burgers at two restaurants in California and Illinois .
Customers offered toppings like grilled mushrooms, onions or guacamole .
Choose their made-to-order burgers via wall-mounted iPads .
Business insiders say speed of delivery is key to growth of chain . |
fcf0b34824d48ca81f38bab506500925b331a492 | A woman fatally stabbed during an argument in front of her four-year-old son made a final phone call to her mum as she lay dying inside her home. Tyrelle Evertsen-Mostert died following an argument with two lodgers at her home in Norlane, north of Geelong, on Sunday night. The 31-year-old called her mother Johanna mome... | Tyrelle Evertsen-Mostert was stabbed following an argument with two lodgers at Norlane, north of Geelong, on Sunday .
The 31-year-old made a final call to her mum moments after being stabbed .
Police are searching for a man and woman in their 20s over the incident .
Tyrelle's partner, Jason, was also injured and was tr... |
fcf0f7f20a9f6c3137a7f366fb48f1b289492d3e | (CNN) -- Fighting spread through Syria on Saturday as rebels claimed to down a government jet and state media reported the killings of "terrorists." Activists said rebels shot down the plane in Aleppo province. A video distributed by activists shows men shouting "God is great" as they rush to the scene amid celebratory... | At least 141 people were killed across the country Saturday .
A historic mosque is on fire in Aleppo .
Lakhdar Brahimi meets with Turkey's foreign minister .
The scheduled talks come amid rising tensions between Turkey and Syria . |
fcf1b851f5091a60e9faf778797bf44de8e747b4 | (CNN) -- They're tall, they're historic and they're one of the most significant collections of freestanding treasures of ancient China. No, they're not the Terracotta Warriors of Xi'an. They're the "diaolou" of Kaiping, more than 1,800 centuries-old watchtowers that dot the rice fields around the city of Kaiping in the... | The watchtowers in Kaiping, China, were originally built for defense against bandit raids .
They received a UNESCO World Heritage Site listing in 2007 .
In the early 20th century, wealthy emigrants returned to Kaiping and built more towers with Western influences . |
fcf1da31755ab5bfa61aed0ce0b3cbb24961ad75 | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 06:26 EST, 15 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:51 EST, 15 May 2013 . A mechanic has built the world's smallest campervan which has a tiny 4ft by 4ft living space. Despite its confined size the pedal-powered mini mobile home still has room to squeeze in four seats, a stove, a sink, a table and... | Vehicle is made from an old Bedford Bambi van and a Butlins-style bicycle .
The tiny vehicle has four seats, a stove, a sink, a table and a bed .
It doesn't need to be registered to go on the roads . |
fcf299a74c9a03ce9893ae49f4cf5849a2f39f63 | Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- A South African pensioner has died while waiting in a queue to buy tickets for the soccer World Cup, with people lining up for 20 hours in some cases and system problems causing further delays. Cape Town police spokesperson Ezra October confirmed to CNN that 64-year-old Ralph van Hee... | A 64-year-old man dies while waiting to buy tickets for the soccer World Cup in South Africa .
Cape Town police say the pensioner had been number 555 in the queue .
South Africans had waited up to 20 hours as 500,000 tickets were made available .
Problems with ticketing machines had caused further delays at some center... |
fcf2a4fd40bacd81df1ea7840a3d435af0c5ddc2 | SANTA BARBARA, California (CNN) -- Berkeley Breathed answers the door to his Santa Barbara home, a tall, slender figure in suede cowboy boots. Berkeley Breathed has left comic strips behind to focus on his writing -- particularly children's books. But before he can extend a hand in greeting, he's nudged aside by a cani... | Berkeley Breathed's new book, "Flawed Dogs," inspired by photo of abused dog .
After seeing picture, Breathed says he wanted to do story about dog horrors, rescue .
Breathed best known for comic strips "Bloom County" and "Opus"
Among his fans: Harper Lee, who he says asked him not to end the Opus character . |
fcf31530fb452e67dbf5f1fa1a3b9d8e390b60d6 | By . Chloe Lambert . PUBLISHED: . 16:20 EST, 15 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:52 EST, 15 July 2013 . Many women would give anything for a larger bust. But Tina Williams has a warning for them: big breasts come with their own problems. 'I've always been shapely,' says Tina, a 62-year-old retired civil servant from Sheff... | Intertrigo is a fungal, bacterial, or viral infection of broken skin .
It is common among large-chested women as well as overweight people .
Diabetes and stress can exacerbate the condition, which appears as a rash . |
fcf345937f7820626529544ebdbee277aa100ab5 | By . Jennifer Newton . Angry mothers staged a mass breastfeeding protest today in a Sports Direct store that asked a woman who was feeding her child to leave because it was against company policy. Around 70 women descended on the shop in Nottingham city centre to show support for 25-year-old Wioletta Komar, who claimed... | Around 70 women staged protest at Sports Direct in Nottingham city centre .
Some started to breastfeed their children inside the shop .
Mothers said they were defending their right to breastfeed in public .
Wioletta Komar claims she was kicked out of store earlier this year for feeding her son .
It is now thought she h... |
fcf368dc7440e0c0f2d42851ed6974b1ae632679 | Horse meat has been found in a huge consignment of meatballs served in Ikea stores. The company withdrew the suspect products from outlets in the UK and 12 other countries on Friday without telling consumers why. Details emerged only after the publication of test results by food watchdogs in the Czech Republic. Scroll ... | Ikea: Affected meatballs were also on sale in Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal .
Found in one-kilogram packs of frozen meat balls made in Sweden .
Ikea estimates: Sold 11.6 billion Swedish meatballs in Britain since 1987 .
Detected: Burger patties, .
lasagnas, meat pies and meat-filled pastas so far .
The Cafe Rouge chai... |
fcf45f70248c885a255a6170f912accaaf9661dc | By . Associated Press . Thousands of runners are preparing to take part in the Boston Marathon today amid tightened security following the double bombings at last year's race that killed three people and injured 260. A higher police presence, runners using clear plastic bags for their belongings, and fans near the fini... | Marathon runners were blessed at an emotional church service .
Heightened security measures, including bag checks, in place at events .
Tense moment - alarm during Runners' Expo at Hynes Convention Center .
Only hours after the bombings people entered 2014 Boston Marathon . |
fcf4b8a716403e5ff5a33c203206001cf503a54f | (CNN) -- Four young boys died Wednesday after the Gaza beach where they were playing was attacked by Israeli forces. A pair of explosions in what had been nine days of relentless bombings between the two countries are to blame. The boys had been told to stay indoors. And as children tend to do, they disobeyed their par... | LZ Granderson: 4 boys killed while playing on Gaza beach attacked by Israeli forces .
LZ: We weep, but should consider: U.S. has inflicted this kind of collateral damage, too .
He says we tend not to feel responsible for distant carnage inflicted for U.S. interests .
LZ: We should remember our visceral reaction today n... |
fcf4e3c28f62546479e2975acd8c19bea851c9c7 | (CNN) -- Mars rover Curiosity beamed back a sweeping color panorama of the planet's surface Thursday, showing the rocky, reddish desert surrounding it and the mountain it will explore in the coming months. The 360-degree view captures the landscape of Gale Crater, where Curiosity touched down early Monday, and the foot... | A 360-degree color panorama of Gale Crater includes Mount Sharp .
The peak is the Mars rover Curiosity's prime target .
The rover performed "flawlessly" on its third day on Mars, controllers say . |
fcf5d5d4e0036fc0e3b1ebc9549aa43b837965e8 | The NSA has become too big and too powerful. What was supposed to be a single agency with a dual mission -- protecting the security of U.S. communications and eavesdropping on the communications of our enemies -- has become unbalanced in the post-Cold War, all-terrorism-all-the-time era. Putting the U.S. Cyber Command... | Director of national intelligence said U.S. should have acknowledged surveillance .
Bruce Schneier: NSA is too big and powerful; it's time to break up the agency .
He says all bulk surveillance of Americans should be moved to the FBI .
Schneier: Instead of working to weaken security, NSA should try to improve security ... |
fcf676cb6a839273acaf1beef946205a51f0296e | Los Angeles (CNN) -- A hearing in Charlie Sheen's custody battle with estranged wife Brooke Mueller took place Tuesday in private, despite a request from the actor's lawyer that reporters be allowed to witness the proceeding. While the results were sealed by the judge, Mueller was smiling broadly as she left court, in ... | NEW: Charlie Sheen arrives in Washington, says he can't discuss custody battle .
"Excellent, now let's go," says the actor's estranged wife as she approached her limo .
Sheen wanted Tuesday's hearing open, but Brooke Mueller wanted it private .
Sheen and Mueller are fighting over the custody of their twin sons . |
fcf6bf91e9f06166c7d76c1de1432149471bd51c | A Chinese woman had a miraculous escape when her car was buried under tons of rice after a lorry tipped over. It took rescuers an hour to dig out Lin Hen, 33, after the crash in Luoyang in China's central Henan province. She was carried from the wreckage wearing only one shoe and with bloody scratches over her arms. Li... | Rescuers had to dig Lin Hen, 33, out from underneath piles of full rice sacks .
She was driving to sister's wedding at the time of accident in Luoyang .
Driver said lorry brakes failed and caused crash in central Henan province . |
fcf7bb3f4ab33021683f9fab90f2a2d8b964ce4e | By . Keith Gladdis . PUBLISHED: . 10:57 EST, 9 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:28 EST, 9 June 2013 . 'Without pain': Author Iain Banks passed away yesterday morning . Best-selling author Iain Banks lost his battle with cancer yesterday – weeks after marrying his partner and just days before the publication of his final n... | The Scottish author revealed he was terminally ill in April .
He did not expect to live longer than year after being diagnosed .
Before his death Banks completed his final novel The Quarry due to be published on June 20 .
It follows the final weeks of a man terminally ill with cancer . |
fcf7c670900b369f8818634ac57821f23447cc12 | A middle-aged British mother-of-two has joined Islamic State extremists after running away to wage jihad with her toyboy husband. Muslim convert Sally Jones, 45 –who has spent a lifetime on state benefits – ranted online about how she wants to behead Christians with a ‘blunt knife’. The unemployed mother, who was once ... | Muslim convert who went to Syria may be Sally Jones from Chatham .
It is believed she could be going by the name Umm Hussain al-Britani .
Umm Hussain has claimed she married British jihadi Junaid Hussain .
The pair had an online romance before travelling separately to Syria .
Both have since posted up a series of thre... |
fcf7cb02f8882ecdac36176848bbe39dc91e2b52 | (CNN) -- Saudi King Abdullah has pardoned a rape victim who had been sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison in a case that sparked international attention, a Saudi newspaper has reported. The case cast light on the treatment of women under Saudi Arabia's strict Islamic law. Al-Jazirah newspaper quoted a Saudi... | NEW: Sources say pardon unrelated to Hajj nor subsequent Eid al-Adha .
NEW: Justice minister says king felt pardon in best interests of Saudi people .
Report: King Abdullah pardons rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes .
A Saudi court had ruled the 19-year-old had an "illegitimate relationship" |
fcf8575db4b87c6d3125384b4ffb94ddcb30c52d | (CNN) -- It's been quite some time since someone made fun of me for being from New Jersey. But the Gov. Chris Christie bridge scandal is bringing the old Joisey stereotypes back into play. "New Jersey smells bad," "New Jersey drivers are the worst!" and, quite possibly the most inaccurate accusation, "Jersey made Snook... | New Jersey is the butt of jokes once again, thanks to its governor .
But from Princeton to Asbury Park, New Jersey is for travelers .
Try ethnic food in Jersey City; explore nature in Frenchtown . |
fcf86b9f9246eb5f124b4c0070cfea9cde0db0d7 | (CNN) -- Shortly after Alabama's rout of Notre Dame there was one word that many on the field seemed not to want to broach. Dynasty. But why not? Alabama's 42 to 14 thrashing of Notre Dame in Monday night's BCS National Championship game was the Crimson Tide's second in a row. It is also Alabama's third national title ... | Alabama wins its third BCS title in four years .
The team joins two other teams in college football history to complete that feat .
"This is, in my lifetime, the best dynasty that I've ever seen in college football," ESPN commentator says . |
fcf8c404b4e5a431a420b0e3165aac13c16bac71 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Britain will assist France in its attempt to stop the advancement of al-Qaeda rebels in Mali, it has been revealed. The UK will transport troops and specialist equipment to the West African country after France launched an operation in conjunction with the Malian Government to halt Islamic ex... | Follows conversation between David Cameron and Francois Hollande .
UK troops will not engage in combat in the West African country .
Prime Minister expressed deep concern about al-Qaeda advancement in Mali .
French strikes helped wrestle key town Konna back from Islamic militants .
French intervention prompts protests ... |
fcf8cdd335692bb38987eb0e340d26a7f28d08cd | By . Sadie Whitelocks . PUBLISHED: . 14:58 EST, 20 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:30 EST, 20 August 2013 . One of America's first and longest-standing female news anchors has celebrated her 45th year on the job. Jean Enersen landed a role at KING5, an NBC-affiliated television station located in Seattle, Washington, i... | Jean Enersen landed a role at KING5, an NBC-affiliated television station, in 1968 aged 24 at a time when men ruled the airwaves .
One of her memorable achievements includes leading the first local broadcasting crew to China after Richard Nixon resumed trade relations . |
fcf8fa793554f56c93e68bf37efe59d4f2e65f4b | They had endured the cataclysmic power of Typhoon Haiyan and the devastating tidal waves whipped up by the super-storm's 150pmh winds. But now they were trapped in a flooded hotel with water waist-deep. Surrounded by fallen cables, the elderly and frail survivors were terrified. Rescue, however, soon arrived. Wading th... | Rescue of elderly through waist-deep flood water caught on camera .
Heroic rescue continued despite fears the water had been electrified .
Video shows raw power of Typhoon Haiyan that has left thousands dead . |
fcf93a0e31ffcde729d18de1874a32d5d3a451a3 | Brazilian right back Danilo netted a crucial penalty for Porto as the visitors fought back against Basle in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash, though the fixture was dominated by two decisions from referee Mark Clattenburg. Paraguayan midfielder Derlis Gonzalez opened the scoring at St Jakob-Park as... | Derlis Gonzalez put Basle in front in the first half but collided with the goalkeeper in his effort .
The Paraguayan midfielder was taken off 14 minutes later after the heavy blow to the face .
Casemiro thought he had equalised for Porto but Mark Clattenburg ruled the goal out for offside .
The English official took ar... |
fcf9d5c67fe64b08bb72a3ab47abde56fe0672f9 | A 26-year-old man who fell asleep during a New York Yankees game is suing ESPN and two of its announcers for airing his nap on the live telecast. Andrew Rector claims he has suffered emotional distress due to an 'unending verbal crusade' against him during the broadcast, in which the camera panned to his second-row sea... | Andrew Rector, 26, of New York, fell asleep during a New York Yankees game on April 13 .
The camera panned to him and two commentators discussed how he was 'oblivious' to the game .
Clip was posted online as part of a highlights package .
Rector claims he has suffered emotional distress as a result of the broadcast and... |
fcf9f399128f27214a3ad445a86843e166ac8723 | Kevin Nunes was beaten and shot in 2002. The investigation into his murder contained serious errors, a police watchdog probe later found . Fourteen police officers - including two chief constables - will not face charges over a botched murder investigation of a promising football star. Kevin Nunes, who had been on the ... | Ex-Tottenham youngster was found shot and beaten in 2002 .
Five men were convicted of his murder in 2008 and jailed .
They were later cleared and freed after flaws in investigation exposed .
Police watchdog handed evidence of botched murder probe to CPS .
None of 14 officers involved faces further action, it was confir... |
fcf9f60391dc2c01c6bd21099c38e539f9f2a02e | Strictly Come Dancing made Susanna Reid a star, but it appears to have cost the BBC Breakfast presenter her relationship. While Reid has spent the past few weeks on the road for Strictly’s live arena tour, her long-term partner and father of her three children, Dominic Cotton, has had enough and separated from her — si... | BBC Breakfast presenter's partner Dominic Cotton has joined Match.com .
Describes himself as 'separated' and says his best feature is his bum .
Reid's agent confirmed the couple 'have agreed to separate but remain good friends'
Several couples have split up after appearances on BBC1 show Strictly . |
fcfa15a9b02b55aba30fdec228c038a5d6fdc13e | Tony Verna, a television director and producer who invented instant replay for live sports 51 years ago, has died. He was 81. Verna died Sunday at his Palm Desert home after battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia, daughter Tracy Soiseth said. CBS used instant replay for the first time in the December 7, 1963 Army-Navy f... | Tony Verna re-invented TV sports with the technique he first pioneered during an Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia in 1963 .
Verna's method involved a new way to cue tape that could pinpoint the play he wanted to immediately air again .
He said he was looking for a way to fill those boring gaps between plays duri... |
fcfaa38cacfd5dd7f9ce52ceee63f3d0641a5239 | Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad said Gov. Chris Christie's veto of a ban that would have prohibited the use of pig gestation crates in New Jersey was a "good decision." According to the Des Moines Register, Branstad said in his weekly press conference Monday that he personally lobbied for Christie to not sign the measure, arg... | New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Friday he would veto a bill banning pig gestation crates .
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad praised Christie's decision in a press conference Monday .
Christie is considering a 2016 presidential bid . |
fcfaef65deca3a42d902f97b55b59e8b4e857fff | Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown has claimed that TV weatherman and former biology teacher Fred Talbot played his class gay porn when he was 11. The 51-year-old singer was taught by Talbot at Altrincham Grammar School in Manchester in the late 1970s and also told a court that he gave masturbation practice as homework. Ta... | Ian Brown, 51, was taught by Fred Talbot at Altrincham Grammar School .
He told court he remembers a few lessons with his former teacher in 1970s .
In one he claims Talbot asked if they had masturbated and explained how .
Brown also claims he showed a three-minute gay porn movie in class .
Talbot, 65, denies 10 histori... |
fcfbb6a5388b2324da16aa04a8636158c10e79ad | A mother was killed in front of her family when she was struck by lightning on a Brazilian beach. Rosangela Biavati a 36-year-old married mother of one, died instantly when she was hit by the bolt of electricity during a trip to Guaruja, a popular seaside resort on the coast of Sao Paulo. The first photograph shows the... | Rosangela Biavati was trying to get her son and nephews to leave the water as a lightning storm began .
She died instantly in front of her husband and other relatives when she was struck by a single lightning bolt . |
fcfc0074a3a96fdec8f7acccf9aa4b5670b14d40 | By . Emma Reynolds . PUBLISHED: . 11:39 EST, 5 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:39 EST, 5 October 2012 . Free birth control dramatically lowers rates of abortions and teen births, a large study has revealed. Only 6.3 teenagers in every 1,000 given their choice of contraception get pregnant, compared with 34 per 1,000 n... | Millions of women are .
beginning to get access to free contraception under Obama's new healthcare law .
Women gravitate towards the best forms of birth control when they have all options, researchers found .
Long-term contraception methods can currently cost hundreds of dollars up-front .
Nearly half of the nation's s... |
fcfcd619850b2ad9beaa81cc584ff14d31be0ccc | Presumably by the same logic that decrees all elephants are scared of mice, towering Stoke City forward Peter Crouch is 'petrified' of hamsters. The surprising revelation was made by the former England star's wife, Abbey Clancy, who posted a photo online of the beast in question. She said: 'This is our tiny baby hamste... | Peter Crouch and his wife bought a new pet hamster .
But the Stoke City forward is apparently 'petrified' of it .
Crouch does apparently have a soft spot for larger animals . |
fcfd17e3b382df47b5bbb7b9b4cb93cff4689cd1 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 06:34 EST, 19 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:58 EST, 19 April 2013 . Barred: The popular black cat plays with staff at the Stratford sorting office, but bosses want the animal out . A stray cat adopted by posties is to be evicted because Royal Mail bosses believe it breaches health a... | Stray visits Stratford posties every day for food and cuddles .
But Royal Mail bosses want him out on health and safety grounds .
More than 1,000 join campaign to keep the animal, called simply 'Cat' |
fcfe3e1cbe1b7787208c586fa80276d9aa0c4945 | United Nations (CNN) -- The body of a United Nations worker, who had been missing for 24 years, has been found in eastern Lebanon, a representative of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday. Alec Collett was on assignment for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or... | Alec Collett had been visiting various UNRWA operations in Lebanon when he was kidnapped in March 1985 .
Group called "Revolutionary Organization of Muslim Socialists" claimed responsibility for kidnapping .
In April 1986, a Beirut TV station received a videotape purportedly showing Collett being hanged . |
fcfe46443bb32053cf382d371fc60749227f3f5b | Beijing (CNN) -- A high-speed bullet train collision in eastern China's Zhejiang province left 35 people dead and 210 injured, state-run news agency Xinhua reported Sunday. Witnesses told China National Radio that a bullet train stopped on the tracks Saturday because of a power outage from a lightning strike. Another b... | NEW: About 210 are injured .
Rescue operations continue .
The accident was in eastern China .
Some passengers had to break windows to get out . |
fcfff305fcfaeeb49cf4abcac79051b5def23be4 | The Obama administration will work to ensure that gay and lesbian Americans are eligible to take leave from their jobs to care for a same-sex spouse, regardless of whether they live in a state that recognizes gay marriage, the White House said Friday. President Barack Obama is directing the Labor Department to start dr... | Current law only allows couples living in a state that recognizes same-sex marriage to be eligible for benefits .
Move comes three years after administration stopped defending the Defense of Marriage Act . |
fd005edfe93df4de413fd841ae1e2834048a7c72 | By . Simon Jones . Real Sociedad want Arsenal to sell their £3.5million buy-back option on striker Carlos Vela. The club president Jokin Aperribay and vice president Angel Oyarzun flew to London at the weekend to secure the 50 per cent rights retained by Arsenal following Vela's sale last summer. Aperribay only has unt... | Sociedad president Jokin Aperribay flew to London at the weekend .
Arsenal still retain 50 per cent rights on Vela after sale last summer .
Aperribay has until July 1 to acquire those rights from Arsenal .
Arsenal want £6.5m plus bonuses for the 25-year-old Mexican . |
fd006c1db92b3c92307a4ff2b87e6cb79d1079d9 | By . Zoe Szathmary . A Massachusetts teen brought a Boston TV sports reporter to his junior prom - who happens to be dating Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks. Cameron Stuart, 16, launched a social media campaign last October to convince Jenny Dell to be his date, The Veritas reported at the time. Scroll down for ... | Cameron Stuart asked sports reporter Jenny Dell to be his date at the prom .
Dell agreed and accompanied him to the Thursday night bash .
Stuart even won the title of prom king . |
fd012a308d3154d2e6a20344a3312a3b06095e3f | When Steven Isles' father went missing five years ago in highly publicised circumstances, he was touched by the outpouring of support he received from friends and strangers. This week Mr Isles, from Townsville in Queensland, was devastated by the deaths Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson. But he was particularly upset at ... | Steven Isles' father disappeared in 2009 and has never been found .
He found letters from friends and strangers very comforting at the time .
The Townsville man started a Christmas card drive for the children of Sydney siege victim Katrina Dawson's children . |
fd0144414c5259f4550e49753f0f80b370e840c6 | (CNN) -- English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur crushed Scottish outfit Heart of Midlothian 5-0 in the qualifying round of UEFA's Europa League. Tottenham, who had their opening Premier League clash against Everton postponed due the recent London riots, nevertheless looked much the sharper as they raced into a 3... | Tottenham Hotspur smash Hearts 5-0 in the Europa League .
Good night for English clubs as Fulham and Stoke City win .
Shalke 04 and AS Roma both lose .
Second leg of qualifying round takes place August 25th . |
fd028ced217d211a4ab9285206285903af0274d2 | LA PAZ, Bolivia (CNN) -- Five of Bolivia's nine states staged a civic strike Tuesday, protesting against President Evo Morales and demanding a larger share of the country's natural gas revenues. Members of Santa Cruz's Juvenile Union burn wood during protests Tuesday in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Officials in Santa Cruz, Ben... | Five of Bolivia's 9 states demand larger share of nation's natural gas revenues.
President has earmarked gas profits to increase funding for pension plans .
Police fire tear gas three times at demonstrators in Santa Cruz . |
fd028d554a761233e647d7e489929271256774cd | Andy Murray wants to work with coach Amelie Mauresmo for the 'long term'. The Scot announced he had hired the French former Wimbledon champion shortly before the grass-court season, but the partnership could not help Murray retain his title at the All England Club as he exited at the quarter-final stage. But, speaking ... | Murray began working with Mauresmo this summer before Wimbledon .
Former World No. 1 to travel with British star 25 weeks a year .
Murray says he 'really enjoys working with her' |
fd033d4153cc39c4e30d5e448170c1e4944b0661 | By . Tim Shipman . PUBLISHED: . 19:39 EST, 18 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 03:36 EST, 19 February 2014 . Foreign migrants will be banned from receiving benefits unless they earn a minimum of £149 a week, under new rules unveiled today. From March 1st people from European countries who claim to have been in work or se... | Currently the definition regarding who is a 'worker' is very open .
At the moment people can work a few hours a week and claim benefits .
New rules would make claiming benefits a lot stricter .
People will have to earn a certain amount in order to have the right to claim .
Secretary Ian Duncan-Smith says: 'reforms will... |
fd0372383176689a3aba1fe08ed62cc7dd8b5302 | (CNN) -- A video camera mounted inside the police car of a Virginia Tech police officer slain Thursday showed a man with a weapon who appears to be same person as a man who was later found shot dead about a quarter of a mile away, a Virginia state police official said Thursday night. Maj. Rick Jenkins added that, at th... | NEW: A vigil is held at Virginia Tech on Thursday night; another is set for Friday .
Video from a slain police officer's car shows a man with a gun, just before shooting .
The man on the video matches the description of a person later found shot dead .
A state police major says "we cannot say definitively" the dead man... |
fd03b31e610d10e6f7abab8cb0e1786d439d3271 | French counter-terrorism experts have identified 64 suburbs in dozens of cities that act as breeding grounds for Islamic extremism. So-called 'ghettos' with high rates of youth unemployment, immigration and single-parent families, such as L'Ariane near Nice, have been linked to the radicalisation of young and vulnerabl... | Counter-terror experts identify 64 French suburbs linked to radicalisation .
Young and vulnerable fall prey to extremists in these so-called ghettos .
Each of the high risk suburbs share startlingly similar demographics .
Youth unemployment is at 45 per cent and average salary just £8,300 .
Half of all residents are ei... |
fd0436722477cd827a599142500cda56a62d7ac2 | A mother found dead in a suspected murder-suicide had taken out an intervention order against her estranged husband which expired just four days earlier. The former couple’s flatmate heard moaning noises coming from a bedroom in the moments before Shikha Godara Beniwal died, but he did not intervene because he thought... | Police believe Shikha Godara Beniwal was murdered by husband Sunil .
Their three-year-old son was in the Melbourne house when Shikha died .
The family had a history of domestic abuse going back at least two years . |
fd046b9a21c4933119a2740505d3e072d72d4550 | (CNN) -- Sebastian Vettel led home teammate Mark Webber as Red Bull claimed a 1-2 in the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday. Red Bull have claimed all three pole positions so far this season, with German Vettel heading the grid in the first two races and Webber starting first at Sepang, but had been hit by reliability issu... | Sebastian Vettel beats Red Bull teammate Mark Webber to win Malaysian GP .
Vettel had started on pole position for the first two F1 races of the season .
Felipe Massa finishes seventh but overtakes Fernando Alonso to lead overall . |
fd05447db29a445dc54b471af6707eae5cb43ef4 | (CNN) -- Colombia may have exited the World Cup at the quarterfinal stage but it did not stop a massive crowd from welcoming home their heroes in the capital Bogota Sunday. Hosts Brazil put paid to the team's hopes with a narrow 2-1 victory in Fortaleza Friday, although the win came at a heavy price with Neymar ruled o... | Colombia team returns home to massive welcome in Bogota .
Colombia went out in quarterfinals to hosts Brazil .
WC top scorer James Rodriguez center of attention .
Brazil comes to terms with loss of star player Neymar . |
fd05a58a30de9dec401991f8950e94f181f5b0f7 | Argentina has passed a new law stating that all public transport and stations must display the inflammatory words: 'The Falklands are Argentina'. The new regulation was approved unanimously in parliament last night after it was proposed by MP Teresita Luna. Daniel Filmus, secretary of state for Falkland affairs, tweete... | Law was approved unanimously in parliament after proposal by MP .
Argentina fined by FIFA after players posed with message in June . |
fd05add33275e8e02f35720ed3e6b27f84747556 | By . Ray Massey, Transport Editor . Saab will start making cars again, two years after going to the wall. The Swedish firm will make existing models, such as the 9-3 saloon, but also start producing electric cars. It went bankrupt in late 2011 and was bought by a Chinese-Swedish investment group, National Electric Vehi... | The company is to reproduce a 'modest' number of its popular 9-3 saloon .
Saab went bankrupt in late 2011 after inconsistent sales .
Chinese-Swedish investment group bought the company in 2012 . |
fd060b0a285dc4ae0e40ebaca74e8a53090b4bfc | Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Four journalists are free weeks after they were captured by the Libyan military and then sentenced to jail for a year, a Libyan government spokesman said Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Tunisian government condemned Libya's alleged continuous firing of rockets at the border town of Dhiba, a Tunisian f... | Four foreign journalists covering the Libyan conflict are released and fined .
Meanwhile, Tunisia condemns Libya's firing of rockets at a Tunisian border town .
UNICEF announces an effort to raise $20 million for Libyan women and children . |
fd06daaa4ac75e432d4384f3fe2ac1ad1f3f43ef | (CNN) -- It looks like Kanye West's new wife is rubbing off on him. In the August issue of GQ magazine, the rapper talks about everything from his design ambitions -- he'd like to build amusement parks -- to his next album to his home life, including the relationship he's built with uber-celebrity Kim Kardashian. Accor... | Kanye West gives a wide-ranging interview to GQ .
He discusses his career goals, family and life as a celebrity .
He feels like he's fighting for celebrity rights .
He also says he's acquired "Kim K skills" |
fd076f5c3f42cd4f50d4fb0d02b857a72ef20b59 | When you’re in a rush, it might feel like it takes forever to get a pan of water to boil. But according to an Oxford University engineering professor, the key to speedy cooking is a bit of rocket science. Dr Thomas Povey is an expert on jet and rocket engines, particularly the techniques used to manage and transfer eng... | The energy efficient Flare design, which has fins, was dreamed up by a professor of engineering at Oxford University .
The shape of the pan channels heat from a gas flame across the bottom and up both sides, to capture energy that would otherwise be wasted .
This means it can heat food faster using 40 per cent less ene... |
fd07f0106ec758fb92f2f4605d7b1522786d3441 | By . Sadie Whitelocks . PUBLISHED: . 05:19 EST, 25 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:00 EST, 25 May 2012 . Since her Team GB Olympic kit was unveiled in March, the London fashion designer has been keeping a relatively low profile. But last night Stella McCartney got back into the swing of things as she attended a pop art th... | Both Natalia Vodianova and Agyness Denn wear her eponymous label .
Last night's ball raised over £1.1 million for the NSPCC . |
fd0861376e699ba1d72c98dc2fa224cf6370066d | When the largest shopping centre in the world opened in 2005, it was dubbed the Great Mall of China, and around 70,000 shoppers were expected to flock there each day. The South China Mall seemed to have it all: an 82ft Arc de Triomphe, a 1.3-mile canal complete with gondolas, and an enormous indoor and outdoor roller-c... | New South China Mall twice as large as the biggest in US, Mall of America .
Shopping centre's poor location with bad transport links blamed for failure . |
fd0881f361137d2720bb7d95fddf0a21b79f1444 | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . If you've ever queued for a public toilet at a festival or event, you'll know how difficult it is to find the cleanest option, quickly. With that in mind, a mathematician has devised a system of determining how many toilets must be rejected automatically to guarantee the best possible option... | Nottingham professor reveals how to pick the best toilet at a festival .
In a video for Numberphile she explains how to choose out of 100 .
The rather complex solution is based on the famous 'secretary problem'
She claims the first 37 toilets in a row of 100 should be rejected .
Toilets should then be compared to find ... |
fd08c290e643100e0731d6766ea73a4f7bb002f1 | (CNN) -- As McDonald's opens its first restaurant in Vietnam, take a look at some of the big breakthroughs the fast food chain has made in the past -- from its first outlet in the Soviet Union, through the Kosher Mac and MacMaharaja, to the branch at Guantanamo Bay. Russia . It took McDonald's 14 years of intense negot... | Vietnam's first McDonald's restaurant opened this weekend .
More than 70 years after it was founded, McDonald's operates in more than 100 countries .
But not all of its branches are without controversy: Take a look at some of them . |
fd08c809f11d619fad738efccf5f1360f5121445 | By . Valerie Elliott . PUBLISHED: . 16:18 EST, 6 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:18 EST, 6 April 2013 . A German company is threatening to destroy the view in a picturesque corner of the Cotswolds by building a solar farm. Belectric, one of the world’s biggest solar energy companies, already owns 200 large solar farms a... | One of the world’s biggest solar energy companies has its eye on UK .
Plans would involve scarring the Cotswolds with 66,000 metal panels . |
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