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0eff956af14bf96780334e6f839260d9fdc071f9 | Vladimir Putin has said that a war between Russian and neighbouring Ukraine is unlikely and that he hopes it 'never happens'. Speaking to Russian state TV, the President called a military conflict between his country and Ukraine 'an apocalyptic scenario'. This comes as an international security watchdog has warned of s... | Putin says a war between Russia and Ukraine is 'unlikely'
Russian President called possible war 'an apocalyptic scenario'
Security watchdog OSCE warns of several breaches of cease-fire . |
0f0088a2f50235e05b1d9c5e45b736a4ed050269 | The amphibian-version of Nigella Kitchen appears to be a hit with these leopard frogs. A recent video shows the creatures in a frenzy after discovering an iPhone at the back of a shed. Footage of wiggling worms is then played to the crowd of hungry frogs who leap, pounce and hurl themselves at the glass. Scroll down fo... | The video was uploaded to YouTube by Ohio-based user Joe Myers .
It shows an iPhone behind glass playing a video of wiggling worms .
At one point, more than 17 leopard frogs scramble to get best view .
As well as worms, leopard frog sometimes eat small birds and snakes . |
0f00f30060b82e28e6214b4fbae0b32ab044ea1c | Hackers appear to have posted account info for 4.6 million users of quickie social-sharing app Snapchat, making usernames and at least partial phone numbers available for download. The data were posted to the website SnapchatDB.info. By late Wednesday morning, that site had been suspended. The hack was seemingly intend... | A hacker group says it accessed info for 4.6 million Snapchat users .
The group, SnapchatDB, urged the app to tighten security .
They said the last two digits in phone numbers were blurred .
Snapchat lets users share photos and videos . |
0f010480df1e779a1f96ddbe476f1550c8a55e98 | By . Simon Tomlinson . Farmed fish should be stunned before being killed because they deserve to be treated as humanely as cattle, the government's animal welfare body has said. The Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) said people working with Britain's 100million harvested fish must 'recognise that their killing requi... | Fish farm workers should 'take responsibility for ending individual lives'
Farm Animal Welfare Committee says some fish 'have experience of pain'
Report: Society should provide farmed animals with 'a life worth living' |
0f01aac02338492512b23c33fd3329d530e61356 | By . Louise Eccles . PUBLISHED: . 19:00 EST, 20 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:04 EST, 21 February 2013 . High above the Swiss snowline, the temperature is rising. Locked in a tight embrace on the slopes of the Verbier ski resort yesterday, Prince Harry and his society girlfriend Cressida Bonas seem to be closer tha... | Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas seemed closer than ever in Verbier .
Diners in resort’s Farinet Hotel amazed to see public intimacy between pair .
They ‘kissed like love-struck teenagers in the back of a cinema’
It came during birthday celebration for Harry’s uncle, Prince Andrew . |
0f0229fdb0ea0f102a40afd86f2b12cf4df92059 | Older homeowners with interest-only mortgages could be told by their banks to take out a lifetime loan or move out of their property. People in their 50s and 60s who cannot pay off their debt at the end of a typical 25-year interest-only mortgage may be offered a loan which they will take to their grave, to avoid repos... | Older homeowners who can not pay off their debt could be offered loan .
Major banks expected to offer deal allowing owners to stay in their home .
They would agree to give house to lender, rather than family, after death .
Property would be sold and most of the proceeds would go to the lender .
Santander will reportedl... |
0f0305364f09847355347a93c3b08c8c582c46f0 | (CNN)California health officials said Wednesday there are 79 confirmed measles cases in the state, as federal health authorities reported that the number of U.S. cases in 2014 more than tripled any total in recent years. According to the California Department of Public Health website, 52 of those cases are linked to an... | All 15 measles cases in Los Angeles County involve unvaccinated people .
CDC reports cases topped 600 in 2014, a significant spike over recent years .
Scores of high schoolers sent home after one student is suspected of having measles . |
0f03095189e9364f5c3ec347238c099ff6f178d4 | By . Sophie Jane Evans . PUBLISHED: . 03:54 EST, 21 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:44 EST, 23 December 2013 . The 36-year-old woman believed to have been swept out to sea in Brighton ran into the water, it has been revealed. A . major search operation was launched yesterday after the female went into the water follo... | Woman, 36, ran into the water while strolling along shore with a friend .
Emergency services called to Brighton seafront at 2.20am yesterday .
Search operation has been called off due to poor weather conditions . |
0f0379e5fbb1fcda0d4483693b0825ac2dd7bb32 | By . Emma Reynolds . PUBLISHED: . 08:48 EST, 29 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:50 EST, 29 November 2012 . WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange does not have an urgent medical condition despite reports that he is suffering from a chronic lung condition, it was stated tonight. Ecuador’s ambassador to the UK, Ana Alban, sa... | The embassy gave Assange asylum after Sweden tried to extradite him on sexual assault charges .
An Ecuadorian government spokesman said he does not have an 'urgent medical condition'
Ambassador to the UK, Ana .
Alban, said yesterday the Australian needs constant medical attention . |
0f04a4604075976a07cf2a9bc23cc98b6edda5c8 | By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 12:38 EST, 4 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:45 EST, 5 July 2012 . More than 200 breastfeeding mothers descended on a cafe in support of one of their own who claimed she was verbally abused by a waitress for suckling her baby in public. Kelly Schaecher, 28, claims she was told by a mem... | Kelly Schaecher was first told to 'suckle baby in the corner' when she went to cafe for lunch .
Then claims waitress left her 'terrified' after verbally abusing her as she walked down road .
As word spread, a Facebook campaign mustered 200 breastfeeding mothers to take a stand .
Cafe owner apologises for 'isolated inci... |
0f04f84241d1b3ff2e3418b464b3ee3eb4059d70 | By . Associated Press Reporter and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:49 EST, 17 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:11 EST, 17 November 2013 . The grieving mother of one of the 19 wildland 'hotshots' killed in north-central Arizona has filed a $36 million claim against authorities, saying their negligence led to the ... | Mother of firefighter killed in Arizona blaze on June 30 seeking $36 million from the state, Yavapai County and the city of Prescott .
California's Marcia McKee claims her son, 21-year-old Grant, died because of authorities' negligence .
She believes the death was 'preventable'
'My life was also taken that day because... |
0f050a179420baeffe1f622842040e6f0fd3a109 | Detroit Mayor Dave Bing accused his Boston counterpart of insensitivity Tuesday after Thomas Menino told a magazine that if he ever visited the Motor City, he'd 'blow up the place and start all over.' In a New York Times Magazine article that first appeared online last week, Menino said Detroit is a place he'd like to ... | Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said if he ever visited Detroit he'd 'blow up the place and start all over'
Detroit Mayor called Menino's choice of words 'unfortunate'
Menino says he meant he wanted to overhaul broken systems that brought down Detroit .
In July Detroit became the largest city in the country to seek bankrupt... |
0f055da8324fb0714389032c660cc8130442608d | Diego Costa has called on the world of football to help put an end to discrimination, just hours after footage emerged of Chelsea fans in Paris refusing to let a black passenger on to a Metro train. The menacing Blues striker was speaking ahead of Chelsea's annual 'Game for Equality' which takes place against Burnley o... | Diego Costa discusses discrimination ahead of Chelsea's annuel 'Game for Equality' on Saturday .
Costa urges people to speak out against racism and discrimination .
Striker's comment released on same day footage emerges of a black passenger being blocked entry to a Metro train by Chelsea fans .
Chelsea fans prevent the... |
0f07a41ddc7e5aa3587271f17ca4d0264af813aa | By . Kirsty Walker . PUBLISHED: . 06:28 EST, 12 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:56 EST, 13 August 2012 . Public servants racked up £1.15billion on taxpayer-funded credit cards last year – a rise of more than £160million since David Cameron pledged to cut spending on them. Figures reveal how high-ranking public- sector ... | £777 on a 'working lunch' at trendy London restaurant .
£5,498 at the Westin Chosun Hotel in South Korea . |
0f080014669246c0ed9dd117f4bcc0e3a4944bcf | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 06:21 EST, 4 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:56 EST, 5 November 2012 . Ed Miliband will launch a campaign today to compel the Government to deal only with firms willing to pay a ‘living’ wage. He will insist Whitehall contracts should only be offered to companies paying at least £7... | Miliband brothers want to see 'living wage' replace the lower minimum wage as the new norm .
Defined as minimum rate required to allow workers to provide themselves and their families with the 'basis of a decent life'
Plans to deliver wage of at least £7.20 per hour - rising to £8.30 in London - to millions of workers... |
0f08166cb411cc067430020377d55740c92ddc77 | A retired Canadian Mountie admitted in court Thursday to killing his wife over a Ninetendo Wii game bet. Keith Wiens, who has been charged with second degree murder in the 2011 killing of his common law wife Lynn Kalmring, said in court in British Columbia that he only killed her because he feared for his life. On Augu... | Keith Wiens and wife Lynn Kalmring had hedged a bet over a Wii game .
When Wiens wanted to go to bed instead of have sex with his wife, he says she turned violent .
She came at him with a knife, and in self-defense Wiens said he shot her once in the head .
An expert testified that Kalmring would not have been found wit... |
0f0963d17043cc4c61fb156ae9f4907501912846 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 03:32 EST, 16 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:47 EST, 16 July 2012 . European Parliament president Martin Schulz was at the May 9 meeting . Seventy-six Eurocrats spent part of a top-level meeting deciding what to name a corridor - and even failed to reach a decision, it has emerged... | It was discussed at a top-level meeting usually intended to discuss strategy .
European Parliament president Martin Schulz was present at the meeting .
The officials could not come to a decision on a name for it so referred it to a committee meeting and asked for a report back . |
0f0b450d07f58457f7c45b7f961d01ae555e2e4b | Recommended daily calorie allowance for an eight-day period is around 20,000 for men and 16,000 for women. By . Emily Payne . PUBLISHED: . 10:42 EST, 31 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:05 EST, 31 December 2012 . The average Briton will have consumed 38,000 calories over the festive period and gained up to 6lbs in wei... | Typical adult consumes 15,000 calories over Christmas and a further 18,000 calories of alcohol before New Year's Day .
Recommended daily calorie allowance for an eight-day period is around 20,000 for men and 16,000 for women. |
0f0c14c00c27f3b77037452bb302fec3f977da5d | Snapchat is secretly testing a new line of location-specific filters in New York and Los Angeles. The firm has been testing the feature on its iOS app, using the iPhone's GPS system to pinpoint users and show the filters. For instance, Snapchat users who use the service in Brooklyn are shown a clear filter with the wor... | Users can only 'unlock' the filters in certain geographic locations .
Filters are not yet available to all users .
Could be used by brands as advertising .
Firm recently added a group sharing feature for concerts and live events .
Comes as Facebook launches Slingshot and Apple reveals plans for self destructing message... |
0f0c92a443c7f46107ee220437378919290b07cd | The owner of a controversial bikini coffee stand business faces charges of prostitution and money laundering after local prosecutors alleged her baristas were selling sex acts for tips. Snohomish County prosecutors say that 52-year-old Carmela Panico, a former nude dancer, operated drive-thru brothels in the county nor... | Carmela Panico accused of operating brothels from her coffee stands .
Alleged she allowed her baristas to sell sex acts and bare genitals for tips .
Said she deducted wages if employees didn't wear heels, make-up or tan .
Also accused of money laundering after $250,000 seized from her home .
Case has also led to the pr... |
0f0d00cd982578d1e47c24335bcc1242374c4833 | A conman who wore a Royal Marines uniform to trick people into donating cash for Help for Heroes has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. Liam O'Brien, 32, stood outside train stations and other public places with a red Help for Heroes bucket. He claimed he was a serving sergeant in the special forces who had been g... | Liam O'Brien stood outside stations collecting money for Help for Heroes .
Dressed in a Royal Marines uniform, he pretended to be a serving sergeant .
But he was actually a fraudster pocketing up to £500 a day in the scam .
Police discovered a CV claiming to list military experience at his home .
There was also a false... |
0f0d24e393410365f5c16b102e5b3500ef51c795 | The Government will 'build and sell' family homes in a desperate bid to end Britain's housing crisis, ministers revealed today. Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander said 300,000 new homes a year were needed but building firms were failing to meet the demand. He said this had forced ministers to 'think radically' an... | Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander says 300,000 homes a year needed .
Lib Dem Cabinet minister said building firms failing to meet the demand .
This had led ministers to 'think radically' to kick start a new housing boom .
New garden cities in Kent and Oxfordshire also given the go-ahead .
Housing boom unveiled in Nat... |
0f0f685d4bf68c90faa8bc0c554e645249ec4ab1 | All countries which banned their players from having sex at the 2014 World Cup have been eliminated, while those with a more relaxed view on the matter are enjoying better results on the pitch, research has shown. Germany and Holland bosses allowed wives and girlfriends to stay in team hotels and both have navigated th... | Brazil, Germany, Holland and Costa Rica allow players to have sex .
Russia, Mexico, Chile and Bosnia ban players from sex during World Cup .
England attitude that players could see loved ones did not work out well .
Scientists say there is no evidence to suggest it is detrimental to athletes . |
0f1011c7e122f3f63ad7cc8fe0df9c21922f0276 | Nearly 50 people have been rescued and five people are confirmed dead as emergency services work through the night in an international operation to rescue terrified passengers from a blazing ferry in the Adriatic Sea. The Greek coast guard confirmed that four passengers were found dead on Monday, including a man who di... | Ferry carrying 423 passengers and 55 crew caught alight off Greek island .
Five people are confirmed dead and two injured during attempts to escape .
One man died when he became stuck inside a lifeboat chute with his wife .
149 passengers are still trapped on the boat, and 391 have been rescued .
Italian prosecutors ha... |
0f1069cb2fd5d48df860c0380e7200100a46ecac | Daley Blind is set to join Manchester United from Ajax for £13.8million. The two clubs agreed the fee on Friday, and the player just needs to agree personal terms, which is expected to be a formality. Blind has not been included in the Ajax squad for their match at Groningen on Sunday after he was given permission by t... | Manchester United and Ajax have agreed a fee of £13.8million .
The Dutch international will now have to agree personal terms - expected to be a formality .
Blind will have medical in Manchester this weekend .
The 24-year-old has not been included in the Ajax squad for their match against Groningen on Sunday .
Blind's a... |
0f10dd86a2c526ab6112e41062afed5c32b183cb | (CNN) -- Carlos Tevez scored twice as Argentina beat Mexico 3-1 in Johannesburg, South Africa, to set up a meeting with Germany in the quarterfinals of the World Cup. The Manchester City striker opened the scoring after 25 minutes in controversial fashion when television replays, which were relayed on the giant screens... | Argentina beats Mexico 3-1 in Johannesburg to reach World Cup quarterfinals .
Carlos Tevez scores twice for Argentina and Gonzalo Higuain gets one .
Javier Hernandez nets a consolation goal for the Mexicans .
Argentina will play Germany in the semifinal in Cape Town on Saturday, July 3 . |
0f11d1bf6455201e7c3ac46b85e45ea7a044f6aa | PARIS, France -- South Africa claimed their second World Cup crown with a hard-fought 15-6 victory at the Stade de France on Saturday night as England failed in their bid to become the first team to defend their title. Springboks skipper John Smit proudly holds aloft the William Webb Ellis Trophy in Paris. The Springbo... | South Africa claim second World Cup crown with 15-6 victory in final in Paris .
2003 England champions England fail to become first side to defend the title .
Percy Montgomery kicked four penalties for Boks, plus one by Francois Steyn . |
0f11e7dff4c52690b4f664db30092f859216a1e6 | (EW.com) -- In "Gravity," George Clooney plays a veteran astronaut who looks amusingly like Buzz Lightyear, and Sandra Bullock is a medical engineer who is taking her first voyage into space and is having a hard time keeping her lunch down. They float around in the inky silent darkness, bobbing and gliding, with Earth ... | Sandra Bullock and George Clooney star in "Gravity"
Reviewer says ebb and flow of the story is deeply organic .
EW gives it a grade of "A" |
0f125ff720445d2aa6a10cf24876741cd0dcac63 | (CNN) -- Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's first democratically elected president, who has been living in exile in South Africa for seven years, has been issued a new passport to return home, the Haitian interior minister said Wednesday. Paul-Antoine Bien-Aime said the diplomatic passport was handed over to Aristide's U.... | NEW: Interior minister says the passport was given to Aristide's lawyer .
Aristide was the first democratically elected president of Haiti .
He has been living in exile in South Africa and still commands a following in Haiti . |
0f1367b793b742cce218b394e97df6b637161166 | For a lot of people their car is their pride and joy - but how many of us would splash out £250,000 on keeping it off the roadside? A double garage has sold in London for over a quarter of a million pounds - nearly £100,000 more than the national average cost of a house. According to the latest Land Registry figures th... | Lock up sold at auction for three times the list price this week .
Joins a long list of garages that have sold for big money in London .
New owner might see planning potential in expensive double garage, but no permission approved yet . |
0f1392ff1547595d9997725377be47bf1de55c9d | By . Lizzie Edmonds . Former police officer Ian Langford, pictured with his new wife outside court today, slept with two women he met after attending incidents at their home . A police officer who seduced and slept with vulnerable women while on duty has been jailed for 18 months today. Ian Langford, 46, who served wit... | Ian Langford seduced two women after attending incidents at their homes .
Former West Mercia Police Officer, 46, visited both women while on duty .
Called a police car to pick him up from one of their houses during a shift .
A trial collapsed as one of the women he was sleeping with was a witness .
Court was told Langf... |
0f14237cb25c2094d62d1df78849d95b42fe82a8 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:04 EST, 21 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:41 EST, 21 December 2012 . Accused: John Bushell, 86, is accused of trying to smear his neighbours to undermine their evidence in court against him . A pensioner has been accused of making false criminal allegations about the couple... | John Bushell, 86, was facing court action for tormenting neighbours .
Retired bookkeeper allegedly reported couple for damaging his guttering . |
0f14936695d49f00dc6b1cc8f1c508661788ae20 | (CNN) -- The World Bank cut China's economic growth forecast in 2009 to 6.5 percent Wednesday, down a full percentage point from November's projection. Workers assemble toys on a production line at a factory in Shantou, in China's Guangdong province. Despite the downgrade, "China is a relative bright spot in an otherwi... | World Bank cuts China's economic growth forecast in 2009 to 6.5 percent .
Reduction is down a full percentage point from November's projection .
Last week, Chinese Premier projected nation's economy would grow by 8% in 2009 .
China has seen a sharp decline in demand for its exports since November . |
0f150528bcefa1e2504677c8f4e7543de911b5cb | There are still more than 1.7 million Americans alive who served in World War II, but that number is dwindling fast. With much of the "Greatest Generation" now in their 80s and 90s, hundreds of these veterans are dying every day, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. By the year 2036, the VA estimates, ... | World War II veterans are aging fast, and there are just under 2 million remaining in the U.S.
More than 16 million Americans served in the conflict from 1941 to 1945 .
The last World War I veteran died in February 2011 at age 110 . |
0f15701b66b243fd4db52400cbdc23ba69275797 | By . Associated Press . An Ohio National Guardsman suspected of sexually abusing three adopted daughters and his stepdaughter also is accused of abruptly sending a fourth adopted daughter out of state and threatening the children in the family with a similar fate to keep them from talking about what they knew, accordin... | The Marysville, Ohio man, 41, is charged with 35 counts including rape and tampering with evidence - one victim was as young as 5 .
His wife, 37, is accused of intimidation and obstruction but not abuse .
Their names are being withheld to protect the identity of the children .
The Guardsman remains a major with an Ohio... |
0f17017f0822ca8c852d8dff93ab17d45bf86d41 | (CNN) -- You don't need to be a teenage boy to realize how scary girls can be. Girls know it too. Megan Fox plays a demonic cheerleader in "Jennifer's Body," written by Diablo "Juno" Cody. Certainly Diablo Cody does. The Academy Award-winning "Juno" scribe proves as much in her second screenplay, a horror comedy about ... | "Jennifer's Body" is a horror winner with doses of comedy, says Tom Charity .
Film stars Megan Fox as a cheerleader who turns demonic .
Amanda Seyfried, playing Fox's friend, provides movie's standout performance .
"Jennifer's Body" was written by "Juno's" Diablo Cody . |
0f179fc91baf1921dd04847fe49b9834e5a8a22d | By . Louise Cheer for Daily Mail Australia . A former magazine journalist has penned a book about her double life as a high-class escort and a mother. It is believed Samantha X, who will appear on Channel Seven's Sunday Night to talk candidly about her profession to spruik her novel, Hooked - Secrets of a High-Class Es... | Samantha X has been named as Sydney-based mother Amanda Goff .
Ms Goff used to work at InStyle, Prevention and New Idea magazines .
She has penned a book about her life as a tuckshop mum and an escort .
The mother-of-two is 40 years old and charges $5,000 a night for her time . |
0f180d23e12e558d5fda783680fa43a37483fda6 | (CNN)Thousands gathered in Riyadh on Friday to say farewell to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud, a cautious reformer who succeeded in securing broader freedoms in the conservative kingdom, but fell short in gaining greater independence for women. Abdullah died early Friday, several weeks after the sta... | King Abdullah has been buried in Riyadh .
The kingdom quickly appointed his brother Salman to the throne .
New king speaks of need for unity, solidarity among followers of Islam . |
0f185aff985eb4d0b2d2c670c457b45190fae2a1 | By . Alex Greig . Lakeside meth lab: Madhu Dutta is accused of attempting to set up a meth lab in his million-dollar home . Ohio police have arrested the owner of a luxurious lakeside home in which the makings of a sophisticated methamphetamine lab were discovered Wednesday night. Inside the home, police found equipme... | Police discovered equipment and chemicals for making methamphetamine in a million-dollar Ohio home .
Madhu Dutta, 51, was arrested for possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs .
The paraphernalia was for a 'thionyl/chloride method' lab, a sophisticated method of producing meth .
It was the only lab of its k... |
0f193cb1545bf9b5b664c5f4a1c61ff4ab42eb46 | It is pointless asking Steven Gerrard where it all goes wrong. Gerrard is where it all goes wrong. Not just in this tournament, not just with the odd mistake of a player raging against the dying of the light, but from the very start, from his earliest days as an international footballer. All those times when we looked... | Gerrard has never been able to replicate his Liverpool displays for England .
He has had countless memorable games for Liverpool down the years .
In his 113 international appearances, he has far fewer for England .
Andorra away in 2007 arguably his finest performance in Three Lions shirt .
Gerrard in the national team ... |
0f1c06eb474b3b31b81075d50252faeceb8b55ce | (CNN) -- What level of privacy will we have online in the future? Will people share their personal data freely in exchange for more customized service? Or will they become fiercely protective of private information, using tools and browsers that protect their identity from advertisers and other third parties? Privacy e... | Companies like Facebook and Google must balance advertiser and customer data demands .
All major browsers now offer a "do not track" setting, but it is difficult to enforce .
Privacy settings will probably become more customizable and easier to understand . |
0f1ccdbd178988ecfe804baeb22fc009930784b9 | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 06:35 EST, 15 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:35 EST, 15 April 2013 . A girl of 10 was allegedly raped on a bus after its driver, a neighbour of her family, lured her aboard as she played outside her Delhi home yesterday . A ten-year-old girl was allegedly raped on a Delhi bus by its dri... | Youngster is said to have been playing outside her slum home when she was lured aboard the bus and raped by a 47-year-old neighbour .
It is the second alleged rape of a ten-year-old girl in the region around the Indian capital in as many weeks .
The allegation comes as the Delhi Transport Corporation announced it is to... |
0f1d0bb99b212381b43b62e3b11ce17d04dadccc | (CNN) -- Efforts to reform the Afghan National Police force have been stymied by "corruption and lack of political will," and police are wrongly being used to help fight the insurgency instead of crime, an independent research group said in a report. An Afghan policeman guards the scene of a suicide attack in Kabul on ... | Afghan National Police is ill-equipped to fight insurgents, group says .
There have been 1,200 insurgency-related police deaths in 2007 .
Group alleges Interior Ministry puts personal gain above improved policing .
Taliban on the agenda during visit by Pakistan leader to Afghanistan on Friday . |
0f1e8cdced72b003adb3cd5d68972c4ca64c6d2c | England will continue to develop a nastier and more cynical side to their football as they prepare for clashes with Slovenia and Scotland. Wayne Rooney first noted the problem of England being too soft after the World Cup in Brazil, when he admitted ‘maybe we’re too honest’ compared with more streetwise opponents like ... | Gary Cahill promises England are continuing to develop their nastier side .
‘We are definitely a lot harder to play against. That’s about being physical, wanting to win the ball back, being aggressive and getting tight,' he says .
England face Slovenia on Saturday at Wembley in Euro 2016 qualifying . |
0f1faa395ffc86550a033a21d3842191d1a730e5 | 'Drink driving': Guy Pelly, pictured today outside court, denied driving his black Audi TT while over the legal limit . A close friend of Prince William has claimed a drink driving charge against him could be invalid because of malfunctions in a police breathalyser machine. Guy Pelly, 32, was pulled over in his £90,000... | Guy Pelly, 32, has known the prince for years and organised his stag do .
He was pulled over in his black £90,000 black Audi R8 by police .
He refused to blow into a breathalyser during the incident in May last year .
Pelly was later tested at a police station and was above the legal limit .
But his defence lawyer has ... |
0f2025d9759060f141cb1a36aa7d54bdcc4c0139 | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Sam Shead . PUBLISHED: . 18:46 EST, 13 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:21 EST, 14 August 2012 . The U.S. military's first hybrid airship took off on its maiden voyage last week, hovering above New Jersey in a successful test flight. The Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV), a hy... | Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) takes off and hovers over Lakehurst, New Jersey - the site of the 1937 Hindenburg disaster .
Hybrid military craft can stay in the air for up to 21 days - and can be either manned or unmanned .
Gets lift from helium, but can also move with the aid of engines .
Developed ... |
0f2046a7c6d3be763ae0b83ccf4fe059138d3177 | The Thai surrogate mother of baby Gammy has claimed that Wendy Farnell, Gammy's Australian and apparent biological mother did not actually supply the egg which Pattaramon Chanbua carried. Ms Chanbua, 21, told Fairfax Media the egg was donated by another Thai woman via a surrogacy agency, but the sperm did come from Dav... | Pattaramon Chanbua claims Gammy's biological mother Australian woman Wendy Farnell did not actually supply her eggs .
Ms Chanbua said though David Farnell did supply the sperm the couple 'are not really related' to Gammy and his sister Pipah .
Following the international surrogacy scandal Thailand has proposed changes ... |
0f218eda9e7e7f27f7b04bbe635fc4f2600858ef | By . James Salmon . Follow @@JamesSalmon79 . Eric Daniels was at the helm of Lloyds when it received a £20billion bail out from taxpayers in 2008 . The former boss of Lloyds who ran the bank while it defrauded taxpayers and racked up a £10billion bill for mis-selling PPI last night faced calls to give up his £192,000 a... | Eric Daniels was at helm of Lloyds when it received £20bn taxpayer bail out .
The 62-year-old's £4milllion pension worth £192,000-a-year remains intact .
MP claims Mr Daniels should 'show contrition and hand back his pension' |
0f21e7aeefaeeae3c83ea68fff6d92d47e59929b | (CNN) -- Two prisoners have confessed to digging a tunnel that led to the escape of 63 inmates last week, Yemen's state-run SABA news agency reported Sunday. Dozens of suspected al Qaeda militants escaped Wednesday from a jail in the Yemeni city of Mukalla, a senior security official said. An Interior Ministry official... | Interior ministry official: 63 members of al Qaeda escaped last week, according to SABA .
State media: A prison warden and guards are suspended and being questioned .
An opposition bloc spokesman says he thinks ruling family loyalists are responsible .
He says he thinks the government would create chaos to stay in powe... |
0f226d40106053d2047fe76a0765db7893f0bb14 | (CNN) -- Nicki Minaj suffered a swollen lip when a man shoved a suitcase across her chin Monday night at a Dallas hotel, but the hip-hop artist refused to file a complaint against him, according to a police report. Minaj, 28, and Safaree Samuels, 30, had "a verbal altercation" at the Hotel Palomar pool, Dallas police s... | A man she shared a Dallas hotel room with shoved a suitcase across her chin, police say .
The hip-hop artist's lower lip was cut, police say .
Minaj refused to file a complaint against the man she was arguing with, police say .
The two were "only friends" and not lovers, Minaj tells police . |
0f229490d77ee8ec110a7a00eaa877be6e492853 | Donington Park has been forced to cancel this year's British round of MotoGP due to the failure of Circuit of Wales (CoW) bosses to fulfil funding obligations. Last year MotoGP rights holders Dorna signed a five-year agreement with CoW from 2015, despite the fact construction work had yet to commence on the troubled Eb... | Donington Park was in agreement with Circuit of Wales (Cow) to host event .
But funding obligations from CoW have failed leading to cancellation .
Silverstone held the MotoGP British Grand Prix in 2014 and could step in .
However, Silverstone would also require funding from the CoW . |
0f23b3f41cee2deae8ed48b5adaa458dfb24ea68 | By . Jason Groves, Chief Political Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 20:13 EST, 2 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:26 EST, 3 December 2013 . Poised: George Osborne is set to approve a £1billion increase in foreign aid to meet the Government's controversial spending target . George Osborne is poised to approve a £1billion i... | George Osborne is poised to approve a £1billion increase in foreign aid .
Move is in order to meet the Government's controversial spending target .
Last night, Tory MP Peter Bone described the increase as 'absurd' |
0f26810ec5015c6eb6fa971da272e2bb96d36409 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A U.S. government panel listed 13 countries Friday as "egregious" violators of religious freedom. Homeless Pakistani Christians protest last month in Islamabad for protection of Christian minorities. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom's annual report named Myanmar, North Korea, E... | U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom names 13 nations .
Panel recommends administration designate 13 as "countries of particular concern"
Designation gives secretary of state policy options to address serious violations . |
0f2825904960f28b1c76a88b96e9aa06ab63b6c9 | Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- The United Nations nuclear monitors plan to return to Iran at the end of the month after a positive assessment from both sides of the latest visit. An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team spent three days in Tehran this week. Another meeting is planned for February 21-22. "The agency is ... | NEW: International Atomic Energy Agency monitors will return in late February .
Both sides called the meetings a positive step .
Western powers believe Iran is developing nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies .
The watchdog agency wants to keep pushing on talks, its director says . |
0f29984c7ff598b1e12f54b84645700faa5b7dbb | An Oklahoma history teacher faces losing his job for having a Benjamin Frankiln poster with a controversial quote based on 'choosing a mistress' on the wall of his classroom. Steven Alcorn, 62, who has taught for 38 years, was suspended from Marlow High School last week for having a picture of a cat alongside the phras... | Steven Alcorn has been suspended from Marlow High School, Oklahoma .
Had a picture of the Founding Father alongside the quote: 'In the dark, all cats are grey'
Paraphrases the letter 'Advice to a Young Man on Choosing a Mistress he wrote in 1745' - telling a man how to choose an older woman companion .
In the 19th cent... |
0f2d0257f85e6d7a11d779e52fc8cdd7c059364b | By . James Chapman . PUBLISHED: . 17:45 EST, 10 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:48 EST, 10 March 2013 . Iain Duncan Smith was embroiled in a battle with the new Archbishop of Canterbury last night. The Work and Pensions Secretary told Church leaders there was ‘nothing moral’ about their opposition to flagship welfare re... | IDS has gone head-to-head with the Church over benefits overhaul .
CoE says capping benefit rises will push children into poverty .
But welfare minister says the burden on taxpayers is not fair . |
0f2e67377142149812c691700d6d30eb96c2d2cf | (CNN) -- Authorities in Mississippi are holding a father of five in the deaths of his children, ages 1 to 8, the state's Department of Public Safety said Tuesday evening. "The seriousness of this violent crime is unconscionable," said Albert Santa Cruz, Mississippi's public safety commissioner. Timothy Jones Jr., 32, i... | Children's father is held in Alabama, awaiting extradition .
The remains were discovered in Wilcox County, Alabama .
Few details are immediately available about how the children died .
Their parents were divorced and they shared custody of the children . |
0f2e6f3fdfd7aac0b4676de4ad9df2cbbbad8f03 | (CNN) -- The Spanish title race is shaping up to be one of the closest in years -- and the battle for the "Pichichi" is also hotting up. While Atletico Madrid matched the 1-0 victory by league-leading city rival Real on Saturday, Diego Costa kept in touch with Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the La Liga scoring charts ... | Cristiano Ronaldo scores winner at Malaga to maintain Real Madrid's lead .
Rival Diego Costa also scores only goal of match for second-placed Atletico .
Bayern Munich march closer to a 24th German Bundesliga title .
Inter Milan's European hopes boosted by third successive Serie A win . |
0f2f02425d5e82efba865a570d5e15a28dbdd36c | It is not often that Oxford University finds itself receiving a rejection letter from a would-be student, rather than issuing them with one. So it will have raised a few scholarly eyebrows when state-educated Elly Nowell, 19, wrote to the elite institution’s Magdalen College without even waiting to hear whether her app... | Elly Nowell, 19, tells Magdalen College it 'did not quite meet the standard of universities I will be considering'
She writes that she found 'obvious gap' between minorities and white middle-class students 'embarrassing' |
0f2f88a495c37536cd93def2288b47ee07b18c4b | Louis van Gaal insists that the star-studded reputation of his Manchester United’s galacticos counts for nothing and his players have to prove themselves at home to QPR. The United boss has spent £160million in the transfer window adding the likes of Radamel Falcao and Angel di Maria to a formidable attack of Wayne Roo... | Louis van Gaal has assembled an expensive squad at Old Trafford .
Radamel Falcao, Angel di Maria, Daley Blind, Marcos Rojo, Ander Herrera and Luke Shaw all joined for big money this summer .
Manchester United are looking for their first Premier League win . |
0f317b6e83b54498c41b31c0e0d0a9c4983308e9 | By . Daniel Bates and Mark Duell . UPDATED: . 13:54 EST, 2 February 2012 . Stephanie Mack has revealed that she was so overcome . with emotion that she threw up the first time she went back into the home where . her husband killed himself. The widow of Mark Madoff said that she was also horrified to . still see the mar... | Stephanie Mack went back to New York apartment for 'normalcy'
Daughter-in-law of Bernie now considering forgiving disgraced financier .
Returned to SoHo apartment but later moved out to nearby Tribeca .
For .
confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a .
local Samaritans branch or see www.samari... |
0f3181ad7da82f376b81c30d27ba9d11539edba9 | (CNN) -- AC Milan are all but through to the quarterfinals of the Champions League after thrashing Arsenal 4-0 at the San Siro on Wednesday. Brazilian striker Robinho scored twice as the Serie A champions dominated the first leg of the last-16 tie with the north London club. Kevin Prince Boateng put Milan ahead in the ... | AC Milan demolish Arsenal 4-0 at the San Siro to almost guarantee place in last eight .
Zenit St Petersburg beat Benfica 3-2 in first leg of last 16 encounter .
Juventus drop points on the road in Serie A to stay in second behind AC Milan . |
0f3304cb2d0c6e8393ce37b5095c2e078afe66cd | By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 17:29 EST, 2 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:01 EST, 2 October 2013 . An unnamed grandfather is winning a lot of online plaudits after his impassioned letter of support for his gay grandson was posted online on Monday. The letter tells the heartfelt story of how different generation... | An unnamed .
grandfather is winning a lot of online plaudits after his impassioned .
letter of support for his gay grandson .
In the letter we discover that the mom, Christine, has kicked out her son, Chad, because he is gay .
The grandfather then writes and calls her a 'heartless B-word of a daughter'
It was posted on... |
0f3470d0166d10b7616a376627c30de59b82775a | By . Luke Garratt . Ms Yang posed as globetrotting Interpol agent 'Mr Li' in order to con various middle-aged single women out of money and possesions . A 54-year old Chinese woman conned victims out of thousands by claiming she was a 'superhuman' male police officer who could turn himself invisible. The con-woman, ide... | Ms Yang from Beijing claimed she was 'Mr Li' - a superhuman Interpol agent .
She would develop relationships with people she met on a forum .
When she had gained their trust, she would steal from them and disappear .
She was found out when a former lover went to the police looking for 'Mr Li' |
0f348547d34ca2ce675fc51fa226c0c0272e5019 | Malala Yousafzai become the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize today - and the 17-year-old has set her sights on becoming Pakistan's prime minister in her future. Speaking ahead of today's ceremony in Oslo, Norway, the 17-year-old said she hopes to pursue a career in politics after finishing her education... | Malala Yousafzai awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway .
She said she hopes to become Prime Minister of Pakistan .
She is joint recipient of the prize with Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi .
Malala survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban in 2012 .
The 17-year-old schoolgirl from Pakistan is the younge... |
0f359f891df28b1c4eb2243d327de77468ec96f1 | Looking to boost contact with the other side? Eat watercress, steamed fish, vegetables and avocado. But if you would rather not hear voices from beyond the grave, stick to roast dinners, smoked fish and red meat. Cara, from Bury, Lancashire - who goes by the name Psychic Cara - and who claims her clients include Les D... | Celebrity psychic Cara's clients include Les Dennis and Michelle Collins .
Bury-based mystic believes a healthy diet can open spiritual channels .
High in saturated fats 'bad foods' are also bad for psychic powers . |
0f3640e3f33a495c85500083cccf99da48f376d1 | (CNN) -- Even if you've never visited Malaysia or Indonesia, it's likely that you've made contact with these countries through the chocolate bar you've just eaten or the soap you've just washed your hands with. Over 87% of palm oil, a common ingredient in thousands of consumer commodities, was produced by the two count... | Over 87% of palm oil produced by Malaysia and Indonesia in past year .
Palm oil is versatile ingredient in thousands of consumer commodities .
Demand for palm oil steadily rising since the 1970s, making it hugely profitable .
Green groups say palm oil industry threatens tropical forests, peatlands, and wildlife habitat... |
0f367b12232e799a5acfc8f4e410092f841c101f | (CNN) -- Police have arrested a second suspect in connection with a shooting at a Texas community college that left three wounded, officials said Friday. Trey Foster, 22, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, said Christina Garza, media manager at the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Foster was arres... | A second arrest is made in the shooting at Lone Star College .
The suspect, Trey Foster, was arrested in Plano, Texas .
Three people were wounded in Tuesday's shooting . |
0f36d2fbdfe2942f9b356ba9ce63bad5246f1ea0 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:38 EST, 4 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:39 EST, 4 June 2013 . Houston Rockets forward Chandler Parsons may have had to let down a fan when she asked him to prom, but he made sure she had a memorable evening. The 6ft 9in basketball player sent a party bus to take Stephanie Flor... | Houston Rocket's player responds to fan's prom plea with grand gesture .
Chandler Parsons sends party bus after campaign to catch his attention . |
0f37160ea9436349d548e12bafc0a2b24f9bddde | Manchester United winger Ashley Young said Louis van Gaal's new 3-4-3 formation worked 'perfectly' in the wake of their 7-0 win over LA Galaxy. Young, who scored two late goals in the win in Pasadena, also reserved special praise for man of the match Ander Herrera. Van Gaal opted to play three at the back for the whole... | Ashley Young scored twice as Manchester United beat LA Galaxy 7-0 .
Louis van Gaal played 3-4-3 formation for full 90 minutes in Pasadena .
Young says new formation worked 'perfectly'
Young also praised man of the match Ander Herrera . |
0f3721761a5dba358e21bed49b2db91eae4b30cc | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 08:20 EST, 23 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:54 EST, 25 March 2012 . Banned: Asma al-Assad, can no longer travel or shop in the EU comes as diplomats try to crank up pressure on her husband to end a bloody crackdown on popular unrest . Her days of shopping in the EU for the president's p... | British-born former investment banker, .
Asma al-Assad has become a hate figure for many Syrians .
Notorious for buying chocolate fondue set from Amazon and pricey jewellery as her husband's troops slaughtered protestors .
Asma al-Assad is among 12 people added to the sanctions list, which already includes her husband ... |
0f3792b01200feebe62593a555bc1fbe983b2ca7 | Feeling a bit strapped for cash but still want to let your hair down this festive season? An American company has invented a range of products that will help skint revellers smuggle alcohol into their office party or local nightclub, swerving inflated drinks prices at the bar. The website 'Smuggle your Booze' has a sel... | The website called Smuggle Your Booze has a range of fake products .
It promises security won't look twice at their fake sun cream bottles .
There are also 'booby bags' that fill with alcohol and sit inside a bra cup . |
0f388e1a1764f75f9e41a4435b8637caa7beca80 | (CNN) -- The Higher Security Council, in charge of "organizing and securing Tripoli," announced Thursday that courts in the city will start operating next week. "People must realize that the country's system has been destroyed and is being rebuilt now," said Lt. Colonel Mustapha Nooh, head of the council. He said detai... | NEW: "The country's system has been destroyed," says the head of Tripoli operations .
NEW: The announcement comes the same day Amnesty International issues damning report .
Suspected Moammar Gadhafi loyalists were beaten and abused, the group says .
Human rights activists say rule of law, absent in Libya under Gadhafi,... |
0f39243c7f2567b59d916339fbd1b034b99a414a | (CNN) -- A Rosary service and funeral were scheduled this week for Jaime Zapata, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who was killed in Mexico last week. The slain agent will be buried in his hometown of Brownsville, Texas. He was killed and another agent was injured on a highway in Mexico's San Luis Poto... | Jaime Zapata was ambushed by a Mexican cartel last week, authorities say .
He will be buried in his hometown of Brownsville, Texas .
His dedication was unparalleled, said his brother . |
0f39b7f997694230941807c04c768dcb8691ddc5 | Told off: Osteopath Paul Bolton regularly left patients unattended, a panel was told . An osteopath left acupuncture needles sticking out of a patient's backside while he nipped off to a café for sausage rolls, a disciplinary panel was told. Paul Bolton regularly left patients unattended and told a colleague who challe... | British osteopath working in New Zealand fined £1,500 for misconduct .
Paul Bolton ignored patients, threatened colleagues and often swore .
He 'regularly left patients unattended with acupuncture needles in'
Told colleague he would ‘strangle her slowly and watch her eyeballs pop' |
0f3a211295fb6ce6d965d6522a3e5233f89280e4 | Kirkuk, Iraq (CNN) -- Three U.S. soldiers detailed the shooting death of their platoon leader for an Iraqi judge Sunday in an effort to preserve a case that will be tried months after U.S. troops have left the country. It is one of a number of cases in recent months where a U.S. military attorney and an Iraqi prosecuto... | A sniper killed 1st Lt. Dustin Vincent in Kirkuk in early November .
The case against a suspect could take seven months .
U.S. troops are scheduled to be out before then .
A military lawyer praises Iraqis for bringing cases to court . |
0f3c490bcc3fbc60b384a36f7bb0b7c2323f710b | (CNN) -- Simona Halep confirmed her reputation as one of the rising young stars of the WTA Tour by romping to the Qatar Open title Sunday. Halep was winning her third title, but victory from a draw which included Australian Open champion Li Na, was by far the biggest of her career. The 22-year-old thrashed sixth seed A... | Simona Halep wins Qatar Open .
Romanian beats Angelique Kerber in final .
Tomas Berdych claims Rotterdam title .
David Ferrer triumphs in Buenos Aires . |
0f3e2012a16681ba45a94e9b0317dc212fd9b2fa | A card arrives at my villa at Landaa Giraavaru, Maldives. 'Dear Sue, we will be waiting for you at 7pm at the main jetty.' With the note is a parcel containing a sarong. 'Please wear this for our special evening.' A life on an ocean wave: The Four Seasons resort in the Maldives has its own luxury boat, Explorer . We me... | Guests at the Four Seasons in the Maldives can try drinks with a difference .
Dinners and cocktails are served on a tiny sandbar in the Indian Ocean .
The resort also has its own boat, Explorer, which sails the archipelago . |
0f3f4eb71a6061553135f0520e4a507153c45683 | By . Leesa Smith For Daily Mail Australia . A row of eight Sydney homes sold for what it believed to be more than a total of $30 million – three times more than valued two years ago. Following six months of negotiations with property developers CBRE, the eight homeowners received up to $3.6 million each for the 1920s b... | Eight 1920s bungalows sold for what is believed to higher than $30 million .
The Epping homes went for three times more than valued two years ago .
The properties were individually valued at about $1.2 million in early 2012 .
The land could pave the way for the redevelopment of up to 138 apartments . |
0f415be8208c831f7209b39bc857a8b29ac67623 | A former Miss Turkey could be jailed for two years for posting a satirical poem on social media that criticised her country's president. The arrest of Merve Buyuksarac, 26, follows a crackdown in the country on critical media in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris as well as a increasing curbs on press fre... | Merve Buyuksarac quoted poem from weekly magazine on social media .
Quizzed by prosecutors over claims it insulted Recep Tayyip Erdogan .
Her lawyer said prosecutors want to charge her for insulting public official .
If convicted the former Miss Turkey, 26, could face two years in prison .
Model has been released on ba... |
0f438181bde5c56662aca89d6a2f4b45e5b4f8a4 | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 07:03 EST, 15 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:00 EST, 15 January 2013 . A 20-year-old female cleaner suffered severe injuries after stealing a commuter train and driving it straight into an apartment building in Stockholm, Sweden. The young woman appears to have been unable to stop the tr... | 20-year-old cleaner stole train and crashed it into apartment in Stockholm .
Failed to stop in exclusive suburb and went 'off-rail' for 100ft before crash .
Thief stuck inside wreckage for two hours and suffered serious injuries . |
0f44082244c9add548e186e3ee375eedc6079d48 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:39 EST, 27 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:43 EST, 28 November 2012 . The Colorado teen accused of murdering and dismembering 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway as she walked to school has been described as 'intelligent and mature' by jail supervisors while now freshly charged as ... | Austin Reed Sigg, 17, will be moved to an adult jail cell a judge ruled on Wednesday .
The teen previously confessed to the murder of Jessica along with a second attempted abduction .
Jessica's body was found six days after the 10-year-old went missing during her walk to school on October 5 . |
0f4465d7e64d4313f8a5a41bbd694a6ca0e883a5 | (CNN) -- George McGovern rode the swirling social and political currents of America in the late 1960s and early 1970s to lead a political movement that permanently changed the nation in ways that we still do not fully understand. A mild-mannered Midwestern intellectual, World War II combat hero and son of a Methodist m... | Scott Lilly: McGovern presciently rode swirling political, social currents of late '60s, early '70s .
His views on foreign policy, women's rights and more drew support of young, Lilly says .
McGovern lost to Nixon in 1972, but many of his positions came to pass anyway, Lilly says .
Lilly: McGovern not the extremist his... |
0f44dcb5b515fa77246ca2a5b4c2f3c2fd56bc93 | By . Mail Online Reporter . Has God revealed himself in a cloud over Florida? You'll have to be the judge. Writing at the Huffington Post, blogger Fiona Finn posted the picture she said was taken by her boss on his way home from work in Cape Coral, Florida. Finn describes herself as an 'author, mother, cancer survivor... | Huffington Post blogger Fionna Finn wrote the image was taken by her boss while driving home .
Finn believes it is an image of God .
Second such image to be captured this summer after an amateur photographer claimed to have snapped the deity in Norfolk . |
0f455b72ed29f32de93ef4e8ea9381adb86edf20 | An Ohio fugitive who goes by the moniker 'Poopgangsta' has been taken into custody as an attempted murder suspect following a month-long search. Tyrice Bowens from East Cleveland was tracked down by the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force after they discovered him at a Travelodge motel in Willoughby around 9.30am yesterday... | Tyrice Bowens from East Cleveland was sought in connection to shooting incident on Christmas Eve .
Victim was shot once in leg and stomach before undergoing surgery .
Bowens, 26, was discovered at motel yesterday around 9.30am .
He has criminal history including burglary and aggravated robbery .
It is unclear why he go... |
0f46cf3a01b59ed3341f7806df3da7acd0c09dd0 | By . Ashley Collman . PUBLISHED: . 22:34 EST, 2 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 22:39 EST, 2 March 2014 . Lucky: Isidro Hernandez Tovar, 70, survivied the deadliest vehicle accident in U.S. history when he was 19-years-old and working as a laborer in California . A 70-year-old man who survived the deadliest vehicle acciden... | Isidro Hernandez Tovar was 19-years-old and working on a celery farm at the time of the crash .
Now 70, Tovar decided to come forward after reading a story that inaccurately identified another man as the sole-survivor of the crash .
He called the Monterey Herald to say he too survived the accident .
A train crashed int... |
0f487eef232105f4a4d5621ee411086aefd93a99 | She has come under fire for the 'shortcomings' of her Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act scheme. Now, more students and parents have posted photos of Michelle Obama's 'measly' school lunches. The images, which were all posted on Twitter with the hashtag #ThanksMichelleObama, range from a slice of moldy salami in a wrap and ... | More students have posted photos online of their 'measly' school meals .
Include slice of moldy salami served in a wrap to a small portion of salad .
One student tweeted: 'Had a yummy lunch today guys! Salami and mold'
Another described their Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act meal as 'pathetic'
Comes as SNA has called on C... |
0f48bdbbea3e00e1e860954c4c516d393dd7d6cf | (CNN) -- Super Bowl XLVII ground to a halt early in the third quarter Sunday night, when about half of the lights in the Superdome went out. Lights in the New Orleans stadium's upper tier went dark with the Baltimore Ravens leading the San Francisco 49ers 28-6, minutes after the Ravens' Jacoby Jones ran back the kickof... | NEW: The 49ers rally after the blackout, but fall just short as the Ravens win 34-31 .
About half of the Superdome's lights go out during the third quarter of Super Bowl XLVII .
An Entergy official says the problem is tied to the dome; the rest of New Orleans "is fine"
Play resumes after a roughly 34-minute break; NFL ... |
0f4aa303e95ec90799c95b6ff68dd49064218839 | A surge in testosterone in newborn boys just hours after birth could be the solution to the age-old mystery that is the difference between the male and female brains. Called the Hershey Kiss protein by researchers, the surge only affects the male brain, a new study by the University of Otago has found. The study publis... | A new study has found a surge of testosterone released into newborn baby boys' brains .
Named Hersheys Kiss, the protein is not evident in the female brain .
This discovery could play a role in understanding neurological diseases men and women suffer from . |
0f4ae27d439e676c2ec32c22c717a1d9310cde99 | By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 03:52 EST, 28 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:14 EST, 28 November 2013 . Annmarie Klein knows she's blessed to have survived the tornado that leveled her family's central Illinois home. She understands most of the things they lost - the Jacuzzi, 60-inch TVs, diamond jewel... | Box of cards swept away by twister that flattened Washington, Illinois .
They were written by Annmarie Klein Klein's brother, Paul McLaughlin .
Mr McLaughlin died in 2005 death colon cancer at .
the age 39 .
His cards had notes for .
each of his three children before he died .
The family are now desperately trying to f... |
0f4af7cce4f9cca139809f88627ce0d1df29bef6 | By . Katy Winter . A solicitor from Croydon who wasn't content on just having a successful 9 to 5 career has certainly become high flying in her spare time too, as a champion cheer leader. Chantelle Gough's top job sees her battling for clients in court and working long hours for a medical negligence firm. But she's ju... | Chantelle Gough started cheerleading at age 16 after doing gymnastics .
Cheered throughout her law degree at University of Essex .
Now works as a solicior for a medical negligence firm .
Still fits in 5 practice sessions a week and travels to competitions .
Her squad just competed in World Championships in Florida . |
0f4b521ea8984f50b3fbdd306f7dddac332a7620 | Out of England's World Cup squad, out of contract at Chelsea in the summer; but Ashley Cole will not be out of options. Cole has been the best left-back in the country for over a decade and, at times, arguably the best in world football. But what is the next move for the 33-year-old? Where next? Ashley Cole is resigned... | Ashley Cole's contract is up at Chelsea, but he still has options .
Liverpool, Man City, Man United, Real Madrid and even former side Arsenal could move for the left-back this summer .
Cole was left out of Roy Hodgson's 23-man England World Cup squad .
Left-back has previously stated how he would like to play in Europe... |
0f4d5355752aedb07556886a82eba712694cc8a9 | (CNN) -- To look at Julianne Talley, a statuesque 61-year-old beauty, one would never know she has conquered both obesity and cancer. The Ms. Senior Florida contestant glided through the Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center with the humility of someone who underestimates her beauty. Little did she know, she wa... | The Ms. Senior Florida Pageant was held March 29 in Vero Beach, Florida .
Contest is open to women 60 and older; the winner goes to the Ms. Senior America pageant .
Contestants are judged on an interview, their life philosophy, and evening gown presentation .
Winner Julianne Talley described medical battles and her des... |
0f4df11914b7687952c46ea47a450887ee360096 | A former Hollywood starlet who worked alongside the likes of Beyoncé, Ryan Reynolds and Kylie Minogue, has faced court on charges of aggravated burglary. Aysen Unlu, better known as her stage name Janet Edwards, stands accused of allegedly breaking into a South Yarra home in Melbourne alongside notorious Mongols motorc... | Aysen Unlu, 39, has been charged with aggravated burglary and assault .
She was formerly known as dancer and fitness instructor Janet Edwards who appeared in Hollywood film Smokin' Aces alongside Ryan Reynolds .
Unlu has appeared in court on Wednesday after allegedly breaking into a South Melbourne home .
She was arres... |
0f4fa61c909c1651b97b0bc7fd7c7880b8cbb6dc | By . Laura Clark, Education Correspondent . Staff at Ofsted have run up bills of nearly £4million at the taxpayer’s expense on luxury hotels and gourmet meals. Spending covered by the quango’s credit cards included stays in a five-star resort in Cyprus, dining at some of London’s finest restaurants and drinking in cham... | Over five years 450 inspectors spent £4million on dining and hotels .
Total of £5,298 spent on stays at Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall .
£470 spent on Les Deux restaurant, run by two Michelin starred chefs . |
0f4fb8483027a352aab9366ad7295508ff7f5b5b | Mother Trudy Collins, 44, stole her daughter's £20,000 inheritance after convincing her that she would keep her bank card and pin number safe . She had been saving it to pay for her wedding and a deposit on her first home. Denvar Bathie, 23, had put aside £20,000, inherited from her late father, for her big day and res... | Denvar Bathie, 23, inherited £30,000 when her father died in 2013 .
She wanted to save up for a house and for her forthcoming wedding .
Her mother persuaded her to hand over her card and pin for 'safe keeping'
Trudy Collins, 44, used her daughter's account 173 times spending £20,000 .
At Preston Crown Court she was giv... |
0f4fcaf8fd58c40bc31c4715cd230bb0f80f2d98 | Egypt's former longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak was cleared of charges in a retrial Saturday and could soon be released -- a stunning reversal for a man who faced life imprisonment or worse after a revolution toppled him in 2011. A Cairo judge dismissed charges linking Mubarak to the deaths of hundreds of protesters during... | Mubarak tells Egyptian TV station: "I didn't commit anything"
The 86-year-old is still serving a three-year sentence for embezzlement .
One man killed, nine people injured in protest near Tahir Square .
Prosecutor tell state media he will appeal verdict . |
0f5027aee6b71e5391b21cf2b3a425c64af9b488 | Astonishing drawings of Adolf Hitler and his henchmen sketched in 1931 by a British artist who was allowed into the dictator's lair have emerged. Helen McKie was the only woman allowed to sketch in Hitler's Munich headquarters, called Brown House, and she produced 17 chilling pictures of the Nazi monster and his inner-... | Helen McKie was the only woman allowed to sketch in Hitler's Munich headquarters .
Drawings are an incredible glimpse into early stages of Nazism . |
0f50ae91aec4feb05c6224195098c200f67cc3e0 | A father-of-six claimed he was made to feel like a paedophile after being forced to hand over his phone during a visit to his daughter's primary school. David Burns walked out of Tregolls School in Truro, Cornwall, after staff told him to leave his mobile phone at reception in case he took unauthorised photos of childr... | David Burns was on his way to see 10-year-old daughter Jasmine's artwork .
But walked out after staff told him to leave his mobile phone at reception .
The 56-year-old strict school policy made him feel 'like a paedophile'
School defended their decision, calling it 'ultimate safeguard' for pupils . |
0f50cec116b583d0fc58993de652ef57725add64 | (CNN) -- Soulja Boy faces three felony charges stemming from an early morning traffic stop in which police say they found "a felony amount" of marijuana, firearms and "a substantial amount of cash." The 21-year-old rapper, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez Way, posted a $10,000 bond Tuesday afternoon after spending abo... | NEW: Soulja Boy posts $10,000 bond Tuesday afternoon .
The rapper, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez Way, faces three felony charges .
A Temple, Georgia, police officer stopped Soulja Boy and four others on a routine traffic stop . |
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