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By . Steve Robson . PUBLISHED: . 11:55 EST, 15 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:02 EST, 15 May 2013 . Israeli police on horseback charged Palestinians as tens of thousands marched in protest to mark the 65th anniversary of the Jewish state's creation. There were violent clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestini... | Palestinians mark May 15 as 'Nakba Day' - meaning 'day of the catastrophe' Thousands were displaced following the Arab-Israeli war in 1948 . Violent clashes in Jerusalem between security forces and protesters . | be55d562f4e5717b940318669a2a80bf7d98a3f6 |
By . Tania Steere . Sir Mick Jagger has found comfort in the arms of a mystery brunette, it was reported last night. The Rolling Stones singer was pictured smiling and obviously enjoying life again on his hotel balcony with an attractive young woman, sparking speculation he may have a new girlfriend. Sir Mick, 70, was ... | Sir Mick Jagger seen with a mystery brunette while on holiday, reports claim . Appeared happy and relaxed while on a hotel balcony in Switzerland . Was left devastated when partner of 13 years L'Wren Scott died in March . Fashion designer was found dead in Manhattan apartment aged 49 . | d5cab58c488471fee1fc53c8a4319e642b71e09c |
An electrician has been ordered to pull down the £10,000 security fence he built after he was burgled ten times in two months - because it might scare motorists. Graham Jaggar, 51, built the barrier after thieves relentlessly targeted his home in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. But he now claims council chiefs have told him... | Graham Jaggar built the barrier after thieves relentlessly targeted his home . But he now claims council chiefs have told him to remove the fence . A neighbour has complained that the fence could pose a hazard to drivers . | 8dfce46492a117a61e60c22517891b5912e6de42 |
By . Jack Doyle . PUBLISHED: . 19:16 EST, 22 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:34 EST, 23 December 2013 . Romanian and Bulgarian migrants coming to Britain in the New Year could put huge pressure on housing, schools and hospitals, a major report warns today. The study by the centre-left Institute for Public Policy Rese... | Major report by the Institute for Public Policy Research gave a warning . Said that London and the South East will be particularly at risk . There could also be more aggressive begging, anti-social behaviour, rough sleeping and criminality from the new year, when restrictions are lifted . | c04fa027e1c6a2d2a8330ebb7c69f21e2d021010 |
The Orange love their red cups, according to the Princeton Review, which on Monday named Syracuse University the top party school in the nation. "I'm excited about it," said Matt McGee, a junior information technology and philosophy major from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. "I was definitely a little surprised, but it's a co... | Syracuse tops Princeton Review's yearly list of the nation's top party schools . In a statement, Syracuse says it's disappointed, but one student says the title is "cool" "Win or lose, Hawks still booze," says a student of former No.1 University of Iowa . | 1aebde15b9bfc59c96c4167e79a91ed87decb4b2 |
Russell Investments chief economist Mike Dueker was found dead Thursday, and police said it appeared he had taken his own life by jumping from a ramp near the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State. His death is the latest in a series of untimely deaths among finance workers and business leaders around the world thi... | Mike Dueker, 50, was the chief economist at Russell Investments . He was found dead at the side of a highway in Washington State after jumping over a fence . The economist was having problems at work and had been an employee at the reserve bank from 1991 to 2008 . He had published dozens of research papers over the pas... | 7363524bc42b81afe78fa6c9cb2f0576200ecabb |
No one can cane it like Kate Moss. The woman can't even stick a detox in a luxury health resort in Turkey for more than three days. If she isn't entertaining fellow passengers on easyJet, she's bouncing around on the beach, fag in one hand, cocktail in the other, ricocheting from party to party. If there was any justic... | How does party girl Kate Moss always look so good? Could it be thanks to her make-up artist Charlotte Tilbury's Magic Cream? I swear by milk thistle . | f21a6c7d420d11206a4587d62ad9ed3e95063e98 |
By . David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 23:28 EST, 20 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:00 EST, 21 November 2013 . Republican Florida Rep. Trey Radel told is taking a leave of absence from Congress following his conviction on a narcotics possession charge in Washington, D.C. But the 'cocaine congressm... | The Florida tea-party Republican says he'll come back to work after December, donating his salary to charity in the mean-time . Radel is entering an 'intensive, inpatient' drug rehab program . In a Wednesday night press conference, he dodged questions about whether he should resign, and why he waited so long to confess... | fe9d07cdba1a2decd557fa5932a404ff0a226704 |
The terror group targeted by US airstrikes in Syria this week are behind the threat that caused a ban on uncharged electronic devices on American-bound flights earlier this summer, intelligence sources have claimed. The Khorasan Group was believed to be in the final stages of a plot to blow up commercial planes with to... | Group believed to have prompted ban that was put on flights in July . Intelligence sources suggested that Al-Qaeda affiliate group had found a new way to pack undetectable explosives into electronic devices . Organisation is said to be made up of seasoned Al-Qaeda veterans . Their aim was to bring down a US or Europe-b... | 2eb6e0de93cfaaedb9e455d96d1590292801304f |
By . Jack Crone for MailOnline . After spending $184,000 on a new motor, most people would - at the very least - expect the car to have working doors. But if the model in question is the rarest Mini ever made - one of just of 15 and a personal favourite of the Queen - perhaps you could make an exception. The 1962 Austi... | Rarest Mini ever made - sold for 200 times its original 1962 price . It's one of just 15 models built - with another being loaned to Royal Family . Car, which has no doors or side-pillars, said to be a favourite of the Queen . | 4250a8e0879c8f3f88eb4c20c53e8830298b8c4a |
(CNN) -- Jon Meis' reported habit of carrying pepper spray may have saved students' lives after a man opened fire at a Seattle college. The shooter had just wounded three people Thursday, one of whom died. He was reloading his shotgun when Meis, a volunteer security guard, saw an opening. He doused the gunman with the ... | NEW: Family friend describes hero as "amazingly resourceful" Authorities haven't named the man but say he saved lives . Friends identify the hero as Jon Meis . He reportedly regularly carries pepper spray around with him . | f40d507e9e240829a35439d2d949f93ea6f66078 |
By . Richard Shears . PUBLISHED: . 07:00 EST, 16 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:48 EST, 16 April 2013 . Hero: Boydy the dog, who stayed with his owner Herbert Schutz for four days after he crashed his car . Trapped and seriously injured beneath the wreckage of his car, 76-year-old Herbert Schutz thought he was facing c... | Herbert Schutz, 76, lay in agony after crashing into a tree on his farm . Did manage to clamber out car but it rolled over and pinned him under . Received visit from several horses, although they trampled on wreckage . | 51cbe0c5bfc721559563169c85b2fcac3efb5f3e |
Hull owner Assem Allam has warned he will stop 'throwing money' at the club if he cannot force through his controversial 'Tigers' rebrand. Allam has been bankrolling Hull since saving the club from financial calamity in 2010, and has invested upwards of £70million in the team since then. He believes the only route to s... | Hull City owner Assem Allam wants to rename the club 'Hull Tigers' to attract overseas investment . He has warned that he will stop investing unless the change goes through . The Egyptian bought the club in 2010 and has invested more than £70m . Hull host Crystal Palace on Saturday and are 16th in the Premier League . | 4e6f24e903176bea418b0b2165d14fe46b7092cc |
These previously unseen pictures reveal the preparations in the hours leading up to the US nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The atomic bombings of the two cities in Japan were conducted by the US during the final stages of World War Two in August 1945. To this day, the bombings remain history's only acts of n... | Previously unseen pictures reveal preparations in hours before the attacks . US nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki conducted during the end of World War Two . A uranium gun-type atomic bomb, code-named 'Little Boy', was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 . This was followed by a plutonium implosion-type bomb... | ae281f6ffe4b87906504a262f306215b5de16e8e |
By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 07:33 EST, 7 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:56 EST, 7 February 2013 . Facebook is developing a new smartphone app to track the location of users in an effort to target them with localised adverts, according to reports. The app will help users to find friends who are nearby, alert the... | App intended to alert users when Facebook 'friends' are nearby . It will also help the social network target localised adverts . Privacy campaigners warn it is 'profit trumping privacy' | cb4038905d9ba9f12951c35cce0a2d8ee7e37102 |
High school students have paid tribute to a mother-of-three who was allegedly killed by her husband in the front yard of their south-west Sydney home. Zoran Crnobrnja, 51, is accused of murdering his 49-year-old wife, Vesna, at their Casula home reportedly with a gardening tool on Monday. More than 50 students streamed... | Vesna Crnobrnja, 49, found dead in her front yard after police were called . Her husband Zoran Crnobrnja, 51, has been charged with her murder . CCTV footage shows him talking on the phone moments after the incident . Police are investigating if the woman was killed with a gardening tool . More than 50 students from a ... | 21cf6e7b875252fde55450be6097f3e5f0f030a0 |
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz told a cheering crowd of conservatives Saturday night that the next U.S. president should shutter the much-maligned Internal Revenue Service and turn the agency's 110,000 employees loose to police the U.S.-Mexico border. 'That's slightly tongue-in-cheek,' he said in Denver at the Western ... | Texas GOP senator ripped into Barack Obama's stewardship of the U.S.-Mexico border and said the next president should shutter the IRS . Called for the abolition of Obamacare and Common Core school standards, saying 'education is too important to be left to bureaucrats in Washington' Blamed Obama for incentivizing Centr... | 1b081a27658b96e154c537df1497998cef71320c |
(CNN Student News) -- May 3, 2013 . Media Literacy Question of the Day . How might reporters use social media to get information for a story? What implications might this have for people who use social networking sites? * . * . Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CN... | Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . Write your answers in the space provided . Today's Newsquiz includes the Media Literacy Question of the Day . | b1206e442b9352daa0da89837255cb4ca28dbcb8 |
Sheriff's investigators Saturday were reviewing a video of an incident in which hip-hop music mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight hit two men with his pickup truck, killing one, that may help provide clarity on whether Knight was the victim or attacker in his most serious run-in with the law to date. The video is in 'police cus... | Suge Knight allegedly 'ran over and killed' Terry Carter, 55, on Thursday afternoon in the parking lot of a burger restaurant . Police have revealed there is video of the incident and they have it in their possession . Knight's attorney James Blatt says he is seeing the video next week and it will prove his client was ... | 4ea89bbd04f4d66bd2786eab45c7191ed1009008 |
By . Lucy Crossley . PUBLISHED: . 08:33 EST, 4 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:55 EST, 4 December 2013 . An Avon Lady and her husband who quit their jobs and started selling cosmetics to pay off their debts are now living a luxury lifestyle with an income of £125,000-a-year. Nadine Rowlands, 44, first started selling... | Nadine Rowlands, 44, started selling make-up to pay off £30,000 debt . Mrs Rowlands gave up her job as a legal secretary work for Avon full-time . Husband Wayne is also an Avon rep and the couple make £125,000-a-year . Selling cosmetics has paid for Jaguar XK and trips to the Algarve . | d875a5ec5a76248d3e4047374cc573ce50942536 |
(CNN) -- Bernie Madoff's victims, who were collectively swindled out of more than $50 billion, effectively recouped more than $2 million on Saturday in an auction of the investment titan-turned-villain's personal items. The U.S. Marshals Service sold off nearly 500 pieces of personal property belonging to Bernie and hi... | An auction of convicted scam artist Bernie Madoff's personal items brought in over $2 million . The big-ticket items included an engagement ring, piano and velveteen slippers . Maddoff, 71, admitted heading a scheme that defrauded clients out of billions of dollars . | f7902b9c505b0cb756fa99c8f3e601060b5d4fc8 |
Police forces across Britain were on alert last night after a warning of an Islamic State-style plot to kidnap and behead an officer. More than 7,000 officers in the West Midlands were warned they were in imminent danger following a telephone threat. Police chiefs in Britain’s second largest force were so concerned at ... | 7,000 West Midlands officers said to be in 'imminent danger' following call . Force enforced staff security briefing after 'anonymous but credible' threat . It was reported that a WPC may have been targeted for 'shock factor' Alert comes after ISIS urged followers to launch 'lone wolf' attacks on West . Man, 31, arrest... | 3ceff6138bc345049fcff48b7d8f028750488738 |
United Nations (CNN) -- The Chinese government could embrace Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo with pride and respect "with a little twist of the mind," actor and activist Richard Gere told a small group of activists at a New York rally in honor of Liu, who has been imprisoned by Beijing. The rally took place in Ralp... | Protest to honor Liu Xiaobo draws small crowd . Actor reads from a statement Liu issued before he was sentenced . Liu is the first Nobel Peace Prize winner in 75 years to be unable to accept the prize . | 8ea7835887864580eb35f10b612078620621e8e0 |
An empty glass bottle bought for just $5 at a flea market turned out to be an incredibly rare 130-year-old forerunner to Coca-Cola. Jim Vergo, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, bought the French Wine Coca bottle after it caught his eye among a heap of bric-a-brac and took it home to put in his collection. It was only when ... | Jim Vergo bought the French Wine Coca bottle for $5 at a flea market . He only realised what he had bought when he found it was embossed with the name of John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola . Pemberton marketed it as 'nerve tonic' and extolled its medical qualities . | 33c9ab0c0e3df5ef819915605d5067b78181b913 |
Tourism in African countries not affected by Ebola is being brought to its knees because of ignorance about the geography of the continent, it has been claimed. Holiday-makers terrified by the outbreak of the deadly virus are turning their backs on the Gambia in West Africa - even though it does not border countries wh... | Travellers turning backs on the Gambia in West Africa over Ebola fears . But country does not even border the nations affected by deadly outbreak . Expert claims tourism in the Gambia has since been brought to its knees . The British government has declared the Gambia to be Ebola-free . But charter flight arrivals are ... | a7a2ec6c2430e42b5806fe630fc09f75bb536b33 |
(CNN) -- Crimea's parliament has voted to secede from Ukraine and join Russia, and has scheduled a referendum for its residents to decide whether to stay or go. It is one of the biggest developments in the fast-moving crisis in Ukraine. Who is voting? The voters deciding Crimea's future would be the residents of that r... | Crimea is 60% Russian . The Crimean referendum may be illegitimate, experts say . It's unclear what will happen if the referendum passes . | facae945064f6154d3e84359ec77df1e988c139d |
A television commercial starring Pamela Anderson and a lesser-known actress exposing their bras and cleavages has been banned as sexist and degrading to women. The 45-year-old Baywatch star and her assistant Vanessa are shown in an office boardroom full of businessmen in the banned advert for domain and web hosting co... | 45-year-old and assistant feature in advert in office full of businessmen . One of the men fantasises about the pair dancing in bikinis . Watchdog ASA has banned advert for being sexist and degrading to women . | 96b57c4456e39177686f51dcf0ef52e3b0611ac6 |
The World Cup is just nine days away and excitement is building. Each week our man in Brazil, Joe Callaghan, brings us the latest news and views from South America - as well as traveller tips for those heading out there - and provides a flavour of exactly how the World Cup in Brazil is shaping up. ........................ | Luiz Felipe Scolari has built his team with a sound defensive structure . David Luiz and Thiago Silva are the key to Brazil's solidity at the back . The international team-mates will also link up at PSG next season . Brazil win over 80 percent of the time when Luiz and Silva start together . Silva to miss World Cup war... | dc2d211357f9e23be8efb22b1f4ef797936f3c3e |
CAIRO, Egypt (CNN) -- Suzanne Hagelof and Iris Botros dreamed of adopting babies. Separately, they visited orphanages in Egypt. Hagelof adopted a child, and Botros was in the process of adopting twins, when they ran foul of authorities. Now they are in jail, accused of being part of a conspiracy to traffic children. Ir... | Women adopted children from orphanage run by Coptic Christian Church . Alert was raised when they sought visas for children at U.S. Embassy in Cairo . The women now face human-smuggling trial in Egypt, where adoption is illegal . | 575b7a415b5ed874786aa594be0dbea868ed1e78 |
(CNN) -- There are few rivalries in sport that capture the imagination like the coming together of Real Madrid and Barcelona -- a soccer match of such enormity that it has its own nickname: "El Clasico." On the field, it is a billion-dollar grudge match between the two best teams in the football-mad country of Spain. O... | Real Madrid and Barcelona are Spain's richest and most successful football teams . Their rivalry began in 1902, when Barcelona won a Spanish Cup semifinal 3-1 . The teams have since shared 51 Spanish La Liga titles, Madrid winning 31 to Barca's 20 . In 2011 Barcelona and Real Madrid were drawn to play four times in 18 ... | f880652a0d6b3778ccc2f5e6e9674dae8031f491 |
He was given four years of free tuition after both of his parents died by his freshman year. Now, 35 years later, the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald has given Haverford College $25million back. Howard Lutnick, who lost 658 employees at the financial firm, including his younger brother, Gary, in the 9/11 terror attacks, made ... | Howard Lutnick was in high school when mother, Jane, died of cancer . Following year, his academic father, Solomon, passed away in hospital . At time, Lutnick was in first week at Haverford College in Pennsylvania . Then-college president Robert Stevens offered him a full scholarship . Now, Lutnick has made donation of... | 06dd6676f8e516238e85397fb4b0e88c5db02003 |
By . Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 23:34 EST, 28 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:17 EST, 1 March 2013 . A female employee with the U.S. Department of State who was vacationing in Brazil was found strangled in a hotel room in Rio de Janeiro last week, police revealed Thursday. Victoria Tcaciuc, 38, had been travelling t... | U.S. Department of State contract worker Victoria Tcacuic, 38, had been travelling around Brazil . Went to hotel in Copacabana neighborhood on February 20 with Brazilian ex-firefighter . Hotel staff found her strangled that day . Alessandro Rufino Oliveira Carvalho, 42, named suspect in murder . | 165b15f2933ed01982e4fdffce3ebdd9b2ddcded |
By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 10:36 EST, 18 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:36 EST, 18 October 2012 . Suicide: Wendy Harries, 39, had been targeted by a mystery person over Facebook and email for two years before she committed suicide . A woman hanged herself six weeks after receiving a voodoo doll from an anonymous... | Wendy Harries, 39, had been targeted by a mystery person over Facebook and email for two years before she committed suicide . She was harassed ‘every couple of days’ with strange messages that started by telling her where she had been and . what she was doing . For confidential support on suicide matters call the Samar... | 09b599e72c32a1a26e05be79fe53874cd5a18651 |
It is the mobile phone you can use in the bath or shower without fear - and can even survive being dropped down the toilet. Sony has unveiled its latest mobile phone - and hopes the waterproof design will help it take on the iPhone. The Xperia Z was unveiled at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. Sony's Xperia Z... | Xperia Z handset is electronic giant's new flagship it hopes will compete with the iPhone and Samsung Galaxy . Runs Google's Android software, and set to go on sale in March . Has waterproof coating . | d3134a13d5bcceb84084802dded08bb5306bcac6 |
By . Andrew Levy . PUBLISHED: . 20:45 EST, 27 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:30 EST, 31 December 2012 . Two young sisters died after a car driven by their father’s new partner veered off a road during a trip to the cinema. Jessica Portor, seven, and Tamzin, ten, were visiting their father Allan over the Christmas br... | Crash happened on the busy A47 near Wisbech, near Kings Lynn yesterday . The girls were travelling in a black Ford Focus with their brother, their father and his partner . Car flew off the tarmac and landed on its side on treacherous road at around 6.40pm last night . | b1b62b3d0757478933f5829507ab50a38ee15105 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:43 EST, 29 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:36 EST, 30 August 2013 . An Idaho criminal, who replaced an 'Aryan Warrior' forehead tattoo with words 'Irish Thug,' a shamrock and several other facial inkings, has been arrested. Jesse Starkey, 32, was originally charged with assaul... | Jesse Starkey, 32, originally charged with assault in 2007 after chasing down his roommates with a chair then drink driving, and almost hitting a pedestrian . Boise, an Idaho local had the words 'Aryan Warrior' tattooed across his forehead . On Thursday Jesse Starkey was arrested on a state warrant . His face is now c... | 71fe99877cde8ab5b077cba5844ec52665936584 |
By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 11:05 EST, 2 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:37 EST, 2 February 2013 . Hero: Wartime pilot Tony Rogers led an incredible life before he passed away aged 91 . A Polish war hero with an incredible story of survival during World War Two has died aged 91. Flight Lieutenant Czeslaw 'Tony' R... | Tony Rogers braved 830-mile trek on foot across Russia's frozen wastes . He made it to India, before eventually finding refuge in Britain . Rogers then became a decorated WW2 Flight Lieutenant in the RAF . The hero died at Hyperion Nursing Home in Fairford, Gloucestershire . | cd7fd5fe08946d16e65d527a3e809c1ddb8b0c55 |
Cairo (CNN) -- Thousands of demonstrators who gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a protest titled "Day of Justice and Cleansing" confronted two officers and sent them running late Friday, according to a witness. The numbers in the square have swelled dramatically compared to last Friday's rally, in part because the... | NEW: Two Egyptian officers forced to leave square, witness says . Numbers of demonstrators have swelled because the Muslim Brotherhood has joined . Groups are seeking prosecution of former president Hosni Mubarak . Mubarak's chief of staff has been arrested . | 88bc1a5db132e880c7b80f8f9d058c03ce0c31cc |
Missing: Terror suspect Ibrahim Magag who was under close police surveillance has gone missing, it emerged this evening . Police last night launched a nationwide manhunt after an Al Qaeda-linked terror suspect went on the run. Somali-born Ibrahim Magag, 28, was being held under security measures because of the threat h... | Counter terrorism detectives today appealed to the public for help in tracing Ibrahim Magag . He is believed to have absconded from a terror control order known as a Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures notice . The 28-year-old was last seen in Camden, North London . Police have urged anyone who sees Magag ... | 667e91334dd2b32e0875122c7acccfdb2d12967b |
By . Andrea Magrath and Anita Bennett . UPDATED: . 13:32 EST, 19 July 2011 . Last week when news of her new relationship broke, it seemed that Elin Nordegren had finally been able to move on from her traumatising divorce from Tiger Woods and had found happiness once again. But the 31-year-old's new romance has taken a ... | Jamie Dingman 'denies' allegations that he enjoyed trysts with Miss Uchitel . Claims he shared a house with Uchitel for two weeks in October 2009, just weeks before Tiger Woods scandal broke . Dingman had a girlfriend at the time of alleged affair . Uchitel allegedly told Dingman of affair with Woods, to which he alleg... | 08843f01c382dff3086fa1268f7d09a284d693f9 |
It’s the kind of gadget to have Patsy and Edina purring with approval… Champagne at the press of a button. But this vending machine is not a prop from Absolutely Fabulous. It has been installed in the luxury department store Selfridges. Well-heeled customers can enjoy chilled 200ml bottles of Moët & Chandon at £18 a po... | Machine holds 350 200ml bottles of Moet & Chandon . Each bottl is coated in miniature Swarovski crystals . Do not pay using coins, instead pre-pay at counter in Selfridges . Rather than dropping, bottles are carefully lowered by gold robotic arm . | c0355635e513c7684e25a7dbf4f1c37067960d25 |
By . Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 10:40 EST, 14 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:16 EST, 14 October 2013 . A disabled man has finished the Chicago Marathon more than 16 hours after it began. Maickel Melamed, 38, completed the marathon in 16 hours and 46 minutes at 1:30am Monday. The average completion time is about four h... | Venezuelan Maickel Melamed, 38, suffers hypotonia, or low muscle tone, making any physical exertion extremely difficult . He completed the Chicago Marathon in 16 hours and 46 minutes . Melamed has also completed the New York and Berlin marathons . | 570755c8c1ce242fd6d1f5f7d8838edc0b84d9de |
Baghdad (CNN) -- Five U.S. servicemembers were killed Monday in central Iraq, the U.S. military said in a written statement. The deaths are the single largest loss of life among U.S. troops in Iraq since 2009, and they come as Iraq debates whether to request U.S. troops stay beyond a January 1, 2012, deadline that requ... | The deaths are the single largest loss of life among U.S. troops in Iraq since 2009 . Iraqi security officials say a mortar attack at a U.S. base in Baghdad killed the five . The deaths follow warnings by the military of increased attacks on U.S. troops . The U.S. military did not immediately say how the troops were ki... | 93311387ac13d11c7c9bfa2794feae73d0060297 |
Athens, Greece (CNN) -- Greek police arrested an 18-year-old suspected of having hacked into the electronic systems of the FBI and Interpol, they announced Wednesday. He reportedly also took over the computers of unsuspecting users, accessed their data and used it to obtain new credit cards in their names. A raid on hi... | An 18-year-old is detained on suspicion of attacks on the FBI and Interpol, Greek police say . He is also accused of illegally obtaining credit cards through hacking . He is charged with computer fraud and forgery as well as illegal weapons possession . | ee5cb12fcf086c503eea371052d219b88a162372 |
(CNN) -- President Barack Obama is seriously contemplating withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan sometime in 2014, a senior administration official told CNN's Jessica Yellin. The Obama administration had been considering leaving a force of at least several thousand soldiers to act as trainers and to hunt leaders... | White House mulling withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, official said . Peter Bergen said the idea would be dangerous and send the wrong message . He says U.S. abandoned Afghanistan before and the Taliban stepped into vacuum . Bergen: U.S. should follow model it set in South Korea at end of Korean War . | fb16e4aa978e91502701625c54564e57887b575e |
(CNN) -- The family of American student Amanda Knox is happy that new DNA analysis has called into question her murder conviction, but won't celebrate "until she walks out of that prison," her mother said Thursday. In an interview with CNN's "Newsroom," Edda Mellas said her daughter is "not taking anything for granted.... | A favorable DNA report was met with "jumping and hugging," Knox's mother says . Evidence involved in Knox's conviction could have been contaminated, experts say . Knox and her ex-boyfriend were convicted of killing Knox's roommate, Meredith Kercher . She was sentenced to 26 years in prison, but is appealing the verdict... | fb9d021ddad636614ef79293224e6022787d0bf0 |
By . William Turvill . PUBLISHED: . 13:35 EST, 11 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:42 EST, 11 October 2013 . Two companies have been banned from selling kits to make ordinary cars look like Bentley models. A judge has ruled that 'Bentley car kits' infringe copyright and patent designs. Two business owners from Florida,... | Two Florida companies sued by car firm for using 'Bentley car kits' Bentley also applied to block making, advertising and selling of them . | 1c0909a3a230576be71a3bf1e3e8a16f7391e62f |
(CNN) -- Under mounting pressure from activists and advertisers, Facebook is ramping up efforts to stamp out hate speech, particularly depictions of violence against women. The move, announced Tuesday, came after a weeklong campaign by women's groups targeting pages that celebrated or made light of rape, domestic viole... | Facebook ramps up crackdown on hate speech after pressure from women's groups . Protest focused on pages that celebrate violence against women . Site says it will increase training, update guidelines, work with activists . About 15 companies pulled advertising, according to protesters . | 078266cea1aa6e46d5c2bf3e41f18998ebf44807 |
It is a view which is bound to make any sports fan set the countdown clock for 2016. These are the first images showing what we can expect from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in just under three years’ time. Built on a waterfront peninsula in the Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood of the city, it stretches out over 300 acres a... | Olympic Park for Rio Games is being built on a peninsula in the city's Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood . 15 of the Games' 34 venues will be located at the Olympic Park, as well as a village and media centre . Designed by the same architects behind the London 2012 Olympic Park in Stratford . | 188f04c7f0bb57a793cbe97fe2c35e33506d547a |
An Australian commuter turned a boring subway trip on a recent holiday in Hong Kong into a fun pun game to pass the time by. Melbourne student, Scyler Yang, came up with the idea of creating the puns from the stations on the subway map with his sister on a 15-minute journey from from Admiralty to Mong Kok while on a fa... | Scyler Yang, 21, was on holiday in Hong Kong with his family . The Australian student and his sister came up with the puns on subway . The siblings created the lines from the subway station map . Malaysian national is a self-confessed 'punster' | c51a0764e79ac5b96ff88982daee7edb0ce52787 |
An anti-bloodsport campaigner and councillor has provoked fury by claiming that the suicide of a former soldier and game hunter was the ‘best use of a gun I can think of’. Thomas Woodward is facing calls to quit over the ‘outrageous’ remarks, which were posted on the Hunt Saboteurs Association’s Facebook page. The 48-y... | Thomas Woodward is a Rydedale District and Pickering Town councillor . And maintains he has no need to apologise over the suicide remarks . The Rydedale council said it had received numerous complaints . | b9ceb789ccb6aca1f2e00981f7fb6f0dcaa6b354 |
By . Ben Spencer . PUBLISHED: . 03:54 EST, 9 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:04 EST, 9 February 2013 . Probe: Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for a police investigation into the Stafford Hospital Scandal . Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for a police investigation over the Stafford Hospital scandal wh... | Mr Hunt said it was wrong that nobody had been 'brought to book' Inquiry reported a 'disaster' in the care of vulnerable and elderly patients . | 7491b15faa634c3cb2511adfb87b305954fe9f87 |
An unopened bottle of wine made on the orders of Adolf Hitler to celebrate his 54th birthday has gone up for sale. The rare 1.5-litre bottle was among a batch made on Hitler's orders to mark his birthday on April 20, 1943, which he then gifted to high-ranking German officers. The wartime dictator called the red wine 'F... | Wine made in 1943 given to Hungarian prisoner by German soldier after war . It has now been handed to a Glasgow auction house for an online sale . Bottle - expected to sell for £2,000 - features picture of Hitler on the label . But experts say the red wine, which carries a swastika stamp, is undrinkable . Lugar Pistol ... | 18e49bc30d32396143f399dc3e6747955c2c272e |
An amateur space enthusiast hoped to have finally discovered life on Mars after spotting what looked like a crocodile roaming the red planet. Unfortunately, the jawed beast spotted by keen-eyed amateur astronomer Joe White, from Bristol, was nothing more than a chuck of rock. Nasa has been beaming photos from space sin... | The Curiosity rover has spotted a rock that looks like a crocodile on Mars . Discovery follows other intriguing images that showed an almost perfectly rounded stone, and a traffic light-shaped rock on the Martian surface . Curiosity is currently at the base of Mount Sharp on the red planet . | eb6ec3fef6bc4e243e66b7d57456de8690e56559 |
(CNN) -- Roger Federer is through to a tenth consecutive Australian Open semifinal after beating France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets at the Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday. The world No.2 fought off a gutsy challenge from the seventh seed to eventually prevail 7-6 4-6 7-6 3-6 6-3 in three hours 34 minutes to set up a... | Roger Federer beats Frenchman Tsonga in quarterfinals of Australian Open in Melbourne . World No.2 will play Britain's Andy Murray who enjoyed straight-sets win over Jeremy Chardy . Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer will contest other semifinal on Thursday . | 12d11bd91ab0acdecea530e3e1c5efd7c4312358 |
By . Steph Cockroft . An ice cream van driver who lost attention 'for a few seconds' killed a motorcyclist after failing to spot him during rush-hour traffic. Mohammed Zabeur Khan, 49, was making a right turn in his Ford Transit van in Bolton in April this year when he crashed into Andrew Wood, who was travelling in th... | Mohammed Zabeur Khan, 49, was making a right turn in Ford Transit van . He crashed into Andrew Wood, 23, who was travelling in opposite direction . At Bolton Crown Court, Khan admitted causing death by careless driving . Mr Wood's family are 'completely overcome' by animal rescue worker's death . | 9607a3d5d627e0746bb18dcf7bcf8baab7d4998c |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi has been indicted on charges he promised to support legislation in exchange for a land deal that netted the Arizona Republican more than $700,000, the Justice Department said Friday. In a 35-count indictment unsealed early Friday, Renzi, 49, is charged with conspiracy, wire frau... | NEW: Rep. Rick Renzi received $733,000 from land deal, indictment says . NEW: Renzi's attorneys say their client has done nothing wrong and will fight charges . Indictment says Arizona Republican pushed land swap benefiting former partner . The 35-count indictment names Renzi, two other businessmen as defendants . | 990d46690babb355065e0251f33ad5eec4a6666f |
By . Mike Jaccarino . PUBLISHED: . 17:55 EST, 28 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:17 EST, 29 August 2012 . A Florida cement facility worker is presumed dead after plummeting into a towering dry cement-filled silo that quickly filled with rainwater from the approaching Hurricane Isaac. Officials and co-workers are still ... | Pierre Mezidor was standing atop the silo Aug. 17 at a Florida cement manufacturing facility, measuring how much was inside when its roof collapsed . Rainwater pours into the suddenly-open silo, entombing the father-of-two in a gooey mush . Officials presume Mezidor dead after 11-day hunt for his body . Heartbroken son... | 0268411c1214cb3aa3550bb4ea8d25be6a636fd0 |
(CNN)The newest additions to Monaco's royal family, month-old baby twins Gabriella and Jacques, made their first appearance before their subjects Wednesday. Their parents, Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco, presented them to a crowd of flag-waving onlookers from the balcony of the royal palace. Each carr... | Baby twins Gabriella and Jacques were born on December 10 . Jacques has been named the Crown Prince of Monaco . | 2ed542efc4eef8f2521c0c9e113eb2e0dfef8584 |
(CNN) -- When the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act in a 5-4 ruling Thursday, the American Medical Association was quick to release a statement in support of the "historic" decision that will give more people access to health coverage. But (and there's always a "but") medical professionals across the country... | American Medical Association expresses concern over physician shortage . Estimates say there will be a shortage of 63,000 doctors by 2015 . Shortages due to lack of funding for residency programs and baby boomers . | 6c398e13a4c50c58ea70e4725a0e37cf2b88d593 |
A milkman was sacked after he appeared on the Jeremy Kyle Show accused of cheating on his wife while he was on his rounds. Shaun Dadds, 44, took lie detector tests to see if he had been unfaithful to his wife, who was also on the ITV programme in September. Just hours after appearing under the title 'Is my husband chea... | Milkman Shaun Dadds was sacked after appearing on Jeremy Kyle Show . His wife had accused him of cheating on her while he was on his rounds . Mr Dadds took three lie detector tests to see if he had been unfaithful . He failed all the tests and was sacked after appearing on the programme . Dairy Crest angry that Mr Dadd... | 43530731f9b608efcf8cf4c362651ab84a392999 |
By . Associated Press . Michelle Obama's annual question-and-answer session with the children of Executive Office employees took a serious turn Thursday when a 10-year-old girl in the front row told the first lady that her dad had been out of work for three years. Then the girl popped up to hand the first lady his resu... | Michelle Obama held a question-and-answer session with with children of Executive Office employees on Thursday as part of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work . Day . During the event, Charlotte Bell, 10, gave the First Lady her jobless father's resume . After the event Obama gave the little girl a hug . She also took t... | a9e2a4f82b26e7f68bbe560b8fbbc587d911538f |
Washington (CNN) -- In a lawsuit challenging the federal no-fly list, a U.S. District Court in Oregon has ruled that passengers have a constitutional right to fly internationally, but it has yet to decide if the government's procedures are enough to deny that right due to security concerns. The 13 plaintiffs, including... | 13 plaintiffs, including four U.S. vets, sued in 2010 after being stopped from traveling in aircraft . The plaintiffs say they believe they are on the federal no-fly list . They call other means of travel, such as boat trips lasting more than a month, impractical . The ACLU hails the ruling; the Justice Department woul... | 71b9f584229b156b7402d10cb0e3a0d1e09507dd |
A British forensic archaeologist has unearthed fresh evidence to prove the existence of mass graves at the Nazi death camp Treblinka - scuppering the claims of Holocaust deniers who say it was merely a transit camp. Some 800,000 Jews were killed at the site, in north east Poland, during the Second World War but a lack ... | 'Ground penetrating radar' used because Jewish burial sites cannot be disturbed . Holocaust deniers had previously used the lack of graves to support their theories . | 936577f9f24f596cf49fe8133cc1da6afa26606d |
By . Deni Kirkova . PUBLISHED: . 06:54 EST, 17 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:56 EST, 17 October 2013 . Everyone's a food photographer nowadays: sometimes it feels like you can't escape from the endless stream of supper club plates and flourless chocolate cakes on Instagram and Facebook. But now one photographer is t... | Photographer Sarah Anne Ward recreates famous artworks using cake . Rothko, Hirst, Pollock, Mondrian, Seurat and Picasso feature . | b2c5eb61425fe1927b95cc5f2d57ddd573ff2365 |
Manchester United have agreed a deal to sign Bayern Munich midfielder Toni Kroos and are set to make a stunning move for his team-mate Arjen Robben. A £20million deal for Kroos was agreed when David Moyes was still in charge at Old Trafford and his successor, former Bayern coach Louis van Gaal, has said the move can go... | United have agreed a deal for Bayern Munich midfielder Kroos . The Red Devils are now set to make a move for Robben . United are understood to have agreed a £27m deal for Luke Shaw . Borussia Dortmund's Mats Hummels is one of Louis van Gaal's targets . | 3983c4e461acbbf978f04a480ccd913a8de56f97 |
Women are used to seeing scary sights in the mirror during a trip to the hairdressers. But instead of a frightful new hairdo customers were confronted with the face of a ghost during terrifying but hilarious stunt. The elaborate practical joke had unsuspecting patrons shrieking in terror, with shop staff pretending not... | Customers shriek when face of a young girl appears before them . The youngster then crawls into the store, upside and on all fours . Victims are left beside themselves with fear and run for the exit . Stunt was set up to promote new horror film The Last Exorcism 2 . | 4c89c83e8bdc6602073526072ca745b14fdb6f25 |
By . Ruth Styles . and Martha Cliff . He's the former child star turned documentary maker and now Tyger Drew-Honey has set his sights on explaining why modern men are coming under increasing pressure to look good. In the latest episode of his BBC3 series, Tyger Takes On..., Drew-Honey, 18, meets the boys and men going ... | Men account for 10 to 25 per cent of eating disorder suffers say beat . Tyger Drew-Honey explores male body image in a new BBC3 documentary . One interviewee had a heart attack at 18 because of steroid overuse . Male competitiveness is a big part of the problem, according to the star . | 69e579374d1d25e4ee90a821444230c66cd84d46 |
By . Laura Collins . PUBLISHED: . 11:42 EST, 1 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:02 EST, 1 October 2013 . The ship’s Captain portrayed by Tom Hanks in a forthcoming Hollywood movie is at the centre of a $50million lawsuit – brought by the very men whose lives he is credited with saving. According to legal papers seen by... | Two pirate attacks and more than 7 warnings went ignored as Phillips captained the Maersk Alabama deep into the danger zone . Claim he boasted he 'wasn't scared of pirates' Ships told to sail no closer than 680miles from the Somali coast; the Maersk was just 270miles from it when pirates seized it on 8 April 2009 . Cre... | d96d5d930181c235d65f66a515cde676e02171c4 |
Former Home Secretary David Blunkett has called for tough police action after a violent street fight between rival groups of immigrants. The Labour MP spoke out after Page Hall in Sheffield - part of his constituency - was consumed by violence on Monday, which led to several arrests and one teen needing hospital treatm... | Former Home Secretary speaks out after violent clash on Monday . More than 25 people involved in mass disturbance in Page Hall, Sheffield . One teen injured in violence which broke out at around 8pm on Monday . Labour MP last year warned of rioting in area due to Roma migrants . He warned of 'explosion' if culture of i... | aae303b80a213971c849635a847c3a06ad533484 |
MUMBAI, India (CNN) -- Inside the blacked-out Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, hallways were littered with bloodied bodies. A commando in disguise give details of what went down in the Taj hotel when commandos went in. Terrorists were still holding 200 people 33 hours after the assault began. Knowing next to nothing about what ... | Disguised commando tells reporters rescuers entered unknown layout in the dark . Commandos had to avoid hurting civilians, convince them they were not terrorists . Attackers knew layout well, moved around frequently, commando says . 33 hours after siege, commandos rescued 200 people from Taj Mahal Hotel . | 802531133b69a9164d3c57c8d10eb535de6fde7f |
(CNN) -- A judge set bond at $2 million Thursday for a 35-year-old woman who faces charges in the case of a woman whose baby was ripped from her womb. Darlene Haynes, pictured with one of her other children, was found slain in her apartment closet, authorities said. Investigators detained Julie A. Corey on Wednesday af... | Darlene Haynes, who was eight months pregnant, found dead in apartment closet . Friend tells WHDH that Haynes sent text saying she was drinking with friend . Police charge Julie A. Corey, a friend of Haynes, with being a fugitive from justice. Officers were led to Corey after she told friends she recently had child . | ebefde3b866b4ea8b9c3a68edf4c3a2830c91296 |
By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 11:56 EST, 5 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:52 EST, 5 November 2012 . Barack Obama told voters in a bullish speech as he today stormed into the final day of campaigning before Election Day in the US: 'I may be full of grey hair now, but I’m just as motivated as I was four years ago. We... | Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are neck and neck in swing states which will decide winner of the White House . Both visit country's toughest battleground state in Ohio // Rasmussen poll gives Romney tight 49% to 48% lead . Winner is determined in state-by-state contests - making nine 'battleground' states very important ... | 989879167ece34fbe5918fefefa118bd968bad84 |
By . Ray Massey, Transport Editor and Emma Reynolds . Last updated at 5:39 PM on 25th January 2012 . Snaking queues formed on the forecourts today as petrol pumps began to run dry following the closure of one of the UK's largest refineries. Fearful motorists found themselves backed up in jams stretching out of petrol s... | Signs warn supplies of diesel run out on forecourts . Chaos at petrol stations in South East . Petroplus, owner of Coryton refinery in Essex, files for bankruptcy . Diesel within a fraction of 1p of a record . Threat to 1,000 jobs at plant . Retailers warn: 'The only way is up' MEP warns the disruption could affect the... | c4a8a9ef7c2768fb091f2a32c22e86c3acc605d0 |
Between three and four billion years ago, changes in an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter hurled a devastating barrage of space rocks at our planet. Astronomers are only now beginning to understand the scale of the bombardment - analysing the impacts from tiny 'spherules' preserved in rocks today. Some of the aste... | Findings from analysis of tiny 'spherules' in present-day rocks . Rocks from asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter four billion years ago . Bombardment lasted up to two times as long as previously thought . | 556704aca9831ada545e2f2cdf2a7166ca8c351a |
By . Chris Pleasance . PUBLISHED: . 16:45 EST, 4 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:46 EST, 4 November 2013 . A 21-year-old woman had acid thrown in her face as she prepared for her engagement party after telling her attacker she already had a fiance. Hong Kim Huoi, 21, suffered 30 per cent burns to her body, including ... | Hong Kim Huoi told suitor Nguyen Van Dung that she had a fiancee . Huoi was on her way to the engagement party when she was attacked . Dung drove past on a scooter and threw acid in her face . He was stopped by locals and handed to the police . | f5c86acc77dc2483fff7e64eeaf80a8c7f0170ae |
By . Mark Prigg . The Supreme Court is set to hear a case that could change the way we watch TV. New York firm Aereo sends live TV broadcasts to mobile devices - but broadcasters wants it to stop. Now the entertainment conglomerates that own U.S. television networks are waging a legal fight, culminating in Tuesday's Su... | Aereo allows subscribers to watch live TV on their mobile device . Broadcasters say the firm is taking 'a blatant free ride' with their content . | 23042d47cc11c0920abd1190b4f4512e18ba12b8 |
(CNN) -- An Iranian actress has been sentenced to a year in jail and 90 lashes for appearing in a film critical of the country's government, an opposition website said. Actress Marzieh Vafamehr stars in the recently released "My Tehran, For Sale," which challenges the limits imposed on artists in the Islamic republic, ... | The film producers express "deep shock and sadness" Actress Marzieh Vafamehr stars in the film, "My Tehran, For Sale" There are no specifics about what Vafamehr was convicted of or when she was sentenced . Opposition group says actress is sentenced to a year in jail and 90 lashes . | 299b7f590970dff9eaacd3ba8d7963d468fd9cb1 |
President Barack Obama's summer vacation off the Massachusetts coast has come to an end. The . president returned to the White House late Sunday after spending . two weeks with his family on the island of Martha's Vineyard. What . a break it turned out to be. His attempt at rest and relaxation was . largely overtaken b... | Spent two weeks golfing and spending time with his family . Critics lambasted the president for images of him on the golf course . White House shot back: 'Just because the president is in a different location doesn't mean he's not doing his job' | 21c11d8da124b398df7cf1264e8d2e1b2311a8bf |
By . Kieran Corcoran . It is always good form to wear a sunhat at the beach - but at one sandy spot today hard hats were more in order. In Eastbourne, Sussex, today hundreds of tons of gravel were sprayed from just off-shore by a giant dredger drafted in to repair the devastation caused by the huge storms this winter. ... | Huge dredger was seen spraying mixture of sediment and water onto the beach at Eastbourne, Sussex . | 0b2bab0ec065b5ba458a114592f13a31a68c4870 |
By . Katy Winter . PUBLISHED: . 07:09 EST, 14 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:20 EST, 14 November 2013 . A former cheerleader who reached 16 stone after giving up on her exercise regime has shed almost six stone in just 18 months - and landed a spot in the final of a modelling contest. Jaime Anglin saw her weight soa... | Jamie Anglin, from Marysville, Michigan was slim,fit athlete in high school . On leaving she stopped exercising and began to eat what she wanted . Her weight rose to 16st and she outgrew her entire wardrobe . Slowly took up exercising again, working from fitness DVD to triathalons . Now slimmed to 10st and has reached ... | d575c54a91ed51d834e2611f3c4f4378e6524c00 |
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen admits he's convinced that Real Madrid will slip-up in the title race and that Barcelona just need to keep on winning games to catch them. The Catalonia side trail Carlo Ancelotti's men by one point coming into the second half of the season and have won four La Liga games on the bounce. Ter Stegen... | Marc-Andre Ter Stegen believes that Real Madrid will stumble this season . Barcelona remain one point behind their rivals but have won four-in-a-row . The German goalkeeper has backed his side to win a treble this season . Click here for all the latest Barcelona news . | dc24bdce9f36101ee56a375343d2a0bbf30a390f |
By . Katy Winter for MailOnline . As the level-headed detective at the centre of BBC’s hit crime thriller The Killing, Sofie Grabol is rarely seen without the patterned jumper that has become her trademark. Detective Sarah Lund’s quirky fashion sense spawned a revival of chunky knitwear in high street fashion. But now ... | Famous star knitwear worn by actress Sofie Grabol in The Killing . Faroese based company Gundrun & Gundrun made jumper used in show . Took Danish Stof og Sy to court over their similar 'knit-your-own' version . Court ruled that jumper design not exclusive to Gundrun & Gundrun . | 1490ddde5cc48adc0722f0fc0df444e46e65fea8 |
By . Jennifer Newton . and Sam Webb . A private school teacher has been arrested after the teenage girl was allegedly spotted hiding under a blanket in his car. John Wunderle, a maths teacher at the £15,000-a-year Bancroft's School in Essex, was already on bail after being accused of grooming the girl for six months an... | John Wunderle arrested after the girl was allegedly seen hiding in his car . Teacher was already on bail after being accused of grooming a teenager . 34-year-old, who is said to weigh 20 stone, has been remanded in custody . Maths teacher quit his £40,000 job at Bancroft's School shortly before arrest . Essex school ... | 08c928ef17118500f8ec681273b385aa28abb495 |
Taliban fighters have beheaded 15 civilians in battles for control of a key district near Kabul in a chilling echo of the brutality meted out by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The Ghazni provincial government said it has lost contact with police in the province's western district of Ajrestan after hundreds of ins... | 700 militants battle for control of key opium-growing district near the capital . More than 100 civilians killed and 15 decapitated during five days of fighting . Taliban are attacking military posts now that U.S. air strikes have stopped . | e88768b541d292ba106a7d4bab43e7b959be6654 |
By . Matt Blake . PUBLISHED: . 07:19 EST, 11 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:55 EST, 11 November 2013 . Barratts Shoes has gone into administration for the third time in four years, putting more than 1,000 jobs at risk. Directors at the Bradford-based chain were left with no choice after an investor pulled out of a p... | Move comes after investor pulled out of plan to . inject £5 million last week . Administrators said they are reviewing finances and seeking to sell business . But they added: 'Redundancies and/or store closures cannot be ruled out' Barratts operates from 75 stores and 23 concessions across UK and Ireland . | d99a8c7628e9e15d1d60ffd4a709ab247eb95ee7 |
(CNN) -- You know her best as a multi-platinum recording artist and a 14-time Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter and producer. But Alicia Keys has also made quite a name for herself as a philanthropist and AIDS advocate. It was in 2003, on her first trip to Africa, when Keys witnessed firsthand the disease's devas... | One in four people living with HIV is a woman . Alicia Keys is launching Empowered, a campaign aimed at women . She hopes to start a global dialogue about HIV and women . | f5d77de191bc9ce2b92b5688cb509183babed0d3 |
(CNN) -- "Saturday Night Live" was formed in the crucible of the mid-1970s, when Watergate brought respect for politicians to all-time lows, the counterculture was taking over comedy, and many television viewers were seeking out something fresh and bold. Fred Armisen played Barack Obama in a talked-about sketch Saturda... | Recent "Saturday Night Live" sketch attacked President Obama . Political pundits, media seized on sketch as meaningful . It marks end of honeymoon, one observer says, but probably not much more . "SNL" can "intensify" storylines but is mostly a barometer, says expert . | e4b37d48ecf8962be0c1d7374e8abeac8a5d341e |
By . Bianca London . A beauty queen born with half an arm is hoping to inspire girls just like her to overcome their disabilities. Katie Cooper, from Worcester, entered a beauty pageant to prove to her daughter, Eden, who has Cerebal Palsy, that disabilities shouldn’t hold people back. And she has now been crowned Miss... | Katie Cooper crowned Miss Dream Street Worcestershire . Is now in the running to take the national crown in August . Had always been embarrassed of the stump on her left arm . Twin sister entered her into first pageant and she won . Katie is looking to beat 70 other women in Miss Dream UK Finals . Wants to go on to bec... | 492b2f14e9c863a966b197f21742445f08eddbe2 |
A suspected housebreaker has been charged with murder after he shot his accomplice through the heart with a stolen gun, police have claimed. Anthony Wayne Jeffcoat, 46, was charged with murder after Lexington County Sheriff's Department found the dead body of suspected thief Steven Lee Boone, 4, lying outside his home ... | Wayne Jeffcoat is accused of shooting partner Steven Boone in the heart . Jeffcoat and Boone were arguing over the spoils of some burglaries . Sheriffs believe Jeffcoat shot Boone with a stolen gun and fled the scene . Jeffcoat handed himself into Lexington County Sheriff's Department . He is currently in Lexington Cou... | 2d14850c796ce7338a888b81a01823aabc14d042 |
London (CNN) -- British Foreign Secretary William Hague met a range of Syrian opposition figures Monday, saying London was "seeking to step up the international pressure on the Assad regime, a regime that has long since lost its legitimacy in the eyes of the wider world." Syrian President Bashar al-Assad needed to know... | NEW: More and more countries will meet the opposition, William Hague says . Britain is "seeking to step up pressure" on Syria, the foreign secretary says . Hague urges opposition groups to unify . The United Nations says more than 3,500 people have died in the Syrian crackdown . | b682cdb44c15f513f286db5324a39da824017728 |
By . Robert Verkaik . Undercover: The MI5 agent pictured during a terror trial in Brussels in 2003 . An MI5 agent who infiltrated terrorist cells and worked on the investigation into the 7/7 bombings has been granted police protection after becoming the target of death threats by Islamic extremists in Britain. The 33-y... | 33-year-old Moroccan-born undercover agent worked for MI5 for six years . Bill for plans to move him to a secret address could reach £50,000 a year . Agent infiltrated extremist cells and investigated 7/7 attacks on London . His work has been praised by powerful politicians . Despite all his work Government refused to ... | 3235ec1f622f6065a54a53ce23ed4e22110ef865 |
Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court for the third time this year has stopped the pending capital punishment of a Texas inmate, giving lawyers for the man more time to file their appeals. The justices on Tuesday issued an order granting a stay of execution for Cleve Foster, about 2 1/2 hours before his scheduled letha... | Court grants Cleve Foster his third stay of execution . The order came just 2 1/2 hours before the scheduled lethal injection . He was scheduled to die for the 2002 murder of a Sudanese woman . Court said it needed more time to rule on his claims of ineffective counsel . | 284c2e4ce0c834459ce27fbcaba85190bb6e3fc2 |
Madonna was today threatened with legal action and accused of being an ageing self-publicist after she depicted the head of one of France’s biggest political parties as a Nazi. An image of National Front leader Marine Le Pen with a swastika on her forehead appeared on a giant screen at the singer's concert in Tel Aviv... | Le Pen's face appeared on a giant screen with a swastika on her forehead . She threatens to sue if Madonna repeats stunt in France next month . | 2f07ba5759dc31902cf0f20c1bc5750457829a73 |
By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . Ukip faced fresh accusations of double standards today amid claims Eastern Europeans have been hired to hand out flyers in its anti-immigration election campaign. Latvians have been hired by a firm in Croydon to hand out flyers ahead of elections on May 22. It follows re... | Leafleting firm says it uses people from Latvia and other European countries . Eastern Europeans spotted handing out flyers in Croydon . David Cameron steps up attack on Ukip in the House of Commons . Ukip investigates who posted tweet about Newark candidate Roger Helmer . Mr Helmer sparked fury over a series of remark... | fc04e5499632386a9e260a187c73f6fff9903486 |
Orlando (CNN) -- The judge handling the defamation lawsuit against Casey Anthony has stepped away from the case, leaving open the question of whether the Orlando woman will have to submit to a formal interview by her accuser's lawyers just days after leaving jail. Judge Jose Rodriguez, after a 14 minute sidebar, announ... | NEW: A new judge is assigned to the Casey Anthony defamation lawsuit . Judge Jose Rodriguez stepped aside Friday morning . It's still unclear whether Anthony will have to attend a deposition . Anthony is being sued by a woman with the same name as the nanny she said took her daughter . | 21669542fc55d6fd255f8f85799fa215306c286e |
Angola has reportedly declared Islam illegal and ordered for all of the country’s mosques to be closed down. Minister of culture Rosa Cruz e Silva said that mosques in the largely Christian country would be closed until further notice. She described Islam as a ‘sect’ that would be banned as counter to Angolan customs a... | Minister of culture described Islam as a 'sect' which is banned as counter to Angolan customs and culture . Nation's president said: ‘This is the final end of Islamic influence in our country' | eb6de6cf435bc6d48a20c2f28d2947e95c998aa3 |
As Alexis Sanchez celebrated his first Premier League goal against Leicester on Sunday afternoon, he probably wasn't aware of its significance. The Chilean's effort, which flashed past Kasper Schmeichel to give the Gunners the lead at the King Power Stadium, also made him the 100th player to score for the north London ... | Alexis Sanchez opened the scoring against Leicester on Sunday . The Chilean's goal made him the 100th player to score for the Gunners during the Premier League era . Thierry Henry is Arsenal's leading scorer with 175 goals . Ian Wright, Robin van Persie and Dennis Bergkamp all high on the list . Gael Clichy and Kieran ... | a26328ad10fe5b7296f0489e1b663ebac9cf7f86 |
The search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is the most extensive and expensive ever undertaken, but it’s been claimed the plane could have been located if its tracking software had been upgraded - something that costs just £6 ($10) per flight. According to new book Flight MH370: The Mystery, the Boeing 777-200ER had... | The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight is most expensive ever . A £6 software upgrade to plane could have given GPS fix, claims new book . Flight MH370: The Mystery says tracking software on plane was too basic . Flight MH370: The Mystery, by Nigel Cawthorne, is out now (£7.99, John Blake Publishing). | 83534db798631207b39d06620992e36d4dea0ce8 |
By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 23:52 EST, 1 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:14 EST, 2 August 2013 . Diners are queuing to sit at the same table where Charles Saatchi grabbed his wife Nigella Lawson by the throat and pulled at her nose. Customers have allegedly been trying to book the same table where the assault happ... | Customers 'try to book the same table where the assault happened' Pair's regular table outside the restaurant has become a macabre novelty . Miss Lawson ended 10-year-marriage to Saatchi this week . | bb598bef887b5156e3ca574cd09041d86472c385 |
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