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ebca33b15de72b314962cb0cbcd8c35ef92f4bf3 | Jerusalem (CNN) -- The former Israeli soldier who posted photos of herself on Facebook posing in front of blindfolded Palestinians waved off criticism of her actions, arguing that her behavior was no different than that of news outlets. "This was just a military (service) experience," Eden Abergil said in an interview ... | "Eden from Ashdod" says she has apologized to those she hurt .
She said the pictures had no political message .
One commentator regrets that she doesn't understand what she did wrong . |
ebca5751b91f3c046b4645d0f6f3cdea1be07688 | Shahab Reza, of Perivale, London, has admitted his role in the swindle and is facing years behind bars . A deaf couple and his family falsely claimed £900,000 meant for sign language interpreters to fund a luxury lifestyle and diamond jewellery, a court heard today. Shahab Reza, of Perivale, west London, submitted fake... | Shahab Reza has admitted conning the state out of thousands of pounds .
His wife, Shehnaz Reza and children Zainab and Abbas deny part in plot .
Court heard invoices were submitted for sign language interpreters .
But prosecutors say the money was spent on luxury lifestyle and jewellery . |
ebca9c240db4355df431d0dce3aff00d8e49ffc1 | Incumbent Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Democrat, and Republican challenger Rep. Bill Cassidy traded sharp allegations of personal misconduct in the final debate before the Louisiana Senate runoff, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 6. Days before the debate, Landrieu attacked Cassidy's medical record, alleging the three-term congre... | Incumbent Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat, faced-off against GOP candidate Rep. Bill Cassidy during a debate Monday .
Landrieu trails Cassidy by double-digits in recent polling .
Cassidy has effectively tied Landrieu to deeply unpopular President Barack Obama . |
ebcaacbe5d33f82a411d4c9799ef2b746104cba1 | Roy Keane has a notorious reputation as one of football's toughest characters but Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert believes that isn't the case. The pair are currently working together at Villa Park, with Keane hired as the Scot's assistant manager in July. Keane's appointment was expected to bring an added sternness to L... | Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert insists Roy Keane has a jovial side to him .
Keane has a notorious reputations as one of football's toughest characters .
Keane was appointed as Lambert's assistant manager in July . |
ebcac602ef0b03f697b9ab0e0c7e00c7122239e0 | The number of Assyrian Christians abducted by the Islamic State in Syria has risen to 220 - far more than was previously feared, according to activists. Militants are said to have rounded up more hostages from a chain of villages along a strategic river in the past three days. After the first abductions on Monday, it w... | Number of Assyrian Christians kidnapped by ISIS in Syrian has risen to 220 .
Comes after militants attacked a chain of villages along a strategic river .
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says hostages comes from Tal Tamr .
ISIS began abducting Assyrians on Monday sending panic through villages .
It is thought they a... |
ebcaf570da00e31df991424577e23c139100c7bc | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 23:31 EST, 25 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 02:49 EST, 26 February 2014 . Casey Anthony refused to tell lawyers why she made up her story about Zanny The Nanny kidnapping her daughter Caylee and threatened to storm out of a new deposition released this week. The mother, who was ... | Zenaida Gonzalez is suing Anthony, 26, for defamation after she was questioned about the disappearance of Caylee Anthony .
Caylee's remains were found in December 2008 .
Casey Anthony was acquitted of murdering the toddler and later filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy .
Gonzalez argues her lawsuit should survive the .
bankr... |
ebcb0d874c439a4bb899e6cb42bc596cdd3cb8c3 | (CNN) -- A Chinese satellite probing the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 "observed a suspected crash area at sea," a Chinese government agency said -- a potentially pivotal lead into what thus far has been a frustrating, fruitless search. China's State Administration for Science, Technology and... | NEW: "Every day it just seems like it's an eternity," passenger's wife says .
Chinese agency: The satellite found "three suspected floating objects"
Flight 370 went missing early Saturday; massive area is being searched .
"There's so much confusing information," a commercial pilot says . |
ebcb3fd583da60e50061865f31a730d6a318a79d | (CNN) -- England coach Fabio Capello has been forced to go back on his previously iron-clad rules in selecting his preliminary squad for the World Cup in South Africa. The Italian has always said he would not pick players who are injured or out of form, but has brought Liverpool's Jamie Carragher out of international r... | England coach Fabio Capello brings Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher out of retirement .
Italian names 30-man provisional World Cup squad featuring several injured players .
Italy coach Marcelo Lippi omits veterans Francesco Totti, Luca Toni and Alessandro Del Piero .
Spain name injured stars Andreas Iniesta, Fernando... |
ebccbefce8df691a88881912c9193f70d90a4dca | By . Lina Das . UPDATED: . 19:48 EST, 27 October 2011 . She's a scream: Ariana Richards is a respected portrait artist now . During a break in the filming of epic dinosaur movie Jurassic Park, director Steven Spielberg introduced its 12-year-old star, Ariana Richards, to his special on-set visitor that day, veteran act... | Ariana Richards is now 32 and a respected portrait artist .
The film has been released on Blu-ray on the 18th anniversary of its release .
The Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy is available on Blu-ray from Universal International Home Entertainment. |
ebcd075e353dff5de5a8991a2927c590e52e8fdf | (CNN) -- The Civil Air Patrol has called off the search for multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, nearly a month after he took off from a Nevada ranch, the agency announced Tuesday. Adventurer Steve Fossett has been missing since September 3. Fossett, 63, was last seen September 3 when he left hotel magnate Barron... | The Nevada Civil Air Patrol had been looking for Fossett for nearly a month .
The 63-year-old record-breaker was last seen September 3 .
CAP called search "one of the largest, most intensive searches" in history .
Fossett was first to fly around the globe in a balloon, among other feats . |
ebcdd1172a82173ab5a27e4573fba5ffb3f61c1f | Eurocrats are about to demand an ‘outrageous’ budget increase of up to 12 per cent – three times the rate of inflation. This means Britain’s contribution to running the EU – already £15.3billion a year – will rise by another £2billion. The budget, being finalised by the European Commission, is a clear rebuff to David C... | EU demand is three times the rate of inflation .
Britain already contributes £15.3bn annually .
Equivalent to every family giving £700 a year to Europe . |
ebce00ab62a591ccb184be8738d735a016d8788a | (CNN) -- A French man jailed for an alleged plot to kill Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in 2009 was deported to France on Saturday, a Venezuelan official said. Frederic Laurent Bouquet's expulsion was announced via a tweet by Iris Varela, the minister for the prison system. "Frederic Laurent Bouquet was sentenced to ... | Officials say Bouquet confessed to the plot .
They also allege he is a French intelligence agent .
He was sentenced to 4 years in jail . |
ebce71caf82d6054552d4a501fe800370f7f4790 | Yaya Toure scored his first goal of this Africa Cup of Nations to help Ivory Coast reach the final for the second time in three years, despite an unconvincing display. Neither Toure nor his new Manchester City team-mate Wilfried Bony were at their best, against a Democratic Republic of Congo side that few teams expecte... | Yaya Toure opened the scoring for Ivory Coast with a long-range effort .
Dieumerci Mbokani equalised from the penalty spot shortly after .
Gervinho restored Ivory Coast's lead five minutes before half-time .
Their place in the final was confirmed when Wilfried Kanon fired home . |
ebce94a0ab35f4438f8fa4ccd2a27338ed441942 | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 07:13 EST, 15 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:25 EST, 18 July 2013 . If you would eat more vegetables if only peeling them was easier, help is at hand. A £9.95 gadget can speed up the task and reduce the danger to fingers in using a knife or peeler. The Karoto looks and works lik... | The Karoto peeler can remove the skin from root vegetables in 30 seconds .
It works like a giant pencil sharpener .
The shavings it creates can also be used to decorate salads . |
ebcec8ea526502c023d6a6137881d3826796defe | Beijing, China (CNN) -- In a round-table meeting with government advisers and researchers of a government-run think tank on April 14, Premier Wen Jiabao enjoined them to listen to people's voices and relay these truthfully to top leaders. Wen's call to speak the truth comes at a time when the Chinese authorities are ro... | Premier Wen Jiabao tells government advisers and researchers: "Speak the truth"
Comes at a time when Chinese authorities are rounding up dissenters .
Beijing has built one of the world's most successful authoritarian regimes .
Official: "(Wen) advocates transparency and accountability so as to ... solve problems" |
ebcede0812c4e0228f5ad5e6507d2e39ef6322db | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 04:36 EST, 6 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:20 EST, 6 August 2013 . Floral pattern: Detectives investigating the discovery of a woman's body in a university lake have released this photograph of a dress she was wearing . This is the floral dress found on a woman’s body that was discovere... | Unidentified woman found face down at University of East Anglia lake .
Discovery last Thursday has prompted nationwide police investigation .
The 'distinctive' dress is black with a large peach or cream rose pattern . |
ebceeec55937a738f665725238792982df14d594 | By . Joel Christie . and Associated Press Reporter . Six-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Amy Van Dyken Rouen has severed her spine following a serious all terrain vehicle accident in Arizona at the weekend, her family have confirmed. The 41-year-old champion was airlifted to the intensive care unit at Scottsdale He... | Amy Van Dyken Rouen, 41, airlifted from Show Low to Scotsdale following all terrain accident on Friday night .
Her family has confirmed she severed her spine in the crash .
The retired swim champ told emergency workers at the scene she couldn't feel her legs or toes .
She has lived in Arizona with her husband, former D... |
ebcf3919a3354885bdab1a2bfe86dc8892249727 | Millions of Americans, including academics, activists and celebrities, have warned British families not to be drawn into a ‘Frankenstein Food’ experiment. A coalition of 57 million people have signed an open letter to British consumers highlighting potential harm to human health and the environment caused by geneticall... | Coalition of 57 million people have signed open letter to British consumers .
Letter highlights potential harm to human health and environment caused by GM crops - and was delivered to Number 10 yesterday by delegation .
Signatories include Susan Sarandon, Daryl Hannah and Jeremy Irons .
Designed to counter the pro-GM ... |
ebd00cccd956a1c412de7c073914c60daa3a25cc | (CNN)From footfalls to climbing stairs, to opening doors, the cities of the future will look at ways of tapping energy from all the mechanical energy we expend going about our daily lives. When looking at the amount of kinetic energy produced in the average metro station at rush hour, or even on the dance floors of nig... | A company called Pavegen has developed a technology to turn footsteps into electricity .
Walking and other human activities can generate power via piezoelectric cells .
Pavegen's energy harvesting technology can produce up to 7 watts of electricity with each footstep .
Analysts estimate the energy harvesting industry c... |
ebd0b951433673a9a33866e53084eb2fdd17742d | Escaped jail: Angela Roberts, 45, of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, was given a community order after admitting assaulting Valerie Barrett with her shoe . A mother-of-two who left a woman with a 1.5inch gash on her head after hitting her with a stiletto in a drunken rage has escaped with just a community order. Angela Roberts... | Mother-of-two Angela Roberts, 45, had a row with Valerie Barrett earlier in the evening .
When Roberts heard her father had been assaulted, she went to find the attacker .
As she entered the Wetherspoons pub in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, she heard bouncer describe the aggressor over his radio .
Description matched Miss Ba... |
ebd0d4a63e964eff0842f55a9aaf708a52d1a8b2 | (CNN) -- Move over, Cookie Monster. And pipe down, Oscar the Grouch. There's a new muppet in town, and she's hungry. Her name is Lily, and the newest member of the muppet pantheon symbolizes a serious social condition in today's recessionary era: nationwide hunger. Colored pink and sporting long pigtails, Lily has been... | Lily is a pink muppet with long pigtails, resembling a 7-year-old girl .
Sesame Street portrays Lily and her family dealing with food insecurity .
Nationwide, more families visited food pantries during the recession, USDA says . |
ebd0e3ddb54344a1ff80f3ecb1858d9cebcdf09d | Germany is rejecting demands from an EU body that it should stop surgically castrating sex criminals - a practice that dates back to the Nazis - because it is ‘degrading’. Defying Brussels, the German government said it intends to carry on with the practice citing low re-offending rates among sex criminals who had opte... | German government says practice leads to low re-offending rates .
Average of five castrations a year over the past decade . |
ebd1562932351502aff32658a651b3c033b67a07 | By . Chris Parsons . PUBLISHED: . 03:01 EST, 6 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:18 EST, 6 April 2012 . The children's charity which produced a YouTube viral targeting Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony have released a sequel to their hugely popular video. Invisible Children's video, 'Kony 2012', directed by filmmaker Jason Russ... | 'Kony 2012: Beyond Famous' addresses criticism aimed at original film .
First YouTube viral received 100m hits and support from celebrities worldwide .
But Jason Russell, who directed first film, is absent from sequel after very public meltdown . |
ebd158862479f24b4a001ed574d4330be06846eb | The technology may still be in its infancy, but flexible screens are gradually being seen in more and more products. Samsung and LG have led the way, so far, but a number of other firms including Japan’s Semiconductor Energy Laboratory are also developing super-strong, flexible screens. At an exhibition in Tokyo, the f... | The latest flexible displays was demonstrated at an exhibition in Tokyo .
It was developed by Japan’s Semiconductor Energy Laboratory .
Display features organic light emitting diodes and measures 5.9-inches .
In tests it was bent more than 100,000 times and didn’t lose performance .
Curved displays are already availabl... |
ebd184690aaff04eaea9b08f0fdfaeb41eba099f | By . Matt Blake . When mum says it's bedtime, it's bedtime ... it doesn't matter what age (or species of animal) you are! But as any parent knows, it can be easier said than done getting your little one to put their head down - especially when it's the last thing they want to do. That's exactly what Yuan Yuan the panda... | Yuan Zai gave mother Yuan Yuan the bedtime runaround at Taipei Zoo .
The 7-month-old gave mother slip for ten minutes, rolling and eating bamboo .
Finally Yuan Yuan caught her by the scruff and bear-marched the cub to bed . |
ebd2c2526920a5e0e8131f1094c905d3b10a9867 | The Turkish Air Force's Solo Turk display team perform all around Europe but few fans can claim to have seen one of the stunt flyers' planes as up close and personal as this. At the end of a display as part of the aerobatics team, Captain Yusuf Kurt gave plane spotters a thrill as he manoeuvred his F-16 jet narrowly ov... | Solo Turk aerobatic group pilot gave onlookers a close-up view of his jet .
F-16 pilot, Captain Yusuf Kurt, came in shockingly low for a landing .
Onlookers instinctively ducked, while the plane zoomed over their heads . |
ebd2d83b1d451566efa7c4f57c98ddce79165690 | A man condemned as the nation’s most feckless father has boasted about how he dodged jail after beating up his ex-girlfriend and their young daughter in a row over sunglasses. Keith MacDonald, 28, who is said to have 11 children with ten different mothers, was spared a prison sentence yesterday for assaulting Clare Bry... | Keith Macdonald attacked Clare Bryant in a row over a pair of sunglasses .
The thug denied fathering 10 children - and said he only has eight .
Macdonald, 28, who has appeared on the Jeremy Kyle show, meets most of his conquests at bus stops .
Father-of-11 is given a suspended prison sentence with a community order . |
ebd2ef592aa9042382e74e102146578c785a36a9 | Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's bizarre baby name instantly became the subject of jokes around the globe after it was revealed on Thursday. And it seems even the reality TV star, 32, found the name North West rather humorous when it was first raised in public during an interview with Jay Leno back in March. Scroll down... | Newly-released birth certificate reveals daughter has no middle name .
Reality TV star and boyfriend Kanye have left hospital with newborn girl . |
ebd2f7c37790cef8124aba0c7a3bd4db69de24c3 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 12:06 EST, 28 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:56 EST, 28 November 2013 . This Christmas, visitors to Windsor Castle will get a fascinating glimpse into the Victorian Royal Family's festive celebrations. From December 1 until January 12 2014, traditional wreaths and garlands will ador... | State Apartments decorated just as in Victoria and Prince Albert's era, 161 years ago .
Star of the show is a six-metre Nordman Fir Christmas tree .
Highlight of State Dining Room Christmas is silver-gilt table centrepiece designed by Prince Albert in 1842/3 .
Centrepiece adorned with sculptures of their beloved pets . |
ebd2fce365e4cbaa9d9ad735b975ce261a1b57ac | By . Daily Mail Reporter . An artist who crafted a sculpture of a horse's head in central London was so distressed at the local pigeons making a mess of his landmark he has climbed the 35ft high structure to clean it himself. Nic Fiddian-Green is known the world over for his incredible signature sculptures of horses in... | Nic Fiddian-Green spent Sunday cleaning his 35ft high bronze horse head sculpture Still Water in Marble Arch . |
ebd309c5b5d4794e454424a6a2ffbb92f14f3a95 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 05:10 EST, 31 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:32 EST, 31 August 2012 . An oak tree has gone back to its roots - 200 years after it was taken to the other side of the world. As locals emigrated to Australia in the 19th century they took with them acorns from an oak tree in Holme-On-Spald... | Journey began when family from East Yorkshire set sail for the other side of the world .
Trip has been made after someone read a book on people from Hull moving to all corners of the earth . |
ebd3488e9bd81b95f06597c9b549e70b9f8a04e0 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 05:42 EST, 11 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:30 EST, 11 April 2013 . Famous family: Michael Thatcher, 24, the grandson of Baroness Thatcher, lives in America . His birth was famously announced . when the Prime Minster proudly stood on the . steps of 10 Downing Street holding him in her a... | Michael Thatcher, 24, was Baroness Thatcher's first grandchild .
The son of Sir Mark Thatcher has lived in Texas since his parents split up .
Helped his high school American football team into the Texas state finals . |
ebd439482410bca6fce6686806424ea1ce628cd0 | A woman tasked with not saying sorry for an entire week has shared what she learned from the eye-opening experiment. New York-based journalist Gabrielle Moss wrote on Bustle.com that before giving up the word, she didn't realize the extent to which she had been using it 'as a way of seeming less powerful, or as a way o... | Journalist Gabrielle Moss was told by her editor to not say sorry for an entire week, and to write about the results . |
ebd44554ddcb3e66d8ae0a506085edad12f61123 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 14:57 EST, 26 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:35 EST, 27 December 2012 . Nelson Mandela was last night discharged from hospital after a stay of almost three weeks. The 94-year-old former president was admitted 19 days ago in the South African capital, Pretoria, and treated for a lung i... | Former South African leader will continue to receive medical care at home .
Mr Mandela had surgery to remove gallstones on December 15 .
In recent days, officials have said he was improving and in good spirits . |
ebd463e2b4b89a626e16b43071b06f3145cfb661 | Hong Kong (CNN) -- The Other Hundred, a photo-book project featuring 100 photo stories of people across 91 countries, launched its first exhibition in Hong Kong on Thursday. The project takes aim at media rankings such as the Forbes Billionaire List and is instead dedicated to people whose lives deserve recognition but... | The Other Hundred, a project featuring 100 photo stories, launched its first exhibition .
The project takes aim at media rankings such as the Forbes Billionaire List .
CEO: "We're trying to provoke people to define for themselves what it means to have a rich and fulfilled life"
The exhibition will move next to Mumbai, ... |
ebd4e917bfa39644dbd28a187b26d1e29ae81b48 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Three University of Purdue students have been accused of hacking into their professors' computers and changing their grades - even improving one A grade to an A+. Roy Chaoran Sun, an electrical engineering student, and Mitsutoshi Shirasaki, an aeronautics and astronautics major from Japan, al... | Roy Sun 'changed nine F grades and one incomplete to As'
Mitsutoshi Shirasaki 'changed 24 grades, making fails As or Bs'
Sujay Sharma 'changed one grade from a D to an A and acted as a lookout'
Men gained access to professors' accounts 'by switching keyboards fitted with key logging devices so they could figure out the... |
ebd4fb9c77f37ae1c7334466ae69846bde04ef5a | Toulon made it two wins from two with an impressive 23-13 victory at Ulster on Saturday afternoon to put themselves in a strong position in European Champions Cup Pool Three. Bryan Habana's try on the stroke of half-time - which gave the visitors a 16-3 half-time lead - and then an interception score in the 58th minute... | Wales and Lions fullback Leigh Halfpenny kicks three penalties and adds two conversion for Toulon .
Craig Gilroy's try and Paddy Jackson's two penalties not enough for the northern province .
Toulon star Juan Fernandez Lobbe forced from the field with a leg injury while Matt Giteau was withdrawn from the action after 2... |
ebd50aeea50ddb832b029aa1ef87395322ea7587 | By . Chris Hastings . PUBLISHED: . 19:07 EST, 12 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:07 EST, 12 October 2013 . Sir Kenneth Branagh has been approached by the National Theatre to take over the job of artistic director, Sir Anthony Hopkins has revealed. Branagh, who regards Sir Anthony as ‘a dear friend’, divulged the sound... | Branagh has been approached by theatre to become artistic director .
Revealed in interview with Branagh's 'dear friend' Sir Anthony Hopkins .
Position would see Branagh follow in footsteps of Laurence Olivier . |
ebd51362b158e0d6c6a2bc91cb17178255fa1fa7 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 07:02 EST, 21 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:09 EST, 21 June 2013 . He is perhaps more well-known for his famous girlfriends than his rugby skills these days. But Thom Evans has turned the spotlight firmly back on himself in a new swimwear campaign. Showing off his honed . physique, the... | Rugby hunk models for D.HEDRAL's new swimwear campaign .
Gets up close and personal with Brazilian model Paolla Rahmeier . |
ebd5a2a4fc8f4a63b157f860d32cdf105c47ecc6 | (Oprah.com) -- Even the best-matched couples sometimes find moments when they sense that something's not quite right—only they can't say what. Here, 16 love-life lurkers to banish forever. The unopened curry in the spice rack . The toothbrush is obvious—you get it out of there as soon as an ex first becomes an ex. But ... | Throw out that unopened packet of curry you bought with your ex -- it's not a memento .
The conversation about where to spend Christmas can resurrect unhappy spirits .
Nothing kills your sex life like embarassing bedroom memories . |
ebd6120ee074e785b6e36ce91f9ccaab72bde00b | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 03:08 EST, 9 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:31 EST, 9 July 2013 . We've already seen 'planking' and 'milking', now witness the latest bizarre student fad: 'McDiving'. It seems the time-honoured tradition of piling into McDonald's at the end of a boozy night out is now incomplete witho... | Video clips of bizarre antics receiving thousands of hits on YouTube .
Drunk revellers take a run-up before launching themselves over counters .
Some clips show students being hauled out of McDonald's outlets by staff . |
ebd6887bc6a34fe2bab546e72c90693128d60346 | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 10:08 EST, 9 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:24 EST, 10 July 2013 . A midwife failed to provide a first-time mother with basic medical attention during an agonising birth, a hearing has been told. Colleen Tyler yesterday told a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) hearing that she asked midw... | Julie Louise Richards is accused of failing to see Noah Tyler's heart rate was too high before his birth at the University Hospital of Wales in February 2011 .
She is also said to have failed to give his mother, Colleen Tyler, an epidural .
Hearing also heard she did not communicate properly with Mrs Tyler .
Noah was b... |
ebd6cf62270f18b687abed8f338cfb8ea1e522f4 | Hong Kong (CNN) -- China was a whipping boy on the U.S. campaign trail. So now that incumbent Barack Obama is savoring victory, Beijing will be breathing a sigh of relief. There will be relief that a bitter campaign -- where both candidates talked tough on China -- is over. China will be especially glad it doesn't have... | China has been a key topic during the U.S. election campaign .
Both candidates blamed China for many of America's woes .
Chinese media congratulated Obama but hit out at U.S. criticism .
China-U.S. relations hugely important, with respected economies so entwined . |
ebd6df36d4e4d21654db0b495f9ea159045eae62 | Jailed: Former Sussex Police sergeant James Bowes arrives at the Old Bailey today where he was sentenced to 10 months behind bars . A former police sergeant has been jailed for 10 months for trying to sell a story about celebrity Katie Price's daughter to the News of the World. James Bowes, 30, contacted the now . defu... | James Bowes, 30, gave the Sunday tabloid a story about Princess Tiaamii .
He revealed how child protection officers went to Peter Andre's home .
He later sold information to The Sun about a child who was bitten by a fox . |
ebd728abddf392cea9aa126a1d2df80d9c710d1b | We've long known that a lack of sleep makes us feel irritable and crave carbohydrates, not to mention make our skin look dull. Now scientists say that just one week of poor sleep can disrupt hundreds of genes, increasing the risk of a host of life-threatening illnesses linked to stress, immunity and inflammation. The d... | Poor sleep can impact 700 different genes .
It is linked to stress, obesity and heart disease .
One in eight Britons sleep fewer than six hours a night . |
ebd80fd12a15a1f135b19e1b590aeb60f511589f | Fernando Torres savoured his second debut for Atletico Madrid - claiming beating city rivals Real Madrid made it even more special. Torres returned to the reigning La Liga champions, where he enjoyed six goal laden years from 2001-2007, on loan from AC Milan for the remainder of the season. Diego Simeone's side defeat... | Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid 2-0 in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday .
Fernando Torres made second debut after joining on loan from AC Milan .
The 30-year-old failed to score as he played 59 minutes on return to Atleti .
Torres previously played for Atletico Madrid between 2001 and 2007 . |
ebda3874a05fd31ffe22ea754bf73eeee372e422 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- In November we step inside the world of design as show host Becky Anderson searches for the Spirit of Architecture. The "Gherkin" designed by Norman Foster is one of the most familiar features on London's skyline. In late October, Barcelona hosts the World Architecture Festival during which the... | November's show comes from the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona .
Interviewees include Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid and Wolf D Prix .
The best building in the world will be chosen at the end of the show . |
ebdc38b2a00631f3c9c6bc07d30a7a307d80c245 | (CNN) -- Immigration is the only issue where a political candidate can totally do the bidding of the K Street lobbyists and still be hailed as compassionate and humane. At CNN's Republican National Security Debate this past Tuesday, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich reconfirmed his longstanding immigration poli... | David Frum: Newt Gingrich's plan doesn't solve immigration problem .
By emphasizing border security, it neglects role of employers as magnet, he says .
Holding individual hearings on 12 million illegal immigrants is unworkable, Frum says .
Frum: Gingrich plan would hurt American workers whose wages are stagnating . |
ebdd42d72fc0f0406983c60f5e1ba4f162366638 | (CNN) -- On January 19, a team of at least 15 people assassinated Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. Dubai police released video footage of 11 of them. Although it was obviously a very professional operation, the 27 minutes of video is fascinating in its banality. Team members walk through the airport, check into and out... | Security cameras documented movements of suspects in Hamas official's killing .
Bruce Schneier says that for most part, cameras don't make us safer .
He says most video doesn't get monitored, and criminals can evade video .
Spending money on other forms of law enforcement is wiser, he says . |
ebddad3e7a8d29bade175a001b23d4893dad2511 | By . Ian Drury, Defence Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 21:10 EST, 14 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 21:11 EST, 14 February 2014 . Top brass in the Ministry of Defence have enjoyed plush hotels and business-class travel as thousands of troops are axed to save money. Military personnel spent £157,000 of taxpayers’ cash in ... | Thousands of troops have been made redundant during army cuts .
Officers spent £157,000 on travel and hotels mostly to US and Canada . |
ebddec86e7908cabbb3268da3e3b7b4fcdf144bd | War usually conjures up images of bloodshed, violence and death. Rarely do we see the softer side of the life on the front line - and these stirring images give a glimpse of soldiers chatting with children, cleaning their weapons and caring for their animals. The remarkable pictures in the annual Army Photographic Comp... | Corporal Jamie Peters, RLC, won the top prize for his portfolio of images from six months in Afghanistan .
He was deployed as the photographer for the Army's Combat Camera Team . |
ebde25d53b3a133569822999ac4ff022ce6fb61c | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 03:36 EST, 3 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:10 EST, 3 May 2013 . The first U.S. Navy squadron combining the use of combat helicopters with unmanned drones is 'the future of warfare', officials have said. The aircraft will be operated by a squadron of 140 sailors - called the 'Magicians... | First Navy fleet combining choppers with unmanned drones unveiled .
Controlled by a squadron of 140 sailors known as the 'Magicians'
Fire Scout drone can be operated by a pilot up to 110 miles away .
Will be used for surveillance, target acquisition and relaying information . |
ebdeb701efc8383b271ec44ff552acc067e8b173 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 04:40 EST, 28 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:19 EST, 28 October 2012 . A cold snap from the Arctic caused snow and freezing temperatures across much of the UK yesterday. As most people enjoyed the extra hour in bed as the clocks went back, the mild temperatures of the week gave way to 'ex... | 'Once in a century' weather as snow falls throughout UK .
Temperatures in Highlands plunge as low as -7.3C .
Gritters on standby in case of cold weather traffic chaos .
But big freeze set to give way to drizzle, clouds and even sunshine . |
ebdec10475190cafc2cadca24d369b8d2a1499bc | Police took away a mother's panic alarm in a 'huge catalogue' of failings just months before she was strangled by her ex partner - who had already killed before. Marc Chivers - who had been convicted of murdering another woman in 1992 - used a dog lead to kill Maria Stubbings at her home in Great Baddow, Essex in Decem... | Marc Chivers used a dog lead to murder Maria Stubbings at her home .
He had already been convicted of killing another former partner in 1992 .
Police gave Ms Stubbings panic alarm after she reported assault by Chivers .
But they took it away from her when he was arrested the next day and he was later released, inquest ... |
ebdf3f559d2cf5dcd08db22a4a771ed19334e328 | By . Bianca London . A man who spent 20 years as a street busker has finally hit the big time with a million-pound recording contract. Crooner Si Cranstoun, 38, started writing his own songs and performing when he was just 16. For years he struggled to make ends meet as he played on London's streets - where Prime Minis... | Si Cranstoun started writing songs and performing when he was 16 .
Music mogul from Warner spotted him on street and signed him up .
Si is due to release debut album this summer .
Debut single 'Caught in the Moonlight' shortlisted on Radio 2 playlist .
Met wife on street while singing self-penned Beautiful Stranger . |
ebdf88409afa330d7fd7d3662c4961a28174b942 | Music mogul Simon Cowell rescued nine passengers on a sinking boat after receiving a May Day distress call. The 52-year-old multi-millionaire leapt into action after receiving a call from another vessel off the French south coast near St Tropez. The drama was revealed on Twitter by Cowell's ex-girlfriend, pop star Sini... | Drama was revealed by his ex-girlfriend Sinitta on Twitter . |
ebdfbf8041d111650470b6834aa4a4e38f1a1d95 | A Ukrainian women's rights group is calling for a 'topless revolution' in Tunisia after a Muslim preacher demanded a girl who posted naked pictures of herself online be stoned because she is an 'epidemic'. FEMEN, which regularly stages high-profile naked protests, is declaring April 4 the day of 'relentless topless jih... | Amina Tyler, 19, posted naked images of herself on her Facebook page .
Seen with 'my body belongs to me' written in Arabic across her chest .
Salafist preacher wants her 'quarantined' because she is 'contagious'
Naked protest group FEMEN demands 'Arab Spring for women's rights'
Have declared April 4 a day of 'relentles... |
ebe0238925b7082734746db90ae9d6ce49dc578d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:29 EST, 8 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:29 EST, 8 January 2013 . Anchorage couple Chris and Susie Linford were surprised after their debit card details were stolen and the thief went on a $5,000 shopping spree at their expense. Their credit union quickly intercepted the fra... | Chris and Susie Linford of Alaska were refunded and received new debit cards after a fraudster tried a $5,000 shopping spree on their account .
But then a series of parcels arrived at their home - Christmas gifts bought by the thief but mistakenly sent to the Linfords' billing address . |
ebe0bb75a7e1c3d5e83c11f28d0b0fa7413f2eed | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:48 EST, 23 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:49 EST, 23 May 2013 . The three young men who were last seen with a 20-year-old girl who disappeared after a late night of partying are now going on the offensive, saying that the girl's parents are harassing them for information about t... | The 20-year-old should be graduating from Indiana University next month . |
ebe17bb21514fb85dc7b5dd0882f02f88007386f | By . Alexandra Klausner . PUBLISHED: . 16:56 EST, 26 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:44 EST, 29 November 2013 . Charles Rowan, a cage fighter from Michigan, faked his own death to avoid an $80,000 debt from his drug dealer. He's not only still alive, he was sentenced to 17 1/2 to 40 years in prison yesterday after he... | Charles Rowan, 26, apparently worked for a drug dealer and owed $80,000 a lost cocaine shipment .
After watching a show on The Discovery Channel, Rowan was inspired to fake his death and start his life anew so he had his girlfriend Rosa Martinez tell his family and friends he died in a car accident .
He robbed a gun st... |
ebe2ba9b19dccb8c06adb02d2f358697e90e8f7f | By . Simon Cable . PUBLISHED: . 22:32 EST, 1 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:35 EST, 1 March 2013 . If you look closely, you just about tell who is who – despite the decades that separate these pictures of Status Quo. Time, drugs and alcohol may have taken a toll, but the band’s original members are out to prove they ca... | It's been 32 years since they last played on stage together .
Tour starts on March 6th at Wembley Arena and ends March 17th . |
ebe2d0913ad753e53bb9ecfc9b968120f55e8553 | The New Mexico Livestock Board has launched an investigation into a southern New Mexico dairy after an activist working with an animal welfare group recorded secret video showing workers whipping cows with chains and wire cables, kicking and punching the animals, and shocking them with electric prods. Board officials c... | WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES .
The video was recorder at New Mexico's Winchester Dairy .
The dairy has since fired all of it's employees and dispersed thousands of cows to other dairies with good animal welfare track records .
Officials are working to track down the activist who filmed the disturbing video .
Winchester Dair... |
ebe3b063570eaeb054c4218816acc4d7dc3f50da | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 09:15 EST, 25 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:22 EST, 29 May 2012 . A couple who beat a toddler so severely it was left with two broken arms, a broken right leg and a broken left foot have been spared jail because it was their first offence. Emma Cartwright and partner Neil Gleaves, both... | Child had a broken leg for at least two days before it was taken to hospital .
Emma Cartwright, 27, also slapped a baby while her partner Neil Gleaves, also 27, violently shook it .
Couple convicted of child cruelty but spared jail by Recorder Simon Ward . |
ebe411b5a225f70c18978d3c34d8b2c382e4abee | (CNN) -- It seems that travelers can't catch a break this winter. This time it'll be the Northeast that takes another hit from the barrage of winter storms that has pounded U.S. airline itineraries this season. By 9 p.m. Wednesday, more than 4,000 Thursday flights had been canceled, according to FlightAware.com, as the... | NEW: Site: More than 4,000 flights originating in, flying to U.S. canceled for Thursday .
This is in addition to about 3,400 flight cancellations across the U.S. on Wednesday .
Airports in the Northeast are expecting to get hit next .
Austrian businessman catches connecting flight to make it home for his wedding . |
ebe47180e935e0d2aaf251ff5b9b64d7ee48bfca | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Police in Minnesota arrested a man Tuesday after he wrecked his family's van and then left his badly injured children behind as he fled the scene following an argument with the children's mother. Doctors say there's a chance that one of Earl Lionell Ward's children might never walk again. Aut... | Police say Earl Ward and his family were leaving a drive-in movie when he began to fight with his children's mother .
Ward has a history of domestic violence charges and drug offenses .
Feeling threatened, the children's mother got out of the vehicle .
Soon after, she heard a crash and her children screaming from a blo... |
ebe4ca19ec8c93574e50d9558fd4d36309875fe1 | (EW.com) -- More than any year in recent memory, the survival of shows this season did not hinge on ratings. You had Fox's "Fringe" getting renewed for a final GTFO season with only 4.2 million viewers and slight 1.6 average rating. Then you had "Terra Nova" getting axed with 10.8 million viewers and a 3.6 rating. The ... | Rob Schneider's "Rob" was shedding too much of its massive "Big Bang Theory" lead-in on CBS .
"House" and "Desperate Housewives" were given time to craft series-ending storylines .
"Unforgettable" (CBS: 12 million, 2.5) was one of the most forgettable on TV . |
ebe4e3ebae66aa5b93f83b4871bab9e678f645df | Starting Wednesday, openly gay youths will be allowed to join scouting. Boy Scouts of America made the decision in May to accept them into their ranks. The resolution took effect when the new year rang in. More than 60% of the group's 1,400-member national council voted back then at an annual meeting in Grapevine, Tex... | BSA made the decision in May .
The resolution took effect with the New Year .
It passed with more than 60% of the votes of national council members .
BAS will still ban gay adult scout leaders . |
ebe53dac7f5e80a95a99b6e2838de4e71f81ffde | By . Nazia Parveen . PUBLISHED: . 08:52 EST, 19 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:52 EST, 19 June 2012 . Disbelief: Actor Ricky Tomlinson had been using the caravan as a base while filming a wildlife documentary . When Ricky Tomlinson bought a six-berth static caravan he found it to be the perfect place for a ‘bit of peace... | Vehicle towed from Cheshire meadow where actor was making wildlife film .
He suspects 'well-organised gang' as caravan was not even on wheels . |
ebe5572497dbc6d77530bad2faed450c1a732077 | Kate Silverton has warned against the growing trend of women who are starting to have children until they are in their forties after pursuing their careers. The BBC newsreader gave birth to her second child in June this year at the age of 43 and has a three-year-old daughter. However she said she is aware of the pressu... | Kate Silverton gave birth to her second child Wilbur this year at age of 43 .
BBC newsreader says she feels 'lucky' to have had a career and a family .
But she accepts that it is almost impossible for women today to 'have it all'
She warns against women waiting until their 40s before they have children .
Silverton said... |
ebe5777396ad69b5561db51d8c571d29a33eb52b | (CNN) -- I am encouraged by Mark Cuban's clunky remarks. Granted, when Dallas Mavericks owner made statements about prejudice and Donald Sterling, they were insensitive and ironic. "If I see a black kid in a hoodie and it's late at night, I'm walking to the other side of the street," he said in an interview on inc.com,... | Michaela Angela Davis calls Cuban's comments clumsy, but tepid next to Sterling's .
Cuban, she said, acknowledged inherent prejudices while Sterling denies them .
Sterling's character was formed in an America battling the birth of the Civil Rights era, she says .
Davis: It pays for Sterling to be racist, so it would be... |
ebe5e379b9288f7a1fcdac0ff17863bc95b225da | Father's day is fast approaching, but ambulance workers urge Dad's to pick up their new tools with caution, as injures increase over special occasions . Father's day is just around the corner but if you are thinking of getting your Dad a tool to do some DIY around the home - you might want to think again. Each year, at... | Father's day on Sunday is prompting calls for DIY enthusiasts to 'take extra care'
Ambulance Services says Father's day can see an increase in do-it-yourself injuries .
The amount of injuries has prompted a Government campaign called 'Don't be a Tool' |
ebe601342f15c426dda3d08196481c0a2976783b | (CNN) -- Before this week, the last time the Chicago Teachers Union went on strike was September 8, 1987. It lasted until October 3, during which officials, teachers and parents clashed in the city's longest teachers strike ever. After it ended, I called the Chicago school system the worst in the country. "I'm not sure... | William Bennett: Chicago teachers last went on strike in 1987, and schools were a mess .
Little has improved, he says. Dropout rate near 40%; students not proficient in math or reading .
Teachers reject 16% raise over 4 years despite system's $665 million debt, he writes .
Bennett: Democrats should back Emanuel in his ... |
ebe67c3c606b67808f505514643107b5f50fcae5 | Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Troops loyal to Libya's new leaders maintained strong momentum Tuesday against pro-Moammar Gadhafi holdouts as they planned an assault on one loyalist city and moved into another without resistance. A National Transitional Council official said fighters were planning a major assault on Bani Wali... | NTC fighters move into Sabha without resistance .
Pro-Gadhafi forces are leaving Bani Walid residents to starve, an NTC spokesman says .
Purported Gadhafi message touts his political system .
Libya's revolutionary fighters plan an assault on Bani Walid . |
ebe69d3fcdab43ac1cdd77bf7363ea55447f0a28 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Strange activity: Alexander Edwards, pictured, of Rustburg, was taking care of his friends Melissa Delp and Daniel Janney's children on December 22, 2013, when he decided to tattoo the pair . A Virginia tattoo enthusiast is facing child abuse charges after he allegedly inked two children he w... | Alexander Edwards, 20, of Rustburg, Virginia, was caring for his family friend Melissa Delp's two girls on December 22, 2013, while she and boyfriend, Daniel Janney, were out .
He allegedly used a home kit to tattoo the children, both under 13 .
One of the girls had her name on her shoulder. Her sister's tattoo isn't k... |
ebe7272f6301dad1ba72dd31cae44f9997377826 | By . Alexandra Klausner . A 10-month-old baby died on Friday night after his mother's boyfriend allegedly beat him. Eddie Widdick, 23, of Jermyn, Pennsylvania was charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of his girlfriend Ashley Nelson's child on Wednesday for allegedly bludgeoning the boy so badly h... | Eddie Widdick, 23, was charged with aggravated assault and endangering the .
welfare of his girlfriend Ashley Nelson's baby Silas on Wednesday .
Ms. Nelson has not been charged and Mr. Widdick is being held at Lackawanna County Prison with a bail of $150,000 .
The baby suffered deep brain injuries, hemorrhages in both ... |
ebe76c33d2ca0c7d33f58ca37172b5e4bbb506ef | By . James Tozer . PUBLISHED: . 20:57 EST, 19 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:23 EST, 20 April 2012 . Raid: Mr Inkley stands by the evidence of the burglary on his cricket club pavilion, where raider forced open steel doors and ransacked cupboards . When Mike Inkley discovered burglars had ransacked the pavilion at his ... | Mike Inkley told it would take two days for police to record details of raid on his cricket club .
Incident increases fears that property crime is being given low priority by police . |
ebe7b8f84e83aba997fe32333524deb6694faeec | They're the street girls from Afghanistan who are taking up skateboarding to save their lives. Hundreds of young girls in the war-torn country have signed up with charity Skateistan to get off the streets and back into school. The chaos and destruction of 30 years of war in Afghanistan have created a country where chil... | Skateistan tackling social problems by offering skateboarding and school lessons to street kids .
Charity want to create new role models for children - instead of them admiring fanatical war lords .
They are helping more than 800 children pursue their dreams in the devastated country .
New outdoor skatepark is the firs... |
ebe82de4412db9aa48ff9aade74626cdac33e0f1 | By . Reuters Reporter . Yellowstone National said on Thursday that a super-volcano under the park was not expected to erupt anytime soon -- despite a video that claimed bison had been fleeing to avoid such a catastrophe and terrified the public. Park officials, who fielded dozens of calls and emails since the video wen... | Officials said video actually shows bison running down paved road that leads into the park .
Assurances did little to quell fears among thousands who viewed video .
Super-volcanoes are considered the second most globally cataclysmic event, next to an asteroid strike .
Last eruption at Yellowstone was 640,00 years ago .... |
ebe8c0f7b0f16698ccf873a46cd521df363c0114 | By . Ben Spencer . They are only a few inches tall, but these two wild crane chicks come with very high hopes. The pair of hatchlings are the first new generation of wild cranes seen in western Britain in 400 years. It is a huge success for conservationists after sustained efforts to reintroduce UK’s tallest birds to t... | Hatchlings were born at Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Slimbridge reserve .
First new generation of wild cranes seen in western Britain in 400 years .
Wild crane was once commonplace, but hunted to extinction by 1600s . |
ebe8ee13b530f2986914fe59a8aaab15ca178aa3 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 05:39 EST, 9 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:59 EST, 9 January 2014 . Controversial plans to attract wealthy investors would amount to letting them buy a British passport, critics claim . Foreign millionaires will be able to ‘buy’ visas to live in Britain u... | Migration Advisory Committee reveals controversial plan to MPs .
Visas could be sold at auction or given to donors to universities .
Proposal will be presented to the Home Office next month . |
ebe8ff476bbba12c5a595f880aa07e5955a24ac6 | (CNN) -- Stolen medical files that may be those of Michael Schumacher are being offered for sale, the injured former F1 racing driver's manager said. Schumacher has been undergoing hospital treatment since a skiing accident last year but is now out of a coma. Manager Sabine Kehm said the documents had been offered for ... | NEW: German tabloid Bild says it was offered the medical records but rejected them .
French hospital decided to sue for "theft and breach of medical confidentiality"
Michael Schumacher's manager says stolen files are being offered for sale as those of the driver's .
Injured ex-F1 racing driver was transferred to a Swis... |
ebe918182c4dc372e580c37e44eae5de1b69449e | A woman who was allegedly gang-raped by four Vanderbilt football players while she was unconscious vomited in court today as one of the men testified that he has no memory of the attack. Cory Batey, 20, took the stand in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday and testified that he woke up the morning after the alleged assault ... | Cory Batey took the stand in his rape trial in Nashville on Monday .
He is accused of raping a female student with three other football players in a Vanderbilt dorm room after a night of drinking in June 2013 .
He testified that he woke up the next day for church and found graphic photos of the woman on his phone but d... |
ebe99ee39def7fffdac45d54164b9ebba4c200a6 | Petrol prices have fallen to their lowest level in three years, new figures have revealed. The drop means a family with two cars is paying roughly £11.90 less a month on fuel for each vehicle. Prices have been driven down because of falling decline from countries such as China. But motoring campaigners have warned the ... | Oil prices driven down by falling demand from countries such as China .
Family with two cars is paying £11.90 less a month to fill up each vehicle .
Drivers filling up at supermarkets spending as little as 125.7p a litre .
But Russia's annexation of Crimea could see the prices reversed . |
ebea0858c222dc70376edfb4a60466dc6b3fbb9e | Thousands of years before the advent of CDs, ancient people were using disks to store information. Now, one expert has described the Phaistos Disk – a mysterious circular clay tablet with a spiral inscription – as the ‘first Minoan CD-ROM', because of the way the pictorial markings are laid out. He claims the disk feat... | Ancient clay disk found in Crete 'stores' a prayer to a mother .
Experts have been trying to read the pictorial signs for a century and this is the latest interpretation of the mysterious disk .
Phaistos Disk is made up of 241 'tokens' made up of 45 unique signs .
Dr Gareth Owens of the Technological Educational Instit... |
ebea0ba05fe1fe5870bd33b88e8976535dbe99b6 | Manchester United star Ryan Giggs has given a tour of his new Hotel Football - and admits he couldn't resist being the first to have a kick-about on the rooftop pitch. The Reds' assistant manager was one of the first to stay overnight at the venue on Tuesday, as staff prepare for its public opening day on March 2. Gigg... | Giggs was one of the first to spend the night at the venue as he stayed over with his family on Tuesday .
Staff and owners are busy preparing hotel for public open day on March 2, with dummy runs now taking place .
Manchester United assistant manager in business with Gary Neville, and pair already own a football cafe i... |
ebebcafee9912117bbd436023633fbed9cca1f61 | By . Chris Kitching for MailOnline . Flights are returning to normal after a strike by Italian air traffic controllers caused major disruptions for thousands of holidaymakers today. The four-hour work stoppage forced Ryanair to ground 96 flights to and from Italy, including four return services to and from the UK. Easy... | Ryanair has cancelled almost 100 of its flights to and from Italy .
As many as 20 of easyJet's 60 cancellations are into and out of the UK .
British Airways flights also affected by the four-hour work stoppage . |
ebebd77d6693f9e59890d9933a06a0f8a16bbf17 | PUBLISHED: . 05:41 EST, 29 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:26 EST, 29 August 2013 . New Yorkers love to wear black, and tennis WAG Kim Sears made sure that she stuck to the city's unofficial dress code as she cheered on boyfriend Andy Murray in the US Open on Wednesday. While her dark outfit of a black blazer and trous... | Kim, 25, was in the stands to watch Andy, 26, beat Llodra in straight sets .
She seemed relaxed and happy in the humid New York stadium .
Kim chose a £329 Ted Baker tote bag to complete her smart black look .
Andy is through to second round as he defends his Open title . |
ebebfc4d3d0e273d929a7bf584ff1eadd003f46c | A California meat company suspended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture because of "insanitary conditions" is operating again, the agency said Wednesday. "On Monday,(the Food Safety and Inspection Service) suspended operations at Central Valley Meat Co. due to insanitary conditions at the establishment," the agency s... | USDA had closed meat plant that supplies federal nutrition programs .
The meat plant, closed for 'insanitary conditions' reopened Wednesday .
In separate action, Philly Steak and Cheese Hot Pockets may contain recalled meat .
No illnesses have been reported in relation to the recall . |
ebec9a8bf08a7aa55f7f3fc1a5c4c2f5637ed09a | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . and Will Stewart In Moscow . A public inquiry is to be held into the death of poisoned ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. With tensions running high with Moscow over the downing of a Malaysian Airlines flight over Ukraine, the UK government has given the go-ahead to a ... | Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in London hotel in 2006 .
Coroner Sir Robert Owen asked for public inquiry instead of an inquest .
Last year ministers rejected idea, to protect 'international relations'
But after MH17 flight was shot down, tensions with Russia have mounted .
Investigators will now probe w... |
ebecf165caa040025c400c07ccf1b574a4d5e927 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . They wear bejewelled collars, dress in the finest fashions and eat their supper at expensive restaurants: welcome to the jet-set world of Hong Kong's most indulged canine residents. But it's not all fashion and food. As these incredible photos reveal, the city's pampered pooches also enjoy da... | Hong Kong is home to some of the world's most pampered pets .
Treats include days out at the spa, designer clothes and organic food .
Owners are competitive so pets are always beautifully groomed . |
ebed410a97804c8dbf73c378ac7e281e01597e21 | New York (CNN) -- Former President Bill Clinton left the hospital Friday morning after doctors performed a procedure to restore blood flow in one of his coronary arteries, longtime friend Terry McAuliffe told CNN. Clinton, 63, was hospitalized at New York-Presbyterian Hospital's Columbia campus after experiencing brief... | NEW: Clinton leaves hospital Friday morning, former DNC chairman says .
Doctor: Graft installed during 2004 bypass surgery was blocked .
Thursday's stent procedure opened artery that graft was supposed to service .
Former president came to hospital after feeling chest discomfort over several days . |
ebed652b9c7ae1784ab032b2023445e8b8cbaa41 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The pervasive smoke spewing from the junk heap at Balad Air Force Base in Iraq is causing many returning troops to be concerned about the effects on their long-term health. The U.S. military burns waste -- including medical waste -- in pits near an Air Force base in Iraq. For four years, the burn pi... | Troops worry smoke from waste burn pits carries toxins .
Plastics, food and medical waste from base among trash burned .
Troops stationed at U.S. base call coughing caused by smoke "Iraqi crud"
Pentagon says any harmful health affects from smoke are temporary . |
ebedb86c42e2c6fd098aa16106a3700965023ef6 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A mother starved, beat and tortured her two-16-year-old children for more than eight years, police have said. Jamie Marie Hicks, 43, allegedly inflicted cruelty on the two children at her home in North Tampa, Florida while their stepfather, 53-year-old Vernon Courtney Lovell, looked on and di... | Jamie Marie Hicks 'choked her children to the point unconsciousness and held their heads under water'
She 'made them regurgitate food and then eat it again'
The treatment emerged after they sought help from a child protection charity and nurses found they were dangerously underweight .
Her husband, Vernon Lovell, 'knew... |
ebedee458dd878720a31e6b5aea5fc8b73786ee5 | (CNN) -- Hurricane Felicia had maximum sustained winds of 140 mph Thursday, but forecasters predicted the storm, which is heading toward Hawaii, would weaken in the Pacific later in the day. Forecasters predict Hurricane Felicia will weaken as it moves over colder water. The Category 4 storm's reduction in intensity wa... | Hurricane Felicia reaches Category 4 status on Wednesday .
Storm expected to weaken before it hits Hawaii on Monday .
Hurricane season runs through November 30 . |
ebee027bf3461143a051657343c67f6e906bd01d | A Brooklyn teacher has described the terrifying moment she fought off an attempted rapist armed with a machete, who had broken into the Jamaica villa she was staying in. It was supposed the holiday of a lifetime with her boyfriend, but the dream soon became a nightmare after the machete-wielding rapist tried to attack.... | Brooklyn woman faced with armed attacker in Jamaica villa .
Veronica Cassidy still haunted by nightmare assault . |
ebee0af6215f47461467adcfb528bd88c1072278 | By . Associated Press . UPDATED: . 06:14 EST, 8 October 2011 . An author of legal thrillers and a fantasy trilogy was accused Thursday of bilking women out of millions of dollars after meeting them through an online Jewish dating service. Mitchell Gross, whose books include the suspense story 'Circle of Lies,' duped at... | Mitchell Gross has published six books and falsely claimed to his victims that they had been optioned by Steven Spielberg .
Convinced women he dated to invest millions in sham companies and stopped calling them after they had . |
ebee1a8746155cdd0ee7e097486228b84afe07dc | By . Kerry Mcdermott . A dog who had its front paws cut off by callous members of a Mexican drug gang is able to play and run once more after being fitted with prosthetic legs. The sweetly-named Pay de Limon - or Lemon Pie - was discovered whining and bleeding in a dumpster after its run-in with heartless criminals in ... | Pay de Limon's horrific injuries are believed to have been inflicted by members of a Mexican drug gang .
Staff at a Mexican rescue centre raised nearly £4,000 to pay for a new pair of prosthetic legs for the mutilated dog . |
ebee9ebe1da9a40c5cd0e74db02c1ee0091b61a5 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 09:11 EST, 3 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:47 EST, 4 June 2013 . Most motorists have endured a moment where their parking skills have gone amiss and they've ended up in embarrassingly bad positions. But spare a thought for this poor driver - his coach ended up in Lake Geneva, Western Sw... | The empty bus was parked at the market square in Vevey .
Rolled down hill by itself and ended up in Lake Geneva .
Fortunately there were no passengers on the run away bus .
Cause of the accident is not yet known . |
ebef12aac845e50731c59f9b36a857f6ad5dd333 | By . Margot Peppers . Diane von Furstenberg has designed a new collection of fashionable frames and shades for Google Glass. The American designer's 13 creations include rainbow-lensed glasses with a powder blue camera, simple brown square frames, and black tinted Aviator-style shades. The accessories, which cost $1,62... | The accessories, which come in sunglasses or prescription lenses, cost $1,620 per pair .
Diane von Furstenberg follows in the footsteps of Ray-Ban and Oakley, which are also developing new eyewear designs for Google Glass .
The designer had models walk down the runway of her spring 2013 show wearing Google Glass, and i... |
ebefdf7b866ad506c85adaf5611f15d0e7cbf0da | Ellen DeGeneres has announced the launch of her own lifestyle brand, to include a home-and-garden range, men's and women's clothing, and even pet accessories. The 56-year-old talk show host has called the company E.D. - her initials, and the nickname given to her by wife Portia de Rossi - and will launch with a gift-or... | The brand's first set of gift-friendly products will be 'mid-level' in price, and will launch in early November .
The goods will be available online and in-stores at unnamed retailers in the U.S. |
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