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Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:15:41 -0400

18 June 2013 150 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment today of Major General Michel Finn, of Ireland, as head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the Jerusalem-based UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), the first such operation the world body set up almost 60 years ago. "Major General Finn succeeds Major General Juha Kilpia of Finland, who will ...

Obama welcomes Iran's election of moderate president

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40:07 -0400

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has urged Iran's newly elected president to prove to the world that the Islamic republic was not pursuing a nuclear weapon programme as the White House welcomed election of a moderate leader as a hopeful sign. "I think it says that the Iranian people want to move in a different direction," Obama said of the election results in Iran that saw a surprising ...

Widespread anti-graft protests rock Brazil

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:27 -0400

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Anti-graft protests swept Brazil's main cities as some 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets against alleged mis-governance, forcing President Dilma Rousseff Tuesday to acknowledge the need for better public services and effective administration. The assurance from Rousseff came a day after biggest protests rocked at least ten Brazilian cities, including Sao ...

No breakthrough in talks between UK and Ecuador over Assange

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:11 -0400

LONDON - Talks between the United Kingdom and Ecuador have ended without any breakthrough over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's fate with the Andean nation. Ecquador said it was vowing not to succumb to diplomatic pressure and was ready to consider any request from Edward Snowden, another whistleblower, for asylum. As the fugitive anti-secrecy advocate marks one year holed up in the ...

Gaddafi's son to stand trial in Libya in August

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:29:24 -0400

LONDON - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of deceased Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, will stand trial in August along with Gaddafi's last prime minister and a former intelligence director, the prosecutor's office has announced. The men will be tried for crimes against the Libyan people during the 2011 uprising that toppled the former regime. Notorious former spy chief Abdullah ...

Leaders of G8 call for peace in Syria and pledge humanitarian aid

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:28:36 -0400

ENNISKILLEN - The Group of Eight industrialised nations called for a swift end to the bloody civil war in Syria and urgent peace talks but stopped short of calling for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in its joint statement at the end of talks Tuesday. Despite the lack of consensus among the G8 on the fate of Assad, as well as the use of chemical weapons by his regime, Canadian ...

Whatmore to review flop Pak players with World Cup 2015 in mind

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:30:01 -0400

Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore has said that national team will be reviewed keeping in mind the 2015 World Cup after their dismal performance in the ICC Champions Trophy in England. Poor batting led to Pakistan's defeat in all three matches as they failed to post a single total above 170 runs, with the flop performance prompting calls from former players, media and fans to overhaul the system and ...

UN chief hails G8 leaders understanding on Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:20:02 -0400

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon Tuesday welcomed the understanding reached on Syria by leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrial nations. Ban welcomed the commitment to bring the Syrian sides to the negotiating table, saying that he stands ready to convene the Geneva Conference on Syria as soon as possible to help the Syrian sides reach "a comprehensive agreement based on the Geneva ...

Praising advances in Serbia UN official urges political will to solidify human rights gains

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:16:33 -0400

18 June 2013 150 Visiting Serbia at "an important and transformative moment" in its history, the United Nations human rights chief today urged a steadfast focus on fundamental rights as she hailed a succession of political advances that augur well for the country itself and for the future of the wider region. "It is a positive sign that the authorities are addressing some tough human rights ...

Hungary must revoke amendment threatening judicial independence - UN rights chief

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:16:24 -0400

18 June 2013 150 The top United Nations human rights official today urged the Hungarian Government to revoke a constitutional amendment that threatens the judiciary's independence and endangers the country's system of checks and balances. "Hungary should seek to maintain high standards of human rights protection," said High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay. "Our view is that this ...

Senior UN officials urge restraint dialogue to defuse tensions fuelling protests in Turkey

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:16:15 -0400

18 June 2013 150 Urging "maximum restraint" amid widespread anti-Government protests in Turkey, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Navi Pillay, the world body's human rights chief, called today for constructive dialogue to defuse tensions in the country. "The atmosphere is still clearly highly combustible," said Ms. Pillay, who is the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. "It ...

Libyas democratic transition can benefit from national political dialogue says UN envoy

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:16:04 -0400

18 June 2013 150 Managing Libya's democratic transition is bound to be difficult given the legacy of decades of brutal rule, a senior United Nations envoy told the Security Council today, adding that the country could benefit from a national political dialogue on the way forward. "The political and security challenges that now face the country may well be the legacy of decades of ...

Mali UN officials welcome accord between Government and Tuareg rebels

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:15:56 -0400

18 June 2013 150 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the signing of an agreement between the Government of Mali and Tuareg rebels, providing for an immediate ceasefire and paving the way for country-wide presidential elections set for next month. In a statement issued by a spokesperson in New York, the UN chief welcomes the accord reached between the Malian Government ...

US Names New Envoy to Africas Great Lakes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:15:23 -0400

Former Senator Russell Feingold has been named the U.S. special envoy to Africa's troubled Great Lakes region. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who announced the appointment Tuesday, said Feingold will work closely with U.N. envoy Mary Robinson to advance a U.N. framework for peace in the region. The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has endured years of conflict and ...

More Russian Oil Flows to China in Shift From Europe

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:15:14 -0400

MOSCOW Russia is steeply ramping up oil deliveries to China, with Asia now importing almost a fifth of oil exports from the world's largest crude producer in a strategic shift meant by the Kremlin to end reliance on weak and saturated European markets. Russia will increase oil supplies to China by 13 percent in July-September from the previous three months, a shipping schedule obtained ...

Kenyas Deputy Leader to Appear during ICC Trial

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:15:05 -0400

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled that Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, must attend key segments of his trial on charges of crimes against humanity scheduled to begin in September, according to a court spokesman. Ruto and Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta face similar charges before the court in connection with their alleged role in the country's 2007-2008 post-election ...

G8 condemns use of chemical weapons in Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:02 -0400

G8 leaders Tuesday condemned any use of chemical weapons in Syria, and that they were deeply concerned by the growing threat from terrorism and extremism in the Middle East country. In a final communique issued after the annual G8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, the leaders called on all parties in the conflict to allow access to the UN investigating team, Xinhua reported. It said the ...

India signs loan agreement with World Bank for US$ 255 million for National AIDS Control Project-IV

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:40:02 -0400

An agreement for loan of US$ 255 million (equivalent) from World Bank for the "National AIDS Control Project (NACP-IV)" was signed here today between India and the World Bank. Nilaya Mitash, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance signed on behalf of the Government of India and Mr.Onno Ruhl, Country Director, World Bank (India) on behalf of the World Bank. ...

Europe will regret arming Syrian rebels says Assad

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:30:01 -0400

Embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned Europe that it will live to regret arming rebel factions in the Syrian conflict. The move to arm the rebels would lead to the "export" of terrorism to the continent, The Independent daily quoted the president as telling German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Assad rejected Western claims that his forces had deployed chemical ...

Sania-Liezel enter Eastbourne quarters

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:00:01 -0400

Indo-American pairing Sania Mirza and Liezel Huber defeated Croatian-British duo of Darija Jurak and Heather Watson to enter the quarterfinals of the women's doubles event at the Aegon International here Tuesday. The second seeds were not in their elements but managed to win their first round tie 7-6(4), 7-6(3) in one hour and 36 minutes on the grass courts of Devonshire Park. Sania-Liezel had ...

32 die in Iraq suicide bombing

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:50:02 -0400

At least 32 people were killed and over 50 injured in twin suicide bomb attacks at a mosque in the Iraqi capital, an interior ministry official said. The attacks occurred around midday at the al-Husseiniyah mosque in al-Qahira district, when two suicide bombers blew themselves up during prayers, Xinhua reported. The official said the two attackers first shot dead the guards of the mosque with ...

No corruption in Male airport deal says watchdog

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:30:01 -0400

The Maldives anti-corruption watchdog has ruled out any corruption in the deal to award the country's only operational international airport to Indian infrastructure giant GMR group, a media report said Tuesday. The $511 million project was abruptly cancelled by the Maldivian government in November 2012. The Anti-Corruption Commission's 61-page investigation report into alleged corruption in ...

UNESCO inscribes East Rennell of Solomon Islands on list of world heritage in danger

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:10:04 -0400

Beijing, June 18 (Xinhua-ANI): The world heritage site of East Rennell has been inscribed on the list of world heritage in danger due to logging that is affecting the ecosystem of the Solomon Islands' world heritage site, according to a UNESCO press statement on Tuesday. "The World Heritage Committee determined that logging is threatening the outstanding universal value of East Rennell, and ...

15 killed in Iraq suicide bombing

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:40:01 -0400

At least 15 people were killed and 30 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital Tuesday, an interior ministry official said. The attack occurred around midday when a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden vest among worshippers at the mosque in al-Qahira district, Xinhua reported. The toll of the attacks could rise, officials said. Ambulances, civilian ...

Colombian Poet wants to sell testicles for $20K to travel Europe

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:30:02 -0400

A Colombian poet is selling his testicles to pay for his upcoming European tour. Rafael Medina Brochero, 52, wants 20,000 dollars for his private parts - so he can travel the continent with his "Poetry for Peace in Colombia" show. Speaking to Caracol Radio, the Magdalena author, who's had 11 books published, said that he would hand over his balls to the first person that offered him the cash, ...

Long jumper Smith qualifies for World Championships

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:10:01 -0400

Bermudian long jumper Tyrone Smith has qualified for the World Athletics Championships in Moscow, leaping to a season's best 8.13 metres at a meet in Poland. Smith's jump saw him finish second at the 59th Janusz Kusocinski Memorial Meet in Szczecin, reports CMC. Smith, 28, a two-time Olympian, recently won at a meet in France, and placed fourth in the Czech Republic. He tweeted: "Just ...

New compound more effective at killing persistent and drug-resistant TB

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:30:02 -0400

An international team has identified a highly promising new anti-tuberculosis compound that attacks the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium in two different ways. The team was led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. "These findings represent an effort to help solve one of the major ...

Schalke signs midfielder Clemens

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:50:02 -0400

Germany Under-21 international Christian Clemens has joined Schalke till 2017. The 21-year-old former Cologne midfielder put pen-to-paper on a four-year deal following medical check-up, reports Xinhua. "Christian Clemens is an Under-21 player with enormous potential. We are pleased that we were able to bind a German talent for the long term. He is fast, has a strong shot and is offensively ...

Norwegian Elyounoussi joins Hoffenheim

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:50:02 -0400

Norwegian international of Moroccan descent Tarik Elyounoussi has moved from Rosenborg to Hoffenheim until 2017. The striker has scored 49 goals in 149 appearances in Norway since 2005. In 2013, he scored 12 goals in 22 games to lead the list of goalscorers in the Norwegian professional league, the Tippeligaen, reports Xinhua. The 25-year-old arrival is, since 2008, part of the Norway national ...

Corinthians await Tottenham bid for Paulinho

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:10:01 -0400

Corinthians says it is expecting English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur to make an offer for Brazil international midfielder Paulinho. The Brazilian club's deputy director Duilio Monteiro Alves said Monday that all offers for the 24-year-old would be considered during the European summer transfer window, reports Xinhua. "We know that Tottenham are interested but there is nothing official ...

Tabloid world awaits K-childs first pic

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:40:01 -0400

The race for getting the first photos of Kim Kardashian's child has began in the tabloid world. According to publishing industry insiders, the first photos of the child could come at a reasonable price to the publisher, who plays it smart, the New York Daily News reported. But an insider from the in the industry has revealed that West would never agree to sell the photos, but if he did, they'd ...

Squeaky clean Tokyo favourite host for 2020 Olympics say IOC sources

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:20:01 -0400

Tokyo is reportedly leading in the race for the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics, according to members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Japanese capital's emphasis on safety and security appears to be influencing the race for the 2020 Games by pitting its squeaky clean image against the turmoil and instability being witnessed in Istanbul and Madrid, The Japan Times ...

18 Ibero-American films to be screened in Shanghai

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:50:01 -0400

Ibero-American films will not compete in the Shanghai International Film Festival, or SIFF, but will be represented with 18 films in Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, Basque and Catalan, among the more than 300 selected for event. Latin presence will therefore show a sharp drop from 2012, up to now the biggest showing by the Ibero-American film industry, when it had two movies competing - Spain's ...

Big security data claims businesses unable to use power to ward off threats McAfee Study

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:40:04 -0400

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Outrage over online teaching of Quran to Brit students by banned JuD hardliners

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:40:03 -0400

Easy Qu'ran Memorizing, a website which aims at providing online Qu'ran lessons to students from Middle East, Europe and North America has the tutor with a track record of being a member of the political arm of a banned terrorist organization. Mian Shahzib, a hardcore Islamist and long-term follower of the UN proscribed Jammat-ud-Dawa (JuD) teaching Qu'ran to British pupils through his website ...

Chinas Tianhe-2 overtakes US Titan as worlds fastest supercomputer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:27:16 -0400

An expert stands near the Tianhe-2 supercomputer at the National University of Defense Technology in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province. The fastest computer in the world can store 60 billion books, each with 100,000 Chinese ...

In pictures Worlds most expensive luxury home on wheels in Dubai

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:24:12 -0400

The multi-million dirham ultra-luxurious mobile home, the ‘eleMMent’ Palazzo. The eleMMent Palazzo, by Marchi Mobile, is a mobile palace for the elite. The expandable pop-up flybridge lounge is fitted with multiple bars overlooking two floors that contain a master bedroom with an integrated bathroom and a couch that can be converted into bar furniture at the push of a button. A ...

Wolfpack loses 2-1 to UCLA at College World Series

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:22:11 -0400

UCLA outfielder Christoph Bono catches a fly ball hit by North Carolina State's Trea Turner to end the eighth inning of an NCAA College World Series baseball game in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Eric ...

Socceroos bound for World Cup

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:14:32 -0400

WELL, you didn't really doubt the Socceroos did you? The team that likes to do it the hard way is going to the World Cup in Brazil, but guess what? They did it the hard way.An 82nd-minute goal from Josh Kennedy punctured Iraq's resistance, earning the Socceroos the narrowest of wins.But ultimately no one cared about the margin, for the win was enough to confirm a third consecutive ...

U.S. men beat Honduras in World Cup qualifying match

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:12:40 -0400

U.S. forward Jozy Altidore (17) heads the ball as Honduras' keeper Noel Valladares, left, and Jose Velasquez defend in the second half of Tuesday’s World Cup qualifying ...

Top-seeded North Carolina stays alive in College World Series

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:12:15 -0400

North Carolina's Brian Holberton (10) is greeted by teammates after hitting a two-run homer Tuesday against Louisiana State at the College World ...

Vasco da Gama’s journal included in list of worlds greatest documents

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:08:27 -0400

Africa to India, arriving in Calicut and starting a maritime route from Portugal to India, changing the course of history of humankind has been included in the most prestigious list of the world's greatest documents. Unesco's world heritage body that met on Tuesday has decided to include this journal - the only copy of the voyage of Vasco da Gama in the Memory of the World Register ...

James helps Heat stave off elimination in Game 6

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:06:22 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Lynne Sladky - San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker (9) and Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) collide during the second half of Game 6 of their NBA Finals basketball series, Tuesday, ...

Djibouti Djibouti United Nations Sign Project Agreements for Development Employment

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:51:16 -0400

Djiboutian Secretary of State for National Solidarity Zahra Youssouf Kayad signed two project agreements worth $692,000 (125 million francs) with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative Hodan Haji-Mohamud Monday (June 17th), the Djiboutian Information Agency reported. The first project will evaluate Djibouti's National Initiative for Social Development (INDS). ...

Bus crashes in foggy valley in China 15 dead

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:42:32 -0400

BEIJING (AP) -- A bus carrying 36 people veered from a road in heavy fog and crashed into a valley in western China, killing at least 15 people, state media ...

Lakeland Boys Help Dedicate New Legoland World of Chima Attraction

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:19:57 -0400

WINTER HAVEN, FL -- June 16, 2013 -- LEGOLAND Florida's Buddy's Brick Bunch child ambassadors - including Jack Hammond, Age 11, Lakeland, FL, left to right, Alexander Rodriquez, Age 9, Orlando, FL, Aidan Handley, Age 8, Weston, FL, Alek Schoneck, Age 11, Sanford, FL, Julianna Willette, Age 11, Largo, FL, and Angela Winiewicz, Age 9, Orlando, FL - christened Sunday, June 16, the main ...

A look at Netflixs international expansion

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:13:43 -0400

Netflix Inc. got its start renting DVDs through the mail in the U.S. during the late 1990s and added Internet video streaming in 2007. It has been expanding globally with a streaming-only service. Here's a look at its international expansion so far.- Sept. 22, 2010: Service in Canada begins, first outside the U.S.- Sept. 5, 2011. Service in Latin America begins. - Jan. 9, 2012: Expands to ...

Hectic week in Asian markets amid Europe’s worries and concerns

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:13:41 -0400

Asian markets witnessed a hectic week full of important data from the region’s economy, where Europe’s debt crisis continued to weigh on the outlook and the market, the week of heavy data was very critical, but the star remains China with the surprise rate ...

Sell-offs across Asia as Nikkei drops 6.4 on BoJ disappointment World Bank weighed

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:13:33 -0400

Asian stocks slipped on Thursday as Nikkei triggered sell-offs across the region after falling more than 6%, which places the index in a bear market, while the dollar/yen fell towards the 94-mark on BoJ’s lack of action to calm markets, pushing exporters ...

Boy charged over wrestling death

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:11:03 -0400

A 13-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder over the death of his five-year-old half-sister after investigators said he told them he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves imitated from ...

Will the All Blacks fall to Australia at the next World Cup

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:10:28 -0400

the milestone of their 500th Test match . Two of the three NZ tries were instant classics. In fact, there probably won't be a better score this year than Beauden Barrett's late try under the sticks following a dazzling length-of-the-field breakout. But a performance "close to perfection" and other misty-eyed exaltations? Hardly. In fact, come to think of it, there's a ...

Iraq claims legal ruling expected

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:06:06 -0400

Relatives want the right to sue for negligence and to make claims under human rights legislation.The Supreme Court - the highest court in the UK - analysed arguments from lawyers representing relatives and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) at a hearing in London in February.Judges in the Court of Appeal and the High Court have already considered the issues.In October, appeal judges said relatives ...

Acclaimed war correspondent dies

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:24 -0400

Pentagon ceremony for his subsequent retirement in 2010, Gen McChrystal made light of the episode in his farewell address. The four-star general warned his comrades in arms: "I have stories on all of you, photos of many, and I know a Rolling Stone reporter."When he died, Hastings was also a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, where managing editor Will Dana was quoted as saying ...

Australian jailed for life for rape murder

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:56:48 -0400

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- A serial sex offender was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for raping and murdering an Irish immigrant while free on parole after previous convictions for raping five ...

Charges pending against Afghans accused of prison abuse Australia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:51:25 -0400

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Afghan authorities will lay charges against officials at a prison run by the country's internal security service, Australia said on Wednesday, just weeks after Canberra blocked prisoner transfers over fears of detainee ...

Google asks FISA court to lift gag order on NSA requests

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:49:15 -0400

WASHINGTON Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the federal government's gag order on its Internet surveillance program, citing what it described as a First Amendment right to divulge how many requests it receives from the government for data about its customers in the name of national security. The move came in a legal motion filed in the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ...

Asia Markets mostly down as investors eye Fed

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:35:11 -0400

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Asian markets opened mostly lower Wednesday as investors waited for an update on the U.S. economy from the Federal Reserve and for some clarity from the Fed about its future ...

Malaysia budget airport launch pushed to May 2014

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:12:00 -0400

Airport workers unload passenger baggage from an AirAsia Bhd airplane at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Feb 25, 2009. Malaysia's airport operator says the launch of a new airport for budget carriers has been further delayed by 10 months to May 2014 due to a setback in construction. -- FILE PHOTO: ...

World Briefing | Africa 9 Students Killed at School in Nigeria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:11:02 -0400

Militants opened fire on students taking exams at a school in the troubled northeast, killing at least nine of them, witnesses said Tuesday. The attack on Monday at a private school in Maiduguri was the second on a school in recent days. On Sunday, 13 people, including high school students and teachers, were killed during a five-hour shootout when extremists attacked a boarding school in ...

Attacker jailed for Meagher murder

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:04:30 -0400

A serial sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of an Irish woman that outraged Australia's second-largest ...

PM faces MPs questions on G8 deals

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:04:29 -0400

Canada , Japan and Russia amounted to a "road map" for Syria's future.He also argued that pledges on tax avoidance and evasion had the potential to "rewrite the rules". The statement promised to "fight the scourge of tax evasion" by ensuring automatic exchange of tax information, making clear who owns companies and where they generate profits.To tackle ...

Who does the World Cup benefit

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:01:52 -0400

>Editor's note: James Montague is the author of When Friday Comes: Football, War and Revolution in the Middle East (deCoubertin Books). He is in Brazil for the Confederations Cup. Follow him @JamesPiotrBelo Horizonte, Brazil (CNN) -- At 11 pm, the tired and the injured gathered in Belo Horizonte for one last expression of discontent. More than a thousand sat in Praca Sete de Setembro, a square ...

WH International designs new KIZAD polymer plant

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:01:03 -0400

WH International, the architectural and engineering practice based in Abu Dhabi, has designed a new polymer processing plant for client Polysys Additives Technologies Middle East. The purpose-built factory and warehousing facility within the KIZAD industrial zone will be used by the firm for the production of a polymer additive that will be supplied to Polyethylene and Polypropylene producers in ...

Obama to invoke call of history in Berlin speech

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:09 -0400

Barack Obama will on Wednesday invoke the Cold War history of German-US solidarity, on a long-awaited first visit to Berlin as president, but will face sharp questions on US spy snooping ...

Worlds 3 biggest shipping operators unite to reduce fuel consumption

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:52:34 -0400

COPENHAGEN (AP) - Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk says the world's three biggest shipping container operators have entered an alliance to reduce fuel consumption and improve service and operations. Mr Vincent Clerc of the Copenhagen-based company's shipping unit says MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. and CMA CGM of France will form the P3 alliance with Maersk ...

Bolivian Girl Mauled by Dog to Fly to U.S. for Help

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:50:53 -0400

LA PAZ, Bolivia -- A 4-year-old Bolivian girl who was unconscious for nearly three weeks after being mauled in the face and body by a Rottweiler is awake and ready to fly to Boston for reconstructive surgery, a doctor said ...

Man stabs dad saws off own hands

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:47:22 -0400

according to news reports .Jason Dunn, 27, was standing in the driveway with both of his hands cut off at the wrists.Police suspect an argument led to the stabbing and believe the younger man cut off his own hands using a radial saw.Neighbours heard the altercation, as did an unnamed witness who contacted ...

Serena Williams Remarks on Rape Case

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:41:13 -0400

Serena Williams says in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine that, while not blaming the victim in the Steubenville rape case, "she shouldn't have put herself in that position." The comment is made in one paragraph of a lengthy story posted online Tuesday about Williams, a 16-time Grand Slam title winner who is ranked No. 1 heading into Wimbledon, which starts next week. ...

Watch Music to the Tiniest Ears

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:41:11 -0400

Finally tonight a special kind of song. Leonard bernstein once said music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable. Our doctor and resident explored the remarkable difference music ...

Watch Chrysler Recalls Some Older Jeeps

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:41:11 -0400

american flag in honor of the obama's. News about gigantic jeep recall from earlier this month. Chrysler initially defied the government refusing to recall more than 1 million models despite ...

Huawei launches worlds slimmest smartphone Ascend P6

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:40:55 -0400

Huawei unveiled its flagship smartphone, the Ascend P6, at its first standalone launch event on Tuesday, underlining its ambitions to compete with Apple ...

10 killed 53 wounded in Iraqs violence

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:29:47 -0400

BAGHDAD, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Ten people were killed and 53 wounded in separate shootings and bombings in central and northern Iraq on Thursday, the police said. Up to five people, including two policemen, were killed and 30 wounded when two roadside bombs detonated near a police patrol in Nahrawan area, in the southeastern part of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source told ...

Without Russia World War II goes on

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:29:41 -0400

Most Americans are ignorant of Russia's incredible contribution to the defeat of Nazi Germany and Japan. Americans can barely remember the details of World War II and worse still they do not want to be bothered with more than a cursory review of the details, subtleties and chance that WWII was. What the US populace knows of Russia's efforts in WWII is viewed through the lopsided ...

3 suspects arrested in modern slavery case

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:20:16 -0400

>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused of ...

Turkeys PM Hits Back at International Critics of Crackdown

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:09:56 -0400

LONDON -- The U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights has strongly criticized Turkey's crackdown on anti-government protests, joining the European Union in condemning the police response. But Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hit back, defending the security forces and questioning the democratic legitimacy of his European critics. After weeks of anti-government demonstrations in cities ...

Australian sentenced for life for migrants murder

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:05:44 -0400

MELBOURNE, Australia -; A serial sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison for a rape and murder that outraged Australia's second-largest ...

Conditions subhuman

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Conditions subhuman

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Conditions subhuman

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Bolivian girl mauled by dog to fly to US for help

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:01:24 -0400

OAKLAND PARK (CBS4) – A 5-year-old girl is in critical condition after Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies say she fell out of the window of her seventh story apartment. BSO spokesperson Mike Jachles told CBS4′s Carey Codd that there were two adults and three children in the condo Friday night when the 5-year-old girl was put to ...

Worlds Fair Park talks start among Knoxville developers UT and city staff

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:00:28 -0400

Cousins William Ross, left, and Ella Ross play on the tire swing at the playground at World's Fair Park on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The World's Fair Park Working Group met today to discuss potential for the park to be a center for cultural resources. (SAUL YOUNG/NEWS ...

Two world opera stars to appear in concert on Red Square

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:59:42 -0400

MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Anna Netrebko and Dmitry Khvorostovsky, the Russian operatic stars of global renown are expected to give the first ever joint concert in Moscow Wednesday. Performing arts and show biz analysts expect a capacity crowd of spectators at the concert. Tuesday, the two singers faced a capacity crowd of reporters at a news conference that brought together representatives ...

Chef describes Jacksons grief

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:58:58 -0400

Michael Jackson 's personal chef has described for jurors the home lives of the pop superstar's children during the final months of the singer's life and their continuing grief over their father's death nearly four years ...

Australias World Cup history – in pictures

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:58:17 -0400

After two unsuccessful campaigns, Australia finally qualified for their first World Cup. Australia were dealt a tough group. Games against East and West Germany (pictured above), ended in defeat. They gained a point against Chile but it wasn't enough to save them from group-stage elimination. Photograph: ...

World Bank report foresees 1.4-pct growth for Macedonia in 2013

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:58:13 -0400

Macedonia's GDP will grow by 1.4 percent in 2013, according to the latest World Bank South East Europe Regular Economic Report published on Tuesday.The group of six South East European countries made a fragile recovery: its combined real GDP is projected to grow 1.7 percent in 2013 after a 0.6-percent decline in 2012, according to the report.However, the recovery in Macedonia is still ...

World Bank report indicates economic recovery for Albania

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:58:12 -0400

Albania is projected to grow at a rate slightly higher than its 2013 rate of 1.8 percent, according to a World Bank report presented on Tuesday.Supported by a steady export performance, the report said other drivers of recovery included electricity and agriculture, partly because of improved weather conditions.The group of six southeast European countries made a fragile recovery with its combined ...

Blatter Brazil asked to host World Cup

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:58:01 -0400

FIFA president Sepp Blatter denied Tuesday that the Confederations Cup and World Cup are the causes for mass protests across Brazil.Demonstrations, which began last week in response to rises in public transport fares, have turned into a nation-wide rally against bad governance and corruption.Many marchers expressed their anger at the billions of dollars spent on new football stadiums for next ...

FIFA World Cup Asian qualifying results

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:57 -0400

Following are the results of FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers on Tuesday:At SydneyAustralia 1, Iraq 0At SeoulSouth Korea 0, Iran 1At TashkentUzbekistan 5, Qatar 1Note: Australia, South Korea and Iran have qualified for the World Cup ...

Ex-UNESCO chief visits Cambodias World Heritage Preah Vihear temple

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:41 -0400

Koichiro Matsuura, ex-director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), on Tuesday visited Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple, a world heritage site, a Cambodian spokesman said.Dim Sovannarom, spokesman for the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC), said that Koichiro Matsuura, accompanied by Dr. Jiang Mingjun, President of the ...

International medical center for Shanghai

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:54:55 -0400

/enpproperty--> A leading medical center where international tourists can be treated will open in Shanghai, Jiefang Daily reported. The Shanghai International Medical Center, the city's first private general hospital, will open for business in November. Located near where Shanghai Disneyland is being built, the center has 450 beds and more than 100 intensive care units, and will ...

How to hide your data from the NSA

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:53:15 -0400

>Editor's note: Doug Gross covers consumer technology and the Web for CNN.com. Follow his updates on Twitter or add him to your Circles on Google+.(CNN) -- Let's face it: Most of us don't e-mail, tweet, text or post anything worthy of clandestine scrutiny. But having concerns about NSA cybersnooping doesn't mean we must surrender all privacy -- what's left of it -- in our day-to-day online ...

2 supercomputers from Pune in worlds fastest 100

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:51:15 -0400

supercomputers in the world was announced on Tuesday during the launch of the opening session of the International Supercomputing Conference in Leipzig, Germany. Rajat Moona, director general, C-DAC said, "This is a major step for the country (for two of its supercomputers) to figure in the top 100 fastest supercomputers in the world. Over the years, India was losing its position in the ...

WikiLeaks Assange fears U.S. says will stay in London embassy

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:37:36 -0400

1 of 6. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves from a window with Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patino (R) at Ecuador's embassy in central London June 16, ...

3 Accused for Enslaving Disabled Mom

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:34:49 -0400

A mentally disabled woman charged with shoplifting a candy bar asked to be jailed because three people "had been mean to her" -- then went on to tell authorities about her time spent in unfathomably cruel servitude, along with her young daughter, at the hands of three people, authorities said Tuesday. On several occasions, according to an FBI affidavit, the suspects injured her and ...

Award-Winning Journalist Dies in Crash

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:34:49 -0400

Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith says he learned from a family member that the 33-year-old died early Tuesday. Hastings wrote about politics for the popular news site and has written books dealing with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He won a Polk Award for magazine reporting ...

Round 2 for Zimmerman Jury Selection

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:34:48 -0400

Jun 18, 2013 9:18pm ABC News’ Elicia Dover, Matt Gutman and Seni Tienabeso report: The jury selection process in the George Zimmerman murder trial will move on to round two on Wednesday, as the prosecution and defense look to whittle down a pool of potential jurors into a final list of jurors and alternates. A jury is expected to be seated as early as Wednesday, but the process could go ...

COL BB North Carolina 4 Louisiana State 2

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:29:41 -0400

Trent Thornton hurled seven efficient innings and Brian Holberton homered Tuesday in North Carolina's 4-2 College World Series win over Louisiana State. Thornton, a freshman, allowed two runs on nine hits and overcame four walks while Colin Moran chipped in with three hits, an RBI and two runs scored as the top-seeded Tar Heels eliminated LSU. With the victory, North Carolina advances to a ...

BP classes Iran as top gas reserves holder in world

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:23:49 -0400

BP classes Iran as top gas reserves holder in world BP classes Iran as ...

Berlins Brandenburg Gate Backdrop to Decades of US-Europe Ties

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:02:56 -0400

U.S. President Barack Obama is visiting Berlin this week, where he will speak at the historic Brandenburg Gate. The gate is not just one of Germany's emblematic symbols; it also chronicles the recent history of the European relationship with the United States. It has been the backdrop of U.S. presidential speeches in Germany for decades. The Brandenburg Gate is one of Berlin's ...

European Union US intend to move forward fast on transatlantic trade deal

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:50:30 -0400

G8 and EU leaders (L-R) European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama, France's President Francois Hollande, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta ...

Time to Pull Our Troops from Europe - By Sean Kay

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:50:20 -0400

While traveling this week to Europe, President Barack Obama has an opportunity to begin a bold initiative to realign the transatlantic relationship and advance America's interests in further European integration. The G8 summit began Monday morning with the announcement of a new U.S.-European economic initiative -- the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership -- which could open up ...

USA vs Honduras Live Stream Free Soccer Watch Online World Cup 2014 Qualifier Football

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:47:59 -0400

USA vs Honduras takes place in their World Cup 2014 Qualifying clash on Tuesday night, with the United States clear favorites to claim all the points on offer and progress in their quest for an automatic qualification spot. The game will kick off at 9 p.m. ET and can be watched online through free live stream (details ...

U.N. recommends bringing Iraq closer to ending 1990s sanctions

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:44:48 -0400

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday recommended bringing Iraq one step closer to ending all U.N. sanctions imposed on Baghdad more than two decades ago after former leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait In 1990. Despite the toppling of Saddam in 2003 after a U.S.-led invasion, the United Nations has not fully lifted the sanctions. U.S.-led troops drove Iraq out ...

Korea begin search for World Cup coach

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:44:01 -0400

Highlights: South Korea 0-1 Iran The South Korean national team have begun their search to replace outgoing coach Choi Kang-hee, despite qualifying for the 2014 World Cup on Tuesday ...

Stars mark Israeli leaders 90th

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:42:26 -0400

Hollywood superstars have joined Israeli and global leaders and local celebrities to honour president Shimon Peres for his forthcoming 90th birthday, reflecting world respect for one of the country's peace ...

Video FBI release footage of Times Square Bombing

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:42:24 -0400

Thousands of demonstrators have flooded into a square in Brazil's economic hub, Sao Paulo, for the latest in a historic wave of protests against the state of public transport, schools and other public ...

Obama to prod West to take on global challenges in Berlin speech

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:36:12 -0400

1 of 3. U.S. President Barack Obama along with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha (L) and Malia (R) are welcomed as they step off Air Force One in Berlin June 18, ...

World refugee increase is highest since 1999 UNHCR report shows

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:32:46 -0400

Syrian refugee children in Iraq. Australia had 0.3% of the world's refugees at the end of 2012 and 2.14% of its asylum seekers, a UNHCR report shows. Photograph: Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty ...

World o Flight Updates NYT Mag Gliders Yeshivah of Flatbush Solar Impulse

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:32:05 -0400

I mentioned the showdown between, on the one side, the adventurer / hang-glider / paraglider community that has viewed a particular mountain near Salt Like City as one of the best soaring spots in the world, and on the other side a minerals company that is beginning to dismantle that very mountain to turn it into construction gravel. Earlier I quoted one of the gliders about the site, which is ...

Far-Reaching Anti-Abortion Bill Passed

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:28:10 -0400

The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats condemned as yet another example of the GOP war on women. The legislation, sparked by the murder conviction of a Philadelphia late-term abortion provider, would restrict almost all abortions to the first 20 weeks ...

Feds Captives forced to eat dog food

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:26:43 -0400

Iran and U.S. New hope on nukes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:26:04 -0400

>Editor's note: David Rothkopf writes regularly for CNN.com. He is CEO and editor-at-large of the FP Group, publishers of Foreign Policy magazine, and a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Follow him on Twitter.(CNN) -- It would be easy to dismiss Friday's election of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran as little more than a sham -- a rigged election that ...

Turkeys standing man