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NEW YORK TIMES
...Date: 18 May 2012 09:00:02 ESTDEALBOOK: LIVE BLOG: FACEBOOK'S MARKET DEBUTNo other market debut has matched the frenzy created by Facebook. DealBook’s live blog will be tracking reactions to the company’s I.P.O. throughout the day....Date: 18 May 2012 08:45:00 ESTAT FACEBOOK, PEER PRESSURE TO SPEND THOSE MILLIONS QUIETLYVeloTech cycles in Palo Alto, Calif., is one of the places where technology millionaires go to buy high-end bicycles. The store is owned by Mark Richard, right....Date: 18 May 2012 08:15:00 ESTABOUT NEW YORK: THIS FURNITURE HAS NEW YORK CITY HISTORY INGRAINED IN ITNoah Spencer, who used wood from an old distillery set up by Italian immigrants in Queens to make a bar console, at his workroom in Brooklyn....Date: 18 May 2012 07:15:00 ESTART REVIEW: THE BARNES FOUNDATION, FROM SUBURB TO CITYThe new Barnes Foundation, in a new shell in Philadelphia....Date: 18 May 2012 06:15:00 ESTNEW YORK CITY TO OFFER BUYOUTS TO IDLED TEACHERSThe city will abandon efforts to lay off teachers who draw full salaries but have no permanent jobs, and potentially solve one of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s most intractable education issues....Date: 18 May 2012 06:15:00 ESTNHL PLAYOFFS: DEFLECTED SHOTS CAN BE THE HARDEST FOR GOALIES TO STOPDavid Clarkson of the Devils tipped a shot past the Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist for the winner in Game 2....Date: 18 May 2012 05:30:01 ESTA START-UP IS GOLD FOR FACEBOOK’S NEW MILLIONAIRESAt Facebook, ground zero for the nouveau tech riche in Silicon Valley, peer pressure dictates that consumption be kept on the down low....Date: 18 May 2012 04:30:00 ESTWAL-MART CONCEDES BRIBERY CASE MAY WIDENThe scope of an investigation into foreign bribery issues seemed to have widened at the retailer, which reported higher-than-expected first-quarter earnings....Date: 18 May 2012 04:30:00 ESTSPORTS OF THE TIMES: LONDONERS ADOPT NEW LOYALTIES WITH CHELSEA IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINALChelsea has become an attractive team on a roll since Italian-born Roberto ....Date: 18 May 2012 03:15:01 ESTWITH LITTLE TO LOSE, MANY GREEKS SHRUG OFF DIRE WARNINGSAlex Marathianakis said things were slow at his jewelry store in the neighborhood of Kolonaki....Date: 18 May 2012 03:15:00 ESTPROTESTERS ARE ATTACKED AT ALEPPO UNIVERSITY IN SYRIAThe crackdown on the demonstration at Aleppo University came less than a week after it had reopened following a raid by security forces that left at least four students dead....Date: 18 May 2012 03:15:00 ESTFLORIDA TRIES TO CLEAR ILLEGAL VOTERS FROM ROLLSAnother big election year in Florida. A polling site at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Tampa....Date: 18 May 2012 03:00:01 ESTECHOES OF TIANANMEN, ON FILM, FACE HURDLES IN CHINACui Jian, a musician whose songs embodied the spirit of hope and protest among young people in China in 1989, rehearsed at Beijing Workers Gymnasium before performing a 3D rock concert. The concert has has been made into a film, called "Transcendence."...Date: 18 May 2012 01:45:00 ESTSPACEX IS SET TO SEND ITS ROCKET TO THE SPACE STATIONAn artist’s view of the space station’s robotic arm reaching out to grab SpaceX’s Dragon capsule....Date: 18 May 2012 01:30:01 ESTU.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL SPEAKS OF MILITARY OPTION FOR IRANDan Shapiro told the Israeli bar association that preparations had been made for a possible attack....Date: 18 May 2012 01:15:00 ESTCHINESE FISHING BOATS REPORTED SEIZED BY NORTH KOREAN GUNMENChinese state news media said gunmen seized three boats with 29 sailors aboard and were demanding ransom....Date: 18 May 2012 01:15:00 ESTALABAMA GOVERNOR URGES CHANGES TO LATEST IMMIGRATION LAWGov. Robert Bentley called a special legislative session on Thursday and urged lawmakers to consider changes to the law, less than a day after legislators voted to keep most of it intact....Date: 18 May 2012 01:15:00 ESTU.S. SETS NEW RULES TO STEM PRISON RAPEThe regulations, issued after years of discussions, address a problem that a new government study finds may afflict one out of every 10 prisoners....Date: 18 May 2012 01:15:00 EST‘PRINCELINGS’ IN CHINA USE FAMILY TIES TO GAIN RICHESThe authorities are eager to paint the fallen official Bo Xilai, whose family has a substantial fortune, as a rogue operator. But other officials’ relatives have also amassed vast wealth....Date: 18 May 2012 00:45:00 EST
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CNN WORLD
JURORS GET JOHN EDWARDS CASEThe jury will begin deciding the fate of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards Friday, a day after closing arguments concluded in the corruption trial....Date: 18 May 2012 10:30:03 ESTHOLLYWOOD STARS WITHOUT MAKEUPAfter being photographed without makeup while in Vancouver last month, candid shots of AnnaLynne McCord hit the Web, with with one site noting: "Her facial blemishes were completely visible."...Date: 18 May 2012 10:30:03 EST49 HEADLESS BODIES NORMAL IN MEXICO?On Sunday, 49 decapitated bodies were found on a major highway outside Monterrey, Mexico, which is about 80 miles southwest of the U.S. border....Date: 18 May 2012 10:00:48 ESTSHOOTER'S INJURIES, TRACES OF DRUGS AMONG MARTIN EVIDENCENewly released material shows that police think the Trayvon Martin shooting wouldn't have happened if George Zimmerman had stayed in his car as requested....Date: 18 May 2012 09:45:00 ESTBLASTS AT BAGHDAD PET MARKET KILL 5Three roadside bombs exploded Friday in quick succession at an outdoor pet market in Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 31 others, police officials said....Date: 18 May 2012 09:30:12 ESTAL QAEDA BERATES YEMEN LEADERAl-Qaeda's leader is calling for the Yemeni people to rise up against the country's new president, portraying him as the stooge of the unpopular former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and the United States....Date: 18 May 2012 09:30:12 EST200-YEAR-OLD SHIPWRECK FOUNDA wooden ship believed to be over 200 years old was discovered during a recent exploration of the northern Gulf of Mexico, according to a press release from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)....Date: 18 May 2012 09:30:10 EST49 DECAPITATIONS: BUSINESS AS USUAL?On Sunday, 49 decapitated bodies were found on a major highway outside Monterrey, Mexico, which is about 80 miles southwest of the U.S. border....Date: 18 May 2012 09:30:09 ESTTYCOON GETS LIFE FOR SMUGGLINGA Chinese court on Friday sentenced Lai Changxing, a tycoon who spent more than a decade as a fugitive in Canada, to life in prison for smuggling and bribery, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported....Date: 18 May 2012 08:45:03 ESTCHINESE TYCOON GETS LIFE IN PRISON FOR SMUGGLING, BRIBERYA Chinese court on Friday sentenced Lai Changxing, a tycoon who spent more than a decade as a fugitive in Canada, to life in prison for smuggling and bribery, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported....Date: 18 May 2012 08:45:03 ESTAFGHAN STREET KIDS IN PARISWe're at a soup kitchen in a shabby back street in Paris, next to the canal Saint Martin, near the Jaurès metro stop. Hundreds of homeless people are queuing up for some hot food and a coffee. Most of them are from Asia; many from Afghanistan and Bangladesh....Date: 18 May 2012 08:45:03 ESTSHOULD I CANCEL MY EUROPE TRIP?In the last decade of the 20th century, the Turkish lira fell in value 1,000 times against the U.S. dollar, meaning that tourists returning to that country after several years found that any old money they still possessed since their last visit had become almost worthless....Date: 18 May 2012 08:45:01 ESTCAN FRANCO-GERMAN MARRIAGE SURVIVE?The relationship between France and Germany is the barometer of the political health of Europe....Date: 18 May 2012 08:30:05 ESTRIGHTS GROUP SLAM GUEST LIST AT QUEEN ELIZABETH'S LUNCHRights groups have slammed a lunch being hosted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Friday for including monarchs criticized over their countries' human rights records....Date: 18 May 2012 08:30:05 ESTSPAIN FACES BANK CONCERNS AFTER DOWNGRADESpain's government is expected to call for calm Friday, a day after rating agency Moody's downgraded 16 Spanish banks in the latest sign of distress in Europe....Date: 18 May 2012 08:15:03 ESTAL QAEDA LEADER TO SAUDIS: RISE UPAl Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urged people in Saudi Arabia to follow the example set by popular revolutions in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia and rise up....Date: 18 May 2012 08:00:10 EST49 HEADLESS BODIES: JUST ANOTHER MEXICO DRUG WAR CRIME?On Sunday, 49 decapitated bodies were found on a major highway outside Monterrey, Mexico, which is about 80 miles southwest of the U.S. border....Date: 18 May 2012 08:00:09 ESTACID POURED ON WOMAN'S FACE FOR 'NO'When 18-year-old Mumtaz walks into a room the first thing you notice about her is the patchwork of painful puffy red scars that stretch across her face....Date: 18 May 2012 08:00:09 ESTWHEN YOUR NAME IS ALSO CRUDE ARABIC SLANGFrance's new Socialist government is already causing ripples throughout a Europe struggling to balance government budgets without making ordinary people's lives miserable, but it has created a completely different problem in the Middle East....Date: 18 May 2012 08:00:09 ESTARREST MADE IN MISS. HIGHWAY KILLINGSAuthorities have arrested a suspect in the case of an alleged police impersonator who is believed to have killed two motorists in Mississippi, the Tunica County Sherriff's Office said....Date: 18 May 2012 07:45:02 EST -
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SPAT WITH IRAQ BARES TURK PLUNGE INTO REGIONAL POWER GAMEANKARA (Reuters) - A bitter rift with Iraq has exposed Turkey's role in a wider Middle East power struggle, with Ankara acting to protect its stability and prosperity from an Iranian-Iraqi "Shi'ite axis" it fears in the wake of the U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq....Date: 18 May 2012 10:30:10 ESTANALYSIS: IN INDIA, MUDDLED LEADERSHIP LEAVES ECONOMY ADRIFTNEW DELHI (Reuters) - "Dear God," wrote economist Rajeev Malik as he called on the Almighty to help India's "rudderless" government in a biting critique that underscored a growing frustration at home and abroad with the stewardship of Asia's third-largest economy....Date: 18 May 2012 10:15:22 ESTINVESTORS EAGERLY AWAIT FACEBOOK DEBUT ON WALL STREET(Reuters) - Investors are bracing for Facebook's Wall Street debut on Friday after the pioneering online social network raised about $16 billion in one of the biggest initial public offerings in U.S. history....Date: 18 May 2012 10:15:21 ESTSMALL-TOWN DON MAKES AWKWARD ALLY FOR SERB LIBERALSJAGODINA, Serbia (Reuters) - There's a fluffy toy tiger in the office of Jagodina's mayor, another cast in gold on his desk, and at least one more in his trophy cabinet....Date: 18 May 2012 09:45:06 ESTEUROPE THINKS THE UNTHINKABLE ON GREECEBRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - European officials are working on contingency plans in case Greece bombs out of the euro zone, the EU's trade commissioner said on Friday, while Berlin said it was prepared for all eventualities....Date: 18 May 2012 09:30:13 ESTBAGHDAD MARKET BOMBS KILL AT LEAST FOURBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three roadside bombs ripped through a Baghdad marketplace on Friday, killing at least four people and injuring at least 30 more near one of the capital's main Shi'ite neighborhoods, police and hospital sources said....Date: 18 May 2012 09:15:08 ESTEXCLUSIVE: DRUGMAKERS WEIGH EMERGENCY SUPPLY PLAN FOR GREECELONDON (Reuters) - International drugmakers are working with European authorities on emergency plans to keep medicines flowing into Greece if the country crashes out of the euro....Date: 18 May 2012 08:45:04 ESTBANKS' RISING BAD LOANS ADD TO SPANISH TROUBLESMADRID (Reuters) - Spanish bank bad loans rose in March to their highest in 18 years, figures from the Bank of Spain showed on Friday, underscoring the problems facing the government as it attempts to clean up the sector and get its economy back on track....Date: 18 May 2012 08:00:12 ESTWEST AFRICAN MEDIATOR OPENS TALKS WITH MALI REBELSOUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - West African bloc ECOWAS has opened talks with Mali's rebel groups, including fighters linked to al Qaeda, as part of its effort to restore constitutional rule in the country in the wake of its March 22 coup, Burkina Faso's foreign minister said....Date: 18 May 2012 07:30:08 ESTTHAI POLICE ARREST MAN WITH BABIES' BODIES FOR BLACK MAGICBANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police arrested a British citizen on Friday after the bodies of six babies thought to have been used in a black magic ritual were found stuffed into travel bags in a Bangkok hotel room....Date: 18 May 2012 07:30:08 ESTPALESTINIANS SEE SETTLEMENTS THWARTING STATEJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Surrounded by aides, including one whose only task seems to be light his cigarettes, Mahmoud Abbas sits in a vast presidential office and speaks of his ambition to create a Palestinian state....Date: 18 May 2012 07:00:14 ESTIRAN MAY SEEK "TACTICAL GAIN" WITH UN NUCLEAR DEALVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog are making headway towards a framework deal on how to tackle concerns about its atomic activity, diplomats say, a potential bargaining chip for Tehran in next week's negotiations with world powers....Date: 18 May 2012 07:00:12 ESTISRAELI COURT RULING TO HELP FIGHT GENDER PAY GAPJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's high court on Friday put the onus on employers to pay men and women equally in a landmark ruling that may help narrow wage gaps, which are bigger than in most Western countries....Date: 18 May 2012 06:00:15 ESTANALYSIS: GERMANY'S MERKEL LOSING GREEN BATTLE TO CHEAP COALLONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - To reach its strict climate targets and fulfill Chancellor Angela Merkel's nuclear exit plans, Germany needs to avoid coal and build a stack of gas power plants to secure clean energy supplies beyond 2020....Date: 18 May 2012 06:00:14 ESTU.S. FIRMS EYE MYANMAR AS SANCTIONS SUSPENDED(Reuters) - The suspension of U.S. sanctions barring investment in Myanmar in response to political reforms in the poor southeast Asian state gives a green light to U.S. firms queuing to scout for business in one of the last frontier markets....Date: 18 May 2012 05:45:05 ESTIRAN MAY SEEK "TACTICAL GAIN" WITH U.N. NUCLEAR DEALVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog are nearing a framework deal on how to tackle concerns about its atomic activity, diplomats say, a potential bargaining chip for Tehran in next week's negotiations with world powers....Date: 18 May 2012 05:00:18 ESTEARTHQUAKE HITS EASTERN JAPAN, NO TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUEDTOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 hit eastern Japan on Friday, shaking buildings in the capital Tokyo....Date: 18 May 2012 04:45:06 ESTSLOVENIAN AUSTERITY DRIVE THREATENED BY REFERENDUM CALLLJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Austerity measures Slovenia adopted last week could be delayed or even scrapped after two police unions said late on Thursday they wanted a referendum on the law....Date: 18 May 2012 04:15:05 ESTRESOURCE-RICH MONGOLIA PLAYS POPULIST CARD IN RUN-UP TO POLLSULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Mongolia's bid to discredit one of its most popular opposition politicians, a staunch supporter of resource nationalism, could backfire and strengthen his party in approaching elections, putting at risk mining investments in the central Asian nation....Date: 18 May 2012 04:15:05 ESTCHINA "BARS" BLIND DISSIDENT'S FAMILY CHOICE OF LAWYERSBEIJING (Reuters) - The nephew of blind activist Chen Guangcheng has been denied his family's choice of lawyers to defend a charge of "intentional homicide" in what one said was an attempt to manipulate a case that has focused world attention on China's human rights....Date: 18 May 2012 04:00:06 EST
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WASHINGTON POST
JAPAN BEGINS GRIM RELIEF MISSION WITH TOWNS FLOODED, THOUSANDS REPORTED MISSINGRescue teams searched through matchstick rubble Saturday for thousands of people missing in flooded areas of northeastern Japan, beginning one of the most complex relief efforts in history....Date: 19 Apr 2012 00:30:05 ESTJAPANESE NUCLEAR PLANTS' OPERATOR SCRAMBLES TO AVERT MELTDOWNSJapanese authorities said Sunday that efforts to restart the cooling system at one of the reactors damaged by Friday's earthquake had failed, a major setback in the struggle to contain what has become the most serious nuclear power crisis in a quarter century....Date: 19 Apr 2012 00:30:05 ESTWHO WILL REACH THE FINAL FOUR?...Date: 19 Apr 2012 00:30:05 ESTFED: U.S. RECOVERING, STILL WEAKCentral bank will shut down some of the emergency measures put in place during crisis....Date: 18 Apr 2012 16:45:07 ESTU.S. COMMITS TO $100B FUND FOR POOR NATIONSUnited States says commitment depends on whether nations can reach a substantive pact with "transparency" on tracking emissions cuts....Date: 18 Apr 2012 16:45:07 ESTRECESSION IN THE RUST BELTFALLOUT: The Unrecovered | In Ohio's fading steel towns, workers still wait for economic revival....Date: 18 Apr 2012 16:45:07 ESTFOR AUTISTIC KIDS' PARENTS, TRIAL HITS HOME...Date: 18 Apr 2012 15:30:10 ESTSUBTERRANEAN JAIL A SIGN OF GADDAFI'S GRIP...Date: 18 Apr 2012 15:30:10 ESTJAPAN BEGINS GRIM RELIEF MISSION WITH TOWNS FLOODED, THOUSANDS REPORTED MISSINGRescue teams searched through matchstick rubble Saturday for thousands of people missing in flooded areas of northeastern Japan, beginning one of the most complex relief efforts in history....Date: 19 Mar 2012 00:30:11 ESTJAPANESE NUCLEAR PLANTS' OPERATOR SCRAMBLES TO AVERT MELTDOWNSJapanese authorities said Sunday that efforts to restart the cooling system at one of the reactors damaged by Friday's earthquake had failed, a major setback in the struggle to contain what has become the most serious nuclear power crisis in a quarter century....Date: 19 Mar 2012 00:30:11 ESTWHO WILL REACH THE FINAL FOUR?...Date: 19 Mar 2012 00:30:11 ESTFED: U.S. RECOVERING, STILL WEAKCentral bank will shut down some of the emergency measures put in place during crisis....Date: 18 Mar 2012 22:30:09 ESTU.S. COMMITS TO $100B FUND FOR POOR NATIONSUnited States says commitment depends on whether nations can reach a substantive pact with "transparency" on tracking emissions cuts....Date: 18 Mar 2012 22:30:09 ESTRECESSION IN THE RUST BELTFALLOUT: The Unrecovered | In Ohio's fading steel towns, workers still wait for economic revival....Date: 18 Mar 2012 22:30:09 ESTFOR AUTISTIC KIDS' PARENTS, TRIAL HITS HOME...Date: 18 Mar 2012 00:30:05 ESTSUBTERRANEAN JAIL A SIGN OF GADDAFI'S GRIP...Date: 18 Mar 2012 00:30:05 ESTJAPANESE NUCLEAR PLANTS' OPERATOR SCRAMBLES TO AVERT MELTDOWNSJapanese authorities said Sunday that efforts to restart the cooling system at one of the reactors damaged by Friday's earthquake had failed, a major setback in the struggle to contain what has become the most serious nuclear power crisis in a quarter century....Date: 17 Feb 2012 00:30:05 ESTWHO WILL REACH THE FINAL FOUR?...Date: 17 Feb 2012 00:30:05 ESTJAPAN BEGINS GRIM RELIEF MISSION WITH TOWNS FLOODED, THOUSANDS REPORTED MISSINGRescue teams searched through matchstick rubble Saturday for thousands of people missing in flooded areas of northeastern Japan, beginning one of the most complex relief efforts in history....Date: 17 Feb 2012 00:30:04 ESTFOR AUTISTIC KIDS' PARENTS, TRIAL HITS HOME...Date: 16 Feb 2012 00:30:03 EST -
BBC WORLD
BARRY GEORGE IN COMPENSATION CASEBarry George, who spent eight years in prison after being wrongly convicted of the murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando, can fight a test case for compensation, a judge rules....Date: 18 May 2012 10:30:14 ESTVIOLENT DOUBLE MURDERER JAILEDA man is jailed for life for two murders and a string of "senseless" assaults in north London....Date: 18 May 2012 10:30:14 ESTMONARCHS LUNCH AT WINDSOR CASTLEMore than 20 monarchs lunch at Windsor Castle to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, including the controversial heads of Bahrain and Swaziland....Date: 18 May 2012 10:30:11 ESTVIDEO: QUEEN HOSTS ROYALS FOR JUBILEE LUNCHKings and queens from around the world have arrived in Windsor for a lunch to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee....Date: 18 May 2012 09:45:07 ESTVIDEO: FROM PRISON TO BELFAST DISTILLERYA notorious Belfast prison that held IRA inmates during the worst of the city's sectarian troubles is to be transformed into a whiskey distillery....Date: 18 May 2012 09:30:18 ESTBARITONE FISCHER-DIESKAU DIESThe German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, famed for his performances of songs by composers like Schubert and Mahler, dies at the age of 86....Date: 18 May 2012 09:30:17 ESTTWITTER BACKS WEB PRIVACY EFFORTMicro-blogging service Twitter will support an initiative that lets people browse the web without being monitored....Date: 18 May 2012 09:15:10 ESTANGOLA COURT REMOVES POLL CHIEFAngola's Supreme Court blocks the appointment of the election commission head, seen as a close ally of President dos Santos....Date: 18 May 2012 09:15:10 ESTJP MORGAN BOSS TO TESTIFY IN USJP Morgan chairman and chief executive Jamie Dimon will appear before a Senate committee to explain the bank's $2bn trading loss on a failed hedging strategy....Date: 18 May 2012 09:15:09 ESTMALAWI TO OVERTURN HOMOSEXUAL BANPresident Joyce Banda says Malawi will overturn its ban on homosexual acts - the first African country to do so since 1994....Date: 18 May 2012 09:15:08 ESTROYALS ARRIVE FOR QUEEN'S LUNCHThe King of Bahrain and Swaziland's King Mswati III are among controversial monarchs expected at a Diamond Jubilee lunch hosted by The Queen later....Date: 18 May 2012 08:45:05 ESTDAY IN PICTURES: 18 MAY 201224 hours of news photos from around the world...Date: 18 May 2012 08:30:12 ESTIRAN 'TO SUE GOOGLE' OVER GULFGoogle is facing legal action for not labelling the body of water separating Iran and neighbouring Arab Gulf states on its map service....Date: 18 May 2012 08:30:10 EST'NO RIFT' BETWEEN PM AND HOLLANDENo 10 rejects suggestions of a rift between David Cameron and Francois Hollande ahead of their first talks at the G8 summit in the US....Date: 18 May 2012 08:30:10 ESTUS TO ANNOUNCE AFRICA FOOD PLANUS President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security in Africa ahead of a G-8 summit near Washington....Date: 18 May 2012 08:30:08 ESTANONYMOUS ATTACKS INDIAN WEBSITESHacker group Anonymous has carried out a series of attacks against government and political websites in India....Date: 18 May 2012 08:15:06 ESTEU 'PLANS FOR GREEK EXIT OPTION'The EU Commission and European Central Bank are making contingency plans for a possible Greek exit from the euro, an EU commissioner says....Date: 18 May 2012 08:15:06 ESTBRITON IN THAI 'FOETUSES' ARRESTA British citizen has been arrested in Bangkok for possessing human foetuses, Thai police confirm....Date: 18 May 2012 08:00:16 ESTPORTUGAL EXTRADITION BID DROPPEDAn extradition request for a Kent man wanted in Portugal for a crime he was cleared of in 1995 is dropped....Date: 18 May 2012 08:00:16 ESTRODGERS REJECTS LIVERPOOL TALKSSwansea boss Brendan Rodgers is not interested in speaking to Liverpool about their vacant managerial position....Date: 18 May 2012 07:45:09 EST -
DAILY TELEGRAPH
PENCIL VS CAMERA BY BEN HEINEBen Heine blends photography and pencil sketches to create imaginary scenes....Date: 18 May 2012 10:15:28 ESTDIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU, CLASSICAL SINGER, DIESGerman classical singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau dies at the age of 86....Date: 18 May 2012 10:15:28 ESTGREEN MINISTER IN BLUE JEANS SPARKS ROW OVER APPROPRIATE ATTIREFrance's housing minister has caused a stir by showing up in jeans for the new left-wing government's inaugural cabinet meeting at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris....Date: 18 May 2012 10:15:28 ESTIKEA SACKS FOUR FRENCH MANAGERS OVER SPYING SCANDALSwedish furniture giant IKEA said it was sacking four current and former managers at its French subsidiary over allegations that they used illegal police files to spy on staff and customers....Date: 18 May 2012 10:15:28 ESTJACKIE CHAN IN PICTURESJackie Chan has announced his retirement as an action star....Date: 18 May 2012 09:15:17 ESTG8 SUMMIT: THURMONT, THE SLEEPY MOUNTAIN TOWN NEAR CAMP DAVID AWAITING THE WORLD'S LEADERSThurmont, a mountain town with a population of only 6200, is scrambling to prepare for the influx of international visitors ahead of the G8 summit at nearby Camp David today....Date: 18 May 2012 07:15:11 ESTSINGER WARDA DIES IN CAIRO AGED 72Algerian singer Warda, star of film and music, dies of heart attack....Date: 18 May 2012 07:15:10 ESTA PAIR OF MELONS SELL FOR NEARLY £8,000 IN JAPANA prized pair of melons have sold at auction in Japan for nearly £8,000...Date: 18 May 2012 07:15:10 ESTCHINA'S MOST-WANTED MAN JAILED FOR LIFE OVER £3 BILLION FRAUDChina's most-wanted man, a flamboyant, billionaire gangster who was angrily pursued by China's most senior leaders for over a decade, was jailed for life today....Date: 18 May 2012 07:15:10 ESTG8 SUMMIT: SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY 18 MAYG8 leaders are gathering at Camp David, Maryland, for the 38th annual G8 summit....Date: 18 May 2012 07:15:10 ESTUN SAYS AL QAEDA BEHIND SYRIA SUICIDE BOMBS DEATH TOLL FROM CIVIL WAR REACHES 10,000UN leader Ban Ki-moon has said he believes al-Qaeda committed a major bomb attack in Damascus that left dozens dead, and that up to 10,000 people have now been killed in Syria....Date: 18 May 2012 06:15:11 ESTEUROVISION 2012: ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK SAYS 'I HAVE A GREAT CHANCE'Engelbert Humperdinck says his romantic waltz will take Britain to glory at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest....Date: 18 May 2012 06:15:11 ESTBRITON ARRESTED WITH ROASTED HUMAN FOETUSES FOR USE IN BLACK MAGIC RITUALSix human foetuses which had been roasted and covered in gold leaf as part of a black magic ritual have been seized from a British citizen in Bangkok, Thai police said Friday....Date: 18 May 2012 06:15:11 ESTG8 SUMMIT: THE SLEEPY MOUNTAIN TOWN AWAITING THE WORLD'S LEADERSThurmont, a mountain town with a population of only 6200, is scrambling to prepare for the influx of international visitors ahead of the G8 summit at nearby Camp David today....Date: 18 May 2012 06:15:11 ESTG8 SUMMIT: PROTESTS TIMELINEG8 and G20 summits have long been a draw for protesters around the world. Here are some of recent demonstrations....Date: 18 May 2012 05:15:11 ESTG8 AND NATO SUMMIT: CHICAGO BRACES FOR OCCUPY PROTESTSNato's leaders will gather this week to try to yoke together their fractious alliance after more than a decade of war in Afghanistan. But outside the convention centre, on the streets of Chicago, another coalition faces a major test of strength....Date: 18 May 2012 05:15:11 ESTG8 SUMMIT: THURMOUNT, THE SLEEPY MOUNTAIN TOWN NEAR CAMP DAVID WAITING TO WELCOME THE WORLD'S LEADERSThurmount, a mountain town with a population of only 6200, is scrambling to prepare for the influx of international visitors ahead of the G8 summit at nearby Camp David today....Date: 18 May 2012 05:15:11 ESTG8 SUMMIT: LESSONS IN STIMULUS VERSUS AUSTERITY AROUND THE G8Stimulus or austerity: which path should Europe take? Friday's G8 summit at Camp David will offer European leaders an opportunity to take some well-informed advice on how to best tackle the financial crisis....Date: 18 May 2012 04:15:12 ESTG8 SUMMIT: WHO'S ON THE GUEST LISTWorld leaders are assembling with their partners for this year's G8 summit at the American presidents country retreat in Camp David, Maryland....Date: 18 May 2012 04:15:12 ESTAL-QAEDA LEADER AYAM AL-ZAWAHRI CALLS ON SAUDI ARABIA TO RISE UPAl-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged Saudis to follow the example of the Arab Spring and rise up against their rulers....Date: 18 May 2012 03:15:13 EST
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE
CUBS' WOOD TO ANNOUNCE RETIREMENT: REPORTLongtime Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood will announce his retirement from baseball this morning, according to a report....Date: 18 May 2012 10:30:16 ESTNEW LIGHT ON TRAYVON MARTIN SHOOTINGMark O'Mara and Benjamin Crump discuss the release of evidence in the case on the Today Show.Lawyers for George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin's family discussed the newly released evidence in the case this morning on the Today Show, ending with a heated exchange....Date: 18 May 2012 09:30:24 ESTFIRST MAJOR PROTEST TODAYNurses group leads charge; Bridgeport activists allege overnight raid by policeThe first major demonstration of the NATO summit weekend descends on Daley Plaza later today. Led by a California-based nurses group, the protest is likely to draw thousands....Date: 18 May 2012 09:30:24 ESTFACEBOOK BEGINS TRADING AFTER $16 BILLION IPOFacebook is about to find out just how much status updates, puppy photos and billions of "likes" are worth on Wall Street....Date: 18 May 2012 08:15:08 ESTINVESTORS BRACE FOR FACEBOOK DEBUTFacebook begins trading today after the world's No.1 online social network raised about $16 billion in its IPO....Date: 18 May 2012 08:15:08 ESTFIRST BIG NATO SUMMIT PROTEST TODAYNurses group leads charge; Bridgeport activists allege overnight raid by policeThe first major demonstration of the NATO summit weekend descends on Daley Plaza later today. Led by a California-based nurses group, the protest is likely to draw thousands....Date: 18 May 2012 07:45:11 EST1 DEAD, 7 HURT IN SHOOTINGS OVERNIGHTA 23-year-old man was shot to death and seven other people, including a 15-year-old boy, were hurt in shootings on the South and West sides this evening, police said....Date: 18 May 2012 07:45:11 ESTPOLL: GLOBAL POLICY A HIT AT HOMELocal voters back Obama on Afghanistan, IranChicago-area voters strongly support two of the Obama administration's major foreign policy priorities as the president prepares to welcome leaders of America's NATO allies to his hometown, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows. >> NATO Photos | Summit Videos...Date: 18 May 2012 02:30:13 ESTOTHER BACKS SEEM TO BE SETTING PRICE FOR FORTERecent signings seem to establish value at roughly $20 million guaranteed in long-term dealBrad Biggs: Enough comparable running backs have received contracts in the last year for the Bears and Matt Forte to discover some common ground on a long-term deal....Date: 18 May 2012 02:30:13 ESTBIGGS: OTHER BACKS SEEM TO BE SETTING PRICE FOR FORTERecent signings seem to establish value at roughly $20 million guaranteed in long-term dealEnough comparable running backs have received contracts in the last year for the Bears and Matt Forte to discover some common ground on a long-term deal....Date: 18 May 2012 01:15:08 ESTATTORNEY: NO CHARGES FOR BRANDON MARSHALLLawyer says decision confirms that Bears WR and wife were victimsBrandon Marshall's attorney confirmed to the Tribune on Thursday that the Bears wide receiver will not face any criminal charges after being accused of punching a woman in March outside a New York nightclub....Date: 18 May 2012 00:30:11 ESTPROTESTERS' LAWYERS ALLEGE IMPROPER ARRESTSOfficers wearing Chicago Police uniforms raided an apartment in Bridgeport late Wednesday and detained at least eight activists without justification, lawyers working on behalf of NATO protesters alleged Thursday. >> Photos | Videos...Date: 18 May 2012 00:30:11 ESTUNFORGETTABLE CITY SERIES GAMES AT WRIGLEYAtmosphere can be electric for classic baseball, divisive rivalries, bizarre events, unique home-field advantage and odd happeningsThere's something about the South Side that seems to send schizophrenia through the City Series. Protests? Cubs and White Sox fans could be justified in holding their ow...Date: 18 May 2012 00:30:11 ESTMOST UNFORGETTABLE CITY SERIES GAMES AT WRIGLEY FIELDAtmosphere can be electric for classic baseball, divisive rivalries, bizarre events, unique home-field advantage and odd happeningsProtests? Cubs and White Sox fans could be justified in holding their own this weekend, given the state of the teams....Date: 17 May 2012 22:00:22 ESTDOZENS PROTEST OUTSIDE OBAMA HEADQUARTERS, CONSULATESProtesters marched today from President Obama's re-election headquarters to several consulates of countries that belong to NATO, protesting the alliance's involvement in the war in Afghanistan and other military action. >> Photos | Videos...Date: 17 May 2012 22:00:22 ESTRICKETTS FAMILY MOVES TO CONTROL AD FALLOUTThe Ricketts family, owners of the Chicago Cubs, today moved to control the fallout from a now-disavowed plan to politically attack President Barack Obama reportedly funded by family patriarch....Date: 17 May 2012 16:00:23 ESTRICKETTS FAMILY MOVES TO CONTROL ATTACK AD FALLOUTThe Ricketts family, owners of the Chicago Cubs, today moved to control the fallout from a now-disavowed plan to politically attack President Barack Obama reportedly funded by family patriarch....Date: 17 May 2012 15:45:15 ESTDOZENS PROTEST OUTSIDE OBAMA HEADQUARTERS, NATO COUNTRY CONSULATESAbout 75 protesters marched from the building that houses President Barack Obama's re-election headquarters to several consulates of countries that are part of NATO, protesting the alliance's involvement in the war in Afghanistan and other military action....Date: 17 May 2012 15:00:23 ESTDONNA SUMMER DEAD AT 63Donna Summer, an icon of the disco ‘70s and early ‘80s, has died at 63....Date: 17 May 2012 15:00:23 ESTAUTOPSY: MARY KENNEDY DIED OF ASPHYXIATION DUE TO HANGINGNEW YORK (Reuters) - CNN is reporting that the Westchester County medical examiner has released autopsy results indicating that Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. 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NATO TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN ATTACKForeign forces say Taliban rocket attack on ISAF base in eastern province of Kunar has left two dead and six wounded....Date: 18 May 2012 07:00:30 ESTUN CHIEF BLAMES AL-QAEDA FOR DAMASCUS BLASTSBan Ki-moon says he believes group responsible for last week's bombings in Syrian capital that left more than 50 dead....Date: 18 May 2012 06:30:26 ESTAUSTRALIA RELEASES YOUNG PEOPLE-SMUGGLERSMove comes after inquiry finds three Indonesians convicted of trafficking may have legally been children at the time....Date: 18 May 2012 06:15:11 ESTUS SEEKS EXTRA $70M FOR ISRAEL DEFENCE SHIELDPentagon requests Congress to provide Israel with additional funding for its "Iron Dome" missile defence programme....Date: 18 May 2012 03:45:11 ESTALGERIAN SINGER WARDA DIES IN CAIRO AT 72Along with Lebanon's Fayrouz and Egypt's late Umm Kalthoum, Warda was one of the legendary singers of the Arab world....Date: 18 May 2012 03:15:12 ESTUN PROBES 'ARMS SALES FROM N KOREA TO SYRIA'Panel's report says N Korea "continues to defy" UN sanctions on selling of arms and related technology to other nations....Date: 18 May 2012 03:00:30 ESTFACEBOOK TO GO PUBLIC IN $104BN FLOTATIONSocial-networking site priced at $38 a share as eager investors look forward to third-biggest offering in US history....Date: 18 May 2012 02:15:15 ESTTUNISIA-UPRISING INJURED SEW LIPS IN PROTESTProtesters stage demonstration outside parliament, claiming lack of treatment and that their plight is being ignored....Date: 18 May 2012 02:15:15 EST'DISCO QUEEN' DONNA SUMMER DIES AT 63Iconic singer who achieved fame just as disco was burgeoning in the '70s, defined the era with a string of No 1 hits....Date: 18 May 2012 02:15:15 ESTUN CHIEF BLAMES AL-QAEDA FOR SYRIA BOMBINGSBan Ki-moon says he believes al-Qaeda responsible for last week's Damascus bombings that left more than 50 people dead....Date: 18 May 2012 00:45:10 ESTCHINA JAILS FUGITIVE SMUGGLER FOR LIFELai Changxing, who was extradited from Canada after 12 years, has been accused of running huge smuggling ring....Date: 17 May 2012 23:00:24 ESTDR CONGO TROOPS SHELL REBEL BASESFighting between the army and mutineering soldiers has led to thousands fleeing the country....Date: 17 May 2012 21:45:10 ESTNEW FRENCH CABINET TAKES PAY CUTNewly elected president orders 30 per cent pay cut for his ministers amid calls to renegotiate EU fiscal pact....Date: 17 May 2012 20:45:11 ESTFITCH DOWNGRADES GREECE ON EURO EXIT FEARSDebt-stricken eurozone nation given "Triple C" rating, which means it is just one step away from bankruptcy....Date: 17 May 2012 19:45:11 ESTTENSIONS OVER SYRIA PLAGUE LEBANONA child has been killed as clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian president continue in Tripoli....Date: 17 May 2012 17:00:46 ESTWANTED DR CONGO GENERAL FACES NEW CHARGESRights group says says Bosco Ntaganda, sought by ICC for war crimes, has forcibly recruited 149 boys since April....Date: 17 May 2012 16:45:11 ESTOBAMA UNVEILS 'NEW CHAPTER' IN MYANMAR TIESRewards for reforms include first US ambassador to South Asian nation in 22 years and easing of investment sanctions....Date: 17 May 2012 16:45:11 ESTTENSIONS PERSIST IN LEBANON OVER SYRIAA child has been killed as clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Assad continue in Tripoli....Date: 17 May 2012 16:00:30 EST'DISCO QUEEN' DONNA SUMMER DIESIconic singer who came to fame just as disco was burgeoning in the '70s, defined the era with a string of No 1 hits....Date: 17 May 2012 15:45:19 ESTMLADIC TRIAL POSTPONED OVER 'ERRORS'Presiding judge adjourns trial of Bosnian Serb military leader in The Hague until further notice....Date: 17 May 2012 14:30:17 EST
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