World News New majority in US: Non-white births
South Africa News.Net
WASHINGTON - Is the US turning towards a major demographic shift? May be so, if the new data from the US Census Bureau is any indicator.
The data released Thursday says that a rising Hispanic ...  Hollande picks 34-member team to run government
South Africa News.Net
PARIS - New French President Francois Hollande has chosen a 34-member team comprising mostly moderates, including half of them being women, for his cabinet.
The list of 34 new ministers was ...  Iran exporting arms to Syria in violation of ban
South Africa News.Net
WASHINGTON - Iran is continuing to export arms to the Syrian government in violation of an international ban on weapons sales, according to a confidential United Nations report.
The draft report ...  Hollande picks 34-member team to run government
South Africa News.Net
PARIS - New French President Francois Hollande has chosen a 34-member team comprising mostly moderates, including half of them being women, for his cabinet.
The list of 34 new ministers was ...  Five per cent dip in Aviva's long term savings sales
South Africa News.Net
LONDON - Britain's biggest insurer Aviva, which parted company with chief executive Andrew Moss earlier this month, posted long-term sales of 7.5 billion pounds during the first quarter, down 5 per ... U.S. Lawmaker Criticizes Ukraine Over Tymoshenko Case
RadioFreeEurope
WASHINGTON -- The imprisonment of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko is casting a shadow over Ukraine's upcoming parliamentary elections, says ... Palestinians firebomb IDF forces at Joseph's Tomb
Jerusalem Post
Palestinians threw Molotov cocktails at IDF forces guarding a large group of Jewish worshipers at Joseph's Tomb in Nablus.There were no reports of damages or injuries resulting from the ... N. Cyprus warns Israel against airspace violations
Jerusalem Post
Northern Cyprus on Thursday warned Israel against violating its airspace, Anatolia news agency reported, just one day after Israel was accused of violating northern Cypriot airspace.According to the ... SL cabinet backs president to free jailed rival
IOL
Colombo - Sri Lanka's cabinet has formally backed President Mahinda Rajapaksa's move to free his ailing former army chief Sarath Fonseka, a spokesman said, a proposal seen as a bid to ... Zimmerman 'found with bloody nose'
The Independent
A Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teenager had a bloody nose and a cut on his head, according to police ... VIDEO: G8 leaders to meet at Camp David
BBC
The ratings agency Moody's has downgraded 16 Spanish banks, citing the country's ongoing recession. It is likely to drive up the the cost of borrowing for the already struggling Spanish ... Quiz of the week's news
BBC
Info It's the Magazine's 7 days, 7 questions quiz - an opportunity to prove to yourself and others that you are a news oracle. Failing that, you can always claim to have had better things ... The Rundown - May 18
RadioFreeEurope
');me.before(before);before.height($(document).height()); me.css('top', ($(window).scrollTop() + Math.round($(window).height()/2 - me.height()/2)) + 'px'); $('object, ... From Mubarak to Worse
IPS
CAIRO, May 18, 2012 (IPS) - More than 15 months after Egypt's Tahrir Square uprising and four months after free parliamentary polls, many Egyptians say that daily living conditions are worse ... Quebec students slam hike in fees
IOL
Protesters make their way through the hall of a Montreal university to disrupt classes. The student unrest in Quebec, fuelled by anger about university tuition hikes, has lasted for 14 ... The resurrection of al-Qaeda
The Herald
TWO car bombs explode in a Damascus street killing 55 innocent bystanders and injuring many more, a lone terrorist is foiled before he can explode a sophisticated new underwear bomb on a US-bound ... UN leader says Al-Qaeda in Syria
Channel News Asia
UNITED NATIONS: UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Thursday 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 ... Notorious 1980s drug dealer arrested in NYC
USA Today
James Corley, 51, was charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance and other drug charges after a 15-month undercover investigation that used wiretaps and surveillance, Police Commissioner ... Oregon bans Native American mascots in schools
USA Today
The 5-1 vote followed months of passionate and emotional debate about tolerance and tradition. The schools have five years to comply with the order or risk losing their state funding. Another seven ... Bus plunges into Vietnam river bank; 34 killed
USA Today
Local official Tran Bao Que says the bus smashed through the rails of a bridge Thursday night and plunged into the bank of the Serepok River about 18 meters (60 feet) below. The bus was traveling on ... Chen's relatives tell of beatings
BBC
Relatives of Chen Guangcheng have described beatings meted out by local officials after the Chinese activist's escape from house arrest last month. In their first face-to-face interviews since ... UN chief blames al-Qaeda for Syria bombings
Al Jazeera
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, has said that he believes al-Qaeda was responsible for last week’s bombings in Syria that left more than 50 people dead. "A few days ago there was ... 6.2-magnitude quake strikes far off Chile's coast
USA Today
The US Geological Survey says the quake's epicenter was 336 miles (542 kilometers) west-southwest of Castro, Los Lagos. It struck Thursday evening local time off the coast of the Aysen region and at ... Prisons unlock new tourist attractions
USA Today
Old prisons, from famous ones such as Alcatraz to less-known small state facilities, are becoming tourist attractions and drawing a growing number of visitors, operators say. "We've been shocked by ... China jails smuggling kingpin Lai for life
C News
Chinese fugitive Lai Changxing listens to questions from reporters during a news conference in Vancouver in this April 5, 2007 file photo. (REUTERS/Lyle Stafford/Files) BEIJING - A Chinese court ... Facebook Frenzy Peaks With $100bn Flotation
Sky News
The frenzy of hype and excitement surrounding the flotation of Facebook peaks this morning as its shares go on offer in the biggest flotation of an internet-based company in ... House OKs continued war in Afghanistan
CBS News
(AP) WASHINGTON - The House endorsed the continued war in Afghanistan on Thursday despite acknowledgment from Republicans and Democrats that the American people are war-weary after more than a ... Colo. wildfire grows amid wind gusts
CBS News
(AP) FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Hundreds of firefighters worked Thursday to combat a growing blaze that was scorching terrain around a scenic canyon in northern Colorado. Ground efforts were being ... NZ police charge driver in Boston U crash
CBS News
Police and fire crew examine the scene of a minivan crash near Turangi, New Zealand, Saturday, May 12, 2012. Three Boston University students who were studying in New Zealand were killed Saturday ... Joe Ricketts Rejects Plan to Finance Anti-Obama Ads
International Herald Tribune
Joe Ricketts, an up-by-the-bootstraps billionaire whose varied holdings include a name-brand brokerage firm in Omaha, a baseball team in Chicago, herds of bison in Wyoming and a start-up news Web ... China jails fugitive smuggler for life
Al Jazeera
A Chinese court has handed a sentence of life in jail to the boss of a huge smuggling and bribery scam who was at the centre of a lengthy deportation battle with Canada, state media has said. Lai ... Protesters Are Attacked at Aleppo University in Syria
International Herald Tribune
BEIRUT, Lebanon - In the presence of United Nations monitors, hundreds of students converged on the campus of the leading university in Aleppo, Syria's biggest city, on Thursday for an ... China sentences former fugitive to life in prison
USA Today
The official Xinhua News Agency reported that Lai Changxing was convicted and sentenced Friday morning by the Intermediate People's Court in Xiamen, the port city which operated as his base. He had ... 6.7-magnitude earthquake strikes of Chilean coast
New Zealand Herald
There's been a 6.7 magnitude earthquake, just ten kilometres deep, off the coast of southern Chile. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said no destructive widespread tsunami threat exists.- Newstalk ... Czech PM to ‘Post’: We’ll support Israel in EU
Jerusalem Post
PRAGUE - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas expressed "a special feeling" for Israel as he met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Prague on Thursday.Netanyahu arrived in the Czech ...
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