Tunisian Islamist protester killed in clash with police

Reuters - Sunday 19th May, 2013

TUNIS (Reuters) - One protester died and several were injured when Tunisian Islamists defied a ban on their demonstration and clashed with police on ...

Photos Kingfisher Shows Off Fishing Skills

ABC News - Sunday 19th May, 2013

This accomplished hunter shows off her skills as she plucks a number of small fish from the water. On numerous occasions the colorful kingfisher dived into the pond and grabbed an unsuspecting minnow from the ...

Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians

Tampa Bay Online - Sunday 19th May, 2013

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim ...

Nigeria military 17 killed during offensive

Tampa Bay Online - Sunday 19th May, 2013

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's military says its offensive against insurgents in the country's restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and three ...

Slim broadcasters take fight to soccer field

The Seattle Times - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephone and Internet companies to banks and chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting resistance after touching a national passion: ...

Israel acts to deny Hezbollah arms says PM Netanyahu

Channel News Asia - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Israel is "acting" to prevent weapons from Syria from reaching Lebanon's Hezbollah and will continue to do so, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on ...

US robots Israeli drones to help make 2014 World Cup in Brazil one of safest sporting events ever

RT - Sunday 19th May, 2013

World Cup 2014 Brazil has added 30 US military robots to the Israeli drones and 'Robocop-style' glasses with face recognition cameras to its arsenal after the country allocated $900 million to make 2014 World Cup "one of the most protected sports events in history." The 30 PackBot 510 units, which usually cost between $100,000 and $200,000 apiece, will arrive in Brazil as ...

Could honeybees save Europe from land mines Croatian scientists believe so

Vancouver Sun - Sunday 19th May, 2013

In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013 photo, bees gather at a glass filed with a solution containing traces of explosives, during a scientific experiment at the Faculty of Agriculture at Zagreb University. Croatian researches, working on a unique method to find unexploded mines that are littering their country and the rest of the Balkans, are confident they can use bees for detecting land mines. (AP ...

Jailed Russian oligarch granted appeal

News.com.au - Sunday 19th May, 2013

RUSSIA'S Supreme Court says it will hear an appeal against the second conviction of jailed oil tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail ...

Scandals not hurting Obamas approval rating

News.com.au - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The survey of 923 adults by CNN and the ORC International polling organization found that 45 per cent of respondents disapprove of Mr Obama's job performance.In early April, the same poll gave the president a 51 per cent approval rating, showing that Mr Obama is holding steady despite a brutal week in which the White House attempted to control damage from three simultaneous scandals which ...

Hezbollah steps up Syria battle Israel threatens more strikes

Reuters - Sunday 19th May, 2013

AMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops on Sunday and Israel threatened more attacks on Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider regional conflict if planned peace talks ...

Cairo airport baggage handlers end strike that left passengers on 20 flights waiting

Canada.com - Sunday 19th May, 2013

CAIRO - Cairo airport officials say baggage handlers have resumed work after a strike that left passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage. Baggage handlers went on strike Saturday afternoon to demand stronger safety measures after a colleague died when a conveyer belt used to unload luggage fell on his head. His EgyptAir co-workers ...

Israeli government report disputes French TV claim about Gaza boys death in 2000

Canada.com - Sunday 19th May, 2013

JERUSALEM - Israel has completed an investigation into a decade-old French TV report that claimed Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy in a gunbattle with Palestinian militants, saying the video was misleading and unfairly blamed Israel. France 2 network's images from Sept. 30, 2000, days after a Palestinian uprising erupted, allegedly showed the death of Mohammed al-Dura, cowering with ...

Video The bells are still ringing for the last 1000 years

CBS News - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Allen Pizzey visits Agnone, a town in Italy that owes its success to never changing the design of the bells they've been making for a thousand ...

College Role Terrified Kerry Washington

ABC News - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Kerry Washington returns to her alma mater to address graduates at the George Washington University's Commencement ceremony on the National Mall on May 19, ...

South Korea The little dynamo that sneaked up on the world

Christian Science Monitor - Sunday 19th May, 2013

South Korea, long in the shadow of other Asian 'tiger economies,' is suddenly hip and enormously prosperous - so much so that it may have outgrown its thankless dream of reuniting with the ...

Algerian editor accuses government of censorship

Tampa Bay Online - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Hicham Aboud, editor of the My Journal and Djaridati newspapers, said that happened after he rejected an order from the Communication Ministry on Saturday night to remove an article from the papers that claimed hospitalized President Abdelaziz Bouteflika had slipped into a ...

Scientists unravel secret world of mammoths from clues in ivory tusks

New Zealand Herald - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The first time I met palaeontologist Dan Fisher was in a hotel in the Arctic frontier town of Salekhard, in Siberia. I was there to film an expedition to recover a new mammoth specimen with a BBC crew. We were keen to head north into the tundra of the Yamal Peninsula, where we'd heard new mammoth carcasses had been discovered. After sharing a large Mi-8 helicopter with a load of ...

NZ ready to aid Middle East deal

New Zealand Herald - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Foreign Minister Murray McCully will tomorrow offer the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, New Zealand's assistance in the event that he can broker a breakthrough agreement between Israel and Palestine on a two-state solution. Mr Kerry has had an intense focus on the region with three visits there since taking over from Hillary Clinton in February. Mr McCully is scheduled to have his first ...

Li wins world title completes grand slam

West Australian - Sunday 19th May, 2013

PARIS, France (AFP) - China's Li Xiaoxia claimed her maiden world championship title in Paris on Sunday to complete a career grand slam after defeating compatriot Liu Shiwen in an enthralling final.Runner-up to Ding Ning in 2011 and four years earlier to Guo Yue, Li went one step further in the French capital with an 11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 6-11, 13-11 victory at the Bercy Arena.Liu ...

EU Leader Federal Europe to Become a Reality

CBN News - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Jose Manuel Barroso, the most powerful leader in the European Union, says Europe will become a united political federation within the next few years. The European Commission president is laying out plans for an "intensified political union" that matches the economic cooperation in the EU. That includes plans for an elected "president of Europe." "This is about the ...

Spy-accused US man leaves Moscow

Belfast Telegraph - Sunday 19th May, 2013

One man is threatening to lift the veil of secrecy that surrounds Coca Cola's 'secret formula' as he claims to publish a copy of the original recipe in a new ...