Sydney Morning HeraldYouth in Stockholm burn down restaurant, torch more than 30 cars in 4th night of ...Fox NewsSTOCKHOLM – Groups of youth have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police in a fourth night of riots in suburbs of the Swedish capital that started following a fatal police shooting. Police spokesman Kjell Lindgr […]
AFPJapanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Mount EverestTimes of IndiaKATHMANDU, NEPAL: An 80-year-old Japanese man became the oldest person to climb Everest breaking the record set by a Nepali who climbed Everest at the age of 76 in 2008. Yuichiro Miura reached the top of the 8,848 metre-Everest at about 8:45am on ...80-year-old Japanese man becomes the o […]
Belfast TelegraphBritish soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attackReutersBy Maria Golovnina and Guy Faulconbridge. LONDON | Thu May 23, 2013 3:10am EDT. LONDON (Reuters) - A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street, in what Prime Minister David Cameron said ...First Take: Londoners in shock a […]
Edmonton JournalMalaysian charged with sedition, 2 more arrestedHouston ChronicleKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities detained two anti-government figures and charged a student activist with sedition Thursday, raising political tensions after recent national elections triggered claims of fraud. Opposition activists have ...Malaysian Student Ac […]
BBC NewsRoadside bomb kills 13 in southwest PakistanReutersISLAMABAD | Thu May 23, 2013 2:23am EDT. ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed 11 security personnel and two civilians on Thursday in southwestern Pakistan where separatist rebels have for decades been battling to control the region's natural ...Pakistan Quetta bomb attack kills policeBBC […]
AFPFriends of Syria demands Hezbollah, Iran fighters withdrawYnetnewsThe Friends of Syria alliance called on Iran and its Lebanese Hezbollah ally on Thursday to withdraw fighters immediately from Syrian territory and described their armed presence in the country as a threat to regional stability. In a communiqué issued after a ...Kerry downplays Syria govern […]
Nyasa TimesAfrican unity: half a century's checkered legacyGlobalPostFifty years since African leaders gathered enthusiastically to launch a common bloc, heads of state will meet this weekend to celebrate despite a patchy record and still struggling efforts to unite the continent. Today's 54-member African Union (AU) is the ...President Uhuru Kenya […]
LivemintIran's Supreme Leader Tightens Grip After Disqualifying Two Top Presidential ...TIMEFor the cleric who runs Iran, there's no such thing as a pleasant surprise, especially on election day. Ayatullah Ali Khamenei was not pleased when a librarian named Mohammed Khatami was swept into the President's office in 1997, leading a wave of ...Ir […]
CBS NewsDuchess Kate wears sunny yellow for Buckingham Palace garden partyCBS NewsKate, Duchess of Cambridge, opted to wear a sunny-colored ensemble to the annual Buckingham Palace garden party on Wednesday. The 31-year-old, who will welcome her first child with Prince William in July, donned a canary yellow coat with a white hat ...Kate Middleton and Prince […]
China DailyThe World's Most Powerful Women 2013ForbesOur annual snapshot of the 100 women with the most impact are top politicians and CEOs, activist billionaires and celebrities who matter. In roughly equal measure you'll find next gen entrepreneurs and media mavens, technologists and leaders in ...Beyonce Knowles, Angelina Jolie and Oprah Winfrey […]