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President Obama in UK: Visit's focus shifts to politics
BBC News

Afghanistan and Libya are expected to feature prominently when US President Barack Obama and David Cameron meet for talks at Downing Street later. As the focus of his state visit shifts to politics, Mr...

Tornadoes, Storms Kill 6 In Oklahoma, Kansas
WPXI

(CNN) -- Severe weather's assault on middle America continued Tuesday, as tornadoes and thunderstorms pulverized communities and claimed at least six lives in Oklahoma and Kansas. Twisters also were brewing in Dallas and several northern Texas counties, according to the National Weather Service,...

Palestinians say Netanyahu speech will not bring peace
BBC News

Palestinian officials have dismissed Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the US Congress, saying it will not lead to peace. A spokesman for Palestinian Authority leader...

Will volcano cause a repeat of travel chaos?
CNN

London (CNN) -- Icelandic volcano ash is affecting flights in European airspace, but authorities say it is unlikely to cause the same levels of disruption triggered by a similar eruption last year. So what are the main differences between the two volcanic ash clouds and to what extent will travel...

If Only We Were All Like Vanunu, Japan and Possibly India
WorldNews.com

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. The recent news of Mordechai Vanunu requesting the revocation of his Israeli citizenship should again pierce the conscience of the global village. Vanunu spent 18 years in prison for exposing Israel's nuclear weapons program, much of it attained...

Tepco confirms meltdowns at 2 more Fukushima reactors
MSNBC

TOKYO — Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disabled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, confirmed on Tuesday that there had been meltdowns of fuel rods at three of the plant's reactors early in the crisis. Only on msnbc.com Reuters Life...

Netanyahu tells Israel lobby no going back to old borders
Yahoo Daily News

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that the Jewish state would never withdraw to the "indefensible" 1967 border, revisiting a spat over the issue with US President Barack Obama. Netanyahu told the powerful pro-Israel lobby said he would spell out his...

DNA in sex case matches former IMF chief, sources say
Tampa Bay Online

NEW YORK -- Test results returned Monday found that DNA from former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn matched material on the work clothes of a Manhattan hotel maid who says he attacked her, two people familiar with the investigation said. The two people would not describe...

Three dead, 150 wounded in NATO raids: Libya
Yahoo Daily News

TRIPOLI (AFP) – At least three people died and 150 were wounded as NATO warplanes hit the Libyan capital Tripoli early Tuesday, government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim told reporters. "According to...

Missouri tornado death toll could rise as severe weather continues
Chicago Sun-Times

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A massive tornado that tore a 6-mile path across southwestern Missouri killed at least 89 people as it slammed into the city of Joplin, ripping into a hospital, crushing cars like soda cans and leaving a forest of splintered tree trunks behind where entire neighborhoods once...

Pakistani troops retake naval base from militants
Khaleej Times

Pakistani commandos regained control of a naval base on Monday from Taleban militants who had attacked and occupied the high-security facility for 18 hours. The incident dealt a bloody and humiliating blow to the military. The attackers destroyed at least two U.S.-supplied surveillance planes and...

UN demands Khartoum pullout from flashpoint Abyei
Yahoo Daily News

JUBA, Sudan (AFP) – The United Nations demanded that Khartoum withdraw its troops from Sudan's Abyei district after what the south branded an "invasion" by northern troops of the flashpoint border region. A visiting delegation of the UN Security Council said on Sunday they were...

Deadly tornado batters Joplin, Missouri
BBC News

As many as 30 people are reported killed after a tornado tore through the city of Joplin in the US state of Missouri, officials say. The town suffered a "direct hit" from the tornado and parts of the city have been devastated, local media says....

Terrorists attack Pakistani military base; 10 killed
The Times of India

KARACHI: Suspected militants have stormed an airbase in Karachi late last night, rocking one of the nation's heavily guarded military installations with fiery explosions and leaving at least 10 people, including six of them, dead just three-week after the death of Osama bin Laden . They also blew up...

Yemen unrest: Doubts grow over power-transfer deal
BBC News

Doubts over a deal to end Yemen's political crisis are growing, amid dramatic scenes in the capital, Sanaa. President Ali Abdullah Saleh reportedly refused to sign the accord - brokered by Gulf nations - to...