Teenage boy dies after bridge jump
Press Association - 50 minutes agoA 15-year-old boy has died after getting into difficulties after jumping from a bridge into a river. More »Teenage boy dies after bridge jump
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VIEW:Masked Gunman Kills One In Pub Shooting
Sky News - 1 hour 38 minutes agoA 23-year-old man has been killed and three others hurt after a masked gunman opened fire in a crowded pub in Greater Manchester. More »Masked Gunman Kills One In Pub Shooting
Two dead, 7 injured in Finland gunman shooting
AFP - 2 hours 4 minutes agoPolice in Finland arrested an 18-year-old man on Saturday suspected of killing two people and wounding seven others in a overnight shooting in the south of the country. More »Two dead, 7 injured in Finland gunman shooting
IFC plans to invest in Malaysia's Khazanah healthcare arm
Reuters - 2 hours 6 minutes agoKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - International Financial Corp (IFC) , a member of the World Bank Group, is planning to take part in the planned $1.5 billion listing of Malaysia's Integrated Healthcare Holdings (IHH) in a move to help validate IHH's emerging markets strategy, according to IFC's official website. The largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries said the move would help the healthcare firm with its pan-Asia expansion strategy. ... More »IFC plans to invest in Malaysia's Khazanah healthcare arm
Doctor Who star Smith takes flame
Press Association - 2 hours 38 minutes agoDr Who star Matt Smith hot footed it around Cardiff Bay carrying the Olympic flame on its latest leg in Wales. More »Doctor Who star Smith takes flame
UK Plans Border Controls For Euro Meltdown
Sky News - 2 hours 48 minutes agoThe Government is making contingency plans to cope with a potential increase in immigration should the euro currency collapse, the Home Secretary has revealed. More »UK Plans Border Controls For Euro Meltdown
Probe as man dies in pub shooting
Press Association - 5 hours agoA man has died and three others were wounded after a shooting in a pub, police said. More »Probe as man dies in pub shooting
Man Charged With Schoolboy's Murder In 1979
Sky News - 8 hours agoA New Jersey man has been charged with the murder of American schoolboy Etan Patz, who went missing 33 years ago. More »Man Charged With Schoolboy's Murder In 1979
Anti-cuts 'street parties' planned
Press Association - 9 hours agoAnti-cuts activists are planning to block roads and hold street parties as part of a campaign to "celebrate" resistance to the Government's austerity measures. More »Anti-cuts 'street parties' planned
Hunt's 'daddy' texts to lobbyist
Press Association - 9 hours agoBeleaguered Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is under intense pressure after fresh disclosures at the Leveson Inquiry about his relationship with a senior News Corporation lobbyist. More »Hunt's 'daddy' texts to lobbyist
Home Dismantled To Free '50-Stone' Teenager
Sky News - 9 hours agoA teenager thought to weigh more than 50 stone had to have part of her home dismantled because she was too big to get out of the house. More »Home Dismantled To Free '50-Stone' Teenager
Factbox - Motor racing-2012 Indianapolis 500
Reuters - 11 hours agoINDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Factbox on the Indianapolis 500, which will be run for 96th time on Sunday. The first Indy 500 was run on May 30, 1911 and won by Ray Harroun, who retired from driving immediately after the race. Although the race was first held in 1911, this year's edition is the 96th because it was temporarily postponed during parts of World War One and World War Two. The first Indy 500 offered a purse of $25,000 with the winner getting $14,250. This year's winner will pocket around $3 million. The speedway complex earned the name "The Brickyard" when the oval was repaved with 3. ... More »Factbox - Motor racing-2012 Indianapolis 500
Wheldon's death lingers over Indy 500
Reuters - 11 hours agoINDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Indianapolis 500 will roar into its second century on Sunday with one eye on the future and another on the past. The emergence of a new and exotic crop of thrill-seeking drivers, representing the increasing globalization of America's greatest race, offers a tantalizing glimpse at the road ahead for a race that began 101 years ago. But before the 33 drivers blast off around the unforgiving 2. ... More »Wheldon's death lingers over Indy 500
Russian arms shipment en route to Syria - report
Reuters - 12 hours agoUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A Russian cargo ship loaded with weapons is en route to Syria and due to arrive at a Syrian port this weekend, Al Arabiya television said in a report that Western diplomats in New York described on Friday as credible. Syria is one of Russia's top weapons customers. The United States and European Union have suggested the U.N. Security Council should impose an arms embargo and other U.N. sanctions on Syria for its 14-month assault on a pro-democracy opposition determined to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. ... More »Russian arms shipment en route to Syria - report
Games giving "Brand Britain" an Asian boost
Reuters - 12 hours agoLONDON (Reuters) - The London Olympics are giving "brand Britain" a fillip in China and India, a survey indicated on Saturday, boosting the government's ambition of attracting an extra one billion pounds of inward investment and trade. More »Games giving "Brand Britain" an Asian boost
Factbox - U.N. reports little progress in Syria toward peace
Reuters - 12 hours ago(Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council in a letter on Friday there has been little progress toward peace in the 14-month-old conflict between Syrian government forces and an increasingly militarized opposition. Ban assessed progress in international peace envoy Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan, which called for a truce, withdrawal of troops and heavy weapons from cities, deployment of the monitoring force, and dialogue between the government and opposition aimed at a Syrian-led "political transition. ... More »Factbox - U.N. reports little progress in Syria toward peace
Folk artist Doc Watson's responsive after surgery - agent
Reuters - 12 hours agoWINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson remained in critical condition on Friday but had regained some strength after undergoing colon surgery at a North Carolina hospital, according to his management team. A statement on Folklore Productions International's website said the 89-year-old performer was "resting and responsive" following his surgery on Thursday. "The family appreciates everyone's prayers and good wishes," the statement said. ... More »Folk artist Doc Watson's responsive after surgery - agent
U.N. says Syria bombings show marks of "terrorist groups"
Reuters - 12 hours agoUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The size and sophistication of some recent bomb attacks in Syria suggest that "established terrorist groups" may have been behind them, the U.N. chief said on Friday, in a letter in which he urged states not to supply arms to government or rebel forces. "The overall situation in Syria remains extremely serious and there has been only small progress on some issues," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council in the letter on the 14-month-old conflict between government forces and increasingly militarized opposition. ... More »U.N. says Syria bombings show marks of "terrorist groups"
Prince Ali stunned by FIFA experts' hijab knock back
Reuters - 12 hours agoBUDAPEST (Reuters) - Evidence from FIFA's medical experts on why the ban on Muslim women footballers wearing the Islamic headscarf or hijab should remain in place was deeply flawed and had no foundation, the campaign's principal supporter said on Friday. More »Prince Ali stunned by FIFA experts' hijab knock back
Confessed killer of New York boy charged with murder
AFP - 12 hours agoThe confessed killer of six-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance exactly 33 years ago sparked New York's biggest modern crime mystery, was charged Friday with murder -- but his lawyer questioned whether he is mentally capable to face prosecution. More »Confessed killer of New York boy charged with murder
Troubled Bankia Asks Spain For £15bn In Aid
Sky News - 13 hours agoSpain's fourth largest bank Bankia has asked for 19bn euros (£15bn) in state aid - on top of a previous injection of 4.5bn euros. More »Troubled Bankia Asks Spain For £15bn In Aid
Elton John Forced To Cancel Vegas Dates
Sky News - 13 hours agoSir Elton John has cancelled three shows of his Las Vegas residency after he being admitted to hospital with a respiratory infection. More »Elton John Forced To Cancel Vegas Dates
Guards strike, inmates set free at Norway prison
Reuters - 13 hours agoOSLO (Reuters) - Convicted sex offenders and violent criminals were let loose from a Norway prison this week when guards went on strike, forcing authorities to free 52 inmates, officials said. "Some of these are prisoners convicted for violence, drugs, economic crime and sex crimes," Harald Aasaune, the manager of the Bjoergvin prison outside Bergen, said on Friday. "Bjoergvin is an open prison, but still, many of them are sitting in relatively long sentences," he added. "I don't think this has ever happened before. ... More »Guards strike, inmates set free at Norway prison
Keira Knightley engaged to British rocker boyfriend
Reuters - 14 hours ago(Reuters) - "Pirates of the Caribbean" actress Keira Knightley is engaged to marry her musician boyfriend James Righton, her publicist said on Friday. Knightley, 27, who was Oscar-nominated for her lead role in the 2005 film "Pride & Prejudice," has been dating Righton, who plays in British indie band Klaxons, for about a year. "I can confirm that Keira is engaged to be married to James Righton," British publicist Sara Keene said. No wedding dates or details of the engagement were released, in line with couple's low-key romance and few public appearances together. ... More »Keira Knightley engaged to British rocker boyfriend
Egypt vote narrows to Islamist, Mubarak holdover
AFP - 14 hours agoThe Muslim Brotherhood on Friday urged Egyptians to rally behind their presidential candidate in an almost certain run-off with rival Ahmed Shafiq, warning the country would be in danger if fallen dictator Hosni Mubarak's premier won. More »Egypt vote narrows to Islamist, Mubarak holdover
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