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Zimbabwe mining chamber criticises minerals proposals
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:23 AM
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's mining chamber said tighter proposed state control over the sale of minerals would hit Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd, slow down foreign investment and stunt growth in the industry. Zimbabwe's mines ministry in March produced a draft Minerals Policy, which seeks to increase state participation in exploration, mining and the selling of metals and minerals. ...
Court: woman can seek lawyer fees in vaccine case
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:21 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says a woman can seek lawyers' fees from the government even though her lawsuit over damage she said was caused by a vaccine was ruled untimely.
Chinese, Indian leaders call for cooperation
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:20 AM
NEW DELHI (AP) — The leaders of India and China played down their recent border dispute and other tensions Monday, pledging to work together for regional stability and the economic growth of the world's two most populous nations.
Saudi women teachers demanding full time jobs
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:20 AM
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — About 30 Saudi women teachers have demonstrated outside the kingdom's Education Ministry, demanding full time jobs.
US: Pakistan moves to curb dangerous fertilizers
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:18 AM
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A top American military officer says Pakistan has taken steps to prevent fertilizers made in Pakistan from being used for roadside bombs targeting American troops in Afghanistan.
More severe storms, tornadoes expected in central U.S.
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:15 AM
(Reuters) - The central United States braced for violent thunderstorms on Monday that could bring more hail, heavy rain and tornadoes to the region stricken by a deadly twister over the weekend. The National Weather Service said severe storms would likely pummel the Ozarks and the middle Mississippi Valley, with northwest Arkansas, far southeast Kansas, southern Missouri, most of Oklahoma and northern Texas facing the greatest risk. "A very moist atmosphere will become quite unstable again today," the forecasters said. ...
'Apple of my Eye' star turns to first love: music
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:14 AM
HONG KONG (AP) — Fans know her as the sweet schoolgirl in the 2011 blockbuster "You Are the Apple of My Eye." Now, they can take a closer look at Michelle Chen through her first love: music.
Split-second choice ended with NY student dead
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:10 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — The college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer.
Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:10 AM
By Chris Francescani (Reuters) - A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. News reports said at least one person had died. By 9:30 p.m. Central Standard Time, more than two dozen tornadoes had been spotted in parts of Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas and Illinois, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and local news reports. ...
Seamless and GrubHub to combine, no terms revealed
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:09 AM
CHICAGO (AP) — Seamless North America and GrubHub on Monday announced plans to combine and create an online food ordering service covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the U.S.
Wave of attacks kills at least 79 in Iraq
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:08 AM
BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of attacks killed at least 79 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 200 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years.
Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, vows not to screw it up
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:08 AM
By Jennifer Saba and Alexei Oreskovic (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said it is buying blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, giving the struggling Internet pioneer a much-needed platform in social media to reach a younger generation of users. The deal, announced on Monday, is a bold bet by Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer to revitalize the company by co-opting a Web property with strong visitor traffic but little revenue. The acquisition, which will use up about a fifth of Yahoo's $5. ...
North Korea fires sixth missile in three days
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:06 AM
By Chookyung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Monday, making six launches in three days, and it condemned South Korea for criticizing what it said were its legitimate military drills. South Korea's Defense Ministry said North Korea had fired one missile on Monday morning and a second one in the afternoon. Both were fired into the sea off North Korea's east coast, a ministry official said. ...
Uganda police raid newspaper over general's letter
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:06 AM
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police disabled an independent newspaper's printing press after forcibly entering its premises to look for evidence against an army general who recently questioned the president's alleged plan to have his son succeed him, witnesses said Monday.
German FM criticizes remarks by Hungarian PM
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:05 AM
BERLIN (AP) — Tensions between Germany and Hungary have flared over remarks by the two countries' leaders, including references to Hitler's occupation of the eastern European country in 1944 and an irritated German government response condemning Hungary's allusion to the Nazi era as "deplorable derailment" on Monday.
Tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Okla.
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:03 AM
SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — When Lindsay Carter heard on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, she gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left of the community Carter had called home.
Super Bowl 50 site to be decided Tuesday
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:01 AM
BOSTON (AP) — NFL owners will vote on the sites of the 50th and 51st Super Bowls on Tuesday at their spring meetings.
Court: Should whistleblower protection be wider?
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide if government whistleblower protection applies to employees of a privately-held contractor or the subcontractor of a publicly-held company.
Commutes long, slow after Conn. train derailment
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:00 AM
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut commuters endured slow trips to work Monday following last week's train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City.
Iran election overseers may bar former president
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:56 AM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's election overseers say they will bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month's presidential election, a clear nod toward a former president.
Egypt: Security beefed up in Sinai after abduction
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:56 AM
CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of Egyptian military and police armored vehicles crossed into Sinai on Monday, beefing up the security presence in the volatile peninsula five days after suspected militants kidnapped six policemen and a border guard there.
High court to weigh in on legislative prayers
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:53 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings.
Car bombs kill at least two in Russia's Dagestan
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:52 AM
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Two car bombs killed at least two people on Monday in Dagestan, a turbulent province in Russia's North Caucasus region where armed groups are waging an Islamist insurgency. Car bombs, suicide bombings and firefights are common in Dagestan, at the center of an insurgency rooted in two post-Soviet wars against separatist rebels in neighboring Chechnya. ...
Stocks open slightly lower on Wall Street
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:49 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street as the stock market comes off of four straight weeks of gains.
Ugandan police raid newspaper over Museveni succession letter
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:44 AM
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Police raided a leading Ugandan newspaper and disabled its printing press and website on Monday after it published a letter about a purported plot to stifle allegations President Yoweri Museveni is grooming his son for power, a senior editor said. Speculation is growing that Museveni, in office since 1986, is lining up his son Kainerugaba Muhoozi to take power, a move that would likely test loyalties in Uganda's ruling elite. ...
Jordan: Arab Spring paved way for press freedoms
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:44 AM
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's prime minister says the Arab Spring has forced governments in the region to allow more freedom of expression and of the press.
Israel gunman shoots 4 dead at bank, kills self
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:42 AM
JERUSALEM (AP) — A gunman stormed into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba Monday, killing four people in a gunfight and taking a hostage before killing himself, police said.
AP Interview: Soderbergh on quitting movies
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:35 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — Steven Soderbergh is working on a new currency.
Large earthquake strikes off coast of Chile
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:16 AM
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but Chilean officials said it was not felt on land and discarded the possibility that it might unleash a tsunami.
Egyptian army boosts forces in Sinai after kidnapping
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:11 AM
By Yousri Mohamed EL-ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) - The Egyptian army sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula on Monday after President Mohamed Mursi said there would be no talks with militant Islamists who abducted seven members of the security forces last week. Radical Islamists have expanded into a security vacuum in Sinai that the state has struggled to fill since an uprising swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power in 2011. The groups have launched attacks on Israel and targets in North Sinai. ...
Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:11 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.
Wave of attacks kills at least 70 in Iraq
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:09 AM
BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombs and shootings killed at least 70 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodletting in the country.
Pakistan's MQM denounces Imran Khan in Karachi protest
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:08 AM
By Syed Raza Hussan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Supporters of an influential Pakistani political party took to the streets of Karachi on Monday to protest against cricket-hero-turned-politician Imran Khan, who has accused it of killing one of his senior staff a week after a general election. Furious members of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) have denied responsibility for the killing of Zara Shahid Hussain on Saturday outside her home in the upscale Defence area of Karachi, capping a bloody election in which about 150 people were killed nationwide. ...
Chesapeake names Anadarko executive as new CEO
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:06 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Chesapeake Energy has named Anadarko Petroleum executive Robert Douglas Lawler as its new CEO.
Car bomb blast kills at least 12 in Iraqi capital
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:04 AM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in a Shi'ite neighborhood of the Iraqi capital Baghdad killing at least 12 people on Monday, police and hospital sources said. The blast, near a crowded market in the northern Shaab district of Baghdad, wounded 26. Earlier on Monday, at least 43 people were killed in a wave of car bomb explosions targeting Shi'ite Muslims in Baghdad and the southern oil hub of Basra, police and medics said. (Reporting by Kareem Raheem; Writing by Ahmed rasheed; Editing by Janet Lawrence)
51 die in 2 South Sudan clashes; army retakes town
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 09:03 AM
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Twenty-four people died in a battle between South Sudan's military and rebel fighters the government believes to be supported by neighboring Sudan, while a tribe-on-tribe cattle-raiding attack elsewhere in the country killed 27 people, officials said Monday.
Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province council
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 08:57 AM
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief Monday in northern Afghanistan in an attack outside the council headquarters, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility.
Baghdad car bomb kills 13, raises death toll to 70
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 08:54 AM
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a car bomb in another Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad has killed 13 people.
Report: 23 Hezbollah members killed in Syria
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 08:48 AM
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces pushed deeper into a strategic opposition-held town near the Lebanese border Monday, battling rebels in fierce street fighting, state-media reported. An activist group said at least 23 elite fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group fighting alongside regime troops have been killed in the clashes.
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Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 08:41 AM
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