Jabhat al-Nusra have taken over Assad's oil wells in Raqqa desert
Posted by: prabirghose
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-19 07:31:55 -0700 | disasters-news
The Syrian wing of the al-Qaeda has devised a wonderful plan of using the oilfields of Bashar al-Assad to generate funds for its activities. Reports indicate that Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda offshoot that has joined forces with a section of...
Bashar al-Assad dismisses peace efforts in a rare interview
Posted by: aymaan30
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-19 08:30:43 -0700 | disasters-news
In an exclusive interview with Argentine newspaper Clarin, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad doubted serious progress arising from peace talks planned for next month. Reportedly, the Syrian regime seems less inclined to negotiate with its armed opponents. "We do not believe...
At least 8 killed,10 injured in car bomb blast in Damascus
Posted by: saleh1966
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-19 08:30:42 -0700 | disasters-news
At least eight people have been killed and ten others injured, some are in critical condition, after a bomb shook the Damascus neighborhood of Ruken al-Deen late Saturday, Syrian state TV reported. State TV further reported that experts are dismantling...
Bahrain protests continue as rulers monitor activists with UK spy software
Posted by: Eileen Kersey
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2013-05-19 01:58:56 -0700 | disasters-news
Bahrain is one country that was forgotten by many following the Arab Spring of 2011. It is however a country with an unsettled outlook. Some protests have taken place but the Bahraini regime squashed any hopes of an organized uprising...
Marc Carson dies in gay-hate shooting in New York's Greenwich Village
Posted by: magdochka
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 08:30:29 -0700 | disasters-news
A GUNMAN issued homophobic slurs before fatally shooting a 32-year-old man at point-blank range in the face on a crowded street in New York. "This is apparently a despise crime," said New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Marc Carson, of...
‘Unknown persons' attack PTI leaders' residences, torch vehicles in Hyderabad
Source: DAWN
Hyderabad :: India | updated 2013-05-19 06:43:41 -0700 | disasters-news
Unknown persons' men torched three vehicles, attacked the residences of two PTI leaders, attacked a Lahore-bound train, and injured its driver, besides opening indiscriminate firing in various localities of Hyderabad and its adjoining areas. Unidentified gunmen opened fire and pelted...
Minneapolis police reopen 1996 murder case after tip
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 03:31:57 -0700 | disasters-news
Published May 19, 2013 Associated Press Minneapolis police have reopened a 17-year-old cold case of a woman found stabbed to death in the trunk of her car. Police say a tip in March prompted investigators to reopen the investigation into...
Hofstra University student Andrea Rebello, 21, killed by cop accidentally
Posted by: madn3wz
Mineola :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 07:52:03 -0700 | disasters-news
MINEOLA, N.Y. (Sun, May 19) – Reported by madn3wz Andrea Robello, a Hofstra University student, was accidentally shot and killed Friday morning by a police cop while hunting for an intruder reportedly entered in her home for robbery, police said...
S Africa stunned by fatal circumcisions
Source: Al Jazeera
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-19 00:42:25 -0700 | disasters-news
19 More than 20 boys in South Africa have died during coming-of-age rituals in the past week...Every year in South Africa, boys from several of the country's tribal groups undergo these traditional "initiation rituals".
14-year-old girl struck, killed by bullet while riding a city bus in Queens
Posted by: skooter
Cebu :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-19 08:26:02 -0700 | disasters-news
Skooter reports 05/19/13 Aboard a moving city bus a 14-year-old girl was killed tonight in Queens after a shooter fired several rounds into the side of the vehicle from the sidewalk, cops said. At 9 p.m., shots were heard when...
Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito gives an exclusive interview to 'Today'
Posted by: Samantha86
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 01:34:46 -0700 | disasters-news
Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted for the 2007 murder of Knox's roommate Meredith Kercher, and in an exclusive interview to Today, Sollecito talks about why he did not implicate Knox and get a clean slate Amanda...
Gay man shot dead in Village after gunman shouted homophobic slurs: authorities
Posted by: skooter
Cebu :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-19 08:30:29 -0700 | disasters-news
Skooter reports 05/19/13 Early today in Greenwich Village, a gay man was gunned down by an armed extremist who hurled homophobic slurs at him, and claimed to be the Newtown, Conn. killer prior to the murder, police said today. On...
Seoul: North Korea has launched three short-range missiles.(Video)
Posted by: Vicky247
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-19 08:35:04 -0700 | disasters-news
North Korea has launched 3 guided short-range missiles, in step with the South Korean Agency Yonhap. According to Ministry of Defense of South Korea, quoted by the Agency, rumored national capital launched this Saturday 3 missiles into the ocean off...
Pa. cop Richard DeCoatsworth, once hailed as "Hero", charged with rape
Posted by: madn3wz
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 04:30:29 -0700 | disasters-news
Philadelphia (Sun, May 19) – Reported by madn3wz An ex-cop from Philadelphia, once hailed as a ‘Hero’ and honored by a seat next to the first lady at a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama, has been arrested Saturday and...
Pakistan: A political party members were assassinated.
Posted by: lethibichlan
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-19 06:43:43 -0700 | disasters-news
Pakistani police night 18/5 announcement, gunmen shot and killed a senior member of a political party leading the country. Ms. Zohra Shahid shot dead outside his home in the city of Karachi (Sindh province). She is Vice President of the...
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