Jabhat al-Nusra have taken over Assad's oil wells in Raqqa desert
Posted by: prabirghose
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-19 10:59:56 -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 10:59:56 -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 11:09:35 -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...
Military Suicides and sexual assaults (Opinion)
Posted by: Robert Weller
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 09:16:29 -0700 | disasters-news
The all-volunteer military has been hit by a growing wave of sexual assaults and suicides. As usual in the US most attention has focused on how to control the problems, rather than why they are happening. In both cases, recruits...
Assad says: Syria's future to be determined by nation not by Kerry
Posted by: saleh1966
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-19 11:10:01 -0700 | disasters-news
In an interview with Argentina's Clarin newspaper and Telam news agency, Syrian President al-Assad welcomed the new agreement between the United States and Russia to to find a political solution for the ongoing Syrian civil war, which has already killed...
Bahrain protests continue; regime monitors activists online with UK spy software
Posted by: Eileen Kersey
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2013-05-19 09:56:30 -0700 | disasters-news
Bahrain is one country that was forgotten by many as the Arab Spring of 2011 concluded. It is however a country with an unsettled outlook. Some protests have taken place but the Bahraini regime squashed any hopes of an organized...
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...
The Ward: One of Toronto's more historic, yet forgotten, communities
Source: Toronto Star
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 08:30:03 -0700 | disasters-news
Report an Error Save to mystar 1 Photo Save to mystar Traditionally, what's been important in history has been about the upper classes...Michael McClellandToronto heritage architect Michael McClelland Toronto heritage architect A week from now, thousands of people will fan...
Hofstra University student Andrea Rebello, 21, killed by cop accidentally
Posted by: madn3wz
Mineola :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 09:55:18 -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...
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...
Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, gives exclusive interview to 'Today'
Posted by: Samantha86
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 11:01:18 -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’s” Savannah Guthrie recently, Sollecito talked about why he did not implicate Knox and get a...
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".
UK: the Financial Times website hacked
Posted by: Fury60
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-19 08:37:30 -0700 | disasters-news
The British Financial Times website was hacked on Friday and the operation was claimed on behalf of the "Syrian Electronic Army", who says he is acting on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad. The article title has been replaced by the...
Pa. cop Richard DeCoatsworth, once hailed as "Hero", charged with rape
Posted by: madn3wz
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 09:59:10 -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...
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