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First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 26 mins ago - 107 Documents

Suicide blast kills more than 100 Yemeni troops

Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- A suicide bomber dressed in a military uniform killed at least 101 soldiers Monday at the central security headquarters in Yemen, Interior Ministry officials said.More than 70 were injured, with some in critical condition, authorities ... [ Published 31 mins ago by CNN ]

Entities: Al Qaeda, Yemen, Suicide, attack

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 34 mins ago - 134 Documents

Police, protesters clash at NATO in Chicago

Chicago (CNN) -- Protesters and police clashed outside the NATO summit in Chicago, where world leaders met to discuss the way forward in Afghanistan.Police hit protesters with batons as they pushed against a line of officers, video from CNN affiliate ... [ Published 36 mins ago by CNN ]

Entities: NATO, Afghanistan, protest, Chicago

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 34 mins ago - 45 Documents

IAEA

Iran, IAEA discuss ambiguities in nuclear program

TEHRAN, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Fereidoon Abbasi and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano on Monday discussed ambiguities in Iran's nuclear program and urged for ... [ Published 36 mins ago by Xinhua News Agency ]

Entities: IAEA, Yukiya Amano, Iran

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated 1 hour ago - 83 Documents

NATO activists set sights on Charlotte

DNC Protests: Who to Watch Organizers with the Coalition to March on Wall Street South hope to bring up to 10,000 protesters to Charlotte for the Democratic National Convention in September. The coalition held a national conference in Charlotte last month ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Rock Hill Herald ]

Entities: protest, David Roberts, Chicago, Police, NATO

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 40 mins ago - 35 Documents

Over 4,000 seek shelter as aftershocks hit Italy

FINALE EMILIA: Several thousand Italians were sheltering in cars and makeshift tent cities on Monday as a series of aftershocks rattled towns across the northeast after a strong quake killed six people.On Sunday’s 6.0 magnitude quake reduced homes and ... [ Published 40 mins ago by The Gulf Today ]

Entities: Earthquake, Italy, Finale Emilia (Italy)

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 43 mins ago - 21 Documents

Cheap arthritis drug is a promising dysentery treatment

There is hope that an existing arthritis drug could be used to treat dysentery and amoebic infections.Research carried out in the US has found that auranofin, which is marketed as ridaura, is 10 times more effective than metronidazole (the current treatment) ... [ Published 46 mins ago by Healthcare Global ]

Entities: Dysentery, Arthritis, Cheap, Abscess

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated 34 mins ago - 29 Documents

Bad Sleeping Habits Increase Risk of Cancer

The Korea Health Industry Development Institute has released the results of their annual statistics research and the public organization painted a bittersweet image on the dynamics of married couples in Korea.Life expectancies for men and women have risen ... [ Published 50 mins ago by Arirang ]

Entities: Risk (Health), Divorce, Cancer, Sleep Apnea

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated 1 hour ago - 18 Documents

Tropical Storm Alberto barely hanging on but other problems along the coast

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Examiner+ SubscribeTropical Storm Alberto has begun to make its turn to the south-southeast while it struggles to survive. It is a small storm, only 150 miles across and far enough offshore to have little impact. That is why ... [ Published 2 hours ago by Examiner.com ]

Entities: Tropical Storm Alberto, Tropical Storm, National Hurricane Center, Dry Air, CONVECTION

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 32 mins ago - 44 Documents

Yahoo! Inc

Alibaba buys back 20% stake from Yahoo! for $7.1 bn‎

Alibaba buys back 20% stake from Yahoo! for $7.1 bn‎ ... [ Published 32 mins ago by Economic Times ]

Entities: Yahoo! Inc

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 34 mins ago - 73 Documents

Facebook Inc

Facebook IPO Debacle Pushes Nasdaq To Revamp

( ) - The Nasdaq is planning to revamp its systems for handling stock offerings after acknowledging that technology problems had affected trading in millions of newly issued Facebook shares on Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported. Individual investors ... [ Published 34 mins ago by Huffington Post ]

Entities: IPOs, Robert Greifeld, Facebook Inc

First Reported May 19 2012 - Updated 34 mins ago - 47 Documents

Yahoo to Divest Stake in Alibaba

Yahoo Inc. (YHOO -Per the agreement, Yahoo is entitled to sell up to half of its stake in Alibaba, or approximately 20% of its shares, back to the Chinese e-commerce company for about $7.1 billion, comprising at least $6.3 billion in cash and up to $800 ... [ Published 34 mins ago by Zacks.com ]

Entities: Yahoo! Inc, IPOs, Ross Levinsohn, Web Portal, Stock Buyback

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 40 mins ago - 37 Documents

Google Android

Google's Motorola acquisition leaps final regulatory fence

Chinese authorities have approved Google's £8 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, clearing the last regulatory hurdle before the search giant's biggest-ever buyout can be finalised. Google announced that it would purchase Motorola's Mobility arm ... [ Published 40 mins ago by Wired.co.uk ]

Entities: Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc, Mergers & Acquisitions, Google Android, Buyout

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 30 mins ago - 29 Documents

Fatah Party

Hamas, Fatah agree to consider forming 'government of independents'

Islam Times - A senior Palestinian official says the major factions of Hamas and Fatah have reached an agreement to consider setting up a joint “government of independents.”Senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmed (R) and Hamas representative Moussa Abu Marzouq ... [ Published 30 mins ago by Islam Times ]

Entities: Fatah Party, HAMAS, Fawzi Barhoum, Musa Muhammad Abu Marzouk, Mahmoud Abbas

First Reported 2 hours ago - Updated 32 mins ago - 19 Documents

Joaquin Almunia

EU finds four potential antitrust offenses in Google search, prefers to resolve them amicably

After 18 months of investigation into Google's search practices, the European Commission has found four particular areas of concern where the search engine giant may be exploiting its market dominance to the detriment of competition. Those have been set ... [ Published 34 mins ago by The Verge ]

Entities: Antitrust, Google Search, Joaquin Almunia

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 34 mins ago - 19 Documents

US, Allies Warn N. Korea Against Nuke Test

(RTTNews) - The United States and its strong Asian allies South Korea and Japan on Monday warned that North Korea will risk facing more sanctions and further isolation if it conducted another nuclear test and called on the Communist nation to take a "different ... [ Published 34 mins ago by INO.com ]

Entities: North Korea, Glyn Davies, South Korea, Sanctions, Russia

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 34 mins ago - 17 Documents

Amr Moussa

Egypt Prez Polls: Nation's Fate to be Decided After 2 Days

After three weeks of hectic campaign that included unprecedented public debates and exchanges, Egypt's presidential contenders crossed their fingers today for a two-day electoral silence, before a historic election decides the country's first non-military ... [ Published 34 mins ago by Outlook India ]

Entities: Egypt, Amr Moussa, Ahmed Shafiq, Elections

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 35 mins ago - 31 Documents

European Union

Greek crisis poses unwanted choices for West

PARIS ? The leaders of the Group of 8, emphasizing growth as well as fiscal discipline at their meeting on Saturday, made a strong plea for Greece to stay in the eurozone and the European Union.Despite efforts at official reassurance, no one really knows ... [ Published 35 mins ago by Bend Bulletin ]

Entities: Crisis, Greece, European Union, Spain, Germany

First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 29 mins ago - 37 Documents

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Report: DSK probed in D.C. sex case

Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being probed in a preliminary investigation into an incident that French prosecutors say "could be described as gang rape" that allegedly took place in Washington, D.C., in the winter of 2010, . Prosecutors in Lille, ... [ Published 43 mins ago by Politico ]

Entities: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Sex, Gang-Rape, Prostitution

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 43 mins ago - 17 Documents

NATO

Obama snubs Zardari; is 'too busy' to meet Pakistan President

NATO supplies to re-open? Zardari leaves for US'Pakistan is greater victim of terrorism': ZardariClerics dispute over who will perform Ziyarat for Zardari resolvedWashington: US President Barack Obama is at loggerheads with his Pakistani counterpart Asif ... [ Published 43 mins ago by Daily Bhaskar ]

Entities: Pakistan, NATO, Barack Obama

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 45 mins ago - 16 Documents

Defeated Tadic Rejects Possibility to Be Serbia's Next PM

Outgoing Serbian President Boris Tadic, who was defeated in presidential elections Sunday, has said he most probably will not be Serbia's new PM. A low turnout of less than 47% is believed to have played adversely for Tadic, who had gathered 25.31% at ... [ Published 45 mins ago by Sofia News Agency ]

Entities: Boris Tadic, Tomislav Nikolic, Elections, Serbia

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 52 mins ago - 18 Documents

Wiluna uranium mine a step closer

Western Australia's first uranium mine is one step closer after a recommendation by the state's Environmental Protection Agency.The EPA has advised the Minister for Environment to approve Toro Energy's Wiluna Uranium Project, 520 kilometres north-west ... [ Published 52 mins ago by ABC Online ]

Entities: Uranium, US Environmental Protection Agency, Toro Energy Ltd, Yellowcake, First Uranium Corp

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 24 mins ago - 19 Documents

'Al-Qaeda attack' causes Yemen carnage

A large suicide bombing in the Yemeni capital marks a significant step-up in the country's troubles.Recently there have been daily casualties in fighting in the mountainous southern desert and towns between government forces, backed by US military advisers, ... [ Published 1 hour ago by BBC Middle East ]

Entities: Yemen, Al Qaeda, attack

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 53 Documents

Bee Gees star Robin Gibb loses cancer battle

THE entertainment world has led tributes to Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb after the “musical giant” lost a lengthy battle with cancer at the age of 62.Robin, who sold more than 200 million records and notched up dozens of hits with brothers Maurice and Barry, ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Evening Express ]

Entities: Robin Gibb, Cancer, Paul Gambaccini, Mick Hucknall, Bryan Adams

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 32 Documents

Asian shares mostly higher on G8, China comments

HONG KONG - Asian markets were mostly higher on Monday after huge losses last week, with traders taking some heart from a statement by Group of Eight leaders saying they wanted Greece to remain in the eurozone.The euro bounced back from four-month lows ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Channel NewsAsia ]

Entities: US 1 Industries Inc, Group of Eight, Hong Kong, Greece, China

Blogs

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Shanghai GMC dealer plays 'fill 'er up' with $8... [ Published 9 mins ago by Autoblog Green ] Filed under: Etc. , GMC , China Big trucks just aren't appealing enough on their own, at least in some places. For proof, look to a Shanghai GMC dealer who is offering about three years worth of free gas to anyone who buys a new Sierra Denali. ...
Obama Spends Half of What He Raises [ Published 25 mins ago by Taegan Goddard's Political Wire ] President Obama's re-election campaign "is spending about half of what it raises to support a large political infrastructure that includes hundreds of workers and dozens of offices around the country," the Wall Street Journal reports."For now, it gives ...
Study shows “Bring Your Own Device” shift in Bu... [ Published 27 mins ago by Bandwidth Blog ] Cisco today announced findings from the Cisco IBSG Horizons Study of IT and business leaders that shows IT is accepting, and in some cases embracing, “bring your own device” (BYOD) as a reality in the enterprise . The study findings underscore that ...
Karzai to American Taxpayers: Thanks [ Published 27 mins ago by Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog ] Over the weekend, President Obama met with Afghan President Karzai at the NATO summit in Chicago to discuss the wind down of the war and... ...
More Peaceful Occupiers Arrested for Attempting... [ Published 27 mins ago by Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog ] The "peace" movement is marching on. This week they've been at the NATO summit in Chicago engaging in activities like threatening... ...

Audio/Video

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Bee Gees 'tarred with the disco brush' [ Published 1 hour ago by CNN.com - Video ]
G8 Relieves Pressure - Will It Hold? [ Published 1 hour ago by TheStreet.com - YouTube ]
Chen as a defender of women's rights [ Published 1 hour ago by CNN.com - Video ]
Protecting free speech at NATO protests [ Published 1 hour ago by CNN.com - Video ]
1-on-One: Clear Up Debt Before Marriage? [ Published 1 hour ago by CNBC.com - US ]

Press Releases

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Guy Harvey Salutes America's Heroes with New Ar... [ Published 31 mins ago by Auto & Transportation ]
EMC Selects Attensity Command Center to Deliver... [ Published 33 mins ago by Financial Services ]
Meadow Burke Restructures in Anticipation of Gr... [ Published 34 mins ago by Financial Services ]
Uni Core Holdings Announces the Opening of Two ... [ Published 34 mins ago by Financial Services ]
TOR Minerals Receives $11 Million Purchase Orde... [ Published 34 mins ago by Financial Services ]