IMF, U.S. praise $125 bln bank deal for Spain
The IMF and the U.S. both praised a Eurogroup deal giving Spain a lifeline of up to $125 billion to save its stricken banks, with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde calling it a "credible backstop" for the banking system.Read More ...
Al-Qaida offshoot offers unusual bounty on Obama
The al Qaeda affiliate in Somalia has mocked the new $33 million bounty on its top leaders heads by offering its own bounty for President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – 10 camels for Obama and 20 chickens for Clinton.Read More ...
Photos: A roundup of today's best pictures
MIAMI, FL - JUNE 09: Chris Bosh #1 of the Miami Heat celebrates after the Heat defeat the Boston Celtics 101-88 and adcance to the NBA Finals in Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Finals in the 2012 NBA Playoffs on June 9, 2012 at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)Read More ...
Assad's Syria regime on 'last legs', says opponent
The Syrian opposition's new leader said on Sunday that President Bashar al-Assad's regime was on its "last legs," even as Russia warned it would block any move at the UN to use force against its ally.Read More ...
Western wildfires forcing evacuations
Firefighters in Colorado and New Mexico are battling wind-fueled wildfires that are moving fast through parched forests, forcing scores of evacuations and destroying or damaging numerous structures.Read More ...
Expect new fight over Arizona immigration law
A forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision on Arizona's controversial immigration law — which some experts believe could uphold the most controversial aspects of the measure — won't end legal disputes on the matter and instead is likely to ignite renewed assaults by the law's opponents.Read More ...
Miami Heat advance to NBA Finals
LeBron James had 31 points and 12 rebounds, Chris Bosh hit a career-best three 3-pointers - the last sparking the run that put it away - and the Heat won their second straight Eastern Conference title by beating the Boston Celtics 101-88 in Game 7 on Saturday night.Read More ...
Stunned Pacquiao eyes Bradley revenge
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Boxers usually look devastated in defeat but Manny Pacquiao smiled and turned his mind to quick, brutal revenge after being stunned by a controversial split decision loss to Timothy Bradley in their WBO welterweight showdown on Saturday. Pacquiao said he was "100 percent" confident he had won the 12-round fight at the MGM Grand and, like his American challenger Bradley, eagerly looked forward to a rematch on November 10 at a venue yet to be decided. ...Read More ...
Union Rags wins thrilling Belmont Stakes
Union Rags picked up where I'll Have Another left off — coming from behind to catch a Bob Baffert-trained horse at the finish in a Triple Crown race.Read More ...
Atlanta megachurch pastor arrested for battery
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Israeli minister accuses Syria of genocide
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior Israeli minister accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday of committing genocide during his crackdown on a 15-month uprising, in an unusually harsh censure of the Jewish state's Arab neighbor. Vice Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz also criticized Russia for arming Damascus and repeated Israel's demand for international military intervention to topple Assad, akin to last year's campaign in Libya. ...Read More ...
Photos: Rare images of Queen Elizabeth II
Not published in LIFE. Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia in 1965. Click here to see the full collection at LIFE.com…Read More ...
Pinochet homage heats up bitter debate over legacy
The poster makes its plea from one of the pock-marked walls once splattered with blood at Londres 38, a former detention and torture center where 96 people died or disappeared during Chile's long dictatorship. It reads: "Pinochet, may your legacy die."Read More ...
Fresh out of hospital, Britain's Prince Philip turns 91
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Historic battleship makes last, brief voyage
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The battleship USS Iowa, a storied vessel that served during World War Two and the Cold War, made a brief final voyage on Saturday to its permanent berth at the Port of Los Angeles, where it will open as a naval museum next month. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and U.S. Navy veterans who served on the 175-foot-tall (53-metre) ship, which was decommissioned in 1990, were among the hundreds of invited celebrants along for the ride. The USS Iowa was commissioned in 1943. ...Read More ...
Back from oblivion, Russian fraudster pushes new scam
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Ex-Indian army officer kills family, self in Calif.
A former Indian army officer wanted in the 1996 killing of a human rights lawyer shot and killed his own wife and two of their children in their California home before apparently committing suicide, authorities said.Read More ...
Calif. official caught on video allegedly beating stepson
A California man who was elected to direct a California water agency was arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse after a neighbor caught him on video beating his stepson. The video shows Anthony Sanchez, 34, playing catch with his stepson. When it appears the...
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Houston trial focusing on stand your ground law
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Hasidic Jew fired from NYPD over beard length
An Orthodox Jew who was weeks away from becoming a New York City police officer said he has been kicked out of the police academy for refusing to trim his beard.
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Plans for Oreo's historic NYC home drawing fire
One hundred years after the introduction of the Oreo, an expansion plan at the iconic cookie's New York City birthplace has left a bitter taste in the mouths of its neighbors.Read More ...
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