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- Protesters in Iraq's green zone begin to withdraw
- Leaked TTIP documents cast doubt on EU-US trade deal
- CIA 'live tweets' Osama bin Laden raid to mark five-year anniversary
- Helicopter had to return to base twice in days before Norway crash
- Berlin authorities crack down on Airbnb rental boom
- Newborn baby among dead after shipwrecks in Mediterranean
- Venezuelans lose sleep in bid to curb electricity shortage
- German far-right party calls for ban on minarets and burqa
- Malia Obama to attend Harvard – but will hold off until 2017 for 'gap year'
- Freight train leaks hazardous material after derailing near Washington DC
- Smart guns: how Obama hopes to create a market for personalized weapons
- Iraqi PM orders arrest of protesters who stormed Baghdad's green zone
- France braces for May Day violence amid anger over labour bill
- Young Australian goalkeeper Stefan Petrovski dies following lightning strike
- New Hampshire Republicans try to limit Trump's convention influence
- 'I get scared if I sleep alone': street children in Bangladesh
- Armed guards at India's dams as drought grips country
- Moqtada al-Sadr: who is the cleric directing Iraq's protests?
- Overfishing puts $42bn tuna industry at risk of collapse
- Google and eBay refuse to ban ads offering to remove car pollution filters
- Prince's last supper went untouched, says musician's personal chef
- Scottish elections: new faces of Holyrood 2016
- 'There was nobody to help me stop my son joining Isis'
- Art of work: how Conservatoire graduates are bucking Mali's unemployment trend | Fleur Macdonald
- Malia Obama headed to Harvard in 2017 after gap year – video
- Freediving world record set by William Trubridge with 122m dive
- Widow of refugee who set himself alight 'being kept in hotel and denied a lawyer'
- Federal corruption watchdog has overwhelming public support, Senate committee says
- Solitary confinement is 'no touch' torture, and it must be abolished | Chelsea E Manning
- Ram Gopal shows how dance can train the mind - archive, 2 May 1960
- Australian man arrested in Lebanon on suspicion of belonging to terrorist group, says report
- Hoverboard world record broken with 2km flight
- History made as first Miami to Cuba cruise for 50 years sets sail
- Remains of climbing legend Alex Lowe found on Tibetan mountain
- The Guardian view on Spain’s political impasse: no relief yet in sight | Editorial
- Child refugees in camps from Lesbos to Calais need more help | Letters
- Green zone protests raise questions over viability of Iraq's government
- Roaring rescue: circus lions begin new life in African bush – video
- Eyewitness: Jerusalem
- Iraqi protesters break past security in Baghdad's green zone – video
- Meet the '6 Dad': how Norm Kelly became the Drake of Toronto politics
- Aftermath of car bomb attack in south-eastern Turkey – video
- British man who died in Norway helicopter crash named
- Barack Obama delivers last correspondents' dinner address – video
| Protesters in Iraq's green zone begin to withdraw Posted: 01 May 2016 11:42 AM PDT Demonstrators leave at behest of their leaders, who are demanding the formation of a new cabinet and government reform Up to 5,000 demonstrators who set up camp in the heart of Baghdad's fortified green zone began to leave after protest leaders delivered an ultimatum that called for an overhaul of Iraq's crippled government, and vowed to return if reforms failed. The withdrawal on Sunday was ordered by senior leaders of the Sadrist movement, whose members had walked past soldiers into the most secure part of the Iraqi capital over the weekend, in the most dramatic challenge to state authority in post-Saddam Iraq. |
| Leaked TTIP documents cast doubt on EU-US trade deal Posted: 01 May 2016 10:00 AM PDT Greenpeace says internal documents show US attempts to lower or circumvent EU protection for environment and public health Talks for a free trade deal between Europe and the US face a serious impasse with "irreconcilable" differences in some areas, according to leaked negotiating texts. The two sides are also at odds over US demands that would require the EU to break promises it has made on environmental protection. Continue reading... |
| CIA 'live tweets' Osama bin Laden raid to mark five-year anniversary Posted: 01 May 2016 09:31 PM PDT Social media exercise giving blow-by-blow account of operation that led to death of al-Qaida chief criticised as 'distasteful' The Central Intelligence Agency's decision to live-tweet the military operation that culminated in the death of Osama bin Laden "as if it were happening today" has been criticised as a distasteful "victory lap" and PR exercise. Osama bin Laden was killed on 2 May 2011 after a raid on his compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan by United States Navy Seal commandos. Continue reading... |
| Helicopter had to return to base twice in days before Norway crash Posted: 01 May 2016 08:44 AM PDT Operator confirms warning light appeared in cockpit of Super Puma last Tuesday and during subsequent test flight A helicopter that crashed in Norway, killing 13 people including a Briton, had to return to base twice in the days before the incident owing to a warning light. The Super Puma had to turn back to Bergen airport, Flesland, last Tuesday when the pilot spotted the indication light, the operator CHC Helicopter confirmed on Sunday. Continue reading... |
| Berlin authorities crack down on Airbnb rental boom Posted: 01 May 2016 03:47 PM PDT Owners can no longer rent whole properties to tourists, as officals blame Berlin began restricting private property rentals through Airbnb and similar online platforms on Sunday, threatening hefty fines in an attempt to keep housing affordable for local people. Related: Airbnb in Paris to warn hosts over illegal listings Continue reading... |
| Newborn baby among dead after shipwrecks in Mediterranean Posted: 01 May 2016 10:33 AM PDT Ninety-nine people are believed to have drowned in two separate incidents off the coast of Libya over the weekend A newborn baby is among 99 people believed to have drowned in two separate shipwrecks off the Libyan coast this weekend, according to survivors who arrived in Italy. Twenty-six survivors were rescued by a commercial vessel after a rubber dinghy in which they were travelling sank in the Mediterranean on Friday, a few hours after departing from Sabratha in Libya. They were transferred to Italian coastguard ships before being brought ashore in Lampedusa, Italy's southernmost island, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The baby was among 84 people still missing on Saturday.. Continue reading... |
| Venezuelans lose sleep in bid to curb electricity shortage Posted: 01 May 2016 04:05 PM PDT Clocks moved forward by half an hour to restrict use of lighting and power as country grapples with economic crisis Venezuelans lost half an hour of sleep on Sunday as their clocks were moved forward to save power at the order of President Nicolás Maduro. At 2:30 am local time, the oil-dependent South American nation shifted its clocks forward by 30 minutes, to four hours behind Greenwich Mean Time. The move, announced in mid-April, was part of a package of measures the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) member nation is pursuing to cope with a crippling electricity shortage. Continue reading... |
| German far-right party calls for ban on minarets and burqa Posted: 01 May 2016 06:48 AM PDT Alternative für Deutschland conference says Islam is not compatible with Germany's constitution Delegates from Germany's anti-immigration party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) backed an election manifesto on Sunday that says Islam is not compatible with the country's constitution and calls for a ban on minarets and the burqa. The AfD was set up three years ago and has been buoyed by Europe's migration crisis and the arrival of more than a million mostly Muslim migrants in Germany last year. The party has no presence in the federal parliament in Berlin but has members in half of Germany's 16 regional state assemblies. Continue reading... |
| Malia Obama to attend Harvard – but will hold off until 2017 for 'gap year' Posted: 01 May 2016 10:55 AM PDT President's eldest daughter intends to take a year off, which is encouraged by the university to allow new students to pursue outside work experiences Barack Obama's daughter Malia will take a year off after high school and attend Harvard University in 2017, the White House announced on Sunday. The 17-year-old is a senior at the elite Sidwell Friends School, in Washington, the same high school where the children and grandchildren of the Clintons, Roosevelts, Bidens and Gores have attended. Malia Obama graduates in June and will celebrate her 18th birthday on the Fourth of July. Continue reading... |
| Freight train leaks hazardous material after derailing near Washington DC Posted: 01 May 2016 10:22 AM PDT More than 10 cars reportedly left tracks, with at least three of them leaking dangerous material, but official says danger is 'pretty well contained' A freight train derailed close to Washington DC early Sunday and is leaking hazardous material and causing disruption in the area of the capital. More than 10 cars are understood to have left the tracks, a small portion of the long, 175-car southbound train. No injuries have been reported. Continue reading... |
| Smart guns: how Obama hopes to create a market for personalized weapons Posted: 01 May 2016 04:30 AM PDT Facing suspicious potential buyers, the US is acting as a 'midwife', encouraging law enforcement agencies to use the guns that can only be fired by their owners For more than a decade, smart guns have been stuck in a Catch-22: personalized guns don't have a proven market, and buyers don't want a gun they think is untested or hard to find. Now Barack Obama is trying to break that stalemate by creating a market for smart guns among law enforcement agencies around the US. Some gun rights advocates view smart guns with suspicion, fearing that the new technology will be pushed on gun owners unwillingly, as a New Jersey law tried to do in 2002. The guns use fingerprint sensors or RFID tags to prevent the weapons from being fired by anyone except an authorized user. Continue reading... |
| Iraqi PM orders arrest of protesters who stormed Baghdad's green zone Posted: 01 May 2016 04:15 AM PDT Haider al-Abadi's comments come as thousands of demonstrators remain in the green zone demanding political reform The Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, has ordered authorities to arrest and prosecute the protesters who attacked security forces and legislators and damaged state property after breaking into Baghdad's heavily fortified green zone to protest delays in reform plans. Abadi's statement came a day after hundreds of angry followers of the influential Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr tore down blast walls and poured into the parliament building, exacerbating a long-simmering political crisis. Continue reading... |
| France braces for May Day violence amid anger over labour bill Posted: 01 May 2016 05:14 AM PDT Tens of thousands also protest in South Korea about similar proposed changes to workers' rights France is braced for violence at May Day rallies amid increasing anger about proposed employment changes, with similar fears about erosion of rights sending tens of thousands on to the streets of South Korea. May Day protests were expected in cities across the world on Sunday, as economic crises and a rise in unemployment have fuelled anti-government sentiment. Continue reading... |
| Young Australian goalkeeper Stefan Petrovski dies following lightning strike Posted: 01 May 2016 05:34 AM PDT
A young Australian football player struck by lightning last month while playing in Malaysia, Stefan Petrovski, has died in hospital. The 18-year-old goalkeeper lost consciousness after being hit as he left a training session for his club, Melaka United, on 5 April. Continue reading... |
| New Hampshire Republicans try to limit Trump's convention influence Posted: 30 Apr 2016 05:54 PM PDT The state's party establishment is trying to pack convention committees with anti-Trump officials despite the mogul's clear win in the February primary New Hampshire's Republican establishment is trying to limit the influence of Donald Trump supporters at the party's crucial national convention in July despite the presidential frontrunner having won the state's primary overwhelmingly. Related: White House Correspondents' dinner live: Obama welcomes celebrities, reporters Continue reading... |
| 'I get scared if I sleep alone': street children in Bangladesh Posted: 02 May 2016 01:00 AM PDT Discrimination and neglect are the biggest threats to the wellbeing of the world's poorest children and, according to a report by Save the Children, things are getting worse. Part of the NGO's work includes supporting the street children of Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, by offering shelter to those who sleep rough All photographs by CJ Clarke for Save the Children Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Armed guards at India's dams as drought grips country Posted: 02 May 2016 12:38 AM PDT Government says 330 million people are suffering from water shortages after monsoons fail As young boys plunge into a murky dam to escape the blistering afternoon sun, armed guards stand vigil at one of the few remaining water bodies in a state hit hard by India's crippling drought. Related: Daytime cooking ban in India as heatwave claims 300 lives Continue reading... |
| Moqtada al-Sadr: who is the cleric directing Iraq's protests? Posted: 02 May 2016 12:31 AM PDT Charismatic Shia cleric has recast himself as upholder of the country's democratic process and a bulwark against Isis From a US and British perspective, the most pressing issue in Iraq is defeating Islamic State. For Iraqi citizens, however, it is the ongoing abject failure of the prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, and his government to provide basic public services, create jobs, and root out corruption among the country's kleptocratic political class. Related: We think we know what Chilcot says. But the real scandal remains unnoticed | Richard Norton-Taylor Continue reading... |
| Overfishing puts $42bn tuna industry at risk of collapse Posted: 01 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT Experts make first estimate of the value of tuna fisheries and warn Pacific Islanders have most to lose from declining stocks Overfishing is jeopardising a global tuna industry worth more than $42bn (£29bn), according to the first assessment of its kind. A report produced by the Pew Charitable Trusts has highlighted the significant revenues that fishermen, processors and retailers are generating from severely depleted species of tuna. Taken together, the seven most commercially important tuna species – skipjack, albacore, bigeye, yellowfin, atlantic bluefin, Pacific bluefin and southern bluefin – generated $12bn (£8bn) for fishermen in 2014, while the full value, including the total amount paid by the final consumer at supermarkets and restaurants around the world, was estimated to be $42bn (£29bn). Continue reading... |
| Google and eBay refuse to ban ads offering to remove car pollution filters Posted: 01 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT Internet giants say removing diesel particulate filters which reduce toxic emissions is not illegal, although driving without them is Google, Gumtree and eBay have refused to ban adverts for a service which removes crucial pollution filters from the exhausts of diesel cars, sending toxic emissions soaring. Over a thousand diesel car owners have already been caught after removing the filter, though experts warn the problem may be far more widespread. |
| Prince's last supper went untouched, says musician's personal chef Posted: 01 May 2016 10:33 PM PDT Ray Roberts, who cooked for Prince for three years, said in the months before his death he was 'sick a lot' In the months leading to his death, Prince suffered from frequent sore throats and seemed to be losing weight, his personal chef has said. Ray Roberts cooked for the musician at his Paisley Park home in Minneapolis every day for three years. |
| Scottish elections: new faces of Holyrood 2016 Posted: 02 May 2016 12:54 AM PDT We profile the candidates whose local battles highlight key themes of this election campaign before Thursday's vote Gillian Martin, the SNP's candidate for Aberdeenshire East, was one of the thousands of Scots to become politically active during the 2014 referendum campaign and joined the party in the defiant membership surge that followed the no vote to independence in September of that year. Martin headed her local branch of Women for Independence, one of the most influential grassroots organisations to emerge from the referendum and which has since carved out a permanent position in Scottish civic society, campaigning on a range of issues, including successfully opposing the building of a women's super-prison last year. No less than seven of its current committee members are candidates for this election, although not all for the SNP. Continue reading... |
| 'There was nobody to help me stop my son joining Isis' Posted: 01 May 2016 10:00 PM PDT Families of foreign jihadis killed in Syria are helping a deradicalisation programme to bring young men back from the brink Scrolling through photos on her mobile phone, Saliha Ben Ali stops at a picture of her son, Sabri, as a three-year-old sitting on Father Christmas's lap. Santa's white-gloved hands envelope Sabri's small torso and that of the little boy sitting to his right. Both lads stare straight ahead, looking slightly bewildered. "To think, they were the only guys who were scared of Santa Claus that day," Ben Ali recalls. "Now both of them are dead." Sabri died in Syria aged 19, fighting for Isis, sometime between August 2013 and 8 December that year, when an unknown man telephoned Ben Ali's husband to tell them he had been killed. She is still haunted by the 10-second phone call in which the man said "congratulations, your son is a martyr". Continue reading... |
| Art of work: how Conservatoire graduates are bucking Mali's unemployment trend | Fleur Macdonald Posted: 01 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT Under the guiding hand of renowned artist Abdoulaye Konaté, the Balla Fasséké Kouyaté Conservatory is imnproving its students' prospects This is a tough time to be a graduate in Mali. The uprising and military coup of 2012, together with ongoing attacks, mean tourists and foreign investors are nervous. Unless you're an interpreter for the UN – which has more than 10,000 troops in the north – or work in the security industry, job prospects look bleak. In a country where young job seekers aged from 15 to 39 make up about 80% of all unemployed people, one school seems to be bucking the trend. Perhaps surprisingly, it teaches art, theatre, dance and music. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Malia Obama headed to Harvard in 2017 after gap year – video Posted: 01 May 2016 06:24 PM PDT After visiting at least a dozen public and private colleges during her search, including Princeton and Columbia, where her parents earned undergraduate degrees, Malia Obama will take a year off after high school and start at Harvard in 2017. Harvard encourages new admissions to take a gap year before or during their undergraduate years. Continue reading... |
| Freediving world record set by William Trubridge with 122m dive Posted: 01 May 2016 08:15 PM PDT New Zealander beats own record with four minute and 24 second plunge in blue hole in Bahamas A freediver has set a new world record - plunging 122m into a blue hole in the Bahamas on one breath. New Zealander William Trubridge set his 16th world mark, beating his own record of 121 metres. Continue reading... |
| Widow of refugee who set himself alight 'being kept in hotel and denied a lawyer' Posted: 02 May 2016 12:07 AM PDT Woman says she is unable to call her family and officials are trying to convince her to return to Iran, but an immigration spokesperson denies the allegations The widow of Omid, a 23-year-old refugee who set himself alight on Nauru, says she is being kept in a small Brisbane hotel, told to stay away from the windows, and sedated if she starts to cry too much. The woman, whose husband died on Friday from injuries sustained when he set himself alight in front of UN representatives at a refugee settlement, also said she has been denied a lawyer and is unable to call her family, and that immigration officials are trying to convince her to return home to Iran. Continue reading... |
| Federal corruption watchdog has overwhelming public support, Senate committee says Posted: 02 May 2016 12:26 AM PDT Senator Dio Wang says committee forced into limited report on watchdog as full inquiry shut down by double-dissolution election A Senate committee will urge the Coalition to fund research into a national anti-corruption system after the committee heard "overwhelming public support" for the concept. Related: Federal anti-corruption body would save millions, says Dio Wang Continue reading... |
| Solitary confinement is 'no touch' torture, and it must be abolished | Chelsea E Manning Posted: 01 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT I spent about nine months in an isolated cell behind a one-way mirror. It was cruel, degrading and inhumane Shortly after arriving at a makeshift military jail, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, in May 2010, I was placed into the black hole of solitary confinement for the first time. Within two weeks, I was contemplating suicide. Continue reading... |
| Ram Gopal shows how dance can train the mind - archive, 2 May 1960 Posted: 01 May 2016 09:00 PM PDT 2 May 1960: Humility, pride, and discipline produce the eloquent and noble art of India's classical dancer Ram Gopal Ram Gopal is one of the most celebrated exponents of the classical Indian dance, and the Asian Music Circle, which promoted a recital given in the Lesser Free Trade Hall on Saturday, gave Manchester another opportunity of studying his art. Whether moving fluidly and languorously in the temple dances of meditation and devotion, or dancing with ever-increasing speed and complexity as in the Krishna Thillana, Ram Gopal remains the complete artist. He also spent some time in talking about the meaning of the symbolism in the dances. The classical Indian dance is one of the most ancient arts, practised continually for over five thousand years with an intense discipline that demands seven or eight years training to acquire the several thousand "mudras" or gestures which are its vocabulary. |
| Australian man arrested in Lebanon on suspicion of belonging to terrorist group, says report Posted: 01 May 2016 06:46 PM PDT Australia's foreign affairs department is seeking confirmation a dual Australian-Syrian national has been arrested in Tripoli, northern Lebanon Embassy staff in Beirut are seeking to confirm reports an Australian man was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist group. Voix du Liban named a man on Sunday that it said was arrested after a firefight with army intelligence in Dam wal Farz, a neighbourhood of Tripoli in the north. Continue reading... |
| Hoverboard world record broken with 2km flight Posted: 01 May 2016 06:40 PM PDT Frenchman Franky Zapata used the jet-powered device to fly above the waters of the Mediterranean A Frenchman has flown more than 2 kilometers (over a mile) on a jet-powered hoverboard, setting an apparent new world record. Related: How to break a Guinness World Record Continue reading... |
| History made as first Miami to Cuba cruise for 50 years sets sail Posted: 01 May 2016 05:35 PM PDT The Adonia's maiden voyage to Havana comes after a thaw in relations between Cuba and the US After a half-century of waiting, passengers have finally set sail from Miami on an historic cruise to Cuba. Carnival Corp's 704-passenger Adonia left port at about 4:24pm local time, bound for Havana. The ship will also visit the ports of Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba along the way. Continue reading... |
| Remains of climbing legend Alex Lowe found on Tibetan mountain Posted: 01 May 2016 05:09 PM PDT The American known as 'Lungs With Legs' was climbing the 8,013m Shishapangma in 1999 when he was hit by an avalanche The bodies of a renowned mountaineer and expedition cameraman who were buried in a Himalayan avalanche 16 years ago have been found. Related: Mountain man Continue reading... |
| The Guardian view on Spain’s political impasse: no relief yet in sight | Editorial Posted: 01 May 2016 12:13 PM PDT The new politics ends in muddle as a weary country prepares to vote again Last December's general election was supposed to give Spain – weary of austerity, fed up with scandals and tired of incumbents who seemed to have been around too long – a political new start. But the paradoxical result of the rise of two parties promising fresh approaches to the country's problems has been paralysis, not forward movement. After months of squabbling and manoeuvring, King Felipe last week gave up his efforts to persuade the politicians to agree on a coalition which could rule the country, and there will now be new elections in late June. The awkward arithmetic of the December vote meant that a coalition would only be possible if principles were sacrificed to practicality by one or more of the players. The trouble is that the compromises explored in the attempts to form a viable coalition diluted the very message which excited voters in December – that deals and fixes would become things of the past – yet the failure to agree confirmed the contrasting view that politicians were putting their own interests before those of the country. If there were an easy way out in the shape of the new elections then that could be a solution, but the polls suggest that although there will be some shifts in the share of votes, the next vote may well lead to another deadlock. Continue reading... |
| Child refugees in camps from Lesbos to Calais need more help | Letters Posted: 01 May 2016 12:11 PM PDT There are an estimated 26,000 child refugees in Europe as a result of recent international crises. Many are living in conditions of absolute desperation – hungry, cold, scared and, according to Europol, increasingly exposed to trafficking and sexual exploitation. We were therefore extremely disappointed that a proposal to accept 3,000 refugee children was defeated in the Commons. The proposal has been on the table since the middle of last year. During that time, it is estimated that at least 10,000 displaced children have gone missing after entering Europe. Continue reading... |
| Green zone protests raise questions over viability of Iraq's government Posted: 01 May 2016 12:00 PM PDT Demonstrations in Baghdad's fortified green zone shows fragility of the state in face of sectarian divisions For 13 years, Baghdad's green zone had been off limits to nearly all Iraqis; a place where wars have been run, power has been bitterly contested and from where the country's unaccountable leaders have filleted its finances. It had all taken place behind blast walls and barriers that gave the area, on the north bank of the Tigris river, an opaque and remote feel. The authority of the Iraqi state has long been centred in the green zone, even under Saddam Hussein, whose palaces were commandeered first by the US military, and now by Iraq's leaders. Not anymore. |
| Roaring rescue: circus lions begin new life in African bush – video Posted: 01 May 2016 07:57 AM PDT Thirty-three lions rescued from circuses in South America arrive at a big cat sanctuary in South Africa. The lions are seen roaring and playing with each other as they're freed into nature for the first time. They were rescued from circuses in Peru and Colombia and have been resettled in an private estate in Limpopo province Continue reading... |
| Posted: 01 May 2016 07:09 AM PDT Photographs from the Eyewitness series Continue reading... |
| Iraqi protesters break past security in Baghdad's green zone – video Posted: 01 May 2016 05:33 AM PDT Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators stage a sit-in rally in Baghdad's heavily fortified green zone on Sunday. Protesters push through a security cordon while waving Iraqi flags and chanting against the government. Demonstrators on Saturday occupied the Iraqi parliament in protest against delays in government reform Continue reading... |
| Meet the '6 Dad': how Norm Kelly became the Drake of Toronto politics Posted: 01 May 2016 05:00 AM PDT The city councillor, 74, knows his 'baes' from his 'woes' – and has become a meme of his own since he teamed with his hometown star in a Twitter feud Norm Kelly was quite excited about Drake's new album. He had that in common with all of Toronto. Views, released on Friday, is an ode to Drake's hometown: references abound to local streets and landmarks, city transit gets a shout-out, and the album cover, already widely parodied, finds the rapper perched nonchalantly atop the CN Tower. But Kelly's affection ran deeper than mere civic pride. The 74-year-old city councillor and former de facto mayor greeted the record like a father in a delivery room. His love wasn't just fervent. It was paternal. Views arrived at midnight and Norm Kelly ushered it in. |
| Aftermath of car bomb attack in south-eastern Turkey – video Posted: 01 May 2016 04:32 AM PDT Smoke is seen rising from the scene of a car bomb attack in Turkey's south-eastern city of Gaziantep. Emergency services rush to the scene and security officers are deployed to the Kurdish-majority area. At least two police officers were killed and 18 people injured in the assault on a police headquarters Continue reading... |
| British man who died in Norway helicopter crash named Posted: 01 May 2016 04:22 AM PDT Iain Stuart, 41, from Scotland, was killed with 12 others off Norwegian coast, where he had been working for Halliburton A British man who was among 13 people killed in a helicopter crash in Norway has been named locally as Iain Stuart. Stuart, 41, from Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire, worked for the oilfield services company Halliburton. He was believed to be on a Super Puma carrying two crew and 11 passengers from the North Sea Gullfaks B oilfield, 74 miles (120km) off the Norwegian coast, to Flesland airport in Bergen when it crashed on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Barack Obama delivers last correspondents' dinner address – video Posted: 01 May 2016 02:42 AM PDT The US president delivers his final tongue-in-cheek address at the White House correspondents' dinner. Barack Obama takes swipe at both Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump and Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Obama mocks Trump's foreign policy credentials and Clinton's efforts to appeal to young voters. He ends the speech by literally dropping the mic and saying "Obama out" Continue reading... |
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