Heidi Klum pole dances in new video
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London, May 26 (IANS) Supermodel Heidi Klum showcases her rock star side by smoking and pole dancing in an edgy new video. More » Heidi Klum pole dances in new video
VALPARAISO, Indiana (Reuters) - A gunman took hostages in an Indiana real estate office on Friday, then released them after an eight-hour standoff and fatally shot himself in the head, authorities said. The gunman died at a hospital in Valparaiso, Indiana, about 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Chicago, police said. "We believe there was some issue over some money," said Valparaiso Police Chief Michael Brickner. He added the man had been to the office previously to complain and had a confrontation with employees. ... More »Gunman in Indiana standoff dies after shooting himself
London, May 26 (IANS) Singer Cheryl Cole has reportedly hit out at ex-husband Ashley Cole in a new song "Love killer". More » Cole's new song aimed at ex-husband
Cairo, May 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood movement has urged country's political forces to participate in a national dialogue ahead of a tough battle between an Islamist candidate and a former government official in an upcoming presidential runoff. More » Muslim Brotherhood seeks dialogue to 'save revolution'
Moscow, May 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) As many as six riot police officers, injured in clashes during an anti-Putin rally in Moscow earlier this month, have been rewarded with new apartments. More » Police injured in anti-Putin rally get apartments
Islamabad, May 26 (IANS) At least four people were killed and two injured in a US drone strike launched early Saturday in Pakistan's northwest tribal area, Xinhua reported. More » US drone kills four in Pakistan
Tel Aviv, May 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Israeli police have detained 10 members of an international crime ring suspected of organ trafficking and illegal transplant surgeries, said an Israeli law enforcement source. More » Israeli police arrest 10 for organ trafficking
Beijing, May 26 (IANS) China has described the US government report on Chinese human rights practices as "biased" and suggested it to stop interfering in other nations' internal affairs, Xinhua reported. More » China calls US criticism over human rights as 'biased'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's declaration of support for gay marriage may have prompted some Americans, especially blacks and Hispanics, to reconsider their opposition to letting homosexuals wed, an analysis of Reuters/Ipsos online poll data showed on Friday. On May 9, Obama became the first U.S. president to say he believed same-sex couples should be allowed to get married. ... More »Obama shift on gay marriage tilts U.S. attitudes
Los Angeles, May 26 (IANS) Actor Bradley Cooper is set to feature in and produce "American Sniper", a movie based on Navy Seal Chris Kyle. More » Cooper to produce, act in Navy Seal movie
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man who police say confessed to strangling Etan Patz was charged with second-degree murder on Friday, 33 years after the 6-year-old boy vanished from his New York neighborhood and soon changed the way the nation responds to missing children. Pedro Hernandez, 51, who worked as a stock boy in a small food store on the Manhattan SoHo street where Patz was last seen on May 25, 1979, was charged with a single count of second-degree murder, according to court records. ... More »New Jersey man charged in Etan Patz death after 33 years
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanon said on Friday that a group of Lebanese Shi'ites kidnapped in Syria had been freed and were safe in Turkey, but produced no sign of the hostages at the centre of a kidnap drama heightening tensions over the conflict in neighbouring Syria. The twist in a hostage drama that has inflamed political tensions in a country divided between foes and friends of the uprising in Syria came as Syrian activists said government troops killed at least 50 people in the centre of the country. ... More »Lebanese Syria hostage release delayed, massacre claimed
VALPARAISO, Indiana (Reuters) - An armed man took several hostages in an Indiana real estate office on Friday, then released them after an eight-hour standoff and shot himself in the head, authorities said. The gunman, who had complained he was owed money, was in critical condition, Valparaiso Police Chief Michael Brickner said. "We believe there was some issue over some money," Brickner said, adding the man had been to the office previously to complain and had a confrontation with employees. "We were hoping he would surrender unharmed. ... More »Gunman in Indiana standoff shoots himself
Kathmandu, May 26 (IANS) A 73-year-old Japanese lady who climbed Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, this past week has been awarded by the Guinness World Records. More » Japanese lady, 73, awarded for scaling Mt. Everest
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The size and sophistication of some recent bomb attacks in Syria suggest that "established terrorist groups" may have been behind them, the U.N. chief said on Friday, in a letter in which he urged states not to supply arms to government or rebel forces. "The overall situation in Syria remains extremely serious and there has been only small progress on some issues," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council in the letter on the 14-month-old conflict between government forces and increasingly militarized opposition. ... More »UN says Syria bombings show marks of 'terrorist groups'
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A Russian cargo ship loaded with weapons is en route to Syria and due to arrive at a Syrian port this weekend, Al Arabiya television said in a report that Western diplomats in New York described on Friday as credible. Syria is one of Russia's top weapons customers. The United States and European Union have suggested the U.N. Security Council should impose an arms embargo and other U.N. sanctions on Syria for its 14-month assault on a pro-democracy opposition determined to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. ... More »Russian arms shipment en route to Syria: report
SANAA (Reuters) - Two al Qaeda-linked suicide bombers targeting Shi'ite Muslims blew themselves up at a school and a protest march in northern Yemen on Friday killing at least 12 people, the defence ministry said. The attacks came less than a week after a suicide bomber in army uniform detonated an explosive belt at a military parade rehearsal in Sanaa, killing more than 90 soldiers and wounding at least 200 more. ... More »Qaeda-linked suicide bomber kills 12 in Yemen
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship and guided the privately owned craft into a docking berth on Friday, opening a new chapter in the U.S. space program. The unmanned capsule was the first commercial spaceship to reach the orbital outpost. "This really is the beginning of a new era in commercial spaceflight," said Alan Lindenmoyer, who manages NASA's commercial space transportation programs. Using the station's 58-foot long (17.7-meter) robotic crane, NASA astronaut Don Pettit snared Dragon at 9:56 a.m. ... More »SpaceX capsule docks at space station, opens new era
Washington, May 26 (IANS) Private American spaceflight company SpaceX's unmanned capsule docked with the International Space Station (ISS) Friday, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to have reached the orbital outpost, Xinhua reported. More » First commercial spacecraft docks with space station
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians must choose between a Muslim Brother or an ex-military man in a presidential run-off that highlights the stark rifts in a nation united in euphoria when Hosni Mubarak fell 15 months ago, first-round results indicated on Friday. With most votes counted, the Muslim Brotherhood said its candidate Mohamed Mursi had topped this week's polls and would compete in next month's second round with former air force chief Ahmed Shafiq, who served as Mubarak's last prime minister. ... More »Egypt to pick Islamist or military man as president