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Police: Man choked girl, 8, in store bathroom
CBSNews - 14 May 2016 00:35
The girl's mother heard a scream and allegedly saw man carrying her daughter into a stall
Italian woman, 116, seen as last living person born in 1800s
Miami Herald - 14 May 2016 04:53
She lives in a one-room apartment in a mountain village in northern Italy Her daily diet includes two raw eggs and 100 grams of raw steak, which her doctor prescribed after she had anemia Gerontologists are studying Mora...
Pentagon report says China weaponizing man-made islands in South China Sea
Fox News - 14 May 2016 07:23
A new Pentagon reported released Friday said that China has reclaimed more than 3,200 acres of land in the South China Sea and the country's focus has shifted to developing and weaponinzing the man-made islands.
Nigeria hosts regional summit on battling Boko Haram
Al Jazeera English - 14 May 2016 15:48
Regional and Western powers meet to agree on closer military cooperation as UN security council asks for new strategy.
Thousands trapped in besieged Khan Eshieh camp in Syria
Al Jazeera English - 14 May 2016 15:40
Around 12,000 people, including 3,000 children, under siege by government forces with little food or medicine, says NGO.
Corruption: Is enough being done?
Al Jazeera English - 14 May 2016 15:02
A look at accountability in managing corruption. Plus, Rousseff's impeachment and the challenges that Brazil is facing.
Report: Germany to spend $106B on refugees over 5 years
Miami Herald - 14 May 2016 14:48
Local media report the German government expects to spend 93.6 billion euros ($106.2 billion) to support refugees over the next five years. …
Fertility doc arrested in Italy after woman says eggs stolen
Miami Herald - 14 May 2016 14:48
A fertility doctor is under house arrest in Italy after a Spanish nurse told authorities some of her eggs were surgically removed without her consent at his clinic. …
General becomes first woman ever to lead US combat command
New York Post - 14 May 2016 14:25
Robinson – one of just two female four-star generals in the Air Force – was “the clear and obvious choice,” said Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who attended the change of command ceremony in a vast hangar at Peter...
Indian court says former UN climate chief to stand trial
Miami Herald - 14 May 2016 12:49
A court in India's capital ruled Saturday that there's enough evidence in a stalking and sexual harassment case for former U.N. climate chief Rajendra Pachauri to stand trial. …
Ugandan opposition leader charged with treason over protests
Miami Herald - 14 May 2016 12:44
Uganda's main opposition leader has been charged with treason and jailed in a remote area in the country's northeast, a judiciary spokesman said Saturday. …
Cameroon says 5 Boko Haram leaders arrested; dozens freed
Miami Herald - 14 May 2016 12:43
Cameroon's government says the multinational joint forces fighting Boko Haram have arrested five leaders of the extremist group and freed dozens of women and children held captive. …
States push back on transgender bathroom use
CBSNews - 14 May 2016 07:53
Conservative politicians call guidance to schools "outrageous" and "blackmail" as transgender students and their parents praise the directive
Sorority apologizes for racist T-shirt made by chapter in Alabama
Reuters - 14 May 2016 06:58
(Reuters) - A sorority in Alabama apologized on Friday for a T-shirt that it made depicting a racially offensive image of an African-American person eating a piece of watermelon.
Clinton foundation's actions 'highly suspicious': watchdogs
New York Post - 14 May 2016 06:31
Government watchdogs blasted Bill Clinton's foundation Friday for aiding a for-profit energy-conservation firm partly owned by a blond divorcée who is a close friend of the ex-president. The Clinton Global Initiative ha...
'Wiped Out': Air Force losing pilots and planes to cuts, scrounging for spare parts
Fox News - 14 May 2016 06:15
EXCLUSIVE: It was just a few years ago, in March 2011, when a pair of U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers - during a harsh winter storm - took off from their base in South Dakota to fly across the world to launch the air campaign...
An end to lethal injections?
CNN - 14 May 2016 05:36
Lethal injections will probably become more difficult to carry out in the United States because Pfizer, the second-largest pharmaceutical company in the world, has strengthened controls to prevent its products from being...
How Russia Allowed Homegrown Radicals To Go And Fight In Syria
IBTimes - 14 May 2016 22:47
Four years ago, Saadu Sharapudinov was a wanted man in Russia. A member of an outlawed Islamic group, he was hiding in the forests of the North Caucasus, dodging patrols by paramilitary police and plotting a holy war aga...
Veterans' group in Chicago suspects being 'muscled' by city out of facility near proposed Obama library
Fox News - 14 May 2016 21:45
A charity group that helps homeless military veterans on Chicago's South Side says the city is trying to take control of the meager facility to make way for the restaurants, shops and other commercial venues that would c...
50 Years After the Cultural Revolution, a Son Awaits Answers on His Father's Death
The New York Times - 14 May 2016 18:36
Chen Shuxiang's father was killed by Red Guards in the first spasms of Mao's Cultural Revolution. He has never learned why his father was singled out or what happened to his body.
Chinese Bullet Train in Venezuela Stalls as Alliance Derails
ABC News - 14 May 2016 14:48
South America's first high-speed train, a project once billed as a model of socialist fraternity between China and Venezuela, has been all but abandoned, becoming a symbol of economic collapse and a strategic relationshi...
Buthelezi: past 'coming back to bite South Africans'
Al Jazeera English - 14 May 2016 14:23
The veteran statesman discusses Jacob Zuma, the return of race to the political discourse and his Zulu culture.