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Lion runs amok in England

Aug 28, 2012

Armed police are hunting for a lion that was reported to be on the loose in Essex, England on Sept. 26, according to news reports. No one has claimed this lion, but it is believed to have escaped from The Great British Circus. Residents of the county were told to stay indoors after there were multiple reports of sightings near St Osyth. Rich Baker and his two boys spotted the lion and made a run for their lives. “A man started running towards us yelling ‘It’ a ******* lion!’ He looked so panicke
Report: Japanese envoy's car flag removed

Aug 28, 2012

A Beijing man ripped the flag off the car of the Japanese ambassador, the Japanese Embassy said in another sign of the worsening China-Japan island dispute.Kyodo News, quoting the embassy, reported the man attacked the official car of Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa Monday and tore off the flag on the vehicle, but Niwa, who was traveling to the Embassy, was not harmed.The embassy said at
Pa. Senate candidate wades into rape issue

Aug 28, 2012

Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Smith said Monday fetuses conceived out of wedlock and by rape both need to be protected from abortion.In both instances, Smith, who is seeking to unseat Democratic incumbent Bob Casey, said "a life is a life, and it needs to be protected," The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.Following an appearance at a Pennsylvania Press Club luncheon, Smith was a
Colombia, rebels to open peace talks: former V.P.

Aug 28, 2012

Colombia's government and leftist FARC rebels have agreed to open peace negotiations October 5 in Norway and then shift the talks to Cuba, former vice president Francisco Santos said Monday."In the coming days, (President Juan Manuel) Santos will announce the start of negotiations with the FARC, which will be opened in Oslo October 5 and will continue in Havana," said Santos, who is a cousin of th
Rebels killed at least 24 South Sudan soldiers

Aug 27, 2012

Rebels in South Sudan’s Jonglei state have killed at least 24 soldiers, with several others missing or wounded, in the latest outbreak of violence in the troubled region, officials said Sunday.The attack took place Thursday in the Pibor region of Jonglei after soldiers were sent to investigate sightings of rebel leader David Yau Yau, who split from South Sudan’s army (SPLA) in April.“There were 24 reported killed from the SPLA and 12 wounded, and there are about 17 missing,” Jonglei governor Kuo
Assad slams anti-Syria ‘conspiracy’ after claims of massacre

Aug 27, 2012

DAMASCUS (AFP) ― Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday the foreign “conspiracy” against his country would be defeated, as his forces were accused of a bloody rampage in a town near Damascus that left hundreds dead.“The Syrian people will not allow this conspiracy to achieve its objectives” and will defeat it “at any price,” Assad said during a meeting in Damascus with a top official from Iran, Syria’s chief regional ally.The Syrian leader has since March last year been trying through f
Iran primes NAM summit amid high security

Aug 27, 2012

Non-Aligned Movement summit opens in TehranTEHRAN (AFP) -- Iran on Monday was deploying formidable security around a Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting preparing for a summit later this week that Tehran is determined to use to bolster its international status.Some 110,000 police have been dispatched around the country, many of them to man street corners and suddenly ubiquitous vehicle inspection points in the capital.The heavy uniformed presence underlined the authorities‘ intent to ensure nothi
Clinton’s Pacific trip ‘sends message to China’

Aug 27, 2012

AVARUA, Cook Islands (AFP) ― U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to make a rare foray to the South Pacific this week, in a move analysts say is aimed at curbing China’s growing influence among the region’s small island nations.While Clinton’s previous trips to the area have focused on Canberra and Wellington, this time she is expected to visit the Cook Islands, a nation of just 11,000 people whose 15 islands cover an area barely larger than Washington D.C.The reason is to attend a reg
Romney faces balancing act with convention, storm

Aug 27, 2012

TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- Republicans left open the possibility of bigger changes to Mitt Romney‘s already-shortened convention as Tropical Storm Isaac bore down on the Gulf Coast, mindful of political awkwardness in celebrating while severe weather threatens New Orleans on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina."There’s a weather event. We all know there‘s a weather event there,’‘ Russ Schriefer, Romney’s chief planner, said Sunday when asked about a potential image problem. "We‘re obviously monitor
Tanker-bus crash inferno kills at least 36 in China

Aug 26, 2012

BEIJING (AFP) -- At least 36 people died in a fiery collision between a methanol tanker and a double-decker sleeper bus on Sunday in China’s worst traffic accident in more than a year.Both vehicles caught fire and only three of the 39 people onboard the bus survived the motorway crash, which occurred around 2:00 a.m., Xinhua news agency reported.A total of 36 bodies were pulled from the debris and three people were taken to hospital.The accident was the worst in China since a fire on an overcrow
‘Hundreds of bodies’ found in Syria town

Aug 26, 2012

DAMASCUS (AFP) -- Hundreds of bodies have been found in a town outside Damascus after a ferocious five-day assault by the Syrian army, a watchdog said on Sunday, as activists accused government forces of a “massacre.”At least 320 people have been killed during the offensive by government troops in Daraya, a satellite town of some 200,000 people to the southwest of the capital, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.The Local Coordination Committees, a network of activists on the ground in
Brits back naked prince romp

Aug 26, 2012

More than two-thirds of adults in Britain thought Prince Harry cavorting naked with women at a Las Vegas party was acceptable behavior, according to a poll out Sunday.The YouGov survey in the Sunday Times found 68 percent thought the third in line to the throne‘s antics were acceptable for a young, single man having fun on a private holiday, with 22 percent saying it was not.Some 75 percent still had a positive view of the 27-year-old army helicopter pilot.While the two images of Harry are widel
Empire State victims hit by police gunfire

Aug 26, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― All nine people injured during a dramatic confrontation between police and a gunman outside the Empire State Building were wounded by gunfire from the two officers, police said Saturday, citing ballistics evidence.The veteran patrolmen who opened fire on the suit-clad gunman, Jeffrey Johnson, had only an instant to react when he whirled around and pointed a .45-caliber pistol at them as they approached him from behind on a busy sidewalk.Officer Craig Matthews shot seven times, an
Norway gunman declared sane, sent away to prison

Aug 26, 2012

It was during breaks between marathon video game sessions in his mother’s apartment in Oslo that Anders Behring Breivik drafted his complicated and chilling plan.He would kill indiscriminately with explosives and guns, surrender to authorities if he survived, then prove himself sane in court _ all to publicize a manifesto accusing Muslims of destroying European society.Self confessed mass murderer
Wrongly convicted, man freed in Texas

Aug 26, 2012

A 48-year-old Texas man is free after spending half his life in prison for a rape he didn't commit.David Lee Wiggins of Fort Worth had been sent to prison in 1989, largely on the basis of the 14-year-old victim picking him out of photo and live lineups. He was cleared by DNA testing that led state District Judge Louis Sturns to free him Friday, though the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals must accep