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California college mourns shooting victims Thousands of students attended a memorial service Tuesday for the victims of a college shooting rampage, as the university declared a day of mourning.
28 May 2014
Photo courtesy of theprovince.com #YesAllWomen campaign hits Twitter after US shooting A campaign on Twitter denouncing misogyny has gathered thousands of followers after a bloody rampage in California by a 22-year-old virgin who said he was motivated by hatred of women.
27 May 2014
'We know where missing girls are': Nigeria's top brass Nigeria's highest ranking military officer on Monday gave a glimmer of hope to the families of more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants, revealing they had located the missing teenagers.
27 May 2014
Obama makes surprise Afghanistan visit US President Barack Obama promised a decision on post-2014 troop numbers in Afghanistan "fairly shortly", after paying a surprise visit to soldiers fighting the last battles of America's longest war.
26 May 2014
Chocolate king claims victory in Ukraine presidential vote Chocolate baron Petro Poroshenko claimed a resounding victory on Sunday in Ukraine's presidential election and immediately vowed to end a bloody pro-Russian uprising that thwarted voting across swathes of the separatist east.
26 May 2014
Photo courtesy of efabula.com Man strips naked outside White House US Secret Service personnel sprang into action Friday outside the White House when a man stripped naked in what appeared to be a bizarre form of protest.
24 May 2014
Isidro Garcia (L), 41, and his attorney Charles Frisco. ©Reuters/Alex Gallardo Snatched women defend US kidnap victim So why didn't she just leave? That's the question being increasingly asked in California after a 25-year-old woman came forward saying she had been kidnapped a decade ago and held against her will, while being repeatedly sexually abused.
24 May 2014
World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevedo. ©Reuters/Denis Balibouse US wins WTO case against China on luxury cars The WTO on Friday rejected Chinese tariffs on US-made luxury cars, handing Washington a victory on one of the growing number of disputes between the world's two largest economies.
24 May 2014
Kim, Kanye kick off pre-wedding festivities The prince and princess of celebrity, Kanye West and his bride-to-be Kim Kardashian, on Friday kicked off their marathon wedding celebrations with a period costume party in Versailles before flying on to Florence.
24 May 2014
The overturned hull of the Cheeki Rafiki. ©Reuters/U.S. Navy US locates missing British yacht in Atlantic, but no crew A US Navy warship helicopter has spotted a missing yacht in the Atlantic but found no trace of its four-man British crew now feared dead, American officials said.
24 May 2014
©Reuters/Kevork Djansezian Toyota recalls 520,000 vehicles globally Toyota on Friday said it is recalling about 520,000 vehicles, mostly in North America, over several issues including cable corrosion that could see unused spare tyres fall off.
23 May 2014
San Antonio, Texas Mayor Julian Castro. ©Reuters/Jim Young Obama to nominate San Antonio mayor as US housing secretary President Barack Obama will announce Friday his plan to nominate Julian Castro, the charismatic Hispanic mayor of San Antonio, Texas, as US secretary of housing and urban development.
23 May 2014
Joel Javier Rodriguez Fuentes. Photo courtesy of milenio.com Mexico arrests suspected mastermind of mass kidnapping Mexican authorities have arrested the man suspected of ordering the murder of 13 young people who were kidnapped in a brazen daytime abduction in the capital last year.
23 May 2014
US Senate panel budgets $100 mn for non-Russian rocket A Senate panel set aside $100 million Thursday to develop a US rocket engine as an alternative to Russian equipment currently used to launch military satellites into orbit.
23 May 2014
The remains of an explosive device. ©Reuters Boston marathon bombs made with Christmas-light fuses The twin bombs that went off at the Boston Marathon last year were made using improvised fuses from Christmas lights and detonators constructed from model car parts, US prosecutors said.
23 May 2014
Surface Pro 3. ©surface.microsoftstore.com Microsoft takes aim at laptops with new Surface tablet Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a new Surface Pro tablet designed as a powerful all-purpose computer fit to replace a laptop.
23 May 2014
Nest smoke/carbon monoxide detector. ©Reuters/George Frey Hundreds of thousands of Google's Nest smoke alarms recalled The US Product Safety Commission on Wednesday issued a recall notice for 440,000 smoke and carbon monoxide alarms by Nest, a tech-driven start-up acquired by Google earlier this year.
22 May 2014
Katy Perry. ©Reuters/Danny Moloshok US museum adds Katy Perry portrait to collection Thanks to the generosity of a US forklift truck dynasty, pop star Katy Perry will soon take pride of place in the dignified National Portrait Gallery in Washington.
22 May 2014
U.S. troops. ©Reuters/Mark Wilson US deploys troops to Chad to hunt for Nigerian girls The United States has deployed 80 military personnel to Chad to help find 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram, who are blamed for a spree of deadly attacks this week including a massive car-bombing.
22 May 2014
Kidnap and sexual assault suspect Isidro Garcia. ©Reuters/Santa Ana Police Department US kidnap, sex abuse victim found alive after 10 years California police have arrested a 41-year-old man accused of kidnapping a teenager and sexually abusing her for a decade, after the alleged victim got in touch via Facebook.
22 May 2014

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