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Iran seeks to speed up nuclear activity: IAEA By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA | Thu May 23, 2013 6:42am EDT (Reuters) - Iran is trying to accelerate its uranium enrichment program, a U.N. nuclear report showed, but experts said it was unclear when Tehran's new machines could start operating and how...

North Korea says willing to take China's advice to start talks Reuters – 11 mins ago Reuters/Reuters - Choe Ryong-hae (C), director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army (KPA) of North Korea, walks with Chinese Ambassador Liu Hongcai (2nd R) before departing Pyongyang...

Everest: Japanese Man Oldest To Reach Summit Yuichiro Miura, who is 80, says he feels "totally exhausted" as he speaks to his team after reaching the highest place on earth. 7:25am Thursday 23 May 2013 Yuichiro Miura (R) and his son 8,000 metres below the summit An 80-year-old Japanese...

Desperate Chinese College Student Takes Doctor Hostage by Peter Barefoot on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 From QQ: Wuhan University Student Takes Hostage Over Damages After Traffic Accident May 18, a freshman of a certain college in Wuhan surnamed Chen accidentally hit an 80-something-year-old...

Son of Chinese Judge Hired Hit Men to Murder His Own Family by Fauna on Monday, May 20, 2013 From Sina Weibo: @头条新闻: In the Henan province Zhoukou city judge Gao Tianfeng and daughter murder case, on the list of names given to the hired killers, which included the parents and the older...

China Factory Explosion: Blast Kills 12 At Plant 05/20/13 10:24 AM ET EDT BEIJING — A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory on Monday in eastern China, killing at least 12 people and leaving others buried in the debris, state media reported. Rescuers were taking care to...

Powerful tornadoes lash US states Oklahoma and Kansas battered as weather service issues warning over "complete destruction" of homes and businesses. Last Modified: 20 May 2013 09:36 Move your cursor over the video below to see the play button<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed...

Canada's top aide quits over expenses scandal Nigel Wright, the prime minister's chief of staff, resigns after secretly giving a $87,000 cheque to a Senate member. Last Modified: 20 May 2013 01:19 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he accepted Wright's resignation with great regret...

Dancer says showgirls dressed as Obama, nuns at Berlusconi party Karima El Mahroug, better known by her stage name ''Ruby the heartstealer'', gestures at Milan's court January 14, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Alessandro Garofalo By Sara Rossi MILAN | Fri May 17, 2013 11:55am EDT (Reuters) - The...

Indian police respond to sex-crimes criticism New Delhi police introduce reforms after being accused of mistreating or ignoring victims of sex crimes. Last Modified: 16 May 2013 11:49 Below is the video, move your cursor over it to see the play button.<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D...

Special Report - In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims Wadulae, a 16-year-old Rohingya Muslim boy with severe symptoms of rabies, is comforted by family members at a local clinic at a camp for people displaced by violence near Sittwe April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj By...

14 May 2013 Last updated at 12:29 GMT Workers trapped at Freeport Indonesia's mine Freeport's Grasberg mine has significant copper and gold reserves An accident at a major US-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua has left workers trapped, officials say...

Texas blast paramedic Bryce Reed arrested, lies exposed AP May 12, 20131:19AM Bryce Reed, at a memorial service for Cyrus Reed and other victims of the West, Texas, fertiliser plant explosion last month. Picture: AP Source: AP THREE days after a massive explosion at a Texas fertilizer...

Impromptu spacewalk finds nothing amiss on International Space Station AP May 12, 201312:52AM A file photo shows astronauts Tom Marshburn, left, and Christopher Cassidy during a spacewalk for maintenance tasks in 2009. Picture: NASA Source: AP TWO astronauts took a hastily planned spacewalk...

Smoke forces White House evacuation AP May 11, 201311:39PM District of Columbia Fire department trucks and personnel respond to a call at the White House, where the West Wing including the media area were evacuated because of smoke. Source: AP REPORTERS and photographers were evacuated...

Does Beijing's new People's Daily building remind you of anything? Its state TV headquarters has been called the big underpants. Now China's official newspaper has a phallic tower to match Oliver Wainwright The Guardian, Friday 10 May 2013 17.19 BST The People's Daily office building in...

Petition to White House to Deport Zhu Lin Poisoning Suspect by Allison Pan on Saturday, May 11, 2013 From NetEase: 30,000 People Signed Petition Requesting White House Intervention on Zhu Ling’s Case Not long ago, [the news on] Fudan University graduate student Huang Yang being poisoned to...

North Korean Traffic Officer Crying During Award by Fauna on Friday, May 10, 2013 From NetEase: North Korean Female Traffic Officer Bawling While Receiving Hero of the Republic Award May 9th, Japan’s NHK television channel reported that a female traffic police officer in North Korea’s...

13-Year-Old Chinese Girl Murders Classmate for Being Prettier by Peter Barefoot on Thursday, May 9, 2013 From NetEase: 13-Year-Old Girl Murders and Dismembers Classmate for Being Prettier Than Her From Xinhua.net Guangxi Channel May 6 news, a girl not yet 13 years old and still in 6th...

Company Has Employees Crawl in Public as Training Exercise by Peter Barefoot on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 From QQ: Company in Chongqing Orders Employees to Crawl on Their Knees, Claims It Is to Challenge Their Resilience to Pressure According to multiple weibo posts by Chongqing netizens, at...