The Latest Videos From Newsy.com http://www.newsy.com/ Thu, 31 May 2012 16:10:58 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13445'><img src='/images/videos/b/13384885781.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13445'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> <span style="font-size:12px;">(Image Source: <a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/6697638.bin?size=620x400s">Montreal Gazette</a>)</span></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>BY MATTHEW PICHT</strong></span></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <span style="font-size:12px;">Canadian authorities are looking for a man they think may have killed and dismembered a person before shipping the body parts to different locations. Luka Rocca Magnotta, aka Eric Clinton Newman, is the primary suspect in the gruesome case. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/31/world/americas/canada-body-parts-investigation/index.html?hpt=hp_t2">CNN</a> has more.</span><br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> <span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>&ldquo;It all began yesterday, when a janitor in Montreal discovered a torso stuffed inside a suitcase. That&rsquo;s around the same time in Ottawa a blood smeared package was being delivered to the headquarters of the Conservative Party of Canada.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> That package contained a human foot, which police say has been linked to the torso found in the suitcase. A second package, destined for the Liberal Party headquarters, was intercepted at the Canada Post office in Ottawa. This parcel contained a hand.</span></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <span style="font-size:12px;">Police focused in on Magnotta as a suspect. When they went to his apartment they found multiple bloodstains but no sign of the suspect. Magnotta&rsquo;s neighbor tells the <a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/Wanted+solitary+kind/6706033/story.html">Montreal Gazette</a>, he thinks Magnotta is responsible.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;As far as I could tell, the body was dismembered there, and they found body parts there...they had thermoses when they walked out and the smell was overwhelming.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Now the hunt is on for Magnotta, whom <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57444532-504083/luka-rocco-magnotta-porn-star-and-suspect-in-body-parts-slay-may-have-fled-north-america/">police suspect</a> may have fled the country. The sordid details of Magnotta&rsquo;s personal life, including his job as a gay pornography actor, are grabbing media <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/31/porn-actor-named-suspect-in-body-parts-case-may-have-fled-country-police-say-511829829/">attention</a> across the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18284242">world</a>.<br /> <br /> This isn&rsquo;t the first time Magnotta has shown up on the cops&rsquo; radar. In 2007, he was rumored to be romantically connected to infamous Canadian serial killer Karla Homolka. Magnotta denied any connection to Homolka in an interview with <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/31/magnotta-mystery-goes-way-back">the Toronto Sun&rsquo;s</a> Joe Warmington. Joe recalls Magnotta five years later...<br /> <br /> <strong>WARMINGTON: &ldquo;He was a creepy guy.&rdquo;</strong></span></p> <p> <br /> <span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>ANCHOR: &ldquo;What was creepy about him?&rdquo;</strong></span></p> <p> <br /> <span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>WARMINGTON: &ldquo;Just the way that he was, there was something about him. He kinda stumbled in there, he wasn&rsquo;t moving too well.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Magnotta has also been targeted by animal rights activists, who&rsquo;ve linked him to multiple videos of extreme animal cruelty. <a href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Canada+most+wanted+Luka+Rocco+Magnotta+with+video/6706932/story.html">The Calgary Herald</a> says that Magnotta is...</span><br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> <span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>&ldquo;...among the Internet&rsquo;s most notorious fiends, accused of asphyxiating kittens in a plastic bag, drowning another and feeding still another to a python. The cruelties were videotaped and posted online.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Former homicide detective Dave Perry tells <a href="http://m.ctv.ca/topstories/20120531/manhunt-for-murder-dismemberment-suspect-underway-120531.html">CTV</a> &mdash; the media attention is only fueling Magnotta&rsquo;s homicidal tendencies.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;In my opinion his objective right now is to become one of the more notorious serial killers in our country and there&#39;s no doubt in my mind this guy is already planning, if not executing, his next move.&rdquo; </strong></span></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <span style="font-size:12px;">A Canadian website claims to have footage of the killing, shot by Magnotta himself. Authorities say they are in possession of the video and are considering it in their investigation.</span><br /> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/7X6hCwQY6S0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/7X6hCwQY6S0/police-search-for-suspect-in-gruesome-dismemberment-case http://www.newsy.com/videos/police-search-for-suspect-in-gruesome-dismemberment-case http://www.newsy.com/videos/police-search-for-suspect-in-gruesome-dismemberment-case Thu, 31 May 2012 07:44:47 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13434'><img src='/images/videos/b/13384632581.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13434'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mahmya.jpg">Wikimedia Commons)</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE &nbsp;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> <br /> Gunmen kidnapped two American tourists in Egypt&rsquo;s Sinai region Thursday morning.</p> <div> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/31/world/meast/egypt-americans-kidnapped/index.html">CNN says</a> the U.S. Embassy in Cairo is trying to negotiate a release.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> <strong>&ldquo; &hellip; armed men forced two Americans out of a car. The alleged kidnappers demanding the release of someone who was arrested on a drug charge in exchange for the Americans.&rdquo;</strong></div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Police say a gunman in Seattle killed five people, then himself Wednesday.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/30/2-killed-3-wounded-in-shooting-at-seattle-cafe-477266221/">Fox News reports</a> Ian Stawicki &hellip;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> <strong>&ldquo; &hellip; walked into Cafe Racer yesterday, opening fire on five people, leaving four of them dead.Then he took off, shooting and killing a woman before stealing her SUV. &hellip; as officers approached Stawicki, he shot himself.</strong><br /> &nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Ireland is voting on a referendum of the European Fiscal Treaty Thursday.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/31/europe-awaits-irish-vote-outcome-on-eu-fiscal-treaty/">According to euronews</a>, it&rsquo;s expected to be approved.<br /> &nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> <strong>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the only country in the eurozone to put it before the public and Brussels is waiting anxiously for the outcome.&rdquo;</strong><br /> &nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> The site of the worst attacks in the Syrian crisis came under fire again after U.N. monitors left the area.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.hlntv.com/">HLN has the latest</a> on the situation in Houla.<br /> &nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> <strong>&ldquo;The opposition in Syria says that the military shelled houses. Now we&rsquo;re talking about the same town where armed men went door to door killing more than 100 people just days ago.&rdquo;</strong><br /> &nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Nathan Byrne, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/w_5k-sr2RS0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/w_5k-sr2RS0/top-news-headlines-american-tourists-kidnapped http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-american-tourists-kidnapped http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-american-tourists-kidnapped Thu, 31 May 2012 04:00:02 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13431'><img src='/images/videos/b/13384335671.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13431'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source:<a 05="" 2012="" 4:30am="" 5850.html="" afford="" around="" back.="" be="" central="" certainly="" coming="" dragon="" follow="" for="" from="" get="" home="" href="http://HED Image Source: (AOC) SpaceX’s Dragon capsule will conclude its historic mission to the International Space Station Thursday morning. But the Dragon still faces one last trial, returning home. Fox News has more. (SWV – Fox News)(24-34) “It’s expected to return to earth early tomorrow morning, carrying some experiments and old equipment. Officials say it should splashdown in the Pacific Ocean about 500 miles southwest of Los Angeles.” (AOC) Only one Dragon capsule has returned safely from orbit and that was during a test flight. But the mission’s manager says his crew is ready. Here’s the quote from Universe Today. (GFX – UniverseToday) “It’s still a very challenging phase of flight. Only a few countries have done this so far, so we're not taking this lightly.” http://www.universetoday.com/95510/spacex-dragon-sealed-for-earth-return-on-may-31/ (AOC) The Dragon is unique because it’s designed to shuttle both astronauts and cargo to and from the ISS, unlike foreign cargo capsules, which disintegrate upon reentry after delivering their payload. And as WESH explains, the Dragon can hold a lot of cargo. (SWV – WESH)(40-52) “And the crew has put in everything from a big water pump that needs repair from to space suit gloves to research hardware. Other space ships that dock to the station with a crew on board have narrow openings and no room for cargo.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaM7OTFHDZA (AOC) If the mission is successful SpaceX will fly 12-delivery mission to the orbiting laboratory over the next few years under a $1.6 billion dollar contract with NASA. And as NASA flight director Holly Ridings tells the International Business Times, that cargo is irreplaceable. (SWV – IBT) " http:="" in="" is="" iss="" it="" link="" not="" nothing="" our="" released="" s="" section.="" set="" spacex-dragon-capsule-set-to-return-to-earth="" spacex-release-splashdown="" t="" that="" the="" time.="" to="" transcript="" tv.ibtimes.com="" want="" watch="" we="" wiredscience="" www.wired.com="" yourself=""> Boing Boing</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY MADISON MACK</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> <br /> SpaceX&rsquo;s Dragon capsule will conclude its historic mission to the International Space Station Thursday morning. But the Dragon still faces one last trial, returning home. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com">Fox News has more.</a><br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s expected to return to earth early tomorrow morning, carrying some experiments and old equipment. Officials say it should splashdown in the Pacific Ocean about 500 miles southwest of Los Angeles.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Only one Dragon capsule has returned safely from orbit and that was during a test flight.<br /> But the mission&rsquo;s manager says his crew is ready. <a href="http://www.universetoday.com/95510/spacex-dragon-sealed-for-earth-return-on-may-31/">Here&rsquo;s the quote from Universe Today.</a><br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s still a very challenging phase of flight. Only a few countries have done this so far, so we&#39;re not taking this lightly.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The Dragon is unique because it&rsquo;s designed to shuttle <em>both</em> astronauts and cargo to and from the ISS, unlike foreign cargo capsules, which disintegrate upon reentry after delivering their payload. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaM7OTFHDZA">And as WESH explains</a>, the Dragon can hold a lot of cargo.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;And the crew has put in everything from a big water pump that needs repair from to space suit gloves to research hardware. Other space ships that dock to the station with a crew on board have narrow openings and no room for cargo.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> If the mission is successful SpaceX will fly 12-delivery mission to the orbiting laboratory over the next few years under a $1.6 billion dollar contract with NASA. <a href="http://tv.ibtimes.com/spacex-dragon-capsule-set-to-return-to-earth/5850.html">And as NASA flight director Holly Ridings tells the International Business Times</a>, that cargo is irreplaceable. &nbsp;<br /> <br /> <strong>&quot;There&#39;s not anything coming home that we couldn&#39;t afford to not get back. Certainly that is not the plan.&quot;</strong><br /> <br /> The Dragon is set to be released from the ISS around 4:30am central time. Want to watch it for yourself ? <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/05/spacex-release-splashdown/">Follow the link in our transcript section.</a>&nbsp;(Wired)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/GrtVM2aNySk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/GrtVM2aNySk/spacex-dragon-capsule-returning-home-from-historic-mission http://www.newsy.com/videos/spacex-dragon-capsule-returning-home-from-historic-mission http://www.newsy.com/videos/spacex-dragon-capsule-returning-home-from-historic-mission Thu, 31 May 2012 04:00:01 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13424'><img src='/images/videos/b/13384354221.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13424'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12022/7786052/Balotelli-I-ll-walk-off-pitch">Sky News)</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY MEGAN RICE</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR JIM FLINK</strong></p> <p> Fear of racism has been a major concern in the upcoming Euro 2012 tournament. One thing Italian striker, Mario Balotelli, has made clear: &nbsp;He won&rsquo;t put up with any slurs. <a href="http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12022/7786052/Balotelli-I-ll-walk-off-pitch">Here&rsquo;s SkyNews with the story</a>.</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Mario Balotelli has said he will walk off the pitch if he is racially abused at Euro 2012. The Manchester City and Italy striker has also claimed he would kill anyone who threw a banana at him, in the street.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Analysts fear neo-Nazi gangs in the host countries of Poland and Ukraine are going to target black players and fans at the tournament. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18260738">The BBC interviewed Football Association Chairman David Bernstein.</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Where we go along, positive and hopeful that these things won&#39;t happen. These are important occasions for the two countries concerned and sure they will be policed efficiently.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Balotelli says he has zero tolerance for racism because he&rsquo;s been a victim in the past. <a href="http://sportige.com/mario-balotelli-misunderstood-genius-racism-hunter/">Sportige reports</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;This season, in a Europa League match against Porto, Balotelli encountered monkey chants from a Porto fan....And there was the disgusting incident in Rome, when he had bananas thrown at him by three people in a Bar.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> However, one <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1201555-mario-balotelli-addresses-racism-in-international-play-threatens-to-kill">Bleacher Report columnist thinks Balotelli&rsquo;s reaction</a> might be over the top.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;While there&#39;s no problem with taking a strong stance against racism, threatening to kill people crosses the line. It will only add more tension to an already sticky situation that has the potential to overshadow the tournament if things get out of hand.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> On <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/balotelli">Twitter, Balotelli&rsquo;s</a> receiving mixed reviews.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> One Twitter user says, &ldquo;<strong>Mario Balotelli will kill anyone who racially abuses him at Euro 2012... this guy has lost his mind...&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> While another Twitter user says, <strong>&ldquo;For the first time Mario Balotelli is in the news for a good thing.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Euro 2012 opens June 8th. &nbsp;Italy and Balotelli&rsquo;s first round will begin June 10th against Spain.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/-vDwvvxx8Yw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/-vDwvvxx8Yw/balotelli-says-he-ll-kill-racist-fans-at-euro-2012 http://www.newsy.com/videos/balotelli-says-he-ll-kill-racist-fans-at-euro-2012 http://www.newsy.com/videos/balotelli-says-he-ll-kill-racist-fans-at-euro-2012 Wed, 30 May 2012 20:40:08 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13427'><img src='/images/videos/b/13384187481.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13427'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image Source:&nbsp;<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/russian-anti-terror-troops-arrive-syria-photo-164035737--abc-news.html">ABC News</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY MATTHEW PICHT</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The UN Security Council is meeting to decide on a plan of action for dealing with the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. As the Security Council weighs its options, all eyes are turning to Syria&rsquo;s longtime ally in Moscow for their response. The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18260992">BBC</a>&nbsp;reports...</p> <p> <strong>&quot;Russia has come out already today, Deputy Prime Minister being quoted by Interfax as saying, they are categorically against any foreign intervention in Syria.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Russia, along with China, has long been the voice of dissent in UN dealings with Syria.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/06/13/f-syria-crisis.html">CBC</a>&nbsp;notes, outside observers suspect strategic and economic ties to the al-Assad regime have led Russia to side with Syria.<br /> <br /> &ldquo;<strong>Moscow is also opposed to tougher action including sanctions or an arms embargo, and twice along with China has used its veto power to block resolutions that hinted at this type of action.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But as violence continues, Russia could be forced to take action if it wants to preserve its stake in the Middle East. Germany&rsquo;s Ambassador to the UN Peter Wittig told&nbsp;<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c1#/video/international/2012/05/30/exp-amanpour-syria-tipping-point-massacre-a.cnn">CNN</a>, he hopes Russia is reconsidering its position in light of the Houla massacre, which led more than 100 civilians dead.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Maybe this massacre, this horrific massacre, was also an eye-opener for the Russians...*FLASH*...I feel that Russia is willing to work on our side to prevent those things from happening again.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Despite recent condemnations of al-Assad&rsquo;s government, Western powers are reluctant to directly intervene in the struggle. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney says the U.S. is not considering military involvement in Syria.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57443826/u.s-warns-of-failed-syrian-peace-plan/?tag=stack">CBS</a>&nbsp;has the video.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;We do not believe further militarization of the situation in Syria at this point is the right course of action.&quot;</strong><br /> <br /> Instead, the Security Council is still backing special envoy Kofi Annan&rsquo;s efforts to reach a diplomatic resolution.&nbsp;<a href="http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16238130">Sky News&rsquo;</a>&nbsp;Hannah Thomas-Peter says the Annan six-point peace plan is Syria&rsquo;s last hope of avoiding civil war.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The Council can agree that the only game in town is the Kofi Annan peace plan, however wobbly, shaky or shattered&hellip;there is no alternative other than the worst-case scenario.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/n42TRWzDkxI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/n42TRWzDkxI/russia-facing-mounting-pressure-on-syria http://www.newsy.com/videos/russia-facing-mounting-pressure-on-syria http://www.newsy.com/videos/russia-facing-mounting-pressure-on-syria Wed, 30 May 2012 16:22:45 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13418'><img src='/images/videos/b/13384082981.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13418'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/shooting-suspect-large-north-seattle/nPHKd/">KIRO</a>)</p> <p> <br /> <br /> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE AND CHRISTINA HARTMAN &nbsp;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <br /> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.<br /> <br /> Two people are dead and three others injured after a shooting in a Seattle cafe. Police are still searching for the gunman. Seattle&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Several-injured-in-shooting-at-North-Seattle-cafe-Racer-155760105.html">KOMO</a> has more.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;A white male walked into Cafe Racer, fired several rounds, people heard about 6 to 8 shots there. You&#39;re looking at video of the scene. You can see the massive police and medical response there as they try to take those victims to Harborview.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> It may not be official yet, but the presidential candidates are sure acting like it.</p> <div> <br /> President Barack Obama and his presumed opponent Mitt Romney talked on the phone Wednesday morning. <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/">MSNBC</a> reports.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;President Obama had what&rsquo;s being described as a brief and cordial phone call with Mitt Romney to congratulate him on securing the GOP nomination.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The Pakistani doctor who got 33 years in prison for helping the United States find Osama bin Laden &mdash; well &mdash; <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/30/judgment-claims-pakistani-doctor-sentenced-for-militant-ties-not-cia-assistance/?test=latestnews">Fox News</a> reports that&rsquo;s not why he&rsquo;s in trouble.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The Pakistanis are now claiming that he was convicted for ties to terrorists, not for helping the United States. This is the first time we&rsquo;re hearing that.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> U.N. monitors confirm killings in Syria for the second time in a week. Here&rsquo;s the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18271184">BBC</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The commander of the U.N. observer team in Syria, Gen. Robert Mood, said the bodies of these 13 men &mdash; most shot in the head with their hands bound &mdash; were found in the east of the country on Tuesday.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/7Tdhb4FRi-Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/7Tdhb4FRi-Y/top-news-headlines-gunman-shoots-five-in-seattle-cafe http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-gunman-shoots-five-in-seattle-cafe http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-gunman-shoots-five-in-seattle-cafe Wed, 30 May 2012 15:32:26 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13417'><img src='/images/videos/b/13384061661.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13417'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image Source:&nbsp;<a href="http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/30/words-at-medal-ceremony-causes-trouble-with-poland/?iref=allsearch">CNN</a>)</p> <p> <strong>BY MATTHEW PICHT</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong><br /> <br /> During a ceremony honoring Polish war hero Jan Karski with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Obama said something that insulted an entire nation.&nbsp;<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2012/05/30/start-obama-death-camp-mistake.cnn?iref=allsearch">CNN</a>&nbsp;has more.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The White House says the president misspoke during yesterday&rsquo;s Medal of Freedom ceremonies, when he referred to a Polish death camp instead of a German death camp, while honoring the memory of a Polish resistance fighter during World War 2.&rdquo;</strong>&nbsp;<br /> <br /> The White House later released a statement apologizing &mdash; and clarifying that the president meant Nazi death camps located in Poland. But the reaction from Polish officials was strong. Its foreign minister demanded an apology for what he called an &ldquo;outrageous error.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> Poland&rsquo;s prime minister&nbsp;<a href="http://www.premier.gov.pl/en/press_centre/news/prime_minister_on_president_ob,10240/">Donald Tusk condemned</a>&nbsp;the president&rsquo;s mistake as an unjustified &ldquo;distortion of history&rdquo;. He urged for &ldquo;a stronger reaction&rdquo; by the White House than a simple apology, saying,&nbsp;<strong>&ldquo;When someone says &lsquo;Polish death camps,&rsquo; it is as if there were no Nazis, no German responsibility, as if there was no Hitler.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Some view Poland&rsquo;s outrage as an overreaction.&nbsp;<a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielknowles/100161473/barack-obamas-polish-death-camps-slip-was-crass-but-the-special-interest-driven-calls-for-an-apology-are-worse/">The Telegraph&rsquo;s</a>&nbsp;Daniel Knowles says it&rsquo;s obvious that there was no malicious intent behind the misstatement.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;This was a gaffe, at an event at the White House intended to honour a Polish resistance fighter. Even if common sense didn&#39;t, the context would have made it clear what the President was referring to.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But David Frum for&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/30/poland-insult.html">The Daily Beast</a>&nbsp;writes &mdash; this was not a gaffe &mdash; and the president&rsquo;s words sting for a country still living with the scars of World War 2.</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Their war did not end until 1989: they continue to live more intimately with the war&#39;s legacy even now, more than almost any other European nation. The medal to Karski was to be part of the process of laying painful memories to rest...Instead, this administration bungled everything: past, present, and future.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Poland&rsquo;s former President Lech Walesa told the press he hopes the international attention prevents similar mistakes,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18264036">saying</a>,&nbsp;<strong>&quot;We should use this huge gaffe to make sure nobody, nowhere in the world, ever says that again.&quot;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/HCtg0jySe6w" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/HCtg0jySe6w/obama-s-death-camp-gaffe-enrages-poland http://www.newsy.com/videos/obama-s-death-camp-gaffe-enrages-poland http://www.newsy.com/videos/obama-s-death-camp-gaffe-enrages-poland Wed, 30 May 2012 15:30:29 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13408'><img src='/images/videos/b/13383946081.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13408'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image source: Eater)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY LYNDSEY GARZA</strong></p> <p> <br /> <br /> Notorious globetrotter and &ldquo;<em>No Reservations&rdquo; </em>star Anthony Bourdain, is cooking up <em>reservations</em> on CNN.<br /> <br /> The food mogul &mdash; chef, author and personality &mdash; is set to air in his own original programming in early 2013, leaving behind his eight-year tenure at the Travel Channel.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m Anthony Bourdain. That&rsquo;s right, I write. I travel. I eat. And I&rsquo;m hungry for more.&rdquo; &nbsp;</strong><br /> <br /> And here&rsquo;s what the celebrity tweeted about the new gig...</p> <p> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Moving with same [Zero Point Zero] crew over to CNN to do another world travel show. Congo? Libya? Finally?&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Bourdain&rsquo;s new show will closely mimic &ldquo;<em>No Reservations.&rdquo;</em> It will be shot on location and examine cultures around the world through their &ldquo;dining and traveling rituals.&rdquo; A blogger for Gothamists says &mdash; Bourdain is all over the map.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;First, he was rebel chef with bestselling books on the side. Then he was a globetrotting food documentarian who </strong><a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/08/30/bourdain_or_an_impostor_regrets_bas.php"><strong>bashes Paula Deen</strong></a><strong> and </strong><a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/11/07/anthony_bourdain_lets_it_all_hang_o.php"><strong>became a target for TMZ</strong></a><strong>. Now, hot off the heels of his </strong><a href="http://gothamist.com/2012/05/20/would_anthony_bourdain_eat_human_fl.php"><strong>support for eating human flesh</strong></a><strong>, Bourdain is bringing his brash personality to CNN.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Many news reports were quick to label CNN&rsquo;s move &ldquo;poaching.&rdquo; &nbsp;According to a New York Times blogger, Bourdain comes at a time of &ldquo;slumping rates&rdquo; and &ldquo;historic lows&rdquo; for the cable channel notorious for live news coverage.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;In a change of direction earlier this year, the channel laid off some of its documentary producers and started acquiring documentaries and commissioning series from outside producers &hellip; That Mr. Bourdain&rsquo;s as-yet-untitled program will be produced by the makers of &lsquo;No Reservations,&rsquo; Zero Point Zero Production, is a sign of that new thinking.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> CNN says it is looking for original and opinionated programming. San Diego&rsquo;s KSWB, reports on the network&rsquo;s recent ratings deflation.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Earlier this month, CNN reported two of its worst ratings weeks in 20 years.&rdquo; </strong>&nbsp;<br /> <br /> A writer for Television Blend suggests Bourdain will see a bigger budget with CNN and will be able to push his show to more difficult and remote international locations. The new show will air new on Saturdays &mdash; and according to WZZM &mdash; the hope is that Bourdain will bolster weekend ratings. &nbsp;<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;CNN says it is trying to do more to distinguish its weekend programming from weekday news shows. &ldquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/yJ9NVsMAJAk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/yJ9NVsMAJAk/cnn-reserves-no-reservations-star-anthony-bourdain http://www.newsy.com/videos/cnn-reserves-no-reservations-star-anthony-bourdain http://www.newsy.com/videos/cnn-reserves-no-reservations-star-anthony-bourdain Wed, 30 May 2012 14:16:58 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13412'><img src='/images/videos/b/13384056431.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13412'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> <span id="internal-source-marker_0.5368305255534056">IMAGE SOURCE: </span>(<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/vatican-documents-leaked-butler-paolo-gabriele/story?id=16441802#.T8Y6zM2xCHc">ABC</a>)</p> <p> <strong>BY ANTHONY MARTINEZ</strong></p> <p> <br /> <br /> Pope Benedict XVI is breaking his silence to comment on the document leak scandal surrounding his butler.<br /> Fox News explains.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The Pope responding now for the first time to a massive scandal starting to rock the Vatican. &hellip; Although a major blow to the Catholic Church, a spokesman says the pope is personally taking that even harder.</strong>&rdquo;<br /> <br /> According to <a href="http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1202230.htm">Catholic News Service</a>, the Pope spoke out in his weekly address, saying...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo; &hellip; much of the media coverage of the leak of private letters and of the arrest &hellip; of his personal assistant has been exaggerated...&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The pope added the media coverage is, quote...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;...completely gratuitous, and has gone far beyond the facts, offering an image of the Holy See that does not correspond to reality.&rsquo;&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Hurt feelings?<br /> Or saving face?<br /> A reporter for the BBC says this is full PR-patrol.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been very embarrassing for the Vatican to have these rather incriminating documents, in some ways, given to some journalists.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> So, what&rsquo;s in those documents?<br /> The <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/pope-says-he-is-saddened-by-scandal-over-leaked-vatican-documents/2012/05/30/gJQA5zSG1U_story.html">Washington Post</a> says it&rsquo;s uncertain, but one thing&rsquo;s for sure &mdash; controversy is brewing.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Some commentators say they appear designed to discredit Benedict&rsquo;s No. 2, the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. Others say they&rsquo;re aimed at undermining the Vatican&rsquo;s efforts to become more financially transparent. Still others say they aim to show the 85-year-old Benedict&rsquo;s weakness in running the church.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Part of the pope&rsquo;s job &mdash; keeping certain matters in-house.<br /> But Catholic news analyst John Allen tells <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/religion/jan-june12/vatican_05-28.html">PBS</a> there are things the papacy isn&rsquo;t being open about.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re seeing some of their most closely guarded secrets rolled out for public view, things like documents concerning Vatican finances, internal policy disputes, even the Pope&rsquo;s personal correspondence letters.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The pope&rsquo;s butler faces trial in a closed Vatican court. The Church has since denied all rumors of power transition.<br /> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/UCh_jmbVuQk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/UCh_jmbVuQk/pope-reacts-to-gratuitous-media-coverage-of-vatican-leaks http://www.newsy.com/videos/pope-reacts-to-gratuitous-media-coverage-of-vatican-leaks http://www.newsy.com/videos/pope-reacts-to-gratuitous-media-coverage-of-vatican-leaks Wed, 30 May 2012 12:29:30 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13429'><img src='/images/videos/b/13384269051.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13429'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: ITV)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY HANK KOEBLER</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The wheels of justice turned slowly but firmly against former Liberian President Charles Taylor who was sentenced by a special court in the Hague, Wednesday to 50 years in prison for aiding and abetting war crimes. <a href="http://www.itv.com/itv1/">ITV1</a> has the details:</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The presiding judge described the crimes committed during 11 years of civil war in Sierra Leone as amongst the most heinous in human history. Taylor&#39;s lawyers say he will appeal.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Taylor supplied rebels with weapons and money in exchange for diamonds and took power&nbsp;through civil war. &nbsp;He was elected president in 1997. &nbsp;A writer from the <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/liberian-dictator-wanted-the-carats-got-the-stick/article2415228/">Globe and Mail</a> said of Taylor&rsquo;s reign of terror:</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;In the sorry catalogue of African dictators, ...Taylor stands out as one of the most ruthless. And now he has another distinction: He&rsquo;s the first former head of state &ndash; African or otherwise &ndash; to be indicted, tried and found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> A legal expert tells <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/%20-%20/video/world/2012/05/30/intv-charles-taylor-sentence-ellis.cnn">CNN</a> the defense&rsquo;s point of contention will be that the 50-year sentence amounts to a de facto life sentence for the 64-year-old Taylor.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;This court, under its own statute, is not able to sentence somebody to death nor to a life sentence. It has to be a number of years.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> A writer from the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/30/war-crimes-taylor-now-assad-next">Guardian</a> agrees with that line of reasoning, saying the length of the sentence is far too long:</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Taylor was, after all, acquitted of much more serious offences; and for all the horror produced by his money and his munitions , punishment must always be kept in perspective.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> But Sierra Leone&rsquo;s Deputy Information Minister thinks the sentence wasn&rsquo;t long enough. He told the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sierraleone/9300423/Sierra-Leone-says-justice-done-with-Charles-Taylor-sentence.html">Telegraph</a>...</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;&lsquo;It is a step forward as justice has been done.&rsquo; &nbsp;&hellip; He added that he hoped victims would find relief even &lsquo;though the magnitude of the sentence is not commensurate with the atrocities committed.&rsquo;&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> A columnist for the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/brian-wood/charles-taylor-crimes_b_1556196.html">Huffington Post</a> says Taylor&rsquo;s sentencing should teach a lesson to other war criminals and to the international community that allowed the trafficking of weapons in Africa.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;No matter who you are or what position you hold, you will be brought to justice for your crimes. It should also act as a powerful reminder to governments to reject the &lsquo;body bag&rsquo; approach and to ensure through their actions that they will put an end to irresponsible arms transfers.&rdquo;</strong></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/9DhLgja3Zog" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/9DhLgja3Zog/mixed-reactions-to-charles-taylor-sentencing http://www.newsy.com/videos/mixed-reactions-to-charles-taylor-sentencing http://www.newsy.com/videos/mixed-reactions-to-charles-taylor-sentencing Wed, 30 May 2012 09:36:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13404'><img src='/images/videos/b/13383825911.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13404'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source: <a href="http://www.thelondoneveningpost.com/comments/why-all-assange-bashing-is-no-good-for-journalism/">The London Evening Post</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY EMILY ALLEN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> It&rsquo;s another chapter in the Wikileaks legal drama. The U.K.&rsquo;s Supreme Court upheld a request from Sweden to extradite Julian Assange. Here&rsquo;s a rundown from <a href="http://www.hlntv.com/">HLN</a> and <a href="http://www.foxnews.com">Fox News</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;A big blow for wikileaks Founder Julian Assange.&nbsp; He just lost his appeal to avoid extradition to Sweden.&nbsp; He&rsquo;s wanted there for sexual assault allegations.&nbsp; He says he is innocent. The court gave him another chance to appeal.</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Assange had been fighting extradition for nearly two years now. He now has one more chance at an appeal with the European court in France. If it doesn&rsquo;t work, he&rsquo;ll be sent to Sweden immediately.</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Assange&rsquo;s legal team argued for the case to be reopened because of what <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/9299433/WikiLeaks-founder-Julian-Assange-to-be-extradited-to-Sweden-over-sex-crime-allegations.html">The Telegraph called</a> a &ldquo;rare technicality.&rdquo;&nbsp; It says the arrest warrant isn&rsquo;t valid because it was issued by a Swedish prosecutor, not a judge. The 18-month legal battle ended in a 5-2 vote denying the appeal.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And Sweden isn&rsquo;t the only country that wants to get its hands on Assange. The human rights lawyer that devised Assange&rsquo;s legal defense <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/30/british-supreme-court-orders-extradition-of-wikileaks-julian-assange.html">told the Daily Beast</a> that Assange&rsquo;s biggest concern now is the U.S.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The Justice Department will pounce once he gets to Sweden....Sweden has a government that bends to America&rsquo;s will...the Swedish justice system is amenable to government pressure, and he is much more vulnerable in Sweden.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/world/europe/british-court-clears-way-for-extradition-of-wikileaks-founder.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=2">The New York Times says</a> if the Wikileaks founder eventually made a U.S. court appearance, you can expect another lengthy legal battle and &hellip;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;&hellip;a much harsher punishment. If found guilty on espionage charges, he could face a life sentence in a maximum-security prison under American law.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/05/uk-supreme-court-rules-julian-assange-can-be-extradited-sweden/52931/">The Atlantic Wire reports</a> this was Assange&rsquo;s last chance at appeal in U.K. courts. It says the actual extradition will be delayed two weeks while his lawyers decide how to proceed.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/gl-fiftmCjM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/gl-fiftmCjM/assange-loses-extradition-appeal http://www.newsy.com/videos/assange-loses-extradition-appeal http://www.newsy.com/videos/assange-loses-extradition-appeal Wed, 30 May 2012 07:45:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13402'><img src='/images/videos/b/13383778761.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13402'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/video/africa/2012/05/201253092155895905.html">Al Jazeera</a>)<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE &nbsp;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> An international court has sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison for his role in the Sierra Leone war crimes.</p> <div> The <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18259596">BBC</a> has more.</div> <div> <br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The presiding judge, Richard Lussick described Mr. Taylor&rsquo;s crimes as among the most heinous in human history. They included murder, rape and enslavement.&rdquo;</strong></div> <div> <br /> <br /> Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has lost his appeal against extradition to Sweden in the U.K. Supreme Court.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/">Fox News</a> reports he has one last chance at an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights in France.</div> <div> <br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;If that doesn&rsquo;t work, he will be sent to Sweden for questioning immediately. Once there, he could also face extradition to the United States, where he would be prosecuted for releasing hundreds of thousands of classified documents on his Wikileaks website.&rdquo;</strong></div> <div> <br /> <br /> Mitt Romney reached the magic number of 1,144 delegates with his Tuesday night win in the Texas primary.</div> <div> <br /> It won&rsquo;t be official until the Republican National Convention at the end of August.</div> <div> <br /> Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/29/politics/romney-delegates/index.html">CNN</a> says the discussion&rsquo;s focused on one of Romney&rsquo;s supporters.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> <strong>&ldquo;After last night&rsquo;s Texas primary win, Romney now has more than enough delegates to clinch the Republican nomination. But hardly anyone is talking about that this morning. Instead, it is all about Donald Trump and Barack Obama&rsquo;s birth certificate.&rdquo;</strong></div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> The Associated Press reports Poles are angered by President Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;Polish death camps&rdquo; gaffe Tuesday, but they hope the attention will help clarify the issue to others.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Here&rsquo;s <a href="http://www2.tricities.com/">WJHL</a>.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;</div> <div> <strong>&ldquo;The White House says President Obama misspoke during the Medal of Freedom ceremony for Jan Karski, a resistance fighter against the Nazi occupation of Poland during World War II. President Obama&rsquo;s reference to a &lsquo;Polish death camp&rsquo; drew complaints from Polish leaders.&rdquo;</strong><br /> &nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Nathan Byrne, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/l4AUi4a9yrY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/l4AUi4a9yrY/top-news-headlines-taylor-gets-50-years-for-sierra-leone http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-taylor-gets-50-years-for-sierra-leone http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-taylor-gets-50-years-for-sierra-leone Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:01 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13389'><img src='/images/videos/b/13383227721.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13389'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/9296664/BBC-mistake-computer-game-logo-for-United-Nations-Security-Council-symbol.html">The Telegraph</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <br /> <strong>BY JOHN O&rsquo;CONNOR</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR NEVILLE MILLER</strong></p> <p> <br /> <br /> United Nations Security Council ... or United Nations Space Command?<br /> <br /> The BBC mistakenly used a fictitious military logo from Microsoft and Bungie&rsquo;s popular video game series, Halo, to reference the U.N. Security Council.<br /> <br /> Halo enthusiasts were quick to point out the error to the BBC, and in a statement to<a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-28-bbc-news-mistakes-halo-unsc-logo-for-un"> Eurogamer</a> a BBC spokesperson said...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;</strong><strong>BBC News makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all images broadcast, however very occasionally mistakes do happen. ... [W]e apologise to viewers for the mistake.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/9296664/BBC-mistake-computer-game-logo-for-United-Nations-Security-Council-symbol.html">The Telegraph suggests</a> the incident was probably the result of a poorly-conducted Google image search.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;...as a simple search for UNSC only returns images from Halo.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Searching &ldquo;UNSC&rdquo; on Google returns dozens of pictures depicting futuristic combat between humans and aliens, but just a few &ldquo;UNSC&rdquo; logos.&nbsp;So how did the BBC make such a big mistake? <a href="http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/video-bbc-mistake-computer-game-logo-for-united-nations-security-council-symbol-3123250.html">The Irish Independent explains</a>...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;...perhaps because the UN security council does not have a logo of its own, instead using the United Nations globe symbol surrounded by laurel leaves.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But the BBC wasn&rsquo;t the only one to mistakenly use the logo. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2012/may/28/bbc-halo-image-news?newsfeed=true">The Guardian reports</a>...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The channel can at least &lsquo;console&rsquo; itself with news that it is not alone. As </strong><a href="http://canasiantimes.com/index.php/russia-and-china-join-un-security-council-effort-to-end-syrian-bloodshed/"><strong>discovered by tech site VentureBeat</strong></a><strong>, the CanAsian Times has the same logo in its own story about the Security Council.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The image was removed from later broadcasts.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/6zNfH0lcAbo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/6zNfH0lcAbo/bbc-mistakes-a-game-logo-for-u-n-security-council-symbol http://www.newsy.com/videos/bbc-mistakes-a-game-logo-for-u-n-security-council-symbol http://www.newsy.com/videos/bbc-mistakes-a-game-logo-for-u-n-security-council-symbol Tue, 29 May 2012 21:56:44 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13399'><img src='/images/videos/b/13383466041.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13399'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image source: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kofi_Annan4_2007_04_20.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The UN&rsquo;s special envoy to Syria says the country is &ldquo;at a tipping point.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> Kofi Annan told embattled President Bashar al Assad a six-point international peace plan wasn&rsquo;t being sufficiently implemented. This as a weekend massacre in the village of Houla left more than 100 civilians dead &mdash; many of them executed according to the U.N.<br /> <br /> In remarks after the meeting Annan told reporters he appealed to Assad to take &ldquo;bold steps&rdquo; toward peace.<br /> <br /> In analysis <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18259711">the BBC&rsquo;s Lina Sinjab says</a>, <strong>&ldquo;Many here in Syria attach great hope to the UN envoy&#39;s efforts but there are a lot of doubts about the government&#39;s willingness to make concessions.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.itv.com/news/story/2012-05-25/50-dead-in-syria-forces-attack/">ITV is</a> less optimistic, adding...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The world&rsquo;s most distinguished diplomat has met his match in a regime that refuses to budge. &hellip; The free Syrian army has also refused to lay down its arms. The flames of civil war threaten to consume all Syria.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The international community is still reeling over amateur video uploaded online showing mass burials after the Houla massacre. Activists and the UN security council blame the regime, but Assad officials blame terrorists seeking to provoke international intervention. That remains an unlikely prospect. An analyst for <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/05/29/pol-baird-syria-diplomats.html">Canada&rsquo;s CBC</a> has a cynical take on why.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;No one wants to unleash chaos that could destabilize the whole region. The world doesn&#39;t mind having an authoritarian regime in Syria, Diana, it just wants Assad to stop slaughtering civilians in the age of Youtube.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Instead, western countries including the United States, France, UK, Canada and Australia expelled Syrian diplomats. The Associated Press called that effort an &ldquo;unusual, coordinated blow&rdquo; to Assad&rsquo;s regime. As for further action though, <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2012/0529/After-massacre-in-Syria-Annan-travels-to-Damascus-to-push-peace-plan">The Christian Science Monitor&rsquo;s Ariel Zirulnick writes</a>...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Mr. Annan has merely reiterated the need for both the government and rebels to abide by his six-point peace plan, which has been mostly ignored... [I]t&#39;s unclear what the result of the renewed fervor for addressing the crisis will be.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/q3w2A6kL8WQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/q3w2A6kL8WQ/annan-syria-at-a-tipping-point http://www.newsy.com/videos/annan-syria-at-a-tipping-point http://www.newsy.com/videos/annan-syria-at-a-tipping-point Tue, 29 May 2012 20:07:33 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13398'><img src='/images/videos/b/13383400531.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13398'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image Source: <a href="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0b4o7dKfh457C/617x.jpg">Al Jazeera</a>)<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY MATTHEW</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> <br /> Hours after the results of Egypt&rsquo;s first election were announced, angry demonstrators took to the streets to protest Ahmed Shafiq&rsquo;s presence on the runoff ballot.<a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012528222430249653.html"> Al Jazeera has more...</a><br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Protesters ransacked Shafiq&rsquo;s campaign headquarters, setting fire to the building&rsquo;s garage. A sign that some in Egypt have lost faith in what they describe as a farcical democratic process.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <br /> On June 16th and 17th, Egypt will conduct runoff elections between the two remaining candidates: Mohammad Morsi for the Muslim Brotherhood, and Shafiq, whose service as Commander of the Egyptian Air Force brands him as a remnant of the old order. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/29/world/meast/egypt-elections/index.html">CNN&rsquo;s Ben Wedeman </a>says it&rsquo;s not what democratic activists were hoping for.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;A choice between the conservative Brotherhood and a remake of the Mubarak regime is no choice at all for those who struggled for years for real change.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Shafiq&rsquo;s strength in the elections comes from his military background. Voters view him as a bulwark of stability against the chaotic unrest that has defined Egyptian politics since Mubarak&rsquo;s overthrow.<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18246317"> Here&rsquo;s the BBC.</a><br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The only person to benefit from that is going to be Ahmed Shafiq himself. He is the law and order candidate, so in a kind of cynical way, the more trouble there is, the more he benefits.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But a question of eligibility could render Shafiq&rsquo;s campaign moot. The Egyptian parliament has passed a bill, pending a court review, which would make former regime members &mdash; like Shafiq &mdash; ineligible to seek office. A decision on the bill&rsquo;s legitimacy is expected five days before the runoff election.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;If they uphold the ruling that Shafiq&rsquo;s candidacy is unconstitutional, then it could be that the whole election will have to be run again.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Egypt remains under the control of its military which has pledged to restore Egypt to civilian rule by the end of June.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/2UZv6f_wBio" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/2UZv6f_wBio/egyptians-torch-shafiq-hq-ahead-of-runoff-vote http://www.newsy.com/videos/egyptians-torch-shafiq-hq-ahead-of-runoff-vote http://www.newsy.com/videos/egyptians-torch-shafiq-hq-ahead-of-runoff-vote Tue, 29 May 2012 17:00:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13384'><img src='/images/videos/b/13383135561.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13384'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012527213720286129.html">Al Jazeera</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR LAUREN GORES</strong></p> <p> <br /> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The newest UN report on the Houla massacre in Syria says most of the dead weren&rsquo;t killed by bomb blasts &mdash; but were instead executed at close range. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/29/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_c1">CNN quotes a UN spokesperson</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;A fairly small number appear to have been killed by shelling, artillery and tank fire. &hellip; But the majority appear to have been the result of house-to-house summary executions.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Police in Denmark say they&rsquo;ve arrested two brothers suspected of planning terror attacks and getting training from an Al Qaeda-linked organization. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18246337">Here&rsquo;s the BBC</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Detectives say they are Danish citizens of Somali origin. No details of any planned attack have been made public, but police say they&rsquo;re investigating possible links with the Somali militant group Al Shabab.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> NATO officials say a U.S.-led airstrike killed a senior Al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan. <a href="http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/29/11931081-number-2-al-qaida-leader-in-afghanistan-killed-in-nato-airstrike?lite">MSNBC has more</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;He was the second-highest ranking member of the terrorist network, killed in the eastern Kunar province.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And Mitt Romney is expected to finally clinch the GOP nomination tonight. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/28/romney-poised-to-clinch-gop-nomination/">Fox News reports</a> win in Texas would put him over the 1144 delegate mark he needs to officially become the nominee.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s just 58 delegates short, but those are an important 58 he needs to get. Texas holds its primary today and the Lone Star state has 152 delegates up for grabs.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Lauren Gores, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/OPs34xfyfck" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/OPs34xfyfck/top-news-headlines-un-says-houla-dead-were-executed http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-un-says-houla-dead-were-executed http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-un-says-houla-dead-were-executed Tue, 29 May 2012 16:30:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13386'><img src='/images/videos/b/13383156161.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13386'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source: Flickr/FreedomHouse2)<br /> <br /> <strong>BY DANIELLE CARTER</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CARISSA LOETHEN&nbsp;</strong></p> <p> <br /> Following the bloody 108 person massacre on May 25, the United States and several other countries have either expelled their Syrian ambassadors or given them 72 hours notice to leave. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOuwj-XrSts">Al Jazeera reports &mdash; Australia was among the first.</a><br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;But the international community is still furious about what happened in Houla. On Tuesday, Australia expelled the Syrian charge d&rsquo;affaires and another diplomat in retaliation.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The expulsions come as UN special envoy Kofi Annan meets with Syrian president Bashar al Assad. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/29/syrian-ambassadors-expelled-britain-france">The Guardian lists other countries that are taking part.</a><br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Britain, France, Germany, the United States and Canada were among those taking part in the global diplomatic action &hellip; and Spain, Italy and the Netherlands are due to do the same.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/156301#.T8Tnwpj5bao">Israel National News points out</a> the expulsions come as Western officials are reportedly considering military aid to the Syrian rebels. The paper says kicking out Syrian diplomats could just be a first step.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The move ... would mark a major shift in Western posture on the Syrian crisis and could herald deeper direct involvement in the fighting there.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120529/canada-syrian-diplomats-120530/">But an analyst on CTV says</a> the move was most likely determined before the Houla massacre at the G8 and NATO summits. He says the goal is probably to lessen resistance among Syria&rsquo;s main ally.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The real thing that&rsquo;s going on behind the scenes, and this is largely an effort by President Barack Obama, is try to get Russia on side. We know they can&rsquo;t dislodge this regime.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9295134/Russia-both-sides-are-to-blame-for-Syrian-atrocity.html">The Telegraph reports</a>, judging from a statement by Russia&rsquo;s foreign minister, the international pressure might be working.</p> <p> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The Russian foreign minister insisted there must be no foreign intervention to force regime change in Syria. However, he offered a glimmer of hope to those lobbying for Assad&rsquo;s removal, saying it was &lsquo;not the main issue who was in power&rsquo;; the priority was to stop the violence.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But, a former U.S. ambassador to Syria says that while Syria is at a tipping point, he doesn&rsquo;t think expelling ambassadors will have much of an effect. BBC has his comments.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;By themselves these are pinpricks that Syria will shrug off. It doesn&rsquo;t place that much value on having its diplomats in other capitals.&rdquo;</strong></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/28SAnWkWO7I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/28SAnWkWO7I/countries-expel-syrian-ambassadors-following-massacre http://www.newsy.com/videos/countries-expel-syrian-ambassadors-following-massacre http://www.newsy.com/videos/countries-expel-syrian-ambassadors-following-massacre Tue, 29 May 2012 14:52:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13385'><img src='/images/videos/b/13383148141.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13385'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.4004993212874979" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; "><font face="Arial"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; ">IMAGE SOURCE: (<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ibf5pm7IjzB-R7KvBzvpNG_L99Gw?docId=28260a49ef1947a996c36ee1c6a78d3f">CCTV</a>)</span></font></span></span></p> <p> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; "><font face="Arial"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; ">By Anthony Martinez</span></font></span></span></strong></p> <p> <br /> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The boy wonder billionaire Mark Zuckerberg was seen on a Chinese police documentary with his wife Priscilla in Shanghai. No, they weren&rsquo;t tased or anything. But these few seconds on China Central TV are enough to get people talking. Here&rsquo;s a look from <a href="http://www.bloomtv.net/">Bloom TV</a>.</span></span></p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Zuckerberg and his new wife Priscilla Chan make a cameo appearance in a Chinese documentary about Chinese police methods. The couple was visiting Shangai in March, when they were caught on tape...&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">This clip circulated quickly throughout Chinese social media. <a href="http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/zuckerberg-and-priscilla-chans-bizarre-cameo-in-shanghai-documentary-62215777.htm">CNET</a> reports...</span></span></p> <br /> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The image you see above has gone viral on Sina Weibo, the country&#39;s most lively Twitter-like site ...The fortuitous bit of filming must have happened back in March, when the tech scene&#39;s most high-profile couple visited Shanghai for what turned out to be a quiet, personal trip.&rdquo;</strong></p> <br /> <p> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; "><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">It&rsquo;s uncertain if this was staged, but rumors are surfacing that the clip may be an intentional statement of China&rsquo;s fear for unrestricted information access. Just two years ago, Zuckerberg was having lunch with Robin Li, CEO of the Chinese search engine Baidu. </span></font></span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">In a 2010 article, the <a href="http://www.ecademy.com/node.php?id=158340">ecademy</a> writes...</span></span></p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Zuckerberg&#39;s visit to China and Baidu poses a lot of questions. Besides Russia, China is another huge market Facebook is yet to conquer. Like many other online services, Facebook is blocked in China; does Zuckerberg have a plan to overcome the great firewall of China, and can Baidu help him do that?&rdquo;</strong></p> <br /> <p> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Right now, the answer is &ldquo;No&rdquo;. Facebook, along with Twitter and YouTube, are blocked in China. Eduardo Saverin, a co-founder of Facebook, said that expanding Facebook into China is &ldquo;disruptive globally&rdquo;. The <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/05/25/in-china-facebook-co-founder-saverin-touts-site%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98democratizing-voice%E2%80%99/?mod=google_news_blog’">WSJ</a> reports...</span></span></p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;As the world&rsquo;s largest social network, Facebook would likely have to bring not only willful censorship, but also the release of personal information to the government &ndash; a practice that famously earned Yahoo several run-ins with the U.S. congress.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">But traveling seems to be the norm when you&rsquo;re married to a self-made billionaire. The couple was spotted this weekend in Italy, where they were seen visiting the Sistine Chapel. Zuckerberg-- sporting jeans and a hoodie.</span></span></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/zhIjgCZDbrw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/zhIjgCZDbrw/zuckerberg-makes-cameo-on-chinese-tv http://www.newsy.com/videos/zuckerberg-makes-cameo-on-chinese-tv http://www.newsy.com/videos/zuckerberg-makes-cameo-on-chinese-tv Tue, 29 May 2012 08:03:30 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13379'><img src='/images/videos/b/13382957631.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13379'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18245455">BBC</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR ALLIE SPILLYARDS</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Protesters in Egypt set fire to the campaign headquarters of one of the country&rsquo;s presidential candidates, who the protesters believe represents the old regime. <a href="http://news.sky.com/home/video">Sky News has the details</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Ahmed Shafiq was the last prime minister to serve under President Hosni Mubarak. The attack followed the announcement that he would face Mohamed Mursi from the Muslim Brotherhood in a runoff next month.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Just over a week after a deadly earthquake hit northern Italy, another quake hit the same region. This tremor caused more already-weakened buildings to collapse. <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/29/several-dead-in-new-quake-in-northern-italy/">Here&rsquo;s euronews</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;It caused panic among those still living in tents after a fatal tremor hit the same region nine days ago. Latest reports say 10 people have died and many others have been injured.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Scientists announced they have found radiation from Japan&rsquo;s nuclear disaster in bluefin tuna off the coast of California. <a href="http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/28/low-levels-of-fukushima-cesium-found-in-west-coast-tuna/?iref=allsearch">CNN reports</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Only low levels, they say, but they also say it&rsquo;s definitely the result of Japan&rsquo;s tsunami-damaged Fukushima power plant.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> An overnight standoff in Texas between police and a robbery suspect ended when the man fell from a crane. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/28/armed-man-reportedly-barricaded-in-crane-cab-on-texas-college-campus/">Fox News has more</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;A man was holed up in the cab of this crane for nearly 15 hours before he climbed out. He fell 150 feet to the ground. It&rsquo;s believed he died from the fall. The police are not confirming anything at this time.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Allie Spillyards, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/N3Lnc8vXBH8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/N3Lnc8vXBH8/top-news-headlines-egyptians-torch-shafiq-s-campaign-hq http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-egyptians-torch-shafiq-s-campaign-hq http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-egyptians-torch-shafiq-s-campaign-hq Mon, 28 May 2012 21:00:02 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13377'><img src='/images/videos/b/13382524861.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13377'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ahmed_Shafik.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>)</p> <p> <br /> <strong>BY STACEY WELSH</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN&nbsp;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> A run-off is set for Egypt&rsquo;s presidential election after a one percent difference between the top two candidates&rsquo; votes. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/28/world/meast/egypt-election/index.html?hpt=wo_c2">CNN reports an election official confirmed the news</a> Monday.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Mohammed Morsi, the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood won 24 percent of the vote. </strong><strong>Ahmed Shafiq&hellip; Hosni Mubarak&rsquo;s last prime minister won 23 percent.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The election will take place mid-June. 46 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in the first-round election, compared to 62 percent for recent parliamentary elections. And while the occasion marks Egypt&rsquo;s first-ever free election, <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-05-28/egypt-confirms-mursi-shafik-to-contest-presidential-runoff">Bloomberg notes</a> the runoff pits the &ldquo;two most divisive candidates&rdquo; against each other.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;...fueling political tensions that have built up since Mubarak&rsquo;s ouster last year and leaving Egyptians with a choice between a secular candidate with ties to the old regime and an Islamist.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> And some are not satisfied with either of those options. <a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/1656857644001/egypt-elections-religion-first-economy-second-for-voters/">As Fox News reports</a>, citizens are returning to the streets.<br /> <br /> <strong>REPORTER: &ldquo;Young Egyptian revolutionaries returned to Tahrir Square in protest.&quot; PROTESTER: &quot;Angry. I&rsquo;m more than angry.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15982037,00.html">Germany&rsquo;s Deutsche Welle reports</a> protesters started a fire near Shafiq&rsquo;s headquarters. Some view him...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;...as a symbol of the deposed president&#39;s rule. Some protesters who took part in last year&#39;s uprising have also expressed dissatisfaction with Morsi as not sufficiently representative of change.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But the elections won&rsquo;t bring an end to the conflict. <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-05-28/egypt-presidential-elections-runoff/55251184/1">USA Today reports</a> the country still needs a new constitution to define the President&rsquo;s and the parliament&rsquo;s powers.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Whoever prevails ... will face a state-controlled media that has failed to reform, a judiciary that lacks independence and security forces that continue to abuse human rights.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The winner will become Egypt&rsquo;s first freely-elected president.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/CIcJb3B9bUQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/CIcJb3B9bUQ/egypt-set-for-presidential-runoff-as-fresh-protests-erupt http://www.newsy.com/videos/egypt-set-for-presidential-runoff-as-fresh-protests-erupt http://www.newsy.com/videos/egypt-set-for-presidential-runoff-as-fresh-protests-erupt Mon, 28 May 2012 19:40:16 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13376'><img src='/images/videos/b/13382522051.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13376'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012528135025997336.html">Al Jazeera</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> At least 19 people are dead after a fire blazed through a shopping mall in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. Among those killed &mdash; at least 13 children, four teachers and two firefighters.<br /> <br /> The cause is under investigation. But amid reports of missing floorplans and faulty sprinklers, world media are beginning to ask whether one of the world&rsquo;s richest countries has adequate building safety measures in place. <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012528135025997336.html">Al Jazeera is one outlet</a> which posed the question.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Qatar boasts one of the highest standards of living in the world, with oil and gas revenues helping the country grow rapidly. Questions will now be asked whether building safety has kept up.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16237099">Sky News is yet another</a> highlighting claims against the building&rsquo;s standards. &nbsp;<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;...there are already claims from those who were there that there were no clear signs to the exits, that the sprinklers didn&rsquo;t work, and that the evacuation was slow.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> To that, <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/world/nz-triplets-among-19-dead-in-qatar-shopping-mall-inferno-20120529-1zfu2.html">the Sydney Morning Herald reports</a>, Qatar&rsquo;s Interior Ministry says all buildings in the country follow strict safety requirements.<br /> <br /> But a spokesman says a special committee will still be set up to monitor building safety standards.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18243136">According to the BBC</a>, the Villaggio mall where the fire broke out is one of the country&rsquo;s most popular shopping and recreational complexes.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The Villagio mall opened in the middle of a building boom in 2006. &hellip; But now its management, design and safety standards are likely to come under the fiercest scrutiny.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The Associated Press is reporting all of the dead were foreigners, including four children that were Spanish citizens, a French child, and triplets from New Zealand.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/C0xv9C2xgi4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/C0xv9C2xgi4/doha-fire-raises-concerns-over-safety-standards-in-qatar http://www.newsy.com/videos/doha-fire-raises-concerns-over-safety-standards-in-qatar http://www.newsy.com/videos/doha-fire-raises-concerns-over-safety-standards-in-qatar Mon, 28 May 2012 16:20:41 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13369'><img src='/images/videos/b/13382271411.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13369'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.ase.gr/content/en/MarketData/Indices/Prices/default.asp">Athens Exchange </a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY MALLORY PERRYMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Greek stocks rebounded on Monday after a 22-year-low. <a href="http://www.bnn.ca/">Business News Network reports</a> on what sparked the surge.&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;....as opinion polls in Greece indicate the country could stick with the euro. Surveys over the weekend show the country&rsquo;s pro-bailout parties will be able to form a government when Greeks head back to the polls June 2nd.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> U.N. envoy Kofi Annan says he is horrified by a weekend massacre in Syria that left more than 100 people dead. <a href="http://news.sky.com/home">Sky News reports</a> &mdash;&nbsp;Annan is now making another push for his proposed peace plan.&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan arrived in the country today promising to have serious and frank discussions with President Assad...&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Men in Black 3 knocked The Avengers out of the number one slot this weekend &mdash;&nbsp;raking in $55 million in ticket sales.<a href="http://www.wtae.com/"> But as WTAE reports</a> &mdash;&nbsp;The Avengers had a pretty decent haul too.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;...and The Avengers came in second place but took in enough money after three blockbuster weekends to push its total sales to $514 billion.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/CnvwdchHj5w" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/CnvwdchHj5w/top-news-headlines-greek-stock-market-rebounds http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-greek-stock-market-rebounds http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-greek-stock-market-rebounds Mon, 28 May 2012 15:56:35 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13365'><img src='/images/videos/b/13382244391.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13365'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.kofc.org/en//index.html">Knights of Columbus</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <b id="internal-source-marker_0.7251124712638557" style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">BY LYNDSEY GARZA</span></b><br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> <br /> <b style="font-weight: normal; "><b id="internal-source-marker_0.7251124712638557" style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The Vatican is now investigating an unidentified cardinal suspected of playing a leading role in the &ldquo;Vatileaks&rdquo; scandal.</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">That revelation follows the arrest of the Pope&rsquo;s butler, Paolo Gabrielen. </span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">A senior Vatican analyst at CNN reports on the allegations... </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">&ldquo;First of all, I should say there is real doubt in many quarters whether or not this butler, if, indeed, he is involved, acted alone.&rdquo; </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Gabriele &ndash; a 46-year-old father of three &ndash; has been Pope Benedict XVI&rsquo;s butler for six years. </span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">He&rsquo;s been accused of theft of private documents and is detained in a Vatican detention facility. </span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">documenting alleged corruption and croneyism.</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The Daily Beast explains further...</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">&ldquo;</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Gabriele &hellip;. would have had unhindered access to the pope&rsquo;s personal desk and papers, but sources close to the Vatican say most of the documents that have been leaked to the press over the last year probably never crossed the papal desk at all... Instead the documents that have surfaced would have been handled by Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican&rsquo;s secretary of state, or processed by the pope&rsquo;s secretaries...&rdquo;</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Bertone has been criticized for supporting abortion in special cases and blaming the child sex scandals within the church on homoesexual infiltration of the clergy.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">An anonymous informer tells Italy&rsquo;s La Repubblica Gabriele &ndash; also called Paoletto &ndash; &nbsp;is a pawn in a power struggle of Vatican whistleblowers... </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">&ldquo;</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">There isn&#39;t just one brain behind the operation, there are several... The whistleblowers even include cardinals. But the Vatican Secretary of State cannot admit that and has the small fry arrested, like &lsquo;Paoletto&rsquo; &hellip; who has got nothing to do with it apart from having passed on some letters.&rdquo;</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">According to Reuters, the Vatican denies any cardinals are suspects in the leak. Many officials are being questioned, but Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi says a cardinal will not be investigated and the depth of the scandal has been exaggerated in the media. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">According to a reporter for Italy&rsquo;s Il Messaggero, the &ldquo;circle is tightening around other people working in the Vatican offices&rdquo;, which has left Benedict XVI weary. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">CBS News reports, the pope delivered a solemn homily calling for harmony and truth. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">&ldquo;In his homily he noted that we must live by the spirit of unity and truth. The problem for the Vatican is that truth, which was supposed to remain secret, have been exposed in fulsome glory.&rdquo;</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Benedict XVI has not released a comment on the scandal directly. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">&nbsp;</span></b></b></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/fyCeQhzLWp8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/fyCeQhzLWp8/unidentified-cardinal-suspected-of-involvement-in-vatileaks http://www.newsy.com/videos/unidentified-cardinal-suspected-of-involvement-in-vatileaks http://www.newsy.com/videos/unidentified-cardinal-suspected-of-involvement-in-vatileaks Mon, 28 May 2012 15:20:56 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13370'><img src='/images/videos/b/13382274561.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13370'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> Image source: (<a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/19/syria-intervention-very-difficult-top-u-s-general/">Raw story</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY ANTHONY MARTINEZ</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <br /> The U.N. Security Council is condemning the violence in Syria.<br /> And now, U.S. military intervention is a possible response.<br /> <br /> <br /> That&rsquo;s according to the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Martin Dempsey, who weighs in on <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/28/atrocities-could-trigger-military-intervention-in-syria-joint-chiefs-chairman/">Fox News</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;You&rsquo;ll always find military leaders somewhat cautious about the use of force, because we&rsquo;re never entirely sure what may come out on the other side. But that said, it may come to a point with Syria because of the atrocities.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The Houla massacre has prompted condemnation even from former supporters of the Assad regime, like China. &nbsp;<a href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/28/annan-in-syria-with-message-for-everyone-with-a-gun/">CNN</a> analysts explain Gen. Dempsey&rsquo;s call for a more strategic influence in Syria.<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Syria, of course, is the linchpin of the whole region. Right? You have Hezbollah, you have Iran that plays into all our Middle East policy.<br /> _FLASH_<br /> &ldquo;His message this morning was not just pressure, but he wants Assad to know that the U.S. is thinking about a military option.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Currently, the only binding negotiations have been peace talks brokered by the U.N. -- called the Annan Plan. Former Secretary General Kofi <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012528104471849.html">Annan says</a> the recent bloodshed in Houla changes the dialogue.<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;And this message of peace is not only for the government, but for everyone, for every individual with a gun. &nbsp;The six-point plan must be implemented on its comprehensiveness, but that is not happening today.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Not everyone blames Assad&rsquo;s Syrian government forces for the atrocities.<br /> On <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/russiatoday?ob=4&amp;feature=results_main">RT</a>, a russian diplomat says resistance forces shoulder some of the blame for the loss of life.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re dealing with a situation where both parties probably were involved in the deaths of innocent people.&rdquo; &nbsp;<br /> <br /> &ldquo;But when some of our partners start saying that the only solution is regime change, I start doubting their sincerity.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <br /> International monitors continue to investigate who is responsible for the Houla killings.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/V0y8i4BrwH0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/V0y8i4BrwH0/u-s-military-intervention-possible-in-syria http://www.newsy.com/videos/u-s-military-intervention-possible-in-syria http://www.newsy.com/videos/u-s-military-intervention-possible-in-syria Mon, 28 May 2012 14:50:12 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13367'><img src='/images/videos/b/13382269931.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13367'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://news.sky.com/home/politics/article/16236904">Sky News</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY SINI STEPHAN</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR NEVILLE MILLER</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says &mdash;&nbsp;he only had a working relationship with media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Blair defended his ties to Murdoch during an official public inquiry on Monday. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18228898">BBC has part of his testimony</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>Tony Blair: &ldquo;Senior media people and senior politicians, that relationship is inevitably going to involve a close interaction and I think that has always been the case and it&rsquo;s going to go on being the case.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The inquiry was set up by the U.K. government to make recommendations about press regulations after the infamous phone hacking scandal. <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/all-eyes-on-blair-as-he-takes-stand-at-leveson-7792688.html">As the Independent reports</a> &mdash; Blair&rsquo;s relationship with Murdoch has long been called into question.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;In 1996, Blair denied a broadcasting Bill provision that would have prevented any national newspaper proprietor with more than 20 per cent of the market from buying into television&hellip;&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Anchor: Additionally...</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;All of News Corp&#39;s 175 newspapers &ndash; including The Sun, The Times, The Sunday Times and News of the World &ndash; supported the Iraq war in 2003.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303674004577431921039857912.html">according to The Wall Street Journal</a>...</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Mr. Blair faced questions about events such as his attendance at a News Corp. conference in Australia in 1995 and mentioned his decision, some 15 years later, to become godfather to one of Mr. Murdoch&#39;s children.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/iainmartin1/100161009/blair-does-his-master-class-at-leveson/">An analyst for The Telegraph says</a> &mdash; Blair&rsquo;s relationship with Murdoch highlights one of the former prime minister&rsquo;s flaws.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;He doesn&#39;t like confronting other powerful forces, even when they are allies who may be in the wrong. Questioned about why he felt he had to deal and trade with the media in the way that he did, Blair attempted to explain that he concluded that he had no alternative but to play the game.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Correspondent Philip Williams <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2012/s3512987.htm">of Australian Broadcast Corporation&rsquo;s Lateline points out</a> Blair&rsquo;s reason to form a sound relationship with British press.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;If he&#39;d taken on the media, if he&#39;d taken on Murdoch, that would&#39;ve completely dominated his time and his efforts and he didn&#39;t want to be blocked in that sense and bring government to paralysis.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Blair is the first of many politicians who will appear to testify for the public under The Leveson Inquiry.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <br /> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/np3fXtBFWa8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/np3fXtBFWa8/tony-blair-questioned-about-ties-with-murdoch http://www.newsy.com/videos/tony-blair-questioned-about-ties-with-murdoch http://www.newsy.com/videos/tony-blair-questioned-about-ties-with-murdoch Mon, 28 May 2012 09:00:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13361'><img src='/images/videos/b/13382108121.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13361'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/">WhiteHouse.gov</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR ALLIE SPILLYARDS</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Memorial Day is being remembered around the country. In Washington, President Obama will lay a traditional wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/28/obama-to-honor-fallen-troops-on-memorial-day/">Fox News reports</a> on other ceremonies planned for today.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The President along with vice president Joe Biden will then visit the Vietnam War Memorial. The President will deliver the keynote address during a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the start of the Vietnam War.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Tropical Storm Beryl made landfall overnight near Jacksonville, Florida. The storm is almost powerful enough to be classified as a hurricane, and is expected to dump nearly a foot of rain in some areas. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/28/us/weather-beryl/index.html">CNN explains</a> it&rsquo;s rare to have such a powerful storm this time of year.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Unusual to have not one but two tropical storms in the month of May &mdash; we&rsquo;re not even to the beginning of hurricane season yet. And this one made landfall. We haven&rsquo;t seen that in decades.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Former UK prime minister Tony Blair testified in the inquiry over the News of the World phone hacking scandal. <a href="http://news.sky.com/home/video">Sky News has a clip</a> where Blair defended his administration&rsquo;s ties to Rupert Murdoch&rsquo;s media empire.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;I cannot believe we are the first and only government that has ever wanted to put the best possible gloss on what you&rsquo;re doing. I would be surprised if governments hadn&rsquo;t done that throughout the ages.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Sunday&rsquo;s Indy 500 paid tribute to Dan Wheldon, an IndyCar champion who was killed in a crash last October. The race began with Wheldon&rsquo;s car taking a ceremonial lap, and finished with Wheldon&rsquo;s closest friends sweeping the race. <a href="http://www.hlntv.com/">Here&rsquo;s HLN</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Wheldon&rsquo;s three best friends on the track &mdash; Franchitti, Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan &mdash; finished 1-2-3 in the race. Kanaan said afterward, &lsquo;Wherever Wheldon is right now, he&rsquo;s smiling.&rsquo;&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Allie Spillyards, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/f9DDCVcH6Ug" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/f9DDCVcH6Ug/top-news-headlines-memorial-for-vietnam-50th-anniversary http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-memorial-for-vietnam-50th-anniversary http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-memorial-for-vietnam-50th-anniversary Mon, 28 May 2012 04:00:03 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13356'><img src='/images/videos/b/13381611921.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13356'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: The Independent)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <b id="internal-source-marker_0.5110653680749238" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-indent: 44px; font-weight: normal; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">BY LYNDSEY GARZA</span></b><br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> <br /> <b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-indent: 44px; font-weight: normal; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Two American men were arrested Sunday in Tokyo over the death of Nicola Furlong, a 21-year-old Irish exchange student. </span><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/27/world/asia/japan-americans-arrested/index.html" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">CNN has more...</span></a><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">&ldquo;What Tokyo police are telling us is she died by something called suffocation by cervical compression and that does sound like it is strangulation.&rdquo; </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "> </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">MSNBC reports Furlong and a friend went to a Nicki Minaj concert earlier this week. After the concert, they were approached by two men &mdash; a 19-year-old musician and a 23-year-old dancer James Blackston, who police say led the women back to their hotel rooms. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The Japan Times explains--</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">&ldquo;Upon arriving at the hotel, the musician paired off with the Irish woman and the other two went to a different room. A guest complained about a loud noise coming from one of the rooms around 3:20 a.m...and a hotel employee who checked the room found the Irish woman lying unconscious on the floor with the man standing nearby...&rdquo;</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The Hinterland Gazette&rsquo;s Janet Shan doesn&rsquo;t hold the two women accountable--but insists they should have been more careful.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">&ldquo;Not to blame the victim, but going off to the room of a perfect stranger isn&rsquo;t smart, no matter what country you are in.&rdquo; </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Furlong was studying abroad at Takasaki City University of Economics. The two men have been charged with indecent assault and investigation is ongoing. Official toxicology reports are to be released on Monday.</span></b></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/HIAIcaeCUVM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/HIAIcaeCUVM/americans-arrested-after-irish-student-s-death http://www.newsy.com/videos/americans-arrested-after-irish-student-s-death http://www.newsy.com/videos/americans-arrested-after-irish-student-s-death Mon, 28 May 2012 02:00:05 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13354'><img src='/images/videos/b/13381591151.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13354'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://taketheflourback.org/open-letter-to-rothamsted/">Take the Flour Back</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> A protest against genetically-modified food in the UK had British media asking: is the environmental movement anti-science or is GM food just science run amok?</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The protest, organized by the anti-GM group Take the Flour Back, targetted an open-air trial of a new kind of genetically-modified wheat. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18227454">The BBC has footage</a> from the protest. (Video source: <a href="http://www.twitvid.com/6FQRR">Twitvid</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re sitting under that big tree, and many of them are giving speeches talking about the dangers of GM.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The experimental wheat is being grown at the Rothamsted Research site, and it&rsquo;s meant to increase crop yields by resisting insect damage. <a href="http://www.itv.com/news/2012-05-25/controversy-over-gm-crops-looks-set-to-re-ignite/">ITV gives some background</a> on the controversial crop.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The wheat&rsquo;s been engineered to produce a chemical that scares off aphid pests &mdash; a chemical that&rsquo;s present in hundreds of other plants and even the hops in the beer you drink.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The genes the scientists inserted into the wheat DNA come from the mint plant, but they&rsquo;re so common even many mammals have them. The final form of the test genes wound up resembling those found in cows.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> That led <a href="http://taketheflourback.org/open-letter-to-rothamsted/">Take the Flour Back</a> to portray the wheat as a &ldquo;frankenfood&rdquo; &mdash; one they threatened to rip out of the ground over fears it might get out and contaminate non-GM crops.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The scientists responded to the plan by releasing a video pleading with protesters not to uproot their research, arguing the experiment was tightly controlled and the risk of contamination was extremely low. (Video source: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9scGtf5E3I&amp;feature=plcp">Rothamsted Research</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The protest kicked off a debate in the UK over whether the anti-GM crowd is anti-science. <a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiversscience/100160423/dont-vote-green-until-they-drop-the-anti-science-zealotry/">A writer for the Telegraph</a> says:</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;This is ugly, idiotic Luddism. The research is non-profit. It is attempting to find ways to make wheat farming less environmentally damaging ... Actual supporters of environmentalism, as opposed to kneejerk technophobes, should support the efforts.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/27/observer-editorial-gm-crops-research?newsfeed=true">An editorial in The Observer</a> accused the anti-GM groups of getting both their science and their environmentalism wrong.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;This is science operating responsibly in balance with nature. ... By interrupting its completion, activists will do irreparable damage to a cause to which they profess undying allegiance.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> But <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428666.100-squaring-the-genetically-modified-crop-circle.html">a writer for New Scientist</a> defends the protesters, saying the disagreement isn&rsquo;t about science itself &mdash; but rather who controls it.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;With activists able to call attention to legitimate flaws in the regulatory and commercialisation process, scientists have few effective communication options available. &hellip; Activists also correctly allege that the biotech industry and scientists have a record of hyping the potential benefits of such crops.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> In the end, police prevented protesters from ripping up the plants. But security will remain high due to the fear of lone intruders &mdash; like the man who reportedly broke into the field last weekend and destroyed a good chunk of the crop.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/ZQuoNpJ1GwA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/ZQuoNpJ1GwA/are-anti-gm-wheat-protesters-anti-science http://www.newsy.com/videos/are-anti-gm-wheat-protesters-anti-science http://www.newsy.com/videos/are-anti-gm-wheat-protesters-anti-science Mon, 28 May 2012 01:00:02 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13351'><img src='/images/videos/b/13381535661.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13351'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.lifenews.com">Life News</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY LOGAN TITTLE</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Activists held a gay-pride parade in Moscow resulting in about 40 arrests. <a href="http://en.ria.ru/russia/20120527/173701495.html">Russian News and Information Agency </a>reports the rally was an anniversary celebration of homosexual decriminalization &mdash; but it wasn&rsquo;t given authorization by the police.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Despite warnings from authorities, gay-rights activists came together near the City Hall building, where they were confronted by Orthodox Christians and later the police. In an attempt to break up the protest, things got physical.</p> <p> (video source:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/4dpipol">4dpipol</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/05/gay-activists-detained-while-demanding-right-to-hold-parade/">ABC News reports</a> a protest leader was among those detained and had also been arrested for spreading &ldquo;gay propaganda&rdquo; which is illegal in St. Petersburg. <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/n_alexeyev">He later tweeted </a>about the instances.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s sad that Russia has completely turned into a totalitarian state. I was arrested because I opened my mouth in front of a group of journalists.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> He also expressed frustration with members of the gay community who did not attend the rally.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Once more today I was convinced of the bravery of a couple dozen activists and the complete cowardice of all gay partiers.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=11939&amp;MediaType=1&amp;Category=24">On Top Magazine </a>reports this isn&rsquo;t the first time an event like this has been turned down, saying Moscow&rsquo;s mayor...</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;...rejected the activists&rsquo; application to hold a Gay Pride event in the city for the seventh year in a row&hellip; Former Moscow Mayor &hellip; aggressively shut down any unauthorized pro-gay demonstrations, which he called &lsquo;Satanic acts&rsquo;...&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/150-detained-at-anti-kremlin-rallies/459315.html">The Moscow Times</a> reports Orthodox Christian opponents and two members of the media were also arrested. The city of Duma is considering a nationwide law banning all kinds of &ldquo;sexual propaganda.&rdquo;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/MAUiKLN5Mtk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/MAUiKLN5Mtk/moscow-police-arrest-gay-activists http://www.newsy.com/videos/moscow-police-arrest-gay-activists http://www.newsy.com/videos/moscow-police-arrest-gay-activists Sun, 27 May 2012 21:29:57 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13359'><img src='/images/videos/b/13381760021.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13359'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVxUyv4wV9Q">The Telegraph</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <br /> An emergency meeting of the United Nations security council ended Sunday with unanimous condemnation of the Syrian government.<br /> <br /> This after <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVxUyv4wV9Q">amateur video uploaded online</a> appeared to show a mass burial in the city of Houla &mdash; where the UN says more than 100 civilians were killed over the weekend. More than a third of the dead, according to UN observers, were children.</p> <p> <br /> The security council called it &ldquo;an outrageous use of force&rdquo; in its non-binding statement, saying it condemns the attacks in the strongest possible terms. <a href="http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16236547">Sky News takes</a> an editorial stance, and blames the regime of President Bashar al Assad.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;They won&rsquo;t say who&rsquo;s to blame, but it&rsquo;s clear army tanks were involved even though the Assad regime denies responsibility.</strong>&rdquo;<br /> <br /> That&rsquo;s not a difficult stance to find in western reporting of the tragedy. But the official line from the Syrian government is the attacks were orchestrated by outside forces in an attempt to inspire intervention. And while activists said pro-Syrian regime forces were responsible, Russia resisted calls to blame the government.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://en.rian.ru/world/20120528/173707459.html">In a statement to Russian journalists</a>, Russia&rsquo;s deputy UN Ambassador Alexander Pankin called it &ldquo;wrong&rdquo; to blame only the Syrian government &mdash; saying the massacre clearly went against Syrian regime interests.<br /> <br /> Syria&rsquo;s foreign ministry told reporters the regime &ldquo;firmly denies&rdquo; involvement in the massacre, blaming the tragedy on &ldquo;terrorists.&rdquo; <a href="http://www.itv.com/news/story/2012-05-25/50-dead-in-syria-forces-attack/">ITV features</a> activists who say otherwise.</p> <p> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;But one activist who entered Houla after the massacre said the people he spoke to confirmed security forces were involved. ... The security forces together with the people who lives in the villages around Houla and they started to enter the houses and kill the people.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The condemnation is so far the strongest action Russia has permitted against its close ally Syria. In fact The Guardian reports Moscow had to meet with the UN observer mission&rsquo;s head for a behind closed doors briefing. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/27/un-security-council-meets-on-syria-massacre/">On Fox News</a>, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton called Sunday&rsquo;s emergency meeting &ldquo;unusual,&rdquo; and accused Russia of forcing an overly-tepid response by the security council.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The Russians carrying water for the Syrian government, making sure the statement was ambiguous on that point. It&rsquo;s not at all clear whether the council is going to do more than simply condemn the violence...&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> UN special envoy for Syria Kofi Annan is expected to be in Syria Monday. In the meantime, reports suggest President Obama is prepared to pressure Russia into backing a plan to remove Assad from power.<br /> <br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/pjKIe9YErG0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/pjKIe9YErG0/un-security-council-condemns-massacre-in-syrian-town http://www.newsy.com/videos/un-security-council-condemns-massacre-in-syrian-town http://www.newsy.com/videos/un-security-council-condemns-massacre-in-syrian-town Sun, 27 May 2012 19:57:40 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13357'><img src='/images/videos/b/13381630601.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13357'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image Source: <a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/obama-rules-out-unilateral-military-action-against-syria-1.170803?localLinksEnabled=false">Stripes</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY LOGAN TITTLE</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> After reports of more than 100 civilian deaths in a Syrian massacre, President Obama&rsquo;s foreign policy came under scrutiny on the Sunday political talk shows.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> His 2008 opponent, Arizona Senator John McCain took to <a href="http://www.foxnews.com">Fox News.</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;You know, this is a shameful episode in American history&hellip;This administration has a feckless foreign policy which abandons American leadership&hellip;&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> McCain went on to suggest the president is trying to delay taking action in Syria until after the election. Syria has been experiencing rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad for more than a year now--resulting in a long line of killings.</p> <p> (video source: <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/27/baird-condemns-syrian-massacre">Toronto Sun</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/romney-faults-obama-after-syria-crackdown/">The New York Times</a> reports the Obama administration plans to use Russia&rsquo;s help in an attempt to transition Assad out&mdash;something McCain says the U.S. shouldn&rsquo;t count on.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And he&rsquo;s not alone. At least not in Republican circles.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Presumptive nominee Mitt Romney&rsquo;s campaign <a href="http://www.mittromney.com/news/press/2012/05/mitt-romney-assad-regimes-massacre-civilians-haoulais-horrific">issued a statement</a>&mdash;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;...it is far past time for the United States to begin to lead and put an end to Assad regime&hellip; The [Kofi] Annan &lsquo;peace&rsquo; plan &hellip; has merely granted the Assad regime more time to execute its military onslaught.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And the Obama camp is fighting back&mdash;saying Romney is out of line and hasn&rsquo;t shown any ability to handle a crisis like Syria.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;</strong><strong>...he has come off the sidelines to take a cheap shot at the president&rsquo;s foreign policy without offering any realistic solutions of his own&hellip; These kind of political attacks from Gov. Romney can&rsquo;t mask the fact that his ideas about national security are reckless and backward-looking.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And in President Obama&rsquo;s defense Senator John Kerry <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com">told Bloomberg</a>, teaming up with Russia is a much stronger possibility than some believe.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Russia is very much closer to us on the subject of Syria than people might think...They believe Assad has to go&hellip;They have a difference of opinion as to how we might achieve that&hellip;&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/report-obama-seeking-russia-aid-in-orderly-syria-regime-change-1.432790">Haaretz reports</a> Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss Syria next month.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/A5KjCMJTzUQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/A5KjCMJTzUQ/mccain-blasts-feckless-obama-foreign-policy-on-syria http://www.newsy.com/videos/mccain-blasts-feckless-obama-foreign-policy-on-syria http://www.newsy.com/videos/mccain-blasts-feckless-obama-foreign-policy-on-syria Sun, 27 May 2012 19:12:21 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13358'><img src='/images/videos/b/13381639411.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13358'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image source: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christine_Lagarde_-_Universit%C3%A9_d%27%C3%A9t%C3%A9_du_MEDEF_2009.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Greek observers are feeling a little kicked while they&rsquo;re down.</p> <p> <br /> Some are miffed over International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde&rsquo;s suggestion that some Greeks were tax-dodgers and it&rsquo;s payback time.<br /> <br /> It comes from a recently-published interview with a British newspaper. The comments gained traction and wider backlash over the weekend.<br /> <br /> In a discussion about saving the euro, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/25/christine-lagarde-imf-euro">she told The Guardian</a>, <strong>&ldquo;As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The Guardian reports she went on to say she has more sympathy for African children than the people of Greece. To put the comments in context, in return for a multi-billion euro bailout, Greece had said it would put tough austerity measures in place. But inconclusive elections in May left Greek willingness to go through with that promise in doubt. San Diego&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.sandiego6.com/">XETV</a> suggests Lagarde&rsquo;s comments were...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;...making clear that the IMF has no plans to relent on its austerity requirements for the country. The EU appears poised to let Greece fend for itself.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The backlash was swift.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_27/05/2012_444147">With Greece&rsquo;s ekathimerini reporting</a> Greek lawmakers were slamming the IMF head, as some 10,000 angry Greeks took to her Facebook page to condemn the remarks.</p> <p> <br /> But observers have often cited tax evasion as a contributor to Greece&rsquo;s struggling finances. <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9FF7K681.htm">The Associated Press estimates</a> it costs the state more than $20 billion a year. Economist Will Hutton tells <a href="http://news.sky.com/home">Sky News</a>, Lagarde might not be totally off base, but the problem is she appeared to be aiming her ire in the wrong direction.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;You have a political elite, a financial elite, a business elite and a professional elite in Greece, who had essentially sacked the country... Wrong really, to address her comments to ordinary Greek citizens.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> That, as it turns out, is essentially how Lagarde defended her comments. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/christinelagarde">In a Facebook post</a> late Saturday, she clarified...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;...I am very sympathetic to the Greek people&hellip; [E]veryone should carry their fair share of the burden, especially the most privileged... That is the point I was emphasizing...&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/120526/imf-chief-christine-lagarde-retreats-comments-greeks-are-tax-dod">The Global Post called that a &ldquo;retreat.&rdquo;</a><br /> <br /> New elections in Greece are scheduled for mid-June. In a statement, anti-austerity Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras said Greeks weren&rsquo;t looking for Lagarde&rsquo;s sympathy. But PASOK party leader Evangelos Venizelos said he welcomed her clarification.<br /> <br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/wVa3rdtpTWk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/wVa3rdtpTWk/imf-head-faces-backlash-over-greek-tax-dodger-comments http://www.newsy.com/videos/imf-head-faces-backlash-over-greek-tax-dodger-comments http://www.newsy.com/videos/imf-head-faces-backlash-over-greek-tax-dodger-comments Sun, 27 May 2012 18:32:06 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13352'><img src='/images/videos/b/13381557331.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13352'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image source: <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/05/syria-denies-role-in-child-massacre-in-houla-town.html">Los Angeles Times</a>)</p> <p> <br /> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> <br /> <br /> The United Nations Security Council is meeting to discuss the massacre in the Syrian village of Houla.<br /> Diplomats say the closed meeting was called after Russia rejected a joint U.K.-French statement condemning the killings.<br /> U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague explained the decision <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18229870">to the BBC</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not in the interest of Russia, just as it&rsquo;s not in the interest of anybody in the world for Syria to descend into an even bloodier situation and into full-scale civil war. And that is now the danger.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Iran&rsquo;s nuclear chief said on state television the country won&rsquo;t halt production of enriched uranium &mdash; <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/world/middleeast/iran-wont-halt-production-of-higher-grade-uranium.html">that&rsquo;s from a New York Times report</a>.<br /> <br /> A foreign affairs columnist weighs in <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/">on Fox News</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;This is the second time the Iranians have been caught with highly enriched uranium. &hellip; Iran is a nuclear criminal &hellip; This is a red line.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Subtropical storm Beryl is now Tropical Storm Beryl.<br /> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/27/us/tropical-system-beryl/index.html">A meteorologist for CNN explains</a> what drove the change.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;What a difference a day makes, because yesterday, Beryl was just choked off with dry air. Winds were like 45 miles per hour. &hellip; &nbsp;Today, this is a different animal.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Dario Franchitti won his third Indianapolis 500 Sunday.<br /> The race had a record 35 lead changes.<br /> <a href="http://espn.go.com/racing/raceresults?raceId=201205270106&amp;series=indycar">Here&rsquo;s ABC</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;And I ask you &mdash; is there a more elegant race car driver in the world than Dario? &hellip; You couldn&rsquo;t ask for a better champion than Dario Franchitti</strong>.&rdquo; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/wDtlgquO6do" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/wDtlgquO6do/top-news-headlines-u-n-holds-meeting-on-syria http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-u-n-holds-meeting-on-syria http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-u-n-holds-meeting-on-syria Sun, 27 May 2012 14:53:03 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13350'><img src='/images/videos/b/13381483831.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13350'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source:&nbsp;<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/07/how-digital-detectives-deciphered-stuxnet-the-most-menacing-malware-in-history/">The Office of the Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY AUSTIN ALONZO</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CHRISTIAN BRYANT</strong></p> <p> <br /> <br /> Iran has announced plans to open a second nuclear power plant by 2014.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/27/iran-to-build-second-nuclear-plant/">Euronews has the details.</a><br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;According to the head of the country&rsquo;s Atomic Energy Organisation work on the new 1,000 megawatt plant will begin next year to be completed by 2014.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The announcement comes on the heels of contentious nuclear talks held in Baghdad between Iran and western nuclear nations. The talks ended without a deal, but the parties will meet again in Russia later this summer.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012524144646719974.html">Al Jazeera explains</a> what the two sides want to achieve.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Iran wants its rights as a signatory of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty to be able to enrich uranium, the West wants assurances that it won&rsquo;t go above a certain level of enrichment.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> A report released by the International Atomic Energy Association did little to calm nervous western powers. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/26/iran-uranium-nuclear-weapons">The Guardian reports</a> the agency said Iran is rapidly increasing its uranium stockpile.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Iran had produced almost 6.2 tonnes of uranium enriched to a level of 3.5% since it began the work in 2007 &hellip; This equates to nearly 750 kg more than in the previous IAEA report issued in February &hellip; &nbsp;&lsquo;This total amount &hellip; if further enriched to weapon grade, is enough to make over five nuclear weapons,&rsquo; its analysis said.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The report also showed Iran increasing the purity of their enriched uranium. Although the reported 27 percent enrichment is far below the 90 percent purity needed for nuclear devices, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/25/world/meast/iran-nuclear/index.html?iref=allsearch">CNN reports</a>&nbsp;western powers are increasingly worried about Iran&rsquo;s defiant attitude and are taking action.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;[Iran&rsquo;s] economy has been crippled by sanctions imposed by the United Nations, the United States and the European Union. Because 80% of Iran&#39;s foreign revenues are derived from oil exports, an embargo by the EU set to go into effect in July will put further pressure on its economy.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> For now, Western powers are focused on resolving their differences through negotiations, but the&nbsp;<a href="http://http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c7c02f02-a7fc-11e1-8fbb-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1w5esXDxI">Financial Times quotes</a> a political analyst who warned the stakes are high...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;[T]he failed talks would push Iran towards more aggressive policies in the Middle East because &lsquo;the mentality is language of force needs to be responded by a language of force.&rsquo;&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Negotiations are set to resume in Moscow in July.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/t2fYzgV_epI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/t2fYzgV_epI/iran-announces-plans-for-second-nuclear-plant-by-2014 http://www.newsy.com/videos/iran-announces-plans-for-second-nuclear-plant-by-2014 http://www.newsy.com/videos/iran-announces-plans-for-second-nuclear-plant-by-2014 Sun, 27 May 2012 11:31:22 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13346'><img src='/images/videos/b/13381362821.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13346'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/23/business/eurozone-meeting/index.html?hpt=wo_bn6">CNN</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY JOHN O&rsquo;CONNOR</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CANDICE AVILES</strong><br /> <br /> European leaders met at summit in Brussels earlier this week to discuss the future of the Eurozone, but financial recovery in Greece wasn&rsquo;t the only item on the agenda. Instead, leaders met to outline proposals for closer fiscal coordination. One such proposal: &ldquo;Eurobonds.&rdquo; <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/23/business/eurozone-meeting/index.html?hpt=wo_bn6">CNN has the details</a>. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The proposal is to issue bonds jointly underwritten by all of the Eurozone members. The proposal has been raised before and supported by others, including the Italian Prime Minister. But it has been rejected in the past by Germany.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> After the summit in Brussels, however, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti revealed he is confident that Germany can be persuaded. <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-05-24/monti-says-majority-of-leaders-at-eu-summit-backed-euro-bonds">Businessweek reports Monti thinks</a>...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Italy can help persuade Germany to support Europe&rsquo;s &lsquo;common good&rsquo;... Germany has an interest in ensuring no country leaves the euro, while Greece will probably remain in the 17-nation currency region even as &lsquo;anything can happen&rsquo;...&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> However, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financevideo/9285287/Eurozone-summit-highlights-growing-divide-about-how-to-deal-with-debt-crisis.html">an analyst for the Telegraph explains</a> that a unified financial coordination would have to overcome some deep divides.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Germany on the one hand with their austerity, and France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece on the other hand &mdash; on the other side, who clearly want the opposite: more growth and less austerity.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But with Greece on the edge of a fallout from the euro, Germany might not have the ability to hold out its pro-austerity measures much longer. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/27/eurozone-greece-germany-prosperity?newsfeed=true">The Observer reports</a>...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;If the eurozone were to shrink, Germany&#39;s once-captive markets would become too poor to import: and the rapid appreciation of a stronger euro would make its exports much pricier... With three more weeks to go until the Greek election, and opinion polls suggesting the anti-austerity Syriza party may win the popular vote, it&#39;s decision time in Berlin, just as much as in Athens.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/business/economy/in-the-euro-zone-a-lethal-vacuum-economic-view.html">According to The New York Times</a>, both Greece and Germany hold a valid position, but a decisive course of action needs to be decided soon.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Both seem reasonable positions, and maybe they are, but reasonable positions can apparently destroy an international agreement rather easily.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The Euro leaders are scheduled to meet again at the end of June, where they intend to find a concrete plan for the future of the Eurozone.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/oBKSZe3SH7s" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/oBKSZe3SH7s/leaders-continue-to-disagree-on-eurozone-plans http://www.newsy.com/videos/leaders-continue-to-disagree-on-eurozone-plans http://www.newsy.com/videos/leaders-continue-to-disagree-on-eurozone-plans Sun, 27 May 2012 08:35:25 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13345'><img src='/images/videos/b/13381261001.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13345'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source:<a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/20125279530938874.html"> Al Jazeera</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Syrian opposition forces say violence continued Sunday in Houla &mdash; following Friday&rsquo;s attacks that killed more than 90 people, including 32 children.</p> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> <a href="http://gma.yahoo.com/">ABC&rsquo;s &ldquo;Good Morning America&rdquo;</a> has the latest.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Activists say government forces shelled residential areas again today &hellip; U.N. observers visited the village on Saturday, confirming artillery and tank shells were fired at the neighborhood.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The opposition now says it&rsquo;s lost hope in the ceasefire.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/">Fox News</a> explains.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Rebel forces now saying the U.N.-backed peace plan for the country is, quote, &ldquo;dead.&rdquo; The rebels also vowing to retaliate against pro-government forces who massacred 90 civilians &hellip; &rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/20125279530938874.html">Al Jazeera</a> has the Syrian government&rsquo;s response.<br /> <br /> Reporter:<strong> &ldquo;Two days after the massacre in Houla, the government of President Bashar al-Assad says it&rsquo;s not responsible.</strong><br /> <br /> Jihad Makdissi, Syrian foreign ministry spokesperson:<strong> &ldquo;We deny the accusations. This was the work of hundreds of armed terrorists who attacked Houla.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Both sides have blamed each other for attacks and denied responsibility throughout the months-long conflict.</div> <div> <br /> But the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18224559">BBC</a> reports this could be a turning point.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The novelty is the fact that the U.N. observers are there on the ground. They&rsquo;ve been able to go and actually verify what the activists were saying &hellip; This is the first time that&rsquo;s happened.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The head of the U.N.&rsquo;s monitor mission tells <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/27/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html">CNN</a> having unarmed observers on the ground can be a powerful tool &hellip;<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;&hellip; but the tool has weaknesses. The responsibility for stopping the violence is on the government, on the opposition and for the other stakeholders to make the decision and prove it by action.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> According to <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/27/international-condemnation-after-syria-massacre/">euronews</a>, this latest outbreak of violence in Syria is expected to top the agenda at Wednesday&rsquo;s U.N. Security Council meeting.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/i0WeQcH1TN0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/i0WeQcH1TN0/syrian-conflict-at-possible-turning-point http://www.newsy.com/videos/syrian-conflict-at-possible-turning-point http://www.newsy.com/videos/syrian-conflict-at-possible-turning-point Sun, 27 May 2012 06:48:08 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13343'><img src='/images/videos/b/13381194741.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13343'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/05/20125277911748807.html">Al Jazeera</a>)<br /> <br /> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE</strong><br /> <br /> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.<br /> <br /> Local officials in Afghanistan say a NATO airstrike killed a family Saturday.&nbsp;Here&rsquo;s the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18224875">BBC</a>.</p> <p> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;A spokesman for the government in Paktia province said a mother and six children were killed in the attack in a village in the region last night. NATO says it&rsquo;s investigating the report.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Meanwhile, four NATO troops have died in separate roadside-bomb attacks in Afghanistan.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/">Fox News</a> reports.</p> <p> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;These incidents happened last night in southern Afghanistan. NATO not revealing their nationalities at this time. However, 32 NATO troops have died in Afghanistan so far this month.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The Syrian government denies it&rsquo;s behind the attacks at Houla, while opposition forces promise retaliation.&nbsp;The head of the U.N.&rsquo;s monitor mission tells <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/27/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html">CNN</a> having unarmed observers on the ground can be a powerful tool &hellip;</p> <p> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;&hellip; but the tool has weaknesses. The responsibility for stopping the violence is on the government, on the opposition and for the other stakeholders to make the decision and prove it by action.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Two rebel groups in Mali that initially disagreed now plan to merge and create an Islamic state.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/27/mali-rebel-groups-agree-to-creating-of-islamic-state/">Euronews</a> explains.</p> <p> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The agreement will see the two forces merge and the appointment of an executive authority for Azawad. The Islamists have already started imposing Sharia law across the region.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Nathan Byrne, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/-OsfD8UzPro" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/-OsfD8UzPro/top-news-headlines-afghan-officials-airstrike-kills-family http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-afghan-officials-airstrike-kills-family http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-afghan-officials-airstrike-kills-family Sat, 26 May 2012 16:30:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13335'><img src='/images/videos/b/13380511961.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13335'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.ilmessaggero.it/primopiano/vaticano/paolo_gabriele_il_maggiordomo_del_papa_chi_il_corvo_arrestato_in_vaticano/notizie/198510.shtml">Il Messaggero</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY SINI STEPHAN</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CHRISTIAN BRYANT</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Italian police have arrested the Pope&rsquo;s butler. Saturday, the Vatican confirmed Italian police found confidential documents in Paolo Gabriele&rsquo;s home.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q163XGdXqnw">International Business Times</a> has more on the controversy dubbed &ldquo;Vatileaks&rdquo; by the media.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Vatileaks involves a leaking of a string of documents to Italian media ... including personal letters to the Pope. Some of the documents involved allegations of mismanagement and disagreement on how the Vatican bank should be run.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Gabrielle is one of just six people with access to the pontiff&rsquo;s study. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFMsVfd_RMk">Romereports </a>explains his situation.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;He will now have to answer questions as to his knowledge of these documents and if he had supposedly acted alone or with accomplices inside or outside the Vatican.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> According to <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/9290768/The-Popes-butler-arrested-following-Vatileaks-investigation.html">The Telegraph</a>, Paolo Rodari, an expert on Vatican affairs, defends Gabriele.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;If you ask me he has been made a scapegoat just to satisfy the media. The documents found at his house were from the Pope&rsquo;s personal correspondence but a lot of the leaked documents have come from the Secretary of State&rsquo;s office and he would not have had access to those.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The arrest comes days after the publication of &ldquo;Your Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI&rdquo;, a book by investigative journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi. The book alleges corruption by the Vatican Bank. Incidentally, <a href="http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/47572010#47572010">msnbc</a> reports&hellip;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;On Thursday, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi was fired as the Vatican Bank&rsquo;s president. &lsquo;Gotti Tedeschi has said himself that he was ousted because he was the one who wanted transparency.&rsquo;&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Catholic News Agency reports Nuzzi&rsquo;s book identifies an anonymous source to confidential Vatican files, code-naming the individual &ldquo;Maria&rdquo;. Spanish Cardinal Julian Herranz will investigate this source but it is unclear whether prosecution would be dealt with by Vatican or Italian courts.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/4JpRhBg2tyw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/4JpRhBg2tyw/pope-s-butler-arrested-over-leaked-vatican-documents http://www.newsy.com/videos/pope-s-butler-arrested-over-leaked-vatican-documents http://www.newsy.com/videos/pope-s-butler-arrested-over-leaked-vatican-documents Sat, 26 May 2012 14:43:37 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13337'><img src='/images/videos/b/13380646281.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13337'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IMG_3984_-_Washington_DC_-_Arlington_National_Cemetary.JPG">Wikimedia Commons</a>)<br /> <br /> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE<br /> ANCHOR CHRISTIAN BRYANT &nbsp;</strong><br /> <br /> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.<br /> <br /> In his weekly address, President Obama says he&rsquo;ll spend Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.</p> <div> <br /> Here&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/">MSNBC</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>Anchor: &ldquo; &hellip; President Obama is honoring our fallen heroes.&rdquo;<br /> President Barack Obama: &ldquo;On Memorial Day, we come together as Americans to let these families and veterans know they are not alone.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Americans hitting the highways this Memorial Day weekend will see lower gas prices than they did last month.</div> <div> <br /> But <a href="http://www.cnn.com/">CNN</a> reports those prices are still near record highs.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The price for a gallon of unleaded gas has dropped 27 cents from its April highs &hellip; But AAA says that it&rsquo;s still the third highest gas price ever for a Memorial Day weekend.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Reports of Iran producing elevated levels of enriched uranium is raising concerns over the country&rsquo;s nuclear program.</div> <div> <br /> A <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/">Fox News</a> analyst explains.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo; &hellip; eventually they&rsquo;re going to say, &lsquo;Oh wow, we&rsquo;ve got nuclear weapons, we&rsquo;re a nuclear weapons state.&rsquo; What does that do? It makes them the most powerful country in that part of the world with their hands on the world&rsquo;s oil supply &hellip; &rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Subtropical Storm Beryl is headed toward the southeastern United States.</div> <div> <br /> But a meteorologist for <a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/">NBC&rsquo;s &ldquo;Today&rdquo;</a> says that&rsquo;s not all bad.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Whether it&rsquo;s Tropical Storm Beryl or Subtropical, it doesn&rsquo;t matter. You&rsquo;re going to get the same effects. &hellip; Now this is good news, because it will bring some rain exactly where we need it.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Christian Bryant, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/oHeAK0Edf8s" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/oHeAK0Edf8s/top-news-headlines-obama-to-honor-vets-on-memorial-day http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-obama-to-honor-vets-on-memorial-day http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-obama-to-honor-vets-on-memorial-day Sat, 26 May 2012 11:57:57 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13333'><img src='/images/videos/b/13380488371.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13333'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18216176">BBC</a>)</p> <p> <br /> <strong>BY JOHN O&rsquo;CONNOR</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CANDICE AVILES</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> An attack on the Syrian town of Houla killed at least 90 people Saturday, including around 25 children. <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/20125265258397885.html">According to Al Jazeera</a>, the U.N.-sanctioned peace plan is being ignored daily.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;A series of peace-plans hasn&rsquo;t tempered the spiraling violence. To the contrary, some activists say the latest peace-plan has provided a cover for the army to carry on attacking them.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> U.N. officials say the forces behind the attack in Houla have yet to be determined. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18216176">The BBC reports</a>...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the Syrian opposition controlled &lsquo;significant parts of some cities.&rsquo; He said that &lsquo;established terrorist groups&rsquo; could have been behind some of the recent bomb blasts in Syria judging from the sophistication of the attacks.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Regardless of the party responsible for most recent attacks, activists say the cease-fire plan brokered by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has been less than effective in reducing the violence. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BY2G8s0BuE0BUjblWv3UWkh7JkacMn8BWwkUHitppoY/edit">France 24 has the details</a>. &nbsp;<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;An increasingly militarized opposition violates the cease-fire. Since it began human rights activists say some 1,500 civilians have been killed.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/26/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t1">CNN reports</a> the Syrian National Council has called for an emergency meeting with the U.N. Security Council &hellip;<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo; &hellip; to figure what exactly their mandate is there, what exactly they can do, and how much more can they do to protect civilians in Syria from this kind of savagery.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501713_162-57442076/activists-put-syria-attack-death-toll-at-over-90/">According to CBS</a>, more than 9,000 people &mdash; mostly civilians &mdash; have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in 2011.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/CUIuZL5_j1A" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/CUIuZL5_j1A/syrian-crisis-continues-with-massacre-in-houla http://www.newsy.com/videos/syrian-crisis-continues-with-massacre-in-houla http://www.newsy.com/videos/syrian-crisis-continues-with-massacre-in-houla Sat, 26 May 2012 06:26:57 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13331'><img src='/images/videos/b/13380317781.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13331'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/">BBC</a>)<br /> <br /> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE &nbsp;</strong><br /> <br /> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.<br /> <br /> At least 90 people &mdash; including many children &mdash; are reported dead this morning following attacks in Syria.</p> <div> <br /> Here&rsquo;s the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18216176">BBC</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Activists claim government forces shelled the town of Houla in what they&rsquo;re describing as a massacre. Now, if the death toll is confirmed, it would represent one of the bloodiest attacks since a nominal truce began last month.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> A U.S. drone strike is said to have killed three suspected militants in Pakistan overnight.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/">Fox News</a> explains.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;This reportedly happened in north Waziristan, a known hotbed for Muslim extremists. This is the third strike reported by the Pakistani government in the past week. The CIA is not commenting on this at this time.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> A shooting spree in Finland killed two people and injured seven early Saturday.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16235807">Sky News</a> reports.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;An 18-year-old man shot at people from a rooftop in Hyvinkaa, some 30 miles north of the capital of Helsinki. Police say they have arrested a man.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The butler for Pope Benedict XVI has been arrested following a scandal at the Vatican.</div> <div> <br /> According to <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/25/butler-to-pope-benedict-arrested-in-leaks-scandal/">euronews</a>, a senior Vatican source confirms the man detained is Paolo Gabriele.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Gabriele is suspected of leaking confidential documents to the Italian media. Some of the papers that have made their way into the press include the Pope&rsquo;s personal letters.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Nathan Byrne, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/cosAVDNe134" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/cosAVDNe134/top-news-headlines-at-least-90-dead-in-syrian-attacks http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-at-least-90-dead-in-syrian-attacks http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-at-least-90-dead-in-syrian-attacks Sat, 26 May 2012 04:00:02 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13328'><img src='/images/videos/b/13379846741.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13328'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source: <a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/olympics/900226-olympic-ticket-rush-fails-to-happen-as-large-numbers-remain-unsold">Metro</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY JOHN O&rsquo;CONNOR</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CHRISTIAN BRYANT&nbsp;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The possibility of empty seats at the 2012 Olympic games in London is looking more and more likely. &nbsp;One third of the tickets haven&rsquo;t been sold. <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9290802/London-2012-Olympics-Locog-left-red-faced-after-millions-of-Games-tickets-remain-unsold.html">The Telegraph reports</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Officials confirmed they have just under 300,000 tickets remaining, with other large chunks of tickets - more than 1.3 million for each of the football and the Paralympics still unsold.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The amount of unsold tickets comes as a surprise because of prior claims by officials that the event was already sold out. <a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/olympics/900226-olympic-ticket-rush-fails-to-happen-as-large-numbers-remain-unsold">According to the UK&rsquo;s Metro</a>...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;With nearly 22 million applications having been made when the process originally started last year, it had looked a formality that the Games would sell out.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> So you might wonder who to blame for the recent decline in ticket demand. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18209178">BBC Sport says</a> the problem is how the tickets were sold by Ticketmaster.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;...with some people last summer even having to be informed that they had not been successful in buying the tickets which they had originally been told that they had got. Many others were frustrated by the ballot process, which left more than a million applicants empty handed after the first round of sales.&rdquo; </strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/may/23/london-2012-olympic-ticket-sale?newsfeed=true">According to the Guardian</a>, frustrations with the website were expected because of the large volume of traffic, but it was not expected that customers would give up on getting tickets altogether.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;(Ticket buyers) complained about the erratic countdown clock that was supposed to tell them how long to wait, and the frustration of a system that took up to half an hour to check whether particular tickets were still available.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18209178">BBC Sport says</a> Olympic officials took a positive spin on the situation, stating they are in a fantastic position with nine weeks still left before the games begin.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/nwXLShzw2k4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/nwXLShzw2k4/nearly-one-third-of-olympic-tickets-remain-unsold http://www.newsy.com/videos/nearly-one-third-of-olympic-tickets-remain-unsold http://www.newsy.com/videos/nearly-one-third-of-olympic-tickets-remain-unsold Sat, 26 May 2012 04:00:01 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13320'><img src='/images/videos/b/13379729061.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13320'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.bremont.com/briefing-room/bremont-wingman">Bremont</a>)<br /> <br /> <strong>BY MALLORY PERRYMAN</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CHRISTIAN BRYANT</strong></p> <p> <br /> A British man jumped out of a helicopter without a parachute, fell 2,400 feet, and landed without a scratch on him. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/05/23/skydive-without-parachute-video.html">CBC talked to </a>42-year-old Gary Connery before he became the first person to complete a successful wingsuit landing.<br /> <br /> <strong>Gary Connery: &ldquo;If I didn&rsquo;t feel scared, then there would be a problem. Paranoia I think for something like this is a great state of mind it keeps me focused.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Scared or not &mdash;&nbsp;Connery did jump. <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9285258/Gary-Connery-stuntman-completes-2400ft-skydive-without-a-parachute.html">The Telegraph has headcam video</a> from Connery&rsquo;s fellow jumper.<br /> <br /> <strong>Video shows Connery gliding through the air</strong><br /> <br /> That windsuit Connery is wearing allowed him to steer toward a landing site &mdash;&nbsp;but he still reached speeds of about 80 miles an hour. After nearly a minute of falling through the air, he made it to the landing pad.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=9IRC_b4g7Sg">ITV News has the video</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>Video shows Connery&rsquo;s landing</strong><br /> <br /> Yes, those were cardboard boxes that he landed on. More than 18,000 of them, actually. But besides making for a cool stunt &mdash;&nbsp;<a href="http://gizmodo.com/5912710/watch-this-man-survive-a-2400-foot-skydive-with-no-parachute">Gizmodo reports</a>, this is a big deal for skydivers.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;His success means he&#39;s achieved something that&#39;s been a goal for skydivers since 1997, when the first wing suit was invented by French daredevil Patrick De Gayardon, who actually died while attempting to jump sans parachute.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Connery&rsquo;s custom wingsuit was equipped with a parachute just in case. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/sports/englishman-connery-completes-successsful-wing-suit-landing.html">A fellow skydiver tells The New York Times </a>&mdash;&nbsp;it took a combination of skill and guts to do something like this and live to tell the tale.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s one of the most amazing things I&rsquo;ve ever seen in my life &hellip; Because of movies, people don&rsquo;t really understand what they witnessed. It&rsquo;s monumental for a human to land at those speeds. It took an enormous amount of courage.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Connery had to do hundreds of jumps in the wingsuit to prepare for the event. He works as a stuntman &mdash; and his resume includes appearances in Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, Indiana Jones, and Batman.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/ZE_ufj9wMCI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/ZE_ufj9wMCI/skydiver-survives-jump-without-parachute http://www.newsy.com/videos/skydiver-survives-jump-without-parachute http://www.newsy.com/videos/skydiver-survives-jump-without-parachute Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:01 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13315'><img src='/images/videos/b/13379665531.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13315'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source:<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2012/05/prehistoric-flutes-found-from-42000-year-old-cave/1#.T7-80XlYui4"> The University of T&uuml;bingen</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY MALLORY PERRYMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Some very old fossils suggest our modern human ancestors may have been flautists.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> In a study <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248412000425">published in the Journal of Human Evolution </a>&mdash; scientists reanalyzed some Stone Age artifacts and discovered that flutes are about 42,000-years-old. <a href="http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/article00343.html">Sci-news reports</a>...</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The musical instruments take the form of flutes made from the bird bones and mammoth ivory. The animal bones bear cuts and marks from human hunting and eating. They were excavated at a key site, which is widely believed to have been occupied by some of first modern humans to arrive in Europe.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The artifacts are from <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MiamiCaptionURL&amp;_method=retrieve&amp;_eid=1-s2.0-S0047248412000425&amp;_image=1-s2.0-S0047248412000425-gr1.jpg&amp;_ba=&amp;_fmt=full&amp;_orig=na&amp;_issn=00472484&amp;_pii=S0047248412000425&amp;_acct=C000049994&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=3419478&amp;md5=526e1c8b73461a6e27fcda918930e5ac">a cave located in Germany</a> believed to have been occupied by some of the first modern humans in Europe. <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2012/05/prehistoric-flutes-found-from-42000-year-old-cave/1#.T7-nAlFIqyI">USA Today reports</a>...</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;...the cave lies in the &lsquo;former Danube Valley through which the Ach River flows today&rsquo; &hellip; its artifacts have been central to debates about when early modern humans first moved into Europe.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The study claims the original carbon dating tests on the artifacts were off by a few thousand years &mdash; but with the new data, scientists think modern humans moved to Europe about 45,000 years ago. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18196349">One of the researchers is quoted by BBC</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&quot;&hellip; several caves in the region [have] produced important examples of personal ornaments, figurative art, mythical imagery and musical instruments.&quot;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The researchers say the new timeline indicates modern humans moved to Europe a few thousand years before an extremely cold climate phase in the region. <a href="http://www.livescience.com/20563-ancient-bone-flute.html">According to Live Science</a>, the discovery also means modern humans may have interacted with their Neanderthal cousins nearby.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;This site was inhabited by modern humans, the researchers said, but it&#39;s possible that Neanderthals were also in the area at the same time, though they haven&#39;t been able find evidence of any cultural contact or interbreeding between the two groups in this part of Europe.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2012/05/prehistoric-flutes-found-from-42000-year-old-cave/1#.T7-1bnlYui4">An earlier study </a>on the old flutes concluded that the instruments played the notes C, D, F, and B quote &ldquo;loud and clear.&rdquo;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/43Imf6JtqKU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/43Imf6JtqKU/prehistoric-flutes-date-back-40-000-years http://www.newsy.com/videos/prehistoric-flutes-date-back-40-000-years http://www.newsy.com/videos/prehistoric-flutes-date-back-40-000-years Fri, 25 May 2012 16:53:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13321'><img src='/images/videos/b/13379730871.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13321'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Puerta_de_Europa_I_%28Madrid%29_01.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY MATTHEW PICHT</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR NEVILLE MILLER</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> More bad news ahead for the troubled Spanish economy: Spain&rsquo;s fourth-largest bank Bankia has suspended trading of its shares. <a href="http://news.sky.com/home/video/business-news/video/16235464">Sky News</a> has the story...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Shares in the Spanish Bank Bankia have been suspended as it plans to request more state aid...The lender is still weighed down by property losses from the market crashes of 2008, and needs the extra money to restructure. </strong><br /> <br /> Bankia was partly nationalised two weeks earlier when Spain&rsquo;s government bought 45% of its shares. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/25/trading-in-bankia-shares-halted-pending-aid-demand/#ixzz1vto5LUtt">Fox News</a> reports, the government announced an 11 billion dollar bailout to rescue the debt-stricken bank--but insiders say, after the board meeting, Bankia might be asking for more.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Spanish newspapers quoted unnamed market sources as saying the bank will likely ask for up to &euro;15 billion ($19 billion) at a press conference on Saturday. Neither the bank nor the Economy Ministry would comment on the reports.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Spain&rsquo;s government has already invested around 4.5 billion euros into Bankia. The <a href="http://www.bnn.ca/News/2012/5/25/Spains-Bankia-expected-to-ask-for-19B-rescue.aspx">19-billion-dollar question</a> is if Spain has the funds to cover this without resorting to foreign aid.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve already come up with I believe around 5 billion dollars US for this bank. The tab, as Paul was saying, could go to around 20 billion US. They&#39;re going to have to go to the debt markets, which sounds like a terrible idea right now.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Spain&rsquo;s citizens are not thrilled by the news. Severe economic recession and an unemployment rate of nearly 25% have already sparked anti-government protests. <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/25/bankia-needs-further-massive-bailout/">Euronews</a> reports that a state-funded bank bailout will only increase resentment from a citizenry pushed to its limits by austerity measures.</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;More money for failed banks is bound to anger austerity-numbed Spaniards, who protest on an almost daily basis outside financial institutions and government offices.&rdquo; </strong><br /> <br /> But optimists continue to hope Spain&rsquo;s financial troubles are on the mend. University of Grenada Professor Santiago Carbo Valverde tells the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18202671">BBC</a>, Bankia&rsquo;s woes are the worst of the storm &ndash; Spain&rsquo;s other major banks are in a more secure position.</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The three largest ones, I think, are in better shape, because they have lower exposure to the real estate market and they are more internationally diversified.&rdquo; </strong></p> <p> Bankia was formed in 2010 from the merger of seven struggling banks. Its assets are estimated at 32 billion euros.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/sNSlnyY-Z7M" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/sNSlnyY-Z7M/bankia-suspends-shares-multibillion-euro-bailout-in-future http://www.newsy.com/videos/bankia-suspends-shares-multibillion-euro-bailout-in-future http://www.newsy.com/videos/bankia-suspends-shares-multibillion-euro-bailout-in-future Fri, 25 May 2012 16:24:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13326'><img src='/images/videos/b/13379789581.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13326'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.katu.com/news/local/Kids-found-abandoned-Do-you-know-who-they-are-153875585.html">KATU</a>)<br /> <br /> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE<br /> ANCHOR CHRISTIAN BRYANT &nbsp;</strong><br /> <br /> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.<br /> <br /> Portland, Oregon police say they&rsquo;ve located the mother of three kids who were abandoned in a shed.</p> <div> <br /> A reporter for <a href="http://www.katu.com/news/local/Kids-found-abandoned-Do-you-know-who-they-are-153875585.html?tab=video&amp;c=y">KATU</a> says police are still getting details.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Police are now, of course, hoping that someone will recognize the kids, maybe even know the parents of these kids. For now, though, they are in protective custody with the Department of Human Services.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The FBI says 24-year-old Ryan Snider of Canada will likely face federal charges after disrupting a flight Friday.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/25/us/airline-security-incident/index.html?npt=NP1">CNN</a> explains what happened.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;A source tells CNN a man that the man got up, charged towards the front of the plane, began banging on the door as the plane was taxiing to the gate. American Airlines described the passenger as disoriented.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Hurricane Bud is weakening as it approaches Mexico, but the storm&rsquo;s still packing 100-mile-per-hour winds.</div> <div> <br /> A meteorologist for <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/">Fox News</a> makes her prediction.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;This is Hurricane Bud, a category two hurricane on the Pacific side. And we do think it could possibly make a landfall tonight overnight, or it could just hover across the west coast of Mexico &hellip; &rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> A tough week for Facebook on the stock market.</div> <div> <br /> One <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/47565498">CNBC</a> analyst says he&rsquo;s having flashbacks to the tech bubble of the 1990s.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo; &hellip; I&rsquo;ve seen this film before. This IPO reminds me a lot of the ill-fated Palm IPO. A deal that coincidentally priced at 38, opened at 140, never ticked a penny higher &hellip; &rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Christian Bryant, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/R8P7ujDgKSA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/R8P7ujDgKSA/top-news-headlines-police-find-mother-of-kids-left-in-shed http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-police-find-mother-of-kids-left-in-shed http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-police-find-mother-of-kids-left-in-shed Fri, 25 May 2012 15:30:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13325'><img src='/images/videos/b/13379747221.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13325'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source: <a href="http://video.msnbc.msn.com/way-too-early/47564518#47564518">MSNBC</a>)</p> <p> <br /> <strong>BY JOHN O&rsquo;CONNOR</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR NEVILLE MILLER</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Put your pens down and your fists up. That was the philosophy of a recent Ukrainian Parliament session that ended in an all-out brawl.&nbsp;The violence erupted over a bill that would make Russian the official language in the Ukraine&rsquo;s predominantly-Russian speaking eastern region. <a href="http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/ukrainian-lawmakers-debate-with-their-fists/?smid=tw-thelede&amp;seid=auto">A New York Times blog reports</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The debate pitted the lawmakers from the country&rsquo;s east &mdash; where President Viktor Yanukovich is popular and Russian is predominant &mdash; against those whose base of support is in the west where most speak Ukrainian.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Opponents of the bill fear it will hinder the development of the Ukrainian language and provide no incentives for citizens to learn it. Tensions over the proposal have been brewing for years, and<a href="http://video.msnbc.msn.com/way-too-early/47564518#47564518"> MSNBC notes</a> this isn&rsquo;t the first time the two sides have come out swinging.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;A massive fight against opposition leaders, this is a different fight. This is December of 2010 with chairs thrown and all.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/lawmaker-injured-in-ukraine-parliament-brawl/956400.html">Voice of America reports</a> &mdash; after the fiasco the Ukrainian Parliament speaker said he favored a voluntary dissolution of the chamber.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The fight showed that the body could no longer work together. (He) called for the chamber to be disbanded and that early elections be held.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/world/europe/ukraine-parliament-debate-over-language-escalates-into-a-brawl.html">The New York Times reports</a> that most Ukrainian legislators don&rsquo;t support holding early elections. New elections are already scheduled for October.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/thhuBYN-LjE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/thhuBYN-LjE/ukrainian-lawmakers-brawl-over-language-bill http://www.newsy.com/videos/ukrainian-lawmakers-brawl-over-language-bill http://www.newsy.com/videos/ukrainian-lawmakers-brawl-over-language-bill Fri, 25 May 2012 14:22:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13316'><img src='/images/videos/b/13379669311.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13316'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/05/egypt-election-headed-toward-runoff-pitting-religious-vs-secular.html">Los Angeles Times</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE</strong><br /> <br /> Two candidates each grabbed about a quarter of the popular vote in Egypt&rsquo;s presidential election.</p> <div> <br /> The first candidate to garner fifty percent gets an outright win.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18201808">The BBC says</a> a runoff is next.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Counting has started in the first presidential election there since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. The Muslim Brotherhood say their candidate is in the lead. It looks like it will be a close race.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/25/egypt-two-candidates-in-presidential-run-off/">Euronews compares</a> the two likely finalists: former air force chief Ahmed Shafiq and Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi, who &hellip;<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo; &hellip; has promised to introduce sharia law, which has worried secularists and Egypt&rsquo;s Coptic Christian minority. &hellip; Shafiq appeals more to moderates and the Coptic Christians because of his secularist approach.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> This sets the stage for a showdown between two very different candidates.<strong> &nbsp;</strong></div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Religious versus secular.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/05/egypt-election-headed-toward-runoff-pitting-religious-vs-secular.html">The Los Angeles Times</a> says &hellip;<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Egyptians couldn&#39;t face a starker choice, one that shows that despite a year of upheaval the pillars of the past remain strong and are colliding over the future of the country.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Egypt&rsquo;s recent past is wrought with revolt.</div> <div> <br /> Tumultuous times translate to political ploys, according to <a href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/25/egypt-muslim-brotherhood-predicts-run-off-presence-as-votes-are-counted/">one CNN panelist</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Even though the Islamists &mdash; the religious-based activists &mdash; did not really play a major role in the uprisings we have seen in the last 16 months, they are taking ownership of the revolts.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> A writer for the <a href="http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-23-egypt-all-hail-the-arab-spring">Daily Maverick</a> says no matter who wins &mdash; it&rsquo;s a triumph for the Arab Spring.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;It proved without doubt that people living under the yoke of dictatorship do have a will of their own and if pressed, they will exercise it. &hellip; the real story is of a repressed people finding their voice in a very noisy world.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But there will eventually be a winner.</div> <div> <br /> A new president of Egypt.</div> <div> <br /> One correspondent for <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/0525/Likely-Egypt-election-runoff-Muslim-Brother-vs.-Mubarak-man-video">The Christian Science Monitor predicts</a> either outcome might anger the other side.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;While Shafiq has campaigned as the candidate who can restore stability, his win in the runoff could do the opposite. &hellip; A win by Morsi &hellip; would face strong resistance from Egypt&rsquo;s security apparatus, which for decades repressed, jailed, and tortured members of the Muslim Brotherhood &hellip; &rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> According to the Associated Press, the runoff election will be held on June 16 and 17.</div> <div> <br /> The winner will be announced on June 21.<br /> &nbsp;</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/teORMHkR16U" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/teORMHkR16U/egyptian-election-pacing-toward-secular-religious-showdown http://www.newsy.com/videos/egyptian-election-pacing-toward-secular-religious-showdown http://www.newsy.com/videos/egyptian-election-pacing-toward-secular-religious-showdown Fri, 25 May 2012 14:17:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13319'><img src='/images/videos/b/13379733071.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13319'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/25/hollande-makes-surprise-visit-to-afghanistan/">euronews</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY NEWSY STAFF</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> France&rsquo;s new president says nearly all French troops will leave Afghanistan by the end of 2012.&nbsp;Francois Hollande made a surprise visit to Afghanistan this week.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/25/hollande-makes-surprise-visit-to-afghanistan/">Euronews has the story.</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Hollande&rsquo;s predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, had already informed NATO French forces would be leaving the country a year ahead of schedule in 2013. &nbsp;Now, Hollande is bringing that schedule forward to the end of this year.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Hollande announced his decision at last weekend&rsquo;s NATO summit in Chicago.&nbsp;France&rsquo;s drawdown would come two years before NATO&rsquo;s plan to withdraw all combat troops from the region. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/25/francois-hollande-troop-pullout-afghanistan?newsfeed=true">Hollande tells The Guardian...</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;....the withdrawal would be done in a way that was &lsquo;organised and co-ordinated&rsquo; with France&#39;s coalition partners in the country, &lsquo;notably with President Obama, who understands our reasons, and in direct consultation with the Afghan authorities&rsquo;.&rdquo;&nbsp;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/world/asia/french-president-in-afghanistan-to-meet-with-karzai.html?_r=1">According to The New York Times</a>, France has the fifth-largest NATO troop contingency, with 3,300 troops in Afghanistan.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Hollande addressed the French embassy in Kabul, saying the troop withdrawal didn&rsquo;t mean France was abandoning Afghanistan. <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/francois-hollande/9289609/Francois-Hollande-makes-surprise-visit-to-Afghanistan.html">A reporter for The Telegraph writes &hellip;&nbsp;</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Some troops would remain in non-combat training roles and French aid would be [put] into a medical college, housing, energy, oil research and farming support.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/francois-hollande/9289609/Francois-Hollande-makes-surprise-visit-to-Afghanistan.html">And a reporter for France 24 says</a>, those aren&rsquo;t the only interests France has in keeping a foot in the door in Afghanistan.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s great mineral wealth in Afghanistan. &nbsp;Many people believe it&rsquo;s a great untapped market. ...&nbsp;</strong>In security terms, it&rsquo;s a tall <strong>order to ask companies to come here and invest....&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Hollande also met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during his visit.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/1YxHtTwBfRY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/1YxHtTwBfRY/french-president-makes-surprise-visit-to-afghanistan http://www.newsy.com/videos/french-president-makes-surprise-visit-to-afghanistan http://www.newsy.com/videos/french-president-makes-surprise-visit-to-afghanistan Fri, 25 May 2012 07:41:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13313'><img src='/images/videos/b/13379474961.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13313'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/">NASA</a>)<br /> <br /> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE &nbsp;</strong><br /> <br /> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.<br /> <br /> A private spacecraft prepares to dock with the International Space Station for the first time.</p> <div> <br /> Here&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.hlntv.com/">HLN</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;NASA gave the unmanned SpaceX Dragon the go-ahead. It is a huge milestone for commercial space travel now that NASA ended its shuttle program.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> French President Francois Hollande made a surprise visit to Afghanistan early Friday.</div> <div> <br /> His predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy had committed to pulling out troops in 2013.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/25/hollande-makes-surprise-visit-to-afghanistan/">Euronews reports</a> Hollande will move that date up to the end of 2012.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Speaking to French troops at the Nijrab base northeast of Kabul, Hollande said the withdrawal would be conducted intelligently and would be fully coordinated with France&rsquo;s allies.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Spanish bank Bankia&rsquo;s shares have been suspended amid talk of the financial institution possibly prepping to ask for a government bailout.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/93412589-top-headlines-bankia-shares-suspended.html">A Bloomberg analyst says</a> it&rsquo;s a big deal because this is a big bank.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the bank with the biggest asset base. It&rsquo;s the third-biggest bank in Spain after Santander and BBVA at the moment. It&rsquo;s really seen as a lightning rod for all these concerns that investors have.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> An explosion outside a Turkish police station killed two people Friday morning.</div> <div> <br /> The <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18204290">BBC</a> explains.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;At least 19 people were also injured in the blast in the province of Kayseri. reports suggest the blast happened when a car attempted to ram a police station. One of those who died was a policeman, the other may have been a suicide bomber.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Nathan Byrne, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/kXs0QW3ousg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/kXs0QW3ousg/top-news-headlines-spacex-nears-historic-hookup http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-spacex-nears-historic-hookup http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-spacex-nears-historic-hookup Fri, 25 May 2012 04:00:04 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13311'><img src='/images/videos/b/13379206891.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13311'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/236304.html">Press TV</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY MATT PICHT</strong><br /> <br /> After two days, tense negotiations between Iran and six major world powers concluded Thursday in Baghdad. But, at least they&rsquo;re still talking. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012524144646719974.html">Here&rsquo;s Al Jazeera</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;We will go back to our respective capitals and consult. We will maintain intensive contacts with our Iranian counterparts to prepare a further meeting in Moscow.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Iran came to the table looking for an easing of sanctions, while the major powers wanted Iran to cut back its uranium enrichment program. Not much progress was made and another round of talks is scheduled &nbsp;for June 18th and 19th in Moscow. The <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9288686/Iran-nuclear-talks-break-up-without-deal-on-nuclear-stockpile.html">Telegraph reports</a>...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Diplomats said the fact that detailed discussion of key issues had taken place at all amounted to progress in itself, but there was little sign of any deal.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The stalemate has been poorly received by many Western analysts. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/24/iran-nuclear-talks-snag-over-dueling-demands/">Fox News&rsquo;s KT Mcfarland says</a> postponing negotiations only gives Iran more time to develop nuclear weapons.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;What they&rsquo;re doing is playing for time. Why? Because they know the minute they become a nuclear weapon state, everything changes. They become the dominant power in the Middle East.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But for some, scant progress is still progress, and some people are still optimistic about a diplomatic resolution. An anonymous official <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/world/middleeast/global-powers-and-iran-meet-in-baghdad.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1">told The New York Times</a>...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re getting to things that matter ... Even if we disagree on the shape, we think there is the beginning of a negotiation.&rdquo;</strong><br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/b4DGgXuzYpI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/b4DGgXuzYpI/iran-talks-end-in-stalemate http://www.newsy.com/videos/iran-talks-end-in-stalemate http://www.newsy.com/videos/iran-talks-end-in-stalemate Thu, 24 May 2012 16:37:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13306'><img src='/images/videos/b/13378903841.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13306'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/facebook">Facebook</a> )</p> <div> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE AND MALLORY PERRYMAN</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Well, it&rsquo;s not Instagram &mdash; but it kind of looks like it.&nbsp;Facebook released a standalone iOS app today called &ldquo;Camera.&rdquo;&nbsp;The company recently announced its billion-dollar acquisition of photo-sharing app Instagram.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/24/3040934/facebook-camera-for-iphone">The Verge showcases</a> one of the app&rsquo;s features.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The app is built to be the best way for you to bulk-upload photos and browse photos that others have posted to Facebook. The key feature is that you can actually tap these green checkmarks to upload up to 30 pictures &hellip; &rdquo;&nbsp;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Representatives from Iran and six world powers wrapped up talks in Baghdad Thursday.&nbsp;Another round of meetings is set for next month in Moscow.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012524144646719974.html">Al Jazeera explains</a> the current discussion.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Western powers are concerned about Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program and a possible military dimension to it. But Tehran insists its program is for peaceful purposes.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Police have arrested a man who confessed to killing Etan Patz &mdash; the New York boy missing for 33 years.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/justice/new-york-etan-patz/index.html">A source tells CNN</a> &hellip;&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo; &hellip; the man&rsquo;s name is Pedro Hernandez. Once owned a convenience store, owned this bodega in Etan Patz&rsquo;s neighborhood. The source says Hernandez claims he strangled the little boy 33 years ago.&rdquo;&nbsp;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The president of the Vatican bank has been ousted after a unanimous vote from the bank&rsquo;s governing body. <a href="http://news.sky.com/">Sky News explains</a> &mdash;&nbsp;the bank president has been a polarizing figure since his appointment in 2009.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;A statement from the Holy See says a unanimous vote was in response to Ettore Gotti Tedeschi failing to carry out duties of primary importance. He&rsquo;s currently being investigated on suspicion of money laundering.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> </div> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/xTTIB1qmFpQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/xTTIB1qmFpQ/top-news-headlines-facebook-debuts-camera-app http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-facebook-debuts-camera-app http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-facebook-debuts-camera-app Thu, 24 May 2012 13:05:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13297'><img src='/images/videos/b/13378734621.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13297'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Osama_bin_Laden_compound1.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY JIM FLINK</strong></p> <p> <b>ANCHOR MEGAN MURPHY</b></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find &mdash; and kill &mdash; Osama bin Laden, has been sentenced to 33 years in prison. Now, media outlets like The Telegraph report U.S.-Pakistani relations are at their worst point in years.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/video/doctor-sentencing-strains-us-pakistan-relations/59E06284-1275-4415-BE64-9A0379BAB4F7.html">Here&rsquo;s The Wall Street Journal with more</a> on the case of Dr. Shakil Afridi.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;For Pakistan, this was treated as a national security breach, treating this guy like he was a traitor, obviously the U.S. officials have a very different view, they see him as a hero.</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://dawn.com/2012/05/24/dr-afridi-jailed-for-33-years-for-helping-cia/">Pakistani news outlet DAWN quotes</a> a defense ministry official as asking the U.S. to respect its laws, while at the same time outlining the punishment involved, saying Afridi was sentenced to 33 years in prison.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;... 10 years imprisonment each (for) &hellip; conspiracy to wage war against Pakistan or depriving it of its sovereignty &hellip; concealing existence of a plan to wage war against Pakistan &hellip; and... condemnation of the creation of the state and advocacy of abolition of its sovereignty) ... He was sentenced to an additional three years in jail (for) &hellip; assaulting (a) president, governor, etc, with intention to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power...&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Pakistani officials base those charges on the fact, Afridi worked undercover with the CIA to locate Osama bin Laden&rsquo;s whereabouts in Abbotabad.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57440605/pakistan-u.s-drone-kills-10-alleged-militants-day-after-conviction-of-doc-who-aided-bin-laden-hunt/?tag=mncol;lst;2">CBS News explains</a>, Afridi set up a vaccination program hoping to net bin Laden and his relatives.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Pakistani officials say Afridi&rsquo;s vaccination ruse, without their permission, helped the U.S. confirm the location of the world&rsquo;s most wanted terrorist.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/9286957/US-threatens-to-cut-Pakistan-aid-following-jailing-of-Osama-bin-Laden-doctor.html">The Telegraph notes</a>, the sentence was issued, not by a federal Pakistani court, but by a more localized, tribal court, which carries with it, a different brand of justice.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Afridi was not entitled to a lawyer but was given a chance to defend himself and has a right to appeal the verdict &hellip; The United States has given Pakistan more than $18 billion in assistance since the September 11, 2001 attacks, but US officials have persistent concerns that some elements of the establishment have maintained support for extremists.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/23/obama-must-go-to-mat-for-pakistani-doctor-who-helped-us-find-bin-laden/#ixzz1vn8YXxBU">In an opinion piece for Fox News</a>, a contributor says, the U.S. must do more to pressure Pakistan into freeing Afridi, and demanding more accountability.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Pakistan has done little to rein in the Al Qaeda affiliates in the country who not only keep bin Laden&rsquo;s dream alive, but organize attacks to kill Americans in Afghanistan. Further, Pakistan still can&rsquo;t explain why their country is the preferred vacation destination for high-level Taliban leaders. Rather than make amends for bad behavior, Pakistan is demanding more from the U.S. while it delivers less and less.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/QOMz9bBkYpE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/QOMz9bBkYpE/pakistan-jails-cia-informant-who-helped-find-bin-laden http://www.newsy.com/videos/pakistan-jails-cia-informant-who-helped-find-bin-laden http://www.newsy.com/videos/pakistan-jails-cia-informant-who-helped-find-bin-laden Thu, 24 May 2012 06:58:34 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13293'><img src='/images/videos/b/13378609711.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13293'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/05/nypd-says-etan-patz-killer-has-been-found.html">New York Magazine</a>)<br /> <br /> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE &nbsp;</strong><br /> <br /> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.<br /> <br /> A possible break in the Etan Patz case this morning.</p> <p> He&rsquo;s the New York boy who went missing in 1979 while walking to the bus stop by himself for the first time.</p> <div> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/justice/new-york-etan-patz/index.html">CNN</a> reports.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo; &hellip; there is a person in custody in relation to this case. Someone who has apparently made it clear that he or she has a connection to this case.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> A U.N.-commissioned report says government forces are responsible for the majority of rights abuses in Syria since March.</div> <div> <br /> The secretary general of Amnesty International blamed the, quote, &ldquo;inaction&rdquo; of the U.N. Security Council for thousands of lives lost.</div> <div> <br /> Here&rsquo;s the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18188234">BBC</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Almost a year ago, the Amnesty report talked about crimes against humanity in Syria and it&rsquo;s taken almost a year for the first feeble Security Council resolution to come out to put just a few military observers on the ground.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Polls are open for Egypt&rsquo;s second day of its first free presidential election since the fall of Hosni Mubarak.</div> <div> <br /> Here&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201252445253167862.html">Al Jazeera</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&quot;In this unprecedented exercise in democracy, few are willing to predict an outcome. Many voters saying they&rsquo;re waiting until the last moment before making a choice.&quot;</strong><br /> <br /> U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is going against the grain &mdash; condemning the European Union&rsquo;s response to a possible Greek exit.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.itv.com/">ITV</a> explains.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;In a speech in Berlin later today, Mr. Clegg will criticize the notion that Greece&rsquo;s exit could be a good thing for the rest of Europe. He&rsquo;s expected to say that Europe must show leadership to find a way out of the crisis.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Nathan Byrne, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/-RyahvygqX0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/-RyahvygqX0/top-news-headlines-man-in-custody-in-etan-patz-case http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-man-in-custody-in-etan-patz-case http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-man-in-custody-in-etan-patz-case Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:01 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13281'><img src='/images/videos/b/13377958041.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13281'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source:<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15100393"> BBC</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <div> <strong>BY LYNDSEY GARZA&nbsp;</strong></div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> A serial rapist is set to become the first man in South Korea to be chemically castrated. The Justice Ministry of South Korea is set to chemically castrate inmate surnamed Park, in an effort to suppress his libido.<a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2012/05/23/sks-first-chemical-castration-of-a-pedophile/"> The Wall Street Journal reports</a> the 45-year-old is the first in the country to receive the procedure.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> <strong>&ldquo;The ministry&rsquo;s Forensic Psychiatry Deliberation Committee members unanimously adopted the measure after concluding that Mr. Park, who had already been determined a pedophile, is highly likely to prey on children again when he is released at the end of his prison term in July.&rdquo;</strong></div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Park is to be released after serving a 10-year sentence for the attempted rape of a 10-year-old girl. He was also convicted four times for the sexual assault and rape of children under the age of 13. <a href="http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2953296">Korea&rsquo;s JoongAng Daily reports </a>why castration was chosen for Park...</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> <strong>&ldquo;He is categorized as a sexual deviant, one who especially targets underage children.&rdquo;</strong></div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Chemical castration typically involves injections once every three months (for three to 15 years). The injections suppress sex drive, compulsive fantasies and the capacity for sexual arousal. Park is set to receive psychotherapy for three years and is required to stay away from childcare facilities and wear an electronic anklet.&nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> <a href="http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/05/23/2012052301330.html">The Chosunilbo reports</a>...</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> <strong>&ldquo;The ministry has ordered him to take Lupron and Zoladex, which block the pituitary gland from secreting testosterone and are also used to treat prostate cancer. It said the drugs are also being used in Germany, Sweden and the U.S. state of California as chemical castration agents.&rdquo;</strong></div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Opponents of chemical castration say the procedure &mdash; though reversible &mdash; can have unintended negative health consequences. The South Korean law authorizing chemical castration went into effect in 2011 after a public outcry of repeat sexual offenders. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15100393">BBC explains.</a></div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> <strong>&ldquo;There has been a continuous spate over sex crimes against children, because of this there has been a growing consensus that these crimes must be dealt with firmly, no matter the cost.&rdquo; &nbsp;</strong></div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> Sex offenders like Park do not have to consent to the treatment and in this case, his option was waived after being medically diagnosed as a pedophile. If Park does not comply with the treatment, he can face seven years in prison or 70 million won.&nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> &nbsp;</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/jh1npwSdNXg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/jh1npwSdNXg/chemical-castration-for-rapist-in-first-for-south-korea http://www.newsy.com/videos/chemical-castration-for-rapist-in-first-for-south-korea http://www.newsy.com/videos/chemical-castration-for-rapist-in-first-for-south-korea Wed, 23 May 2012 21:49:24 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13291'><img src='/images/videos/b/13378281741.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13291'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image source: <a href="http://news.ebru.tv/en/nuclear-negotiations-between-iran-and-p5-1-countries-begin-in-is">Ebru News</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> How quickly diplomatic hopes can fade.<br /> <br /> World leaders headed into nuclear talks with Iran all smiles after Iran&rsquo;s chief nuclear negotiator signalled a willingness to cooperate with the international community on its nuclear program by letting inspectors in to its facilities.<br /> <br /> The U.S., China, France, Russia and Germany submitted a proposal which &mdash; among other requirements &mdash; would cap uranium enrichment and scrapping one underground facility. But <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/world/jan-june12/iran2_05-23.html">PBS&rsquo;s Judy Woodruff reports</a>, Iran...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;...made a counter-offer today, apparently aimed at easing the bite of international economic sanctions.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> <br /> Iranian news agency <a href="http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9102113181">Fars News called</a> that counter-offer a comprehensive package of cooperation.<br /> <br /> But the P5+1 group has delayed its response until Thursday night. Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful &mdash; and that the P5+1 proposal put on the table wasn&rsquo;t reciprocal enough. <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012523182328733198.html">As Al Jazeera reports</a>, a string of sanctions have hit the Iranian economy hard.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Iran wants to see an easing or a delay on those sanctions, but on the other side they say that won&rsquo;t happen until they see concrete progress.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> So &mdash; all stick and no carrot in the first proposal? Iran says previous negotiators had promised balance in the discussions. <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/0523/Hopes-fade-for-progress-at-Iran-nuclear-talks-in-Baghdad">The Christian Science Monitor suggests</a> world powers didn&rsquo;t offer Iran much in return for concessions.</p> <p> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The Iranian reaction to the proposal indicates that a serious disconnect remains between Tehran and global powers about finding the right formula for curbing Iran&#39;s nuclear work...&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But part of that &ndash; according to CNN &mdash; comes from P5+1 fears Iran would get an easing of sanctions and then backtrack on its end of the deal. <a href="http://johnkingusa.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/23/skeptical-of-latest-round-of-talks-with-iran/">The network&rsquo;s John King spoke with Arizona Senator John McCain</a> &ndash; an outspoken Iran skeptic who serves as the Senate Armed Services Committee&rsquo;s ranking member.<br /> <br /> <strong>SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ): &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve seen this movie before. There have been numerous other times where they have said they will let the inspectors in. They have denied that they are even embarking on this process when the evidence obviously contradicts that.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.rt.com/news/iran-politics-un-nuclear-033/">But on Russia&rsquo;s RT</a>, a political analyst says it&rsquo;s just that kind of rhetoric from western voices that could threaten any chances of a deal.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;...which stokes resentment of the West treating Iran as some little child, refusing to accept the repeated promises and statements that this is a peaceful nuclear program.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Sanctions on Iran&rsquo;s oil exports to European markets are set to kick in July 1st. Talks are expected to continue Thursday.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/1yfFmchUC9I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/1yfFmchUC9I/hopes-fade-after-first-day-of-iran-nuclear-talks http://www.newsy.com/videos/hopes-fade-after-first-day-of-iran-nuclear-talks http://www.newsy.com/videos/hopes-fade-after-first-day-of-iran-nuclear-talks Wed, 23 May 2012 15:41:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13286'><img src='/images/videos/b/13378039691.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13286'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezioman/3034706336/">Flickr/ezioman</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE &nbsp;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Oil prices fell below $90 in New York &mdash; erasing gains through 2011.&nbsp;Bloomberg points to multiple factors, like U.S. supplies being at a 22-year high and Iran loosening up on inspections.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s been a sense that Iran was not going to let inspectors in, and that was somehow a violation of sovereignty. But the fact that you actually have the U.S. and NATO meeting in Baghdad, that&rsquo;s a really big deal.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Secret Service director Mark Sullivan apologized in his first public statement since the prostitution scandal.&nbsp;<a href="http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/23/11829912-senators-grill-secret-service-boss-on-prostitution-scandal?lite">Here&rsquo;s MSNBC</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Eight agents implicated in the scandal have been forced out. Four are actually fighting to get their jobs back. They say the agency is making them a scapegoat. Sullivan is disputing that claim.&rdquo;&nbsp;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Wednesday&rsquo;s Brussels summit kicks off with all eyes on newly elected French President Francois Hollande.&nbsp;<a href="http://news.sky.com/home/business/article/16233421">Sky News explains</a> &hellip;&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo; &hellip; because obviously now the duopoly that has run the summit since the crisis began, of France and Germany, both singing from the same hymn sheet, is now over.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Egyptians have cast their ballots in the country&rsquo;s first free presidential election since the fall of Hosni Mubarak 15 months ago.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18167224">The BBC reports</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;This election is a sign that there&rsquo;s no going back to the old Egypt, that what happened here really was a revolution. Many voters say a future president who defies the people will face another uprising.&rdquo;</strong></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/W3KXfKAQhU4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/W3KXfKAQhU4/top-news-headlines-oil-prices-drop-below-90 http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-oil-prices-drop-below-90 http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-oil-prices-drop-below-90 Wed, 23 May 2012 12:05:44 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13274'><img src='/images/videos/b/13377809111.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13274'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Image Source: </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/syriafreedom2/6855796960/" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small; background-color: transparent; ">Flickr/FreedomHouse2</a></p> <div> <div> <div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> <div> <br /> <font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><strong>BY DANIELLE CARTER</strong><br /> <br /> Confusion remains after the kidnapping of Shi&rsquo;ite pilgrims in northern Syria earlier this week. <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/22/kidnapping-reports-spark-unrest/">Euronews describes the immediate chaos.</a><br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The main road to Beirut airport was blocked with burning car tires by friends and relatives of the missing men.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The missing were returning from a pilgrimage to Iran when their bus was held up in the Aleppo region of Syria. While most sources agree on this detail, their reports differ on the amount and gender of the hostages.<br /> <br /> <strong>Euronews reports 13 Lebanese men were kidnapped.<br /> While Voice of America says that several dozen women were kidnapped along with 11 men.</strong><br /> <br /> However, Al Jazeera says, while women were a part of the group, they were not kidnapped along with the men. <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012522163849867118.html">That report says the women returned to Beirut early Wednesday.</a> One woman tells reporters about the captors.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;&lsquo;They pointed their guns and got into the buses. First they took us to the fields saying that they are taking us away from the shelling, while they took us there to kidnap the men...They said they are the Free Syrian Army.&rsquo;&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But according to sources, the Free Syrian Army says otherwise. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvZTJT4H9Ug">Here&rsquo;s France 24 with more.</a><br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The Free Syrian Army leader, Riad Al-Asaad, has denied that his group has anything to do with this kidnapping, but it&rsquo;s not clear that he has complete control on the ground.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The kidnappings have done nothing to help the tension in Lebanon. <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9283352/Lebanon-drawn-into-Syria-conflict-after-kidnappings.html">A columnist for the Telegraph describes the conflict in this way.</a><br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Lebanon navigates a fragile fault line over Syria, which had troops on the ground in Lebanon for nearly 30 years until 2005 and still has strong ties to Lebanon&rsquo;s security services. The countries share a complex web of political and sectarian ties and rivalries, which can quickly turn violent.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> There are no reports saying the kidnapped men have been released.</font></div> </div> </div> </div> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/Z8E5ceaIKy4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/Z8E5ceaIKy4/kidnappings-in-syria-spark-protests-concerns http://www.newsy.com/videos/kidnappings-in-syria-spark-protests-concerns http://www.newsy.com/videos/kidnappings-in-syria-spark-protests-concerns Wed, 23 May 2012 07:44:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13272'><img src='/images/videos/b/13377751541.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13272'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> <span id="internal-source-marker_0.48379854462109506">(Image source: <a href="http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/23-May-2012/five-people-killed-in-us-drone-strike-in-north-waziristan">The Nation</a>)</span><br /> <br /> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE</strong> &nbsp;<br /> <br /> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.<br /> <br /> A U.S. military drone strike kills at least four people in northwestern Pakistan.&nbsp;</p> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/">Al Jazeera reports</a> two missiles were fired on a compound in Miranshah near the border with Afghanistan.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The town is a stronghold of the al-Haqqani network. U.S. drone attacks in Pakistani territory have strained relations between the two countries.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> A day after the United Nations&rsquo; nuclear watchdog held talks with Iran, more negotiations are taking place.<br /> Here&rsquo;s the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18170651">BBC</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Negotiators representing Iran and six world powers are meeting in Baghdad today to discuss Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The possibility of a Greek exit from the euro looms ahead of an EU summit in Brussels.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://news.sky.com/">Sky News</a> reports.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;European leaders are openly asking themselves the question about what would happen if there were a Greek exit. At some point, there will have to be a political response, so goes the theory.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The first free presidential election since Hosni Mubarak led Egypt opened today.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/23/voting-begins-in-egypt-s-first-free-presidential-poll/">Euronews</a> explains.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;While there were elections during his 30-year rule, these were considered a lip service to democracy, in which very few people took part and the result was a foregone conclusion.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Nathan Byrne, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/mG0bmO12TTU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/mG0bmO12TTU/top-news-headlines-u-s-drone-strike-strains-tensions http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-u-s-drone-strike-strains-tensions http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-u-s-drone-strike-strains-tensions Wed, 23 May 2012 04:00:01 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13268'><img src='/images/videos/b/13377339401.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13268'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source: <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/2012429141610521570.html">Al Jazeera</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY JOHN O&rsquo;CONNOR</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Egypt&rsquo;s first post-Mubarak election starts Wednesday in what &mdash; by all accounts &mdash; is historic.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18167224">BBC: </a>&ldquo;...millions of voters prepare to go to the polls. The country&#39;s first ever free presidential elections...&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong><a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2012/05/22/idesk-intv-amb-nabil-fahmy-on-egypt-elections.cnn?iref=allsearch">CNN:</a> &ldquo;...very excited. Very engaged politically for the first time, really, in this country&#39;s history.&rdquo; </strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And all the presidential candidates have at least one thing in common. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/23/world/middleeast/on-eve-of-historic-egyptian-vote-crime-wave-is-the-main-topic.html">The New York Times</a> points out they&rsquo;re all...</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;...pledging to get the police back to work, restore their morale and teach them about human rights.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> But <a href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/42359/Egypt/Politics-/Analysis-Can-Egypt-have-a-president-without-a-cons.aspx">Ahram </a>is reporting it won&rsquo;t be easy for a new president to restore stability without certain powers.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The president will not be able to increase salaries, introduce unemployment allowances, raise the health and education budgets, or do the rest of the things candidates promised to do. The real power in such matters resides, according to the constitutional declaration, with parliament.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The election is intended to be Egypt&rsquo;s gateway to democracy, but <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/22/153297987/as-egyptians-prepare-to-vote-jimmy-carter-watches-complete-transformation">NPR&rsquo;s Soraya Sarhaddi </a>says Egyptians are skeptical any real change will result.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&quot;It&#39;s extremely difficult for anyone that has been struggling in this revolution from day one to trust &mdash; even superficially &mdash; that these elections mean anything but a referendum for continued military control.&quot;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> But according to <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/2012429141610521570.html">Al Jazeera&rsquo;s David Kennedy</a> and <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2012/05/22/idesk-intv-amb-nabil-fahmy-on-egypt-elections.cnn?iref=allsearch">CNN&rsquo;s Hala Gorani</a>, for some, hope is on the horizon.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Millions of people believe things have changed, will change, and realised their collective potential. Even if all the institutions remain the same, this will not be the same Egypt.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;This is a country that just two years ago would have never dreamt of a situation in which candidates are running for the presidency in what is expected it be a free and fair election. (FLASH) People are in cafes, out on the street debating, politics openly, loudly, giving people their opinion without fear of retribution.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Egyptians will have two days to choose from 13 candidates. If no candidate gets a majority, the top two vote-getters will compete in a runoff in mid-June.&nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/BeUnAMYoxzc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/BeUnAMYoxzc/egypt-holds-first-presidential-election-since-mubarak http://www.newsy.com/videos/egypt-holds-first-presidential-election-since-mubarak http://www.newsy.com/videos/egypt-holds-first-presidential-election-since-mubarak Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:02 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13270'><img src='/images/videos/b/13377357471.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13270'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source:<a href="http://http://cowanglobal.com/2012/05/19/the-eurozone-crisis-a-lesson-in-bad-strategy-and-incompetent-leadership/"> Cowan Global</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY JIM FLINK</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The global economy is gradually recovering. &nbsp;</p> <p> But the eurozone is in crisis, and could face even more trouble.<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=p529M2kAs00#!">That&rsquo;s the word from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.</a><br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The euro area remains the single biggest risk to the global economy and recent events have increased that risk. ...&nbsp;There must be a major rebalancing. ...&nbsp;Everyone must do something.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Specifically, the OECD says, the South must get more competitive, the north must boost demand and wages. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/22/eurozone-is-biggest-threat-to-growth-oecd/">Euronews focuses in on the forecast</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The OECD forecasts the eurozone&rsquo;s economy will shrink by .1 percent this year, and grow by just under one percent by next year, with unemployment in the region rising above 11 percent of the workforce next year.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> <br /> Believe it or not, the OECD is delivering the good news.<br /> <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2148051/Britains-austerity-drive-praised-OECD-warns-eurozone-risks-severe-recession-spill-global-economy.html#ixzz1vd2nz0vu">The Daily Mail notes:</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The OECD&#39;s forecast is still more optimistic about both the U.S. and Europe than the International Monetary Fund. &nbsp;Last month the IMF said in its own global economic forecast that the U.S. should expand 2.1 per cent this year, while Europe should shrink 0.3 per cent.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Wednesday, European leaders will meet to discuss how to address the crisis.<br /> Some see both the OECD and the IMF supporting a eurobond, to stabilize the region.<br /> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/video-center?mod=WSJ_formfactor">Analysts at the Wall Street Journal note</a>, neither the eurozone nor the German constitution currently allow for the measure.</p> <p> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The thing that people are looking for right now are more along the lines of shorter term fixes, shorter term solutions, bank recapitalization, one of foremost of what is in people&rsquo;s minds to try and restore confidence in Europe....&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But an advisor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel notes, with so many divergent positions within the eurozone, politically speaking, this crisis will either be solved or created by cooperation or the failure to cooperate. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/93146755/">Here&rsquo;s Bloomberg.</a><br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Austerity is certainly needed, if you are in a public deficit. But it depends on the degree ...&nbsp;Once you are in recession, if you try to continue to raise taxes and reduce expenditures, the recession gets worse.&rdquo;</strong><br /> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/O7T4GBLuH-0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/O7T4GBLuH-0/oecd-eurozone-could-face-more-trouble http://www.newsy.com/videos/oecd-eurozone-could-face-more-trouble http://www.newsy.com/videos/oecd-eurozone-could-face-more-trouble Tue, 22 May 2012 21:23:31 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13265'><img src='/images/videos/b/13377364291.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13265'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> <span style="font-size: 11px;">(Image Source:</span><span style="font-size: 10px;"> <style type="text/css"> @font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }a:link, span.MsoHyperlink { color: blue; text-decoration: underline; }a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { color: purple; text-decoration: underline; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } </style> </span><span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20120522/102451.shtml">CNTV</a></span></span>)</span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong>BY MATTHEW PICHT</strong></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 11px;">Is Iran willing to negotiate its nuclear program? The director-general of the UN&rsquo;s nuclear watchdog group, seems to think so. Yukiya Amano emerged from a weekend visit to Tehran optimistic about proposed cooperation between Iran and the UN. <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/20125221251810588.html">Al Jazeera</a> reports...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Speaking to reporters at Vienna airport, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said his trip to Tehran saw progress on a stalemate that has lasted for a number of years.&rdquo;</strong></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 11px;">Amano says he reached an agreement with Iran&#39;s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, and he expects to sign a deal with Jalili soon.<br /> <br /> The announcement comes just before the second round of talks between Iran and six major UN countries, including the U.S. Writing for <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/228605-confidence-building-is-needed-in-upcoming-p5-1-iran-talks">The Hill</a> &mdash; international affairs expert Terri Lodge is optimistic about what these negotiations can accomplish.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;This meeting has the potential to actually accomplish something tangible... Even agreements to discuss additional IAEA inspections or small confidence building measures would mark a successful conference.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> For its part, Iran wants relief from harsh international sanctions, which have crippled Iran&rsquo;s economy. The <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18157944">BBC</a> says it&rsquo;s these censures, more than anything else, that have driven Iran to bargaining.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The sanctions, especially the oil embargo, have been squeezing Iran to an unprecedented level.&rdquo;</strong></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 11px;">Iran&rsquo;s cooperation with the IAEA is a positive sign for the upcoming negotiations. An anonymous analyst told the <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/0522/Unusually-good-forecast-for-Iran-nuclear-talks-video">Christian Science Monitor</a>...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;If the positive signals are genuine ... and Iran is not asked to give up enrichment altogether &ndash; then a deal is possible &lsquo;that makes everybody happy.&rsquo;&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But skeptics point out nothing between Iran and the IAEA is on paper yet. The vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council, told <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/22/un-nuclear-chief-says-deal-with-iran-reached256128/">Fox News</a> Iran&rsquo;s cooperation might be a ploy to influence the upcoming negotiations.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The Iranians are trying to trumpet some progress in terms of cooperation with the UN in advance of the nuclear talks, in a way to set the stage where they could argue that sanctions should be reduced, that the international community really doesn&rsquo;t have anything to worry about.&rdquo;</strong></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 11px;">Further complicating matters, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the UN coalition not to make any concessions to Iran, calling for a complete halt to Iranian nuclear development.</span></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/45ItB62nspE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/45ItB62nspE/iranian-cooperation-sets-positive-tone-for-upcoming-talks http://www.newsy.com/videos/iranian-cooperation-sets-positive-tone-for-upcoming-talks http://www.newsy.com/videos/iranian-cooperation-sets-positive-tone-for-upcoming-talks Tue, 22 May 2012 14:37:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13260'><img src='/images/videos/b/13377080171.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13260'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/20125221251810588.html">Al Jazeera</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The UN&rsquo;s nuclear watchdog says it&rsquo;s reached a deal with Iran that will allow nuclear inspections to resume. The announcement comes a day before high-level talks between Iran and six UN countries on Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program. <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/20125221251810588.html">Here&rsquo;s Al Jazeera</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Speaking to reporters at Vienna airport, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said his trip to Tehran saw progress on a stalemate that&rsquo;s lasted for a number of years.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Members of the Senate intelligence committee revealed a new jihadi web video calling for cyber attacks on U.S. infrastructure. <a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/1649724688001/al-qaeda-urging-electronic-jihad-against-us">Fox News has details</a> on the video.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;These images are pulled from the tape and specifically claim that the U.S. is vulnerable to cyber attacks in the same way the U.S. airline security system was vulnerable to the hijackers and boxcutters.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> A congressional probe has found the U.S. military is being sold phony parts by equipment suppliers in China. <a href="http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/22/probe-finds-flood-of-fake-military-parts-from-china-in-u-s-equipment/?iref=allsearch">CNN has more</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Thousands of vital components of U.S. weapons systems originating in Chinese scrap heaps and then sold to you and me, the U.S. taxpayers, as the real deal.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And a new structure claims the title of world&rsquo;s tallest tower. Japan&rsquo;s Sky Tree Tower stands 34 meters taller than the previous record-holder, China&rsquo;s Canton Tower. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg has more</a> on the grand opening.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;It officially opened its doors to an estimated 200,000 people today, and it&rsquo;s surrounded by more than 300 shops and restaurants, a planetarium and an aquarium.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Christina Hartman, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/F1c_oLMnWQs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/F1c_oLMnWQs/top-news-headlines-iaea-reaches-nuclear-deal-with-iran http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-iaea-reaches-nuclear-deal-with-iran http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-iaea-reaches-nuclear-deal-with-iran Tue, 22 May 2012 11:00:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13240'><img src='/images/videos/b/13376251501.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13240'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201252175919491219.html">Al Jazeera</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY CARISSA LOETHEN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> At least 90 are dead and more than 200 wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up during a military parade rehearsal in Yemen&rsquo;s capital. A police officer recounts the siege to <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/suicide-bombing-in-yemen-kills-scores-at-military-parade-rehearsal/2012/05/21/gIQA3Ug2eU_story.html">the Washington Post.</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;It all happened so quickly. ...we heard the explosion and saw the soldiers flying in the air. We were told the assailant was a soldier wearing an explosive belt.&rdquo; </strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/21/suicide-bomber-kills-scores-at-yemen-army-parade-officials-say/">Fox News reports</a> al-Qaeda is claiming credit for the attack.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Today the Al-Qaeda branch in Yemen released a statement calling the bombing payback for a U.S war on the terror group.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Unpopular former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down in the wake of the Arab Spring &mdash; and the<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18142695"> BBC&rsquo;s Frank Gardner</a> suggests the attack may have been a direct message to his successor.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;This will be a message from the militants to him. You know, we can get you any time. And already in the last few days Al-Qaeda&rsquo;s replacement for Osama Bin Laden has said we consider him to be just as bad.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2012/0521/Suicide-bomber-kills-scores-in-Yemen-as-government-pursues-Al-Qaeda-group-video">The Christian Science Monitor </a>explains this all comes just one day after American contractors were attacked in Southern Yemen.&nbsp; al-Qaeda has also claimed responsibility for that attack.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The trainers were reportedly driving back to their hotel when a car pulled up alongside them and opened fire with an automatic weapon, injuring one American...&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/yemen-violence-17-killed-24-hours-16393268">ABC say</a>s despite the deadly attack Monday...</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&hellip; the Yemeni army and the U.S. will continue its fight against Al-Qaeda. It&rsquo;s not even close to being defeated here yet.&rdquo; </strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> During <a href="http://www.cnn.com">President Obama&rsquo;s live news conference</a> Monday, a reporter asked Obama what the U.S. is going to do to slow the process of anarchy in Yemen.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;...We&#39;re going to continue to work with the Yemeni government to try to identify aqap leadership and operations and try to thwart them...&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> It remains unclear if the planned parade will go as planned Tuesday.&nbsp; Yemeni officials say it is a significant event, celebrating the unity between North and South Yemen.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/1QvfhPMqqEI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/1QvfhPMqqEI/al-qaeda-yemen-suicide-bombing-revenge http://www.newsy.com/videos/al-qaeda-yemen-suicide-bombing-revenge http://www.newsy.com/videos/al-qaeda-yemen-suicide-bombing-revenge Tue, 22 May 2012 08:00:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13254'><img src='/images/videos/b/13376889791.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13254'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/05/spacex-in-orbit-successful-launch-of-falcon-9-rocket/">Wired</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR ALLIE SPILLYARDS</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> After a long string of aborted missions, SpaceX successfully launched an unmanned rocket on its way to the International Space Station. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/22/tech/us-spacex/index.html?hpt=hp_t1">CNN reports</a> &mdash; it&rsquo;s an historic flight.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;It is the world&rsquo;s first commercial space station supply flight. NASA hanging its hopes on the mission now that the retired space shuttles are museum exhibits.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Several people were shot in Oklahoma City just after the Thunder beat the Lakers last night. The shootings took place just blocks from the arena. <a href="http://www.hlntv.com/">HLN has more</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Eight people were reportedly shot at 11:35 pm local time in Oklahoma City. As of now, there is no motive for the shootings.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Police have arrested a man in connection with the disappearance of a California teenager who went missing two months ago. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/22/21-year-old-man-arrested-in-case-missing-california-teen/">Here&rsquo;s Fox News</a> with the details.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Police arrested this man, 21-year-old Antolin Garcia-Torres, on suspicion of murder and kidnapping. Fifteen-year-old Sierra Lamar was last seen March 16 as she left to catch the school bus.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The two-day NATO summit ended Monday evening with an agreement on a roadmap for Afghanistan. The plan includes a gradual drawdown of combat troops. <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/22/nato-plans-afghan-pullout-but-pakistan-problem-remains/">Here&rsquo;s euronews</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The alliance has now formally backed the U.S. plan, which is a major step towards bringing the unpopular decade-long war to an end. All combat troops are to be pulled out by the end of 2014.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Allie Spillyards, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/14YAtXFjz84" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/14YAtXFjz84/top-news-headlines-spacex-launches-first-iss-flight http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-spacex-launches-first-iss-flight http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-spacex-launches-first-iss-flight Mon, 21 May 2012 21:41:23 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13250'><img src='/images/videos/b/13376472831.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13250'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image source: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Local_chatter.jpg">U.S. Army</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong><br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> He called it a &ldquo;messy process&rdquo; but President Obama says NATO is unified in a plan to withdraw from Afghanistan.</p> <p> <br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NueSgxj7E8A">At the NATO summit in Chicago</a> world leaders endorsed a pullout strategy that gives Afghan security forces control by mid-2013.<br /> <br /> <strong>OBAMA: &ldquo;Our forces broke the Taliban&rsquo;s momentum. &hellip; Afghan security forces have grown stronger...&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The deadline for complete withdrawal is 2014, with NATO leaders calling the plan a responsible transition. <a href="http://www.itv.com/news/story/2012-05-20/nato-summit-starts-in-chicago/">But ITV&rsquo;s Robert Moore has</a> a more cynical take.<br /> <br /> <strong>MOORE: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s always said it&#39;s much easier to start a war than to finish one. And so it is proving. &hellip; In truth Afghanistan has become unsustainable for the alliance. Judged by many now to be unaffordable, unwinnable and increasingly unpopular.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57404807-503544/poll-support-for-war-in-afghanistan-hits-all-time-low/">A CBS/New York Times poll found</a> in March &mdash; support for the war in Afghanistan had hit an all-time low.<br /> <br /> That pessimism is not uncommon to find in western press coverage. <a href="http://news.sky.com/home">Here&rsquo;s Sky News</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve told the enemy we&rsquo;re leaving. &hellip; So why are we staying any longer?&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/21/afghanistan-exit-with-no-strategy?newsfeed=true">The Guardian&rsquo;s editorial board writes</a>, <strong>&ldquo;...the exit strategy has become all exit and no strategy.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <br /> And while NATO leaders called the timetable a &ldquo;milestone&rdquo; &mdash; <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18155292">the BBC&rsquo;s Mark Mardell asks</a> &ldquo;milestone or millstone?&rdquo; and writes &ldquo;It looks like a tombstone and sounds like a millstone.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> Newly-elected French President Francois Hollande had made a campaign promise the French would be out of Afghanistan as soon as possible. Mardell notes...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Nato&#39;s leaders rather ignored him and just hoped no-one else would follow his lead and start elbowing others out of the way in their desire to get home.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But in a news conference marking the announcement &mdash; President Obama acknowledged there was no &ldquo;perfect&rdquo; end to the war in Afghanistan. Pledging to stand with Afghanistan &mdash; the alliance pledged to help fund Afghan armed forces even after troops withdraw.<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/qNP85jAx5Kw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/qNP85jAx5Kw/nato-endorses-afghan-exit-plan-to-a-pessimistic-press http://www.newsy.com/videos/nato-endorses-afghan-exit-plan-to-a-pessimistic-press http://www.newsy.com/videos/nato-endorses-afghan-exit-plan-to-a-pessimistic-press Mon, 21 May 2012 20:30:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13248'><img src='/images/videos/b/13376402761.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13248'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-05/21/c_131600929.htm">Xinhua</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The first phase of the controversial European missile defense shield is now &ldquo;provisionally operational.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> It&rsquo;s not news Russia is likely to be happy about.<br /> <br /> <strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/KFQX/109318829086360?rf=106551792715327">KFQX</a>: &ldquo;...the European missile defense shield is up and running. It has the capability to shoot down incoming missiles.&rdquo;</strong><br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong><a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/1634180939001/new-missile-defense-capabilities-for-us-east-coast">Fox News</a>:</strong> <strong>&ldquo;Missile defense, a thorny issue, particularly with the, in terms of the Soviet Union.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The United States says it&rsquo;s to protect Europe from Iranian missiles, but Russians are skeptical, and say the system is meant to counter Russian nuclear missiles. <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/05/18/153029924/missile-defense-a-divisive-topic-at-nato-summit">NPR spoke</a> with a Russian security analyst.<br /> <br /> <strong>SERGEY ROGOV: &ldquo;Since very few, if any, experts believe that there is a clear and present danger of Iranian and North Korean threat...&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> NATO made the announcement at its summit in Chicago, and <a href="http://www.emg.rs/en/emplus/179795.html">in a press release</a> assured Moscow the missile defense system <strong>&ldquo;is not directed against Russia&rdquo; </strong>but rather<strong> &ldquo;against potential threats emanating from outside the Euro-Atlantic area.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> In the meantime, newly inaugurated President Vladimir Putin vowed on the campaign trail to pursue rearmament and revamp the country&rsquo;s military. On Russia&rsquo;s RT, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74wL08d9iC4">one correspondent suggests</a> the missile defense announcement can only heighten tensions.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The U.S. refuses to give legal guarantees that the system will not be aimed at Russia at some point. So it&rsquo;s a huge issue that&rsquo;s not just about trust, but it&rsquo;s about guarantees.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But the Christian Science Monitor&rsquo;s Moscow correspondent <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2012/0521/NATO-European-missile-shield-provisionally-operational/(page)/2">Fred Weir suggests</a> &mdash; neither side&rsquo;s fears are rooted in reality.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;NATO claims it needs a shield to defend against hypothetical rogue missile strikes from Iran or North Korea &ndash; a threat that does not presently exist &ndash; while Moscow complains that the shield currently being installed in Europe might undercut Russia&#39;s strategic edge in its later stages, almost a decade hence.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The system is expected to reach full operational capacity by 2020.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/85lv2vgrUDk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/85lv2vgrUDk/european-missile-defense-threatens-strategic-stability http://www.newsy.com/videos/european-missile-defense-threatens-strategic-stability http://www.newsy.com/videos/european-missile-defense-threatens-strategic-stability Mon, 21 May 2012 16:30:02 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13244'><img src='/images/videos/b/13376335761.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13244'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/rutgers-trial-dharun-ravi-make-statement-sentencing/story?id=16394014#.T7qqAXlYvgw">ABC</a>)</p> <p> <br /> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN<br /> ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The ex-Rutgers student convicted in March over spying on his roommate&rsquo;s homosexual encounter has been sentenced to 30-days in prison. Dharun Ravi faced a possible sentence of up to 10 years in prison. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/">A Fox News analyst says the light sentence will likely spare Ravi from deportation.</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;I believe to be eligible for the deportation, he would have had to be sentenced to a minimum of one year. As I understand it, because that did not happen, deportation now is probably not an issue.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> World leaders at the NATO summit have approved a missile defense shield in Europe, despite condemnation by Russia. Democracy Now! has the details.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The plan will deploy a U.S. warship armed with interceptors in the Mediterranean, as well as a radar system in a German base.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for today&rsquo;s deadly bombing in Yemen. While the terror organization has battled the government before, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18142695">a BBC analyst says it&rsquo;s unusual for anything like this to happen in the capital.</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Most of the violence this year in Yemen has taken place in the South. &hellip; This was meant as a big message to Yemen&rsquo;s rulers.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> After a less-than-stellar IPO on Friday, Facebook shares continue to tumble. <a href="http://startingpoint.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/21/will-facebooks-ipo-change-zuckerbergs-attitude-toward-the-company/?iref=allsearch">A CNN analyst gives some of the numbers from midday Monday.</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Facebook shares are getting hammered, right now trading down more than nine percent below their IPO price of $38. Shares are at about $35. So much for all the hype, right?&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Christina Hartman, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/l50-3_EZg1I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/l50-3_EZg1I/top-news-headlines-ravi-sentenced-in-rutgers-spycam-case http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-ravi-sentenced-in-rutgers-spycam-case http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-ravi-sentenced-in-rutgers-spycam-case Mon, 21 May 2012 14:45:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13238'><img src='/images/videos/b/13376206241.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13238'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.tanjug.rs/videodet.aspx?galID=64576">Tanjug</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY DANIELLE CARTER</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Serbia has elected populist Tomislav Nikolic over the former Democratic president of 8 years, Boris Tadic. ITV has more on Tadic&rsquo;s presidential defeat.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s been narrowly beaten in a second-round election runoff by a hardline nationalist and one-time ally of the Serb strongman Slobodan Milosevic.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Nikolic&rsquo;s election was an upset, and has some worrying Serbia will backslide in its efforts to join the European Union. <a href="http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0521/nikolic-wins-surprise-victory-at-serbia-polls.html">Ireland&rsquo;s RTE news explains</a>, Nikolic appears to be reversing course.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;But a recent convert to the EU cause, he has warned in the past he would not join the 27-member bloc at any cost, making a breakaway Kosovo the red line for EU membership.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Now Nikolic says he will keep Serbia on the path to EU membership, adding he doesn&rsquo;t think the election was a referendum on the EU. <a href="http://77.46.136.66/news/41609/nikolic--i-would-first-talk-with-angela-merkel.htm">Serbian news agency Tanjug quotes him,</a> saying:</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;I want to establish different relations with Germany, &lsquo;leader of the EU&rsquo;, with which Serbia can strengthen cooperation in the field of investments, Nikolic, who is also leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) told activists and citizens in Belgrade.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> But RT questions Nikolic&rsquo;s intentions. <a href="http://www.rt.com/news/serbia-elections-tadic-nikolic-736/">One analyst thinks Nikolic may be posturing</a> for the benefit of NATO-owned media.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s gotta take a much more pro-EU, pro-Western line, otherwise he&rsquo;ll be attacked by the media, not defended by the NGO&rsquo;s, and generally will be political dead meat.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Nikolic has been playing to the media quite well. In the end, he came across as more likeable, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18141021">according to Nick Thorpe of the BBC news.</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Tomislav Nikolic, a 60-year-old populist who rose to prominence as a radical nationalist, comes across as a smiling, grandfatherly figure, a man who enjoys making plum brandy and walking in the woods in the Serbian heartlands.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Nikolic&rsquo;s first job will be to appoint a prime minister to form a new government.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/DRfK4SHCDY8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/DRfK4SHCDY8/serbia-elects-populist-tomislav-nikolic http://www.newsy.com/videos/serbia-elects-populist-tomislav-nikolic http://www.newsy.com/videos/serbia-elects-populist-tomislav-nikolic Mon, 21 May 2012 14:30:35 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13242'><img src='/images/videos/b/13376288671.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13242'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image source: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IMG_2124_Everest.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN</strong></p> <p> <br /> A tragedy on the top of the world. Climbers rushed to summit Mt. Everest over the weekend, <a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/">but NBC&rsquo;s Today Show</a> reports the climb turned deadly.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Three climbers have died descending from the top of Mt. Everest this weekend. Two other climbers have also gone missing since Saturday on the world&rsquo;s tallest mountain.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Officials have determined one of the climbers died of altitude sickness, a reaction to low pressure and scarce oxygen. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/21/hiker-dead-4-others-possibly-missing-on-everest/">Fox News has</a> more on the victim.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;One of them you see here, 61-year-old Dr. Eberhard Schaaf of Germany. A Canadian and South Korean also died after the three reached the summit and they were on their way back down.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The already-harsh conditions on Everest were made all the worse the number of climbers trying to make it to the top in a very short time window. <a href="http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981346018">A writer for Gather reports</a>, the mountain was so crowded, climbers had to stand in line.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The month of May usually provides the only &lsquo;ideal&rsquo; conditions for reaching the summit. This year, it didn&#39;t happen until this past weekend ... The result was a traffic jam of eager climbers, pursuing their dreams despite warnings to not attempt a summit after 11 a.m. Over 150 climbers forged ahead into the &lsquo;death zone&rsquo; until as late as 2:30 p.m.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The climbers apparently hadn&rsquo;t brought enough oxygen to last through both the climb and the long wait. A climb organizer <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/21/world/asia/everest-deaths/index.html">tells CNN</a> it&rsquo;s not uncommon for climbers to let the thrill get the better of them.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Mountaineers often expend all their energy while ascending the mountain and do not think about energy needed to come down. &lsquo;As a result, they become weak and suffer from altitude sickness.&rsquo;&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Another of Saturday&rsquo;s climbers, a 73-year-old Japanese woman, became the oldest woman to stand on the summit.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/TG9jWj_pSPk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/TG9jWj_pSPk/three-climbers-die-on-mount-everest http://www.newsy.com/videos/three-climbers-die-on-mount-everest http://www.newsy.com/videos/three-climbers-die-on-mount-everest Mon, 21 May 2012 07:47:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13231'><img src='/images/videos/b/13376018881.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13231'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:San%27a03_flickr.jpg">Wikipedia</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR LAUREN ZIMA</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Dozens have been killed and hundreds wounded in a suicide bomb attack in Yemen. The attack targeted the country&rsquo;s military. <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/21/dozens-killed-as-suicide-bomb-targets-yemen-army/">Here&rsquo;s euronews</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Panic among Yemen&rsquo;s armed forces as a suicide bomber struck a rehearsal for a military parade. &hellip; The bomber was reportedly wearing military uniform. Soldiers had been practicing for Yemen&rsquo;s National Unity Day tomorrow.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The NATO summit heads into its second day today. While world leaders discuss Afghanistan, Chicago police are bracing for more possible run-ins with protesters. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/21/us/illinois-summit-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t3">CNN has footage</a> from yesterday&rsquo;s violent clashes.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Demonstrators were making their voices heard like this: outside in the streets. Check out the chaotic scene right near the summit site. So far at least 45 people have been arrested.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> A verdict in the John Edwards&rsquo; campaign corruption trial could be handed down as soon as today. <a href="http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/05/20/bee-gees-singer-robin-gibb-has-died">Here&rsquo;s HLN</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Today is the jury&rsquo;s second day of deliberations. On Friday, they asked the judge to let them look again at copies of checks, a voicemail transcript and other evidence.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Bee Gees star Robin Gibb passed away Sunday after a long battle with cancer. His career is being celebrated in his native Britain. <a href="http://www.itv.com/daybreak/news/rip-robin-gibb/">A music journalist tells ITV</a> Gibb was one the country&rsquo;s most influential artists.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;When you tell the story of Robin Gibb, you have to use a lot of capital letters and a lot of exclamation points because the Bee Gees were that important. Their catalog is second only to that of Lennon and McCartney.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Lauren Zima, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/rl5ryxYj7nk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/rl5ryxYj7nk/top-news-headlines-suicide-bomber-targets-yemen-s-military http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-suicide-bomber-targets-yemen-s-military http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-suicide-bomber-targets-yemen-s-military Mon, 21 May 2012 04:00:03 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13228'><img src='/images/videos/b/13375488191.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13228'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seydoggy/2152131094/">Flickr Creative Commons</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STACEY WELSH</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR JIM FLINK</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Pakistan blocked its people from Twitter Sunday. Officials say Twitter refused to remove pictures considered offensive to Islam. <a href="http://www.ktvu.com/">KTVU reports</a>...</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Twitter refused to remove material related to a competition on Facebook to post depictions of the prophet Mohammed. Pakistan said Facebook has agreed to address the concerns, but Twitter has not.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/05/201252011031244485.html">Al Jazeera has since reported</a> the country unblocked Twitter.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Al Jazeera&#39;s Asad Hashim in Karachi said he could not access the site from his mobile phone, but was still able to see tweets posted earlier in the day. He said it appeared that the ban had therefore come into effect sometime about 8:00GMT (1pm local time). By 17GMT, Hashim said the ban had been lifted.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Human rights and anti-censorship groups scoffed at the move. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/world/asia/pakistan-blocks-twitter-over-cartoon-contest.html?_r=1">The New York Times has a statement</a> from the Pakistani Human Rights Watch director.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The government of Pakistan&rsquo;s ban on Twitter is ill advised, counterproductive and will ultimately prove to be futile as all such attempts at censorship have proved to be.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Despite the crackdown, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/20/pakistan-blocks-twitter-blasphemy-fears">The Guardian reports</a>...</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The ban was made largely irrelevant by tech-savvy users. Twitter members... installed proxy servers to shield their web browsing. Once back online, many posted angry tweets about the shutdown.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/RuwaydaMustafah">@RuwaydaMustafah</a></p> <p> <strong>&quot;Twitter is banned in Pakistan. Pakistan&#39;s interior minister claimed this would never happen. What a liar!&quot;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/BeeDazzeld_">@BeeDazzeld_</a></p> <p> <strong>&quot;Twitter banned in Pakistan?! Are you freaking kidding me. Democracy and freedom of speech don&#39;t hold any meaning anymore...&quot;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> But Pakistan&rsquo;s citizens haven&rsquo;t always been free to post opinions on social media sites. <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-50052-Twitter-blocked-in-Pakistan-">The News International notes</a>:</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;In 2010... [Facebook] was blocked in Pakistan for the same reason [posting blasphemous content]. Twitter has grown in popularity in the last few years and it is estimated that an approximate 6 million people use it in Pakistan.&rdquo;</strong></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/bMxL5TYBFJA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/bMxL5TYBFJA/pakistan-blocks-twitter-over-offensive-cartoons http://www.newsy.com/videos/pakistan-blocks-twitter-over-offensive-cartoons http://www.newsy.com/videos/pakistan-blocks-twitter-over-offensive-cartoons Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:02 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13221'><img src='/images/videos/b/13375419561.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13221'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/aug/30/straw-megrahi-snp-lockerbie-oil"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; ">Julie Howden/The Herald</span></a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY HANK KOEBLER</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CARISSA LOETHEN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The man convicted of killing 270 people by planting a bomb on an airplane in 1988 has died from cancer-related complications. Sky News has the details:</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&quot;The Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has died at his home in the Libyan capitol of Tripoli. He was the only person convicted over the terrorist attack in 1988.&quot;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Al-Megrahi was sentenced to life in prison in 2001, but was released in 2009 because doctors estimated Al-Megrahi only had three months left to live. He actually ended up surpassing the doctors expectations by almost 3 years.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Bert Ammerman, whose brother died in the bombing, <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/20/lockerbie-bomber-abdel-baset-al-megrahi-dies-in-libya-family-says/">tells Fox News</a>:</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;He massacred 270 people, 259 at 31,000 feet in the air. The last thing he deserved was to be around his family and friends in his own home. Now that was despicable.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> A spokesman for the victims&rsquo; families tells <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/05/20/abdelbaset-ali-al-megrahi-innocent-dead_n_1530853.html?1337523206&amp;ref=uk">Huffington Post</a> that Al-Megrahi&rsquo;s death was to be deeply regretted.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;As someone who attended the trial I have never taken the view that Megrahi was guilty&hellip; Megrahi is the 271st victim of Lockerbie.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18137873"> told BBC</a> the death was &ldquo;an end to a chapter of one of the worst terrorist events in Scotland,&rdquo; and also raised questions about al-Megrahi&rsquo;s conviction:</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;There should be no celebration that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has died.&nbsp; Instead it should act as a spur to establish the facts including whether crucial forensic evidence was withheld from the trial.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond told BBC and other news outlets that the Lockerbie investigation is still ongoing and that prosecutors never believed al-Megrahi was the only person responsible for the bombing.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/T0T6510pStk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/T0T6510pStk/lockerbie-bomber-died-from-cancer-related-complications http://www.newsy.com/videos/lockerbie-bomber-died-from-cancer-related-complications http://www.newsy.com/videos/lockerbie-bomber-died-from-cancer-related-complications Sun, 20 May 2012 19:33:05 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13230'><img src='/images/videos/b/13375603841.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13230'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BG_Bryant_NATO_KFOR_Installation_02.jpg">(Image: Wikimedia Commons</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN AND EVAN BUSH</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR JIM FLINK</strong></p> <p> <br /> The NATO summit in Chicago is underway and though talks have focused on exiting Afghanistan, media are taking the opportunity to weigh in on the alliance&rsquo;s purpose as war efforts wind down. We&rsquo;ll breakdown coverage and perspectives from around the world, &nbsp;including sources in &nbsp;the US, China, France and the UK, on how NATO should move forward.<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/16/world/europe/nato-summit-guide/">Here&rsquo;s CNN characterizing the European perspective.</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The decade-long NATO involvement in Afghanistan has produced what some have described as collective fatigue among European allies and questions about whether NATO should be involved in conflicts outside of Europe&rsquo;s backyard.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> <br /> And as leaders arrive in Chicago,&nbsp;it&rsquo;s not just speculation, but action. A new president threatens to cut short his country&rsquo;s involvement in Afghanistan. French president Francois Hollande is standing by an election pledge to withdraw French troops from the country by the end of the year.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20120520-hollande-faces-nato-wrath-over-afghan-troop-pullout-taliban-obama">France 24 says Hollande quote &ldquo;faces NATO&rsquo;s wrath&rdquo; over the planned early exit. &nbsp;</a><br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;His decision is not expected to go down well with the other leaders of the 28 member states when he comes face-to-face with them over the next two days.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Allies aren&rsquo;t the only countries expressing fatigue over NATO&rsquo;s involvement in the region. China&rsquo;s state-affiliated Xinhua News Agency portrays the alliance as a warmongering bully and blames it for international disputes. <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2012-05/20/c_131599797.htm">The agency chastises NATO and argues it needs to pipe down on the international stage.</a><br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;For NATO, which has realized some of its strategic goals in recent years at the price of other countries, the lasting protests against NATO should serve as an alarm bell for the bloc to curb its preoccupation with armed might. &hellip; NATO...should refrain from pursuing its egoistic interests at the expense of others.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But as we move from East to West, the so-called bully is characterized as a beacon of democracy -- The North American editor for the BBC says, now that NATO is searching for a new role, it shouldn&rsquo;t shy from aggressively promoting its democratic values. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18135456">He cites Libya as his hope for NATO&rsquo;s future.</a><br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Nato could draw its horns in and stick to its stated responsibility to safeguard its members&rsquo; freedom. &hellip; But this will not be enough. Libya was a striking example of Nato as an instrument of liberal interventionism, the belief that democratic nations have a duty to aggressively promote their values and protect human rights.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> At the beginning of its life, NATO served as a counterweight to the Soviet Union&rsquo;s military muscle. <a href="http://atlanticsentinel.com/2012/05/n-for-north-nato-looks-toward-a-cold-future/">The Atlantic Sentinel says its an energy -- not arms race -- that could define NATO&rsquo;s role in the future</a> as nations jockey for resources exposed by a warming...and melting...planet. It notes, NATO has been conducting Arctic war games.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;In good Cold War fashion, [Russia] has resumed patrolling the area with bomber planes and warships while Moscow invested more than a billion dollars in the expansion of the port of Murmansk which is supposed to double its capacity by 2015.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The summit wraps up Monday.<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/xs7FaXap26w" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/xs7FaXap26w/nato-summit-what-will-the-alliance-do-after-afghanistan http://www.newsy.com/videos/nato-summit-what-will-the-alliance-do-after-afghanistan http://www.newsy.com/videos/nato-summit-what-will-the-alliance-do-after-afghanistan Sun, 20 May 2012 16:06:49 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13227'><img src='/images/videos/b/13375482491.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13227'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18135898">BBC</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STACEY WELSH</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR JIM FLINK</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck northern Italy early Sunday morning. The US Geological survey reports the quake hit near Bologna. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/20/world/europe/italy-earthquake/index.html?hpt=hp_t1">A CNN correspondent phoned in with details</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;You just still have panic. People don&rsquo;t feel safe because the aftershock is just relentless.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> CNN reports at least seven people died, 50 are injured and many have been displaced by the earthquake.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18135898">The BBC reports</a> northern Italy felt a 5.3 magnitude quake in January, and there were no injuries. This time, the region was not as lucky. The Italian government believes this earthquake caused &ldquo;significant damage to the cultural heritage&rdquo; of the area.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Every small village and town has its ancient treasures in the form of churches and bell towers and other monuments. But these are old and weak and fragile.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The BBC reports neither rescue workers nor government officials have been able to determine how badly the historic buildings were damaged. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/world/europe/earthquake-in-northern-italy.html">The New York Times recalls</a> a 2009 earthquake in central Italy -- and says that memory doesn&rsquo;t bode well for future repairs.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;While rebuilding in the region has advanced in many villages, the historic center... itself remains a ghost town and there has been public outcry over delays in reconstruction there.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Media outlets report Italy&rsquo;s prime minister, Mario Monti, is scheduled to leave the Chicago NATO summit early because of the emergency. Workers are also still digging through rubble hoping to find survivors.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/kfkAdhQaAFY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/kfkAdhQaAFY/earthquake-hits-northern-italy-damages-cultural-heritage http://www.newsy.com/videos/earthquake-hits-northern-italy-damages-cultural-heritage http://www.newsy.com/videos/earthquake-hits-northern-italy-damages-cultural-heritage Sun, 20 May 2012 15:47:09 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13218'><img src='/images/videos/b/13375324291.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13218'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source: <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7409070n">CBS</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY JOHN O&rsquo;CONNOR</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CARISSA LOETHEN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> More than 50 world leaders met in the U.S. for a NATO Summit where they will discuss Afghanistan.&nbsp;The goal of the summit: To find a common stance for the alliance when it hands over security duties to Afghan forces in 2014. NATO&rsquo;s Secretary General says the changes will be gradual. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18135796">The BBC has the comments</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&quot;You will see a gradual change in the roll of our troops from combat to support. It&#39;s not a contradiction of our strategy, it&#39;s a part of our strategy.&quot;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Some of members at the summit have expressed interest in creating a fund to support Afghan forces after NATO troops withdrawal. The US will cover half of the $4 billion-a year fund, but <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/18/opinion/amiri-samad-afghanistan/index.html">a writer for CNN says</a> funding won&rsquo;t provide the leadership Afghanistan needs.</p> <p> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;...fears exist among the Afghan population of a grand bargain either between the United States and Pakistan, or between the Afghan government and a resurgent Taliban. This could undo the social gains and ethnic pluralism in current Afghan politics and create fractures in the fragile political balance among Afghanistan&#39;s various ethnic powers, exacerbating fears of a civil war once the international troops exit.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> To complicate matters, newly elected French President Francois Hollande has announced he will withdraw all French troops by the end of the year-- two years ahead of what was originally agreed upon by NATO. <a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20120520-hollande-faces-nato-wrath-over-afghan-troop-pullout-taliban-obama">France 24 reports</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Hollande will also discuss the exit strategy with Afghan President Hamid Karzai when the two leaders meet for the first time on Sunday. Karzai supports Hollande&rsquo;s decision for the early withdrawal of France&rsquo;s troops.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> However,<a href="http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16231741"> a reporter for SkyNews</a> has discovered other Afghan leaders are uncomfortable with the idea of NATO&rsquo;s International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, withdrawing, even by 2014.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;If in 2014 ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) leaves this isn&rsquo;t good news, the Taliban will decide not to do any fighting with ISAF and try to take Afghanistan back.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Despite some Afghanistan leader&rsquo;s concerns, President Obama has said by the end of 2014 the Afghans will be fully-responsible for security in the country.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/pAwV7kJWh3M" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/pAwV7kJWh3M/troop-withdrawal-focal-point-of-chicago-nato-summit http://www.newsy.com/videos/troop-withdrawal-focal-point-of-chicago-nato-summit http://www.newsy.com/videos/troop-withdrawal-focal-point-of-chicago-nato-summit Sun, 20 May 2012 07:48:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13214'><img src='/images/videos/b/13375146311.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13214'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/20/world/europe/italy-earthquake/index.html?hpt=hp_t1">CNN</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR JIM FLINK</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> At least seven people have been killed after an earthquake struck northern Italy in the middle of the night. <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/20/six-killed-in-northern-italy-quake/">Here&rsquo;s euronews</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The 6.0 magnitude quake struck near Bologna, a city with a population of about a million people, at around 4am local time. &hellip; Officials say as many as 50 people have been injured.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> A tense diplomatic situation between the U.S. and China comes to an end as activist Chen Guangcheng begins his life in the United States. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/19/blind-chinese-dissident-arrives-in-us/?test=latestnews">Fox News</a> has footage of his arrival.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;That is Chen and his family, landing in New Jersey yesterday after making a quick exit from Beijing. Remember, he escaped last month after spending months under house arrest and several years in a Chinese prison.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> It was a busy week for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The company had its big IPO on Friday, then Saturday, guests at Zuckerberg&rsquo;s house got a surprise when, without warning, he walked down the aisle. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/19/tech/zuckerberg-married/index.html?hpt=hp_t3">Here&rsquo;s CNN</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;A status update from Zuckerberg on his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan &mdash; married. Of course, it was announced on Facebook. There&rsquo;s the wedding photo right there.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> People in parts of the western United States will be able to see a rare &ldquo;ring of fire&rdquo; solar eclipse this evening when the moon will cover 94 percent of the sun, leaving a visible ring.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The area from Eureka, California, to Lubbock, Texas, will get the best view. As always, <a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.cfm?id=1077">NASA</a> says not to look directly at the sun and to only use solar-safe viewing methods.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Jim Flink, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/8RfVdW_-j20" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/8RfVdW_-j20/top-news-headlines-deadly-earthquake-in-northern-italy http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-deadly-earthquake-in-northern-italy http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-deadly-earthquake-in-northern-italy Sat, 19 May 2012 12:27:57 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13206'><img src='/images/videos/b/13374484771.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13206'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18127561">BBC</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY JOHN O&rsquo;CONNOR</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> <br /> On Friday and Saturday, world leaders met to discuss the fate of Greece in the eurozone at the 38th G8 Summit.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The focal point of the two-day summit: will Greece remain in the euro, and under what conditions? <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18127561">The BBC has comments</a> from the President of the European Commission.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;We are working for &lsquo;Plan A.&rsquo; &lsquo;Plan A&rsquo; is for Greece to remain in the euro, and for Greece to respect its commitments.&rdquo;</strong><br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European leaders have pressured Greece to continue cutting government spending if it wants to remain in the euro. But recent elections in Greece favored anti-austerity parties. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/18/angela-merkel-referendum-row-with-greece?newsfeed=true">The Guardian reports</a>, Greek voters are torn.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Opinion polls suggest that Greeks want to remain in the euro but do not want to abide by the austerity programme demanded as part of the international deal to finance Greece&#39;s debt.&rdquo;</strong><br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> Greece&rsquo;s far left Syriza party favors staying in the euro, but only with less austerity and more pro-growth policies. U.S. President Barack Obama and newly-elected French President Francois Hollande share this view. <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2012/05/201251905944502533.html">Al Jazeera reports</a>, the pair now hope to persuade Germany.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;White House officials are hoping the new French President will help convince German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, to soften her debt reduction demands.&rdquo;</strong><br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/summit-agenda-led-by-economy-and-afghanistan-but-leaders-confer-on-iran-and-syria/2012/05/18/gIQACGwZZU_story.html">The Washington Post</a> reports other leaders at the G8 believe Germany must find a balance of stimulus and austerity.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Leaders of the world&rsquo;s economic powers say Germany should balance its push for European fiscal austerity with doses of stimulus spending to avoid a financial calamity with global repercussions. In talks Saturday, the leaders were looking to build consensus even though a decisive plan of action seemed out of reach for now.&rdquo;</strong><br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> The G8 Summit concludes Saturday, and is followed by a NATO meeting in Chicago where Afghanistan is expected to be the main item on the agenda.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/zxlKxpN3luQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/zxlKxpN3luQ/g8-leaders-to-focus-on-eurozone-crisis http://www.newsy.com/videos/g8-leaders-to-focus-on-eurozone-crisis http://www.newsy.com/videos/g8-leaders-to-focus-on-eurozone-crisis Sat, 19 May 2012 09:50:19 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13205'><img src='/images/videos/b/13374391301.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13205'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image source: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gary_Locke_with_Chen_Guangcheng_at_US_Embassy_May_1,_2012.jpg">U.S. Department of State</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> When he escaped rural house arrest and sought refuge at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng sparked a diplomatic crisis between the United States and China.<br /> <br /> Chen&rsquo;s supporters said the rural thugs who kept the activist under house arrest kept the dissident and his family under constant fear of their lives.<br /> <br /> Now, Chen and his immediate family are headed to the United States, where he&rsquo;ll study law in what international observers are calling a face-saving mission by the Chinese government. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18127886">The BBC&rsquo;s Beijing correspondent says</a> China is hoping...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;...that Mr. Chen&rsquo;s departure marks an end to this diplomatic crisis. &hellip; In many ways he was symbolic of a bigger issue. This was about an issue of human rights in China...&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> While Chen&rsquo;s departure got front-page treatment in the western press &mdash; <a href="http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/">there was</a> <a href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/">no mention</a> of it <a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/">on at least</a> three of China&rsquo;s biggest news sites.<br /> <br /> Human rights activists are calling Chen&rsquo;s flight out of China a victory, but in the U.S. the editorial board of <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chen-guangchengs-far-reaching-fate/2012/05/18/gIQAzn7UZU_story.html">The Washington Post is</a> mixed.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;It is wonderful that Mr. Chen is free and will have a respite, at least, from the harassment, confinement and beatings he has endured in recent years. It is troubling that he had to leave relatives behind in less certain conditions.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> In fact, Chen himself has expressed similar concerns. <a href="http://news.sky.com/home/video/world-news/video/16231143">Sky News spoke</a> with him via telephone. Here&rsquo;s what he told the organization.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m filled with thousands of mixed emotions. &hellip; My brothers have been illegally detained. There&rsquo;s still no news on my nephews&rsquo; case.</strong>&rdquo;<br /> <br /> <br /> Chen is expected to study human rights law in New York. He told reporters he&rsquo;s not seeking asylum in the U.S. and hopes to return to China someday. <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/chen-guangcheng-chinese-dissident-leaves-us/story?id=16384545&amp;page=2#.T7efuXlYuHc">But ABC News notes</a> &mdash; some activists worry he won&rsquo;t be able to fight for the causes he and his supporters believe in from so far away.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Recently, the Texas-based activist Bob Fu of ChinaAid has demonstrated that it is possible to protest from afar and make a different sort of impact. Whether Chen can do the same will be seen in New York...&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/YjpBwosTLKE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/YjpBwosTLKE/chinese-activist-chen-guangcheng-heads-to-u-s http://www.newsy.com/videos/chinese-activist-chen-guangcheng-heads-to-u-s http://www.newsy.com/videos/chinese-activist-chen-guangcheng-heads-to-u-s Sat, 19 May 2012 07:23:12 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13203'><img src='/images/videos/b/13374328851.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13203'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> &nbsp;</p> <p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4326688/Mafia-bomb-kills-girl-in-Italy-school-attack.html">The Sun</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> In world news, a teenager in southern Italy is dead after a bomb exploded in front of a girl&rsquo;s school. <a href="http://www.itv.com/news/story/2012-05-19/italy-school-bomb-attack/">ITV has</a> more details.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Six others were wounded in the explosion which happened in Brindisi. Police are investigating reports that two devices were hidden in bags outside the school.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Blind <a href="http://news.sky.com/home/video/world-news/video/16231143">Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is</a> heading to the United States after what international observers are calling a face-saving move by the Chinese government.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;He spent six days in the US Embassy after escaping from house arrest, sparking a diplomatic row between the two countries. &hellip; He says he plans was studying law in New York City and he does not know what the future will hold, he will find out when he and his family get to America.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> G8 leaders are meeting at Camp David to discuss &mdash; among other topics &mdash; the eurozone crisis. <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2012/05/201251905944502533.html">Al Jazeera reports</a> &mdash; protesters are expected to come out in force, but leaders aren&rsquo;t likely to be distracted.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re facing questions about Greece possibly exiting the euro. They were quick to say that&rsquo;s not going to happen.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <strong>JOSE MANUEL BARROSO, EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT: &ldquo;We never comment on Plan B. We&rsquo;re working on Plan A.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> And it was supposed to be a historic launch to the International Space Station &mdash; but SpaceX was forced to cancel after computers found an anomaly in one of the rocket&rsquo;s engines. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/19/tech/us-spacex/index.html?hpt=hp_t1">CNN has</a> video of NASA&rsquo;s press conference shortly after the failed launch.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;We&#39;re looking at the additional launch opportunities this 22nd looks good, that was pre-planned. The 23rd looks like it&#39;s a good date from the trajectory.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/_b3hMnaDibA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/_b3hMnaDibA/top-news-headlines-bomb-explodes-in-southern-italy http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-bomb-explodes-in-southern-italy http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-bomb-explodes-in-southern-italy Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:01 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13196'><img src='/images/videos/b/13373696681.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13196'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source:&nbsp;<a href="http://newsroom.fb.com/Photos-and-B-Roll/Opening-Bell-2-235.aspx">Facebook</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE &nbsp;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Following its record $16 billion IPO, Facebook has options analysts talking about what&rsquo;s next.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-17/facebook-raises-16-billion-in-biggest-technology-ipo-on-record.html">Bloomberg explains</a> what the experts are watching for.&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo; &hellip; no matter how big the hype is around the listing, unless there is sustained volume and trading in the stock, it&rsquo;s not going to be a very good options market.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Mitt Romney has rolled out his first general election ad. It&rsquo;s reportedly set to run in Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia. <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/18/romney-campaign-touts-day-one-initiatives-in-first-general-election-ad/">Here&rsquo;s CNN</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>Anchor: &ldquo;This day one ad is all about the economy.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>Reporter: &ldquo;And by the way, it&rsquo;s playing in battleground states that are really important to him in this election.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The conflict in Syria &mdash;&nbsp;nuclear weapon threats &mdash; and fighting famine &mdash;&nbsp;all topics up for discussion at this weekend&rsquo;s G8 summit. But <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/">Fox News notes</a> the most pressing matter on the agenda.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The leaders of the world economic powers converging on Washington today for the G8 summit as a growing economic crisis in Europe threatens to hurt our economy here at home.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Amid speculation that Greece could soon leave the eurozone, Germany&rsquo;s leader <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18121414">called up</a> the Greek president to lend some advice.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested that Greece actually hold a referendum on its euro membership. This is alongside the general elections that are June, in the middle of next month in June.&rdquo;&nbsp;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day.&nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/C6nDKABq6kQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/C6nDKABq6kQ/top-news-headlines-facebook-stock-rises-in-debut http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-facebook-stock-rises-in-debut http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-facebook-stock-rises-in-debut Fri, 18 May 2012 09:43:21 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13188'><img src='/images/videos/b/13373529101.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13188'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> <b>(Image Source: <a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Quebec+student+protests+Province+bringing+legislation+strike/6637600/story.html">The Montreal Gazette</a>)&nbsp;</b></p> <p> <strong>BY NICHOLE CARTMELL</strong><br /> <br /> After 14 weeks of riots over proposed college tuition hikes, Quebec&rsquo;s National Assembly is now looking to impose strict regulations governing student protests to curb the violence. &nbsp;<br /> <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/05/17/student-protests-quebec.html">A reporter for CBC News Montreal</a> explains why students are up in arms.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;It comes the day yet another court injunction failed. Law students at the University of Quebec at Montreal tried to return to class. Protesters swarmed the building, disrupting classes and intimidating those who wanted to attend.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> For a little context, The Montreal Gazette reports, Quebec students pay the lowest rates in Canada for higher education. &nbsp;The government proposes an increase in fees by $254. <a href="http://www.theprovince.com/news/Tandt+Botched+Quebec+student+protests+have+given+Charest+political/6639075/story.html">Province columnist Michael Den Tandt </a>says the proposed hikes are nothing radical.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;This &lsquo;movement&rsquo; has hit a dead end, because the youth of Quebec are not oppressed. Rather, they allowed themselves to become oppressors. In failing to rein in violence in their own ranks, they ceded the high ground.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Support for the students has fallen The Montreal Gazette reports. <a href="http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120501/quebec-student-protests-120501/">But one student group hopes</a> Quebec Premier Jean Charest will reconsider, calling for negotiations over their counter offers.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;We can save money for the citizens and also for the students but still having a university that is of high quality.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> In an opinion piece for <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Students+should+angry+about+what+universities+teach+them/6640986/story.html">The Vancouver Sun, Western Ontario emeritus law professor Ian Hunter</a> calls the student protests pathetic, and says the university system is to blame.<br /> <br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;I wonder if some of the protesting students dimly sense this themselves; anyone who misled them into believing that our current educational shambles will equip them to thrive in the modern world is their real enemy, not Jean Charest.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/05/17/jesse-kline-quebec-students-highlight-need-for-right-to-learn-provinces/">A National Post Comment Editor</a> says the student unions are to blame. He suggests Canadian universities should look to mirror U.S. right-to-work laws.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;... perhaps it&rsquo;s time for universities and governments throughout the country to look for solutions that will prevent hard working students from having their education hijacked by those who feel they have a right to other people&rsquo;s money.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> If passed, the emergency law could affect more than 20 universities and colleges. Classes would be postponed until August, and the fall semester would begin in October.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/8QywTom5XXc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/8QywTom5XXc/quebec-government-wants-break-from-riots http://www.newsy.com/videos/quebec-government-wants-break-from-riots http://www.newsy.com/videos/quebec-government-wants-break-from-riots Fri, 18 May 2012 07:55:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13187'><img src='/images/videos/b/13373441771.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13187'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> <span id="internal-source-marker_0.8994129966013134">(Image source: <a href="http://wreg.com/2012/05/18/sardis-man-arrested-in-ms-highway-murders/">WREG</a>)</span><br /> <br /> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE</strong> &nbsp;<br /> <br /> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.<br /> <br /> An alleged police impersonator is under arrest in Mississippi.</p> <div> <br /> Twenty-eight-year-old James D. Willie is a suspect in the recent highway shootings there.</div> <div> <br /> Here&rsquo;s <a href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/18/arrest-made-in-mississippi-highway-shootings/">CNN</a> with more.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Police say they&rsquo;ve linked Willie&rsquo;s gun to those two separate shootings that left a man and a woman dead after terrified people driving, frankly, in that state.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Newly released evidence in the George Zimmerman murder case shows police said Trayvon Martin&rsquo;s death was quote, &ldquo;ultimately avoidable.&rdquo;</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.hlntv.com/">HLN</a> says police urged prosecutors to charge Zimmerman two weeks after the fatal shooting.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;This is brand new information and it comes from hundreds of pages of evidence that we just got our hands on. And they paint and even more complicated picture of what happened the night of February 26.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The Facebook IPO is finally here.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/2012/05/17/facebook-prices-421m-shares-at-38-each/">Fox News</a> does the math on what $38 a share means to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;This man is instantly worth $19.1 billion. And for every $2 that the stock goes up &mdash; if it goes up &mdash; for every $2, his net worth goes up $1 billion.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Sixteen Spanish banks are getting a credit downgrade from ratings agency, Moody&rsquo;s.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/18/moody-s-cuts-ratings-on-16-spanish-banks/">Euronews</a> explains.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo; &hellip; Moody&rsquo;s cited a renewed recession, the ongoing real-estate crisis and high levels of unemployment. It also said Spain&rsquo;s ability to provide financing to support troubled lenders had been reduced.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Nathan Byrne, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/0lDJOgEu1U4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/0lDJOgEu1U4/top-news-headlines-arrest-made-in-ms-highway-shootings http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-arrest-made-in-ms-highway-shootings http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-arrest-made-in-ms-highway-shootings Fri, 18 May 2012 06:00:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13185'><img src='/images/videos/b/13372912541.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13185'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source: <a href="http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2012/05/15/can-mexicos-presidential-hopefuls-stop-the-bodies-piling-up/%29">GlobalSpin</a>)<br /> <br /> <strong>BY MATTHEW PICHT</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> What started as a bloody statement has turned into a murder mystery. Mexican police are now searching for the true identity of the killers responsible for the <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/201251572421768323.html">latest drug cartel atrocity</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The discovery on Sunday of 49 mutilated bodies in northern Nuevo Leon state is pushing authorities, especially the country&rsquo;s forensic teams, to their limits.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The crime was initially attributed to the Zeta cartel; the bodies were discovered in their territory, and nearby gang graffiti seemed to indicate the Zetas. &nbsp;However, the gang itself has taken action to distance itself from this particular crime.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Banners disavowing Zeta involvement in the massacre were discovered hanging from overpasses Tuesday. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.blogdelnarco.com/2012/05/texto-integro-de-narcomantas-firmadas-por-los-zetas/">Blog del Narco</a> says the banners accuse the federal government of pinning the crime on the Zetas without bothering to fully investigate the circumstances.</p> <p> <br /> Additionally, analyst Rusty Fleming told <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/16/world/americas/mexico-bodies-found/index.html?hpt=hp_t3">CNN</a> this slaughter was more likely a setup.</p> <p> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Misdirection, misinformation--that&rsquo;s how they conduct their war. I think this is very likely another cartel that&rsquo;s trying to hang it on the Zetas.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> <br /> If the massacre was the act of a rival gang, <a href="http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/2640-zetas-denial-muddies-the-case-of-49-decapitated-bodies">InSight Crime</a> suggests...</p> <p> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;...this could be a very extreme case of &ldquo;heating up the plaza,&rdquo; narco-speak for when a criminal gang commits acts of violence in another group&rsquo;s territory in order to attract the attention of the federal government, to damage the dominant group there.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> To find out more, authorities are turning to DNA analysis of the 49 victims, none of whom have been identified.&nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/ICbJnXIxm4A" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/ICbJnXIxm4A/mexican-police-search-for-massacre-culprits http://www.newsy.com/videos/mexican-police-search-for-massacre-culprits http://www.newsy.com/videos/mexican-police-search-for-massacre-culprits Thu, 17 May 2012 17:36:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13172'><img src='/images/videos/b/13372947231.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13172'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source: <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/20125175553158930.html">Al Jazeera</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY MATTHEW PICHT</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> As an uneasy ceasefire in troubled Syria continues to degrade, a new U.N. report reveals Iran may be fueling the conflict, supplying the Syrian Army with illegal weapon shipments. <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/17/world/meast/syria-unrest/">CNN</a> has the story...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;According to a confidential U.N. draft report, Iran is violating a ban by the U.N. Security Council on weapon shipments, and that the top recipient for those weapon shipments is Syria.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The report, which has not yet been finalized, examined three large illegal weapon shipments out of Iran in the past year. The <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341957/20120516/iran-syria-weapons-arms-un-u-n.htm">International Business Times</a> reports, its findings condemn the Iranian government in no uncertain terms.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;&lsquo;Iran has continued to defy the international community through illegal arms shipments. Two of these cases involved the Syrian Arab Republic, as were the majority of cases inspected by the panel during its previous mandate, underscoring that Syria continues to be the central party to illicit Iranian arms transfers...&rsquo;&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> Iran isn&rsquo;t the only country reportedly investing in the burgeoning Syrian conflict. According to the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/syrian-rebels-get-influx-of-arms-with-gulf-neighbors-money-us-coordination/2012/05/15/gIQAds2TSU_story.html">Washington Post</a>, the U.S. is supplying defensive and communication equipment to civilian opposition forces.</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The U.S. contact with the rebel military...mark(s) a shift in Obama administration policy as hopes dim for a political solution to the Syrian crisis. Many officials now consider an expanding military confrontation to be inevitable.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> As weapons and supplies pour into Syria from other countries, <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/20125175553158930.html">Al Jazeera</a> questions how much longer the fragile U.N. ceasefire over the region will last.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Not only are the two sides on the ground ignoring the terms of the ceasefire, but it also seems that foreign countries, which on paper signed up to the Annan plan and its spirit of demilitarization, are in practice and in different ways, both offering supplies which undermine it.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> The U.N. report also discusses Iran&rsquo;s attempts to circumvent sanctions on its nuclear program, noting that U.N. punitive measures have slowed, but not stopped, Iranian nuclear development.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/SrO0pYT4Ntw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/SrO0pYT4Ntw/un-claims-iran-illegally-supplied-syrian-army-with-weapons http://www.newsy.com/videos/un-claims-iran-illegally-supplied-syrian-army-with-weapons http://www.newsy.com/videos/un-claims-iran-illegally-supplied-syrian-army-with-weapons Thu, 17 May 2012 14:31:55 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13180'><img src='/images/videos/b/13372831151.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13180'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/saverin">Facebook</a>)&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY NEWSY STAFF</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> How much is U.S. citizenship worth?&nbsp;That&rsquo;s what critics are asking in the wake of Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin renouncing his U.S. citizenship.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-16/facebook-s-saverin-may-save-67-million-on-u-s-tax-bill.html">Here&rsquo;s Bloomberg</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Well, it turns out the move could save him $67 million in federal income taxes that are due on his Facebook stake, according to Bloomberg analysts.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> When Facebook goes public, Saverin &mdash; who owns four percent of the company &mdash; stands to make a $4 billion profit. &nbsp;Singapore has no capital gains tax.</p> <p> Journalist David Kirkpatrick &mdash; author of The Facebook Effect &mdash;<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7408494n&amp;tag=mncol;lst;7"> tells CBS Morning News</a>, this is very typical of Saverin&rsquo;s personality.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think he&rsquo;s a big believer in the United States, I think he&rsquo;s kind of &mdash; he&rsquo;s kind of an opportunist.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s really shown that is was all about the money for him from the beginning.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/technology/a-facebook-cofounder-reflects-on-the-path-forward.html">Saverin told the New York Times</a>, this issue is being misrepresented. &nbsp;He already paid an exit tax when he renounced his citizenship, though it&rsquo;s likely nowhere near $67 million.&nbsp;Still &mdash; he says, this is about where he wants to live and call home.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;This had nothing to do with taxes &hellip; I was born in Brazil, I was an American citizen for about 10 years. I thought of myself as a global citizen.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=16330961">ABC News notes,</a> Saverin&rsquo;s explanation notwithstanding, the Facebook co-founder is not alone in dodging taxes from the country that bestowed his riches.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Saverin is one of a growing number of wealthy Americans dropping their citizenship, multiplying seven-fold since 2008, from 235 to more than 1,700.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> On Thursday, two U.S. senators&mdash; Democrats Charles Schumer of New York and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania &mdash; <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/facebook-co-founder-saverin-under-fire-for-renouncing-us-citizenship/2012/05/17/gIQAPFCyVU_story.html">announced plans</a> to address this new kind of tax evasion.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Casey&rsquo;s office said the bill is called the &lsquo;Ex-PATRIOT&rsquo; Act, which stands for the &lsquo;Expatriation Prevention by Abolishing Tax-Related Incentives for Offshore Tenancy&rsquo; Act.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Beyond that, not everyone thinks Saverin is in the wrong. <a href="http://www.quora.com/Eduardo-Saverin-1/Did-Ed-Saverin-do-the-right-thing-by-renouncing-his-US-citizenship-for-the-Facebook-IPO">Quora writes</a>...</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Americans are critical partially because they aren&#39;t looking at this objectively. Go after megacorporations for tax evasions, not one 30 year old that may never have wanted to be a US citizen in the first place.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Facebook&rsquo;s IPO is set to launch Friday.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/u7CW23nlW6c" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/u7CW23nlW6c/is-facebook-s-co-founder-dodging-u-s-taxes http://www.newsy.com/videos/is-facebook-s-co-founder-dodging-u-s-taxes http://www.newsy.com/videos/is-facebook-s-co-founder-dodging-u-s-taxes Thu, 17 May 2012 10:44:13 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13170'><img src='/images/videos/b/13372694521.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13170'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source: <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-15/euro-trades-near-4-month-low-as-greece-fails-to-form-government.html">Bloomberg</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY EMILY ALLEN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Take the money and run.&nbsp; Fears about Greece using the Euro in the future have some investors doing just that.&nbsp; <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/topics/show/good-morning-america/">Good Morning America says</a> you can already see its impact on world markets.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;All three U.S. indeces were lower and all the major overseas exchanges were also off overnight all because of the intensifying worries that Greece may default on its debt and pull out of the Euro currency.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And now, there is fear of a bank run.&nbsp; In the past week, Greeks have pulled close to $1 billion from the nation&rsquo;s banks.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> It&rsquo;s possible Greece could switch back to its former currency.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/how-greece-could-get-itself-kicked-out-of-the-euro-without-even-trying/2012/05/16/gIQAk4LmTU_blog.html">The Washington Post says</a> Greeks are scared their savings would be replaced by the less-valued drachma. So they&rsquo;re withdrawing their euros and putting them in a safe spot like a German bank but&hellip;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a smart move by those individuals. The problem, though, is that if <em>everyone</em> in Greece does this, it could inadvertently get Greece kicked out of the euro.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> So who&rsquo;s to blame for Greece&rsquo;s financial turmoil? <a href="http://www.cnn.com">CNN says</a> it&rsquo;s every Greek who doesn&rsquo;t pay his or her taxes.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> In a country with widespread tax evasion, that is a lot of people.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not the bankers or those who have made fortunes in insurance&mdash; although they could probably pay more taxes &ndash; it is the vast number of ordinary people who need to pay ordinary taxes.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And discussion in the Eurozone about Greece isn&rsquo;t helping. The EU has already given the country two bailouts in order to pay its bills.&nbsp; One economist <a href="http://www.todayonline.com/Commentary/EDC120517-0000036/If-Greece-quits-euro,-its-ruin-will-be-pointless">tells Today</a>&nbsp;if the 17 countries decide to leave Greece out of the Eurozone&hellip;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;...it would provoke &rsquo;the mother of all financial crises&rsquo;. The contemplation of this possibility by EU leaders is making matters even worse. Greece has no chance of recovery while this danger hangs over its economy.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And <a href="http://www.foxnews.com">Fox News says</a> Greece&rsquo;s political climate isn&rsquo;t necessarily a beacon of stability &mdash; adding additional anxiety. &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;They can&rsquo;t even get a government together.&nbsp; They had elections on May 6th which resolved absolutely nothing. Now today naming a caretaker government, that will be in there just until next month when they have new elections with the hope that that will somehow make things better.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-rubin/what-will-a-greek-default_b_1521461.html">The Huffington Post&rsquo;s Jeffrey Rubin says</a>, that could create a new crisis like the one in 2008.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;A Greek default would start in Athens, but it wouldn&#39;t be long before it&#39;s felt in Paris, Berlin, New York and Toronto. In today&#39;s intertwined financial markets, everyone has exposure to everyone else&#39;s problems.&rdquo;</strong></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/F49-PUlfY_0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/F49-PUlfY_0/greeks-withdrawing-cash-from-banks-as-financial-fears-grow http://www.newsy.com/videos/greeks-withdrawing-cash-from-banks-as-financial-fears-grow http://www.newsy.com/videos/greeks-withdrawing-cash-from-banks-as-financial-fears-grow Thu, 17 May 2012 08:51:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13168'><img src='/images/videos/b/13372552741.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13168'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> <span id="internal-source-marker_0.03845722693949938">(Image source: <a href="http://www.census.gov/multimedia/www/photos/people_places/kids_children.php#">U.S. Census Bureau</a>)</span><br /> <br /> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE</strong> &nbsp;<br /> <br /> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.<br /> <br /> New data from the United States Census Bureau shows minority births outnumbered white births for the first time in 2011.</p> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/">MSNBC</a> has the numbers.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;50.4 percent of children born in the United States had parents who were members of minority groups that include Hispanics, Blacks and Asians. White births accounted for 49.6 percent.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Foreclosures in the U.S. have reached their lowest level since 2007.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/">Fox Business</a> explains how it happened.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;RealtyTrac says filings fell to a five-year low last month as banks seized fewer homes. The research firm says the decline was driven by the decreases in some of the hardest-hit states, like California, Arizona and Nevada.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> In its second day, the war-crimes trial of Ratko Mladic has been suspended.</div> <div> <br /> Here&rsquo;s <a href="http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16229825">Sky News</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;The presiding judge says he made a decision to suspend the trial of the former Bosnian Serb army commander because of errors by prosecuting lawyers.&rdquo;</strong><br /> &nbsp;</div> <div> <b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Afghan police shot and killed four attackers who had bombs strapped to their chests.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/05/2012517700226604.html">Al Jazeera</a> reports.</span></b></div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> <strong>&ldquo;A group of suicide bombers have attacked a government compound in Afghanistan. They stormed a governor&#39;s office in the western part of the country killing at least seven people.</strong><strong>&rdquo;</strong></div> <div> <br /> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Nathan Byrne, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/ngdaX_3PNBY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/ngdaX_3PNBY/top-news-headlines-minority-births-become-majority http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-minority-births-become-majority http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-minority-births-become-majority Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13154'><img src='/images/videos/b/13371902291.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13154'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hinnosaar/4373634220/sizes/z/in/photostream/">Flickr</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY MALLORY PERRYMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is officially investigating the Girl Scouts of America. <a href="http://www.cnn.com">CNN talked with </a>the Catholic League&rsquo;s Bill Donohue to find out why.&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>Catholic League&#39;s Bill Donohue: &ldquo;... the global group, the world group of the Girl Scouts is in favor of abortion-inducing drugs, is in favor of condom use. Does that mean the Girl Scouts of the United States are? We don&#39;t know.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The Girl Scouts are a secular group &mdash;&nbsp;but<a href="http://global.christianpost.com/news/catholic-bishops-investigating-girl-scouts-for-abortion-birth-control-claims-74894/"> The Christian Post reports</a>, about a quarter of the more than 2 million scouts are Catholic. And while the Girl Scouts are silent on issues like abortion and sexuality...</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;...there have been accusations by social conservatives who have questioned the organization&#39;s ties to groups such as the Sierra Club, Doctors Without Borders and Oxfam, some of which support family planning and contraception.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/15/vatican-investigating-girl-scouts-for-links-to-safe-sex-education-groups.html">The Daily Beast adds</a> &mdash; even though the Girl Scouts aren&rsquo;t an official Catholic organization, many troops have their meetings in church buildings.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;If [the bishops] determine that membership in the Girl Scouts does not jibe with Catholic teachings, they could either demand that the Girl Scouts change their practices or, in lieu of that, recommend that young Catholic girls drop out of the Girl Scouts.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.jconline.com/article/20120515/OPINION01/305150008/Editorial-Girl-Scouts-defense-once-again?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp&amp;nclick_check=1">An editorial contributor for the Journal and Courier argues </a>&mdash;&nbsp;while the church is within its rights to keep secular groups from its properties, it just doesn&rsquo;t make sense to target America&rsquo;s cutest cookie pushers.&nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;We just can&rsquo;t figure out why the organization dedicated to the development of girls for a century now keeps getting tossed into the culture war cross hairs.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The Vatican&rsquo;s inquiry is just now becoming public knowledge &mdash;&nbsp;but <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/purple-wisconsin/151635655.html#!page=1&amp;pageSize=10&amp;sort=newestfirst">an editorial writer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports</a>...</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The church&rsquo;s investigation has been going on for two years. One would think that would be enough time to find out if the scouts truly are leading young women to hell. Apparently not.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> This year the Girl Scouts organization is celebrating its 100-year anniversary.&nbsp;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/LDkSvvCWbYk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/LDkSvvCWbYk/catholic-church-investigating-girl-scouts http://www.newsy.com/videos/catholic-church-investigating-girl-scouts http://www.newsy.com/videos/catholic-church-investigating-girl-scouts Wed, 16 May 2012 11:16:15 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13148'><img src='/images/videos/b/13371735151.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13148'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image Source: <a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/mladic-trial-genocide-hague-war-crimes-serbia-bosnia/666668.html">Voice of America</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY EMILY ALLEN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The trial of former Serb army commander Ratko Mladic is underway in the Hague.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The so-called &ldquo;Bosnian Butcher&rdquo; faces 11 war-crimes charges &mdash; including genocide, extermination, murder, inhumane acts and deportation.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.cnn.com">CNN</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2khukQPfuE&amp;feature=fvst">CBS </a>explain.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;A Yugoslave War Crime suspect. He&rsquo;s accused of the killing of nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995.&nbsp; The largest slaughter in Europe since World War II.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s accused of ordering the shelling of Sarajevo.&nbsp; And targeting areas where civilian casualties were likely to be highest &ndash; like the watering taps because the main watering supply was cut.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Mladic was arrested last year after being on the run for 16 years, reportedly aided by Serbian army comrades and the Serbian state.&nbsp;He was caught hiding in a relative&rsquo;s garden shed.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/16/ratko-mladic-war-crimes-trial-hague?newsfeed=true">The Guardian says</a> the now 70-year-old&hellip;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo; &hellip; cuts a far more feeble figure than the stocky, bluff and ruddy-faced former Yugoslav artillery officer who gained notoriety during the war. He suffered a stroke while on the run after the war, but the court has rejected his claims he is too sick to stand trial.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Mladic smirked and shook his head when tribunal judges read the charges against him. &nbsp;<a href="http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/16/11727515-butcher-of-bosnia-ratko-mladic-goes-on-trial-over-slaughter-at-srebrenica?lite">MSNBC reports</a> he also Mladic shared his feelings out loud.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;These obnoxious charges leveled against me.&nbsp; For these monstrous words, the ones that I have never heard before.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And many Serbs agree with Mladic. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18081930">The BBC explains</a> why they still consider him a hero.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry my general is in the Hague. He&rsquo;s an honorable general that served the Serbian people.&nbsp; We hope he will defend himself and the honor of the Serbian nation.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> But a father who lost his daughter in the war <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/05/20125162133193486.html">tells Al Jazeera</a> &mdash; he hopes this trial can change some of those pro-Mladic attitudes.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s very important that Mladic be sentenced so that people will know what he is guilty of, because there are many people that don&rsquo;t know what happened in Sarajevo during the siege.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Reaching a verdict may take time.&nbsp; <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/i/international_criminal_court/index.html">The New York Times reports</a>, it took three years for the court to deliver a decision in the trial of Congolese Warlord Thomas Lumbanga.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/NPaFuacfbGA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/NPaFuacfbGA/former-commander-on-trial-for-bosnian-war-crimes http://www.newsy.com/videos/former-commander-on-trial-for-bosnian-war-crimes http://www.newsy.com/videos/former-commander-on-trial-for-bosnian-war-crimes Wed, 16 May 2012 10:35:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13151'><img src='/images/videos/b/13371806551.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13151'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> <span id="internal-source-marker_0.5982120332773775">(Image source: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18084824">BBC</a>)</span><br /> <br /> <strong>BY NATHAN BYRNE </strong>&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.<br /> <br /> United Nations observers hope to evacuate their team of monitors from the Syrian town where they came under attack Tuesday.</p> <div> <br /> Reports on the death toll vary, but some say it&rsquo;s as high as 66.</div> <div> <br /> Here&rsquo;s the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18084824">BBC</a>.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Washington is expressing deep concern over the escalating violence in Syria where a roadside bomb exploded in front of a United Nations convoy.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> The trial of former Serb army commander Ratko Mladic begins in the Hague this morning.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/16/trial-of-bosnian-serb-general-opens-in-hague/">Euronews</a> reports he&rsquo;s charged with 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;It is alleged he led the slaughter of at least 7,000 unarmed Muslim boys and men in Srebrenica in 1995, Europe&rsquo;s worst atrocity since World War Two.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Another day and no deal at the negotiating table in Greece.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/05/201251513332434853.html">Al Jazeera</a> explains.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;For nine days, Greece&rsquo;s political parties have tried to find a coalition that might work. But as the party leaders emerged from last-ditch talks at the presidential palace, it was clear no solution was possible.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Meanwhile, France&rsquo;s newly elected president held a joint press conference with Germany&rsquo;s chancellor to discuss the euro zone crisis.</div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://news.sky.com/">Sky News</a> has it.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;France&rsquo;s new president, Francois Hollande and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel have promised to help Europe through the economic crisis together.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Nathan Byrne, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/sYOUoi-MECo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/sYOUoi-MECo/top-news-headlines-u-n-monitors-attacked-in-syria http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-u-n-monitors-attacked-in-syria http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-u-n-monitors-attacked-in-syria Tue, 15 May 2012 15:02:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13137'><img src='/images/videos/b/13371096111.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13137'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/may/15/anders-behring-breivik-trial-fire-video?INTCMP=SRCH">The Guardian</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR LAUREN GORES</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> In Norway, a man reportedly set himself on fire outside the murder trial of Anders Breivik. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18074340">The BBC reports</a> the man doused himself with flammable liquid and tried to rush past security.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The man who police say was seriously injured was stopped as he tried to break through the security fence around the court.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> A JP Morgan shareholders meeting has ended. While chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon faced some heat over the company&rsquo;s $2 billion loss, <a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/index.html">Fox Business reports</a> it was a different business practice that drew the most criticism.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Most of the questions from shareholders and most of the pointed statements &hellip; had to do with the way the bank failed to refinance people who might be upside down in their mortgages.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Just one more complication for the Eurozone crisis. Talks between the German chancellor and the new French president were delayed after Francois Hollande&rsquo;s plane was struck by lightning. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/15/world/europe/france-hollande/index.html">CNN reports</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;We got word that Francois Hollande was on his way to Germany when there was a storm that sort of kicked up and forced his plane back to where it took off from in Paris.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And President Obama spoke at the National Peace Officers Memorial Service which honors police officers killed in the line of duty. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/15/obama-pays-tribute-law-officers-killed-line-duty/">Fox News has the president&rsquo;s speech</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The rest of us can never fully understand what you go through, but please know that we hold you in our hearts, not just today but always.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Lauren Gores, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/dn1fSnoAGow" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/dn1fSnoAGow/top-news-headlines-man-self-immolates-outside-breivik-trial http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-man-self-immolates-outside-breivik-trial http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-man-self-immolates-outside-breivik-trial Tue, 15 May 2012 12:30:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13132'><img src='/images/videos/b/13370963811.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13132'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4317382/CPS-Rebekah-Brooks-to-be-charged.html">The Sun</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY JIM FLINK</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR MEGAN MURPHY</strong></p> <p> <br /> The News of the World scandal escalates to another level.&nbsp;The Crown Prosecution Service says it will prosecute Rebekah Brooks, her husband Charlie and four others, for allegedly perverting the course of justice.</p> <p> <br /> Here&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/9266529/Phone-hacking-Rebekah-Brooks-charged-with-perverting-course-of-justice.html">The Telegraph</a> with part of the Crown&rsquo;s statement.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Rebekah Brooks and Cheryl Carter somewhere between the sixth of July and the ninth of July, 2011, conspired together, permanently to remove seven boxes of material from the archive of News International.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Immediately, Brooks and her husband struck back, saying they&rsquo;ll fight the charges.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4317382/CPS-Rebekah-Brooks-to-be-charged.html">The Sun</a> has their comments...<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;We deplore this weak and unjust decision. After the further unprecedented posturing of the CPS we will respond later today after our return from the police station.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Brooks appears to be up for a fight.&nbsp;And former <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/9258033/Brooks-was-good-troubleshooter-says-first-boss.html">News of the World editor Phil Hall tells The Telegraph</a>, she&rsquo;s always volunteered for tough assignments.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Maybe the bad news that we were going to expose some wrongdoing, or maybe some difficulties that you were having, she would be the person that would have that conversation.&rdquo;<br /> &ldquo;She was very good at getting involved in what was most difficult.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/15/rebekah-brooks-charged-in-phone-hacking-scandal.html">The Daily Beast notes</a>, these are serious charges, and explains possible sentencing should Brooks and her alleged accomplices be found guilty.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Perverting the course of justice ... is seen as potentially more severe than phone hacking or payments to public officials, the two primary allegations rocking the British wing of Murdoch&#39;s news empire. It carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment...&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> But <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2012/05/15/rivers-rebekah-brooks-charged.cnn#/video/world/2012/05/15/quest-wbt-france-hollande-inauguration.cnn">CNN</a> notes, most who are found guilty and sentenced don&rsquo;t serve terms of that length.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;I think the maximum that anyone has served in recent years has been about 10 years for perverting the course of justice. It carries about a one to two year sentence per charge.&rdquo;</strong></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/QeHgIbOM0Pk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/QeHgIbOM0Pk/crown-charges-rebekah-brooks-in-phone-hacking-case http://www.newsy.com/videos/crown-charges-rebekah-brooks-in-phone-hacking-case http://www.newsy.com/videos/crown-charges-rebekah-brooks-in-phone-hacking-case Tue, 15 May 2012 08:00:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13128'><img src='/images/videos/b/13371362131.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13128'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/15/rebekah-brooks-defiant-phone-hacking">The Guardian</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR ALLIE SPILLYARDS</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> British prosecutors announced they will charge former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks and her husband with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18069158">The BBC has the charges</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Rebekah Brooks, between the 6th of July and the 19th of July, 2011, conspired with Charles Brooks &hellip; to conceal material from officers at the Metropolitan Police Service.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Strong winds pushed one of Arizona&rsquo;s wildfires toward the community of Crown King, prompting mandatory evacuations. <a href="http://www.hlntv.com/">Here&rsquo;s HLN</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;One of the wildfires in Arizona doubled in size overnight while you were sleeping, forcing hundreds of people from their homes. Now, it&rsquo;s one of four fires reported just north of Phoenix.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> JP Morgan&rsquo;s annual shareholders meeting takes place today in Florida. Investors are expected to ask who knew about the company&rsquo;s $2 billion loss and when. <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/14/markets/jpmorgan-shareholder-meeting/index.htm?iid=HP_Highlight">CNN&rsquo;s Ali Velshi</a> says there are no good answers to that question.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;One is Jamie Dimon knew, in which case it feeds into what everybody thinks about these banks and greed and all of that. And then there&rsquo;s the one that he said: he didn&rsquo;t know. And if he didn&rsquo;t know, that&rsquo;s scary, too.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And French president-elect Francois Hollande officially took office this morning. <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/15/hollande-takes-over-french-presidency/">Here&rsquo;s euronews</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Socialist Francois Hollande has been officially sworn in as France&rsquo;s new president during a ceremony at the Elys&eacute;e Palace in Paris.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Allie Spillyards, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/PLKzqNXEpCA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/PLKzqNXEpCA/top-news-headlines-rebekah-brooks-charged http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-rebekah-brooks-charged http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-rebekah-brooks-charged Tue, 15 May 2012 04:00:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13126'><img src='/images/videos/b/13370348601.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13126'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hkvam/117282883/">Flickr Creative Commons</a>)</p> <p> <br /> <strong>BY STACEY WELSH</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR JIM FLINK</strong></p> <p> <br /> It sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie. Stanford researchers created a solar panel eye implant that could restore some vision to the blind. A doctor breaks down how the so-called &ldquo;bionic eye&rdquo; works:<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;When a patient has got this implanted you wouldn&rsquo;t necessarily know that they had it. The power supply powers the device and then light falls on the device and stimulates the device which then stimulates the nerves in the retina.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18061174">The BBC reports</a>&nbsp;early results of a human clinical trial in the UK helped the blind see light and some shapes. The study in <a href="http://www.nature.com/nphoton/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nphoton.2012.104.html">Nature explains</a>&nbsp;a pair of glasses fitted with a video camera records what&rsquo;s happening in front of a patient and fires light beams onto the retina.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20120514/9865/sight-retina-degenerative-disease-amd.htm">Medical Daily</a> reports a lead author of the study says the new wireless device is a breakthrough because it requires a less invasive surgical procedure.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;It works like the solar panels on your roof, converting light into electric current. But instead of the current flowing to your refrigerator, it flows into your retina.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21805-solar-panel-eye-implant-promises-sight-without-wires.html">New Scientist</a> reports the technology could soon be available to everyone, with a company in California starting clinical trials. But researchers say, it&rsquo;s difficult to tell just how good vision could be.<br /> <br /> <strong>&ldquo;Current prostheses show the basic geometry of a shape, but since large numbers of neurons are activated at once, colours appear at random, similar to when you rub your eyes. Implants that provide real colour vision... are still a long way off.&rdquo;</strong><br /> <br /> Medical Daily reports the implants could help people with Age-related Macular Degeneration regain some of their vision -- a disease which could affect about three million people in the U.S. by 2020.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/RdeNJIhParw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/RdeNJIhParw/bionic-solar-eye-implant-could-help-restore-sight http://www.newsy.com/videos/bionic-solar-eye-implant-could-help-restore-sight http://www.newsy.com/videos/bionic-solar-eye-implant-could-help-restore-sight Mon, 14 May 2012 15:49:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13116'><img src='/images/videos/b/13370208761.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13116'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/05/14/2063715/edwards-campaign-treasurer-saw.html">The News &amp; Observer</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR LAUREN GORES</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> John Edwards&rsquo; lawyers began presenting his defense today on charges of violating campaign finance laws. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/14/edwards-lawyers-set-to-begin-presenting-defense/">A Fox News analyst</a> says it&rsquo;s possible Edwards himself may take the stand.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Calling your own client to testify always has some risk for the defense, but remember &mdash; John Edwards is a skilled trial lawyer &hellip; So you may see the defense wanting to use his persuasive skills.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel have agreed to end a weeks-long hunger strike. The prisoners accepted a deal brokered by Egypt. <a href="http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16227818">Sky News</a> has some of the terms.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s largely over improving conditions for these prisoners inside the jails &mdash; allowing their relatives to see them more often, taking some of them out of long periods of solitary confinement.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Greece&rsquo;s political leaders have one last chance to form a government before the country heads to new elections. <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/14/make-or-break-government-talks-in-greece/">Euronews reports</a> Greece&rsquo;s president has been unable to get the pro and anti-austerity camps to see eye to eye.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Despite warnings Greece could run out of cash unless a new administration is formed, attempts to bridge the gap have so far proved fruitless.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And while Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg turns 28, his company&rsquo;s IPO is within sight. But <a href="http://yourbottomline.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/14/should-you-like-the-facebook-stock/?iref=allsearch">a management firm president tells CNN</a> it&rsquo;s probably wise to sit out the initial stock frenzy.<br /> <br /> (SWV_cnn_:05-:16)<br /> &ldquo;The mutual funds and the institutional investors are going to be the major ones buying up the stock. So when the stock actually opens, I do believe it&rsquo;s going to come in probably between 90, maybe even 100 dollars a share when it actually gets released.&rdquo;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Lauren Gores, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/C-LKseH-qes" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/C-LKseH-qes/top-news-headlines-john-edwards-lawyers-begin-defense http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-john-edwards-lawyers-begin-defense http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-john-edwards-lawyers-begin-defense Mon, 14 May 2012 12:26:16 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13114'><img src='/images/videos/b/13370121071.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13114'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/14/merkel-s-cdu-suffer-worst-regional-defeat-in-decades/">euronews</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN</strong></p> <p> <strong>ANCHOR MEGAN MURPHY</strong><br /> <br /> It&rsquo;s being called a disaster for Germany&rsquo;s Christian Democratic Union. Chancellor Angela Merkel&rsquo;s party took a beating at the polls in a key regional election Sunday. <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/13/merkel-party-defeated-in-german-state-election/">Euronews has the results</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The region of North Rhine-Westphalia &ndash; Germany&rsquo;s most populated state &ndash; has swung towards the centre-left Social Democrats, who won almost 39 per cent of Sunday&rsquo;s vote...&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Nearly one in four Germans live in North Rhine-Westphalia, so the state&rsquo;s elections are sometimes referred to as small general elections. <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/9263172/Setback-for-Merkel-as-austerity-agenda-rejected-in-Germanys-biggest-state.html">The Telegraph reports</a> the results amount to a rejection of Merkel&rsquo;s austerity policies.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;In a contest that mirrored the debate in the eurozone between &lsquo;growth&rsquo; and austerity, she presented the vote as a battle between &lsquo;thrifty&rsquo; Christian Democrats and &lsquo;ever more debt&rsquo; run up by the Left.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> But while Chancellor Merkel herself called the loss a &ldquo;painful, bitter defeat,&rdquo; she later downplayed the significance of the vote. <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2012/s3502216.htm">Economist Oliver Hartwich tells ABC Australia</a> there were more factors at play than economic policy &mdash; like the personality of Merkel&rsquo;s candidate.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;He was running against a state premier who was very popular, who seemed extremely well grounded, was simply more likeable. And I think that in the end decided the election, not so much to do with austerity.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Hartwich went on to caution -- while the Social Democrats had an impressive showing, the area is one of their traditional strongholds. But <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/spd-and-greens-strengthened-in-german-state-vote-a-833007.html">German magazine Der Spiegel</a> says by showing Merkel&rsquo;s party can be defeated, the Social Democrats will be that much more energized for next year&rsquo;s general elections.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Self confidence among Germany&rsquo;s Social Democrats has been in short supply as the party suffered through years of losing elections and members. But the North Rhine-Westphalia vote is the third time in recent months that the SPD and Greens have joined forces to triumph over the center-right.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Merkel is scheduled to meet with France&rsquo;s newly-elected president Francois Hollande this week. Analysts expect the relationship to be rocky at first due to Hollande&rsquo;s anti-austerity platform. But <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18060189">a BBC contributor</a> says electoral pressure may push both leaders toward a compromise.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s got to backtrack, and then now after the whole election in North Rhine-Westphalia actually does Ms. Merkel also have to start changing as well. So excellent. If they&rsquo;re both having to go through a change, then that could be a suitable opportunity.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> One more election result getting noticed &mdash; the rowdy Internet-centric Pirate Party received eight percent of the vote. That means Pirates will have officially hold seats in the state&rsquo;s parliament.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/5fZf5ZvkUO4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/5fZf5ZvkUO4/opposition-wins-key-german-election-merkel-suffers-setback http://www.newsy.com/videos/opposition-wins-key-german-election-merkel-suffers-setback http://www.newsy.com/videos/opposition-wins-key-german-election-merkel-suffers-setback Mon, 14 May 2012 08:10:00 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13111'><img src='/images/videos/b/13369990891.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13111'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/fortune/1109/gallery.highest_paid_women.fortune/8.html">CNN / JP Morgan</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Here&rsquo;s a look at your top news headlines from Newsy.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Three top executives at JP Morgan are expected to leave the company over their role in the bank&rsquo;s massive trading loss. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/">CNN reports</a> Ina Drew, the highest-ranking of the trio, is expected to resign as early as Monday.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;She is the bank&rsquo;s chief investment officer. She ran the risk management division, or she oversaw it at least, that was responsible for the bet that cost the nation&rsquo;s largest bank $2 billion.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> New Department of Defense rules have gone into effect opening 14,000 combat jobs to women. This overturns a 1994 rule barring women from combat-adjacent jobs, like tank mechanic and radio operator. <a href="http://www.hlntv.com/">HLN has more</a>.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Military officials say as positions open women can apply. There are still more than 200,000 military jobs that are only available to men.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> In Germany, a key regional election handed Chancellor Angela Merkel&rsquo;s Christian Democratic party their worst defeat in decades. <a href="http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/14/merkel-s-cdu-suffer-worst-regional-defeat-in-decades/">Euronews reports</a> this is a serious blow to Europe&rsquo;s austerity policies.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The disastrous results for Merkel leave her vulnerable at a time when a backlash against her insistence on fiscal discipline is building across Europe.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Ugandan forces have captured a high-ranking commander in Joseph Kony&rsquo;s Lord&rsquo;s Resistance Army. A military spokesperson <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/05/20125131322546999.html">told Al Jazeera</a> the capture of Caesar Achellam will hopefully encourage more fighters to leave the LRA.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;They say they ambushed him Saturday in the Central African Republic after tracking him for weeks in the jungle.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Stay with Newsy for more multisource video news throughout the day. For Newsy, I&rsquo;m Allie Spillyards, highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/qfNo17iQJ1Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/qfNo17iQJ1Q/top-news-headlines-three-jp-morgan-executives-to-resign http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-three-jp-morgan-executives-to-resign http://www.newsy.com/videos/top-news-headlines-three-jp-morgan-executives-to-resign Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:05 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13110'><img src='/images/videos/b/13369489121.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13110'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-05/13/c_131584730.htm">Xinhua News Agency</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY ZACH TOOMBS</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Three of Asia&rsquo;s most powerful nations have agreed to open negotiations on a free trade pact. The <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18049520">BBC</a> reports the talks were borne out of a joint summit Saturday. &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;The announcement follows a meeting in Beijing between China&rsquo;s Premier Wen Jiabao, South Korea&rsquo;s President Lee Myung-bak and the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Reuters reports the three nations make up almost one-fifth of the world&rsquo;s economy. China&rsquo;s <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-05/13/c_131584730.htm">Xinhua</a> news agency estimated a free trade agreement between the three nations could lift China&rsquo;s GDP by up to 2.9 percent &mdash;&nbsp;and could take Japan and South Korea&rsquo;s up .5 and .3 percent respectively.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> However, Xinhua does not explain how it reached those figures, and <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303505504577401843152321480.html?mod=googlenews_wsj">The Wall Street Journal</a> says any trade agreement between the three nations will have to overcome decades-old rivalries and other obstacles. (Video source: <a href="http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/">NHK World</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;... the free-trade agreement is likely to face hurdles and protracted negotiations before it can go into effect. China has been in free-trade talks with Australia since 2005, but they remain bogged down over issues such as how to treat agricultural goods.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The summit&rsquo;s talks also focused on&nbsp;North Korea. South Korea&rsquo;s Lee Myung-bak tells the media his nation, along with China and Japan, urges the regional aggressor to comply with international pressure. <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/05/201251335023733527.html">Al Jazeera </a>has his comments.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;We agreed that future nuclear tests and additional provocations by North Korea cannot be tolerated &hellip; I especially regard highly China&rsquo;s advice to North Korea that they should place more importance on improving the livelihoods of the public.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> And, although China has historically been reluctant to get involved in North Korean affairs, its premier placed North Korean cooperation at the center of an effort to make the region safer. According to <a href="http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120513002375.htm">Daily Yomiuri Online</a>,</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Wen said, &lsquo;The most pressing task is to prevent tensions on the Korean Peninsula from escalating.&rsquo; He added that the parties concerned should redouble their efforts to have North Korea &lsquo;return to the right track of dialogue and negotiations.&rsquo;&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> According to The China Post, the nations plan to open their talks trade agreement by the end of the year.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/7c_a-Ryw9NA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/7c_a-Ryw9NA/asian-summit-covers-trade-north-korea http://www.newsy.com/videos/asian-summit-covers-trade-north-korea http://www.newsy.com/videos/asian-summit-covers-trade-north-korea Mon, 14 May 2012 04:00:05 -0500 <a href='http://www.newsy.com/13109'><img src='/images/videos/b/13369422451.jpg' alt='' title='' /></a><br /><a href='http://www.newsy.com/13109'>Watch Video</a><br /><p> (Image source: <a href="http://www.dalailama.com/news/post/330-dalai-lama-in-cambridge-speaks-of-hope">Dalai Lama Official Website</a>)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>BY STEVEN SPARKMAN</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The Dalai Lama revealed an unconfirmed plot against his life Sunday. The spiritual leader told <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tibet/9261729/Dalai-Lama-reveals-warning-of-Chinese-plot-to-kill-him.html">the Telegraph</a> about reports from inside Tibet of an assassination plot &mdash; involving women the Chinese government to poison him.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;In their hair poisoned and scarf poisoned. So, you see, they seek &mdash; supposed to seek blessing from me and my hand touch.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The 76-year-old Nobel laureate still blesses devotees at the temple complex in Dharamsala, India. But <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/">Fox News</a> reports this new alleged plot could restrict access to the spiritual leader.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not known whether the Chinese agents are from China&rsquo;s government or some other group. The Dalai Lama&rsquo;s aids are said to be unable to confirm the plot, but there is increased security on the temple grounds.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The Tibetan government-in-exile&rsquo;s poor relations with the Chinese government go back decades. <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/05/dalai-lama-reveals-fears-of-assassination-attempt/">ABC reports</a> things have been especially tense lately.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;Reports are China is making a bolder attempt to nullify Tibetan language and culture as it seeks to fully occupy the region. This year alone there have been more than 30 incidents of self-immolation; Tibetans setting themselves on fire in protest of Chinese rule. Nearly all have died.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The Dalai Lama also said in the interview he&rsquo;s worried China will interfere with finding his successor, so he might be the last official Dalai Lama. But he says the spiritual institutions of Tibet will be in good hands after he&rsquo;s gone, and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/12/dalai-lama-chinese-poison-plot?newsfeed=true">the Guardian</a> reports he has a surprisingly positive outlook on the China-Tibet situation.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>&ldquo;He added that he believed China would change its hardline stance within his lifetime and adopt democratic reforms to safeguard Tibet&#39;s economic growth. He said the Chinese should use Buddhist logic to overcome their anger...&rdquo;</strong></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> The Dalai Lama is scheduled to receive the $1.8 million Templeton Prize Monday for promoting scientific study of spiritual practices. He will reportedly then give the entire prize away to a so-far unknown recipient.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Newsy-world/~4/gs3OBakmkhI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsy-world/~3/gs3OBakmkhI/dalai-lama-says-chinese-trying-to-poison-him http://www.newsy.com/videos/dalai-lama-says-chinese-trying-to-poison-him http://www.newsy.com/videos/dalai-lama-says-chinese-trying-to-poison-him