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  • British climber Kenton Cool reaches peak of Everest for a record-breaking ELEVENTH time

    Daily Mail - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    The climbs have been described as a fitting tribute to Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay who reached the 29,035-foot summit of Everest on May 29, 1953, becoming the first people to stand atop the world's highest ...

  • Apple avoids BILLIONS in taxes with dummy headquarters in Ireland says Senate report

    Daily Mail - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    An investigation by a Senate committee said the tech giant sought the 'Holy Grail of tax avoidance' schemes by not declaring tax residency in any country, which could be unique among international ...

  • Now a Tory MP calls his own party swivel-eyed for obsessing about Europe as row over Camerons leadership intensifies

    Daily Mail - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    Gary Streeter, a former minister who served in in the dying days of John Major’s government, said he had seen ‘once more the familiar glint in the swivelled-eyes of the purists’ who are again risking electoral defeat by obsessing about ...

  • Cagefighter Vincent Graham who quit ring after losing leg took up new career as playboy drug baron

    Daily Mail - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    A cagefighter who quit the ring to lead a cocaine-dealing gang after losing his leg in a road accident has been ordered to pay ...

  • Children who live near a busy road are more likely to develop ADHD

    Daily Mail - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    The study suggest by the age of seven, children exposed to the substances are more likely to test positive for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and related symptoms, including lack of attentiveness, aggression, and behavioural ...

  • George Michael was lucky he didnt die says driver who nearly ran singer over on the M1

    Daily Mail - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    Katherine Fox, 23, was travelling behind a silver Range Rover when the singer tumbled out of the passenger door onto the third lane of the ...

  • G4S boss Nick Buckles quits after overseeing Olympic security humiliating shambles

    Daily Mail - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    The head of global security firm G4S has unexpectedly quit, just months after being heavily criticised for the handling of security at last year’s Olympic ...

  • British basejumpers terror as his parachute fails to open when he leaps off 1000ft cliff

    Daily Mail - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    At the end of the video the daredevil can be seen lying on the ground appearing shocked but conscious and not seriously hurt. His parachute is only partially ...

  • Half of stroke survivors feel abandoned on leaving hospital

    Daily Mail - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    Barely one in five receive any information or practical advice on the emotional impact of having a stroke – unlike the support given to cancer ...

  • Maria Stubbings family call for full inquiry into catalogue of police failings

    Daily Mail - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    The family of a woman strangled by her convicted murderer ex-boyfriend are calling for a Stephen Lawrence-style public inquiry to examine why domestic violence victims are not being properly protected by the ...

  • Six dead in Texas storms

    Channel News Asia - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    Illustration. A powerful storm that may have spawned tornados ripped through northern Texas, killing six people and injuring more than 100, media reports said. (AFP/Don ...

  • Rescuers dig for life after US tornado killed dozens

    Channel News Asia - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    Rescuers searched for survivors Tuesday after a massive tornado tore through a suburb in the US state of Oklahoma, destroying two schools and killing up to 91 people, including 20 ...

  • Cartoons that scare Syrias leader

    CNN - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    >Editor's note: John D. Sutter is a columnist at CNN Opinion, covering human rights. E-mail him at CTL@CNN.com or follow him on Twitter (@jdsutter), Facebook or Google+. Oslo, Norway (CNN) -- The masked henchmen grabbed three fingers on each of the Syrian political cartoonist's hands and pulled them back all the way -- so far that they ...

  • Miami Face-Eating Victim Photos To Be Released

    Sky News - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    New pictures of a homeless man whose face was virtually chewed off in a horrifying attack in Miami last year are to be released. Doctors and care workers who are treating Ronald Poppo in Jackson will also give an update on his recovery from his gruesome injuries. They will play a taped message from the victim and show new photos of his face, which continues to heal after the attack on the ...

  • Church Minibus Flips Over Killing Five

    Sky News - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    A minivan carrying church members has rolled off the road in southern Illinois, killing five people and injuring six others. The group was returning from a religious gathering in California when it careened of Interstate 70 near Vandalia, about 70 miles northeast of St Louis, and turned over several times. Fayette County Sheriff's Department Deputy Shawn Carter said the van had ...

  • EU mission seeks to rebuild Mali army after U.S. faltered

    Yahoo - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    By David Lewis KOULIKORO, Mali (Reuters) - Under a blazing sun and the critical gaze of British and Irish instructors, a line of 11 Malian soldiers lie prone in the dust firing AK-47 rounds at targets, one-by-one. "One out of 10 - not very good," Captain Ibrahim Soumassa, commander of the Malian unit, tells one of the men. "We're at 25 metres. When we're at 100, ...

  • IRS scandal highlights leadership vacancies

    CBS News - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday hears from two men it could attempt to hold accountable for possible political discrimination carried out by the IRS: outgoing acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller and former IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman. Neither of them, however, will be of any help as the IRS attempts to right its ship and restore public trust in the agency. That job will -- for now ...

  • 20 children among at least 51 left dead by Oklahoma tornado

    CBS News - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    MOORE, Okla. A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph Monday. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise. Some 236 people were ...

  • Germany Justin Bieber were keeping your monkey

    CBS News - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    BERLIN Justin Bieber's pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany. Mally the Monkey was seized by German customs March 28 when Bieber failed to produce required vaccination and import papers for the animal after landing in Munich. He had until midnight Friday to produce those ...

  • Searching continues after huge Okla. twister

    CBS News - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    A giant tornado tore through the middle of Moore, Okla., killing at least 51 people, 20 of them children. Charlie Rose, Norah O'Donnell and Anna Werner ...

  • Chinese fishermen freed by N Korea captors

    Al Jazeera - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    A Chinese boat and 16 fishermen seized for ransom by armed North Koreans two weeks ago have been released, easing the latest irritant in relations between the traditional allies. Yu Xuejun, the owner of the captured boat who was not onboard when it was seized on May 5, wrote on his official microblog on Tuesday that his captain had called him to say the crew and boat were set free and that they ...

  • Bolivia law lets Morales run for third term

    Al Jazeera - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

    The Bolivian vice president has signed into law a controversial constitutional amendment to allow President Evo Morales to run for a third ...

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