Strong quake hits North Italy, at least three dead

Strong quake hits North Italy, at least three dead


Strong quake hits North Italy, at least three dead

Posted: 19 May 2012 11:45 PM PDT

BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, causing at least three deaths and bringing about the collapse of rural factories and ancient bell towers in towns.



Jimmy Choo launches street style blog

Posted: 20 May 2012 12:09 AM PDT

Jimmy Choo has teamed up with top fashion photographer Eddie Newton to launch new site Choo 24:7 Stylemakers, where both amateur snappers and professionals can upload their street style pictures.

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Strong quake hits N.Italy,at least three dead

Posted: 19 May 2012 10:01 PM PDT

BOLOGNA, May 20 — A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday morning, causing at least three deaths and collapsing rural factories and ancient bell towers in towns. The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 4:04 a.m. (10 am Malaysian time) and had a magnitude of 5.9, was in the plains near Modena. But it was felt ...



Impatient Thai red shirts want justice from PM Yingluck

Posted: 19 May 2012 09:50 PM PDT

BANGKOK, May 20 — Thailand's "red shirts" took to the street this weekend to mark the anniversary of the army's bloody repression of their mass rally in Bangkok in 2010 amid growing signs of a rift with the government they helped elect last July. Many red shirts are angry at the failure of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to bring to account ...



Chicago protests on eve of NATO summit small, peaceful

Posted: 19 May 2012 08:16 PM PDT

CHICAGO, May 20 — Hundreds of demonstrators protested peacefully yesterday on the eve of the NATO summit in Chicago, gathering outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home to criticize cuts in mental health services before moving downtown under the close eye of police. An estimated 500 demonstrators participated in the march to Emanuel's home, police said. ...



Strong quake hits North Italy, at least three dead

Posted: 19 May 2012 10:10 PM PDT

BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday morning, causing at least three deaths and collapsing rural factories and ancient bell towers in towns.



NATO leaders seek common path out of Afghanistan

Posted: 19 May 2012 10:07 PM PDT

CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO leaders gather in Chicago on Sunday for a summit that will chart a path out of Afghanistan, as Western nations seek to fend off fissures in their alliance and ensure Afghanistan can hold a still-potent Taliban at bay when foreign troops withdraw.



Impatient Thai red shirts want justice from PM Yingluck

Posted: 19 May 2012 09:30 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's "red shirts" took to the street this weekend to mark the anniversary of the army's bloody repression of their mass rally in Bangkok in 2010 amid growing signs of a rift with the government they helped elect last July.



VIDEO: Norway's self-sufficient prison

Posted: 19 May 2012 09:11 PM PDT

The island of Bastoey is home to a prison population that is allowed to wander woods, fields and beaches unhindered by the unarmed guards.


5.9-magnitude earthquake strikes near Bologna, Italy

Posted: 19 May 2012 07:44 PM PDT

(Reuters) - A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Bologna, Italy, on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.



Syria bomb kills 9, Damascus blames foreign plot

Posted: 19 May 2012 07:54 PM PDT

BEIRUT, May 20 — A car bomb killed nine people at a Syrian military post in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor yesterday, an attack the government said was the latest proof that an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad was a foreign plot. The official SANA news agency said the blast had been the work of a suicide bomber, and had also wounded ...



Blind Chinese activist arrives in New York

Posted: 19 May 2012 05:41 PM PDT

NEW YORK, May 20 — Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States on Saturday after China allowed him to leave a hospital in Beijing in a move that could signal the end of a diplomatic rift between the two countries. Chen's escape from house arrest in northeastern China last month and subsequent stay in the US Embassy was a ...



6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes near Bologna, Italy

Posted: 19 May 2012 07:17 PM PDT

(Reuters) - A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Bologna, Italy, on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.



Blind Chinese activist Chen arrives in New York

Posted: 19 May 2012 06:52 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States on Saturday and declared "equality and justice have no boundaries" after China let him leave a Beijing hospital to quell a sensitive diplomatic rift between the two countries.



Chinese activist Chen arrives in New York

Posted: 19 May 2012 05:10 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States on Saturday after China allowed him to leave a hospital in Beijing in a move that could signal the end of a diplomatic rift between the two countries.



Hollande to make Eurobond proposals at EU summit

Posted: 19 May 2012 04:27 PM PDT

CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said on Saturday he would make proposals for eurobonds at an upcoming European summit as he outlines his ideas to stimulate growth and help ailing economies within the euro zone.



Serbia picks president under threat of protest

Posted: 19 May 2012 02:59 PM PDT

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Pro-Western Boris Tadic will bid on Sunday for another five years as Serbia's president and the right to lead the nation into EU membership talks, challenged by rightist Tomislav Nikolic who has threatened to contest the result in the streets.



Greek election race tightens into dead heat

Posted: 19 May 2012 02:06 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - A flurry of polls on Saturday showed the race to lead Greece has tightened into a dead heat ahead of an election next month that could determine whether it remains in the euro.



Kennedy clan, celebrities attend Mary Kennedy's funeral

Posted: 19 May 2012 12:21 PM PDT

BEDFORD, New York (Reuters) - Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who died in an apparent suicide earlier this week, was recalled Saturday as an "angel" who was ultimately overwhelmed by a lengthy fight with depression.



Vote in Libya's Benghazi tests support for autonomy

Posted: 19 May 2012 12:07 PM PDT

BENGHAZI (Reuters) - People in Libya's second biggest city, Benghazi, voted on Saturday in a local election that will test support for a proposal to set up autonomous rule for eastern Libya.



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