Republicans seek probe into US tax targeting

Republicans seek probe into US tax targeting

Republicans seek probe into US tax targeting

Posted: 12 May 2013 01:18 PM PDT

Broad investigation urged after IRS admission it applied extra scrutiny of conservative groups during 2012 elections.

Bodies found after US standoff

Posted: 12 May 2013 01:15 PM PDT

US police discover two bodies after ending a 37-hour standoff with a man who held three people captive in a house in New Jersey.

For Witness to Nagasaki, a Life Focused on Science

Posted: 12 May 2013 12:59 PM PDT

Osamu Shimomura, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist, who as a teenager lived through the dropping of an atomic bomb, recently visited to the birthplace of the atomic era.
    

Bits Blog: Disruptions: Even the Tech Elites Leave Gadgets Behind

Posted: 12 May 2013 08:59 AM PDT

Some people find that minimizing technological distractions helps them focus on themselves and the outside world.
    

Five men arrested over pub death

Posted: 12 May 2013 06:04 AM PDT

Police arrest five men on suspicion of murder after a man died during a disturbance at a pub.

Analysis: Iran election race opens up as surprise candidate enter

Posted: 12 May 2013 12:29 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - After the huge protests that followed the 2009 election, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have hoped June polls would quietly install a loyal conservative president, but the surprise candidacies of two major independents may scupper that.

Alonso confident of title challenge

Posted: 12 May 2013 10:49 AM PDT

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso said he was confident of making a strong world title challenge after winning in Spain.

Guatemala's Maya finally find justice over civil war crimes

Posted: 12 May 2013 12:02 PM PDT

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Ana Caba fled her home to live in remote mountains for nearly a decade after Guatemalan troops razed her indigenous Maya village and dozens like it in a brutal counter-insurgency campaign in the early 1980s.

After the joy of victory, the hard work begins for Nawaz Sharif

Posted: 12 May 2013 09:03 AM PDT

M Ilyas Khan on the work facing Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan

What Sharif's win means for region

Posted: 12 May 2013 05:48 AM PDT

What Pakistan's election result means for the neighbours

Engineering the $325,000 In-Vitro Burger

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:45 AM PDT

A researcher in the Netherlands wants to show the world — including potential donors — that in-vitro meat is a reality.
    

Malian army approaches rebel-held northern town of Kidal

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:47 AM PDT

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian troops approached the remote northeastern town of Kidal on Sunday ahead of a mid-May deadline set by the government to wrest it from the control of Tuareg separatist rebels.

Italy PM Letta seeks to calm cabinet tensions at Tuscan retreat

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:41 AM PDT

SARTEANO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta took his ministers to a conference center in a former abbey in Tuscany for a retreat on Sunday to thrash out differences that have already threatened the stability of his fragile coalition.

VIDEO: Creeping ice destroys Canadian homes

Posted: 12 May 2013 10:59 AM PDT

Several homes have been destroyed and many damaged in the Canadian province of Manitoba after ice from a nearby lake was pushed up onto land by the wind.

Afghan protest at Iran 'shooting'

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:13 AM PDT

Afghanistan summons the Iranian ambassador in protest at an alleged fatal shooting of illegal migrants by Iranian border guards.

VIDEO: Dhaka survivor: 'I didn't think I'd live'

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:14 AM PDT

A woman who survived Bangladesh's worst ever industrial disaster speaks to the BBC about being found alive after 17 days under rubble.

Republicans Call for I.R.S Inquiry After Disclosure

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:19 AM PDT

Republican lawmakers on Sunday called for a full investigation of actions by the Internal Revenue Service, which apologized some conservative groups for heightened scrutiny.
    

After the joy of victory, the hard work begins for Nawaz Sharif

Posted: 12 May 2013 09:03 AM PDT

M Ilyas Khan on the work facing Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan

With an Eye on College, Chinese Students Enroll in New York Private Schools

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:06 AM PDT

A growing number of teenagers from wealthy families in China are attending schools in New York City, seeking an advantage in admission to American universities.
    

Seth Meyers to Succeed Fallon on ‘Late Night’

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:00 AM PDT

Mr. Meyers, the longtime head writer on "Saturday Night Live," will succeed Jimmy Fallon, who is to take over NBC's "Tonight Show."
    

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