US boy, 5, accidentally shoots and kills sister, 2

US boy, 5, accidentally shoots and kills sister, 2


US boy, 5, accidentally shoots and kills sister, 2

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:47 AM PDT

A five-year-old boy playing with a rifle given to him as a gift accidentally shot dead his younger sister, officials said Wednesday, thrusting the issue of US gun violence back into the spotlight.

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Mekong forest facing sharp decline: WWF

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:47 AM PDT

Demand for farmland may strip the Greater Mekong region of a third of its remaining forest cover over the next two decades without swift government action, a leading conservation group warned Thursday.

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Nik Aziz's swan song

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:27 AM PDT

For the past five elections since 1990, PAS has been victorious in the state of Kelantan. The 13th general elections will mark the official start of "post-Nik Aziz" era.

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Grim OECD forecasts on Italy underline task for new PM Letta

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:38 AM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's economy will contract by more than expected this year and its public finances will deteriorate in 2013 and 2014, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Thursday.
    

China reports latest bird flu death, toll rises to 27

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:36 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A 55-year-old man in central China has died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing to 27 the number of deaths from the mysterious H7N9 virus, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday.
    

Italy's Letta says June EU summit must focus on youth jobs

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:15 AM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The June summit of European Union leaders must focus on cutting disastrously high levels of youth unemployment, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Thursday after a meeting with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
    

India fumes after farmer jailed for spying dies in Pakistan

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:04 AM PDT

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India reacted furiously to Thursday's death in a Pakistani jail of an Indian farmer convicted of spying who was badly beaten last week by fellow inmates, the latest incident to strain relations between the neighbours.
    

Obsessed with checking Facebook? You may have a fear of missing out

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:07 AM PDT

What drives you to check Twitter and Facebook so much? A fear of missing out, researchers say -- and now they've developed a way to measure this "hidden curse."

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Researchers measure tweets for happiness 'pulse'

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:05 AM PDT

Take all the comments expressed on Twitter, crunch them with an analytics program and you can get a sense of the mood of a city, state or country.

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Galaxy SIV easier to break than iPhone 5

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:03 AM PDT

A battery of tests show that while the latest Samsung flagship device has better internal specifications than the iPhone 5, it's less likely to survive a fall.

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Push-to-talk function coming to WhatsApp: report

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:00 AM PDT

On April 30, rumors are circulating that voice chat capabilities are coming to the popular instant messaging application WhatsApp.

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Pakistan, Afghan forces in high-stakes clash along border

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:37 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An Afghan border policeman was killed and two Pakistani soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire along the border late on Wednesday, officials from both countries said, a clash likely to unsettle already strained ties between the neighbours.
    


Pakistani, Afghan forces exchange fire along border

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:06 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An Afghan border policeman was killed and two Pakistani soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire along the border late on Wednesday, officials from both countries said, a clash likely to unsettle already strained ties between the neighbours.
    


South Korean spies target Australian farm trade

Posted: 01 May 2013 10:45 PM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Agents from South Korea's spy agency the National Intelligence Service (NIS) have tied to secure secret information about Australian trade, triggering the dismissal of an Australian public servant over his links to the group.
    


Film's Vietnam vet find after 44 years false: US

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:53 PM PDT

A man who claimed in a widely publicised documentary to be an American soldier, missing since his helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War, is actually Vietnamese, the US said Thursday.

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Love-lorn tiger enters Indian zoo

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:53 PM PDT

A lonely male tiger that left the jungle and entered a zoo in eastern India in quest of a mate has been trapped, an official of the state-run park said on Wednesday.

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Indonesian policewomen wow protesters with Gangnam Style

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:53 PM PDT

A group of policewomen took an unusual approach to crowd control at a May Day protest in Indonesia Wednesday, breaking into a performance of "Gangnam Style" to keep demonstrators happy.

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China reports 25th death from H7N9 bird flu

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:48 PM PDT

he death toll from the H7N9 bird flu virus has risen to 25, state media said Thursday after a man died in central China's Hunan Province.

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Fast fashion, fair wages: Vietnam's lesson for Bangladesh

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:47 PM PDT

From factory fires to slave labour, the growth of mass manufacturing in Southeast Asia has not been problem-free, but after shedding its "sweatshop" reputation the region could have lessons for Bangladesh.

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The real fun is coming!

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:44 PM PDT

The former means to fight for sympathy votes with the help of persecution experience or personal healthy problem while the latter means to make a soft appeal for votes by posing in an about-to lose gesture and calling the slogan of "your vote decides my fate".

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