Boko Haram denies losing Nigeria battle

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• Boko Haram denies losing Nigeria battle
• Apple's Da Vinci Tax Code
• VIDEO: Man dies in beaver attack
• VIDEO: Illegal medical waste 'made into straws'
• Syrian opposition sets conditions for talks
• Sandwich narrowly misses Australian PM
• VIDEO: France sells off presidential wine
• Bahrain explosion wounds 7 policemen
• Oil posts slight gain, stays in $93-a-barrel range
• VIDEO: Chinese baby in pipe 'accidental'
• VIDEO: Female and funny: Indian comedienne
• Rossi's A Fraud! No, He's Not! Yes, He Is! No, He Isn't!
• Analysis: Behind China's U.S. pork deal, fears over feed additives
• No charge against Chinese mother of baby in sewer
• Asia stocks down as Fed fears weigh on markets
• Analysis: Behind China's U.S. pork deal, fears over feed additives
• World Digest: May 29, 2013
• Costa Rica probes Liberty Reserve founder marriage
• Barbara hits southern Mexico, killing at least two
• Report: NKorean defectors sent back by Laos, China

Boko Haram denies losing Nigeria battle Posted: 29 May 2013 11:03 PM PDT Video statement by leader insists group remains strong despite military offensive and urges others to join Holy War.

Apple's Da Vinci Tax Code Posted: 29 May 2013 10:46 PM PDT Apple is innovative and profitable but may not Think Different after all. That's one conclusion from its tax flap. Senators Levin and McCain claimed Apple skirted U.S. taxes on $44 billion over the last four years. CEO Tim Cook testified that Apple doesn't use gimmicks, yet Apple's tax strategies don't seem too different from many others.

VIDEO: Man dies in beaver attack Posted: 29 May 2013 07:52 AM PDT In Belarus, a large increase in the beaver population has been blamed after a number of attacks on humans by the large rodents, including one incident in March when a man was killed.

VIDEO: Illegal medical waste 'made into straws' Posted: 29 May 2013 05:09 AM PDT Medical waste from a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, is being illegally sold to plants which recycle it into a range of plastic products such as drinking straws.

Syrian opposition sets conditions for talks Posted: 29 May 2013 10:40 PM PDT Rebels renew calls for Assad's exit before entering peace talks while US demands withdrawal of Hezbollah fighters.

Sandwich narrowly misses Australian PM Posted: 29 May 2013 10:21 PM PDT Julia Gillard unfazed after salami is thrown in her direction, saying "they must have thought I was hungry".

VIDEO: France sells off presidential wine Posted: 29 May 2013 10:44 PM PDT The French presidency is to auction off part of its famous wine cellar for the first time.

Bahrain explosion wounds 7 policemen Posted: 29 May 2013 10:34 PM PDT MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain's interior ministry says an explosion has wounded seven policemen in what is described as a "terrorist" attack in the violence-wracked Gulf kingdom.

Oil posts slight gain, stays in $93-a-barrel range Posted: 29 May 2013 10:26 PM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil rose slightly Thursday as data pointing toward an improvement in the U.S. economy raised expectations of an increase in energy demand.

VIDEO: Chinese baby in pipe 'accidental' Posted: 29 May 2013 05:46 AM PDT The Chinese baby that was rescued from a sewage pipe fell in accidentally, the baby's mother has said

VIDEO: Female and funny: Indian comedienne Posted: 29 May 2013 06:40 PM PDT BBC News speaks to one trailblazing Indian woman, who has broken into the traditionally male-dominated world of stand-up comedy.

Rossi's A Fraud! No, He's Not! Yes, He Is! No, He Isn't! Posted: 29 May 2013 09:16 PM PDT The recent testing of Andrea Rossi's low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) device, the E-Cat, generated quite a bit of comment both here in the Forbes Technobabble blog and around the 'Net.

Analysis: Behind China's U.S. pork deal, fears over feed additives Posted: 29 May 2013 07:34 PM PDT By P.J. Huffstutter and Lisa Baertlein CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Smithfield Foods Inc. quietly weaned the first of its pigs off the controversial feed additive ractopamine last year, it may have helped open the door for a Chinese counterpart to acquire the world's largest hog producer. Used for more than a decade in the U.S. livestock industry to help pigs quickly build lean muscle instead of fat, the additive had begun to ring alarm bells among some major meat importing countries around the globe. U.S. ...

No charge against Chinese mother of baby in sewer Posted: 29 May 2013 10:34 PM PDT BEIJING (AP) — Authorities have concluded that a newborn rescued from a sewer pipe in eastern China became trapped because of an accident, and that the mother faces no charges even though she didn't claim the baby until confronted by police two days later, a local official said Thursday.

Asia stocks down as Fed fears weigh on markets Posted: 29 May 2013 10:15 PM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — Concerns that the Federal Reserve might start scaling back its stimulus program due to improvement in the U.S. economy sent Asian stock markets lower Thursday.

Analysis: Behind China's U.S. pork deal, fears over feed additives Posted: 29 May 2013 09:02 PM PDT CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Smithfield Foods Inc. quietly weaned the first of its pigs off the controversial feed additive ractopamine last year, it may have helped open the door for a Chinese counterpart to acquire the world's largest hog producer.

World Digest: May 29, 2013 Posted: 29 May 2013 07:48 PM PDT A judge in the Russian city of Kostroma ruled Wednesday that a local civic organization, which this year held a roundtable discussion with a political officer from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, was a "foreign agent" and found it guilty of failing to register as such. Read full article >>

Costa Rica probes Liberty Reserve founder marriage Posted: 29 May 2013 08:45 PM PDT SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — The man who allegedly founded currency transfer firm Liberty Reserve may have paid a Costa Rican woman to marry him so he could get citizenship in this country, which lacks an extradition treaty with the United States, authorities said Wednesday.

Barbara hits southern Mexico, killing at least two Posted: 29 May 2013 07:10 PM PDT By Jose Cortes SAN PEDRO TAPANATEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane Barbara hit Mexico's southern Pacific coast on Wednesday, flooding roads, toppling trees and killing two men before weakening to a tropical storm as it moved inland. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Barbara, which had earlier moved close to the country's biggest oil refinery, was 50 miles west of the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez in Chiapas state. Winds were blowing at up to 60 miles per hour. The hurricane was churning north-northeast at about 9 mph and should weaken rapidly overnight, the NHC said. ...

Report: NKorean defectors sent back by Laos, China Posted: 29 May 2013 07:24 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Nine North Korean defectors have been forced to return to their country from China after being captured in Laos, a South Korean news report says.

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Immigrants Give More to Medicare Than They Receive, a Study Finds

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• Immigrants Give More to Medicare Than They Receive, a Study Finds
• VIDEO: First Everest climb remembered
• VIDEO: Church wine shortage hits Venezuela
• Bombings kill 27 in surging Iraqi violence
• Legendary Canadian abortion campaigner Morgentaler dies aged 90
• Attack on French soldier had religious motivation: prosecutor
• Hezbollah fighters 'invading' Syria
• Canada Bans All Iran Trade
• Bosnian Croat leaders convicted of war crimes
• U.S. congressmen in Russia on Boston bombing fact-finding mission
• VIDEO: Net firm accused of laundering $6bn
• U.S. drone kills Pakistan Taliban No 2 : security officials
• Digital cash arrests cause 'pain'
• India and Japan boost maritime-security ties
• India and Japan boost maritime-security ties
• Kenya lawyer says London murder suspect freed on British advice
• Report: China gained U.S. weapons secrets
• Baghdad bomb attacks leave 25 dead
• Television: ‘The Killing,’ Canceled, Returns to AMC
• Rifts Persist as Syrian Opposition Meets

Immigrants Give More to Medicare Than They Receive, a Study Finds Posted: 29 May 2013 01:00 PM PDT The findings by researchers at Harvard Medical School go against the notion that immigrants are a drain on federal health care spending.

VIDEO: First Everest climb remembered Posted: 29 May 2013 12:36 PM PDT The sons of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay - the first men to conquer Everest - have followed in their fathers' footsteps 60 years later.

VIDEO: Church wine shortage hits Venezuela Posted: 29 May 2013 12:49 PM PDT Shortage of sacramental wine and altar bread are said to have affected the practice of Holy Communion in Venezuela's Catholic Church.

Bombings kill 27 in surging Iraqi violence Posted: 29 May 2013 12:41 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs and roadside explosions hit mainly Sunni Muslim districts of the Iraqi capital and a northern city on Wednesday, killing at least 27 people.

Legendary Canadian abortion campaigner Morgentaler dies aged 90 Posted: 29 May 2013 12:59 PM PDT OTTAWA (Reuters) - Henry Morgentaler, a Holocaust survivor who became one of Canada's leading abortion campaigners and spent time in jail for terminating pregnancies, died on Wednesday at the age of 90, activists said.

Attack on French soldier had religious motivation: prosecutor Posted: 29 May 2013 12:34 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - A Muslim convert arrested on suspicion of stabbing a French soldier in a Paris suburb was motivated by religion and had shown some signs of radicalization, French authorities said on Wednesday.

Hezbollah fighters 'invading' Syria Posted: 29 May 2013 12:36 PM PDT The military chief of the main umbrella group of Syrian rebels, the FSA, accuses Hezbollah fighters of "invading" Syria in a BBC interview.

Canada Bans All Iran Trade Posted: 29 May 2013 12:05 PM PDT The Canadian government said it will impose additional sanctions against Iran, including a ban on all imports and exports to the country.

Bosnian Croat leaders convicted of war crimes Posted: 29 May 2013 12:33 PM PDT Leader of self-proclaimed ethnic-Croat state in Bosnia and five others sentenced for acts during 1990s Balkan Wars.

U.S. congressmen in Russia on Boston bombing fact-finding mission Posted: 29 May 2013 12:13 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. congressmen will meet security officials in Moscow this week to find out whether the FBI could have done more with Russian intelligence on the Boston bombing suspect to prevent the attack, one of the lawmakers said on Wednesday.

VIDEO: Net firm accused of laundering $6bn Posted: 28 May 2013 10:57 PM PDT The Liberty Reserve digital money service that was shut down laundered more than $6bn (£4bn) in criminal cash, US authorities have said.

U.S. drone kills Pakistan Taliban No 2 : security officials Posted: 29 May 2013 12:07 PM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed the No. 2 of the Pakistani Taliban in the North Waziristan region on Wednesday, three security officials said, in what would be a major blow to the militancy.

Digital cash arrests cause 'pain' Posted: 29 May 2013 12:05 PM PDT A leading security expert says he has seen evidence that criminals are suffering as a consequence of the Liberty Reserve arrests.

India and Japan boost maritime-security ties Posted: 29 May 2013 12:11 PM PDT Nations to continue regular joint-naval exercises and accelerate talks to import Japanese nuclear reactors to India.

India and Japan boost maritime-security ties Posted: 29 May 2013 12:11 PM PDT Nations to continue regular joint-naval exercises and accelerate talks to import Japanese nuclear reactors to India.

Kenya lawyer says London murder suspect freed on British advice Posted: 29 May 2013 11:50 AM PDT MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - A Kenyan lawyer who in 2010 represented a man suspected of hacking a British soldier to death in London last week said on Wednesday the suspect was freed from arrest in Kenya three years ago on the recommendation of the British High Commission.

Report: China gained U.S. weapons secrets Posted: 29 May 2013 07:27 AM PDT American defense officials Tuesday pushed back against the notion that China has used cyberespionage to obtain extensive design information on advanced American weapons.

Baghdad bomb attacks leave 25 dead Posted: 29 May 2013 12:56 PM PDT At least 25 people are killed in a series of bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, as a recent upsurge in violence continues.

Television: ‘The Killing,’ Canceled, Returns to AMC Posted: 29 May 2013 05:00 AM PDT Canceled after its second season, "The Killing" and its grim homicide detectives return to AMC on Sunday night.

Rifts Persist as Syrian Opposition Meets Posted: 29 May 2013 11:26 AM PDT A meeting of the Syrian Opposition Coalition in Istanbul appeared on the verge of collapse after nearly a week of talks failed to resolve divisions, including over whether to participate in international peace talks.

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