Iran spies

Iran spies

Iran spies. Iran frees jailed US hiker 'spies' Bauer and Fattal. The hikers' release has been negotiated against a backdrop of tension between Washington and Tehran. A pair of Americans convicted as spies and jailed in Iran for two years have been released and emotionally reunited with their loved ones.

Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, both 29, were flown to Oman after being freed on bail from Evin prison.

They were sentenced in September to eight years in prison on charges of spying.

They were arrested in 2009 after crossing into Iran from Iraq, where they said they were hiking.
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French nuclear explosion

French nuclear explosion

French nuclear explosion. A nuclear waste site in southern France had an explosion Monday that killed one person, seriously burned another and slightly injured three others, France's nuclear safety body said.The Nuclear Safety Authority said no radioactive leaks have been detected in the blast at 12:37 p.m. at an oven in the Centraco nuclear site. The accident was under control within the hour, the agency said in a statement.

Taiwan HIV-Infected Organs

Taiwan HIV-Infected Organs

Taiwan HIV-Infected Organs. Taiwan hospital transplants 5 HIV-infected organs. One of Taiwan's best regarded hospitals mistakenly transplanted HIV-infected organs into five patients after a hospital staffer misheard the donor's test results by telephone, the hospital said.

The five are now being treated with anti-AIDS drugs, an official at National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei said Monday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because she is not authorized to deal with the media.

World's oldest person to mark 115th birthday

World's oldest person to mark 115th birthday

World's oldest person to mark 115th birthday. World's oldest person celebrates 115th birthday: The world's oldest known living person celebrated her 115th birthday Monday. Gertrude Baines was honored at Western Convalescent Hospital with music, a letter from the president, and two cakes. Baines said little during the celebration as friends sang to her and she received a proclamation from Guinness World Records acknowledging her as the world's oldest person."Who would take Los Angeles for the place that would have the world's oldest person?" Robert Young, a scientist and senior consultant with Guinness, said later in an interview. "Living that long is like winning the genetic lottery." Born in 1894 in Shellman, Ga., Baines became the world's oldest living person when a 115-year-old woman, Maria de Jesus, died in Portugal in January.

Lenny Dykstra indecent exposure

Lenny Dykstra indecent exposure

Lenny Dykstra indecent exposure. Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra has been charged in Los Angeles for allegedly exposing himself to women he met on Craigslist.The city attorney's office said Thursday the 48-year-old former baseball star could face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for each indecent exposure count.

Mexican papayas sicken 99 in US

Mexican papayas sicken 99 in US

Mexican papayas sicken 99 in US. Mexican papayas tainted with salmonella have sickened 99 people in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.No deaths have been reported but the outbreak spans 23 states and health authorities warned people not to eat fresh, whole papayas imported from Mexico by Agromed Produce of McAllen, Texas.

Lightning CN Tower

Lightning CN Tower

Lightning CN Tower. A great camera shot where hundred of shots where taken by the photographer during the storm in Toronto.

Condoleezza Rice Photos Gadhafi

Condoleezza Rice Photos Gadhafi

Condoleezza Rice Photos Gadhafi. Found at Gadhafi compound: Condoleezza Rice photos. Libyan rebels who took control of Moammar Gadhafi's sprawling compound made a surprising discovery in one of the buildings: a photo album with pictures of Condoleezza Rice.

Facebook Privacy Settings

Facebook Privacy Settings

Facebook Privacy Settings. Facebook changes privacy options. Facebook has announced a major revamp of how users control their privacy on the site.

Among the changes, items posted online will each have their own sharing settings determining who can see them.

It is the latest in a long line of attempts by Facebook to streamline how members manage their personal information.

Crackdown on Gladiator impersonators in Rome

Crackdown on Gladiator impersonators in Rome

Crackdown on Gladiator impersonators in Rome. Undercover police have donned togas, capes and sandals to stop a turf battle among Italians who impersonate gladiators outside the Colosseum and other landmarks in Rome and make money by posing for camera carrying tourists.

The trade has been tolerated for years, but that was before about 20 of the practitioners began assaulting and intimidating their competitors to take over lucrative tourist spots such as the Colosseum, the Forum and the Vatican, officials and police said Friday.

US and China's basketball brawl

US and China's basketball brawl

US and China's basketball brawl. A basketball friendly between China's military and a visiting US team descended into a mass brawl in Beijing this week, just as US Vice President Joe Biden was in town to try to improve US-China ties.Punches were thrown, chairs flew through the air, and even the spectators got stuck in as the game between Washington's Georgetown University Hoyas and the People's Liberation Army team turned violent.

12-year-old gets A* maths A-level

12-year-old gets A* maths A-level. A 12-year-old boy has become one of the youngest people in the country to get a top A* grade in A-level maths.

Yousuf bin-Suhayl was among students picking up their results yesterday. And the youngster, from Marshland St James, near Wisbech, added the A* to an A* maths GCSE that he got three years ago.

Tory councillor Bob Frost suspended racist Facebook

Tory councillor Bob Frost suspended racist Facebook

Tory councillor Bob Frost suspended racist Facebook. A Tory councillor has been suspended after he made racist remarks about rioters. Bob Frost, who is also a secondary school maths teacher, described those involved in disturbances last week as 'jungle bunnies' on his Facebook page.

The 49-year-old posted the insult, referring to the riots in London on August 7, less than 24 hours after trouble flared in Tottenham, north London

IBM produces first brain chips

IBM produces first brain chips

IBM produces first brain chips. BM has developed a microprocessor which it claims comes closer than ever to replicating the human brain. The system is capable of "rewiring" its connections as it encounters new information, similar to the way biological synapses work.
Researchers believe that by replicating that feature, the technology could start to learn.

Britons drink 5,800 pints

Britons drink 5,800 pints

Britons drink 5,800 pints. Britons drink 5,800 pints in their lifetime and suffer 726 hangovers, according to a new study. The study, based on a survey of 2,000 people, found that Britons drink at least three nights a week and have nine drinks in total -- which works out at 468 a year.

However, while over half (57 per cent) sip a beverage in the comfort of their own home, just 17 per cent say they regularly visit the pub.

Boy 11 calls police over chores

Boy 11 calls police over chores

Boy 11 calls police over chores. Little kids have always tried to get out of doing their chores, but one boy went so far as to call the police on his mother for making him do his duties.

The boy, who had a five-minute conversation with an emergency services, told an operator over the telephone: "Hello. My mother is putting me into forced labour".

"What do you have to do?" the operator asked the boy.

Bin Laden Movie

Bin Laden Movie

Bin Laden Movie. Our utter failure of a president is looking to Hollywood for an October 2012 Surprise to save his hopes for a second term. Maureen Dowd says out loud what we all knew the moment the movie’s release date was announced:

The White House is also counting on the Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal big-screen version of the killing of Bin Laden to counter Obama’s growing reputation as ineffectual. The Sony film by the Oscar-winning pair who made “The Hurt Locker” will no doubt reflect the president’s cool, gutsy decision against shaky odds. Just as Obamaland was hoping, the movie is scheduled to open on Oct. 12, 2012 — perfectly timed to give a home-stretch boost to a campaign that has grown tougher.

+obama martha's vineyard vacation

+obama martha's vineyard vacation

+obama martha's vineyard vacation. President Barack Obama will vacation with his family in Martha’s Vineyard at the end of this month as he’s done in years past, the White House said Wednesday, despite the weak economy and negotiations on the nation’s debt problem.Press secretary Jay Carney defended Obama’s plans to take a break even as he’s pledged urgent action on those issues.

Nasa Rover Reaches Rim Big Martian Crater AP

Nasa Rover Reaches Rim Big Martian Crater AP

Nasa Rover Reaches Rim Big Martian Crater AP. Months after the death of the Mars rover Spirit, its surviving twin is poised to reach the rim of a vast crater to begin a fresh round of exploration. Driving commands sent up to Opportunity directed the six-wheel rover to make the final push toward Endeavour crater, a 14-mile-wide depression near the Martian equator that likely could be its final destination.

Timeline norway attacks

Timeline norway attacks

Timeline norway attacks. The following is a timeline of events during the attacks on a Norwegian government building and a political retreat for young people, according to police and eyewitnesses. All times are local.—3:26 p.m.: A car bomb explodes outside the prime minister's office in central Oslo.