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Cameron on U.S. trip to learn Boston lessons, discuss Syria
By Andrew Osborn WASHINGTON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron will visit Boston on Monday to learn more about the bombings there after a meeting with President Barack Obama aimed at helping broker a Syrian peace deal and spurring talks on an EU-U.S. trade pact Continue reading
Birmingham: Man Shot Dead At Dovecote Pub
Police are searching for the gunman who killed a man in what may have been a targeted attack. Continue reading
Benghazi whistle-blowers testify at House hearing
House committee holds hearing on deadly attack on U.S. Continue reading
Football Fan Dies After Match Collapse
A football fan dies in hospital from a suspected heart attack, hours after he collapsed at a match and was given emergency help. Continue reading
Gunfight in Nigeria’s Delta oil region kills eight: sources
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen opened fire on a group of former militants in the oil producing Niger Delta late on Saturday, leading to a shootout that left eight people dead, a security official said. None could confirm who carried out the attack Continue reading
Explosions shake Damascus, Syria blames Israel
By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) – Powerful explosions struck the outskirts of Damascus early on Sunday, sending columns of fire into the night sky, and Syrian state television said Israeli rockets had struck a military facility just north of the capital. Israel declined to comment on the attack, but the blasts occurred a day after an Israeli official said his country had carried out an air strike targeting a consignment of missiles in Syria intended for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah Continue reading
Syria says Israel strikes military research center
If confirmed, this would be the second Israeli attack on Syria in three days. Continue reading
Twitter feeds of UK’s Guardian newspaper hacked
LONDON — The Guardian newspaper says its Twitter accounts have come under a cyberattack, and it cited a claim of responsibility from the group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army.The British paper reported on its website Monday that several of its Twitter feeds were broken into over the weekend. It said it has since discovered the attack apparently originated from Internet protocol addresses… Continue reading
Palin slams ‘pathetic’ White House press dinner
Sarah Palin took to social media to attack the annual press correspondents’ dinner. Continue reading
LivingSocial database hacked; 50 million customers impacted
LivingSocial’s customer database has been hacked, impacting the website’s 50 million customers. The firm began sending emails to customers Friday afternoon telling them they would have to change their site passwords.”We recently experienced a cyber-attack on our computer systems that resulted in unauthorized access to some customer data from our servers. We are actively working with law enforcemen.. Continue reading
