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Flash! Truce After 12 Years Of Afghanistan War? US To Begin Talks With Taliban In New Office Opened By Group In Qatar

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hands with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during a ceremony at a military academy on the outskirts of Kabul, ...

98-Yr-Old Charged With Unlawful Execution, Torture

A 98-year-old who features on Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center's wanted list with war crimes, saying he had helped to deport Jews to Auschwitz in World ...

US Valedictorian rips up speech, recites lord's prayer

Roy Costner IV ended his high school career with a bang. As valedictorian, Costner had the honor of giving a speech in front of the ...

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal sues Forbes after it says he’s only worth $20 bn -report

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has sued Forbes magazine for libel in a British court, alleging that its valuation of his wealth at 20 ...

American tourist gang-raped in northern India

Shimla (India) – An American tourist was gang-raped by a group of men in a hill resort in northern India, police said on Tuesday, in ...

Flash: Judge Accepts Colorado Theater Shooter’s Insanity Plea

A judge on Tuesday accepted James’ Holmes plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, setting the stage for a lengthy mental evaluation of the ...

Teenager kills uncle for shutting down her internet

A Taiwan teenager allegedly stabbed her uncle to death on Wednesday because he shut down her internet to stop her from staying online late into ... Full story

Saudi Arabia is to build a women-only city

Saudi Arabia is to build a women-only city as it struggles to combine Sharia law with career-minded females. The new city will be exclusively for women ... Full story

Apple Pays $60 Million for iPad Name in China

More than $60 million and two years later, Apple finally owns the rights to the name iPad in China. Apple and Proview International had been embroiled ... Full story

The Global Note: Mexico’s President…Iran Feels The Pinch…South Africa Chimp Attack…Viva Espana!

-EL PRESIDENTE…The party that ruled Mexico for 70 years – and was thrown out in 2000 in a ballot-box revolution against a dictatorship – has ... Full story

North Korea's New Image Shaped by Platform Shoes, Earrings and Cell Phones

Attempting to forge a new image for himself and his country, North Korea's youthful supreme leader Kim Jong Un is allowing women to wear pants, ... Full story

Talks on Global Arms Treaty Set to Begin in New York

A month of UN-hosted talks are due to kick off in New York, aiming to establish a treaty controlling arms sales around the world.   Over the ... Full story

Disabled girl, 16, found starved down to 23 pounds by her mother

A 16-year-old girl with cerebral palsy weighed only 23lbs and could not walk or talk when she was removed from her family home after being ... Full story

United States in "game" with Syria

Fifteen months into the crisis in Syria, and the Obama administration is, as one U.S. official describes it, in "a holding pattern," waiting for Russia ... Full story

Bankrupt property developer takes Australia holiday

updated 23:20 Published: 8:02PM Tuesday June 14, 2011 Source: ONE News Bankrupt Auckland property developer David Stewart Henderson is on holiday in Australia, his lawyer says. Daniel Grove told ...

Her royal hotness Pippa Middleton pondering French relocation

Published: 10:15PM Tuesday June 14, 2011 Source: BANG Showbiz Source: BANG Showbiz Related Pippa Middleton wants to move abroad following her split from Alex Loudon. The 27-year-old beauty - the ...

Libyan troops fire rockets into Tunisia

Published: 10:09PM Tuesday June 14, 2011 Source: Reuters A rebel holds his ears as a bomb launched by a Libyan air force jet loyal to Libya's ...

Police officers assaulted in Dargaville

Published: 9:54PM Tuesday June 14, 2011 Source: ONE News Two police officers have been assaulted in Dargaville. The officers, one male and one female, were "knocked around ...

Shaken Christchurch facing a long night without power

A house on the edge of cliffs in Sumner - Source: Twitter user: Tim Kelleher Watch Video View Photos Related There have been reports of widespread damage in Christchurch after ...

Christchurch aftershocks: Live updates

Liquefaction rises in the suburb of Brookhaven - Source: Twitter user Andrew Groom Watch Video View Photos Related Christchurch has been hit by two strong aftershocks this afternoon. GNS Science ...

Joy Reid: The emotional toll is huge

Aftershocks are now part of normal life in Christchurch, writes ONE News reporter Joy Reid. ...

Italian PM Berlusconi faces fresh blow in referendums

Italians turned out in large numbers to vote in referendums that looked set to deliver another blow to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi following last month's ...

Market outlook: Uneven meets ugly on Wall St

Source: Reuters Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sure has it right: the US economic recovery has been, is currently and will continue to be "uneven". For ...

Basketball: Barea could be key to Mavericks winning title

The Dallas Mavericks' smallest player, Jose Juan Barea, who once this season had to talk his way into the arena past a suspicious security guard, ...

Prisoners cause another stand-off in Hawke's Bay prison

Published: 7:12AM Monday June 13, 2011 Source: ONE News There has been another disturbance involving prisoners at Hawke's Bay prison. An eight hour stand-off took place between prisoners ...

GOLF: Italian Open final scoreboard

Published: 7:07AM Monday June 13, 2011 Source: Reuters Leading final-round scores from the Italian Open 267 Robert Rock (Britain) ...

Tough questions expected at CTV inquest

updated 07:11 Published: 5:43AM Monday June 13, 2011 Source: ONE News The CTV building in Christchurch is flattened after the February 22 earthquake. - Source: ONE News Watch ...

Lily Allen, married, pregnant

Published: 8:05AM Sunday June 12, 2011 Source: BANG Showbiz Lily Allen and new husband Sam Cooper - Source: BANG Related Lily Allen's new husband Sam Cooper announced that ...

Investigative journalist shot dead in Mumbai

Published: 7:53AM Sunday June 12, 2011 Source: Reuters Source: Thinkstock Related Four gunmen shot dead a senior investigative journalist specialising in organised crime in the Indian city of ...

Rugby: Bulls beat Stormers 19-16 to extend winning streak

Published: 7:45AM Sunday June 12, 2011 Source: Reuters The Bulls chalked up a sixth straight victory after beating the Stormers 19-16 in an all-South African Super rugby ...

Kuwait arrests man over Twitter post

Published: 7:45AM Sunday June 12, 2011 Source: Reuters Social networking website Twitter - Source: ONE News Related Kuwait has arrested a Kuwaiti Shi'ite Muslim man for publishing criticism of ...

Hugh Hefner: Monogamy unnatural

Published: 7:41AM Sunday June 12, 2011 Source: BANG Showbiz Hugh Hefner (84) with Crystal Harris (24) - Source: BANG Showbiz Related Hugh Hefner doesn't believe monogamy is "natural". The ...

Rugby: Nonu denied redemption, Hurricanes draw 18-18 with Chiefs

Ma'a Nonu against the Chiefs - Source: Photosport Related The Chiefs and Hurricanes have battled out a 18-18 draw in the penultimate round of the Super Rugby competition ...

Nicole Scherzinger hasn't spoken to fired Cheryl

Published: 9:50PM Friday June 10, 2011 Source: BangShowbiz Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger - Source: BANG Showbiz Related Nicole Scherzinger has not spoken to Cheryl Cole since she ...

Nintendo president puzzled by investor reaction to Wii U

Published: 8:57PM Friday June 10, 2011 Source: Reuters Nintendo Wii U - Source: Reuters Related Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said he was surprised at the tumble in the ...

Suspicious fires at Basin Reserve in Wellington

Published: 11:45PM Thursday June 09, 2011 Source: Newstalk ZB/ONE News Source: ONE News Police say two fires at the Basin Reserve in Wellington late tonight are being treated ...

Silver Ferns v Australia player ratings

Published: 11:28PM Thursday June 09, 2011 Source: ONE Sport The Silver Ferns' player ratings from the Test against Australia at Arena Manawatu tonight: GS - Irene van ...

Cricket: Australian selectors lambasted for Katich axing

Australia's selectors have taken a hammering over the dumping of Simon Katich with his likely replacement as test opener Phil Hughes and captain Michael Clarke ...

Passenger plane lands safely at Dunedin Airport after alert

Published: 9:03PM Thursday June 09, 2011 Source: ONE News Dunedin Airport - Source: ONE News Related A passenger plane has landed safely at Dunedin Airport after a smoke alert. At ...

Syrian ambassador to France denies resignation over crackdown

Published: 10:04AM Wednesday June 08, 2011 Source: Reuters Protesters gather during a demonstration after Friday Prayer in the Syrian port city of Banias - Source: Reuters Watch ...

Cole annoyed with Cowell over sacking from US X Factor

Published: 9:47PM Wednesday June 08, 2011 Source: BANG Showbiz Cheryl Cole - Source: BANG Showbiz Related Cheryl Cole was annoyed Simon Cowell didn't have the "guts" to tell ...

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Nigerian nurses caught sleeping in care home 'after turning off elderly patients' alarms so they wouldn't be disturbed

Shocking: A jury was shown this picture of two care home nurses Titilayo Ajala and Henretta Offae apparently asleep on the night-shift after allegedly unplugging ...

Seven students, two teachers killed in fresh Boko Haram school attack

Suspected Islamist extremists have attacked a secondary school and military checkpoint in  northeast, leaving 11 people dead including seven students, the military said Monday. Details were ...

Benue villagers cry out for help

Sacked from their communities by Fulani herdsmen, Benue villagers cry out for help Mrs. Regina Kwange, a mother of six, is seven months pregnant. She is ...

War on terrorism: Jonathan calls for more international co-operation

Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Tuesday called for greater global co-operation and co-ordination in the war against terrorism. Jonathan made the call while receiving the ...

Airtel Introduces Single Recharge Card for Voice and Data

SIngle Recharge promo …Eliminates the need to memorize data bundle codes …offers up to 60% free bytes on airtime purchased Lagos, Nigeria; May 09, 2013: Leading telecommunications ...

Flash: SASCOC President Appointed By Commonwealth Games Federation Executive Board To Chair Development Committee

On the day which marks 400 days to go until the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, the important role of sport as a catalyst for peace ...

Google Sued N500m In Libel Suit Against Popular Blogger, Ladun Liadi

A Lagos High Court, Igbosere, on Tuesday adjourned a N500 million libel suit against Google Incorporation, for hearing of motion challenging the court’s jurisdiction to ...

Police Shoot At Protesting Students At Michael Otedola College

At least four students were allegedly shot by policemen at the Michael Otedola College Of Primary Education, MOCPED, Epe on Monday afternoon when a purported ...

Should I Tell My Husband Our Twins Were Adopted And Not His Own?

I wish God will forgive me ,it started 2004 when I got married and after some years we could not conceive. Me and my husband ...

Lincolnshire's Jade Windley Won Her First Slam Qualifier

Lincolnshire's Jade Windley won her first match in slam qualifying to move to within two victories of a place in the Wimbledon main draw.The 23-year-old ...