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MPs scared of News International - Watson
LONDON (Reuters) - MP Tom Watson, an outspoken critic of Rupert Murdoch who played a prominent role in exposing phone hacking at his British newspaper business, said on Tuesday politicians had been scared of being targeted by the media mogul's tabloids. Watson, a member of the opposition Labour Party, said ministers and members of Parliament (MPs) had been unwilling to take on Murdoch's News International because of its "mystique" and the threat of "ridicule and humiliation". ...
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:33:56Z
Egypt vote monitors say allowed to start work
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities have finally allowed observers of this week's presidential election to start work, monitoring groups said on Tuesday, too late for them to draw a full picture of Egypt's first genuine leadership contest. Fair, trouble-free voting on Wednesday and Thursday would help the winner establish his authority after 15 months of turbulent military rule since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak during a wave of Arab uprisings last year. ...
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:42:57Z
W. African group probes attack on Mali president

Protesters take to the streets in Bamako, Mali, Monday May 21, 2012. They were protesting Dioncounda Traore's nomination to transitional president for the next 12 months. The junta led by Capt. Amadou Sanogo had been opposed to the extension of the interim president's term, which under the Malian constitution was due to run out on Tuesday. ECOWAS had threatened to reimpose sanctions on Mali if the junta did not stop interfering in the transition. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)

West Africa's regional bloc says it will investigate who is responsible for allowing Monday's attack on Mali's president to happen.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:16:43Z
Houston museum unveils $85 million dinosaur hall

In a photo made May 15, 2012 Director Pete Larson of the Black Hills Institute of Geologic Research, right, discusses with artist Tomas Schneider how he will use a forklift to hoist a Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil skeleton into place in the new Hall of Paleontology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science Tuesday, May 15, 2012. The exhibit that opens June 2 includes the only Triceratops skin ever found, and a T-rex with three fingers. (AP Photo/Michael Stravato)

Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal: all fossilized evidence that this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died in childbirth.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:10:01Z
Spain teachers, students strike over spending cuts

University students listen to a speaker at a student's meeting before a demonstration against education cuts in Madrid Tuesday May 22, 2012. Teachers at all levels of Spain's education system are on strike to protest billions in spending cuts enacted as part of an austerity drive. The billions of euros in cuts in spending translate into fewer teachers, more students per class, fewer extra-curricular activities and higher university tuition. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Teachers and students from every level of Spain's education system went on strike Tuesday to protest wide-ranging government spending cuts, erecting makeshift tombs at university campuses to symbolize what they claim will be the death of the country's schooling system.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:40:16Z
US futures climb despite worrisome news from Asia

In a photo made May 7, 2012, trader John Vaccarine, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Wall Street was headed for a slightly lower open on Tuesday May 22, 2012, with Dow Jones industrial futures marginally down. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

U.S. stock futures are rising ahead of a report expected to signal further gains in housing, but a downgrade of Japan's credit rating sent an early shudder through the market.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:16:06Z
Oil slips to near $92 as dollar gains on euro, yen
The price of oil slipped to near $92 a barrel Tuesday, on concerns about global economic growth and news that that Iran will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to restart a probe into its nuclear program.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:18:35Z
Everest will be crowded again days after 4 killed

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 6, 2003 file photo, Mount Everest, at 8,850-meter (29,035-foot), the world's tallest mountain situated in the Nepal-Tibet border as seen from an airplane. Days after four people died amid a

Days after four people died amid a traffic jam of climbers scrambling to conquer Mount Everest, Nepal officials said a similar rush up the world's tallest peak will begin soon, and there's little they can do to control it.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:31:32Z
Opening statements set in Fort Hood bomb plot case

FILE - This June 14, 2011, file photo shows Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo in Nashville, Tenn. Abdo, a Muslim soldier who was AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky., is accused of planning to bomb a Killeen restaurant filled with Fort Hood soldiers and shoot any survivors last summer. He faces up to life in prison if convicted of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, the most serious of the six charges on which he's being tried at his federal trial in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo, File)

Opening statements are set to be delivered in the trial of a soldier accused of planning to bomb a restaurant frequented by Fort Hood troops in Texas.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:25:58Z

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