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BBC World News
Facebook shares valued at $100bn
Facebook prices its shares at $38 each ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history.
Moody's downgrades Spanish banks
Ratings agency Moody's cuts the credit ratings of 16 Spanish banks, as shares in struggling lender Bankia fell another 14%.
Tributes to Donna Summer pour in
The music industry pays tribute to Donna Summer, famous for disco hits like I Feel Love and Love To Love You Baby, after she dies aged 63.
US relaxes some Burma sanctions
The US says it has relaxed some sanctions on investments in Burma and named an ambassador to the country following political reforms.
Niger malnutrition crisis growing
Months of warnings have failed to stop a major malnutrition crisis in Niger, affecting more than six million people, Save the Children says.
China jails smuggler Lai for life
Lai Changxing, extradited from Canada to China to face smuggling and bribery charges, is jailed for life in China, state media says.
Zimmerman found with bloody nose
A Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teenager had a bloody nose and a cut on his head, according to police reports.
French government takes pay cut
France's new government holds its first cabinet meeting, announcing a 30% pay cut for President Hollande and his ministers.
Kennedy wife 'died by hanging'
Mary Kennedy - the estranged wife of Robert F Kennedy Jr, nephew of John F Kennedy - died of asphyxiation due to hanging, authorities say.
White births now minority in US
Children from racial and ethnic minorities now account for more than half the births in the US, estimates from the latest census data say.
Syria opposition head 'to resign'
The head of Syria's main opposition umbrella body, the Syrian National Council, says he will resign amid growing criticism and rifts within the group.
US strike plan on Iran 'ready'
The US has plans in place to attack Iran if other measures fail to stop it developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel says.
VIDEO: US man's close brush with alligator
A scientist in North Carolina had a lucky escape when he was attacked by an alligator.
VIDEO: When live TV goes wrong - it's Odd Box
The perils of being a reporter on live TV, the cafe just for cats and the $1,500 hot dog.
VIDEO: Preparing Japan's deadly fish dish
Chef Kunio Miura shows Roland Buerk how to prepare the potentially deadly Japanese dish blowfish.
VIDEO: One-minute World News
Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.
VIDEO: China activist's family claim torture
Relatives of the blind Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, have given detailed accounts of the torture and retribution they have allegedly suffered at the hands of Chinese authorities.
VIDEO: Adrenaline sports on dangerous volcano
A team of speed flyers have become the world's first to successfully descend Italy's Mount Etna.
VIDEO: A look at 'wind turbines' of the deep
The latest device to harness the power of the tides is being tested in the stormy waters off Orkney in the far north of Scotland.
VIDEO: Student protest in Chile turns violent
Tens of thousands of Chilean students take to the streets to demand free education.
Yahoo World News
Spain beset by bank crisis, downgrades, bond pressure
 MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's borrowing costs shot up at a bond auction on Thursday and its troubled banks suffered a double blow, with shares in part-nationalized Bankia diving and 16 lenders - including the euro zone's biggest - having their credit ratings cut. Official data confirmed Spain was back in recession and a newspaper reported a big outflow of deposits from Bankia, but the government said it had taken a fundamental step to strengthen Spain's credibility by agreeing big budget cuts with the country's free-spending regions. ...
Exclusive: U.N. probes possible North Korea arms trade with Syria, Myanmar
 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. panel of experts that monitors compliance with sanctions on North Korea is investigating reports of possible weapons-related deals between Pyongyang and Syria and Myanmar, the panel said in a confidential report seen by Reuters on Thursday. "The DPRK (North Korea) continues actively to defy the measures in the (U.N. sanctions) resolutions," the panel said in the report, which it submitted to the U.N. Security Council's North Korea sanctions committee earlier this week. ...
Poll shows Greece electing pro-bailout government
 ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek voters are returning to the establishment parties that negotiated its bailout, a poll showed on Thursday, offering potential salvation for European leaders who say a snap Greek election next month will decide whether it must quit the euro. The poll, the first conducted since talks to form a government collapsed and a new election was called for June 17, showed the conservative New Democracy party in first place, several points ahead of the radical leftist SYRIZA which has pledged to tear up the bailout. ...
France's left-wing leadership starts with a pay cut
 PARIS (Reuters) - France's new left-wing government started work on Thursday with pledges to combat excessive austerity but better manage public finances, marking the debut with a 30 percent cut in pay for President Francois Hollande and all ministers. The sizeable wage reduction was endorsed at a first meeting of the 34-minister team, a day after Germany's government awarded rises to its ministers and Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose pay will overtake Hollande's. ...
China jails smuggling kingpin Lai for life
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court convicted Lai Changxing, who was deported from Canada, on smuggling and bribery charges and jailed him for life on Friday, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The conviction effectively ends the career of a man whose case tainted ruling Chinese Communist Party officials - including Jia Qinglin, who sits on the elite Standing Committee - with rumors of malfeasance, collusion and dereliction of duty. ...
U.S. eyes funding boost for Israel's "Iron Dome" shield
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon will seek to provide Israel with an additional $70 million in the coming months for its short-range rocket shield, known as the "Iron Dome," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said after a meeting with his Israeli counterpart on Thursday. So far, the United States has provided $205 million to support the Iron Dome, manufactured by Israel's state-owned Raphael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. The system uses small radar-guided missiles to blow up in midair Katyusha-style rockets with ranges of 3 miles to 45 miles, as well as mortar bombs. ...
Anti-war protesters march at Obama campaign headquarters
 CHICAGO (Reuters) - A small group of anti-war demonstrators staged a peaceful "die in" on Thursday at President Barack Obama's election campaign headquarters in Chicago to demand an end to the war in Afghanistan and unmanned drone aircraft attacks overseas. Despite calling ahead, some of the roughly 50 protesters said they were unable to deliver a letter to the Obama campaign calling for the United States to leave NATO and its "violent mission of protecting the 1 percent in the global economy who represent 99 percent of corporate wealth in the world. ...
Syria's Assad: Nations that sow chaos will suffer
 AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that countries trying to "sow chaos" in Syria could be infected with it themselves, an apparent warning to Arab Gulf nations that back the insurgency aimed at forcing him from power. Assad's remarks, to a Russian TV channel, came after U.N. staff monitoring an increasingly shaky ceasefire were caught up in an attack that killed at least 21 people, and had to spend a night with rebel forces. ...
U.S. suspends sanctions on investment in Myanmar
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday suspended sanctions barring U.S. investment in Myanmar in response to political reforms in the poor southeast Asian state, drawing praise from some U.S. lawmakers but criticism from human rights advocates. "Today we say to American business: invest in Burma and do it responsibly," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. She appeared with Myanmar's Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin, on his long-isolated nation's first official visit to Washington in decades as ties between the two countries warm rapidly. ...
Cameron urges G8 action to stop eurozone crisis from spreading
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron will tell leaders of some of the world's biggest economies on Friday that they must work together to stop the economic crisis afflicting the euro zone from spreading worldwide. Cameron's message to other Group of Eight leaders, who begin a summit on Friday at the U.S. presidential retreat of Camp David, Maryland, would be that "we need to work together to protect ourselves against global contagion from the economic crisis and to promote global trade," an aide to Cameron said. ...
Egypt: Owner of belly dancing TV station arrested
 Egypt's vice police on Thursday arrested the owner of a belly dancing TV station on suspicion of operating without a license, inciting licentiousness and facilitating prostitution, a security official said.
Judge delays Mladic trial due to evidence errors
 An apparent clerical error prompted judges to postpone the long-awaited war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic on Thursday, possibly for months.
Syrian opposition head offers to resign
 Syria's main opposition council is crumbling under the weight of infighting and divisions over issues that cut to the heart of the revolution, including accusations that the movement is becoming as autocratic as the regime it wants to drive out.
Greek party most extreme of Europe's far right
 which won 7 percent of the vote in a May 6 election — says it wants to rid Greece of immigrants and plant landmines along the border with Turkey.
US envoy to Israel: US ready to strike Iran
 The U.S. has plans in place to attack Iran if necessary to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel said, days ahead of a crucial round of nuclear talks with Tehran.
Cuban president's daughter gets US visa
 Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend events in San Francisco and New York, sparking a firestorm of criticism from Cuban-American politicians who called her an enemy of democracy and a shill for the Communist government her family has led for decades.
Greece hands Olympic flame over to Britain
 The Olympic torch was passed to London — witnessed, appropriately, by hundreds of Greeks huddled under umbrellas.
Life's a beach for civil servants at London Games
 Tanned and toned Olympic athletes in skimpy outfits will be serving and spiking outside the prime minister's Downing Street home — but it's lower-ranked civil servants who will have the best view of beach volleyball at the London Games.
S.Africa's ANC fumes over art ridiculing president
South Africa's governing party said Thursday it will demand the removal of a painting from an exhibition by one of the nation's best-known artists that ridicules the party and the president with graphic and provocative imagery.
BBC Sports News
BBC Americas News
Zimmerman found with bloody nose
A Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teenager had a bloody nose and a cut on his head, according to police reports.
Facebook shares valued at $100bn
Facebook prices its shares at $38 each ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history.
Tributes to Donna Summer pour in
The music industry pays tribute to Donna Summer, famous for disco hits like I Feel Love and Love To Love You Baby, after she dies aged 63.
White births now minority in US
Children from racial and ethnic minorities now account for more than half the births in the US, estimates from the latest census data say.
Kennedy wife 'died by hanging'
Mary Kennedy - the estranged wife of Robert F Kennedy Jr, nephew of John F Kennedy - died of asphyxiation due to hanging, authorities say.
Canada anger at UN food report
Canadian officials have severely criticised of the UN right-to-food envoy, as he delivers a report saying the country needs to improve food security.
Pinterest to get $100m investment
Social networking service Pinterest is to receive $100m in funding, prompting analysts to value the two-year-old firm at up to $1.5bn.
'Go-go' musician Chuck Brown dies
Guitarist and singer Chuck Brown, who mixed funk, soul and Latin styles to help create the 1970s Washington DC "go-go" scene, dies at 75.
Romney and Republicans raise $40m
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and the Republican Party raise $40m in April, just short of President Barack Obama's $44m.
Buffett in newspaper investment
Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company of legendary investor Warren Buffett, invests in 63 local newspapers in the south-eastern US.
Activists storm Montreal classes
Student protesters in Montreal storm the University of Quebec, disrupting classes as they were due to resume after a boycott protesting rising tuition fees.
'Innocent man' executed in Texas
The US state of Texas is likely to have executed an innocent man due to careless handling of the case, a report by US law students claims.
Man held for 'swallowing diamond'
A man is being held in custody until a $20,000 diamond he is believed to have swallowed passes through his system, Canadian police say.
Virgin Atlantic allows air calls
Passengers flying Virgin Atlantic from London to New York will soon be able to make in-flight phone calls using personal devices.
Fed wary of any US spending cuts
The Federal Reserve is worried about the impact on the US economy if government spending is cut sharply, minutes of its April meeting show.
Facebook to sell 25% more shares
Facebook says it will sell 25% more shares than first planned in its forthcoming flotation in response to strong demand.
Canada country profile
Provides an overview of Canada, including key events and facts about the world's second-largest country
Puerto Rico profile
Provides and overview as well as facts and figures for this small dependency of the United States situated in the Caribbean
St Pierre and Miquelon profile
Provides an overview of what remains of France's once-extensive possessions in North America
United States country profile
Provides an overview of the United States, including key events and facts about this superpower
Washington Post Sports
Orioles vs. Royals: Baltimore stages another comeback
KANSAS CITY, Mo.— The Baltimore Orioles took their second game from the Royals within a span of 24 hours Wednesday afternoon with another comeback victory over Kansas City at Kauffman Stadium.
With their 5-3 win over the Royals, the Orioles (25-14) went 11 games over .500 for the first time this season and ensured their stay in first place in the American League East for the night.
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ESPN announces times, channels for early-season football games
Maryland’s football season opener against William & Mary will be at 3 p.m. Sept. 1 and televised online at ESPN3.com, the network announced Thursday.
Terrapins Coach Randy Edsall will face his former team, Connecticut, on Sept. 15 at 12:30. The game will be picked up regionally by the ACC Network and also televised online at ESPN3.com.
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Ed Reed “not 100 percent committed” to playing football in 2012
The vaunted Baltimore Ravens defense was dealt a major blow last month when linebacker Terrell Suggs tore his Achilles. And now they may lose another key fixture in their defensive backfield.
Safety Ed Reed said Thursday that he is “not 100 percent committed” to playing football in 2012.
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Clemens trial: McNamee admits confusion, changes
The government’s star witness in the perjury trial of legendary pitcher Roger Clemens conceded Thursday that he confused critical dates, lied to federal agents and repeatedly changed elements of his story.
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Chuck Brown: Athletes pay respect on Twitter
With the passing of Chuck Brown, D.C. lost a music legend and friend. We also lost someone who loved DMV sports dearly.
He once called his Redskins halftime performance in 2010 a “dream come true.”
“I’ve always been a die-hard Redskins fan,” he said in the press conference announcing the performance. “Through thick and thin, for me it’s the Skins.”
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London 2012 Olympics: IOC denies Israel’s request for tribute to ’72 Munich victims
This summer’s London Olympics mark the 40th anniversary of the murder of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.
But the International Olympic Committee will not hold a moment of silence to honor the victims, despite a request from Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon. The decision, handed down Thursday, left Israeli officials fuming. But in a written response to Ayalon’s request, IOC President Jacques Rogge said he would personally attend the Israeli delegation’s tribute to those slain in the massacre.
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Lawrence Taylor auctions off Super Bowl ring
A little short on bling these days? A Super Bowl ring is just the thing.
The day after the New York Giants received their latest Super Bowl rings, former Giant Lawrence Taylor is selling his ring from Super Bowl XXV. It’s currently up for sale at SCPAuctions.com and is valued between $75,000 and $100,000, according to the auction house. Bidding will be open until Saturday and the top bid, among 14 Thursday afternoon, was $45,960.
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New Orleans Saints LB Jonathan Vilma sues NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for defamation
New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma, suspended by the league as part of the sweeping punishments imposed in the team’s bounty scandal, sued NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for defamation Thursday.
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McPhee ‘not in any rush’ to find new Capitals coach
Capitals General Manager George McPhee must spend the offseason searching for a new coach while also making decisions on how to reshape the team’s roster, two tasks that would seem to go hand in hand. So which to do first?
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Weekend soccer TV & online listings: UEFA Champions League final, Italian Cup, Ligue 1, MLS, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, NASL, USL
First and foremost, this weekend is about the UEFA Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Chelsea on Saturday. Here are all the ways you can see the match and festivities:
1 p.m. ET: Pregame show on Fox Soccer and Fox Deportes
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Former UNC Wilmington guard Adam Smith will transfer to Virginia Tech
After the first two weeks of his tenure as Virginia Tech men’s basketball coach were defined by two high-profile defections, James Johnson got some reinforcements Wednesday afternoon. Former UNC Wilmington guard Adam Smith has orally committed to transfer to Virginia Tech, Smith’s AAU Coach, Lee Aldridge, confirmed Thursday morning.
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Chivas USA acquires Juan Agudelo from New York Red Bulls, Danny Califf from Philadelphia Union
Juan Agudelo, the promising American forward whose development has been stunted by injuries and lack of playing time with the New York Red Bulls, was traded Thursday to Chivas USA for veteran left back Heath Pearce and major financial considerations.
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Robert Griffin III Tonight Show preview clips
Robert Griffin III taped his appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno earlier in the day. The full show airs on NBC at 11:35pm ET/PT, but here are a few clips from the interview in case that’s past your bedtime. He talks about the military, meeting the President and, of course, socks.
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Nationals-Pirates discussion thread: Game 38
The Nationals go for a mini-sweep of the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates tonight at Nationals Park, with Jordan Zimmermann on the mound and a cloudless sky above. Talk about the game here.
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The MASN broadcast plan for Nats-Orioles
Because at least one person asked, here are the plans for the MASN broadcast booth during this weekend’s Beltway series, which has gotta be the most important Orioles-Nationals series since the Nats came to D.C.
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Tim Tebow’s attorneys try to stop sale of “My Jesus” shirts
Tebow Mania is alive and well in New York, and that means a flood of green and white merchandise inspired by the Jets new backup quarterback is hitting the streets of the Big Apple.
But not everyone is wild about all the new fashion. Tim Tebow’s lawyers are urging sellers to boycott a new batch of T-shirts designed by cubbytees.com featuring the words “My Jesus” inside the recognizable “NY Jets” logo style.
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Timetable for Michael Morse’s return could accelerate
Injured outfielder Michael Morse, whose 2012 season debut has been delayed by a pesky lat strain, could come off the disabled list by June 1 when the Nationals open a six-game homestand, according to Manager Davey Johnson.
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