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Mladic genocide trial opens in The Hague

Financial Times -
By Matt Steinglass in The Hague Mr Mladic, who led the Bosnian Serb forces that carried out massacres and ethnic cleansing during the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995, is charged with more than 70 instances of genocide, as well as with ...

Stocks fall again as IMF prepares for a 'messy' Greek exit from the euro

Daily Mail -
Despite the instability the eurozone dodged slipping back into recession because of surprising German growth. By Daily Mail Reporter Asian stocks have fallen after Greece's failure to form a coalition government saw the troubled nation head into a ...

Greece: Anti-Austerity Syriza Party May Be First In New Elections, Polls Suggest

Sky News -
New elections in cash-strapped Greece could further strengthen the radical left, anti-austerity Syriza party, polls suggest, which may put the country on a collision course with its European partners.

Derby house fire: Brother calls for justice

Telegraph.co.uk -
The brother of six children killed in a house fire has called for justice, as his father is due to make a direct appeal to the arsonist behind the attack.

ISPs told to come clean on broadband speeds

The Guardian -
Broadband companies are failing to offer a speed quote to potential customers in 41% of their sales calls, in breach of a code introduced last year to protect consumers.

France's new prime minister takes office

The Associated Press -
By SARAH DiLORENZO, AP - 1 minute ago PARIS (AP) - France's new prime minister, a moderate Socialist with an affinity for Germany who will no doubt be quickly pressed into service to tend to the nation's all-important relationship with Berlin, ...

UN aims to collect monitors from Syrian town

Reuters -
| BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations aims to collect a monitoring team from the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun on Wednesday, the head of the monitoring mission said, after they spent the night in the hands of rebels following an attack near their ...

Beckham meets Obama at White House

The Press Association -
David Beckham shared a laugh about his age with Barack Obama when the pair met at the White House. The 37-year-old star - who has four children with wife Victoria Beckham - and the rest of the Los Angeles Galaxy team met the US president to celebrate ...

Iran nuclear concession would test big power unity

Reuters India -
By William Maclean and Fredrik Dahl | LONDON/VIENNA (Reuters) - Facing an imminent toughening of sanctions, Iran is hinting at a readiness to give some ground in its long nuclear stand-off with world powers, but any flexibility could split their ranks ...

Breivik trial: Victim 'hid under body' to survive

BBC News -
A teenager who survived Anders Breivik's attack on Utoeya island has told his trial in Oslo that she only lived because she hid under another victim's body.

Police debate cuts ahead of Theresa May address

BBC News -
Home Secretary Theresa May will be told she is close to destroying a police service "admired" around the world when she attends the Police Federation Conference in Bournemouth.

Angry Rebekah Brooks 'baffled' by UK 'witch hunt' charges

Australian Times -
Former British tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks has expressed her bewilderment and launched a defiant attack against police and prosecutors after it was announced that she is to face criminal charges over the phone-hacking scandal.

Serious injuries in A95 crash near Boat of Garten

BBC News -
A man has been taken to hospital after suffering life threatening injuries in a road crash in the Highlands, police have said. He was one of three men hurt in the collision, involving a car and a van on the A95 near Boat of Garten.

U.K. Unemployment Unexpectedly Falls in Stabilization Sign

Bloomberg -
UK unemployment unexpectedly fell in April as companies created jobs, providing further evidence that the labor market is stabilizing.

Revealed: small firms' big role in jobs growth

Belfast Telegraph -
By Clare Weir Just over 100 small businesses in Northern Ireland are helping to keep the economy afloat and have created over 3000 jobs since the beginning of the credit crunch, according to a new report.

Twitter hits 140 million users as promoted tweets prove a success

Utalkmarketing -
The micro-blogging site has 140 million global users, Tony Wang the UK's general manager has revealed, and with these rising numbers more brands are turning to Twitter to promote their services.

HTC shares slide as patent dispute delays US shipments

BBC News -
Shares of Taiwan's HTC have fallen after US customs officials held up shipments of its new smartphones. In December, HTC was found guilty of infringing a patent held by Apple and there is a ban on the sale of any HTC phones in the US that use ...

Mexican author Carlos Fuentes dead at 83

BBC News -
Fuentes was one of the most prolific Latin American writers known equally for his fiction and his essays on politics and culture. His most famous works were The Death of Artemio Cruz and The Old Gringo.

The court of Cannes

The Guardian -
Sometimes, standing in line outside the Lumière theatre in Cannes, I find myself wondering whatever happened to Liz, the immaculate American executive last seen being hauled over the barricades at the 2008 premiere of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of ...

Dancing With The Stars 2012: Maria Menounos and Derek Hough eliminated

Daily Mail -
Despite the audience's boos, the 33-year-old star took the result with good grace, smiling and thanking partner Derek Hough. 'No matter which way this goes, it's gonna suck,' host Tom Bergeron said, before telling Derek and Maria the bad news.

Katie Price visits Vegas, but will she tie the knot there?

The Sun -
The glamour girl - who's due to wed boyfriend Leandro Penna - arrived in the gambling city to shoot scenes for her reality TV show.

Fergie's new Ka: Man United target Kagawa reveals he has already met with Sir Alex

Mirror.co.uk -
"Ferguson gave me good words. It would be good to play in the Premier League," said Dortmund star Old Trafford bound? Shinji Kagawa has held talks with Fergie Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa has revealed he has met with Sir Alex Ferguson as ...

Beckham to help bring Olympic flame to Britain

Reuters UK -
By Alan Baldwin | LONDON (Reuters) - David Beckham will help bring the Olympic flame to Britain on Friday after he takes part in a formal handover ceremony in Athens, London 2012 organisers said.

Sam Allardyce starts legal action against Blackburn Rovers successor Steve Kean

The Independent -
Sam Allardyce's legal representatives have sent letters to Steve Kean and Blackburn Rovers following video footage that shows the club's manager making disparaging remarks about his former colleague.

A mock funeral is not the right way to make scientists' voices heard

The Guardian -
When Vince Cable made his first major speech on science in September 2010, it was too much for Jenny Rohn, a cell biologist at University College London.

Dinosaurs struggled with arthritis just like humans

Telegraph.co.uk -
Researchers studying a giant eight metre pliosaurus found evidence of an arthritis like disease in its jaw. Usually capable of ripping other dinosaurs to bits with its 20cm teeth, the gammy jaw would eventually have stopped her feeding and led to her ...

It's nature, not nuture: personality lies in genes, twins study shows

Telegraph.co.uk -
Nature rather than nurture is responsible for creating your personality, according to a study of twins which found that character is something you are born with.

Disabled home care costs up 10%

The Press Association -
Frail elderly and disabled people are being charged more for council help to get washed, dressed and fed at home, according to a survey.

Prostate cancer drug Abiraterone set for approval in England and Wales but not ...

Daily Mail -
By Daily Mail Reporter A drug to treat advanced prostate cancer should be given to patients in England and Wales, according to the NHS rationing body.

UK midwife: mothers-to-be enjoy pregnancy more with a single midwife

Telegraph.co.uk -
Annie Francis, from Neighbourhood Midwives, says the benefits of each pregnant mother having a dedicated midwife are numerous. As Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, prepares to outline a package of measures aimed at improving care in pregnancy and ...

Over-the-counter HIV tests backed by US panel

BBC News -
Over-the-counter HIV tests that would allow people to check in the privacy of their homes if they have the virus have moved a step closer in the US.

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