
By RAF CASERTAssociated PressBRUSSELSA Polish bus carrying Russian youngsters crashed through guardrails and ended up on its side under a highway bridge near the port city of Antwerp on Sunday, killing at least five people and leaving two more critically
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US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Japan on Sunday to discuss nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula after securing vital support from China to help defuse the weeks-long crisis. He was due to meet Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio
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(AP) PHILADELPHIA A pioneering scientist who developed a polio vaccine used two years before Jonas Salk’s injectable version has died. Dr. Hilary Koprowski was 96. Koprowski developed an oral vaccine using the live polio virus that was first used on
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Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s hardline approach to IRA hunger strikers and her staunch support of Unionism means few nationalists in Northern Ireland are mourning her death. Thatcher presided over the province for more than a decade of strife, death
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China’s H7N9 bird flu virus spread to a new province on Sunday, with state media reporting two human cases in central Henan just west of the area where the disease has been centred. Until Saturday, when one case was reported
by Breitbart News14 Apr 2013, 2:53 AM PST0

By YOUKYUNG LEEAP Business WriterSEOUL, South KoreaSouth Korean rapper PSY says he hopes North Koreans will enjoy his new single even as tensions remain high on the Korean Peninsula. PSY released his latest single, “Gentleman,” in 119 countries on Friday,
by Breitbart News13 Apr 2013, 4:27 PM PST0

The body of Hugo Chavez may not have been embalmed and put on display for eternity but on the arms, legs and breasts of devoted Venezuelans, “el Comandante” will live on forever. As Venezuela prepares to elect Chavez’s successor on
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(AP) – U.S. and Chinese leaders said Saturday that their countries are committed to finding a peaceful way to ensure a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. “We are determined to make that goal a reality,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said
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(AP) – A Lion Air plane carrying more than 100 passengers and crew overshot a runway on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday and crashed into the sea, injuring nearly two dozen people, officials said. I Made Krisna
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(AFP) – Four Italian journalists who were being held hostage in Syria have been freed, Prime Minister Mario Monti said in a statement on Saturday. The four — three freelancers and a reporter working for the Italian public broadcaster RAI
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(AP) – Russia on Saturday named 18 Americans banned from entering the country in response to Washington imposing sanctions on 18 Russians for alleged human rights violations. The list released by the Foreign Ministry includes John Yoo, a former U.S.
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(AFP) – Security forces in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip have started arresting suspected “collaborators” with Israel after a month-long amnesty ended, a Hamas official said on Saturday. “Since yesterday (Friday), we arrested several collaborators with the Israeli occupation,” interior ministry
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(AFP) – A bomb exploded on a bus in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding seven others, officials said. “At least nine passengers have been killed and seven injured. Bomb disposal officials
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(AFP) – The public pledge of allegiance to Al-Qaeda by Syria’s fiercest rebel group, Al-Nusra Front, serves the interests of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, analysts say. “It’s a point in the regime’s favour because it reinforces the official narrative that
by Breitbart News13 Apr 2013, 7:19 AM PST0

(AFP) – US Internet giant Google is preparing changes to its dominant search system to satisfy EU anti-trust authorities, the Financial Times said on Saturday. In a five-year accord with Brussels, Google has promised to make users “clearly aware” when
by Breitbart News13 Apr 2013, 7:15 AM PST0

(AP) Bat-swinging Chicago store owner fends off gunmenCHICAGOBail is set at $750,000 for one of two men facing charges in the shooting of a Chicago shop owner whose resistance with a baseball bat was captured by a security camera. Fifty-three-year-old
by Breitbart News13 Apr 2013, 7:02 AM PST0

Beyond a raging political battle over limiting gun access is a case that could be heard this year by the US Supreme Court over a New York law limiting the right to carry the weapons in public. The nine US
by Breitbart News13 Apr 2013, 6:57 AM PST0

(AP) GOP senator would broaden gun checks, no recordsBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONA conservative senator is proposing to greatly broaden the background check system for firearms purchasers but require no records of the transactions as the Senate braced for votes on
by Breitbart News13 Apr 2013, 6:13 AM PST0

(AP) Medicare hike could also hit some in middle classBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated PressWASHINGTONRetired as a city worker, Sheila Pugach lives in a modest home on a quiet street in Albuquerque, N.M., and drives an 18-year-old Subaru. Pugach doesn’t see herself
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(AP) Flaming Lips tune pulled as Oklahoma’s rock songBy SEAN MURPHYAssociated PressOKLAHOMA CITYOklahoma’s governor has taken The Flaming Lips’ “Do You Realize??” out of rotation, pulling the tune as the state’s official rock song in a move her office says
by Breitbart News13 Apr 2013, 12:09 AM PST0

(AP) Day leads at Masters, 14-year-old makes cutBy PAUL NEWBERRYAP National WriterAUGUSTA, Ga. Jason Day leads the Masters after the second round Day shot a 4-under 68 Friday for a 6-under 138 total. That gives him a one-stroke lead over Fred
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I don’t want this sort of Gay Avenger set-up to become common, but as against the Westboro Baptist Church, I’m having a hard time working up any indignation about it.
by Breitbart News12 Apr 2013, 4:28 PM PST0

By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONWatch out, Joe Biden. The other vice president is in the house. The White House says Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who plays Vice President Selina Meyer on the HBO comedy “Veep,” is at the White House to have lunch
by Breitbart News12 Apr 2013, 3:13 PM PST0

SiriusXM and Breitbart News today announced a new limited-run six-week series: “Breitbart News Sunday with Stephen K. Bannon.” Beginning April 14, the show will air Sundays from 7pm EDT to 10pm EDT through May 19 on SiriusXM Patriot (channel 125),
by Breitbart News12 Apr 2013, 2:52 PM PST0

Director Quentin Tarantino pours his heart into every drop of fake blood splattered across his movies. He’s unapologetic about the violence in his film canon, refusing to admit it might play any sort of role in real-world violence. Yet when
by Breitbart News12 Apr 2013, 12:28 PM PST0