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Headlines for May 14, 2012

CHINA RAINSTORMS KILL DOZENS IN GANSU PROVINCE
Some 40 people are now reported to have died in rain and hail storms in north-western China. The official Xinhua news agency also said another 18 people were still missing following the storms on Thursday ...
NEPAL TOURIST PLANE CRASHES NEAR KATHMANDU KILLING 19
The Buddha Air plane was carrying 16 tourists to view Mount Everest and other peaks and was returning to the Nepalese capital. One person was rescued alive and taken to hospital but died of his injuries. Tourism ...
YAHOO CEO SCOTT THOMPSON STEP DOWNS AMID SCANDAL OVER FABRICATED RESUME
Yahoo says it is appointing Ross Levinsohn as interim CEO and Fred Amoroso as chairman of its board, effective immediately. Yahoo says CEO Scott Thompson has left the company. Thompson has been under ...
OBAMA THE 'FIRST GAY PRESIDENT'
The cover of Newsweek magazine portrays Obama with a rainbow halo and proclaims that he's the "first gay president." The New Yorker cover picks up on the rainbow theme - shown as multi-hued White House ...
WORSE THAN PLEBEIAN AUTHORITIES
An intelligent serving plebeian authority is worse than the authorities themselves. The idea that intelligent people will crystallize the authorities and will correct their mistakes is totally worthless. ...
MEXICAN POLICE FIND 49 MUTILATED BODIES
Mexican police said Sunday they had found the dumped and decapitated bodies of 49 people, probably killed in drug violence, whose hands had been cut off to prevent fingerprint identification. The mutilated ...
ARMENIAN CHURCH COLLAPSED IN TBILISI
Armenian Church collapsed tonight in Tbilisi. The church, which was situated in the city center, belonged to 18th century. There are no casualties. Department of emergency situations of Georgia informed ...
APPLE REBRANDS THEIR NEW IPAD AS WI-FI + CELLULAR
Apple is not usually a brand that succumbs to pressure, especially if it concerns their iOS devices. The brand has been steadfast in the marketing of their products and where other brands have dropped ...
NO FOREIGN-SOURCED EMAIL SERVICES, IRAN TELLS COMPANIES
Iran's telecommunications ministry has barred local banks, insurance firms and telephone operators from using foreign-sourced emails to communicate with clients, a specialist weekly said on Saturday. "The ...
WHITNEY HOUSTON'S FAMILY IN REALITY SHOW
The reality show will see Whitney's daughter Bobbi Kristina, mother Cissy, sister-in-law and manager Pat Houston, reports femalefirst. The series by Lifetime Networks will show Whitney's family life after ...
SERZH SARGSYAN RECEIVED SHEIKHA AL-AHMAD AL-JABER AL-SABAH OF KUWAIT
President Serzh Sargsyan received today Sheikha al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah of Kuwait, who is well-known in the world for her benevolent work and is the Chairwoman of the Supreme Committee of the Ideal ...
ARMENOLOGY STUDIES IN AZERBAIJAN ARE POLITICALIZED
Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the Yerevan State University Ruben Melqonyan said today during the press conference that Armenology studies in Azerbaijan have started long time ago and ...
MANCHESTER CITY WIN PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE IN THRILLING FINALE
Manchester City won the English league title for the first time in 44 years to deny rivals Manchester United a 20th domestic championship in a gripping conclusion to the Premier League season. Defending ...
PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN WILL CONDUCT A WORKING VISIT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
President Serzh Sargsyan on May 15 will conduct a working visit to the Russian Federation. The President of Armenia in Moscow will participate at the jubilee meeting of the Security Council of the Collective ...
OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS CALL ON TO ACCELERATE REACHING AGREEMENT ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) and Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk (Personal Representative ...
BISHOP OF GEORGIAN-ARMENIAN DIOCESE SENT A LETTER SAAKASHVILI
Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan of Georgian-Armenian diocese has sent a letter to the president of Georgia Mickeil Saakashvili requesting to return 5 Armenian churches and take up some measures for keeping ...
RIGHTS GROUP DEMANDS NATO PROBE LIBYAN AIRSTRIKE
NATO air strikes killed 72 civilians in Libya last year, Human Rights Watch said on Monday, accusing the western alliance of failing to acknowledge the scope of collateral damage it caused during the ...
FEDERER WINS MADRID MASTERS, TAKES NUMBER TWO SPOT
Roger Federer put his best fighting tennis on display to produce a 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory over Tomas Berdych on Sunday to capture a third Madrid Masters title and depose Rafael Nadal as world number two. ...
JUVENTUS SAY EMOTIONAL FAREWELL TO THEIR BELOVED ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO
It might just have been the longest substitution of all-time. There were 57 minutes on the clock when the board went up showing No10 at Juventus Stadium, calling time on Alessandro Del Piero's last home ...
THIEF RETURNS STOLEN FLOWERS 54 YEARS LATER
Bill Teitleff had no money around Mother's Day in 1958 and took the potted hydrangeas from Centennial Park to give to his mother in Kentucky, WSMV reports. "They've got the most beautiful, perfectly formed ...