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Day 100 of Guantanamo Bay hunger strike marked by protest in Chicago

As part of "Global Days of Action" to support Guantánamo hunger strikers, on Friday 17 May in Chicago, demonstrators marked the 100th day of another hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, where inmates have been protesting their indefinite detention by the U.S. government on terrorism charges.

Protesters, dressed in orange overalls, went outside the Federal Plaza and...

The Doors' keyboard wizard Ray Manzarek dies

Ray Manzarek, who has died aged 74 after a long battle with bile duct cancer, created one of the defining sounds of the late sixties.

It was Manzarek's jazz and blues influenced keyboard playing that provided the signature instrumental sound of The Doors' heady music.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, he studied film at UCLA where he met Jim Morrison, but it wasn't until they had...

Pakistan: Imran Khan sends message to the people from his hospital bed

Pakistani politican Imran Khan has sent a message to his supporters and the people of Pakistan from his hospital bed in Lahore, urging the Electoral Commission of Pakistan and Supreme Court to take the rigging complaints seriously because the future of the country as well as democracy directly depended upon free and fair elections.

The message, posted on Facebook, shows Khan in his...

Car bombs rock Turkish-Syrian border, 46 dead

Nine Turkish residents have been arrested in connection to two car bombings that went off near the Syrian border, killing 46 people.

The explosions happened in Reyhanli, when two explosive-laden cars blew up in the small Turkish town near the border with Syria.

The town has a residency of 60,000 and is a popular crossing. Several ambulances rushed to the scene to tend to the...

Woman rescued from rubble 17 days after Bangladesh factory disaster

A woman has been rescued from the rubble of a building in Dhaka in Bangladesh 17 days after it collapsed.

The woman, named Reshma, is reported to have no serious injuries. The fire service report that she was discovered in the remains of the second floor of the eight storey building, the Rana Plaza.

The army report that more than 1,000 people lost their lives in the tragedy...

British America's Cup sailor Andrew Simpson dies in training accident

The sailing world was in shock today after news that British Olympic medallist and Dorset resident Andrew Simpson, one of the Artemis Racing crewmembers due to take part in the 2013 America's Cup this summer, has died following a tragic accident during training.

According to local news sources, rescuers pulled 12 sailors from the water. Simpson was taken on an Artemis support boat to...

Philippines: Mount Mayon erupts killing five

Mount Mayon, otherwise known as Mayon Volcano, in the Philippines erupted on Tuesday morning killing at least five, and injuring many more according to local media reports.

According to philstar.com tour guide Kenneth Jesalva, who climbed up the volcano with seven others on Monday, said in an interview that three foreign tourists and a tour guide were killed due to the ash ejection....

Scientists use salt marshes to analyse global sea-level rise

The world’s salt marshes could hold the key to predicting future sea levels after scientists used them to pinpoint when recent rises began.

Scientists analysed sediments and fossils buried in salt marshes which show the recent rise in global sea levels – posing a threat to millions of coastal homes worldwide – began around a century ago.

Professor Roland Gehrels, from Plymouth...

Saturn’s youthful appearance explained

As planets age they become darker and cooler. Saturn, however, is much brighter than expected for a planet of its age - a question that has puzzled scientists since the late sixties. New research published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed how Saturn keeps itself looking young and hot.

Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon found...

Hackers take credit for "taking down" Instagram website

Hackers have claimed responsibility for taking down the website of popular photo sharing app Instagram.

The website, Instagram.com, was down for a number of hours yesterday. The company have not released a statement but members of the internet hactivist group Anonymous claimed responsibility.

Hackers claimed that the site was down in 35 countries and Twitter user @...

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