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Four attackers killed in Afghan governor assault
2012-05-17T07:25:26Z

Afghan National soldiers in southern Farah provinceFour attackers launched an assault on the governor's compound in Afghanistan's western Farah province on Thursday and were shot dead in a firefight, an official said.


Limbless Frenchman swims from PNG to Indonesia
2012-05-17T07:23:42Z

File photo of French amputee and swimmer Philippe CroizonA Frenchman who lost his limbs in an electrical accident swam from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia in strong winds and currents Thursday, finishing the first stretch in a mission to swim between five continents.


House GOP defense bill challenges Obama policy
2012-05-17T07:25:40Z
In an election-year challenge to President Barack Obama, House Republicans are pressing ahead with a defense budget that adds billions of dollars, boosts nuclear weapons programs and slows cost-cutting reductions in the force as the military emerges from two long wars.
GOP Senate hopes once again rest on insurgents
2012-05-17T07:32:46Z

In this May 16, 2012, photo, Nebraska state Sen. Deb Fischer addresses supporters with her former opponent, state Attorney Gen. Jon Bruning applauding, right. For Senate Republicans, 2012 is starting a lot like 2010. Republicans have a shot at taking control of the Senate from Democrats as long as insurgent conservatives who are defeating the GOP’s more establishment candidates in primaries don’t frighten off independent voters like they did two years ago. Fischer, a little-known state senator, became the latest unexpected Senate Republican nominee Tuesday, rallying late to upset the favored _ and better funded _ choices of both the party’s mainstream and tea party establishments. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)For Senate Republicans, 2012 is starting a lot like 2010.


Obama requesting help to pay for Afghan army
2012-05-17T07:20:05Z
Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international troops pull out. The alliance's plans for arm's-length support for Afghanistan will be a central focus of the summit President Barack Obama is hosting Sunday and Monday in Chicago.
Census: Minorities now surpass whites in US births
2012-05-17T07:18:30Z

Chart shows racial breakdown of births in the U.S. from July 2010 to JulyFor the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.


RFK Jr.'s troubled estranged wife found dead in NY
2012-05-17T07:17:48Z

FILE - This Sept. 18, 2008 file photo shows Mary Richardson Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in New York. An attorney on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 said Mary Kennedy has been found dead on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s property in Bedford, N.Y. (AP Photo/Andy Kropa, File)Mary Richardson Kennedy's life had both highlights and troubled moments, just like other members of the famous political family she married into in 1994.


Manhunt for groom charged in Ill. bride's slaying
2012-05-17T07:12:28Z

This undated photo provided by the Burbank, Ill., police department shows Arnoldo Jimenez. Police in the Chicago suburb of Burbank said that they are searching for Jimenez, the newlywed husband of 26-year-old Estrella Carrera, whose body was found stabbed and clothed in the silver sequin cocktail dress she wore at her wedding reception. (AP Photo/Burbank Police Department)Police and FBI officials were poring over more than 100 tips as they hunted for a man accused of stabbing his new wife to death and leaving her body in her bathtub, still clad in the silver sequined cocktail dress she wore to celebrate their wedding.


Dems shift tactics, pound Wis. governor on probe
2012-05-17T07:11:22Z

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks to the Illinois Chamber of Commerce in this April 17, 2012 file photo taken in Springfield, Ill. Lost in the hoopla over the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker after he took on union rights is an ongoing secret investigation that has already ensnared a handful of the Republican governor's former aides. Democrats have started playing up questions about why Walker created a criminal defense fund for himself and whether the governor might face charges next. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)Lost in the hoopla over the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker after he took on union rights is an ongoing secret investigation that has already ensnared a handful of the Republican governor's former aides.


Purple, Red and Yellow Wiggles leaving Aussie band
2012-05-17T07:23:21Z
Three members of the world-famous preschool quartet The Wiggles will be hanging up their colorful outfits and leaving the Australian band this year, with the Blue Wiggle the lone original member left dancing.
5 horses with chance vs. Derby champ in Preakness
2012-05-17T07:10:43Z
All eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another when an 11-horse field lines up for the $1 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday. A victory, and I'll Have Another will have a chance to become the first Triple Crown champion in 34 years if he goes on to win the Belmont Stakes next month in New York. But a whole bunch of 3-year-olds are out to spoil the party. Some are taking another shot after losing in the Derby, and others, known as "new shooters," skipped the Derby, have fresh legs and are looking to pull an upset.
Defense gets turn in Mich. serial stabbings trial
2012-05-17T07:15:19Z
Elias Abuelazam dutifully tended the cash register at a party store for $10 an hour. But after punching out, according to police, he was a different, dangerous guy, repeatedly faking car trouble in the wee hours and then stabbing strangers who responded to an appeal for help.
Pakistani air force planes crash, 4 pilots killed
2012-05-17T06:59:26Z
Two Pakistani air force planes crashed in a residential area in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing all four pilots on board and injuring five people on the ground, police said.
Thunder rally to edge Lakers 77-75 in Game 2
2012-05-17T06:56:26Z

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka, left, tumbles over Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum during the first quarter of Game 2 in an NBA basketball playoffs Western Conference semifinal, in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)Even down late, the Oklahoma City Thunder are showing that they are never out.


Report: Fewer US homes foreclosed upon in April
2012-05-17T06:56:15Z

FILE - In this Friday, March 16, 2012 file photo, a National foreclosure trends took a positive turn in April, as the number of homes seized by banks declined and fewer properties entered into the foreclosure process.


Pakistan air collision kills four pilots: police
2012-05-17T06:55:13Z

Pakistan Air Force features largely Chinese and locally made fleetTwo Pakistan Air Force light aircraft collided mid-air on Thursday, killing four pilots on a routine training mission northwest of Islamabad, police said.


Plans to strike Iran "ready", says U.S. Israel envoy
2012-05-17T06:53:52Z

U.S ambassador to Israel Shapiro listens to an Israeli army colonel as they stand next to a launcher in a field near the southern city of AshkelonJERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. plans for a possible military strike on Iran are ready and the option is "fully available", the U.S. ambassador to Israel said, days before Tehran resumes talks with world powers which suspect it of seeking to develop nuclear arms. Like Israel, the United States has said it considers military force a last resort to prevent Iran using its uranium enrichment to make a bomb. Iran insists its nuclear program is for purely civilian purposes. ...


Huge Marilyn Monroe statue arrives in Palm Springs
2012-05-17T06:53:52Z
A massive statue of Marilyn Monroe has arrived in the desert resort city of Palm Springs.
Yuvraj eyes comeback after cancer treatment
2012-05-17T06:39:54Z

Yuvraj Singh underwent chemotherapy treatment in the United States earlier this yearIndia's World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh hopes to return to cricket in "three to four months" after recovering from a cancerous tumour, media reports said on Thursday.


ICC prosecutor OK with delay to trial of Kenyans
2012-05-17T06:35:29Z

International Criminal Court (ICC) war crimes prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo gestures during a news conference in TripoliUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday he would not oppose a delay to the start of a trial of four prominent Kenyans, including two leading presidential hopefuls, accused of fuelling post-election violence in 2007. The group, including former Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and former Higher Education Minister William Ruto, are charged with masterminding the bloodshed that killed more than 1,200 people. All have said they are innocent. ...


Libya says Gaddafi's son refusing defence lawyer
2012-05-17T06:32:25Z

A mobile phone picture taken by one of his guards shows Saif al-Islam Gaddafi sitting with his captors in Obari airportUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son has refused to appoint a Libyan lawyer to defend him against accusations of murder and torture during a crackdown on a revolt against his father's rule, the country said on Wednesday. Libya said earlier this month that it would complete within weeks its investigation into Saif al-Islam and asked the International Criminal Court to once again to hold off ordering his surrender. ...


Indian boxer M.C. Mary Kom facing Olympic heartbreak
2012-05-17T06:24:42Z

M.C. Mary Kom is a five-time world championCelebrated Indian boxer M.C. Mary Kom faced a nerve-wracking wait Thursday after a shock defeat at the women's world boxing championships left her Olympic bid in doubt.


Barcelona to set up football school in India
2012-05-17T06:22:34Z

Spanish giants Barcelona are setting up a football school in IndiaSpanish giants Barcelona are setting up a football school in India as they expand their coaching network worldwide with the aim of training 10,000 youngsters in the next three years.


Activist: China to have passports ready in 2 weeks
2012-05-17T06:19:05Z

FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, May 2, 2012. and released by the U.S. Embassy Beijing Press Office, blind activist Chen Guangcheng, center, holds hands with U.S. Ambassador to China, Gary Locke, at a hospital in Beijing. The activist who was at the center of a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington said Thursday, May 17, 2012 Chinese officials have told him the passports that he and his family just applied for should be ready within two weeks. (AP Photo/U.S. Embassy Beijing Press Office, File)The activist who was at the center of a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington said Thursday that Chinese officials have told him the passports that he and his family just applied for should be ready within two weeks. A rights group, meanwhile, described more retaliation by authorities against his family.


Leading insurer pays $109M for dog bite claims
2012-05-17T06:17:55Z

Eleasha Gall, director of behavior and training at spcaLA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles), interacts with Tux, a one-year-old Pit bull, in an effort to promote behavior to avoid dog bites, at the spcaLA P.D. Pitchford Companion Animal Village and Education Center in Long Beach, Calif., on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. One of the nation's largest home insurers released its 2011 statistics on dog bite claims Wednesday. A State Farm Insurance spokesman says more than $109 million was paid on about 3,800 dog bite claims nationwide. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)Dog bites man does not get a lot of attention in the news, but it costs insurance companies hundreds of millions in claims every year.


Pension protests block Guinea CBG bauxite factory
2012-05-17T06:15:13Z
CONAKRY (Reuters) - A railway occupation by former employees of Guinea's state bauxite company CBG, a joint venture with Alcoa and Rio Tinto, is starving its factory of ore supplies for processing, senior company officials told Reuters on Wednesday. "It has prevented us from supplying the factory since Monday," said one official who requested anonymity of the blockade of rails leading to its factory 300 km (200 miles) northwest of the capital Conakry. "Normally there are five shuttles a day to transport around 50,000 tonnes a day. It is this system which is paralysed by this strike. ...
Growth figures show Japan on recovery track
2012-05-17T06:12:54Z

March 2011 quake-tsunami disasters in Japan smashed complex supply chains and shuttered factoriesJapan's economy grew by a faster-than-expected 1.0 percent in the three months to March, official figures showed Thursday, as rising domestic demand and a boost in exports kept it on the recovery path.


Egypt's cabinet approves new budget: minister
2012-05-17T06:11:55Z
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's government submitted its final draft budget for 2012/2013 to the state's military rulers on Wednesday, increasing spending by 17.7 billion Egyptian pounds from a previously announced figure earlier this month. Once approved by the army that took over power after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak last year by an uprising, the budget will be sent to the country's newly elected parliament, where it is likely to face heated debate. ...
Police crack US theft ring that sold luxury cars in Africa
2012-05-17T06:08:05Z
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authorities on Wednesday broke up an international car theft ring that used the streets of New York "as one giant showroom" to stalk more than $1 million in luxury cars and steal them for sale in Africa, the New York state attorney general said. Fourteen people were arrested in raids early on Wednesday on an indictment that resulted from a yearlong investigation that used wiretaps. The stolen cars were loaded into containers and shipped for sale in Ghana, Senegal and Nigeria. ...
US spy agency unveils scale model of Bin Laden hideout
2012-05-17T06:03:04Z

The once top secret scale model of Osama bin Laden's hideout in PakistanUS intelligence officials have unveiled a once top secret scale model of Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan, a precise replica used to plan the raid that killed the Al-Qaeda chief a year ago.


Sri Lanka president vows to free ex-army chief: wife
2012-05-17T06:02:27Z

Anoma Fonseka, wife of detained former Army chief Sarath Fonseka, pictured in ColomboSri Lanka's president has promised to free jailed former army chief Sarath Fonseka unconditionally and at the earliest opportunity, the ex-general's wife said on Thursday.


White births in US no longer in majority: report
2012-05-17T06:00:16Z

White births in the United States are no longer in the majority, according to US Census Bureau dataWhite births in the United States are no longer in the majority, according to US Census Bureau data made public Thursday, a newspaper reported.


North Korean boat hijacks 3 Chinese fishing boats
2012-05-17T05:55:02Z
Chinese state media say a North Korean boat has hijacked 29 Chinese fishermen on three separate boats and demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) for their release.
Asia stocks rise after Greece sets election date
2012-05-17T05:54:00Z
Asian stocks were mostly higher Thursday as markets adjusted to Greece's possible exit from the euro common currency and traders hunted for bargains after sharp selling in recent days.
Syrian leader says terrorists are behind unrest
2012-05-17T05:48:11Z

FILE - In this Monday, June 20, 2011 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech in Damascus, Syria, at Damascus University. In his first interview in six months, Syrian President Bashar Assad insists his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries and not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a year-long uprising. (AP Photo/SANA, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLYIn his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar Assad has insisted his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a yearlong uprising.


Soyuz capsule with 3 crew docks with space station
2012-05-17T05:48:02Z
A Russian-made Soyuz craft carrying three astronauts has docked with the International Space Station, putting the crew in place for the imminent arrival of the first ever privately owned cargo ship to the orbiting lab.
In Egypt's vote, revolutionaries lack a candidate
2012-05-17T05:32:48Z

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011 file photo, two women walk next to a mural depicting the faces of some of the people killed before and after the revolution at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Arabic writing at center reads A black smoke covered Cairo's Tahrir Square. Around a dozen protesters who had been holding a weekslong sit-in demanding an end to military rule had come to the conclusion their gathering was useless. So over the weekend, they splashed gas on their tents and banners, burned them to ashes and left.


Japan's economy grows 4.1 percent amid recovery
2012-05-17T05:31:30Z

FILE - In this March 1, 2012 file photo, workers sort debris in Minamisanriku nearly a year after the March 11 tsunami hit the northeastern Japanese town, as the Japanese government aims to finish the entire tsunami cleanup process over the next two years. The Cabinet Office said Thursday, May 17, Japan's economy grew at an annual rate of 4.1 percent for January-March amid a gradual recovery from the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami of the previous year. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)Japan's economy grew an at annual rate of 4.1 percent in the first quarter amid a gradual recovery from last year's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.


Malaysia sentences 3 Mexicans to death over drugs
2012-05-17T05:26:17Z

Mexican brothers, from left, Luis Alfonso Gonzalez Villarreal, Simon Gonzalez Villarreal and Jose Regino Gonzalez Villarreal leave a courthouse in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, May 17, 2012. The Kuala Lumpur High Court convicted the three brothers of drug trafficking and sentenced them to death by hanging. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)A Malaysian court on Thursday sentenced to death three Mexican brothers and two other people for drug trafficking, rejecting the defense argument that evidence was tampered with.


Japan's JX: no problem with paying Iran for oil now
2012-05-17T05:10:43Z
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top oil refiner, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp, is not facing a problem paying Iran for crude imports, the company said on Thursday, after a major Japanese bank froze transactions with Iranian banks on the order of a U.S. court. Japan's Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ said it had frozen Iranian assets and transactions with Iranian banks after being ordered to do so early this month by the New York District Court. The step is a consequence of a U.S. court decision in 2007 that ordered Iran to pay more than $2. ...

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:

maffick • \MAF-ik\  • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior

Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.

"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011

Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.

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