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NGO Eurasia Launches International Competition and Exhibition: “Art and Peace”

For those interested in a bit of culture, the non-profit organization Eurasia is known for projects that bring different countries together through culture, history, and (perhaps most importantly) education. Their newest initiative, the international art competition and exhibition called "Art and Peace: The Great Victory of Life," celebrates the values of peace and coming together. This event is part of their ongoing efforts to keep the memory of history alive, especially the stories from the Second World War.

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Istanbul: At least 100 injured as police clash with protesters at Gezi Park

Hundreds of people have gathered in the street next to Taksim Gezi Park on Friday, as bulldozers reportedly move into the green space to begin the demolition.

The protest has been ongoing since the beginning of the work in defence of what is, according to protesters, the only remaining open public space in central Istanbul.

Police have used pepper spray, tear gas and water cannons, as well as setting fire to tents, to disperse the protesters over the last four days. (NewsPoint)

Austria: "Massive" fire and explosion in Graz, 3 injured

A "massive" fire and explosion has been reported in Graz, southern Austria, earlier today (Wednesday 22 May).

According to reports the blaze began in a furniture store on Annenstraße, in the centre of the city.

A total of four explosions took place during the blaze, as gas cylinders combusted.

Three people are thought to be injured, including a firefighter and two of the shop's staff. (NewsPoint)

Oklahoma: Tornado death toll reaches 91

At least 91 people, including at least 20 children, were killed by the devastating tornado that tore through suburbs of Oklahoma City on Wednesday. 120 people are reportedly being treated in hospital, and two dozen children remain missing.

The most badly affected area was Moore, south of the city, which saw houses flattened, and a school and medical centre completely devastated.

Plaza Towers Elementary school took a direct hit: the storm tore off the building's roof and knocked down walls. "The school was flattened. The walls were pancaked in," Oklahoma's Lt Gov Todd Lamb...

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 began a march through the Loop and ending at Daley Plaza. Organised by The Chicago Coalition to Shut Down Guantánamo (World Can't Wait Chicago, White Rose, IL Coalition Against Torture, Witness Against...

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 hospital bed where he is recovering after falling some 15 feet from a forklift during a campaign rally in Lahore, just days before historical elections in Pakistan. (NewsPoint)

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First-ever music video filmed in space

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who is set lo leave the International Space Station (ISS) on 14 May, released a video of himself singing the 1969 classic Space Oddity by David Bowie.

Chris has been entertaining social media fans for months with tweets from space, and released the video on Twitter saying: "With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here's Space Oddity , recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World." (NewsPoint)

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Coral reefs' collapse isn't inevitable, University of Exeter researchers say

Coral reefs are in decline, but their collapse can still be avoided with local and global action. That's according to findings reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on 9 May based on an analysis that combines the latest science on reef dynamics with the latest climate models.

"People benefit by reefs having a complex structure - a little like a Manhattan skyline but underwater," said Peter Mumby of The University of Queensland and University of Exeter. "Structurally-complex reefs provide nooks and crannies for thousands of species and provide the habitat needed to...

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 victims, local media reported.

Footage from the scene taken on smartphones and handheld video cameras showed the extent of the blast, which ripped through a commercial area.

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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 the St Francis Yacht Club, where a team paramedic performed CPR. Simpson was pronounced dead a short time after he arrived onshore.

Artemis Racing released a statement saying: "It is with...

Experts dispute conclusion of PIP breast implant scandal investigation

Experts writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine disagree with the conclusion that PIP breast implants do not show any evidence of significant risk to human health.

This was the decision reported in June 2012 by the panel appointed to investigate the PIP breast implant scandal chaired by NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh.

Disputing this the authors point to evidence showing that the PIP implants were found to contain a higher proportion of a group of small-sized molecules than the norm, including one referred to as D4 which has been identified as an...

World News

NGO Eurasia Launches International Competition and Exhibition: “Art and Peace”

Istanbul: At least 100 injured as police clash with protesters at Gezi Park

Austria: "Massive" fire and explosion in Graz, 3 injured

Oklahoma: Tornado death toll reaches 91

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

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

First-ever music video filmed in space

Coral reefs' collapse isn't inevitable, University of Exeter researchers say

Car bombs rock Turkish-Syrian border, 46 dead

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

Experts dispute conclusion of PIP breast implant scandal investigation

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