http://www.news24.com/ Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Sat, 18 May 2013 22:19:14 +0200 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:45:15 +0200 An Afghan legislator says conservative lawmakers have blocked a law that aims to protect women's freedoms, saying parts of it violate Islamic principles. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Hard-line-MPs-block-law-protecting-women-20130518 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:45:15 +0200 A plane belonging to UTair has caught fire landing at Moscow airport. http://www.news24.com/World/News/737-catches-fire-landing-in-Moscow-20130518 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:59:05 +0200 Eight police have been kidnapped in western Iraq on the road to the Syrian, Jordanian border. http://www.news24.com/World/News/8-Iraq-police-kidnapped-20130518 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:08:43 +0200 North Korea has launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, South Korea's defence ministry says. http://www.news24.com/World/News/North-Korea-missiles-land-in-Sea-of-Japan-20130518 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:12:14 +0200 A landing gear problem has forced a plane to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Plane-belly-lands-in-NY-20130518 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:38:44 +0200 The United States and European nations should take "decisive sanctions" against Iran over its controversial nuclear programme, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says. http://www.news24.com/World/News/France-wants-decisive-Iran-sanctions-20130517 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:00:13 +0200 Police in eastern France have arrested two brothers in their 20s whom they suspect of being behind an online threat to stage a mass killing at a high school, officials say. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Brothers-held-after-France-school-threat-20130518 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:15:19 +0200 A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan's main Honshu island seismologists say, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Strong-earthquake-strikes-off-Japan-coast-20130518 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:14:54 +0200 Russia's security services openly named the alleged US intelligence agency's Moscow station chief Friday in a rare breach of protocol after arresting a purported CIA agent working undercover. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Russian-agency-outs-CIA-Moscow-chief-20130518 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:03:07 +0200 A Chinese aviation industry news website says a man has been arrested for allegedly making fake bomb threats against several domestic flights bound for Shanghai. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Man-arrested-over-fake-plane-bomb-threats-20130518 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:53:18 +0200 Any decision on an eventual no-fly zone over Syria would have to be made by the United Nations, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has insisted. http://www.news24.com/World/News/UNs-call-on-Syria-no-fly-zone-20130517 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:03:06 +0200 Two commuter trains serving New York City have collided in Connecticut during rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Governor Dannel Malloy says. http://www.news24.com/World/News/US-commuter-trains-collide-20130518 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:57:50 +0200 France has become the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage after President Francois Hollande signed it into law following months of bitter political debate. http://www.news24.com/World/News/France-legalises-same-sex-marriage-20130518 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:54:24 +0200 A US man, who dug a handful of old lottery tickets out of his cookie jar, was shocked to find out one of them was worth $4.85m, officials say. http://www.news24.com/World/News/485m-lotto-ticket-found-in-cookie-jar-20130517 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:14:28 +0200 The mother of a 23-year-old Indian student, who was fatally gang-raped in New Delhi last December, has appeared in court to plead for justice. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Rape-victims-mom-pleads-for-justice-20130517 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:14:29 +0200 A New York City couple whose two children police say were fatally stabbed by their nanny are expecting a baby boy. http://www.news24.com/World/News/NYC-parents-of-slain-kids-expecting-baby-20130517 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:14:29 +0200 Toronto's Mayor Rob Ford has angrily denied that he had smoked crack cocaine, after a newspaper says it had seen video footage showing him puffing from a pipe and wisecracking. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Toronto-mayor-denies-smoking-crack-20130517 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:14:30 +0200 Bombs have struck Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months, officials say. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Bombs-target-Sunnis-in-Iraq-20130517 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:11:55 +0200 British police say they had identified people they want to question about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the 3-year-old who went missing in Portugal six years ago. http://www.news24.com/World/News/New-leads-in-Madeleine-McCann-case-20130517 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:57:07 +0200 One quarter of British lawmakers believe there is an "unhealthy" drinking culture in the Houses of Parliament, according to a survey. http://www.news24.com/World/News/UK-Parliamentary-boozing-raises-concerns-20130517 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:17:58 +0200