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Leftist Mauricio Funes of El Salvador's former Marxist rebel FMLN party has won the country's presidential election. He defeated his conservative rival, the Arena party's Rodrigo Avila, who has admitted defeat. Arena had won every presidential election since the end of El Salvador's civil war 18 years ago. Addressing jubilant supporters, Mr Funes said it was the happiest day of his life and the beginning of a new chapter of peace for the country. Branded by his opponents as a puppet of Venezuala's President Hugo Chavez, Mr Funes vowed to respect all Salvadorian democratic institutions.
Rodrigo Avila has won El Salvador's presidential election.
Most centenarians attribute their great age to some magic elixir or other. The longevity of the Italian scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini, who this week became the first Nobel Prize-winner to reach the age of 100, might be the result of a potion that is a little out of the ordinary: Professor Levi-Montalcini, it is said, puts her undiminished mental vigour down to regular doses of nerve growth factor (NGF) - the discovery that made her famous. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize for Medicine jointly with an American, Stanley Cohen, for her research into NGF: the proteins and amino-acids which enable the cells of the nervous system to grow and take on specialised tasks. Despite her age, Dr Levi-Montalcini, a neurologist and development biologist, still works every day at the European Brain Research Institute, which she founded in Rome.
Rita Levi-Montalcini has never gotten married.
Rihanna's hell ride through Hollywood began when she intercepted a booty call to her boyfriend from a rival. "A three page text message" from a woman Chris Brown had "a previous sexual relationship with" popped up on his cell phone as the singer drove home with Rihanna by his side from a pre-Grammy Awards party. "A verbal argument ensued" that quickly escalated out of control, with Brown delivering a brutal and bloody beatdown of Rihanna as they hurtled through L.A. in a silver Lamborghini, according to a shocking affidavit.
Rihanna's boyfriend won a Grammy Award.
A month after Gov. David A. Paterson dropped his proposal for a soda tax, New York City's health commissioner has written an article advocating "hefty" taxes on sodas and sports drinks containing sugar. Such a tax, the article said, could be the biggest boon to public health since tobacco taxes. The commissioner, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, and Kelly D. Brownell of Yale University, his co-author, argue in the New England Journal of Medicine that a tax of a penny per ounce could reduce consumption by more than 10 percent and raise $1.2 billion a year in New York State alone.
Yale University is located in New England.
AT&T, the largest telecommunications company in the United States, reported on Wednesday that its first-quarter profit dipped 9.7 percent from a year ago, but cost-cutting and new customers lured by the iPhone helped beat Wall Street's expectation of a bigger drop. The company, based in Dallas, reported its net income for the quarter was $3.1 billion, or 53 cents a share, compared with $3.5 billion, or 57 cents a share, in the period a year ago. AT&T said revenue was $30.6 billion, slightly down from $30.7 billion in the quarter a year ago. Analysts had expected revenue of $31.1 billion.
iPhone is a product of Apple's.
Crippa died a week ago at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, seven days after he ate a heaping plate of the deadly Amanita ocreata mushrooms, said his wife, Joan Crippa. Known as "death angel" for its snow-white appearance, the fungus has deadly toxins that worked their way through Crippa's system, sickening him and eventually causing his liver to fail. Family members had often warned Crippa against indulging in his passion for hunting wild mushrooms, an activity he learned from his Italian immigrant parents, his wife said.
Crippa was killed by a wild mushroom.
Things got under way around 1:30 p.m., after Nick Goddard, who is 26 and lost his job as a computer programmer last month, showed up with a few friends. Mr. Goddard said he had hatched the idea for the Unemployment Olympics because he yearned for the chance to "battle all the unemployed people for stuff." "It's also not a bad time to be unemployed," said Mr. Goddard, who is from Rochester Hills, Mich., and lives in the East Village. "There is no stigma associated with it now."
The Unemployment Olympics took place in the East Village.
One man, who did not want to be named, said: "There was a big fight - I heard it was some sort of retaliation after something else that happened earlier on." Most of Larkhall Park has been sealed off following the incident. A 100-metre stretch of Wandsworth Road, which runs along the western side of the park, has also been closed to traffic. The teenager's death brings the total number of young people to die in violent circumstances in London this year, to seven.
Seven young people died in violent situations this year in London.
The pope flew by helicopter from Vatican City to a tent camp near the village of Onna, where he led a prayer in the cold and rainy weather for the hundreds killed in the April 6 quake. The camp houses hundreds of families left homeless when the magnitude-6.3 quake destroyed their homes. Residents there welcomed the pope, who kissed and hugged some of the children. "I have come here personally to this splendid and hurt land of yours, which is living days of great pain and precariousness, to express in the most direct way my kind closeness," the pope told residents. "I've followed the news with apprehension, sharing with you your consternation ... for the dead, along with your anxious worries about how much you've lost in a brief moment.
The pope reached the homeless camp near Onna by helicopter.
Currently, there is no specific treatment available against dengue fever, which is the most widespread tropical disease after malaria. Sanofi Pasteur is collaborating with the Communicable Disease Center in Singapore and the Pasteur Institute in Vietnam to conduct these clinical studies in children and adults. "Controlling the mosquitoes that transmit dengue is necessary but not sufficient to fight against the disease. A safe and effective vaccine has been long awaited to prevent dengue epidemics," said Professor Leo Yee Sin, director of the Communicable Disease Center in Singapore. "Clinical studies in Singapore are critical steps to advance the development of a vaccine for the prevention of dengue in Asia. We are happy to contribute to scientific research that would benefit the entire region."
Malaria is the most widespread disease transmitted by mosquitoes.
A Ugandan spy who set up a bogus charity and embezzled thousands of dollars of funding meant for Aids patients has been jailed for 10 years. Teddy Sseezi Cheeye, 51, took $56,000 (£38,000) from the Global Fund charity, which aims to prevent HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. He set up an NGO, the Uganda Centre for Accountability, which received cash in 2005 to do HIV/Aids community work. But the High Court in Kampala heard Cheeye siphoned off the funds instead.
Teddy Sseezi Cheeye is an Ugandan spy.
TWO years ago, Sheik Adil Kalbani dreamed that he had become an imam at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam's holiest city. Waking up, he dismissed the dream as a temptation to vanity. Although he is known for his fine voice, Sheik Adil is black, and the son of a poor immigrant from the Persian Gulf. Leading prayers at the Grand Mosque is an extraordinary honor, usually reserved for pure-blooded Arabs from the Saudi heartland.
Sheik Adil Kalbani is the first black man to lead prayers in Mecca.
(CBS) The world knows Philip Markoff only by his headline nickname, the "Craigslist killer," but to Morgan Houston, he is more than a suspect or a defendant. To her, Markoff was a classmate and a friend - someone she thought she knew. "I thought he was very nice," she tells 48 Hours Mystery correspondent Richard Schlesinger. "He was dorky, but so many of us are. I mean, I can be a big dork, too. So, you can't hold that against him." Houston first heard that her college friend had been arrested from another friend on the social networking Web site, Facebook.
Philip Markoff is a medicine student at the Boston University School of Medicine.
Washington - Kirk Kerkorian, the billionaire mogul and major shareholder in General Motors Corp., said Friday that automakers Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. are interested in purchasing a significant stake in GM and including the Detroit automaker in their alliance. Kerkorian's investment company, Tracinda Corp., told GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner in a letter that Renault and Nissan are receptive to the idea of including General Motors in their partnership and purchasing "a significant minority interest" in the automaker.
The major shareholder of General Motors is Kirk Kerkorian.
Detroit — A federal judge upheld the right of a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter to invoke the Fifth Amendment when he refused in court Tuesday to reveal his sources in a 2004 story about a terrorism prosecutor. David Ashenfelter of the Detroit Free Press appeared at the federal courthouse to be questioned in a deposition sought by Richard Convertino. The ex-prosecutor is suing the U.S. Justice Department over a leak that led to a Free Press story about an internal ethics investigation, and he wants to know the reporter's sources.
The Fifth Amendment is about terrorism.
The exact figure is unknown, although some estimate it to be in the thousands. This is despite the fact that Falun Gong is not officially allowed by the Vietnamese authorities. The regime clearly does not want Falun Gong to be another potential point of conflict in the already tangled bilateral relationship with China. But organising meetings is becoming easier, and group meditation can now be seen in public locations. In Thong Nhat Park in central Hanoi, a dozen men and women are united in a group breathing exercise, their arms tracing arcs through the early morning mist. They look serene and undisturbed, but it has not always been the case.
Falun Gong is a spiritual movement.
The News of the World, Britain's biggest-selling newspaper, said the 26-year-old royal, who is second in line to the throne, unwittingly spoke to their reporter in a nightclub. The prince gives away little when speaking publicly. William also said his brother Prince Harry was missing his ex-lover Chelsy Davy, while giving away no clues about whether he might marry his own girlfriend Kate Middleton. Harry, 24, served with the British Army in Afghanistan for 77 days with the Household Cavalry regiment until a reporting embargo broke down in February 2008.
Prince Harry is 26 years old.
CASABLANCA, Morocco - This seaside city is known as a rich stockpile of art deco architecture, the hub of Morocco's economic growth and the setting of an all-time classic movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. But Casablanca is also the capital of a bleaker aspect of modern Morocco — sprawling slums, where huge families are packed into shanties with tin roofs rusted by the ocean winds, and goats and donkeys munch stray garbage. "It's as if we're eating straight from the gutter," said Mina Abujaman, 48, describing the squalor.
Humphrey Bogart was 48 when starred in Casablanca.
Swampscott - Almost as if leading parallel careers with the 19th-century Brontë sisters are the 21st-century Ephron sisters. While Charlotte Brontë wrote "Jane Eyre," Emily wrote "Wuthering Heights" and Anne wrote "Agnes Grey." In the Ephron family, Nora wrote "Silkwood," "Heartburn," "When Harry Met Sally" and "Sleepless in Seattle," while Delia wrote "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" and co-wrote "Michael" and "You've Got Mail" with Nora — all while Amy wrote six acclaimed novels. Amy Ephron's latest novel, "One Sunday Morning," is a bestseller, and film producer Jerry Bruckheimer recently bought her national bestseller, "A Cup of Tea."
"Wuthering Heights" was written by Emily Brontë.
BEIJING — China has rejected Coca-Cola Co.'s $2.3 billion bid to buy a major Chinese juice producer, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Wednesday. The ruling is the first of its kind since China promulgated its anti-monopoly law last August.The proposed purchase was rejected on anti-monopoly grounds, MOC said on its website. "The bid may harm competition...in China's beverage market." The purchase of China Huiyuan Juice Group, the nation's largest juice maker, would have been the biggest foreign acquisition of a Chinese company to date.
Coca-Cola buys Huiyuan Juice Group.
A SCUBA diver has died during a visit to a historic ship sunk off the Port Phillip Bay heads. The Geelong man, 49, was with a group of six on a diving expedition to explore the SS Coogee shipwreck when he collapsed. The experienced diver, who had explored the scuttled steamer 25 times before, was teamed with two other divers when disaster struck. About 11am yesterday, within minutes of entering the 13C water, he floated to the surface. Police say that on reaching the shipwreck the two other divers did not immediately notice he was missing because of the poor visibility at that depth.
The scuba diver who died in Port Phillip Bay was 25 years old.
A Japanese pop singer who was arrested for public indecency after being found drunk and naked in a Tokyo park has apologised for his "shameful" conduct. "I drank a lot and did not know what I was doing," Tsuyoshi Kusanagi said on Friday after being released by police. "I deeply apologise to fans for causing so much trouble and worry," he added. Kusanagi, 34, shot to fame as a member of 1980s boy band SMAP. He has not been charged for the incident, which took place in the early hours of Thursday.
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi is a pop star.
Dramatic footage obtained by the Guardian shows that the man who died at last week's G20 protests in London was attacked from behind and thrown to the ground by a baton-wielding police officer in riot gear. Moments after the assault on Ian Tomlinson was captured on video, he suffered a heart attack and died. The Guardian has handed a dossier of evidence to the police complaints watchdog. It sheds new light on the events surrounding the death of the 47-year-old newspaper seller, who had been on his way home from work when he was confronted by lines of riot police near the Bank of England.
Ian Tomlinson was a police officer.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he alone rules Russia and not former President Vladimir Putin, in unusually direct language during an interview with the BBC aired on Sunday. Analysts have been sceptical of Medvedev's ability to govern independently of Putin while polls show most Russians think the former President is still the real power in the country. "I am the leader of this state, I am the head of this state, and the division of power is based on this," Medvedev said. Medvedev made no direct reference to the so-called power tandem between himself and Putin, now Russia's Prime Minister.
Putin was the President of Russia.
Mr Bouton has faced rising criticism ever since the bank said rogue trader Jerome Kerviel had lost 4.9bn euros ($6.5bn; £4.4bn) at the start of 2008. SocGen then needed a 1.7bn-euro loan from the government in December because of the impact of the credit crisis. Last month, SocGen bosses gave up their annual bonuses following public anger. Mr Bouton, who admitted that "like any manager I have certainly made mistakes", will now stand down on 6 May.
Daniel Bouton is the chairman of Societe Generale.
Early iterations of the 3D Internet have been a hit. Virtual world Second Life, created by Linden Lab, hosts 1 million users a month, up from 544,313 a year ago. Cooliris makes software that lets users view photos, video, and Web pages in 3D. "We solve the problem of navigating large amounts of content," says co-founder Austin Shoemaker, 25, who is also among the Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs finalists. The free Cooliris iPhone app has been downloaded 800,000 times since last fall. The company also makes versions for PC browsers. In March, the Cooliris software was used to display baby pictures on the TV talk show Live with Regis and Kelly. Earlier this month, Cooliris closed a $15.5 million round of funding headed by Kleiner Perkins.
Last year there were about 550 thousands players on Second Life.
The Pritzker jury praised Mr. Zumthor's use of materials. "In Zumthor's skillful hands, like those of the consummate craftsman, materials from cedar shingles to sandblasted glass are used in a way that celebrates their own unique qualities, all in the service of an architecture of permanence," the citation said, adding, "In paring down architecture to its barest yet most sumptuous essentials, he has reaffirmed architecture's indispensable place in a fragile world." Mr. Zumthor said that his projects generally originated with materials. "I work a little bit like a sculptor," he said. "When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's not about forms. It's about space and material."
The Pritzker Prize is the highest recognition for an architect.
A South Korean official expressed doubts over United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's apparent support for a permanent Security Council seat for Japan, and attention has been drawn to widespread mistrust of Japan by Chinese - although the Chinese government has not commented directly against Japan.
China won't receive money from Japan.
McDonald's has announced slightly higher profits in the first three months of the year as people look for value meals during the recession. Profits at the the US fast-food giant, the world's largest hamburger chain, rose 4% to $979.5m (£676m) from $946.1m in the same period last year. The company also said that sales so far in April were strong. Last month, McDonald's warned that the strong dollar and high commodity prices would squeeze first quarter revenues.
McDonald's is the world's largest hamburger chain.
Wearing a black suit with a red tie and pocket square, Phil Spector showed no reaction as the verdict was announced. Now 69, he faces a sentence of 18 years to life in prison when he is sentenced May 29. Asked if he agreed to the sentencing date, Spector quietly answered, "Yes." Prosecutor Alan Jackson said he believed the jury reached the correct verdict, and he acknowledged the strength and backing of Clarkson's family. But defense attorney Doron Weinberg said Spector's defense team disagreed and planned to appeal.
Phil Spector is related to the Clarkson family.
Napoli will not sign Fabio Cannavaro in the summer once the veteran defender becomes a free agent. The Italy captain whose contract with Real Madrid expires at the end of the season, is looking for a club and has been linked with a move to Manchester City. However, 35-year-old Cannavaro will not be granted the opportunity to end his career with his home club Napoli. "Cannavaro will not come to Napoli," said Napoli club president Aurelio De Laurentiis.
Cannavaro is 35 years old.
Leftist Mauricio Funes of El Salvador's former Marxist rebel FMLN party has won the country's presidential election. He defeated his conservative rival, the Arena party's Rodrigo Avila, who has admitted defeat. Arena had won every presidential election since the end of El Salvador's civil war 18 years ago. Addressing jubilant supporters, Mr Funes said it was the happiest day of his life and the beginning of a new chapter of peace for the country. Branded by his opponents as a puppet of Venezuala's President Hugo Chavez, Mr Funes vowed to respect all Salvadorian democratic institutions.
In El Salvador Mauricio Funes has defeated Rodrigo Avila.
The company also faced shortages of skilled riveters, the archives showed. Dr. McCarty said that for a half year, from late 1911 to April 1912, when the Titanic set sail, the company's board discussed the problem at every meeting. For instance, on Oct. 28, 1911, Lord William Pirrie, the company's chairman, expressed concern over the lack of riveters and called for new hiring efforts. In their research, the scientists, who are metallurgists, found that good riveting took great skill. The iron had to be heated to a precise cherry red color and beaten by the right combination of hammer blows. Mediocre work could hide problems.
Titanic sank in 1912.
A SCUBA diver has died during a visit to a historic ship sunk off the Port Phillip Bay heads. The Geelong man, 49, was with a group of six on a diving expedition to explore the SS Coogee shipwreck when he collapsed. The experienced diver, who had explored the scuttled steamer 25 times before, was teamed with two other divers when disaster struck. About 11am yesterday, within minutes of entering the 13C water, he floated to the surface. Police say that on reaching the shipwreck the two other divers did not immediately notice he was missing because of the poor visibility at that depth.
The scuba diver who died in Port Phillip Bay came from Geelong.
The fishermen are protesting catch quotas they call too low for them to earn a living. They say they plan to continue blocking the northern French ports indefinitely. The European Union sets annual quotas in an effort to protect and revive dwindling fish stocks. Member countries negotiate each country's share of the total catch. "The immediate opening of supplementary catch quotas, for sole and cod, is vital for the future of small fishermen" in the region, Jacky Henin, former mayor of Calais and a European parliament member, said Wednesday. The French government said it may consider providing financial support to the fishing industry, but called the quotas reasonable.
French fishermen protest against EU fishing quotas.
Alistair Darling will not raise the amount of cash he wants from the new 50p income tax rate because high earners will find ways to avoid paying it, experts say. The Chancellor revealed in his Budget that borrowing this year would soar to a record £175bn as the government tries to "grow" its way out of recession. Mr Darling confirmed that the UK was in the grip of the deepest slump since the Second World War, with the economy set to shrink by 3.5% in 2009 - more than double his previous forecast.
Alistair Darling is chancellor.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Starbucks Corp Wednesday posted slightly better-than-expected quarterly profit as cost savings helped offset an 8% drop in same-store sales. The coffee chain, which has been slashing costs to compensate for dwindling customer visits, had announced plans to close almost 1,000 stores around the world as the worst recession in decades drove consumers to tighten their belts. During the second quarter, Starbucks (SBUX, Fortune 500) said it cut costs by $120 million, better than its target of $100 million, and that sales at restaurants open at least 13 months declined at a slower pace than the 9% drop recorded in the first quarter.
Starbucks is a US coffee giant.
The pilot of an Indonesian plane that crashed at an airport on Java island, killing 21 people, has been jailed for two years for criminal negligence. An inquiry found that Capt Marwoto Komar had approached the runway too fast and landed at too steep an angle. The Boeing 737 skidded off the runway and burst into flames on 7 March 2007. This is the first time a pilot has faced criminal charges in Indonesia, and the trial has attracted a lot of media attention.
Capt Marwoto Komar has been jailed for 21 years.
This winter's ski season in Europe and the US has been stunning — the snow arrived early, fell in heaps, and is still falling in many places. Only last weekend an extraordinary 4ft snowfall across Colorado and Wyoming left hundreds of drivers stranded on freeways and brought down power lines. But the future of skiing in many resorts hangs in the balance. The world's highest ski run has closed after running out of snow over several years — the Chacaltaya ski area in Bolivia stood at 5,300m (17,388ft) on a glacier. Skiing was established at Chacaltaya 70 years ago with Lake Titicaca on the horizon, and about 14 years ago could boast a ski run 12m (40ft) deep in snow. Bolivia even had its own Winter Olympics team until 1992.
Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border between Bolivia and Peru.