Apple's 'Complex Web' Helped It Avoid Taxes, Panel Finds

npr Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:02:00 AM CEST | info [other]

The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations said the tech giant claimed that three key offshore companies were not tax residents of either Ireland or the U.S. One of those subsidiaries paid no taxes for the past five years while it reported income totaling $30 billion....

Keyboardist Ray Manzarek founding Doors member dies at 74 from cancer

irishsun Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:58:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock 'n' roll, has died. He was 74.Manzarek died Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family, said publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald. Robinson-Fitzgerald said his manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed Manzarek died around 3:30 p....

Labour saves David Cameron's gay marriage bill

guardian Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:59:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Rebel Tories are defeated in Commons after PM's last minute plea to Ed Miliband The government's gay marriage bill was saved after David Cameron was forced to rely on Ed Miliband to defeat an attempt by his own MPs to derail the measure by trying to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples....

Yahoo buying Tumblr for US$1.1bil, vows not to screw it up

thestar-my Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:12:00 AM CEST | info [other]

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK: Yahoo Inc will buy blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, giving the Internet pioneer a much-needed social media platform to reach a younger generation of users and breathe new life into its ailing brand....

Obama Couples Praise for Burmese Leader With Warning Against Violence

nytimes Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:20:00 AM CEST | info [other]

President Obama encouraged the political and economic reforms in Myanmar, but warned the country’s visiting leader, President Thein Sein, that violence against minority Muslims had to stop....

Iraq will overhaul it security policies - Al-Maliki

ruvr-en Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:22:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has announced an overhaul of Iraq's security strategy as fresh violence killed dozens of civilians and police officers. The toll for the month is approximately 366....

Hariri slams state over Hezbollah’s role in Syria

dailystar-LB Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:20:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Hariri slammed Monday the Lebanese state and officials for failing to act on Hezbollah’s reportedly growing involvement in the conflict in Syria, as the party buried some of its fighters killed in battle with Syrian rebels....

Jay Carney catches spears and defends Obama for not knowing about IRS abuses, but said 'senior staff' were notified and never told the president

dailymail Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:36:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Obama's chief spokesman fielded aggressive questions from reporters on Monday amid news that a second Justice Department investigation targeted a journalist, and that the White House Counsel was told about IRS abuse long before Obama said he knew...

Obama to take first major Africa trip in late June

nst Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:59:00 AM CEST | info [other]

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary released on Monday bypasses Kenya, an ancestral homeland....