Readers will find this picture shocking… but it illustrates the depth of revulsion at Assad’s massacre of the innocents

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150276/Homs-massacre-Syrian-forces-kill-90-worst-attacks-ceasefire-began.html Thugs loyal to Syrian president’s regime slaughter up to 50 children At least 92 dead and over 100 others wounded Soldiers ‘used tanks, mortars and heavy machine guns’ on town of Houla Amid claims victims were stabbed, William Hague heads demands for emergency UN summit By Ian Gallagher PUBLISHED: 04:49 EST, 26 May 2012 […]

Revealed: HALF of the U.S live in households that receive government benefits

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150445/Revealed-Half-U-S-live-households-receive-government-benefits.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 15:05 EST, 26 May 2012 | UPDATED: 15:06 EST, 26 May 2012 Almost half of all Americans live in a household where at least one member received government benefits in the first quarter of 2011, according to a new report. Data from the Census Bureau revealed that 49.1 per […]

Revealed: Hundreds of words to avoid using online if you don’t want the government spying on you (and they include ‘pork’, ‘cloud’ and ‘Mexico’)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150281/REVEALED-Hundreds-words-avoid-using-online-dont-want-government-spying-you.html Department of Homeland Security forced to release list following freedom of information request Agency insists it only looks for evidence of genuine threats to the U.S. and not for signs of general dissent By Daniel Miller PUBLISHED: 04:32 EST, 26 May 2012 | UPDATED: 07:22 EST, 26 May 2012 The Department of Homeland Security […]

The phone that reminds you where you’ve put your keys – Intel designs smartphones that ‘learn’ your personality

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2149765/The-phone-reminds-youve-keys–Intel-designs-smartphones-learn-personality.html ‘Smart’ systems monitor user’s actions and offer reminders and tips Can remind people, for instance, where they usually lose their keys Like tiny, hi-tech Personal Assistants ‘Machine learning is a huge opportunity’ says chip maker Within five years, computers will have all five human senses Within a decade, chips will have more transistors than […]

Pope’s butler arrested after leaked church documents revealed allegations of corruption and power struggles with Vatican bank

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150076/Pope-Benedicts-butler-Paolo-Gabriele-arrested-Vatican-police-suspicion-leaking-internal-documents.html Documents also show how contracts were awarded to favoured people Paolo Gabriele has been at the Pope’s side for six years Furious Pope appointed senior cardinals to investigate the leaks By Nick Pisa PUBLISHED: 13:31 EST, 25 May 2012 | UPDATED: 14:42 EST, 25 May 2012 Vatican police have arrested Pope Benedict XVI’s personal […]

Storm clouds hang over global economy as bleak news from U.S. and China adds to gloom

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-2149880/Storm-clouds-hang-global-economy-bleak-news-U-S-China-adds-gloom.html By Hugo Duncan PUBLISHED: 06:53 EST, 25 May 2012 | UPDATED: 06:53 EST, 25 May 2012 The storm clouds hanging over the global economy darkened yesterday as a raft of data showed output slowing around the world. Bleak news from the United States and China added to the gloom in Britain and the eurozone […]

The Dragon has landed! Historic day in the skies as SpaceX capsule successfully docks with ISS

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2149747/SpaceX-Falcon-9-rocket-Dragon-capsule-docks-International-Space-Station.html By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED: 03:58 EST, 25 May 2012 | UPDATED: 11:53 EST, 25 May 2012 The SpaceX Dragon capsule has docked with the International Space Station, marking the first time a private company has joined with the space station. The ISS’s Expedition 31 crew successfully captured the SpaceX Dragon capsule with the station’s […]

Most unemployed Americans attended at least some college, for the first time ever

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/most-unemployed-americans-attended-least-college-first-time-152523538.html By Liz Goodwin | The Lookout – 9 hrs ago Boston College graduates from the university’s Carrol School of Management at commencement Monday. (Stephan Sa … For the first time in history, there are now more unemployed Americans who attended at least some college than people who only graduated high school or dropped out of high school, […]

Woman, 25, arrested for chopping off the head of her three-year-old nephew on the orders of a witchcraft guru

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149524/Woman-25-arrested-chopping-head-year-old-nephew-orders-witchcraft-guru.html By Leon Watson PUBLISHED: 15:57 EST, 24 May 2012 | UPDATED: 15:57 EST, 24 May 2012 A trainee witch has admitted beheading her three-year-old nephew on the orders of a dark arts teacher in Nepal. The 25-year-old was allegedly told her skills would only be complete after sacrificing her nephew and eldest son. Police […]

Poisoned in the classroom: 125 Afghan girls rushed to hospital after ‘Taliban attacked school with toxic powder’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2148819/Afghanistan-girls-poisoned-Taliban-classrooms.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:41 EST, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 19:15 EST, 23 May 2012 At least 125 schoolgirls and three teachers have been poisoned in the second attack in as many months blamed on conservative radicals in the country’s north, Afghan police and education officials said on Wednesday. The attack occurred […]