CBS News - Israeli warplanes continue to pound Damascus, May 05, 2013

 "Israeli warplanes struck areas in and around the Syrian capital Sunday, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of highly accurate, Iranian-made guided missiles believed to be bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, officials and activists said. The attack, the second in three days and the third this year, signaled a sharp escalation of Israel's involvement in Syria's bloody civil war. Syrian state media reported that Israeli missiles struck a military and scientific research center near Damascus and caused casualties." info@als-alexander.org or interalex1@yahoo.com

Fox News - North Korea says detained American disguised his identity, May 05, 2013

 "SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA –  North Korea on Sunday revealed a few more details about a Korean-American recently sentenced to 15 years' hard labor, saying he entered the country with a disguised identity. Pyongyang also rejected speculation that it intends to use Kenneth Bae as a bargaining chip. In remarks carried by state media, an unidentified Foreign Ministry spokesman did not specify the Washington state man's crimes but said he confessed. He said Bae entered North Korea "with a disguised identity in an intentional way under the back-stage manipulation of the forces hostile toward" the country."
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BEST Anything, May 05, 2013

Premier League is still the best . . that's why Jose wants to return , says Jol

Daily Mail Fulham manager Martin Jol believes the Barclays Premier League is still the best in theworld – and that is why he suspects Jose Mourinho wants to come back. The Dutchman spent a season in the Bundesliga with Hamburg from 2008 until 2009 and is not ... See all stories on this topic »

TECHNOLOGY News, May 05, 2013

Clean technology investors looking to make oil and gas drilling less dirty Washington Post (blog) Today, clean technology investment funds are not trying to replace the fossil fuel industry, they're trying to help it by financing companies that can make mining and drilling less dirty. The people running these funds acknowledge the apparent ... See all stories on this topic »

Channel 4 News - Israel 'hits Syria again'. May 05, 2013

"Columns of fire were seen lighting up the sky after a series of blasts over several hours in locations around the Syrian capital. One eyewitness said: "Night turned into day". Israel made no official comment but Syria accused the Jewish state of striking the Jamrya military facility north of Damascus, which was hit by Israeli jets three months ago. If confirmed, the attack would be the second major operation in Syria within three days. Video footage uploaded onto the Internet by anti-Assad activists showed a series of explosions. One lit up the skyline of Damascus while another sent up a tower of flames and secondary blasts."
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Irish Examiner - US referee dies after assault by teenage player, May 05, 2013

"A recreational league soccer referee who was critically injured and in a coma after being punched by a teenage player during a game died last night, US police said. Ricardo Portillo, 46, died at the hospital where he was being treated following an assault during a soccer game last weekend, police spokesman Justin Hoyal said. Police have accused a 17-year-old player in a recreational soccer league of punching Mr Portillo after the man called a foul on him and issued him with a yellow card. “The suspect was close to Portillo and punched him once in the face as a result of the call,” Mr Hoyal said in a press release. The teenager has been booked into juvenile detention on suspicion of aggravated assault."
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Alarabiya - Israeli missile strike hits Damascus, Syrian state media reports , May 05, 2013

 "Syria's residents were startled by heavy blasts that shook Damascus early Sunday when Israeli rockets targeted a military research center in the capital’s suburbs, Syrian state television reported.  The TV reported the explosions that rocked Jamraya were caused by an Israeli missile strike on the research center that took place at 1:56 a.m. local time. “Everything was quiet and suddenly we saw this bright orange light in the sky followed by a very loud explosion,” said Tarek Hillnawi, a Damascus resident who was sitting on his balcony chatting with his friends when the blast occurred.“I felt that it was over for us, that all of Damascus is set on fire.” According to Reuters, a western intelligence source said on Sunday that the overnight attack targeted a missile shipment that was “in transit” from Iran to Hezbollah."
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Chicago Tribune - Obama says U.S. watching 'crackdowns' on Venezuela opposition, May 05, 2013

 "SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The Venezuelan government's suggestion that an American citizen it has detained is a spy is "ridiculous," U.S. President Barack Obama said in a television interview recorded on Saturday during a visit to Costa Rica. Venezuela said late last month it had detained an American called Timothy Hallet Tracy, accusing him of financing opposition student demonstrations after April's disputed presidential election and saying he had clearly been trained as an intelligence agent. Ads By Google"
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