A French Journalist Is Missing n Colombia

A French journalist reporting alongside soldiers is missing in Colombia after a leftist rebel group attacked their unit, killing four people and injuring six, officials said Sunday.Romeo Langlois, who works for France 24, is a war reporter with more than 10 years experience in the country, said Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon.According to preliminary reports, Langlois was shot in his arm before he disappeared, the minister said.The attack by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia,...

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Peru Investigates Mystery Pelican Deaths

Authorities in Peru are investigating the death of over 538 pelicans, along with other birds, on the northern coast of the country, the Peruvian ministry of production said Sunday. The new environmental investigation comes on the heels of an incident earlier in April when 877 dolphins washed up dead on the same stretch of coast. It was not immediately clear if the deaths were connected. The birds appear to have died on the beach, and more tests are needed to determine the cause of death, the...

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Former Libyan Oil Minister Found Dead In Vienna

Former Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem was found dead Sunday in the Danube river in Vienna, Austria, a police spokesman said.Ghanem, who served under Moammar Gadhafi, defected as the opposition movement and NATO closed in around the then-Libyan leader.His body, dressed in normal clothes, was found floating in the river, said Vienna police spokesman Roman Hahslinger. According to his daughter, Ghanem left the family residence early Sunday morning, the spokesman said.He added that officials are...

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FARC Rebels Attack Colombian Drugs Raid, Killing 4

A leftist rebel group attacked soldiers destroying cocaine laboratories in southern Colombia, killing four people and leaving six others missing, including a French journalist, authorities said.The attack by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, also known as the FARC, took place in Caqueta province, the nation's defense ministry said Saturday.A sergeant, two soldiers and a national police officer were killed, the ministry said. In addition to the journalist, four soldiers and a national police officer are missing.The destruction of the...

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Gadhafi Gave To Sarkozy's 2007 Campaign

The campaign of French presidential front-runner Francois Hollande called for a criminal investigation into President Nicolas Sarkozy after a media report Saturday accused the president of taking 50 million euros ($66.3 million) for his 2007 campaign from then-Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi.Mediapart, a French online magazine, claimed in its report to have a Gadhafi government document, detailing an agreement to fund the campaign. The alleged document, dated December 10, 2006, states that then-Libyan...

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Vehicle Flips, 7 Die Near Bronx Zoo

Seven people, including three children, died Sunday when a vehicle flipped over a guardrail and plunged up to 60 feet to the ground, landing upside down in an area of the Bronx Zoo that is closed to the public, officials said.All the victims were inside the vehicle, a New York police spokesman said. The crash occurred near the Bronx River Parkway and East 180th Street."The vehicle hit the median and went across all lanes of traffic in the opposite direction," the spokesman said. The drop from...

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1 Killed, 16 Hospitalized When Storm Collapses St. Louis Tent

One person was killed and 16 others hospitalized Saturday afternoon when a sports bar tent collapsed during a storm that swept through the St. Louis area, fire officials said.Five people suffered serious injuries. Nearly 100 others were treated at the scene, mostly for bruises, cuts, twisted ankles and one broken arm, officials said.St. Louis Cardinals baseball fans had gathered at Kilroy's, which had a tent set up in the rear, according to fire Capt. Dan Sutter.Wind gusts estimated to be about...

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3 dead, 1 Missing In California-Mexico Boat Race

Three people are dead and another is missing after a boat race Saturday from Newport, California, to Ensenada, Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard said.The four crew members were aboard the 37-foot Aegean sailboat, which was reported missing near the Coronado Islands, Mexico.Nearby vessels reported seeing debris in the area, prompting a Coast Guard search.On Saturday afternoon, searchers found the three deceased crew members and debris from the Aegean.The U.S. Coast Guard, the Mexican navy and civilian rescuers are searching for the missing crew member.The...

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Gunmen Attack Nigeria University Campus

Gunmen attacked Christians worshipping on a Nigerian university campus on Sunday, with witnesses reporting multiple explosions and gunfire.The number of casualties was not immediately clear.Professor A.B. Baffa said he was at home on the campus of Bayero University in the city of Kano when he heard the gunfire and explosions. When he went to see what was going on, he said he saw people fleeing and saying gunmen attacked areas where Christians were worshipping.The gunmen began their attack around 8:30 a.m., targeting a lecture hall normally used...

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Bomb Leaves 10 Afghan Police Dead

A roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan has killed 10 members of the country's security forces, officials say.Wardak province officials said the dead belonged to the Afghan local police - part of a government-sponsored militia.Taleban representatives have claimed the attack late on Friday.Elsewhere, two suspected Taliban militants were shot dead just outside the governor's office in southern Kandahar province.The attackers had passed through security checks but pulled out their guns as guards noticed something suspicious and stopped them, Kandahar...

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KFC Must Pay $8.3m To Poisoned Girl In Australia

Fast-food giant KFC has been ordered to pay $8.3m to the family of an Australian girl left severely brain damaged after being poisoned by a chicken meal.Monika Samaan fell ill with salmonella poisoning after eating a "Twister" wrap at a KFC restaurant near Sydney in 2005.The poisoning left her wheelchair-bound and unable to speak.KFC said it was "deeply disappointed" by the decision and would appeal.A judge of the Supreme Court of the state of New South Wales awarded the A$8m damages after ruling...

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Israel PM Misleading Over Iran

The former head of Israel's domestic intelligence agency has accused the country's leadership of "misleading" the public on the merits of a possible military strike on Iran.Yuval Diskin said an attack might speed up any attempt by Iran to obtain a nuclear bomb.The comment follows remarks by other leading figures contradicting the prime minister and defence chief's views on the subject.Iran denies it is seeking nuclear arms.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak...

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Syria Rebels Launch Sea Raid As Lebanon Seizes Weapons

Syrian rebel gunmen in inflatable dinghies have attacked a military unit on the Mediterranean coast, with deaths on both sides, state media report.It is thought to be the first rebel assault from the sea. Separately, Lebanon says its navy has seized weapons destined for the rebels.Clashes between security forces and deserting troops left heavy casualties near Damascus and Aleppo, reports say.The violence comes despite a shaky ceasefire in force since 12 April.On Thursday UN Secretary General...

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Spain's King Juan Carlos Back In Hospital For Hip Surgery

Spain's King Juan Carlos was recovering Friday after being readmitted to a Madrid hospital for surgery on his right hip, the Royal Palace said. An update on the 74-year-old king's condition is expected later in the day, according to the palace. The surgery was performed Thursday at San Jose Hospital to "reduce a dislocation" of the hip, a palace statement said. He underwent hip replacement surgery earlier this month after falling while on a controversial private hunting trip in Botswana. The...

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3 Arrested In Denmark Over Suspected Terror Plot

Three people were arrested in Copenhagen Friday on suspicion of planning a terror attack, Denmark's Security and Intelligence Service said.The three are a 22-year-old Jordanian citizen, a 23-year-old Turkish citizen who lives in Denmark, and a 21-year-old Danish citizen who lives in Egypt, a statement from the intelligence service said.They have been charged with illegal possession of automatic weapons and ammunition, the statement said.Steen Hansen, in the communications department of Copenhagen police, confirmed that a number of arrests had...

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27 Hurt In Ukraine Blasts; Terror Probe Starts

Four explosions that rocked an eastern Ukrainian city on Friday have prompted a terror probe, the Ukrainian News agency reported.A regional prosecutor's office has started a "terrorist case" into the blasts in Dnepropetrovsk. The explosions went off in the course of 70 minutes and injured at least 27.Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych said a special investigation team will be set up to probe the explosions. "This is another challenge to the entire country," the president told reporters in the...

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Chinese Activist Escapes From House Arrest

A prominent Chinese human rights activist has called for an investigation into corrupt and cruel officials after he escaped from house arrest in an eastern province and fled to Beijing.Chen Guangcheng addressed the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, in a video posted on YouTube on Friday, detailing the abuses he said he and his family had suffered at the hands of the authorities during more than 18 months of heavily guarded detention in their home."They broke into my house and more than a dozen men...

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Sudans Conflict Leaves 37,000 Desperate For Water

The spiraling conflict between the Sudans has exacerbated issues for tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees who are desperate for water and facing the threat of fatal diseases, an international aid organization says. As South Sudan and Sudan continue to battle over border and oil issues, 37,000 refugees in South Sudan's Jamam camp are running out of time, Oxfam said. "There is simply not enough ground water available to sustain the growing number of people who need it," said Pauline Ballaman,...

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Philadelphia Man Finds Self On Missing Children's Website

More than a year ago, Steve Carter was browsing online and came across a missing children's website. To his astonishment, after clicking through the pages, he found himself. What followed was a yearlong story of self-discovery. Carter, a 35-year-old software salesman, was adopted at age 4 from an orphanage in Honolulu. When he grew up, got married and thought about having his own children, the Philadelphia resident grew more curious about his own roots. "It popped up on my iPad, and right...

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Zimmerman Misled Court About Money

The tens of thousands of dollars in donations that George Zimmerman has received are expected to be discussed at a court hearing Friday in Florida, his attorney said.The hearing was originally scheduled to discuss issues about the unsealing of Zimmerman's criminal file, but the donations could overshadow that issue.The attorney for Trayvon Martin's family says Zimmerman should be back in jail because during a recent bond hearing he failed to tell a judge he had $204,000."They tried to portray...

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Charles Taylor Guilty Of Aiding Sierra Leone War Crimes

International judges have found former Liberian leader Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war, at his trial in The Hague.Taylor has been on trial at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone for almost five years.He was accused of backing rebels who killed tens of thousands during Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war.But he was cleared of ordering their crimes.Taylor is the first former head of state convicted by an international court since...

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Syria: Massive Hama Explosion Kills 70

Up to 70 people have been killed in an attack on a house in Hama, according to Syrian activists. They said several houses in the Masha at-Tayyar district in southern Hama were destroyed by a big explosion. State media said 16 people died in the blast in a house used as a bomb factory by "armed terrorist groups". The violence comes despite a UN-brokered ceasefire - part of a peace plan proposed by the joint UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan. Scud attack? Following the blast in Hama, activists...

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Hollywood Release: Safe [Watch Trailer]

A second-rate cage fighter on the mixed martial arts circuit, Luke Wright lives a numbing life of routine beatings and chump change…until the day he blows a rigged fight. Wanting to make an example of him, the Russian Mafia murders his family and banishes him from his life forever, leaving Luke to wander the streets of New York destitute, haunted by guilt, and tormented by the knowledge that he will always be watched, and anyone he develops a relationship with will also be killed. But...

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Hollywood Release: Pirates! Band of Misfits [Watch Trailer]

In The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Hugh Grant stars in his first animated role as the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain - a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to the...

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Hollywood Release: Five-Year Engagement [Watch Trailer]

The director and writer/star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall reteam for the irreverent comedy The Five-Year Engagement. Beginning where most romantic comedies end, the new film from director Nicholas Stoller, producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and Rodney Rothman (Get Him to the Greek) looks at what happens when an engaged couple, Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, keeps getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle. The film was written by Segel and Stoll...

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Hollywood Release: Sound Of My Voice [Watch Trailer]

Upcoming film Sound of My Voice is a crazy, time-traveling journey that follows a young couple as they try to unmask a mysterious cult leader named Maggie. But it started out as a small-budget labor of love. In the making-of video above, exclusive to Wired, Sound of My Voice writer/director Zal Batmanglij and writer/star Brit Marling talk about the raw cinematic experience of watching their film, and the precise way its tale of a cult and its enigmatic leader will mess with audience members’...

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Hollywood Release: The Raven [Watch Trailer]

The Raven is an American thriller film directed by James McTeigue, produced by Scott Levy, and based on a screenplay by Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare. It stars John Cusack, Alice Eve and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. It was released March 9, 2012 in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and will be released in the United States on April 27, 2012. It is a fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet and author pursues a serial killer whose murders...

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Peter Jackson Unveils New Hobbit Footage

Director Peter Jackson has unveiled 10 minutes of footage of The Hobbit to a mixed reaction at the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas.The prequel to his Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy, starring British actor Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, is due out in cinemas in December.The new film has been shot at a rate of 48 frames per second, compared with the industry standard of 24 frames.However some attendees claimed the scenes looked like low-budget TV.In a video introduction, Jackson told...

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Google Offers 16TB Cloud Storage

 Google has launched a new consumer service offering up to 16TB (terabytes) of storage for photos and other online content. Dubbed Google Drive, the service goes head to head with rival cloud services such as Dropbox and Microsoft's SkyDrive. It offers 5GB (gigabytes) of storage for free. People pay on a rising scale for more space. Experts say that Google is "late" to the market. 16TB of space could hold more than 4,000 two-hour movies coded in 720p high-definition resolution. "Today,...

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Mozilla Smartphone To Go On Sale In Late 2012

Mobile phones running an operating system developed by makers of the Firefox web browser will go on sale in late 2012. The first handsets running Mozilla's "Boot to Gecko" (B2G) software will be available in Brazil on Telefonica Vivo's mobile network. Brazilian tech blog Ztop broke the news but had no details about which firm will make the handsets. Announced in July 2011, B2G aims to be an open rival to Google's Android. The Mozilla Foundation is best known...

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Jennifer Hudson Testifies At Trial Of Man Accused Of killing Her Relatives

Proceedings are set to resume Tuesday morning in the trial of the man accused of killing the mother, brother and nephew of the actress and singer Jennifer Hudson.On Monday, Hudson -- the prosecution's first witness -- broke down in tears several times on the stand as she remembered her family.She identified the defendant, William Balfour, the estranged husband of her sister, Julia."None of us wanted her to marry him," she said. "We did not like how he treated her."Hudson, dressed in black, also...

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