The gravestone of Hillary Clinton's father has been found toppled over at a Pennsylvania cemetery in what police believe is likely to be an act of vandalism.
Hugh Rodham's gravestone is at Washburn Street Cemetery in Scranton.
The stone was reported tipped over on Tuesday, two days after Mrs Clinton announced she was running for president.
Police Chief Carl Graziano told The Times-Tribune that it is unclear how the stone fell but he suspected vandals were responsible.
"I'm not sure how else it would have fallen over," he was quoted as saying.
Video:Clinton Wants To Be 'Champion'
According to the caretaker, the stone was intact on Friday.
There has been no public comment from Mrs Clinton, who had her first campaign event in Iowa on Tuesday.
Mr Rodham grew up in Scranton, a city about 120 miles north of Philadelphia.
He owned a small textiles business in Chicago, and died in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1993 at age 82.
The president of the European Central Bank has been interrupted at a news conference by a protester shouting "end ECB dictatorship."
Mario Draghi was outlining the bank's latest monetary policy thinking when a lone woman wearing a black t-shirt jumped onto the desk above Mr Draghi and showered him with items including what looked like confetti.
As she was dragged away, the bank suspended the video feed of the news conference though Mr Draghi returned shortly afterwards, looking shocked, but apparently unhurt.
It is not yet known who the woman was or what lay behind her protest but early speculation could focus on the renewed financial troubles in Greece which is yet to secure additional bailout funds from its creditors, including the ECB.
Some activists accuse the bank of trying to enforce budget austerity measures on eurozone countries, such as Greece, that are under financial bailout programmes.
There is likely to be an investigation into how she managed to get in to the news conference.
The bank's Governing Council had earlier left the ECB' benchmark interest rates on hold following signs its policy tools, including quantitative easing, were having a positive effect on demand in the eurozone economy.
But Mr Draghi sought to play down market speculation the ECB would scale back its QE plans as a response.
He insisted the bank expected to fully implement its €1tn government bond-buying programme until September 2016, as previously announced.
"Our focus will be on the full implementation of our policy measures," he said but added that the programme was "flexible enough" to be adjusted if necessary.
The EU has formally charged Google with abusing its search market position in Europe, leaving it open to a fine of more than $6bn (£4bn).
The European Commission has been examining whether Google, which holds about 90% of the search market in Europe, has been illegally rigging its search results to favour its own services.
Tech rivals such as Microsoft, who urged the EU to bring the case, want more competition in areas like online maps, search and shopping.
EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Google has given "an unfair advantage to its own comparison shopping service".
Rivals object to the firm placing adverts for its Google Shopping service ahead of other links in relevant searches.
The EU has issued a statement of objections which Google has 10 weeks to respond to before action can be taken.
Ms Vestager said that a separate antitrust investigation has been ordered into Google's mobile operating system Android.
She said: "In the case of Google I am concerned that the company has given an unfair advantage to its own comparison shopping service, in breach of EU antitrust rules.
"Google now has the opportunity to convince the Commission to the contrary. However, if the investigation confirmed our concerns, Google would have to face the legal consequences and change the way it does business in Europe."
An internal Google memo informed staff that the company believes it has a "strong case". In a blog post the tech giant used a series of graphs to show that competition continues to thrive.
The company has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. It could face an eventual fine of up to 10% of its worldwide turnover, which reached $66bn (£44.7bn) in 2014.
The filing of charges may increase pressure on Google to settle, to avoid a potentially damaging case and massive fine resulting from the allegations.
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The biker gang's website refers to the Red Army battle cry "To Berlin"
A Russian biker gang loyal to President Vladimir Putin is planning to ride through Europe to mark the end of the Second World War, triggering anger in Poland.
Plans by the ultra-nationalistic Night Wolves motorcycle club to retrace the westward route taken by Soviet troops to Berlin have been branded a "provocation" by Warsaw.
The rally comes amid heightened tensions between Russia and the West over the crisis in Ukraine, which have fuelled fears of Moscow's wider territorial ambitions.
The Night Wolves are close allies of the Russian leader Vladimir Putin
The two-week, 3,728 mile ride will pass through Belarus, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and finish in the German capital on 9 May.
The biker gang's website states "To Berlin" - a reference to the Red Army's famous battle cry.
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In deeping with his image as a manage of action, Russia's PM Vladimir Putin makes an archaelogical 'find' on a dive in the Black Sea
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The planned ride has angered many in Poland, which is a staunch ally of Ukraine's pro-Western government and where bitter memories endure of the Soviet's wartime occupation.
The country's Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said she considered it a "provocation".
But the bikers insist their trip is not politically motivated.
Rally organiser Andrei Bobrovsky said: "This is a memorial rally.
"The main goal is to pay respects to those killed on WWII battlefields in the struggle against Hitler's Nazis - soldiers and innocent civilians.
"Another goal is to develop and strengthen good neighbourly ties."
During their journey the bikers will visit war memorials, Auschwitz and Dachau death camps and Berlin's Treptower Park famous for its Soviet war memorial.
Mr Bobrovsky said many bikers from other European countries wanted to join the rally, which is due to start on 25 April, including Germans.
But a Polish Facebook page, called "No to the passage of Russian bandits through Poland", calls on the authorities to ban the Russian riders from the EU.
Jarek Podworski, a biker from Lublin in Poland who helped set up the Facebook page, said that it was "unimaginable" for bikers who have supported pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine to ride through the EU.
"We know very well what they are doing in Ukraine," Mr Podworski said.
"Brandishing Russian flags, they want to trace the footsteps of the Red Army which in reality did not bring freedom to Poland."
"The Russians are testing the limits of their expansion. If they pass, there is a risk that in three years they will come for good."
He called on Poles to disrupt the rally by blocking the roads.
The Polish government said it is monitoring "the problem".
The Night Wolves, who are sometimes seen as Russia's answer to the Hell's Angels in the US, are close allies of Mr Putin.
The Russian leader has been pictured on a number of occasions astride a Harley-Davidson trike at events held by the gang.
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Pro-Putin Biker Gang Spark Anger Over Ride
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The biker gang's website refers to the Red Army battle cry "To Berlin"
A Russian biker gang loyal to President Vladimir Putin is planning to ride through Europe to mark the end of the Second World War, triggering anger in Poland.
Plans by the ultra-nationalistic Night Wolves motorcycle club to retrace the westward route taken by Soviet troops to Berlin have been branded a "provocation" by Warsaw.
The rally comes amid heightened tensions between Russia and the West over the crisis in Ukraine, which have fuelled fears of Moscow's wider territorial ambitions.
The Night Wolves are close allies of the Russian leader Vladimir Putin
The two-week, 3,728 mile ride will pass through Belarus, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and finish in the German capital on 9 May.
The biker gang's website states "To Berlin" - a reference to the Red Army's famous battle cry.
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Gallery: Vladimir Putin: Moscow's Action Man
In deeping with his image as a manage of action, Russia's PM Vladimir Putin makes an archaelogical 'find' on a dive in the Black Sea
Russian PM Vladimir Putin scales a climbing wall during his visit to a pro-Kremlin summer camp
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Mr Putin proved himself a natural climber...
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...but he had less success bending a pan
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Mr Putin (c) refereed an arm wrestling during his visit...
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The planned ride has angered many in Poland, which is a staunch ally of Ukraine's pro-Western government and where bitter memories endure of the Soviet's wartime occupation.
The country's Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said she considered it a "provocation".
But the bikers insist their trip is not politically motivated.
Rally organiser Andrei Bobrovsky said: "This is a memorial rally.
"The main goal is to pay respects to those killed on WWII battlefields in the struggle against Hitler's Nazis - soldiers and innocent civilians.
"Another goal is to develop and strengthen good neighbourly ties."
During their journey the bikers will visit war memorials, Auschwitz and Dachau death camps and Berlin's Treptower Park famous for its Soviet war memorial.
Mr Bobrovsky said many bikers from other European countries wanted to join the rally, which is due to start on 25 April, including Germans.
But a Polish Facebook page, called "No to the passage of Russian bandits through Poland", calls on the authorities to ban the Russian riders from the EU.
Jarek Podworski, a biker from Lublin in Poland who helped set up the Facebook page, said that it was "unimaginable" for bikers who have supported pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine to ride through the EU.
"We know very well what they are doing in Ukraine," Mr Podworski said.
"Brandishing Russian flags, they want to trace the footsteps of the Red Army which in reality did not bring freedom to Poland."
"The Russians are testing the limits of their expansion. If they pass, there is a risk that in three years they will come for good."
He called on Poles to disrupt the rally by blocking the roads.
The Polish government said it is monitoring "the problem".
The Night Wolves, who are sometimes seen as Russia's answer to the Hell's Angels in the US, are close allies of Mr Putin.
The Russian leader has been pictured on a number of occasions astride a Harley-Davidson trike at events held by the gang.
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A chimpanzee has been caught on camera knocking a drone to the ground by swatting the aircraft with a stick.
The drone was sent into the skies above the chimpanzee enclosure at Royal Burgers' Zoo, in Arnhem, the Netherlands, to take footage for a TV programme.
The animal is seen perched on a branch as the drone approaches. It then lashes out with the stick and scores a direct hit.
The aircraft falls to the ground and the chimpanzee wanders over for a closer look.
The chimp used a stick to bring down the drone
Footage from the drone shows the chimp picking up the craft and turning it around in its hands.
A statement from the zoo said: "The intelligent primates immediately discovered the spying little plane and right away armed themselves with long sticks against this inquisitive electronic intruder.
"One of the chimpanzees was high up in a tree with a long branch.
"Apparently very calm and satisfied, half asleep in the morning sun, the primate let the drone make its curious images, until the drone got just a bit too close.
"Like a flash the chimpanzee struck out with the long stick she had held hidden behind her body.
"With a direct hit the animal knocked the drone to the ground, where the group of primates quickly overpowered the 'prey'."
Last year an angry ram in New Zealand slammed into a drone after it got too close to him.
The quadcopter is seen hovering in front of the animal, dubbed "Rambro".
But the ram then lowers his head and charges the drone, sending it tumbling into a nearby bush.
It is 12 months since the kidnap of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls captured the world's attention - they remain unaccounted for and it is increasingly clear Boko Haram is still abducting hundreds more women.
Campaign group BringBackOurGirls says it has evidence some of the group were seen in the town of Gwoza in northeast Nigeria, until recently the main operational base of the militant terror group.
Nothing concrete has been heard of them since.
Even after the Nigerian military entered the town and claimed to have retaken it - a week before the country went to the polls - there has been little news of exactly what was found there.
Nigeria's new president told Sky News last month - in his first interview after it became clear he was going to be the country's next leader- that cracking down on Boko Haram and recovering the schoolgirls was his top priority.
Video:Feb 2015: Battling Boko Haram
But he warned parents not to be overly optimistic.
"We will do our best," President-elect Muhammadu Buhari told us from his Abuja residence.
A report by human rights group Amnesty International says at least 2,000 women and girls have been abducted by Boko Haram since the start of 2014.
Video:Boko Haram: Rape And Torture
Many of them are forced into sexual slavery - and also trained to fight.
One young woman who was kidnapped then forced into marriage told Amnesty she was repeatedly raped and sexually abused.
She said she had been taught how to use weapons and forced to take part in Boko Haram battles - even one against her own village.
Video:Nov: 2014 Schoolgirls 'Married Off'
Amnesty has documented what it calls multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the extremist group, which recently pledged allegiance to Islamic State.
It commissioned new satellite images, including that of the town of Bama, which showed the level of destruction wrought by Boko Haram as it retreated.
Nearly 6,000 structures can be seen damaged or destroyed - about 70% of the town.
Video:May 2014: Kidnapped Girls On Show
There is more hope than at anytime over the last five years that with the election of a new president there will be fresh impetus and the will to take on the militants - and to try to find some answers for the hundreds of parents still hoping their daughters will be returned.
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Video:Robot's Views Of Wrecked Reactor
A specially-designed robot has become stranded after capturing the first grainy images from inside one of the melted reactors at Japan's doomed Fukushima nuclear plant.
It withstood the deadly radioactive environment but then became stuck two-thirds of the way through its mission and had to be abandoned.
Pictures lit by a lamp on the robot showed steam wafting around the chamber and debris that looked like small rocks and metal parts.
The shape-changing robot was specially developed for the mission
The video also showed numerous white spots believed to be caused by gamma rays.
Despite the glitch, officials said the images were a success and showed it was possible to send in more sophisticated robots as they embark on a 40-year mission to make the plant safe.
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Gallery: Robot's Pictures Inside Fukushima
A still image of a video taken by a small cord-controlled robot shows inside the reactor vessel of the No. 1 reactor building at Tokyo Electric Power Co's tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
The robot was used to film inside one of the reactors that melted down at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant last week, but the robot itself lost control and become disconnected
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The 60cm Hitachi robot entered the disaster zone through a pipe and then morphed into a crawler device, collecting radiation and temperature data as it crept along. Continue through for more pictures
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The robot also picked up lower than expected radiation readings, according to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), possibly paving the way for wireless devices to explore the site.
However, radiation levels inside the plant are still far too dangerous for humans.
The 60cm Hitachi robot entered the disaster zone through a pipe and then morphed into a crawler device, collecting radiation and temperature data as it crept along.
Video:What The Robot Looks Like
TEPCO spokesman Teruaki Kobayashi said its journey had been halted possibly after one of its tyres got stuck in a grating.
A different amphibious robot is set to enter the site next year for more tests.
Large volumes of cooling water continue to leak from the damaged reactors, causing contamination and hampering the cleanup process.
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March 11. Cooling problems at the nuclear plant emerged. The government declared state of emergency
March 12. Plant owners TEPCO said pressure was rising in some of the reactors and could not be controlled
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A £1.8bn ice wall extending down 1,500 metres is hoping to freeze the earth around the wrecked plant and stop contaminated water leaching into the sea.
The nuclear meltdown in March 2011 was the worst since Chernobyl and happened after a magnitude 9 earthquake hit the area and triggered a deadly tsunami.
Three reactors at the plant went into meltdown and hundreds of thousands had to be evacuated.
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Gallery: Images Of A Nuclear No-Go Zone
A boat lies stranded on the ground after the powerful tsunami two years ago.
One of the Google Street View camera cars drives through the deserted Namie streets.
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So far, more than 1,600 people have died from health complications brought on by the disaster.
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Video:Robot's Views Of Wrecked Reactor
A specially-designed robot has become stranded after capturing the first grainy images from inside one of the melted reactors at Japan's doomed Fukushima nuclear plant.
It withstood the deadly radioactive environment but then became stuck two-thirds of the way through its mission and had to be abandoned.
Pictures lit by a lamp on the robot showed steam wafting around the chamber and debris that looked like small rocks and metal parts.
The shape-changing robot was specially developed for the mission
The video also showed numerous white spots believed to be caused by gamma rays.
Despite the glitch, officials said the images were a success and showed it was possible to send in more sophisticated robots as they embark on a 40-year mission to make the plant safe.
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Gallery: Robot's Pictures Inside Fukushima
A still image of a video taken by a small cord-controlled robot shows inside the reactor vessel of the No. 1 reactor building at Tokyo Electric Power Co's tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
The robot was used to film inside one of the reactors that melted down at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant last week, but the robot itself lost control and become disconnected
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The 60cm Hitachi robot entered the disaster zone through a pipe and then morphed into a crawler device, collecting radiation and temperature data as it crept along. Continue through for more pictures
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The robot also picked up lower than expected radiation readings, according to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), possibly paving the way for wireless devices to explore the site.
However, radiation levels inside the plant are still far too dangerous for humans.
The 60cm Hitachi robot entered the disaster zone through a pipe and then morphed into a crawler device, collecting radiation and temperature data as it crept along.
Video:What The Robot Looks Like
TEPCO spokesman Teruaki Kobayashi said its journey had been halted possibly after one of its tyres got stuck in a grating.
A different amphibious robot is set to enter the site next year for more tests.
Large volumes of cooling water continue to leak from the damaged reactors, causing contamination and hampering the cleanup process.
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Gallery: Archive: Timeline Of Events
March 11. Cooling problems at the nuclear plant emerged. The government declared state of emergency
March 12. Plant owners TEPCO said pressure was rising in some of the reactors and could not be controlled
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A £1.8bn ice wall extending down 1,500 metres is hoping to freeze the earth around the wrecked plant and stop contaminated water leaching into the sea.
The nuclear meltdown in March 2011 was the worst since Chernobyl and happened after a magnitude 9 earthquake hit the area and triggered a deadly tsunami.
Three reactors at the plant went into meltdown and hundreds of thousands had to be evacuated.
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Gallery: Images Of A Nuclear No-Go Zone
A boat lies stranded on the ground after the powerful tsunami two years ago.
One of the Google Street View camera cars drives through the deserted Namie streets.
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So far, more than 1,600 people have died from health complications brought on by the disaster.
At least five people were killed and ten injured in an attack on Somalia's higher education ministry in the capital Mogadishu, police have said.
Officers said there were two blasts at the entrance to a complex of government buildings.
They said the explosions opened the way for gunmen to enter the site where they are thought to have taken some of the ministry's employees hostage.
"First two blasts occurred, a bike blast and a car blast, outside the building, then armed fighters stormed in," Major Ali Nur, a police officer, told Reuters.
Smoke could be seen rising over the compound and gunfire was heard from inside.
The building houses the Higher Education Ministry and the Petroleum and Minerals Ministry.
A map showing the location of Mogadishu
Police Colonel Hussein Ibrahim said at least five people had been killed, including an African Union and a government soldier. The other three were civilians.
But other initial estimates of the number killed varied, with some saying as many as eight dead.
About half an hour after the blast happened, police said the complex had been brought under control.
A spokesman for the armed Islamist group al Shabaab said it was responsible.
It is the latest in a series of raids in Mogadishu by the group, which wants to topple the government and impose its own strict version of Islamic law.
It also comes days after an attack by militants on a Kenya university campus in which 148 people were killed.
Written By Unknown on Senin, 13 April 2015 | 20.18
Families who refuse to vaccinate their children will be barred from accessing some benefits under tightened "no jab, no pay" laws in Australia.
The policy change comes amid a debate over immunisation for children, with some parents concerned vaccines against deadly diseases are dangerous.
The anti-vaccination movement has coincided with the resurgence of measles, a preventable disease, in some European countries as well as in parts of the United States.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said: "It's essentially a 'no jab, no pay' policy from this government.
"It's a very important public health announcement. It's a very important measure to keep our children and our families as safe as possible."
Under current Australian laws, parents who have "conscientious objections" about immunisation can claim childcare and welfare payments.
Tony Abbott called the measures a 'no jab, no pay' policy
If the measures are passed those parents would be denied the payments - which include childcare rebates, benefits and family tax benefit supplements - potentially missing out on almost £8,000 (Aus$15,000) per child annually.
Parents unwilling to vaccinate the children on medical or religious grounds will still be allowed to access some benefits, although under tighter eligibility requirements.
Social Services Minister Scott Morrison said no mainstream religions had registered vaccination objections with the government.
The new measures have to be passed by parliament but are supported by the Labor opposition. They are set to come into force at the start of 2016.
Australia has vaccination rates of over 90% for children aged one to five years.
But the government said more than 39,000 children aged under seven were not vaccinated because their parents objected - an increase of more than 24,000 children over the past decade.
Mr Abbott said his government was "extremely concerned" about the risks such actions posed to the rest of the population.
In a joint statement with Mr Morrison, he said: "The choice made by families not to immunise their children is not supported by public policy or medical research nor should such action be supported by taxpayers in the form of child care payments."
Many people who do not vaccinate their children say they fear a triple vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella is responsible for increasing cases of autism - a theory repeatedly disproven by various studies.
The controversy dates back to the publication of a now discredited article in the Lancet medical journal in 1998.
Mining executives have gone on trial in Turkey over the deaths of 301 miners in the country's worst industrial disaster.
But the proceedings were swiftly adjourned to allow the main eight suspects to appear in person before the specially created court in Akhisar, about 30 miles (48km) from the scene of the tragedy in Soma.
The underground fire last May, which led to the release of deadly toxic gases underground, exposed Turkey's appalling industrial safety record and led to an angry public backlash fuelled by the government's cold response to the tragedy.
An adviser to Mr Erdogan was caught on camera kicking a protester
A total of 45 people are standing trial, including the eight former top managers from the Soma Komur group that ran the mine, who are charged with murder.
The judge had ruled the eight being held in custody would give evidence via videolink amid security concerns.
Video:May 2014: Last Bodies Recovered
However, lawyers for the victims argued they should be brought to the court.
Following angry protests by bereaved relatives, the judge agreed to their demands and adjourned the trial until Wednesday to allow the main accused to appear in person.
Prosecutors have requested they be sentenced to 25 years in prison for every single one of the 301 victims.
Video:May 2014: Turkish Mine Protest
Other company officials have been charged with homicide by conscious negligence or reckless homicide, and also face lengthy jail terms.
A report into the disaster found a long list of faults at the mine, including a lack of carbon monoxide detectors, gas masks in poor condition and bad ventilation.
Lawyers for the families of the victims say the owners of the mine had sought over-exploitation in pursuit of profit, resulting in "working conditions worthy of slavery".
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Gallery: 2014: Protests Over Mine Deaths
A protester runs away from tear gas fired by riot police during a demonstration blaming the ruling AK Party (AKP) government for the mining disaster in western Turkey.
A protester holds a sign that reads, "It is a murder not an accident".
Hundreds of people have turned out for a beachfront tribute to a 13-year-old surfer who died in a brutal shark attack.
Elio Canestri had his arms and legs bitten, as well as part of his stomach, while surfing off the Indian Ocean island of Reunion.
Rescuers arrived quickly but could not save him.
Pro-surfer Jeremy Flores paid tribute. Pic: instagram.com/floresjeremy
Rescuers could not save the 13-year-old boy
A 3.5-metre tiger shark was quickly captured and killed but an examination of the boy's body revealed it was not the animal that killed the boy.
Elio was surfing in an off-limits area introduced after a series of shark attacks around the island.
In July 2013, a 15-year-old girl died after a shark tore her in two while she was snorkelling in a prohibited area.
Crowds gathered in remembrance after the seventh fatality since 2011
Authorities banned all water activities outside special areas watched by lifeguards - a measure recently extended to February 2016.
The 13-year-old's death is the 16th shark attack on Reunion since 2011, and the seventh death.
"More than ever, we have to be doubly vigilant and the best way to prevent accidents is to respect the ban," said local police chief Dominique Sorain.
Professional surfer Jeremy Flores, who grew up on Reunion, paid tribute to Elio and posted a photo of him on Instagram.
Reunion island is in the Indian Ocean, near Madagascar
He wrote: "ANOTHER shark attack in Reunion island this morning. 13 years old Elio was one of our best up and coming surfer. Words can't describe how sad and angry i am. So young !!! Heart breaking News . RIP."
A Facebook tribute page has also been set up, attracting more than 5,000 likes.
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Around 30 cyclists crossed the tracks as the barrier came down
French state railway company SNCF has called for legal action against cyclist in the famous Paris-Roubaix race who cheated death when they ignored barriers to cross tracks.
A number of riders in the peloton rode through the level crossing - which clipped several riders as it came down - seconds before a high-speed train passed.
Some even ignored a police motorcyclist who ordered a large group of competitors to stop as the TGV train approached.
SNCF has filed an official complaint with police.
The TGV screamed past seconds after the cyclists nipped across the tracks
"Several riders deliberately crossed a level crossing, which is against all safety regulations," the company said in a statement.
"Millions of TV viewers were able to watch this unauthorised crossing which was extremely serious and irresponsible, that could have ended in tragedy.
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Wiggins rounds the arc d'triomphe in Paris.
In the overall leader's yellow jersey, he heads up the Champs-Elysees.
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Chris Froome, Wiggins, Richie Porte and Edvald Boasson Hagen ride together in the final stage of the Tour.
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Wiggins congratulated by teammate Michael Rogers after winning.
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Team Sky help to celebrate the win.
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"SNCF has decided to lodge a legal complaint and will leave it up to the investigation to determine who was responsible and we regret that such foolhardiness took place."
The group of around 30 riders crossed the tracks in the Wallers region, around 87km (54 miles) from the end of the race.
Race organisers said the leading riders did not have enough time to stop and there no plans to take action against any of the cyclists.
"The peloton was 10m away when the barrier started to close. By neutralising the race for a few moments to not penalise those who stopped, we respected the spirit of the rule," Guy Dobbelaere, president of the jury of race commissioners, said.
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Wiggins celebrates on the finish line after the final 20th stage of the 99th Tour de France.
Celebrating his overall victory Tour on the Champs Elysees in front of the Arc de Triomphe.
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In 2006, three riders were disqualified for going through a closed railway crossing.
SNCF says it spends 30 million euros (£21.6m) a year trying to reduce accidents of level crossings.
After the latest incident the peloton regrouped, allowing riders left behind to catch up as they neared the finish of the 151-mile race.
Sir Bradley Wiggins finished 18th in his final race for Team Sky, 31 seconds behind winner John Degenkolb, from Germany.
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Around 30 cyclists crossed the tracks as the barrier came down
French state railway company SNCF has called for legal action against cyclist in the famous Paris-Roubaix race who cheated death when they ignored barriers to cross tracks.
A number of riders in the peloton rode through the level crossing - which clipped several riders as it came down - seconds before a high-speed train passed.
Some even ignored a police motorcyclist who ordered a large group of competitors to stop as the TGV train approached.
SNCF has filed an official complaint with police.
The TGV screamed past seconds after the cyclists nipped across the tracks
"Several riders deliberately crossed a level crossing, which is against all safety regulations," the company said in a statement.
"Millions of TV viewers were able to watch this unauthorised crossing which was extremely serious and irresponsible, that could have ended in tragedy.
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Gallery: Bradley Wiggins' Tour In Pictures
Wiggins rounds the arc d'triomphe in Paris.
In the overall leader's yellow jersey, he heads up the Champs-Elysees.
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Chris Froome, Wiggins, Richie Porte and Edvald Boasson Hagen ride together in the final stage of the Tour.
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Wiggins congratulated by teammate Michael Rogers after winning.
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Team Sky help to celebrate the win.
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"SNCF has decided to lodge a legal complaint and will leave it up to the investigation to determine who was responsible and we regret that such foolhardiness took place."
The group of around 30 riders crossed the tracks in the Wallers region, around 87km (54 miles) from the end of the race.
Race organisers said the leading riders did not have enough time to stop and there no plans to take action against any of the cyclists.
"The peloton was 10m away when the barrier started to close. By neutralising the race for a few moments to not penalise those who stopped, we respected the spirit of the rule," Guy Dobbelaere, president of the jury of race commissioners, said.
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Gallery: Rise And Rise Of Bradley Wiggins
Wiggins celebrates on the finish line after the final 20th stage of the 99th Tour de France.
Celebrating his overall victory Tour on the Champs Elysees in front of the Arc de Triomphe.
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In 2006, three riders were disqualified for going through a closed railway crossing.
SNCF says it spends 30 million euros (£21.6m) a year trying to reduce accidents of level crossings.
After the latest incident the peloton regrouped, allowing riders left behind to catch up as they neared the finish of the 151-mile race.
Sir Bradley Wiggins finished 18th in his final race for Team Sky, 31 seconds behind winner John Degenkolb, from Germany.
Written By Unknown on Minggu, 12 April 2015 | 20.18
The leaders of the US and Cuba have held their first formal meeting in more than half a century - clearing the way for a thawing of relations that seemed unthinkable to citizens of both countries only a few years ago.
US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro met in a small conference room in Panama, where they sat side by side.
Mr Obama said the event was "obviously a historic meeting", adding that his country was ready to "turn the page" with Cuba on the past.
He said: "It was my belief it was time to try something new, that it was important for us to engage with Cuban government. And, more importantly, with Cuban people."
He thanked Mr Castro for his "spirit of openness" but warned that significant differences still remain.
Mr Castro said he was ready to discuss issues such as human rights and press freedom, saying: "Everything can be on the table."
But he warned that the two countries may "agreed to disagree" at times, adding that both sides must be "very patient".
The meeting was held on the sideline of the Summit of the Americas, which this year included Cuba for the first time.
Mr Castro and Mr Obama shake hands during their historic meeting in Panama
It was not publicly announced in advance but White House officials had suggested the two leaders were hoping for an opportunity to meet while in Panama.
The meeting came just hours after the two shared a handshake as the summit opened.
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Four months ago Mr Castro and Mr Obama simultaneously announced an ending of hostilities.
President Obama said starkly: "Fifty years of isolation hasn't worked."
It is expected that the US will soon agree to remove Cuba's name from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, something that would also open the door to loans and aid for the South American nation after decades of suffering under the trade embargo.
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Fidel Castro came to power in 1959 after overthrowing the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista.
For half a century, the leader of the first communist country in the western hemisphere was a thorn in America's side.
In 2006, after abdominal surgery, he started the transfer of power to his brother Raul, who took the landmark step in 2014 of appearing with the US President.
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Video:IS Bombs Ancient City
Islamic State militants have continued their "cultural cleansing" of Iraq and Syria - this time blowing up the ancient city of Nimrud.
A video posted online appears to show the terror group's fighters smashing artefacts at the 3,000-year-old site near Mosul in northern Iraq.
Militants are seen with large barrels of powder in a room lined with gypsum slabs, beautifully carved with representations of Assyrian figures.
Nimrud was home to some of the world's most important treasures
The explosion sends a huge mushroom cloud into the sky and turns yet another important part of history to dust and fragments.
Fighters hack away at statues with sledgehammers and carve them up with angle grinders, claiming God had "honoured" them by "removing and destroying everything that was held to be equal to him and worshipped without him".
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Gallery: Images Of The 3,000-Year-Old Assyrian Site
The 3,000-year-old site on the banks of the Tigris river was once the capital of the world's most powerful empire, the Assyrians. European archeologists first excavated the site in the 1840s
Statues, sections of palaces and gold items were unearthed at the site. Some of its best-known monuments include these winged bulls with human faces, known as lamassus
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Many of its artefacts were on display in the Baghdad Museum, but disappeared during the Gulf War in the 1990s. It was presumed they had been looted
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However, after the 2003 Iraq invasion by allied forces, the items were found safe. They had been locked away in a secret vault in the city, submerged in sewage water
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The collection includes hundreds of gold and gem-studded jewellery items
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A militant speaking at the end of the destruction, says: "Whenever we are able in a piece of land to remove the signs of idolatry and spread monotheism, we will do it."
:: Islamic State's Trail Of Historical Oblivion
Nimrud was founded in the 13th century BC and contains one of the most famous archaeological sites in a country dubbed the cradle of civilisation.
It was such an important city, it was on UNESCO's tentative list of world heritage sites.
The attacks, which follow similar destruction of archaeological sites in Iraq and Syria earlier this year and last year, have been widely criticised.
Middle East expert Professor Fawaz Gerges, from the London School of Economics, described IS as a "social epidemic" that is "culturally cleansing" an area the size of the UK.
Video:April: Artefacts Destroyed in Hatra
He told Sky News that militants had caused "catastrophic" damage to Iraq's - and the world's - cultural heritage.
"(They have) been systematically destroying ancient relics and cultural artefacts both in Iraq and Syria," he said. "The United Nations has called what IS are trying to do 'war crimes'.
"They have a puritanical sense of an ideology that believes in cultural cleansing - not just people, but even art and culture. They want to purify the land - to establish a totalitarian ideology."
He said the jihadists are using the video as a "powerful propaganda tool" to counter set-backs on the battlefield.
"They believe that ancient relics, museums, are basically idols. Idols that basically substitute idols for God," he said.
"These particular videos are designed for the hardcore, for the ... jihadists who believe in this particular ideology ... It's part of a propaganda, part of their ideological nightmare, it's part of a puritanical, severe interpretation of Islam."
Video:February: Mosul Artefacts Destroyed
Abdulamir Hamdani, an archaeologist from Stony Brook University in New York, said of Nimrud: "It's really a very important site in the history of Mesopotamia.
"Many of Assyria's greatest artistic treasures came from this site."
Nimrud is the later Arab name given to a settlement originally called Kalhu, and was plundered by Western explorers.
It was also looted and damaged during the 2003 US invasion.
Most of Nimrud's most valuable artefacts were moved long ago to museums in Mosul, Baghdad, Paris and London.
But giant "lamassu" statues - winged bulls with human heads - and reliefs were still on site.
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Video:IS Bombs Ancient City
Islamic State militants have continued their "cultural cleansing" of Iraq and Syria - this time blowing up the ancient city of Nimrud.
A video posted online appears to show the terror group's fighters smashing artefacts at the 3,000-year-old site near Mosul in northern Iraq.
Militants are seen with large barrels of powder in a room lined with gypsum slabs, beautifully carved with representations of Assyrian figures.
Nimrud was home to some of the world's most important treasures
The explosion sends a huge mushroom cloud into the sky and turns yet another important part of history to dust and fragments.
Fighters hack away at statues with sledgehammers and carve them up with angle grinders, claiming God had "honoured" them by "removing and destroying everything that was held to be equal to him and worshipped without him".
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Gallery: Images Of The 3,000-Year-Old Assyrian Site
The 3,000-year-old site on the banks of the Tigris river was once the capital of the world's most powerful empire, the Assyrians. European archeologists first excavated the site in the 1840s
Statues, sections of palaces and gold items were unearthed at the site. Some of its best-known monuments include these winged bulls with human faces, known as lamassus
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Many of its artefacts were on display in the Baghdad Museum, but disappeared during the Gulf War in the 1990s. It was presumed they had been looted
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However, after the 2003 Iraq invasion by allied forces, the items were found safe. They had been locked away in a secret vault in the city, submerged in sewage water
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The collection includes hundreds of gold and gem-studded jewellery items
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A militant speaking at the end of the destruction, says: "Whenever we are able in a piece of land to remove the signs of idolatry and spread monotheism, we will do it."
:: Islamic State's Trail Of Historical Oblivion
Nimrud was founded in the 13th century BC and contains one of the most famous archaeological sites in a country dubbed the cradle of civilisation.
It was such an important city, it was on UNESCO's tentative list of world heritage sites.
The attacks, which follow similar destruction of archaeological sites in Iraq and Syria earlier this year and last year, have been widely criticised.
Middle East expert Professor Fawaz Gerges, from the London School of Economics, described IS as a "social epidemic" that is "culturally cleansing" an area the size of the UK.
Video:April: Artefacts Destroyed in Hatra
He told Sky News that militants had caused "catastrophic" damage to Iraq's - and the world's - cultural heritage.
"(They have) been systematically destroying ancient relics and cultural artefacts both in Iraq and Syria," he said. "The United Nations has called what IS are trying to do 'war crimes'.
"They have a puritanical sense of an ideology that believes in cultural cleansing - not just people, but even art and culture. They want to purify the land - to establish a totalitarian ideology."
He said the jihadists are using the video as a "powerful propaganda tool" to counter set-backs on the battlefield.
"They believe that ancient relics, museums, are basically idols. Idols that basically substitute idols for God," he said.
"These particular videos are designed for the hardcore, for the ... jihadists who believe in this particular ideology ... It's part of a propaganda, part of their ideological nightmare, it's part of a puritanical, severe interpretation of Islam."
Video:February: Mosul Artefacts Destroyed
Abdulamir Hamdani, an archaeologist from Stony Brook University in New York, said of Nimrud: "It's really a very important site in the history of Mesopotamia.
"Many of Assyria's greatest artistic treasures came from this site."
Nimrud is the later Arab name given to a settlement originally called Kalhu, and was plundered by Western explorers.
It was also looted and damaged during the 2003 US invasion.
Most of Nimrud's most valuable artefacts were moved long ago to museums in Mosul, Baghdad, Paris and London.
But giant "lamassu" statues - winged bulls with human heads - and reliefs were still on site.
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The ancient city of Nimrud is just the latest piece of history to be wiped from the map as Islamic State fighters continue their trail of destruction through Syria and Iraq.
The Sunni extremist group has released a video appearing to show black-clad militants smashing up artefacts before razing the 3,000-year-old Assyrian site in a mushroom cloud of dust and destroyed treasures.
Their mission is made clear with one fighter saying: "God has honoured us to remove all of these idols and statues."
IS, which holds a third of Iraq and Syria, has been destroying Christian, Jewish and Islamic shrines in its self-declared caliphate because it says they promote idolatry and violate its interpretation of Islamic law.
But with these acts of cultural cleansing, apparently in the name of religion, IS is accused of hypocrisy with authorities claiming its fighters are looting archaeological sites to fund their atrocities.
Video:IS Bombs Ancient City
:: Nimrud
Many relics from Nimrud, which was founded in the 13th century BC and was one of Iraq's most famous archaeological sites, are in foreign museums.
But a number of giant statues, depicting winged beasts with human heads, and stones friezes have now seemingly been turned into fragments by IS explosives.
The militants are believed to hold around 15% of the 12,000 registered archaeological sites in Iraq - a country dubbed the "cradle of civilisation" for its ancient historical importance.
And historians fear none of them are safe, and similar destruction may be taking place in IS-controlled areas of neighbouring Syria.
:: Hatra
A week ago, IS released another video apparently showing the bulldozing of 2,000-year old Hatra, some 70 miles southwest of Mosul, in northern Iraq.
Hatra like Nimrud, 20 miles away, is a UNESCO world heritage site, and their destruction was condemned as a "war crime" by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.
Video:April: Artefacts Destroyed in Hatra
The footage shows jihadists apparently destroying artefacts with sledgehammers and rifles at the fortress city, dating back to the Seleucid empire, which controlled a large part of the world conquered by Alexander the Great.
:: Khorsabad
Last month, IS reportedly pillaged the ancient archaeological site of Khorsabad, some 10 miles northeast of Mosul.
Khorsabad was built as a new capital of Assyria by King Sargon II shortly after he came to power in 721 BC and abandoned after his death in 705 BC.
With an 80ft-thick wall and seven gates, it was renowned for shedding light on Assyrian art and architecture.
:: Mosul
In February, IS released a video of fighters smashing statues in Mosul's city museum.
It also shows a man in black drilling through a winged bull, an Assyrian protective deity dating back to the 7th century BC, at a nearby archaeological site.
Video:February: Mosul Artefacts Destroyed
A caption says the artefacts did not exist in the time of the Prophet Mohammed, and were put on display by "devil worshippers" - a term used by IS to describe the Yazidi minority in Iraq.
The same month, IS reportedly destroyed more Iraqi history by torching thousands of books and rare manuscripts in the Mosul Library.
UNESCO said burning the tomes, which included 18th-century manuscripts and Ottoman-era books, could be "one of the most devastating acts of destruction of library collections in human history".
Officials fear more than 112,000 manuscripts and books, some of which were registered on a UNESCO rarities list, may have been lost.
In July last year, IS apparently razed a Muslim shrine in Mosul, said to be the burial place of the prophet Jonah, who in the Bible and Koran is swallowed by a whale.
Residents said militants ordered everyone out of the Mosque of the Prophet Younis, or Jonah, then blew it up.
Turkey has summoned the Vatican's ambassador in Ankara after Pope Francis described the mass killings of Armenians during the First World War as "genocide".
The Pope made the comments during a mass in Saint Peter's Basilica to mark the centenary of the Ottoman Turk murders of Armenians.
He said: "In the past century our human family has lived through three massive and unprecedented tragedies.
"The first, which is widely considered 'the first genocide of the 20th century', struck your own Armenian people."
The 78-year old head of the Roman Catholic Church had been under pressure to use the word genocide to describe the bloodshed, despite the risk of alienating an important ally in the fight against Islamist militants.
Kim and Khloe Kardashian mark 100 years since the Armenian massacre
While many historians describe the events between 1915 and 1917 as the 20th century's first genocide, Turkey strongly denies the accusation.
Armenians say up to 1.5 million of their people were slaughtered as the Ottoman Empire fell apart, and have long sought to win international recognition of the massacres as genocide.
Turkey argues that 300,000 to 500,000 Armenians and as many Turks died in the civil war when Armenians rose up against their Ottoman rulers and sided with invading Russian troops.
According to Turkish media, the foreign ministry will release an official response to Francis' remarks later.
The Pontiff said the other two genocides of the 20th century were "perpetrated by Nazism and Stalinism".
He added: "And more recently there have been other mass killings, like those in Cambodia, Rwanda, Burundi and Bosnia. It seems that humanity is incapable of putting a halt to the shedding of innocent blood."
Pope John Paul II during a remembrance ceremony in Armenia in 2001
Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan also celebrated the mass, which included elements of the Armenian Catholic rite.
Francis proclaimed a 10th-century Armenian monk a "Doctor of the Church" - making Saint Gregory just one of 36 saintly theologians whose writings are considered to hold key insights into the Catholic faith.
The Vatican has a long history of support for the Armenians, with John Paul II using the word genocide in a joint statement signed with the Armenian patriarch in 2000.
He said: "The Armenian genocide, which began the century, was a prologue to horrors that would follow."
But it provoked outrage in Turkey, and a year later during a trip to Armenia John Paul II avoided using the term, instead choosing the Armenian expression "Metz Yeghern" - meaning "Great Evil".
Last week, TV star Kim Kardashian, her husband Kanye West, daughter North and sister Khloe, visited Armenia to celebrate her family's roots and mark the centenary.
Kardashian, whose ancestors emigrated to the US from an area that now lies in Turkey, is reportedly making a documentary about the Armenian WW1 killings.
