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Assad sympathizers hack BBC Twitter account

By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD - Associated Press

** FILE ** British Prime Minister David Cameron (Associated Press)

U.K. nears deal to limit powers of the press

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Lufthansa airplanes park at the Duesseldorf airport in western Germany. (Associated Press)

EU unveils bill of rights for airline travelers

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The Xenex "robot" uses pulse xenon to deliver UV light throughout patient rooms, operating rooms (ORs), equipment rooms, emergency rooms, intensive-care units (ICUs) and public areas to destroy viruses, bacteria and bacterial spores in just 5-10 minutes per room. (Photo: Business Wire)

England’s top doctor sees growing resistance to antibiotics as ‘ticking time bomb’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** About 30,000 participants run along the Potomac River near the Lincoln Memorial during the annual 26.2-long Marine Corps Marathon in 2008. (The Washington Times)

U.N. cancels Gaza marathon over Hamas ban on women

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this April 21, 2010, file image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, File)

BP executive casts blame on Halliburton, Transocean for oil spill

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

BBC: World-service frequencies jammed in China

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Auction house withdraws Banksy art, BBC reports

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

**FILE** President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi reports May 31, 2012, to the Economic Committee, in capacity as the head of the European Systemic Risk Board, at the European Parliament in Brussels. (Associated Press)

EU economy to shrink, despite earlier reports for growth

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

H.J. Heinz Co. CEO William Johnson, left, and 3G Capital Managing Partner Alex Behring speak at a news conference at the world headquarters of the H.J. Heinz Co. on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) ** FILE **

Heinz deal under FBI, SEC fire for insider trading suspicions

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Jan. 11, 2012, file photo, containers are piling at the harbor in Duisburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Eurozone recession deepens, as Germany posts surprising declines

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Jihad Makdissi (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

Qatar to hand over Syrian Embassy to rebel Syrian National Coalition

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Malian children mill through the heavily shelled police station in Gao, northern Mali, Monday Feb. 11 2013, one day after Mujao fighters engaged in a firefight with Malian forces. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Mali reluctant to let in U.N. peacekeepers

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan on a moonlit night in January 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Media turns blind eye to secret CIA drone base in Saudi

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Sept. 22, 2007, file photo, Cardinal Roger Mahony speaks during an annual multiethnic migration Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Retired Cardinal Roger Mahony tied to church abuse claims, stripped of duties

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Israeli police headquarters is seen in the E-1 construction site near the West bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem on Dec. 2, 2012. (Associated Press)

U.N. panel finds Israel guilty in settlement dispute

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** British disc jockey and BBC TV presenter Jimmy Savile is seen Dec. 17, 1986, at Madame Tussauds museum in London. (Associated Press)

Report: Jimmy Savile targeted vulnerable for abuse

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Report: Jimmy Savile targeted vulnerable for abuse

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

BBC presenter Andrew Marr suffers stroke

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

UK watchdog to probe BBC payoffs

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press