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Six months ago the US sent an elite unit to hunt down guerrilla leader Joseph Kony. They've not met Kony’s forces yet – they mostly stay holed up in their camps. But they are trying their best to collect local rumors that could help Ugandan troops. ­The 100 American troops on location rarely leave the safety of their camps, which are shielded by barbed wire and surveillance systems. They already have five such heavily-guarded camps in the region – in South Sudan, Congo, the Central African Republic, and two in Uganda. The only help the veteran Green Berets provide to their African colleagues is technical advice and intelligence about the Lord’s Resistance Army's possible locations. Although the US forces are, as always, well-armed, they are only permitted to shoot in self-defense. In such conditions, US soldiers prefer to stay away from the action in unfamiliar territory.            Read More

A former detective was arrested yesterday for allegedly stabbing his hairdresser wife to death in her salon. Natalie Esack, in her 30s, is thought to have left her husband of eight years Ivan Esack around a month ago, taking her pets with her as she moved out. Staff at neighbouring businesses said they heard a terrifying scream ring out from her shop yesterday morning and saw two other hairdressers running into the street. A knife was recovered from the scene in the High Street in Ashford, Kent, and her ex-partner, now a football agent, was later arrested at the couple’s former three-bedroomed home a few miles away. Neighbours there said Mrs Esack had last been seen around a month ago, and had taken her pet cats and dog with her when she left.         More

IT’S kitty kitty bang bang! These wacky pics of kung fu cats and miffed moggies are wowing the web. Feline fans are purring — sorry, poring — over the snaps of users’ pets with silly captions describing them. Hawaiian Eric Nakagawa set up website Cheezburger in 2007, with a “lolcats” section — after net slang for “laughing out loud”. His first post was an image of a British shorthair, with the caption: “I can has cheezburger?”         Read Here

All she needs are a few sweat beads trickling down her forehead and a pair of neon legwarmers and she could join the kids from Fame. Georgia Salpa shows off her talents once again posing in yet another seductive photoshoot, wearing little more than a slinky white leotard as if she's ready to take on the Flashdance routine. As the Celebrity Big Brother star perches in front of a large metal cabinet, her suggestive all-in-one appears to have 'slipped' off her shoulder and is dangerously close to revealing her entire chest.          Read Here

In Rihanna's previous videos, she prefers to let the storylines and her outlandish costumes do the talking. But in her latest promo for Where Have You Been?, the singer puts on her most energetic performance yet. The 24-year-old singer shows her wild side - quite literally - as she dresses up as various animals in the tribal-themed video.                    More Read

She has the ability to turn any task into a sexual endeavour so Courtney Stodden’s Sunday roast is bound to be served up extremely hot this evening.  The 17-year-old stepped out in racy attire today to stock up on kitchen essential with her husband Doug Hutchinson and there’s no doubt she stood out in skin-baring outfit. On a trip to Target supermarket in West Hollywood she squeezed her ample assets into a stretchy grey mini dress which could easy serve as a tank top on the average sized woman.         Read More

Billi Mucklow and Tom Kilbey called time on their relationship during last night's episode of The Only Way Is Essex. In a bid to avoid any awkward run-ins with her ex the 24-year-old jetted off to Marbella for a girly break with her best friend Cara Kilbey and Frankie Essex. Showing Tom what he's missing, Mucklow was pictured yesterday on a night out wearing a figure hugging bondage dress from Celeb Boutique.                Full Read

Once, her eyes smiled at the camera as she posed for portraits as a photographer's model - but today she could only stare out through a black mask that covered the hideous burns she suffered when she was caught in a bushfire. Turia Pitt, 24, received agonising burns to 64 per cent of her body when she was trapped in the fire, which swept through part of north west Australia last year as she and others took part in an ultramarathon. Turia and another victim of the fire, Kate Sanderson, 36, have agreed to appear at a parliamentary inquiry to help investigators piece together what went wrong.         More Read

An anorexic teenage covergirl died of heart failure in her sleep after her weight dropped to just six stone . Bethaney Wallace, 19, appeared to be living a dream lifestyle, appearing on the covers of glossy magazines including Girl Talk and Popgirl from the age of 12.  But despite her stunning good looks she never believed she was attractive enough and succumbed to anorexia and bulimia aged 16.        Read Here

HARRY Styles heads in One Direction — very fast. The mop-haired teen heart-throb has splashed out £100,000 on a brand new Audi R8 Coupe, which goes from 0-62mph in 3.9seconds. The flash motor, which has a top speed of 196mph, is a far cry from the red Mini Cooper that the 1D star passed his test in just four months ago. And Harry has certainly been making the most of his new wheels. He was snapped picking up a pretty pal in denim hotpants who seemed delighted to go for a spin in the sleek black car.              Full Read

Dancing on Ice winner Matthew Wolfenden has revealed he has been too busy to sort out his marriage following his triumph on the ITV1 show. He and Emmerdale co-star Charley Webb got engaged at Christmas 2009 but more than two years on they have still to set a date. In an interview with Hello! magazine, Wolfenden said: 'We don't disagree about what we want to do for our wedding. But up 'til now, we haven't had a minute to plan it.'       More Read

He's known for his daring and skillful moves on the pitch. But now footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has shocked with his latest manoeuvre after he was spotted driving his fast sports car with his son on his lap. The Portuguese player shocked when he was spotted driving his Lamborghini Aventador around Madrid with the 22-month-old sitting on him.           More Read

MOST of us have found ourselves reaching for that extra chocolate bar when we need a boost. But, for some people, comfort eating can really get out of hand. Model and former Miss Wales Imogen Thomas admits that she started binge-eating after revelations about her affair with footballer Ryan Giggs emerged last year. Imogen, 29, says: “It was not to do with being hungry. I was just eating because I wanted to feel better. “Any woman who has been through stress and trauma will know the feeling. Eating sweet food seems to temporarily numb the pain.”         Read More

THIS giant crab has escaped the cook pot to be showcased at an aquarium. The Tasmanian King Crab was snapped up alongside two others for £3,000 by a SeaLife worker during a trip to Australia. The one pictured was named Claude and is 15in wide while weighing 15lbs. He will grow to 30lbs and could produce up to 20lbs worth of meat — or 325 crabsticks. He and the other crustaceans — a delicacy Down Under — are being quarantined before going on display. One will go to Weymouth, another to Birmingham, while a third will be sent to Berlin, Germany.          Read Full

A NON-SMOKER was hit with a £50 fine for dropping a cigarette butt — after it got stuck to his shoe. Grandad Ken Morris, 72, was walking through a town centre when he accidentally stepped on the discarded cigarette end. A council officer spotted him picking off the dog-end and throwing it to the ground as he got into his car. And the next day a demand for £50 arrived at his home in Trebanos, South Wales. Ken paid the fine — even though he’s been a non-smoker for years and the butt was someone else’s litter.                  More Read

Whenever Imogen Thomas jets off on holiday she always seems to draw a lot of attention to herself. And her latest trip is no different as she paraded around on the sand this weekend wearing a black and white polka dot bikini, which matched her mother's own two-piece. But her beachwear wasn't the only thing that caught onlookers' eyes as she also cavorted around on the beach showing off her flexibility in the tiny get-up.        Full Read

She's not exactly one to go unnoticed as she flaunts her body on the beach in Marbella. But former TOWIE star Maria Fowler courted even more attention on Sunday afternoon as she accidentally exposed her nipples as she ran along the sand. The reality TV star was all smiles as she realised her nip-slip had occurred in front of onlookers and photographers. Maria, 25, wore a pink and white striped frilly bikini as she stepped out to lap up some more sun during her post break-up getaway.          Read Here

It's been 10 months since she tied the knot with Take Me Out host Paddy McGuinness. But Christine Martin is still going for bridal white when it comes to her fashion choices. Currently holidaying in Tenerife, the beauty queen, 23, showed off her stunning figure in a white frilly bikini. With her toned figure its easy to see why McGuinness left his light on for the former Miss Liverpool. Martin and McGuinness, 38, wed in a lavish ceremony at Thornton Manor in Cheshire last June after three years together.            More Read

THE crazy lifestyle of soccer badboy Mario Balotelli is exposed today by his secret lover. Gorgeous Chloe Evans recalled: “Being with him was like being in a circus — and I was his favourite clown.” The Sun revealed yesterday she had a 19-month roller-coaster relationship with the maverick Manchester City striker — behind the back of his girlfriend Raffaella Fico, 23. Chloe, 21, finally ditched the madcap Italian last week. And she summed him up with the words: “Imagine a cross between Willy Wonka, Michael Jackson and Peter Pan — and you’ve got Mario Balotelli.         Read Here

A MUM who felt her dying baby daughter was being ignored by hospital staff bought a £100 gift voucher for a nurse in the hope of better care, an inquest heard today. Little Hayley Fullerton died shortly after turning one following a heart attack at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. An internal investigation found failings in her care. And her mum Paula Stevenson claimed in the weeks leading up to her death she had been so worried about the lack of care for her daughter she had to bribe the nurses to look after her more. She told Birmingham Coroner’s Court: “I tried to express my concern to the nurses, I even bought a £100 gift voucher in an attempt to bribe one of them.           Read More

CHERYL Cole is ready to get things off her chest — as she unzips her leather jacket in a sizzling photoshoot. The 28-year-old pop princess revealed a plunging neckline for a magazine interview in which she moaned about her lack of a sex life. And Cheryl admitted she is desperate to find the right man to have kids with. She said: "I’d love kids. I’m obsessed with babies. Of course I’ve thought about baby names a million times. "I like Alfie for a little boy. I know that’s what I was put on the Earth to do – to be a mother."        Read Here

VANCOUVER — A female hang-glider, who detached from a tandem flight shortly after launch near Agassiz, B.C., on Saturday, tried desperately to cling to the pilot’s feet before falling 300 metres to her death. Jason Warner, safety officer for the Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association of Canada , said the pilot knew almost immediately something was wrong after the pair launched off the popular Mount Woodside just before noon. He tried to grab the 27-year-old woman, identified as Lenami Godinez, and sought to hold on to the straps of her harness but she slid out of his grasp, grabbing his feet in a last-ditch attempt to hang on. Godinez’s body was found by searchers about seven hours later, about 20 metres from one of the pilot’s shoes. “(The pilot) realized right away from takeoff that something was wrong and he tried to grab her,” Warner said. “The shoe ended up being a clue to finding her.”         More Read

Mobile network Everything Everywhere has taken fresh steps to lobby for 4G data services in the UK. The firm is urging business leaders and consumer champions to join 4GBritain - a campaign calling on the government "to do whatever is necessary to move forward" with the roll-out. The network operator's chief executive said the UK needed to catch up. The sale of the 4G spectrum has been delayed by operators fighting over how to distribute the airwaves. Experts predict that the telecoms regulator Ofcom may have to go to court before the auction goes ahead.                  More Read

How might the blitzkrieg of the future arrive? By air strike? An invading army? In a terrorist's suitcase? In fact it could be coming down the line to a computer near you.  Operation Locked Shields, an international military exercise held last month, was not exactly your usual game of soldiers. It involves no loud bangs or bullets, no tanks, aircraft or camouflage face-paint. Its troops rarely even left their control room, deep within a high security military base in Estonia.   These people represent a new kind of combatant - the cyber warrior. One team of IT specialists taking part in Locked Shields, were detailed to attack nine other teams, located all over Europe. At their terminals in the Nato Co-operative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, they cooked up viruses, worms, Trojan Horses and other internet attacks, to hijack and extract data from the computers of their pretend enemies.         ...

OTTAWA - The Opposition says the Speaker of the House of Commons should have more power to crack down on MPs behaving badly. New Democratic Party House Leader Nathan Cullen says Speaker Andrew Scheer needs greater clout to keep politicians in line. Cullen wants the Speaker to be able to bar MPs from asking questions in the Commons if they don't heed warnings to be civil.        Full Read

Since the death of his ex-wife, Whitney Houston , Bobby Brown has been targeted by those who believe his "negative influence" on the legendary singer led to her tragic end. Now, Brown is speaking out for the first time since Houston's death, telling NBC's "Today" show anchor Matt Lauer, "I'm not the reason she's gone." Brown had dinner with Houston and the ex-couple's daughter, Bobbi Kristina, a week before the singer's death and remembers a glowing Whitney who "looked really well" and exhibited a positive demeanor that left Brown even more shocked upon news of her death. "I was hurt. I was hurt ... Because, you know, me being off of narcotics for the last seven years -- I felt that she was, you know, I didn’t know she was struggling with it still. But at the same time, you know-- listen, it's a hard fight," Brown told Lauer. "It's a hard fight to, you know, maintain sobriety th...

The defense team for George Zimmerman, the man charged with murdering unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin , has launched a new website, Facebook and Twitter account designed to dispute misinformation and provide "a voice for Mr. Zimmerman." "We understand that it is unusual for a legal defense to maintain a social media presence on behalf of a defendant, but we also acknowledge that this is a very unusual case," Mark O'Mara, Zimmerman’s attorney, wrote on the website, gzlegalcase.com . O’Mara said that "social media in this day and age cannot be ignored," and that it would be “irresponsible to ignore the robust online conversation” around his client's case.          More Read

Avery Canahuati has never gone swimming or worn a Halloween costume, but she has received her first kiss. She is just 5 months old, and these three items have already been placed on her "bucket list," a heartbreaking catalogue of things to do before her life is over. Her time to complete that list is limited. On April 6, according to the infant's personal website, her parents, Mike and Laura, of Bellaire, Tex., found out that she has spinal muscular atrophy or SMA , an incurable genetic disease, and she won't live past age 2. Creating the bucket list, and writing about it on a blog, is the couple's way of coping with such a devastating diagnosis, ABC News reports .            Read More

File-sharing site The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK internet service providers, the High Court has ruled. The Swedish website hosts links to download mostly pirated free music and video. Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media must all prevent their users from accessing the site. "Sites like The Pirate Bay destroy jobs in the UK and undermine investment in new British artists," the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) said. A sixth ISP, BT, requested "a few more weeks" to consider their position on blocking the site.        More Read

On the eve of the first anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan said today that documents recovered from bin Laden's compound in Pakistan show that he was dour about the future of al-Qaeda. In a speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, Brennan said some of these documents will be published online by West Point's Combating Terrorism Center this week for the public to see for itself. Brennan said that bin Laden lamented low morale among recruits and that the terror organization was teetering from "disaster to disaster." "For example, bin Laden worried about — and I quote — 'the rise of lower leaders who are not as experienced,' and this would lead to the repeat of mistakes," Brennan said.        More Read

Monster Beverage Corp. (MNST) surged the most in almost eight years after the Wall Street Journal reported Coca-Cola Co. (KO) is in talks to buy the maker of energy drinks. The shares rose 21 percent to $79.50 at 12:11 p.m. in New York after climbing as much as 28 percent, the biggest intraday gain for Corona, California-based Monster since May 7, 2004. Atlanta-based Coca-Cola fell 0.5 percent to $76.24.          Read Here

All the strengths of English football will be on display from bursts of technique to endless tribalism. There will be the two impassioned supports, filling the air with chants, including some that would make Roy “Chubby” Brown blush. If Manchester City score, there will be a mass Poznan, the reverse line-dancing borrowed from Poland as they chase a first title in 44 years. If Manchester United score, there will be wild scenes of celebration, their followers knowing that a point or more takes them a stride closer to a 20th title. Such is the interest that the men with bulging satchels believe it will be their busiest ever match with £50 million gambled. There will be the entertainers, the ball-users who spread sunshine across the landscape of English football. The hosts will lay on the darting dribbles of David Silva, the predator’s stealth of Sergio Agüero and the muscling runs of Yaya Touré. The visitors will hit back with the to...

At some point the Football Association is going to have to offer a plausible explanation about why it has decided Roy Hodgson has better credentials than Harry Redknapp to lift and invigorate this England squad, and then at least it should become easier to make sense of its thinking and understand the processes involved. Maybe it has been influenced by the way Tottenham have lost their way since the middle of February. Redknapp himself has described it as a "disastrous" run. His team had dropped out of the Champions League places before Sunday's win against Blackburn Rovers. They have won only two of their last 10 league fixtures and the injustice of Juan Mata's "goal" during their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley only partially detracted from the four other legitimate ones. Or could it be that everyone got it wildly wrong and saw something that was just not there when Redknapp walked free from Southwark crown court and, within hours, Fabio...

T he implosion of the Newt Gingrich presidential campaign—the first implosion, before the weird resurrection and inevitable second implosion—came because he used four words: right-wing social engineering. He used the phrase, last May, to describe the Republican budget designed by GOP icon Paul Ryan. It was as if he had urinated on Ronald Reagan’s grave. Party leaders rounded on him. In Iowa, an angry voter cornered him and fumed, in a video captured by Fox News that quickly went viral, “What you did to Paul Ryan was unforgivable … You’re an embarrassment.” Gingrich quickly apologized to Ryan, pledged his fealty to the document, and then, lending his confession an extracted-at-NKVD-gunpoint ­flavor, announced, “Any ad which quotes what I said on Sunday is a falsehood.” It was no use: Despite years of diligent service, his support among Republicans collapsed, his fellow partisans holding him in the low regard ordinarily reserved for liberals. ...

Many people with religious convictions feel that their faith is rock solid. But a new study finds that prompting people to engage in analytical thinking can cause their religious beliefs to waver, if only a little. Researchers say the findings have potentially significant implications for understanding the cognitive underpinnings of religion. Psychologists often carve thinking into two broad categories: intuitive thinking, which is fast and effortless (instantly knowing whether someone is angry or sad from the look on her face, for example); and analytic thinking, which is slower and more deliberate (and used for solving math problems and other tricky tasks). Both kinds of thinking have their strengths and weaknesses, and they often seem to interfere with one another. "Recently there's been an emerging consensus among [researchers] … that a lot of religious beliefs are grounded in intuitive processes," says Will Gervais, a graduate student at the Uni...

Rick Santorum reportedly asked Lindsay Lohan to pose for a photo at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday -- then denied it. Lohan was sitting with Greta Van Susteren when Santorum approached, according to TMZ . He reportedly asked Lohan to take a picture of him with Van Susteren, then snapped a photo of Lohan alone.         More Read

Breaking up is never easy -- having 32 teeth ripped out is even worse. A scorned dentist is facing jail time after surgically removing all of her ex-boyfriend's teeth after he dumped her, authorities in London said. Marek Olszewski, 45, made the mistake of scheduling an appointment this week with his ex -- 34-year-old Anna Mackowiak -- for a toothache, according to the Daily Mail. So Mackowiak allegedly did what any burned beau with a set of pliers and some anesthetic would do: she doped him up, pulled out all his teeth, and wrapped his head with bandages so he wouldn't notice until he left her office.      Full Read

Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner's daughter, Courtney Wagner, has been arrested for cocaine and heroin possession , stemming from a violent incident last Sunday, TMZ reports. Wagner was involved in a heated altercation inside of her Malibu home that ended with a gunshot. A bystander, who heard screaming and the gunshot from the house, called the police. Upon their arrival, authorities found both cocaine and heroin in the 38-year-old's home. The film legends' daughter is reportedly charged with suspicion of felony drug possession and is currently out on bail. As for the gunshot, no one was wounded but the unidentified male with whom Wagner was arguing was arrested for "negligent discharge of a firearm," according to TMZ .          Read Here

SALT LAKE CITY -- Before she disappeared, Susan Powell told friends and co-workers her husband had become moody and controlling, and she feared he could harm her. Nine emails were provided to the newspaper after Susan Powell disappeared in December 2009. But at the request of the provider, the newspaper held back on publishing them until now. The newspaper reports that Susan emailed several co-workers, friends and members of her ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to pour out frustration with her husband, Josh Powell, and to seek advice on how to proceed with the relationship.        More Read

Ted Nugent weighed in on his relationship with the Secret Service on Sunday, stating that he is now on "even better" terms with the agency after being investigated for controversial comments he made about President Obama. In an interview with the Arizona Republic ahead of a concert in Phoenix, Nugent declined to answer specific questions about the controversy, which began when the rock star told NRA supporters earlier this month that he would be " dead or in jail " next year if Obama was reelected. He did, however, say that he remains on good terms with the Secret Service. "Very much so, even better now," Nugent said of his relationship with the agency following the investigation.         Full Read

* $190 billion a year in excess medical spending * Many costs borne by non-obese, as in higher insurance premiums * Anti-obesity campaigners say highlighting costs should spur policy changes By Sharon Begley NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters) - U.S. hospitals are ripping out wall-mounted toilets and replacing them with floor models to better support obese patients. The Federal Transit Administration wants buses to be tested for the impact of heavier riders on steering and braking. Cars are burning nearly a billion gallons of gasoline more a year than if passengers weighed what they did in 1960. The nation's rising rate of obesity has been well-chronicled. But businesses, governments and individuals are only now coming to grips with the costs of those extra pounds, many of which are even greater than believed only a few years ago: The additional medical spending due to obesity is doub...

A BOXER’S face turns to mush — on the receiving end of a knockout blow. Tony Pietrantonio crashed to the canvas under the right-hander from fellow US light heavyweight Lavarn Harvell. The punch was so hard it twisted his mouth and even made his ears flap about.             More Read

Given that her big sister is the Duchess of Cambridge, sometimes even Pippa Middleton needs a little extra something to dazzle. And she rose to the challenge beautifully at a friend’s wedding this weekend, sporting a dramatic fascinator covered in golden butterflies which brightened up a dreary day. Her pretty headgear complemented her gold sequinned dress and jewellery, while she kept out the unseasonable wind and rain in an elegant dark coat with royal blue lining.          Read Here

Three years ago Rachael Johnston was given just 48 hours to live after a four-year battle with anorexia left her weighing a mere 4½ stone.  Her shocking decline was fuelled by an obsession with photo- graphs of super-slim celebrities in glossy magazines. Now aged 20 and a healthy size eight, she is determined others should not go through her ordeal and is demanding a ban on airbrushed images in magazines and adverts that are aimed at children.          More Read

Life is just one long holiday for Tamara Ecclestone. But who can blame the girl, with the lure of sun, sea and apple martinis are calling her name. The privileged daughter of Formula One head honcho Bernie has been soaking up the sunshine in Dubai with boyfriend Omar Khyami and Gary Cockerill and Phil Turner - close friends of Katie Price. The brunette beauty started tweeting from the minute she arrived at Heathrow on Thursday, informing her 70,000 followers that her flight had been delayed which cut into valuable 'tanning time'.          Full Read