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PARIS/MADRID, May 11 (Reuters) - Shares in Airbus Group fell on Monday after the fatal crash of an A400M military plane weighed on Europe's largest and repeatedly delayed defence project, while the planemaker pledged to overcome the tragedy.

The huge military plane crashed outside Seville on Saturday, killing four crew and prompting Britain, Germany, Malaysia and Turkey to ground their fleets of Europe's new troop and cargo carrier..

France said it would keep flying its planes, while Airbus pledged to resume flight testing on Tuesday with the head of its military aircraft business, Fernando Alonso, on board.

There was no official word on the cause of the crash but investigators' attention was expected to focus partly on the plane's turboprop powerplants. Germany's Der Spiegel magazine reported that one of the survivors had said the plane suffered "multiple engine trouble" shortly after takeoff.

A source familiar with the matter confirmed that engines were one of the areas under scrutiny following the testimony but stressed it was too early to say what had caused the crash, with the crucial black box flight recorders yet to be analysed.

Airbus declined to comment. "We have to wait for the results of the investigation," a spokeswoman said.

Shares in Europe's largest aerospace group, which hit a record high in April, fell as much as 4.5 percent before closing at 62.09 euros, down 2.1 percent.

The A400M Atlas was developed for seven European NATO nations -- Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain and Turkey -- at a cost of 20 billion euros ($22 billion).

So far Malaysia is the only export customer.

The plane entered service in 2013, more than three years behind schedule, and just 12 of 174 aircraft sold have been delivered.

Problems in the development of the West's largest turboprop engines helped to generate billions of euros of cost overruns and a bailout by the seven launch nations in 2010.

New technical problems with A400M military features surfaced last year, leading to fresh delays and a management shake-up.

People with direct knowledge of the matter have said the plane suffered engine problems on its maiden flight in December 2009, delaying its landing in front of hundreds of VIPs.

The engines were supplied by a European consortium of Britain's Rolls-Royce, France's Safran, MTU Aero Engines of Germany and Spanish aerospace firm Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP).

The consortium was picked after European politicians objected to Airbus's proposal of an imported engine from Canada.

MTU, which had borne the brunt of criticism over the earlier development problems, declined to comment on Spiegel's report.

Analysts said the first A400M accident raised fresh concerns about deliveries and long-term exports of the plane, but Airbus Group chief executive Tom Enders reaffirmed the company's commitment to the programme as he paid tribute to the crew.

In a letter to staff seen by Reuters, Enders said testing would resume as planned on Tuesday to "demonstrate to our customers, the air forces, that we fully trust this great transport plane and are as committed to the programme and the further ramp-up of deliveries and capabilities as ever."

Enders asked the company's 137,000 employees to observe a minute's silence for the captain, co-pilot and two test engineers who died in the crash. Two others remain in hospital.

"The men who lost their lives in Sevilla were great professionals; they knew about the risks of their job and they would not want us to stop flying," he said.

A memorial service was expected to be held in Seville's cathedral on Tuesday.

In February, Airbus took 551 million euros in charges for the latest A400M delays, bringing the total company charges over the lifetime of the project to more than 4.75 billion euros.

"Airbus can ill afford more delays," Hamburg stockbroker Berenberg said in a note.

"Longer-term, this latest development will almost certainly hamper the ability to sell A400M in the export markets, the only way this programme will ever make any money."

People close to the project expressed concerns over the impact of the crash on morale in the Spanish production plant.

The crashed aircraft was due to be delivered to Turkey and was on its maiden test flight when it ploughed into a field one mile (1.6 km) north of Seville's San Pablo airport.

Alonso, the newly promoted head of Airbus Group's military aircraft business, said Airbus stood ready to assist investigators following the recovery of two black boxes.

"At the same time we will give our total support to the investigating authorities and urge them for initial results as soon as possible," Alonso said in a staff memo.

But the status of the investigation remained uncertain, with conflicting reports about who would be responsible for the probe. Three sources said the black boxes were being held by judicial authorities, delaying a start to the enquiry.

A person briefed on the matter said late on Monday that the Spanish government had commissioned the country's military authorities to carry out the crash investigation.

(Additional reporting by Stephen Brown, Maria Sheahan, Sabine Siebold, Julien Toyer, Paul Day and Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Andrew Callus and Sophie Walker)

Summary: PARIS/ MADRID, May 11- Shares in Airbus Group fell on Monday after the fatal crash of an A400M military plane weighed on Europe's largest and repeatedly delayed defence project, while the planemaker pledged to overcome the tragedy. The huge military plane crashed outside Seville on Saturday, killing four crew and prompting Britain, Germany, Malaysia and Turkey...


It's time for Dick Costolo to step aside and let someone else run Twitter, Harvard Business School professor Bill George told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Friday.

The Twitter exec is not in the same class as Google's Larry Page and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, the former Medtronic chairman and CEO added. George noted that Twitter's user base growth has started to slow, and said Costolo has an inflexible approach.

"Costolo is not a product guy. He's a consultant. He doesn't really understand product the way a Larry Page or a Mark Zuckerberg does, and so I think you need a new team at the top," he said.

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To be creative Twitter needs product leadership and simply doesn't have that, George said. Costolo, and not his team are the problem, he said, noting that the Twitter executive keeps getting rid of product developers like Daniel Graf and Chris Fry and brings in the next team that hasn't proven itself.

"The advertising is very hard to use and it's not very apparent—they're almost against advertising—and so I don't think they have a sound business model," he said.

Twitter is a perfect target for an activist investor and could end up merging with another company, George said.

In a tweet, Ironfire Capital founder Eric Jackson said Twitter's board should keep Costolo and give him at least another year with his new team.

Summary: The Twitter executive is not in the same class as Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Larry Page and does not understand product development, Bill George said.


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Workers retrieve shopping carts at the Crenshaw Plaza parking lot near the Wal-Mart in Los Angeles.

It was signed by 13 groups, including long-time critics like the union-backed New York Communities for Change which has been active in pushing for higher worker pay and has campaigned against the opening of Wal-Mart stores.

"It's sad that groups aligned with professional critics of Walmart, who are more interested in advancing their own narrow agenda, are ignoring the millions of people who've benefited from the good works of the Walmart Foundation over many years," Wal-Mart's Gardner said in a statement.

Last year Wal-Mart and the foundation gave $1.4 billion in cash and in-kind donations.

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In recent years Wal-Mart has targeted urban areas for growth as it invests in smaller-format stores. But it has faced public opposition in cities where community groups fret over the potential impact on wages and competition with local stores.

In the 22-page complaint the group also claimed that Wal-Mart was only soliciting applications from groups that did not put the company in a negative light.

Phil Hackney, a LSU law professor who previously worked as an IRS attorney dealing with tax-exempt organizations, said the group would likely struggle to prove the merits of their complaint.

"Plenty of large businesses set up foundations and they are going to invest in the community in which they operate. You are just running in an uphill battle to make the claim that this is somehow out of the ordinary and different," he said.

Summary: Labor and community groups filed a complaint with the IRS accusing Wal-Mart's charitable foundation of violating its tax-exempt status.


Late on a November night last year, Tyler Jarvis, then 19, slipped out of his house in Pismo Beach, California, and set out on a 10-mile journey in search of food.

Insatiably hungry, he first broke into the homes of two neighbors to steal frozen burritos and vanilla ice cream from their freezers, then walked until dawn, ending up in a stranger's kitchen in Arroyo Grande. When the homeowner saw Jarvis, he chased him away with a shovel, then called the police, who arrested him for burglary.

Last week, Tyler, 20, who has

, a rare and complex genetic disorder leaving him constantly hungry and with the developmental capacity of a 7-year-old, was sentenced to three years of probation, requiring him to check in periodically with a judge, pay restitution and carry identification with him at all times. He could have been sent to prison on three felony counts of residential burglary, but pled guilty to misdemeanor charges instead.

Tyler's mother, Michelle Christian, is fighting the probation ruling, afraid that if her son steals food again, he'll end up doing time in jail. A judge has scheduled a restitution hearing for March 17.

Michelle and Tyler on Valentine's Day 2015

"It's ridiculous – it's like punishing him for having the syndrome," the 45-year-old hair stylist tells PEOPLE. "It's not his fault. He can't help that he's starving. Sometime after the holidays, I'm moving him into a group home, and although it's a safe place, I'm still worried. Tyler doesn't fully understand the implications of his actions. Jail is not the place for a person with Prader-Willi."

Diagnosed with the syndrome as an infant, Tyler grew up trying to eat anything he could, including dog food and garbage from dumpsters, says Christian, a single mom with one other grown child. Tyler was 8 the first time he sneaked out of his house and broke into a neighbor's home for food, she says, adding that she now keeps her fridge and cupboards double-padlocked.

"We can never leave him alone," Christian tells PEOPLE. "But still, he has managed to get out on occasion. That first time, I was cleaning his room and found empty packages for ice cream and cookies, so I drove him through the neighborhood and had him show where he'd taken it. He'd broken into a house in the middle of the night, while the family was sleeping."

Michelle Christian with her kids, Travis and Chelsea Jarvis

Although she went to great extremes to prevent a repeat occurrence, installing double-sided deadbolt locks on the doors and windows and hiring a caregiver to help watch her son at night, Tyler sneaked out again last month. After he was arrested, he spent a week in solitary confinement in the San Luis Obispo County Jail.

"It was frightening – I wasn't able to talk to him and he didn't get to shower for a week," says Christian. "Finally, they let him out with an ankle monitor. It was extremely upsetting."

"The criminal system is not adept or prepared to deal with individuals like Tyler," adds the family's attorney, Raymond Allen of San Luis Obispo. "He lives with a medical condition that makes him perpetually hungry and impacts his ability to make solid, mature choices. What we need to evolve to is a triage system that asks not is this conduct a crime, but, if this conduct is true, then what does this person need?"

Tyler, who is 5'1 and weighs 160 pounds, is a sweet and loving boy who enjoys riding his three-wheeled bicycle and walking his dogs, Charley, Marley and Baxter, every day, says Christian, who is preparing to send her son to a supervised group home this week, where he will live with three other people who have Prader-Willi syndrome.

"I'm going to miss him like crazy, but I'll visit as often as possible and we'll do FaceTime on our iPads every day," she says. "It will be a huge adjustment for both of us, but it's time for it to happen. This is a big move for Tyler, but he's excited about it. It's time for him to take that next step in life."

Summary: "It's not his fault. He can't help that he's starving," his mother Michelle Christian tells PEOPLE of her son's condition


After intense speculation and appeal after appeal, hopes are now high that Titian's Diana and Actaeon will be saved for the nation. The National Galleries in London and Edinburgh are expected to raise the £50m to purchase the painting from the Duke of Sutherland. It is a colossal sum of money. But we could not let it go abroad. Why? Here, detail by detail, are the elements that make it such a revolutionary work, with a sensual power that inspired legions of artists - though none ever equalled its hedonistic magic and undercurrent of mystery.

At the work's heart is one of the most sumptuous collections of nudes ever painted. The goddess Diana and her nymphs are bathing in a woodland pool when the hunter Actaeon chances by. It's a story that gives Titian ample opportunity to glory in women's bodies. In Renaissance Venice, where Titian was the leading painter, courtesans (basically high-class prostitutes) were a recognised part of society and artists regularly portrayed them - but never more ecstatically than here, in what is in all likelihood a brothel scene cloaked in myth. Titian's brushstrokes tingle with desire. This is not just a painting of nudes, but one that goes in among them, almost making love to them.

Oil painting was, it has been said, invented to portray flesh, but it was also invented to portray reflection. Mirrors complicate and enrich Titian's imagined world. The mirror balanced on the fountain, the bulbous glass vessel next to it, and, most of all, the green water in which forms become spectral and eerie - all serve to multiply the pleasures of looking.

Soft stuff is everywhere - the rich red velvet on which Diana is sitting, the pink hanging that fails to hide the bathers from a male voyeur, various drapes and towels. These sensual velvet textures are erotically suggestive.

4: A final celebration of nature

The loveliness of the trees and grass, the sky's blue clouds, give reality to a mythological scene. Moreover, the autumnal leaves remind us that Titian was getting old. His vision of the nude is a final lingering celebration. Carnevale, the great festival of Titian's Venice, means: "Flesh, farewell!" It is a last hedonistic bash before Lent. This is Titian's carnival.

5: Pets to lighten the tone

A comic contrast of "male" and "female" pets lightens the grandeur of the scene. Actaeon's hunting dog is bravely confronted by Diana's little yelping lapdog. This is also a portent of what happens next in the myth: Diana will turn Actaeon into a stag to punish his voyeurism, and he will be torn to pieces by his own hounds.

6: Mystery of the hidden nymph

The nymph who stands with her back to us looks different from her companions. Her skin is olive, her muscles masculine. It's unsettling. Has a man infiltrated Titian's nudes? A non-European? The mystery turns you into Actaeon - you're right there in the picture, wanting to see more. And, like Actaeon, you're punished, if only with a tease. It's a prompt to make you look beyond surface beauty to the whole mystery of existence.

7: A genius for colour

Black slaves were becoming more visible in Titian's Europe. Yet his portrayal of Diana's African attendant is as much an example of his genius for colour as of his ability to perfectly evoke their place in Venetian society. You are dazzled and mystified by the brightness of Diana's pearl-like skin; through juxtaposition, the black skin helps create that dazzle. Does Titian, too, include a black servant to show that he is actually portraying the courtesans of Venice? Is she the crucial clue that this is a brothel scene?

Summary: What makes Titian's Diana and Actaeon so worth saving? Jonathan Jones explains its wonders


01/05/2016 AT 10:30 PM EST

It will soon be wedding bells for

"We'll keep it a surprise," he tells PEOPLE when asked about the date.

He adds that when it comes to the wedding's style, that's all up to Gaga, 29.

The singer, who earned a Golden Globe nomination for her work in

about her experience being raped when she was 19, and Kinney says it's important to be supportive of his fiancée.

"I don't prod. I don't push. I don't ask. If she wants to let something personal out, she does it on her own," he says.

Kinney, 34, also talks about giving Gaga support as she entered the acting world, with him and several

costars Eamonn Walker and Monica Raymund helping her run lines.

"There are a few scenes, whether Monica saw or Eamonn saw that they remember running and say 'kudos' and 'good job,'" he said. "She's really taken to it."

last Valentine's Day after he presented her with a heart-shaped ring. They began dating in 2011 after the couple met on the set of her music video for "You and I."

Summary: The Chicago Fire star also reveals how his costars helped Gaga prepare for her American Horror Story role


Corporations hold large amounts of cash for a variety of reasons, including speculation on the price of assets, corporate acquisitions, future investments or even as a precaution against market uncertainty. If a company holds more cash or highly liquid assets as a large proportion of their total assets and relative to their peers, investors can draw insight into the size and scope of a company’s future investments. Keep in mind that some industries by their nature will have much more hard assets than others, such as utilities, for example. To get an idea of the companies that are holding the most cash, CNBC.com did an analysis of cash and short term, highly-liquid investments held by S&P 500 companies as a ratio of total assets, using data from Capital IQ. Financial companies are excluded from this list since they inherently hold large amounts of cash. For the purpose of this slideshow, “liquid assets” are defined as total cash and short term investments held by an individual company. So, which S&P 500 companies are the most cash-rich? Click ahead to find out! By Giovanny Moreano & Paul ToscanoPosted 1 July 2010

Summary: Corporations hold large amounts of cash for a variety of reasons. So, which S&P 500 companies are the most cash-rich? Click to find out!


Republican presidential candidates want their time in the spotlight after Donald Trump hosted NBC’s Saturday Night Live.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Lindsey Graham filed requests Friday asking the network for equal time on-air citing Federal Communications Commission “equal time” rules. Former New York Gov. George Pataki said that he was also going to file, according to CNNMoney.

Trump was on screen for about 12 minutes when he hosted “SNL” earlier this month.

According to letters sent by the candidates campaigns to NBC and affiliate station managers, FCC regulations call for equal opportunities granted to qualified candidates for public office. The law grants the candidates equal time on NBC, and they did not not specifically ask to be on Saturday Night Live.

Graham and Kasich make the case that being competitive in Iowa qualifies them as contenders—and they should then be granted equal time on NBC. While Trump is polling at 25 percent in Iowa, Graham and Kasich are each polling at 2 percent, according to the latest CNN/ORC poll.

Summary: John Kasich and Lindsey Graham have filed petitions asking for equal time on air


Hoda Saab, a retired teacher,Â cried when she landedÂ at Philadelphia international airport after being evacuated from Beirut.

She said: "They have destroyed Lebanon not Hezbollah, they have set us back 50 years."

Yasser Alkhatib was in Beirut to visit family when the fighting broke out onÂ July 12.

He said: "It's like knowing a very beautiful woman your whole life and suddenly knowing that she has been struck with a cancer that has deformed her face into something grotesque, she is Lebanon and it hurts."

Lebanon, ravaged by a civil war and Israelâs 1982 invasion, was beginning to show signs of returning to its former glory as the "Paris of the Middle East".

Billions of dollars had poured in from expatriates who maintained strong cultural ties to Lebanon.

Thousands of Lebanese who had immigrated to the West or became part of the skilled labour force in the Persian Gulf returned to invest in the reconstruction of their country.

After Syria withdrew its military and security presence in Lebanon, many expatriate Lebanese believed a new era was about to dawn on their country of origin.

Thatâs what Kamal, a home repair entrepreneur in Toronto, who was visiting family in the Furn al Shibak district of Beirut, believed.

He had been consideringÂ returning to Lebanon to start a business. Instead, he says his premature departure through Syria and Jordan and eventually back to Canada was a horrible deja-vu.

He said: "I donât think any Lebanese expected what happened to happen.

"We spent our blood and sweat from our foreheads rebuilding Lebanon and in one day â¦ just one day, itâs gone. Just like that?"

Initial estimates indicate that Lebanon has suffered at least $2billion in damage to infrastructure in the past 20 days of fighting. Many services such as telephones and utilities have been damaged in areas of Beirut, while in the south, roads and transportation infrastructure have been completely destroyed.

Despite having endured a major conflict in each of the past three decades, the Lebanese say they are determined to rebuild the country and restore it as one of the tourism hubs of the Middle East.

Several countries have promised to provide financial assistance. In the past week, Saudi Arabia has pledged up to $1.5billion and Kuwaiti officials said they deposited the equivalent of $1.9billion into a Lebanese national bank in addition to $300million in private donations.

In the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi TV held a 24-hour telethon calling on the Arab world to help Lebanon meet its humanitarian and reconstruction needs.

But many Lebanese are not waiting and have already started roadwork projects to rehabilitate Beirut.

In parts of the capital, caretaker services have deployed dozens of workers to clear the streets of debris while municipalities have started repair work on damaged water and sewage pipes.

Chaafic Naamani, a civil engineer in Beirut, believes lessons fromÂ the past will help rebuild Lebanonâs future.

"We kicked the Israelis out â¦ we kicked the Syrians out. We were on a good pace to catch up with the world but in a week everything, every single thing was destroyed and you realise how fragile it was and the only blame is on the Lebanese.

"I am scared of civil war but I am not scared of the future. I am an optimistic guy. We are going to rebuild."

Jumana Sahyoun and her husband Ahmad Traboulsi are waiting for a ceasefire before they return.

Sahyoun said: "We are used to war, we can survive them, we will survive this one and rebuild Lebanon right away."

But Asmahan Soueid says Lebanonâs strength can only be realised in the unity of its people.

"Lebanon is surrounded by enemies all around its frontiers and we have to stay united. The more united we are, the more likely Lebanon will re-emerge stronger and be the Lebanon we all want it to be."

Summary: Thousands of Lebanese who fled the fighting in Lebanon say they are still haunted by the sights and sounds of war but are determined to return one day and rebuild.


Asked during a US radio interview on Tuesday if "dunking a terrorist in water" was an acceptable practice, Cheney replied: "It's a no-brainer for me."

Human rights groups say Cheney's words amount to an endorsement of the torture technique of "water boarding," in which prisoners are tied to boards with their faces wrapped in towels and water is poured over their heads to simulate the sensation of drowning.

Human Rights Watch, a New York based organisation, said Cheneyâs statement was "the Bush administration's first clear endorsement" of the torture practice.Â

Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA, said in a statement: "Vice-president Cheney's advocacy of water boarding sets a new human rights low at a time when human rights is already scraping the bottom of the Bush administration barrel.

"What's really a no-brainer is that no US official, much less a vice-president, should champion torture."

"Is the White House that was for torture before it was against it, now for torture again?" John Kerry, democrat senatorÂ The furore has forced the republican Bush administration to go on the defensive two weeks before congressional elections are held on November 7.

"Is the White House that was for torture before it was against it, now for torture again?"

John Kerry, a democrat senator and former presidential candidate, said: "Is the White House that was for torture before it was against it, now for torture again?"

George Bush, the US president, when asked about Cheney's remark at a White House press briefing on Friday, said: "This country doesn't torture ... We will interrogate people we pick up off the battlefield to determine whether or not they've got information that will be helpful to protect the country."

Cheney said on Friday he had not used the term water boarding during the interview.

He said: "I don't talk about techniques ... I have said that the interrogation programme for a select number of detainees is very important."

Tony Snow, a White House spokesman, said at a press briefing on Friday: "The vice president says he was talking in general terms about a questioning programme that is legal to save American lives and he was not referring to water boarding."

In the radio interview by radio broadcaster Scott Hennen of North Dakota's WDAY station, Hennen said callers had told him, "Please let the vice president know that if it takes dunking a terrorist in water, we're all for it, if it saves lives."

"Would you agree a dunk in water is a no-brainer if it can save lives?" Hennen asked.

Cheney said, "Well, it's a no-brainer for me, but for a while there I was criticised as being the vice-president for torture.

"We don't torture. That's not what we're involved in."

US interrogation techniques came under scrutiny after evidence emerged of detainee abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan, and after the revelation last year that the CIA ran secret prisons outside the United States for terrorism suspects.

"I think vice-president Cheney's remarks make it clear that what was passed by Congress is sufficiently nonspecific to allow the administration to interpret it however they wish" Byron Dorgan, democrat senatorThe possibility of water boarding being used as a technique was a factor in a revolt by three senior republican senators in September against a Bush proposal for a new law allowing tough CIA interrogations of terrorism suspects.

"I think vice-president Cheney's remarks make it clear that what was passed by Congress is sufficiently nonspecific to allow the administration to interpret it however they wish"

The White House has refused to describe what interrogation techniques will be allowed under the programme.

Byron Dorgan, North Dakota democrat senator, said Cheney's remarks showed that the legislation that was eventuallyapproved was too vague.

He said, "I think vice-president Cheney's remarks make it clear that what was passed by Congress is sufficiently non-specific to allow the administration to interpret it however they wish."

A new US Army manual, released last month, bans torture and degrading treatment of prisoners, explicitly barring water boarding and other procedures.

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Four police officers have been shot at a rural property in the Bay of Plenty, on New Zealand's North Island, today.

NZ Police believe one offender is involved, and are working to bring the situation under control, a spokesman said at a media conference about 4pm (AEDT).

Officers were undertaking a cannabis operation in the area near Kawerau this morning when they heard shots, police said.

A fourth officer received a shot to his hand in a separate incident at the same scene, and a police aircraft was also fired upon.

All four male officers are being treated in hospital for their injuries, with one in a serious condition, two stable, and the fourth with wound to his hand, police confirmed.

"All gunshot injuries are serious and we take them very seriously. But there is only one officer who is in a serious condition but is stable and the other officers' injuries are not life-threatening," NZ Police Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement said.

NZ Police initially advised that three officers had been shot during the major operation, but upgraded the figure to four just before 3.30pm (AEDT).

"Police can confirm a fourth officer was shot in this unfolding incident and is currently receiving medical treatment," NZ Police said on Twitter.

A "large police operation is underway," they also advised.

Summary: Four police officers have been shot at a rural property in the Bay of Plenty, on New Zealand's North Island.


03/13/2016 AT 03:05 PM EDT

says he might pay for the legal fees of a man accused of punching a protester at an earlier event.

on Sunday, the GOP frontrunner told Chuck Todd that he "going to take a look at" the legal situation that John McGraw, 78, is facing after allegedly punching another man at a North Carolina rally on Thursday. McGraw was arrested and charged with assault, battery and disorderly conduct, and claimed that he might kill the protester if they crossed paths again, according to the

"I will say this. I do want to see what that young man was doing," Trump told Todd of the protester. "Because he was very taunting. He was very loud, very disruptive. And from what I understand, he was sticking a certain finger up in the air. And that is a terrible thing to do in front of somebody that frankly wants to see America made great again."

He made sure to note that the man's actions didn't make McGraw's violence OK, but said, "I want to see. The man got carried away, he was 78 years old, he obviously loves his country, and maybe he doesn't like seeing what's happening to the country."

"I want to see the full tape. But I don't condone violence," Trump said, adding of McGraw's legal fees, "I've actually instructed my people to look into it, yes."

Regardless, the real estate mogul doesn't "accept responsibility" for the violence that has been

"I do not condone violence in any shape," he said. "As far as my previous statement, we had somebody that was punching and vicious and gone crazy, a disrupter, they're not protesters. I'm telling you, they're disrupters, they're professionals."

any and all protesters at his rallies.

"If they want to do this ... we're going to go strongly for your arrests," he said.

Trump told Todd, Sunday, that despite all the incidents, there has been "very, very little problems" at his rallies.

"We haven't had a real injury or anything," he said. "And then Chicago I canceled, and I did a great thing by canceling it, because who needs the problems, who needs people getting hurt? I didn't want that."

Summary: Donald Trump also said he doesn't accept responsibility for any violence at his rally


Telogis, an Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based SaaS platform for mobile fleet management and imagery content solutions, has raised $93 million in new VC funding. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round, and was joined by undisclosed “growth equity and crossover funds.” www.telogis.com

Cydan LLC, a Cambridge, Mass.-based orphan drug accelerator, has raised $10 million in new VC funding. Lundbeckfond Ventures and Bay City Capital were joined by return backers New Enterprise Associates, Pfizer Venture Investments and Alexandria Venture Investments. www.cydanco.com Quri, a San Francisco-based provider of retail analytics and intelligence, has raised $10 million in Series B funding. Matrix Partners led the round, and was joined by return backers Catamount Ventures and Simon Equity Partners. www.quri.com

Sefaira, a London-based provider of software for energy-efficient building design, has raised $7.2 million in new VC funding from existing investors Braemar Energy Ventures, Chrysalix SET and Hermes GPE. The company also secured a $2 million venture debt facility from Silicon Valley Bank. www.sefaira.com Quantopian, a Boston-based browser-based algorithmic trading platform, has raised $6.7 million in Series A funding from Khosla Ventures and return backer Spark Capital. www.quantopian.com

Traxo, a Dallas-based personal travel organizer, has raised $4.2 million in Series A funding from Advantage Capital Partners, Silver Creek Ventures and Thayer Ventures. www.traxo.com

PowerByProxi, a New Zealand-based developer of a wireless power system, has raised US$4 million in VC funding from Samsung Ventures Investment Corp. www.powerbyproxi.com Opsona Therapeutics Ltd., a Dublin-based innate immune drug development company, has raised €3 million in new Series C funding from Omnes Capital. This brings the round total to €36 million, including an earlier close from BB Biotech Ventures, Novartis Venture Fund, Sunstone Capital, Baxter Ventures, Amgen Ventures and EMBL Ventures, while other returnees included Fountain Healthcare Partners, Roche Venture Fund and Seroba Kernel Life Sciences. www.opsona.com CardFlight, a New York-based company that helps developers to integrate in-person card payments into their own app, has raised $1.6 million in seed funding. ff Venture Capital led the round, and was joined by Great Oaks Venture Capital, Payment Ventures, Apostolos Apostolakis, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator and Plug & Play Ventures. www.getcardflight.com

Angolia, a Paris-based provider of an SaaS search API for developers, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from Index Ventures, Point Nine Capital and Alven Capital. www.angolia.com

Tackk, a Cleveland-based online content creation and sharing tool, has raised $1.2 million in new VC funding. ff Venture Capital led the round and was joined by return backers like Hatch Partners and Drummond Road Capital. www.tackk.com

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Summary: Telogis, an Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based SaaS platform for mobile fleet management and imagery content solutions, has raised $93 million in new VC funding. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round, and was joined by undisclosed “growth equity and crossover funds.” www.telogis.com Cydan LLC, a Cambridge, Mass.-based orphan drug accelerator, has raised $10 million in new VC funding. Lundbeckfond…


Since 1967, the Consumer Electronics Show has been the place to unveil new technology and products, from the VCR in 1970 to Microsoft’s Avatar Kinect in 2011. Although in recent years no single product has sparked a technology revolution, over the last few decades many innovative technologies have been displayed for the first time at the iconic show. This year, CES experts are expecting Ultrabooks, the PC version of Apple’s lightweight Macbook Air, to be hot products.Here's a look at some of the major debuts at CES throughout its history. By Gennine KellyPosted 9 Jan 2012

Summary: Since 1967, the CES has been the place to unveil new technology and products, from the VCR in 1970 to Microsoft’s Avatar Kinect in 2011. Here's a look at some of the major debuts throughout its history.


As oil and gas companies cut ever-deeper into the bone to weather their worst downturn in decades, boards have adopted contrasting strategies to lead them out of the crisis.

Crude prices have tumbled around 70% over the past 18 months to around $35 a barrel, leading to five of the world’s top oil companies reporting sharp declines in profits in recent days.

Executives at energy firms face a tough balancing act: they must cut spending to stay financially afloat while preserving the production infrastructure and capacity that will allow them to compete and grow when the market recovers.

Companies have opted for differing approaches to secure future growth, often choosing to narrow focus to their areas of expertise and the geographic location of their main assets.

American firms Chevron cvx , ConocoPhillips cop and Hess hes are withdrawing from more costly deepwater projects to focus on shale oil fields on their home turf, for example.

Britain’s BP bp is betting on offshore gas in Egypt, while Royal Dutch Shell rdsa has opted for an alternative route as it seeks to safeguard its future: the $50 billion takeover of BG Group.

In the five years before the downturn began in mid-2014, when crude prices held above $100 a barrel, big energy firms had raced to expand production capacity, including buying stakes in vast, costly fields sometimes located thousands of meters under the sea, and miles from land.

Over the past year however, companies have slashed their overall capital expenditure, scrapping plans for mega projects that cost billions to develop and take up to a decade to bring online.

“Companies want to strike a balance between long and short-cycle investments while maintaining a robust balance sheet to fund their way through the down cycle,” said BMO Capital analyst Brendan Warn. Focusing on a specific set of expertise and geographies allowed them to offer investors a “unique value proposition,” he added.

Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil firm after Exxon Mobil xom by market value, last week outlined plans to target spending on “short-cycle” investments—lower-cost projects that can take months, rather then several years, to come online.

In particular, it is focusing on its big presence in shale oil fields in the U.S. Permian basin at the expense of high-cost, complex deepwater projects after cutting its 2016 capital expenditure, or capex, by 24%.

“In terms of longer-cycle projects, we aren’t initiating. We aren’t initiating any … You are going to see us preferentially favor short-cycle investments, and if they don’t meet our hurdles, we won’t invest,” Chevron Chief Executive Officer John Watson said in an analyst call.

Even though developing shale wells can be more costly than some deepwater projects on a per-barrel basis, a much shorter development cycle and lower execution risks mean that companies can reap benefits quicker.

The short-term investment strategy is driven in part by the fact that, unlike for example BP, it already has a pipeline of longer-term projects—it is currently developing some of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects such as the Gorgon and Wheatstone plants in Australia.

Smaller firms ConocoPhillips and Hess have also shifted away from deepwater projects to onshore shale production including in North Dakota’s Bakken Shale.

BP was one of very few companies that approved a major project last year, with its $12 billion investment decision in the West Nile Delta gas project in Egypt. The strategy is partly based its plans to see a large part of its future production growth come from gas off the coast of the North African country.

But the company, which reported its biggest-ever loss last week, also does not have the line-up of long-term projects boasted by the likes of Chevron; the development is also driven by the fact it sold more than $50 billion of assets after the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, leading to a significant decline in output, according to analysts.

“BP aren’t digging themselves through a hole. They are investing a little bit through the cycle,” said Warn.

Shell, by contrast, opted at an early stage of the downturn to acquire Britain’s BG Group in the sector’s largest deal in a decade. It will make it a leader in LNG and offshore oil production in Brazil and increase its energy reserves by about a fifth.

The Anglo-Dutch group, which posted its lowest annual income for 13 years last week, expects to complete the deal this month.

U.S. giant Exxon may need to take a leaf out of Shell’s book and seek a major M&A deal after it surprised many in the market last week by slashing its 2016 spending by a quarter to $23 billion, said Anish Kapadia, analyst at Tudor, Pickering, Holt and Co.

The capex cut signals the company—which reported its smallest quarterly profit in more than a decade—is not planning to invest in many new projects, he said.

“That is a signal that Exxon doesn’t have an attractive enough project queue to invest in and is not willing to invest in upstream, so if it wants to grow it will have to make an acquisition,” added Kapadia.

“In this environment with the potential for higher oil price, Chevron are doing the right thing. They can survive over the next few years and have the option to grow. Exxon is at the bottom of the pile. It looks the most expensive but it is hard to justify given the lack of growth outlook.”

Tudor, Pickering, Holt and Co. has a ‘buy’ recommendation on Chevron and Shell, a ‘hold’ on BP and ‘sell’ on Exxon.

Norway’s Statoil and France’s Total, meanwhile, appear to be sitting in the middle ground: both have indicated they will not invest in new projects this year but they also have big projects coming on stream in the coming years that will counter production declines.

Summary: They're cutting costs, scrapping plans for mega projects, and praying.


Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 29, who led the Paris attacks, returned to scenes of the shootings and the Bataclan concert hall while the siege was still going, says the city’s prosecutor, Francois Molins.

The Paris prosecutor revealed that Abaaoud’s movements were pieced together using location data from the phone he used that night, reports Sky News.

The ringleader, who died when police raided his hideout last week, mingled with onlookers outside the Bataclan concert hall where 89 people were killed. He is also thought to have returned to the restaurant and cafe terraces that were also attacked.

“This (location data) allows us to think that Abaaoud returns to the crime scenes following the attacks on terraces of the cafes and restaurants of the 10th and 11th districts while special police were still taking action at the Bataclan” Molins told reporters.

Molins also thinks Abaaoud was preparing for a suicide bombing mission with an accomplice at Paris’s La Defense business district on Nov. 18 or 19.

Summary: The Paris prosecuter says Abdelhamid Abaaoud movements were pieced together using location data


In Port Charlotte and in Arcadia, two of the most devastated places, scam artists have been posing as independent insurance claims adjusters, offering, for $500 to $2,000, to help resolve claims with insurance companies, the state's Department of Insurance said.

Mr. Crist said of the complaints coming into his office, ''This is just the start.'' He added, ''We saw this after Hurricane Andrew and we're seeing it again.''

Mr. Crist has dispatched teams to help consumers, and squads of sheriff's deputies and consumer advocates are also working to discourage price gouging.

While many of the complaints have been coming from Punta Gorda and Arcadia, Orlando, at nearly 200 complaints, is leading the list, with Fort Myers, just south of where the hurricane came ashore on the Gulf Coast, running a close second. Under Florida law, each proven case of price gouging carries a penalty of $1,000; each case of deceptive business practices carries a penalty of $10,000 except when the victim is over 60, in which case the penalty rises to $15,000. The complaints began to trickle in as the storm was approaching and a few came in immediately afterward. But now the pace is picking up, said Sara Kinsey, who has been working late into the night answering the attorney general's complaint hot line.

She said she had heard from a man who said he was told that the new price for a small household generator was now $2,000, up from about $250.

Many of the complaints have been for two necessities: bottled water and ice. But prices have also jumped for construction work and construction materials, and the authorities expect more of that as the recovery stretches on.

Janet Snyder, a pharmacy technician in Cape Coral, said several men in two pickup trucks spotted her roof damage and offered to lay down a temporary covering of plastic sheeting. They wanted $600, about four times what she figured was the right price, based on 15 rolls of plastic that usually sell for $10 each.

Across the state, in Ormund Beach, Chris Boyce, a salesman for a roofing supply company, said that when his company tried to restock on Monday the wholesaler tried to raise the price of tar paper 40 percent, to $10.50 for a roll of 216 square feet. ''That's criminal,'' Mr. Boyce said he told the wholesaler, adding, ''I'd rather not have it at that price.''

Ms. Kinsey said that in one instance a price gouger simply took advantage of anxiety and fear that there was no ice to be had. He bought several chests of ice in a grocery store in a mall at the usual $1 or so for a big party-size bag, she said, stepped outside and began selling scoops of ice for $2 each.

Mr. Lawrence, a cook who is studying to become a Web site designer, came across a gas station here in Orlando selling the equivalent of two $1 bags for $10.

''I said, 'Are you kidding?' and he just looked at me,'' Mr. Lawrence said. ''There were mobs of people buying ice from the guy. Even though that was the only place I could find ice, I refused to buy it.''

The first wave of opportunistic pricing came from motels and hotels as the hurricane was approaching, Mr. Crist said. Many people fled the Tampa Bay area after forecasters calculated incorrectly that the hurricane would be coming ashore there.

Mr. Kleppach and his family were among them. They drove inland, and every hotel they checked was full. They continued across the state to the East Coast city of Fort Pierce and still could not find a room.

Finally, in West Palm Beach, Mr. Kleppach said in court documents filed in the attorney general's lawsuits, he saw a sign at the Days Inn Airport Hotel reading, ''ALL ROOMS - $39.99.'' There were two rooms left. But the price, Mr. Kleppach said, was $109.00. ''I was desperate and needed shelter for my family,'' he said, ''so I took the room for that price.''

At the hotel on Tuesday, Andrew Hill, the manager, refused to discuss the attorney general's accusations.

In Plant City, just east of Tampa, Rosemary Duffield, who is in her 80's, decided she should get out of her mobile home and she booked a room a little farther inland, at the Crossroads Motor Lodge in Lakeland, she said in court papers. She was told the price would be $44.79, she said. But when she called to reconfirm later in the day, the price was $55.79. After checking in on Friday and settling into her room, she discovered that she had been charged $61.27.

She did not argue with the hotel, but she complained to the attorney general. She did not respond to a reporter's message left on her answering machine Tuesday.

At the Crossroads Motor Lodge, a man who said he was the manager but would not give his name denied that he had been overcharging. ''How can we gouge?'' he asked. ''We advertise in the newspaper.''

Reporting was contributed by Merissa Green in Lakeland, Linda Brockman in West Palm Beach and Terry Aguayo in Miami.

Summary: Floridians struggling with aftermath of Hurricane Charley now face wave of price gouging that contradicts spirit of help from volunteers in stricken areas; Atty Gen Charlie Crist receives more than 1,400 complaints of overcharging, files charges against Crossroads Motor Lodge in Lakeland and Days Inn Airport Hotel in West Palm Beach and sends teams to help consumers; egregious cases include gas prices, scam artists posing as insurance adjusters and nearly 200 cases from Orlando alone (M)


Every month I coach dozens of young people from around the globe who have no idea what they’re doing with their lives how to better plan their careers. Having found a number of common threads, I’ve put together some guidance for anyone seeking to determine their life’s purpose. Here are the main concepts to consider, distilled into seven key words:

Most of my clients have no idea what they want. Some have a story they tell themselves about what they’re doing or what they’re planning to do next, but they have no idea what they REALLY want.

What we really want can usually be identified once we stop censoring ourselves, trying to come up with an answer that sounds prestigious or glamorous or reflects what we think is economically feasible or what our family wants. I tell everyone: get all those things out of your head and then give yourself to the count of three to answer as quickly as possible “What do I want in life?” Nine times out of 10, that’s your answer.

Until you know what you want, no one else can help you get there. The first step starts in ruthlessly identifying what that is

If you still can’t come up with what you really want out of life, a good place to start is by examining what you’re scared of. I strongly believe that fear tells us what we should be doing and the most successful people proceed directly into what scares them.

Like most humans, everyone I work with is very scared of something – of many things actually. Instead of backing down in the face of those things, we tackle them head on. We look at it like, this is a lot of good stuff to put on your radar and start learning about how you roll in the fear zone.

Go where you’ll grow, and you’ll grow most when you’re really freaked out about something.

If that doesn’t get the ball rolling, look for opportunities to give. What do you have that you can share with the world, regardless of monetary compensation? What can you teach others? Where might just your physical presence be a gift to someone in need?

Most unhappy people are living selfish lives without looking at the simplest question of all: What can I give to someone else? Today. Now. Whenever you feel lost, give, share, and love.

I find that many people who feel stuck in life are failing to actively and strategically connect with others. Once I identify what someone wants, the next step is to make a list of all the people who can help him or her achieve it and then start methodically connecting with all of those people, personally asking each one for help or otherwise shamelessly putting their talents out there in front of them.

Again, most people are terrified to do this. And of course we must figure out how to do it appropriately and with a value proposition. We first need to work on our self-confidence to make it a reality. The fear of connecting with important people in a field of interest is precisely what holds us back from reaching the top.

People tend to seriously underestimate the value of silence and stillness in their lives. They run around at 100 miles per hour every day, ingesting so much information and stimulation but never giving it time to settle in.

I tell each and every person I work with to sit and be completely still for half an hour every night before bed, a sacred time to turn off all the devices, get into pajamas, prepare the mind for rest, reflect on the day, and let the mind digest how the day shifted things around in its inner chambers. The heart can’t speak while the body is moving and the mind is restless, so we have to take these three steps: still the body, quiet the mind, and listen to the heart. Every day.

Most people are faking it. You have to do the same. You will feel one way – and most of the time it’s your animal brain screaming out in fear or laziness – but to go anywhere, you can’t just do what you feel like doing. Act like the person you dream of being, and eventually you’ll get there.

Researchers estimate that the likelihood of YOU being born to your parents, with your set of DNA, in this particular moment in history – considering all the history of warfare and natural destruction and utter chaos – is about 1 in 400 trillion. Everything that has ever happened in the universe has brought you to this moment now. Once you wrap your head around that fact, it’s hard to sit back and feel sorry for yourself or let fear stop you from delivering on what you’re very clearly here for a reason to deliver to us. Your life is a miracle. So is mine. Now let’s act accordingly.

Summary: Do you know what you REALLY want?


In a dimly lit, windowless room in an unfashionable area of south London, a group of around 30 philosophers, scientists, anthropologists, lawyers and space enthusiasts is busy trying to create a government that doesn’t yet exist.

How do you do it? By rifling through the best our species has come up with so far. That’s why they are currently huddled around a copy of the Constitution of the United States. They also have to hand the constitutions of Japan, Iceland and Mongolia. Their task over two days: to draw up a constitution for a “free and independent” human settlement on the Moon or Mars.

“The future of humanity beyond the Earth is a fascinating subject,” says Charles Cockell, an astrobiologist at the University of Edinburgh and the organiser of this, the second International Extraterrestrial Liberty Conference (ELC). “One of the things that has been so important in the history of human civilisation is freedom and liberty, so what we wanted to do was think about liberty beyond the Earth.”

Even a few years ago it would have been easy to dismiss this conference as a purely academic exercise for space geeks. However, with Mars One planning a colony on Mars in the next 10 years, Nasa proposing to reach the Red Planet by 2033 and SpaceX founder and PayPal billionaire Elon Musk aiming for permanent human settlement of Mars, considering how these alien bases might be governed is a serious business.

“The relevance now is that there’s an increasing number of nations going into space, there’s an increasing number of private companies building rockets and with this renewed effort in space exploration it’s becoming very important to think about who’s going to control space,” explains Cockell. “Will it be corporations? Will it be the state? How is the individual to have any freedom in an environment that is absolutely lethal?”

Any nation or company planning to start an extraterrestrial colony will almost certainly be tempted to begin civilisation from scratch; to rip up the past and arrive at a utopian vision for a new form of government. However, history suggests this is not a sensible approach. The Holocaust, Cambodia’s killing fields and the Soviet gulags are testament to some of the appalling atrocities that humans commit when those in charge decide it’s Year Zero.

The US Constitution, on the other hand, may have been much amended since it was first adopted in 1787 but it has stood the test of time. It has also inspired the constitutions of more recent democracies such as Japan. The conference organisers settled on Iceland as another example because, like an extraterrestrial colony, the country is in a relatively isolated location with a low population. And, as on Mars, inhabitants also face a unique set of natural challenges, in fact parts of Iceland even look like an alien world.

“We have hundreds of years of experience of drafting constitutions and we should build on that,” says Cockell. And in broadly adopting the US constitution, conference delegates agree on a democratic structure with individual freedoms protected by a bill of rights. They also back an independent judiciary and press freedom. “But,” says Cockell, "there are things about space that are completely different to the Earth environment, in particular the issue of who controls the oxygen.”

Conference delegates decide that having air to breathe is a fundamental right that needs to be enshrined at the heart of any colonial constitution. “A space colony is a tyranny prone environment,” Cockell warns, pointing out that no other constitution has listed the right to breathable air before. “If somebody gets control of oxygen, they could very well have control over the whole population and could threaten dire consequences in return for extraordinary levels of power.”

As I walk around the room eavesdropping on conversations, I notice that the words Star Trek keep coming up. It turns out that someone else was giving this some serious thought around half a century ago in a Hollywood production office; Star Trek creator Gene Rodenberry.

“The people who wrote Star Trek had a system in place, the Federation,” says Janet De Vigne, a language lecturer and colleague of Cockell’s at Edinburgh. “Star Trek is a post-capitalist society – if you’re setting up a settlement, what is the economic set-up going to be? The economy could be completely different.”

Delegates also agree that the “right to leave” should be included in the new constitution. But that raises questions over the practicalities of leaving a colony on a planet without breathable air. As going outside is not a viable option, who pays for the trip home? Even more concerning, if the colony is being run by a corporation do they have the right to sack you? To send you back to Earth or throw you out of the airlock?

Another idea that receives broad support owes its origins to Ancient Greece, whereby the government is part elected but also made up of people selected through a lottery. “In a sealed space colony, having a system where everyone has a vested interest in the political system is a good thing to do,” Cockell says. “Apathy in a lethal, hostile environment is extremely dangerous.”

Cockell plans to spend the summer pulling the discussions together into a final constitution. However, the ultimate aim of the conference is to put together a series of academic books on how an extraterrestrial settlement might operate. Due to be published next year it will serve as a manual for how to set up and operate a successful space colony.

These delegates in this small windowless room in south London, may one day be credited as the new founding fathers and mothers. After all, the first constitution beginning “We the people of Mars…” could be signed into law in the next 20 years.

But what if it all goes wrong and a brutal dictatorship emerges in one of these new colonies? Cockell has already thought of that – next year’s conference will draw up a manual on how to overthrow an unpopular extraterrestrial government. If you would like to comment on this, or anything else you have seen on Future, head over to our Facebook or Google+ page, or message us on Twitter.

Summary: Our descendants may one day live in colonies on the Moon or Mars. How will they be governed? Some are already trying to come up with a space-age constitution.


Simon Danczuk, the suspended Labour MP ordered to repay £11,000 in expenses, has come under fire by Bangladesh’s government for interfering in its “internal affairs” after he flew to Dhaka and called for sanctions to be imposed on the south Asian nation.

Danczuk, who flew to the Bangladeshi capital on Friday, addressed tens of thousands of supporters of the opposition Bangladesh National party – telling them that since taking power, the current government had created a “culture of fear” with a “break down in human rights ... and political opponents disappearing”.

Speaking of the ties between Britain and Bangladesh, Danczuk called on British ministers to say “ the relationship has … soured. Sanctions should be applied if there is not a return to true democracy”.

British ministers have not broken off relations despite political violence scarring the country – and regularly visit Bangladesh. The UK remains the largest bilateral donor to Bangladesh, sending about £180m a year.

A spokesman for the Bangladeshi high commission in London said the MP allied himself with the opposition, including extremist groups, to “interfere” in democratic politics.

“Talking about Bangladesh’s internal politics is interference in the internal affairs of the country,” he said. “Bangladesh has a flourishing democracy and the next elections are set for 2019.

“Danczuk’s comments are similar to the one of the opposition parties Bangladesh Nationalist party, which is allied to the Jamaat-e-Islami party – which has been described as a ‘criminal organisation’ and has been identified to have links to all radical ... terrorist groups.”

Danczuk’s call for sanctions to be applied to Bangladesh echoes the call by Tarique Rahman, the opposition’s leading politician and scion of a political dynasty who lives in exile in London. He faces a number of charges in Bangladesh, including one of money laundering, all of which he denies.

Wikileaks reported that the US embassy in Dhaka had recommended a ban on entry for Rahman in 2008 into the US because of “egregious political corruption that has had a serious adverse effect on US national interests”.

Danczuk told the crowds: “Let me start by saying Tarique Rahman is very well and in very good spirits. I met with him recently and there is no doubt he is looking forward to returning shortly”.

Danczuk was suspended in December by the Labour party after newspaper allegations about that he exchanged explicit messages with a 17-year-old girl. He is currently the subject of a police investigation after allegations of rape were made against him.

Danczuk, vice chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Bangladesh, has long courted the Bangladeshi vote in Rochdale, telling community leaders before the general election the poll was important “because we need to retain people in parliament who will speak up for the people of Bangladesh... That’s why this is an important general election”.

When contacted by the Guardian, Danczuk said that there was nothing wrong with meeting Tarique Rahman because the government had allowed “him to stay here”.

“It’s not interference,” he said. “I did say that sanctions should be considered because of what has happened in Bangladesh. Numerous reports show the breakdown in human rights. The British government needs to pressurise Bangladesh into reason.”

A Foreign Office spokesperson said: “The UK urges all Bangladesh’s political parties to work together to strengthen democratic and political accountability. Bangladesh is an important partner for the UK and we continue to support its people in their aspiration for a more stable, prosperous and democratic future.”

Summary: Suspended Labour MP addressed opposition supporters in Dhaka, saying government has created ‘culture of fear’


The security staff at the training ground refused to let him in and he was forced to sit on the side of the road, in snowy conditions, in a desperate attempt to flag down Mourinho. He waited for five fruitless hours, with only a coat to protect him from the elements, until his luck changed.

As Mourinho was leaving his assistant Rui Faria's car he spotted Rodríguez and stopped in his tracks. Mourinho bounded over to Rodríguez and asked to know what the "guy from Los Angeles" was doing nearly 6,000 miles from home.

After explaining his quixotic trip to Mourinho, everything changed for Rodríguez. The Special One instantly called for an assistant and arranged for Rodríguez to have his own room at the hotel where Real were staying for the Barcelona match. He ordered Rodríguez to rest up and rejoin them at the training site the next morning.

The night before the match the two men met up 90 minutes before sharing dinner with the rest of Mourinho's staff. As they spoke about Rodríguez's plans – he intended to return to LA after El Clásico – Mourinho insisted that he join the club for their trip to Manchester for the round of 16 clash at Old Trafford.

"I told him, 'No way, you come to Manchester with us and work as a kit man,'" Mourinho told Sports Illustrated. "'You help us and you live a bigger dream, a Champions League match from the inside!'"

Rodríguez lit up and said he would love to join them, insisting he would pay his own way. But Mourinho shook his head, smiled, and said: "When you're with me in Europe, you don't pay for s---."

This incredible gesture was too much for Rodríguez and he was overcome with tears of joy. The football gods had repaid him for seven summers of voluntary work and he was about to join the entourage of one of the game's finest managers for a match (in Mourinho's words) "the world is waiting for".

Rodríguez attended El Clásico – Real won 2-1 – watching from a good seat and visiting the home side's dressing room afterwards for photographs with Cristiano Ronaldo, Maradona and the Argentine legend's girlfriend.

Lifelong ambition fulfilled, it was now time to get down to business. Rodríguez was kitted out in Real's full team gear and given official status as a bag-handler, coaching assistant and good-luck charm (Mourinho and the players were rubbing his stomach for positive vibes).

Rodríguez's friends in Los Angeles could see him on their televisions as he walked off the field next to United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and he was even immortalised on YouTube, standing next to Ronaldo in a pre-game clip of the tunnel.

A few seconds before that clip was filmed, Javier Hernandez, Rodríguez's compatriot, approached the cleaner to tell him he would be giving him his match jersey at the final whistle. How did he know about Real's good-luck charm? Unbeknown to Rodríguez, Mourinho had approached Hernandez and asked him to do the favour.

"These people treated me like I was part of the team," Rodríguez said. "This is something I'll tell my grandkids."

Ferguson would not speak to the British press that night – he was in a state of distress after seeing Nani's red card end United's hopes of advancing. But he spoke to Rodríguez, urging him to grab Mourinho for a post-match glass of wine. Rodríguez said: "He came out of the dressing room with a cup of wine in his hand, and he told me, 'Tell José that the wine is ready, and tell him to hurry up.'"

Rodríguez's wondrous night continued with him acting as go-between for Robin van Persie and Marcelo when they swapped shirts, and collecting as many keep-safes and mementos as he could.

Hernandez, too, followed up on his promise, handing Rodríguez his match shirt with a unique, personalised message. The two spoke, with Hernandez listening in wide-eyed wonder at the Mexican-American's amazing story.

"The first thing he said to me was, 'How long have you been working for Real Madrid?'" Rodríguez said to Sports Illustrated. "I said, 'The truth is I don't work for them.' I explained to him what happened, and he looked shocked at the beginning. But he said, 'You know what? That's amazing.'"

All the memorabilia he could get his hands on was worth nothing compared to the memories, insisted Rodríguez, and a knowing wink for a job well done from Mourinho on the flight back was a particular highlight.

Rodríguez finished his duties as the equipment man by unloading the bags off the plane at Madrid. But his conscientious dedication to his work meant he never had the chance to thank Mourinho, and still doesn't have any contact details.

He shared his story with Sports Illustrated to say thank you for a very special night.

Summary: A lifelong Real Madrid fan, who waxes floors for living, was plucked from   obscurity to join Jose Mourinho's backroom staff for the Champions League   victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford in an extraordinary tale of   dedication, generosity and goodwill.


The most brilliant young economist in America -- the one so deemed, at least, by a jury of his elders -- brakes to a stop at a traffic light on Chicago's south side. It is a sunny day in mid-June. He drives an aging green Chevy Cavalier with a dusty dashboard and a window that doesn't quite shut, producing a dull roar at highway speeds.

But the car is quiet for now, as are the noontime streets: gas stations, boundless concrete, brick buildings with plywood windows.

An elderly homeless man approaches. It says he is homeless right on his sign, which also asks for money. He wears a torn jacket, too heavy for the warm day, and a grimy red baseball cap.

The economist doesn't lock his doors or inch the car forward. Nor does he go scrounging for spare change. He just watches, as if through one-way glass. After a while, the homeless man moves along.

''He had nice headphones,'' says the economist, still watching in the rearview mirror. ''Well, nicer than the ones I have. Otherwise, it doesn't look like he has many assets.''

Steven Levitt tends to see things differently than the average person. Differently, too, than the average economist. This is either a wonderful trait or a troubling one, depending on how you feel about economists. The average economist is known to wax oracularly about any and all monetary issues. But if you were to ask Levitt his opinion of some standard economic matter, he would probably swipe the hair from his eyes and plead ignorance. ''I gave up a long time ago pretending that I knew stuff I didn't know,'' he says. ''I mean, I just -- I just don't know very much about the field of economics. I'm not good at math, I don't know a lot of econometrics, and I also don't know how to do theory. If you ask me about whether the stock market's going to go up or down, if you ask me whether the economy's going to grow or shrink, if you ask me whether deflation's good or bad, if you ask me about taxes -- I mean, it would be total fakery if I said I knew anything about any of those things.''

In Levitt's view, economics is a science with excellent tools for gaining answers but a serious shortage of interesting questions. His particular gift is the ability to ask such questions. For instance: If drug dealers make so much money, why do they still live with their mothers? Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What really caused crime rates to plunge during the past decade? Do real-estate agents have their clients' best interests at heart? Why do black parents give their children names that may hurt their career prospects? Do schoolteachers cheat to meet high-stakes testing standards? Is sumo wrestling corrupt?

And how does a homeless man afford $50 headphones?

Many people -- including a fair number of his peers -- might not recognize Levitt's work as economics at all. But he has merely distilled the so-called dismal science down to its most primal aim: explaining how people get what they want, or need. Unlike most academics, he is unafraid of using personal observations and curiosities (though he does fear calculus). He is an intuitionist. He sifts through a pile of data to find a story that no one else had found. He devises a way to measure an effect that veteran economists had declared unmeasurable. His abiding interests -- though he says he has never trafficked in them himself -- are cheating, corruption and crime.

His interest in the homeless man's headphones, meanwhile, didn't last long. ''Maybe,'' he said later, ''it was just testimony to the fact I'm too disorganized to buy a set of headphones that I myself covet.''

Levitt is the first to say that some of his topics border on the trivial. But he has proved to be such an ingenious researcher and clear-eyed thinker that instead of being consigned to the fringe of his field, the opposite has happened: he has shown other economists just how well their tools can make sense of the real world.

''Levitt is considered a demigod, one of the most creative people in economics and maybe in all social science,'' says Colin Camerer, an economist at the California Institute of Technology. ''He represents something that everyone thinks they will be when they go to grad school in econ, but usually they have the creative spark bored out of them by endless math -- namely, a kind of intellectual detective trying to figure stuff out.''

Levitt is a populist in a field that is undergoing a bout of popularization. Undergraduates are swarming the economics departments of elite universities. Economics is seen as the ideal blend of intellectual prestige (it does offer a Nobel, after all) and practical training for a high-flying finance career (unless, like Levitt, you choose to stay in academia). At the same time, economics is ever more visible in the real world, thanks to the continuing fetishization of the stock market and the continuing fixation with Alan Greenspan.

The greatest change, however, is within the scholarly ranks. Microeconomists are gaining on the macro crowd, empiricists gaining on the theorists. Behavioral economists have called into doubt the very notion of ''homo economicus,'' the supposedly rational decision-maker in each of us. Young economists of every stripe are more inclined to work on real-world subjects and dip into bordering disciplines -- psychology, criminology, sociology, even neurology -- with the intent of rescuing their science from its slavish dependence upon mathematical models.

Summary: Inside the curious mind of the heralded young economist Steven Levitt.


At first, Jeanne Heifetz thought she had merely tripped over one of those quirks that occasionally worm their way into standardized tests. Words were missing from a book excerpt she was familiar with on a Regents English exam. But when she discovered a second extensively altered excerpt, she began to wonder, "If there were two, could there be more?" Was something sinister afoot?

So, driven by curiosity and her antipathy to the exams, she rounded up a batch of recent Regents tests, which New York State requires public high school students to take to graduate, and started double-checking the excerpts that serve as the basis for questions. What she found astonished her.

In a feat of literary sleuth work, Ms. Heifetz, the mother of a high school senior and a weaver from Brooklyn, inspected 10 high school English exams from the past three years and discovered that the vast majority of the passages — drawn from the works of Isaac Bashevis Singer, Anton Chekhov and William Maxwell, among others — had been sanitized of virtually any reference to race, religion, ethnicity, sex, nudity, alcohol, even the mildest profanity and just about anything that might offend someone for some reason. Students had to write essays and answer questions based on these doctored versions — versions that were clearly marked as the work of the widely known authors.

In an excerpt from the work of Mr. Singer, for instance, all mention of Judaism is eliminated, even though it is so much the essence of his writing. His reference to "Most Jewish women" becomes "Most women" on the Regents, and "even the Polish schools were closed" becomes "even the schools were closed." Out entirely goes the line "Jews are Jews and Gentiles are Gentiles." In a passage from Annie Dillard's memoir, "An American Childhood," racial references are edited out of a description of her childhood trips to a library in the black section of town where she is almost the only white visitor, even though the point of the passage is to emphasize race and the insights she learned about blacks.

The State Education Department, which prepares the exams, acknowledged modifying excerpts to satisfy elaborate "sensitivity review guidelines" that have been in use for decades, but are periodically revised. It said it did not want any student to feel ill at ease while taking the test.

After making her discovery, Ms. Heifetz contacted most of the affected authors or their publishers, and found them angered that their words had been tampered with without their consent. Word circulated among groups concerned about censorship and literary affairs, and an assortment of them, including the National Coalition Against Censorship, the Association of American Publishers, the New York Civil Liberties Union and PEN, jointly sent a letter on Friday to Richard P. Mills, the state education commissioner, calling for an end to the practice.

The groups, which plan to hold a news conference tomorrow, condemned the editing as intellectually dishonest and a form of censorship that distorts the content and meaning of the works. "Testing students on inaccurate literary passages is an odd approach to measuring academic achievement," the letter said.

The modifications to the passages ranged widely. In the Chekhov story "The Upheaval," the exam takes out the portion in which a wealthy woman looking for a missing brooch strip-searches all of the house's staff members. Students are then asked to use the story to write an essay on the meaning of human dignity.

A paragraph in John Holt's "Learning All the Time" is truncated to eliminate some of the reasons Suzuki violin instruction differs in Japan and the United States, apparently not to offend anyone who might find the particulars somehow insulting. Students are nonetheless then asked to answer questions about those differences.

Certain revisions bordered on the absurd. In a speech by Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary general, in addition to deletions about the United States' unpaid debt to the United Nations, any mention of wine and drinking was removed. Instead of praising "fine California wine and seafood," he ends up praising "fine California seafood." In Carol Saline's "Mothers and Daughters" a daughter no longer says she "went out to a bar" with her mother; on the Regents, they simply "went out."

In an excerpt from "Barrio Boy," by Ernesto Galarza (whose name was misspelled on the exam as Gallarzo), a "gringo lady" becomes an "American lady." A boy described as "skinny" became "thin," while another boy who was "fat" became "heavy," adjectives the state deemed less insulting.

"When I saw that," Ms. Heifetz said, "I really thought they had lost their minds."

In undertaking her exploration, Ms. Heifetz was in part motivated by her low regard for the exams, which have long provoked controversy over their worth and prevalence, though she said she had always assumed that they were correctly prepared. Rosa Jurjevics, her daughter, is a senior at the Urban Academy Laboratory High School, a small school on the Upper East Side. It belongs to a consortium of 32 schools that educate largely poor children and that oppose the Regents exams. The consortium had a waiver that excused its students from taking the exams until last June, and it continues to battle the Education Department over the issue.

The latest round of the two-day Regents in English will be administered to seniors on June 18 and 19.

Summary: New York State's standardized English exams have become so sanitized, critics say, that they have skewed classic literary works that students are tested on.


A new advocacy (read: lobby) group for tech companies has sprung up in New York City.

Tech:NYC, which describes itself as “nonprofit member organization that represents New York City’s technology sector,” is co-chaired by investor Fred Wilson and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong. Its long list of supporting companies include Google, Facebook, Bloomberg, Uber, Airbnb, and eBay.

According to a blog post by Wilson and Armstrong this week, the organization was born out of the on-going demand from tech companies that their industry have representation with local and state governments in New York, which is not surprising given other industries’ history of creating lobby groups in their main markets.

It’s also not surprising given the recent battles tech companies have waged there, including Uber and Lyft’s fight with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio over limiting their growth as well as Airbnb’s friction with the state’s attorney general over illegal rentals, to name a couple. Taxes and other pesky regulations are also likely top items on the agenda.

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The organization says it will advocate for policies that “1) underscore a regulatory environment that supports the growth of technology companies and technology talent in NYC; 2) promote inclusivity; and 3) ensure access for all New Yorkers to connectivity, technology tools, and training.” To do all this, the group will be funded through membership fees, calculated based on the company’s employee count, or a flat fee for VC firms and individual angel investors.

The day-to-day operations will be run by Julie Samuels, who up until now ran Engine, a national advocacy organization for similar issues. Prior to that, she was at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Tech:NYC is reminiscent of sf.citi, a San Francisco-based organization founded in 2011 that makes similar claims around representing the local tech industry in regulatory talks as well as encouraging tech companies to engage with the local community. Many of the same companies, like Uber, Facebook, and Google, are also supporters of sf.citi. Ron Conway, who co-founded venture capital firm SV Angel, is the chairman of its board.

Summary: As a major market, it's not surprising tech companies want to have a say in local business policies


insists he's NOT a raging anti-Semite, despite public accusations made by KISS guitarist

Stanley unloaded on Criss and another ex-band mate

in his new book "Face the Music: A Life Exposed," accusing the two of chronic anti-Semitic behavior back in the day. Stanley also accuses Criss of being a racist who enjoyed mocking waiters at Chinese restaurants.

But Criss tells TMZ, all of Stanley's claims are bogus.

Criss says he's always been a loving supporter of all religions, including the Jewish faith -- in fact, Criss tells us his favorite aunt was Jewish. He also denies being a racist in any way.

Although Criss says he's spoken to a lawyer, he says he has no plans to pursue legal action against Stanley.

Summary: Founding KISS drummer Peter Criss insists he's NOT a raging anti-Semite, despite public accusations made by KISS guitarist Paul Stanley.Stanley unloaded…


The phrase “made in America” has always pulled at the hearts and wallets of loyal, red-blooded consumers, and never more so than in the automotive space. But according to research released Monday, the car company that qualifies as most American is….the Toyota Camry.

Cars.com released its 10th American Made Index (AMI) of the vehicles that qualify as the most American—based on where parts are manufactured (a vehicle must be made of at least 75% U.S. parts to even make the list), where the vehicle is built, and what percentage of the vehicles’ sales are U.S.-based, among other factors.

This year’s AMI yielded a few surprises. The Toyota Camry is, apparently, the most American vehicle on sale in the U.S. Surprise No. 2: Ford fell off the list entirely this year—even though the F-150 pickup topped the list in 2013 and 2014. (A Chrysler hasn’t shown up since 2012.) Surprise No. 3: Ten years ago, when Cars.com began compiling the AMI, 29 vehicles made the cut; this year, only seven did—not even enough for a Top Ten. Globalization is here.

So how many consumers actually care and/or know about their vehicle’s geographical roots? According to Patrick Olsen, the editor in chief of Cars.com, in 2011 23% of purchasing consumers would only buy American, a percentage that has jumped to 28% in 2015. But do they understand that a Toyota Camry is by measure more apple pie than a Dodge Challenger, which is manufactured in Canada? Probably not, but the car companies who make the tally find such accolades heavy-duty marketing fodder.

“It reinforces the Americanization story of Toyota,” says Bill Fay, general manager of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S. “We operate ten plants in the U.S., build more than 2 million vehicles here, and 71% of our sales [here in America] are vehicles built in North America.”

The full list of Cars.com 2015 American Made Index winners:

Summary: The latest ranking of the most American vehicles you can buy is out—and the results are surprising.


Samantha Bee will have none of your sausages in the new teaser for her upcoming TBS show.

The promo is a not-so-veiled critique of the male-dominated homogeny of late night. While staring at a wall featuring portraits of the current late night lineup, Bee is offered some “sausages.” (Literal ones, to be clear.) Each type of sausage the server describes corresponds to a late night host. The camera lingers on the portrait of Jimmy Fallon when he says “mild” and Carson Daly when he offers “extra mild.” Bee’s fellow former Daily Show correspondent John Oliver is an “English banger” the server has heard “really good things about.”

But Bee rejects the sausages, and closes the teaser by saying: “I am female as f–k.”

Summary: "I think I'm kind of done with sausages"


has settled the lawsuit over the jet crash that severely injured him and took the lives of four others ... TMZ has learned.

Sources say Travis and the various defendants --

and others -- struck a deal during a mediation session on November 18th.

were filed on December 3.

Thelma Still -- the mother of Travis Barker's bodyguard,

-- also settled her case during the same mediation.

The terms of the settlement are confidential.

's estate, is suing the same defendants for wrongful death -- in the wake of his overdose death in August. That case is pending.

Summary: Travis Barker has settled the lawsuit over the jet crash that severely injured him and took the lives of four others ... TMZ has learned.Sources say…


While he was never Hollywood’s most iconic figure—Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Bette Davis and a half-dozen other actors and actresses can stake a more legitimate claim to that title—no legend of the silver screen, male or female, was ever as engagingly enigmatic as James Dean. When he died on September 30, 1955, at just 24 years old, Dean had starred in only three films (two of which hadn’t even been released yet). But in those three movies—East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant—he crafted a legacy as a sensitive, tortured outsider that has influenced generations of actors, musicians and artists around the globe.

Here, LIFE.com revisits a photograph that captures the essence of Dean’s enduring appeal. The picture, shot by Dennis Stock in early 1955, shows Dean walking alone in an eerily empty Times Square. It’s a lousy day. Wearing a long, wool coat, hunched against the chill, a cigarette loosely clamped in his lips, the actor is seen in mid-stride, stalking through the bleak Manhattan rain. At first glance, it might be a portrait of isolation, or even downright despair.

And yet . . . something in Dean’s expression lends a kind of quiet, mischievous elation to the scene. That he was not yet a star, much less a legend, when the photo was made is beside the point. In this picture, at this moment in his life, the Indiana native is a young, talented, blithely rebellious spirit in the big city, pursuing a dream.

He’s alive. He has his whole life ahead of him. Nothing can stop him.

[See more photos of James Dean—some of them classics, others rarely seen]

Ben Cosgrove is the Editor of LIFE

Summary: Dennis Stock's 1955 photo of James Dean in Times Square is a portrait of hope: a young, creative and (yes) rebellious spirit in the big city, pursuing a dream.


When Thomas the orphaned chimpanzee died, his companion Pan appeared to grieve for him. And Pan was not the only one.

The other chimps in the group chose to stay around Thomas, even though it was their usual feeding time. Many of them touched Thomas's body. One dominant female even brushed his teeth with grass before his corpse was taken away.

Thomas's death was far from the first time apes have been observed apparently grieving their dead. It is simply one of the best documented, as the events were captured on film.

Perhaps more surprisingly, two species of monkey – much more distantly related to us than apes – have been observed behaving similarly in the wild. The monkeys seemed to acknowledge, and even mourn, their dead.

Because it involves staying out in the open, this "grieving" behaviour could make the monkeys vulnerable to predators. So the question is, why do they do it? Figuring that out could help us understand how grief evolved.

Warning: There are images below that some readers may find distressing

Bin Yang of the Shaanxi Academy of Sciences in Xi'an, China, has been following a community of over 130 wild golden snub-nosed monkeys for over a decade.

He gently touched her hand twice, and groomed her

The monkeys live in groups in the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Province, central China. Most groups consist of one male with several females. Any leftover males form their own group.

In December 2013, Yang noticed that a female called DM was missing from her group.

Three days later DM reappeared, but she seemed disorientated and stayed on the fringes of the group.

The dominant male sat beside her. He gently touched her hand twice, and groomed her. The other group members watched from the distance.

The pair then climbed into a nearby tree. DM must have been very weak at this point, because about 30 minutes later she fell and hit her head on a rock. "She lay motionless except for sporadic twitching and faint groans," the authors report.

After walking only a few metres she fell over and died

DM was clearly seriously injured. The other adults in her group immediately came down from the tree and gathered around her to groom and caress her for over an hour. They also emitted alarm calls.

As it began to get dark, most of the group left, but the dominant male stayed by her side.

DM finally stirred and tried to follow the other monkeys. But after walking only a few metres she fell over and died.

The dominant male gently tugged her hand a few times, groomed and embraced her. He also groomed himself while he was looking at her. He stayed out much longer than he normally would, but eventually retreated to the safety of the mountain.

The monkeys showed an understanding of the change in the behaviour

When Yang returned from the field he sent his insights to primatologist James Anderson at Kyoto University in Japan, a specialist in "primate thanatology": the study of death.

Anderson says it is hard to say whether the other monkeys knew DM was dying, but "they were clearly more attentive and more affiliative towards her than they normally would be."

The monkeys showed an "understanding of the change in the behaviour that suggested compassion towards a very seriously ill and ailing individual," he says.

Yang and Anderson published their results in Current Biology in May 2016.

The second report, published in May 2016 in the journal Primates, describes four barbary macaque fatalities that occurred over a year from September 2013.

Researchers had been observing a group who spent a lot of time near tourist sites in Ifrane National Park in Morocco. The monkeys often fought over food near busy roads, and as a result some of them were killed by passing vehicles.

In the first and most informative observation, the group's highest-ranking female, Mary, was hit by a bus. Although seriously injured, she was able to retreat to a nearby tree.

Two adult males inspected and touched her wounds. After the other monkeys left for their usual sleeping areas, one male returned and groomed her. After dark, another monkey – identified as IS – sat nearby and stayed there all night.

Early the next morning, the researchers returned to find that Mary had died. IS was still there and stayed near her body until mid-afternoon, only then leaving to feed for a short while. This was surprising, as macaques usually spend a lot of their day eating.

Other members of the group also spent time in the tree with the female's corpse. Some groomed her. One displayed anxiety-related behaviours, including scratching and yawning.

The body was removed in the evening at which point the dominant male screamed and charged at the researchers.

In another incident, an alpha male was hit by a car and killed immediately.

His body was quickly taken away by park staff to avoid scavengers, so it was not possible to observe how the monkeys reacted to his death. However, when his body was taken three adults screamed.

In the other two cases, a male juvenile and a female infant died.

In response the monkeys became agitated and screamed, especially when the infant's corpse was taken away. The mother also continued to hover near her infant's corpse, appearing distressed (see below).

One of the researchers who witnessed these macaque deaths was Patrick Tkaczynski of the University of Roehampton in the UK. He says it is not surprising that the macaques responded as they did.

It's not easy to completely and suddenly rupture an emotional bond with another individual

"Barbary macaques have a reputation for being 'hippies' compared to a lot of other macaque species, and are known to form long-term social bonds," says Tkaczynski. "Having these strong social bonds might predict particularly strong responses to the loss of their 'friends' or relatives."

Being so social, it makes sense that they would show signs of stress and anxiety when their companions die.

"It's not easy to completely and suddenly rupture an emotional bond with another individual," says Anderson. "I think that can explain the desire or the reluctance to leave dead individuals." (see image below)

Although it is clear that a companion's death has caused the monkeys distress, Tkaczynski and Anderson are both hesitant to say that the monkeys are actually grieving. Others are more convinced.

Anthropologist Barbara King of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia has studied animal grief extensively. She says both of the new reports offer compelling evidence of grief.

You see an animal taking a responsibility for gate-keeping the body

"My definition requires that we know there's been a change in the survivor's behaviour after some friend, companion or relative dies," says King. "I'm looking for evidence of emotional distress, change in behavioural patterns that last for a while, some evidence of response from an animal that has a particularly strong relationship with the dead. All that is there."

The chimpanzee case and the two monkey cases all show the same basic pattern, she says.

"You see an animal taking a responsibility for gate-keeping the body, some type of unusual emotional response by the animal closest to the dead ones, and a sustained response that goes beyond the first five minutes or hour."

Many similar incidents have been recorded over the years.

In a study published in 2006, after female chacma baboons lost a close relative, researchers measured levels of the stress hormone glucocorticoid in their faeces.

Mothers continued to carry the corpses of their babies after they had died

They found that glucocorticoid levels were significantly higher in the four-week period after losing a group member. This same hormone is associate with bereavement in humans. Baboons that did not experience a loss did not have elevated levels of the hormone.

We also know that female monkeys have strong ties to their offspring, which can persist after death.

In a rather macabre study published in 2009, researchers followed a group of Japanese macaques for 24 years. They noted 157 cases where mothers continued to carry the corpses of their babies after they had died. One did so for 17 days, even though the body had started to decompose.

Incidents like these suggest that these monkeys are aware that their companions have died, and that death can have a powerful impact on their lives.

Having friends can literally help us live longer

"Why wouldn't we expect them to grieve?" says King. "We know that monkeys are smart creatures with very well-worked-out hierarchies, social attachments that are very strong... It doesn't surprise me at all that it's absolutely natural for these animals to feel their loss and express it in ways we can understand."

Their behaviour could give us some insight into why we grieve.

Humans, like all primates, live in highly social worlds with strong ties with our friends and family. We rely on social relationships for our health and welfare. Studies indicate that loneliness can damage our health and even cause elderly people to die earlier.

In other words, having friends can literally help us live longer. Friendships can also lower our blood pressure and help us cope with stress, other research suggests.

Given that, it makes sense that losing someone can have a dramatic impact on our behaviour, and can cause us physiological distress. Our grief can be seen as a direct consequence of our having adapted to be highly social, says Tkaczynski.

There can also be a positive side to grief.

Their behaviours reflect our shared evolutionary history of social bonding

When a friend or family member dies, it brings people together and supports "mutual bonding", says Carolyn Ristau of Barnard College, Columbia University in New York, US. This suggests that grief might serve to promote and strengthen relationships.

"Good relationships serve many positive functions both for the individual and for the group as a whole," says Ristau. "In various species, a closely-bonded conspecific may help with care of the young, may join together in a food seeking group, protect against predators."

If you see grief as a consequence of being social, it is not surprising that monkeys react to death much like we do. Their behaviours reflect "our shared evolutionary history of social bonding," says Tkaczynski.

Melissa Hogenboom is BBC Earth's feature writer. She is @melissasuzanneh on Twitter.

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Summary: It is becoming increasingly clear that monkeys "mourn" their friends, suggesting that grief has deep evolutionary roots