http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news en-gb Wed, 22 May 2013 14:13:40 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/canadian-press-newsalert-violent-attack-in-london-could-be-terror-related-208511701.html LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron says there are "strong indications" that a brutal attack in London is terror-related. Two men attacked another man near a London military barracks on Wednesday. One man died and the two others believed to be have weapons were shot by... Wed, 22 May 2013 13:29:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/blake-shelton-says-hes-putting-together-benefit-show-for-oklahoma-tornado-victims-with-nbc-208503611.html LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Blake Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims. Shelton told reporters about the fundraising effort after Tuesday night's episode of "The Voice." Shelton, an Oklahoma native, paid tribute to the thousands affected by Sunday and Monday's Wed, 22 May 2013 11:23:02 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/nyc-woman-sentenced-to-probation-for-stalking-actress-marion-cotillard-warned-to-stay-on-meds-208502381.html NEW YORK, N.Y. - A New York City woman has been sentenced to probation for stalking actress Marion Cotillard (koh-tee-YAR') on the Internet. Teresa Yuan was sentenced Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court. She pleaded guilty last fall. Prosecutors said Yuan sent 504 emails and 120 webcam videos of Wed, 22 May 2013 11:18:05 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/aretha-franklin-says-shes-taking-june-off-will-reschedule-2-shows-and-resume-work-in-july-208487511.html LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June. A spokesman for the 71-year-old singer says Franklin will reschedule two shows and resume her touring schedule in July. Publicist David Brokaw provided no other details Tuesday. Franklin announced earlier this month that Wed, 22 May 2013 09:49:06 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/fbi-man-fatally-shot-after-becoming-violent-under-questioning-in-boston-bombing-probe-208477821.html ORLANDO, Fla. - A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said. Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter, was gunned down at Wed, 22 May 2013 13:26:08 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/fbi-agent-fatally-shoots-man-at-orlando-fla-apartment-complex-208465351.html WASHINGTON - Man shot dead in Florida had become violent during questioning in Boston bombing case: FBI. Wed, 22 May 2013 08:42:12 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/britain-formally-launches-bid-to-label-hezbollahs-military-wing-a-terrorist-organization-208464741.html BRUSSELS - The European Union is reassessing whether to declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization, a move it has long shied from despite pressure from the U.S., officials said Wednesday. The move is bolstered by Germany's change of heart on the issue after Wed, 22 May 2013 12:46:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/italian-judge-orders-trial-for-captain-in-costa-concordia-shipwreck-killed-32-208462771.html ROME - An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel's shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people. Judge Pietro Molino, at a closed-door hearing Wednesday in the town of Grosseto, agreed to prosecutors' Wed, 22 May 2013 08:44:08 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/mortar-lands-in-congolese-city-of-goma-as-un-secretary-general-arrives-in-capital-208460491.html GOMA, Congo - M23 rebels fired two rockets into the eastern Congo city of Goma, killing one person and wounding four, officials said, in an apparent spillover from three days of fighting raging north of the city. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Congo's capital far to the west for a Wed, 22 May 2013 12:21:02 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/sacre-bleu-proposal-to-legalize-english-language-courses-at-french-universities-stirs-debate-208460211.html PARIS - In France, there's a brewing debate over whether to speak anglais in universite. The National Assembly on Wednesday was taking up an education reform bill that would allow public universities to hold some courses — like science or economics classes — in English, a plan that has alarmed Wed, 22 May 2013 10:34:10 CDT