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Oklahoma Tornado Victims Share Stories of Survival
The deadly tornado that ripped through the midwestern state of Oklahoma on Monday left entire neighborhoods flattened, homes, businesses and schools destroyed. As emergency workers sift through the wreckage Tuesday, survivors are sharing their experiences. Among the countless buildings struck by the three-kilometer-wide tornado were two elementary schools - hit just as students were about to ...
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Jordan Army Turns Back Syrian Refugees at Border
A girl wears a headband in the colors of the Syrian revolutionary flag and painted her face with hearts during a protest in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman, Jordan, May 17, ...
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Microsoft unveils next Xbox games console
Microsoft Corp has given a first look at its new game console, hoping the newly named Xbox One will build on a solid core of gamer fans and become a hub for living room entertainment. The third-generation console, coming eight years after the Xbox 360, was unveiled by games unit chief Don Mattrick at an event at the software company's campus near ...
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Arena Pernambuco the sixth Brazil 2014 stadium to be handed over
The Arena Pernambuco was unveiled this Monday 20 May with a game of football between some of the workers who helped in its construction, thus making it the sixth 2014 FIFA World Cup™ stadium to be handed ...
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D.C. organizing biz trade missions to Colombia South Africa Toronto
Interested in globe hopping for the sake of your business? Now's your chance, with ExportDC. The District's Department of Small and Local Business Development on Tuesday released its calendar of upcoming trade missions to the membership of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. Between June and September, they'll hit four continents, a pair of Caribbean islands and, for those wanting to stay ...
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Guyana debates whether to eliminate law that prohibits cross-dressing
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana's chief judge is holding hearings on whether to eliminate a colonial-era law that prohibits cross-dressing in the conservative South American country. The case was filed by a local gay rights group following a 2009 conviction and minor fines imposed on seven of its members. The spokesman for the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination said Tuesday ...
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UN AIDS Deaths Down Treatment Up in Africa
A new United Nations report says AIDS-related deaths in Africa are falling while the number of Africans getting treatment for the AIDS virus is on the ...
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Maduro Advocates a New Kind of Television for Peace in Venezuela
Caracas, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called for a new kind of television that promotes human values, coexistence and peace, during meetings with the directors of the private channels Venevision and Televen. At the conclusion of these meetings, Maduro told reporters that he was very clear about the major challenges that must be overcome in the consolidation of a ...
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Spanish tourists ‘kidnapped’ in northern Colombia
Spain's Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Tuesday confirmed reports made in Spanish media that two Spanish nationals have been kidnapped since Friday while traveling along the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Spanish news site Efe on Tuesday reported they had received a call from police sources in Colombia, revealing the details of ...
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Colombia’s Inspector General will resign rather than grant FARC impunity
Colombia’s controversial Inspector General Alejandro Ordoez claims he would rather resign before granting impunity to FARC members if peace talks result in the groups ...
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‘FARC’ attacks northern Colombian oil pipeline on 8 locations
Timochenko ", along with another FARC leader, supposedly provoking the rebel front into making a series of attacks on the oil pipelines across the northern department of Norte de ...
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Police commander assassinated in Cali
The 39-year old lieutenant was fatally shot by a man on a motorcycle in the central Comuna 11 district. Cali police commander General Fabio Alejandro Castaeda told press that his office offered a $5,400 reward for information leading to the perpetrator of the attack. Bugalagrande is a town some 70 miles north of Cali and located in the heartland of drug cartel ...
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Leaked recording stirs political furor in Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) - A recording released by Venezuela's opposition purportedly revealing graft and conspiracy in the ruling Socialist Party has stirred a new political storm in the OPEC nation's already traumatic transition after the death of Hugo ...
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Peace debate exposes deep rifts in Israeli government
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shakes hands with former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, head of the centrist Hatenuah party, during their joint statement at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 19, ...
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BP Wins Eight Deepwater Exploration Blocks in Brazil Round 11
BP and partners Total, Petrobras and Petrogal were yesterday named winning bidders for eight deepwater blocks offshore Brazil in the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency’s (ANP’s) 11th bid round. BP will be operator in two of the ...
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Diplomats Iran Acts to Expand Sensitive Nuclear Capacity
VIENNA, AUSTRIA -- A U.N. nuclear agency report due this week is expected to show Iran further increasing its capacity to produce material that its adversaries fear could eventually be used to develop atomic bombs, Western diplomats said on Tuesday. But they said it also is likely to indicate that growth in Iran's most sensitive nuclear stockpile has been held back because some of it has ...
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Russia Says Senior Islamist Insurgent Killed
MOSCOW -- The right-hand man of Russia's most wanted insurgent was killed by security forces on Tuesday, officials said, as Moscow tries to contain militancy in its Caucasus region before it hosts the Winter Olympics near there next February. Dzhamaleil Mutaliyev, a senior figure in a group fighting to establish an Islamist state, was killed along with another militant in a shootout in ...
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Seven Feared Trapped in Cambodian Gold Mine Collapse
PHNOM PENH -- A gold mine shaft has collapsed in the Preah Vihear province of Cambodia, trapping at least seven miners, officials said Monday. Police said late Monday they are trying to rescue the trapped miners, near Romtum village, Rovieng district, but the shaft is very deep and old, making rescue efforts difficult. "We don’t have the identities or the exact number of people, ...
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Afghanistan Sees Sharp Rise in Women Imprisoned for Moral Crimes
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost 12 years ago. Running away from home, usually from abuse and forced marriage, and alleged adultery, which often involves rape, have landed most of the 600 women in prison. That figure is an increase of 50 percent over the last 18 months. "That increase reflects a shameful lack and ...
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Nigeria Seeks Help from Niger in Battle with Militants
NIAMEY -- Nigeria has asked neighboring Niger for support in a week-old offensive against Islamist insurgent bases in its semi-desert frontier region, underlining moves towards West African cooperation against jihadis seen as a cross-border threat. Concerns grew particularly after Islamist militants associated with al-Qaida seized the north of Mali last year and were dislodged only after ...
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Emergency Response Grows in Chad
Emergency water supplies are being rushed to southeastern Chad where about 50-thousand people have fled fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region. Several Arab tribes have been battling for control of mining operations there. to De Capua report on Darfur displaced The refugees and migrants have been gathering around the village of Tissi since January. Felix Leger is the country director ...
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Apple Faces Questions on US Tax Avoidance
Giant technology company Apple is facing questions from a U.S. congressional panel about how it avoided billions of dollars in U.S. taxes on its profits by creating offshore entities that claim not to be a tax resident in any ...
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Clashes Continue in Eastern DRC Ahead of UN Chief Visit
Soldiers have clashed with rebels for a second day in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, before a scheduled visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Tuesday's fighting between the army and rebel group M23 was again centered around Mutaho, just 12 kilometers north of the city of ...
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Algerian PM President Recovering in France
ALGIERS -- Algeria's prime minister, reacting to reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seriously ill, said the 76-year-old was recovering in France but had been ordered to take complete rest by his doctors. Since he was rushed to hospital in Paris on April 27 with what was officially described as a minor stroke, Bouteflika has been neither heard nor seen in public, raising ...
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Death Toll Revised Lower in Oklahoma Tornado
Earlier, 51 people were reported killed. Officials attributed the higher number to counting bodies twice in the chaos following the storm that struck late Monday. They said additional bodies could yet be recovered. At least 240 people were injured. The tornado with winds of 320 kilometers an hour demolished an elementary school and reduced homes to piles of splintered wood in the suburb of ...
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