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Car rams into Virginia hikers
A parade in the US state of Virginia has been ended by an horrendous car crash. Over 50 people were injured in an incident where a car ploughed into the crowd whose members had been hiking through the area. More than a dozen people were seriously injured in the crash, which took place during the Trail Days festival in the town of Damascus in northern Virginia. Ambulances ferried the ...
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Israel worried that Russian weapons will reach Hezbollah
Israel has warned Russia about sending arms to Syria. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has spoken on Channel Two television's Meet the Press to condemn shipments of arms from Russia that she said may be used against Israel. She said: "These are not just any weapons, they are tie-breakers, and that's why there is a responsibility with all world powers, certainly Russia, not to supply such ...
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Syrians on alert as bombs explode in Damascus
At least eight people have been killed and ten others injured in a bomb attack in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The incident took place in the north of the city, where cars and buildings were set alight by a bomb. The bomb had been concealed in another car which was parked near a school in the Rukn Eddin neighbourhood. Another explosive device was defused by military experts who had ...
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Spies hang after Tehran court ruling
Two spies have been hanged in Iran following a Revolutionary Court judgement. Press TV has reported the spies, who worked for the US Central Intelligence Agency and the Israeli spy agency, the Mossad, were hanged at dawn on Sunday. Sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court, the men have been named as Mohammad Heidari, a Mossad agent and Kourosh Ahmadi, who was convicted of working for ...
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Oil spill causes Texas to launch law suit
BP and Halliburton are being sued by the state of Texas over one of the worst oil spills in US history. Texas has become the latest complainant in allegations that both companies engaged in "misconduct" for their role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Four other states that have sued BP and other companies in connection to the spill. Alabama and Louisiana filed complaints in 2010 ...
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Mice and lizard return after a month in space
A Russian capsule, which had mice and lizards as its occupants, returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space. According to scientists, the experiment was conducted to test effects of weightlessness and other factors of space flight on the cell structure, Fox News reported. Russian state television showed the capsule and some of its inhabitants following its safe landing in a ...
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in IndiaUpdate
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here today on a three-day state visit. The visit is expected to expand cooperation between the two countries substantially. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said New Delhi is highly hopeful that the visit will enhance mutual trust and understanding between the people and leadership on sensitivities of two countries. Briefing media here ...
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Kazakh Deputy Education Minister Arrested On Embezzlement Charges
ASTANA, -- Kazakhstan's deputy education minister, Sayat Shayakhmetov, has been arrested and charged with embezzlement. The Kazakh Financial Police announced on May 20 that Shayakhmetov had been placed under house arrest three days earlier. The Financial Police said Shayakhmetov is suspected of embezzling more than $9.7 million from a project to build a new school in the East ...
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Derogatory graffiti found on house of WoW leader
Degrading graffiti was found sprayed on the Jerusalem house of Women of the Wall member Peggy Cidor Monday morning after the group attempted to pray at the Western Wall, Israeli media reported.The graffiti included remarks such as: "Women of the Wall are despicable," "Tag Torah," "Jerusalem is holy" and personal remarks against Cidor reading: "Peggy you are not ...
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Fourteen killed in Afghan bombing
';The suicide bombing was in front of the provincial council building in the city of Pul-e-Khumri,'; Sadeq Muradi, Baghlan province's deputy police chief, told ...
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Tories expect UKIP to win first place in EU elections as Farage seeks to woo fed-up Conservatives
David Cameron expects the UK Independence Party to win next year’s European Parliament elections despite his pledge to hold an in/out referendum on ...
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United Airlines to resume 787 Dreamliner flights
United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on another. The incidents never caused any serious injuries. But the January grounding ...
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Inquest examines WA plane crash deaths
A PILOT and his spotter were culling goats in Western Australia's Gascoyne region when their plane collided with a helicopter and crashed to the ground, killing them instantly, a coronial inquest has heard. The WA coroner is investigating the deaths of Daniel Joseph Kean, 39, and Bradleigh Michael Roulston, 23, who died in February 2008 when their light aircraft crashed mid-air with a ...
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Navalny Trial Resumes In Russia
KIROV, Russia -- The embezzlement trial of opposition leader and anticorruption blogger Aleksei Navalny has resumed in the central Russian city of Kirov. The trial had been adjourned on May 16 after several witnesses in the case testified. Navalny is accused of stealing the equivalent of $510,000 from the Kirovles lumber company while he was working for Kirov Oblast's governor. One ...
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Deadly Bombings Hit Shiite Districts Of Baghdad Basra
Iraqi officials say at least 16 people have been killed in a series of car bomb attacks in mainly Shi'ite districts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The May 20 attacks, which targeted bus stations and outdoor markets, wounded more than 70 people. The blasts came shortly after two car bombs detonated in Shi'ite-majority areas in the southern city of Basra, killing at least 11. ...
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Jailed Pussy Riot Members Appeal Overturns One Of Two Prison Reprimands
PERM, Russia -- Jailed Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina has had one of two prison reprimands received since receiving her two-year jail sentence for hooliganism over an anti-Putin stunt in an Orthodox church in the capital. The appeal was heard in a Perm Oblast Court. Since receiving her two-year jail sentence for hooliganism over an anti-Putin stunt in an Orthodox church in the capital, ...
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China’s premier seeks better ties with India
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (left) shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a photo opportunity ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on ...
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China urges North Korea to release fishing boat crew
China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring ...
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Man and woman killed in gas explosion which tore apart terraced house Baby and seven-year-old rescued alive from rubble in home next door
A man and a woman have been killed in a gas explosion which destroyed a terraced property and saw a baby and a seven-year-old rescued from the partial ruins of the house next ...
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Taylor Swift sweeps the Billboard Music Awards 2013 with 8 wins
Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for "Red." She told the crowd: "You are the longest and best relationship I ever had." She also had a colourful performance of her hit "22" -- starting backstage and working her way to the main stage on the back of a bike with help from a dozen background dancers and a flurry of red ...
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Germans blame Angela Merkel for poor Eurovision Song Contest performance
Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries ...
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At least four tornadoes sweep through Oklahoma wreaking havoc and destruction
Authorities say a tornado that severely damaged a mobile home park in Oklahoma killed a 79-year-old man whose body was found in an open area of the ...
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FBI agents die in training exercise
Quantico, Va. (Photo courtesy FBI) Two FBI special agents were killed during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va., on Friday, the agency said in a statement released Sunday. Special agents Christopher Lorek, 41, and Stephen Shaw, 40, were part of the elite Hostage Rescue Team, which is part of the Critical Incident Response Group, and is based in Quantico, Va. Details of ...
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Russia shows accused U.S. spy heading home
MOSCOW The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported. The Kremlin-loyal TV station broadcast video Sunday evening showing Ryan Fogle going through passport control and security at Sheremetyevo International Airport. He also was pictured in the company of embassy staff as he wheeled ...
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Suicide bomber kills 8 at Afghan province council
KABUL, Afghanistan -; Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside a provincial council building in the country's north. A lawmaker says the council chief and at least seven others were ...
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Melbourne will be IT capital of country
Melbourne has been selected by the federal government as the location where the NBN’s operations centre will be headquartered, setting the stage for the city to become the IT, technology and communications capital of Australia.
Melbourne has a long-running rivalry with Sydney and, to a lesser degree, Perth. The two biggest cities in Australia competed intensely to be designated the capital in the early 20th century and Canberra was built from scratch and designated the national capital in large part because of such rivalry, but now Melbourne is set to have something that Sydney will not, the city has been officially chosen as the centre of operations for the ground-breaking National Broadband Network. Analysts and city leaders see the decision as one which will in time make Melbourne the IT hub of the country. Read more
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