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Oklahoma picks up the pieces after tornado
Curtis Cook recovers his high school football photo from the rubble of his family's house after a powerful tornado ripped through the area destroying his ...
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Europe Needs Big Reforms Bank of Canadas Carney
Europe could face a decade of stagnation unless it makes big reforms and should heed the lessons of Japan, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said on Tuesday as he highlighted Japan's bold moves to bolster growth.In his final speech as Canadian central bank chief before taking over the Bank of England on July 1, Carney said Europe's recessionary economy is being held back by fiscal ...
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Officials say Benghazi suspects under surveillance
Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, ...
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Garcetti holds slim lead as LA picks new mayor
File-This file combo shows a Feb. 20, 2013 file photo of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti speaking to media in Los Angeles, left, and undated image provided by the Wendy Greuel Campaign of mayoral candidate Greuel meeting with voters. Despite the high stakes, the race has been a mostly low-drama affair between two government regulars. In a city known to yawn at local politics, turnout ...
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Xi-Obama meeting crucial in Sino-US ties
will be a seminal event in Sino-US relations as well as in the relations of the world, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said on Tuesday. "I am very encouraged by the announcement that the two presidents will meet, and especially by the agenda that has been announced," Kissinger said in a speech delivered at a forum entitled "US-China Economic Relations in the Next ...
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Up to 30 hurt in crash in northwest Ohio
Bowling Green was closed for a couple hours following Tuesday night's crash, but has since been reopened. Initial reports indicated that the passengers of the two vehicles were taken to local hospitals but were not badly hurt. Toledo News Now reports that a Toyota Camry was rear-ended by a bus transporting employees of ...
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Oklahoma tornado latest Rescue effort nears an end after President Obama pledges support for as long as it takes to rebuild the suburb of Moore
The search by emergency workers for survivors in the wreckage left by the huge tornado that ripped through an Oklahoma suburb is coming to an end, according to ...
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Conservatives demand Thomas Mulcair ‘come clean’ on 1994 bribe probe
OTTAWA -- Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he was contacted by the provincial police anti-corruption squad in Quebec to discuss a suspected 17-year-old bribe offered to him. Mulcair says he never reached out to the police himself because he had no proof a bribe was actually being offered at a 1994 meeting with the now-controversial ex-mayor of Laval, Que. Mulcair, who back then was a ...
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Canada NDP suffers debacle in British Columbia election
Opinion polls and media pundits notwithstanding, the trade union-backed New Democratic Party (NDP) suffered a debacle in the May 14 British Columbia election, failing to unseat an unpopular twelve year-old Liberal government.The Liberals, who have held office in Canada's third-most populous province since 2001, will use their fourth successive majority government to intensify big ...
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Chinas President to Visit Mexico
Mexico, May 22 (Prensa Latina) President of the Popular Republic of China, Xi Jinping, will visit Mexico from June 4 to 6, informed the Foreign Affairs Secretary. According to the statement, the Chinese head of state will have a private meeting with Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, and another with the official commissions of both countries. The agenda includes his participation in ...
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Human toll amid scenes of utter devastation in Oklahoma
22 May 2013 Rescue workers were still frantically searching through rubble for people trapped in homes, schools, and offices flattened by the two-mile-wide tornado that devastated an Oklahoma town, killing at least 24 people - including at least nine children. Above, teachers who were themselves injured in the tornado, carry children from the ruins of Briarwood Primary School. Emergency ...
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Rescuers hunt for survivors as town counts cost of deadly twister
Jon Swaine - 22 May 2013 Rescue workers from four states were last night searching through rubble for more survivors of the vicious tornado that devastated ...
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Parents walked for miles not knowing if theyd find their children dead or alive
Philip Sherwell Moore, Oklahoma - 22 May 2013 WITH faces bruised and bloodied, parents, teachers and children staggered from the wreckage of their suburban school ...
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One word was on most lips and all front pages tornado was a monster
It passed with an "incredible, thundering roar". It was a thing of terror, something beastly and murderous that gobbled up everything in its rotating maw and then moved on, hungry for more.Those who have lived through tornadoes often speak of this most mesmerising of meteorological phenomena in animal terms. As the number of dead continued to rise yesterday, the local newspapers used ...
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We will help you fill allthe empty spaces
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) did not respond to a request for comment yesterday.Mr Obama assured the people of Moore that federal authorities would be beside them as they tended to "frightened children who will need our continued love and attention"."There are empty spaces where there used to be living rooms, and bedrooms, and classrooms, and, in time, we're ...
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Killer twisters 40 minutes on ground made it so destructive
For nearly 40 minutes it travelled 20 miles across largely urban areas, sweeping up debris, trees and homes in winds estimated to have reached 200mph.It was classified as a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph (322 kph) The upgrade was based on the enormity of the damage.Yet the area is no stranger to storms of this magnitude.In 1999 the city was hit by the most intense ...
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Shelters programme was put on hold over lack of cash
Raf Sanchez Washington - 22 May 2013 THE devastated city of Moore developed a plan to help residents build storm shelters, but it was put "on hold" as authorities battled for federal dollars and through a maze of regulations, city officials ...
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The June 7-8 Obama-Xi Summit Likely Start Of A New Asian Order
US President Barack Obama (2nd R) and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (2nd L) speak alongside translators during meetings in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 14, 2012. The White House on Tuesday welcomed China's likely next leader Xi Jinping, with President Barack Obama looking to push Beijing on a range of concerns yet also work for smoother future ...
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Nepali-Canadian 1st double amputee on Everest
A Nepali-Canadian has become the first double amputee to climb the world's highest mountain.According to Khim Lal Gautam, liaison officer at Nepal's Tourism Ministry, Sudarshan Gautam, the Nepali-Canadian, reached atop Mt Everest at 9:00 am on Monday. Gautam, 30, lost both his hands at the age of 14 in an accident. He was on a mission to spread the message that "disability is not ...
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Canadian killed in escalating violence in Iraq
Residents stand amid rubble at blast scene in Tuz Khormatu town in northern Iraq May 21, 2013. Three persons were killed and 52 others were injured after two car bombs were set off in Tuz Khormatu on Tuesday, according to the police. REUTERS/Stringer A Canadian has been killed amidst rising violence in Iraq. "I have grown increasingly concerned in recent days as a spate of deadly sectarian ...
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One dead in floatplane crash in B.C.
An aerial map shows Bute Inlet, 250k m northwest of Vancouver. One person is dead after a floatplane crashed in the area. Google/QMI Agency One person is dead after a floatplane crashed in British Columbia Tuesday evening. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Victoria received a report just after 5 p.m. and deployed a search-and-rescue team in a Cormorant helicopter, a spokesman said. The ...
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Bank of America JPMorgan said mortgage help done
Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase & Co. said they have met their obligations under a mortgage settlement made with state and federal officials. The Los Angeles Times reported Wells Fargo & Co. also was 90 percent done. The five largest banks agreed last year to a settlement with states over bad mortgages. So far more than 600,000 borrows have been granted a total of $50.6 billion in relief. ...
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Documents show Eritrea defying Canadian government by using Toronto consulate to raise money for regime
TORONTO -- Canada is investigating allegations that Eritrea's diplomatic mission in Toronto has continued soliciting money for the East African regime's military despite being warned by the Department of Foreign Affairs to stop. The RCMP and Foreign Affairs are reviewing new evidence that appears to show the Consulate General of Eritrea has been imposing a fee of up to $500 on ...
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SNC-Lavalin paid $6M in kickbacks to Tunisian president’s son-in-law RCMP
MONTREAL --Newly unsealed information in an RCMP search warrant document alleges that SNC-Lavalin paid nearly $6-million to the son-in-law of Tunisia's president between 2001 and 2010 to win contracts in the North African country. "The payments were destined for offshore companies belonging to Slim Chiboub," the police affidavit says. "According to public-source information, ...
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Ford adds production in North America to meet new car demand
F.N ) is adding a week of production at 20 North American factories this year to build an additional 40,000 vehicles and help sustain its gains in U.S. market ...
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North America's unknown potential disaster
North America is facing a potential ecological disaster that most people are not even aware of, according to scientists who have been studying the little brown bat (or myotis bat), the most common species of bat in the United States and the wider North American continent.
This is because the bat is under attack by a killer fungus that grows on the bats’ wings during hibernation and causes them to lose body fat and wake early from their sleep, which causes them to eventually die. The fungal infection is said by researchers to be capable of killing off the bat within the next 16 years when their current population, which numbers up to several million, may fall to just 0.01% of present levels. Read more
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