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Reuters World News Highlights 0630 GMT, May 21
ReutersMOORE, Okla. - At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 2 mile wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroyed. - -...Tags: Russia, China, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, Barack Obama
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT May 20
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- AMMAN/BEIRUT - U.S. President Barack Obama voiced concern at Hezbollah's growing role in the Syrian civil war on Monday after men from the Lebanese militia fought their biggest battle yet alongside President Bashar al-Assad's...Tags: Russia, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Elections, VF Corporation
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Reuters World News Highlights 1430 GMT, May 20
ReutersAMMAN - About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday. - - - SEOUL -...Tags: China, Walmart, Iran, Explosions, Politics
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Reuters World News Highlights 1800 GMT May 20
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- AMMAN/BEIRUT - About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian...Tags: Russia, China, Arts and Culture, Washington, DC, Barack Obama
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Israeli climber visits, receives award
Nadav Ben-Yehuda would have become the youngest Israeli at age 24 to summit Mount Everest last year. However, he aborted the climb to assist an unconscious Turkish climber. Ben-Yehuda recently visited Miami where he shared his Mount Everest experience at...Tags: Human Interest, Florida International University, Landforms, Israel, Mountains
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Rocky trail for Kremlin's conflict-zone ski resorts
Reuters* Project to combat violence with luxury tourism * Plans hampered by scandal and corruption * North Caucasus in focus after Boston bombings By Alissa de Carbonnel ELBRUS, Russia, April 28 (Reuters) - Police checkpoints, pot-holed roads and a billboard...Tags: Prosecution, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Services and Shopping, Dmitry Medvedev
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Attacks weren't 'homegrown' terrorism
MCTSince the Boston terror attacks, an all-too-familiar mantra has re-emerged: American Muslims need more policing and increased surveillance. This demand, encouraged by U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., and many others, stems from a lack of understanding of the...Tags: Naturalization, Afghanistan, Russia, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Pakistan
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U.S., Russian spies' 'trust deficit' may have clouded Boston case
Reuters* Russian "watch lists" often include dissidents - U.S. * Senior American official insists both sides committed * But regular sharing of deep intelligence still a challenge By Matt Spetalnick and Susan Cornwell and Peter Apps WASHINGTON, April 25...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of State, Police Investigations, Espionage and Intelligence, Politics
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Two militants shot dead in Russia's Dagestan
Reuters* Shootout occurred southwest of capital * Moscow struggles to stamp out insurgency MOSCOW, April 24 (Reuters) - Security officers shot dead two suspected militants in Russia's volatile North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, the epicentre of an Islamist...Tags: Russia, Shootings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Moscow (Russia)
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The Week Ahead: Baiting Iran, briefing Brussels, a call to Brunei
Azerbaijan taunting Iran with Azerbaijani confab, Israel visit Through Tuesday, April 23 — Azerbaijan has sent its foreign minister to Israel this week for the first time since the former Soviet republic re-embraced its Islamic heritage 22 years...
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Grayson and Gutierrez to rally for immigration reform
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelU.S. Reps. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, and Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., will headline two Central Florida rallies on Friday to promote immigration reform. Grayson represents an eastern Orange/Osceola/Polk counties district with a significant Hispanic... -
Armenian presidential candidate wounded in attack
MOSCOW -- An Armenian presidential candidate was wounded in a shooting attack Thursday night that disrupted campaigning in the former Soviet republic less than three weeks before the election. Paruyr Hayrikyan of the moderate opposition National Self-...
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