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30 dead after bus plunges into river in Peru
At least 30 people have died after a bus plunged off a highway into a river in central Peru, authorities say. "So far, I have 30 confirmed dead, but the police are continuing to search for victims," said Rodoricao Cubas Hurtado, chief of the local highway police. Cubas said nine people were still unaccounted for, and the search for additional victims was focused on the vehicle, which was still ...
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Film TWA 800 crash was no accident
>Editor's note: Note language in story(CNN) -- A documentary on the 1996 explosion that brought down TWA Flight 800 offers "solid proof that there was an external detonation," its co-producer said Wednesday. "Of course, everyone knows about the eyewitness statements, but we also have corroborating information from the radar data, and the radar data shows a(n) asymmetric explosion coming out ...
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TWA Flight 800
>Editor's note: Note language in story(CNN) -- A documentary on the 1996 explosion that brought down TWA Flight 800 offers "solid proof that there was an external detonation," its co-producer said Wednesday. "Of course, everyone knows about the eyewitness statements, but we also have corroborating information from the radar data, and the radar data shows a(n) asymmetric explosion coming out ...
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China Manufacturing Contracts to Lowest Level in 9 Months
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FBI Chief Drones Used In U.S.
FBI Director Robert Mueller says U.S. authorities deploy drones for surveillance in America in some limited law enforcement situations. Mueller affirmed the use of the unmanned aircraft in America on June 19 in response to questions from U.S. senators. The FBI later released a statement that said drones are used only to watch stationary subjects and to avoid serious risks to law ...
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The Sopranos star James Gandolfini dies in Italy
LOS ANGELES - James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the groundbreaking cable TV ...
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Brazil Protests Elite Troops Sent To Hot Spots
Brazilian protesters outraged over the costs of hosting next year's World Cup have clashed with police outside a football stadium, as the government deployed elite forces to contain the unrest. Violence erupted near the £155m Castelao stadium in the city of Fortaleza where the national side faced Mexico in the Confederations ...
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Nameplate to blame for halt in Afghan-Taliban talks
Secretary of State John Kerry personally pleaded with Hamid Karzai to keep alive the possibility of peace talks with the Taliban. Over the course of two phone calls with the Afghan president, Kerry reportedly gave assurances that the U.S. would not give the Taliban political ...
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Top Democrat presses Pentagon on Gitmo force-feeding
WASHINGTON The force-feeding of terror suspects at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, runs counter to international standards, medical ethics and the practices at American prisons, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Wednesday in pressing the Pentagon to establish a more humane treatment. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who traveled to Guantanamo earlier this ...
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Fierce fighting for control of Syrias Aleppo
Rebel fighters say they need support to battle Syrian government forces in Aleppo in the country's north. The Free Syrian Army says it is trying to defend the area from a military force armed with helicopters, tanks and a lot of artillery - far superior to the weapons and supplies the FSA has. But other opposition groups nearby seem to have acquired the kind of weapons being sought. The ...
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US Fed weighs slowing down bond-buying
Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, has said the central bank is likely to slow its bond-buying programme this year and end it by next year because of a strengthening economy. The announcement on Wednesday implies that a reduction in the Federal Reserve's $85bn-a-month programme would probably mean higher rates on mortagages and other consumer and business loans. After a ...
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Nuclear expert Israeli warheads are a threat to its own security
Israel has 80 to 100 warheads, "more powerful than what was used in Hiroshima," says nuclear expert; research finds even a limited nuclear war would lead to world's temperature dropping, result in widespread ...
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Brazil fare hikes rolled back in victory for protests
Brazil's two biggest cities rolled back transit fare hikes that had triggered massive protests as demonstrators clashed with police outside a Confederations Cup ...
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Jury Selection Reaches Final Stages in Trayvon Martin Murder Case
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Pa. girl who fought for lung transplant improving mom says
Janet Murnaghan says on her Facebook page her daughter Sarah was moved on Wednesday from a heavy-duty breathing machine to a traditional ventilator. She calls that "a big step" toward being able to wake Sarah from the heavy sedation she's been under since last week's operation. Sarah is from Newtown Square, just west of Philadelphia. She suffers from severe cystic fibrosis. ...
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Kerry Karzai Talk Over Taliban Flap
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken by telephone with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a bid to defuse a row that threatens to scuttle renewed peace talks with the Taliban. Karzai on June 19 threatened to boycott U.S.-directed talks with the Taliban and said he was suspending negotiations with Washington on a pact aimed to address U.S.-Afghan relations after 2014. Karzai’s ...
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New York KKK member designs death ray against enemies of Israel
A KKK member from upstate New York was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly designed a "death ray" that is meant to kill Muslims and other "enemies of ...
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Kate Middletons natural baby birth - with Carole and Pippa there too Mother and sister are put on stand-by in case William is on RAF duty
The Duchess of Cambridge plans to give birth naturally and may even have her mother and sister at her side when she goes into labour, it emerged last ...
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Natalia risked death to give a kidney to this total stranger. And her reasons will take your breath away
But the mother of four stood firm. For although Sue, 51, wasn't going under the knife for the good of her own health, it certainly wasn't for vanity either. It was to save the life of someone she had never met by donating one of her kidneys to a total ...
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One-way mirrors bottomless floors and walls made of gold The worlds most creative TOILETS resemble pieces of art
While most of us will happily splash out on a deluxe kitchen or the perfect leather chesterfield, decorating the humble toilet is often overlooked when it comes to home ...
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Give 12-year-olds career advice to stop them wasting their working lives says CBI director-general
John Cridland, director general of the CBI, said he was alarmed by the ‘big mismatch between the skills that young people have and the realities of the ...
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Babies given antibiotics before theyre one are more prone to eczema Drugs increase risk by 40
After years of debate about a possible link, a huge study shows taking the drugs in the first year of life increases the chances of developing the skin disorder by 40 per ...
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Breakthrough medical trial allows 3-year-old to hear for the first time
Grayson Clamp's parents tried everything to help their deaf 3-year-old son hear. But when a cochlear implant failed to fix his auditory disability, Len and Nicole Clamp turned to an untested method that had never before been used on children in the United States: an 'auditory brain stem ...
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Dont allow TVs or computers in childrens bedrooms Education minister reveals concerns parents dont realise their offspring can access hard core material
During a debate in Parliament about the harmful impact of pornography on youngsters, Lord Nash said that unfortunately it was a ‘fact of life’ that parents gave their children such free ...
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Secret justice is no justice at all and closed court requests should be treated with concern
The president of the Supreme Court said that other than in exceptional circumstances judges should treat requests to hear cases in closed courts with ‘distaste and ...
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New York's community gardens creating tension once more
Community gardening in New York is under threat again, but what are the ideas and opinions surrounding this ongoing battle between the people and the city?
Community gardening is a well-known term and idea in New York City thanks to the much-publicized opposition between former Mayor Giuliani and members of the New York City public, who brought a lawsuit to have the gardens protected. The issue was eventually resolved when Mayor Bloomberg replaced Giuliani and introduced the Garden Settlement of 2002. Read more
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