US rescuers comb tornado-hit area
Wed, 22 May 2013 14:39:23 GMT
The rescue effort after the Oklahoma twister that killed 24 people nears an end, as it emerges the storm was more powerful than thought.
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FBI kill man 'linked to Tsarnaev'
Wed, 22 May 2013 13:42:17 GMT
The FBI in Florida have shot a man they were questioning about possible links to Boston bombs suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, US media report.
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Vitamin C can kill drug-resistant TB
Wed, 22 May 2013 09:58:41 GMT
Vitamin C can kill multidrug-resistant TB in the lab, US scientists reveal - a discovery that may point to a new way of tackling the infection.
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EU in drive against tax evasion
Wed, 22 May 2013 13:42:10 GMT
Austria joins its EU partners in calling for a crackdown on tax evasion, despite the country's banking secrecy.
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Venezuela ends toilet paper shortage
Wed, 22 May 2013 10:21:32 GMT
Venezuela's National Assembly backs plans to import 39 million rolls of toilet paper, in an effort to relieve a chronic shortage.
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Ahmadinejad to contest bar on ally
Wed, 22 May 2013 11:38:32 GMT
Iran's President Ahmadinejad says he will contest the disqualification of his ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei from next month's presidential poll.
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Gunmen kill 12 in Baghdad brothel
Wed, 22 May 2013 13:47:57 GMT
Gunmen burst into a brothel in eastern Baghdad, killing seven women and five men, in the latest violence in a week of bloodshed in Iraq.
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Bernanke hails benefits of stimulus
Wed, 22 May 2013 14:38:48 GMT
US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke tells Congress that it is too soon to end the central bank's monetary stimulus programme or raise interest rates.
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Stockholm suburbs gripped by riots
Wed, 22 May 2013 09:18:09 GMT
Rioters light fires and stone emergency services in the suburbs of the Swedish capital Stockholm for the third night running after a police shooting death.
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Kenya leaders named in truth report
Wed, 22 May 2013 12:19:56 GMT
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy are named in connection with post-election violence in a long-awaited report investigating human rights abuses.
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Notre-Dame suicide a 'political act'
Wed, 22 May 2013 11:05:41 GMT
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen says a suicide in Notre-Dame Cathedral was "political", in a remark condemned by the ruling party.
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Japan approves child abduction pact
Wed, 22 May 2013 09:29:31 GMT
Japan's parliament votes to adopt an international treaty on cross-border child custody disputes, after years of pressure from the West.
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VIDEO: An orchestra walks into a bar...
Tue, 21 May 2013 23:06:36 GMT
The Cleveland Orchestra realised long ago that it needed to attract new customers in order to survive.
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Record price for Harry Potter book
Wed, 22 May 2013 09:47:01 GMT
A rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone with annotations and drawings by JK Rowling sells for a record £150,000.
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VIDEO: South Africa's growing prosperity
Wed, 22 May 2013 06:21:23 GMT
Andrew Harding looks at an example of economic change at a shopping mall in the township of Alexandra.
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