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Massive tornado kills dozens in Oklahoma
A massive tornado carrying winds of up to 320 kph has torn through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, ripping up at least two schools and leaving a wake of tangled wreckage. At least 37 people are dead, including seven children in a school which collapsed during the storm. Seventy-five children took shelter there from the tornado in the town of Moore. Up to two dozen are still believed to be ...
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7 die at Oklahoma elementary school
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKI. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Rescue workers raced against time and the oncoming night Monday looking for survivors after a powerful tornado blasted an area ...
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Heartbreaking scenes after twister
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKIMoore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- The enormity of Monday's Oklahoma City area tornado was heartbreaking as daylight slipped away. Yellow-helmeted rescue workers here ...
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Monster tornado 51 dead as neighbourhood flattened
A monstrous tornado up to 1.6 kilometres wide has roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, killing 51, flattening entire neighbourhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on a primary school. The State medical examiner's office has confirmed that 51 people have been killed in the tornado which struck the suburb of Moore, with the death toll expected to rise as ...
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Apples Web of Tax Shelters Saved It Billions Panel Finds
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Kfir battalion leaves W. Bank for Lebanon border
A battalion from the IDF's Kfir infantry brigade has departed the West Bank to take up new positions along the Lebanese border shortly.The move is part of a planned reshuffle of infantry forces, and points to the IDF's growing reliance on a brigade that was originally set up to operate only in the West ...
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Ctee IDF must strike balance for haredim women
Haredim must serve in units that allow them to maintain their lifestyle but without violating the rights of women in the IDF, Ministerial Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women chairwoman Limor Livnat said Monday.The Likud Beytenu MK participated in a committee meeting on the expected effects of haredi enlistment on ...
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Israel Land Fund rejects compromise over land dispute
The Israel Land Fund rejected a compromise from the High Court of Justice on Monday to resolve an appeal of a 2012 district court decision to evict an east Jerusalem Arab family from Beit Merivah in Sheikh Jarrah.The seemingly simple ownership lawsuit for the Shamasna family, filed in 2009, is one of the frontline battles between groups of Palestinians and Jews over the future character and ...
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NGO watchdog flags ‘inconsistencies’ to Congress
NGO Monitor report meant to inform US lawmakers of recent grants bestowed to Palestinian organizations by the National Endowment for Democracy and ...
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Russian Polling Group Says It May Close
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Rare island fox rebounds on California islands
A rare and tiny island fox is on the verge of making a comeback from near-extinction in the Channel Islands, a rugged and wind-swept chain off Southern California, officials said ...
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My rent-free house is too small says Qatada Hate cleric moans there is no space for his familys possessions
A lawyer for the Al Qaeda hate preacher, who has finally agreed to leave the country, told a court his four-bedroom home in London did not have enough storage space for all the family’s ...
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Egypt Sends Show of Force to Sinai After Kidnappings
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Jodi Arias denied mistrial in death penalty hearing
Jodi Arias looks at her family during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 20, 2013. REUTERS/Rob Schumacher/Arizona ...
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Latest updates
>For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKI(CNN) -- At least 51 people -- including seven children at an elementary school -- were killed when a massive tornado struck an area outside Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, officials said. Seven children were killed at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, a police ...
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Court orders prison to hand over files in Boston bomb case
Judge Marianne Bowler presides over the case of Robel Phillipos, the teenager accused of lying to FBI agents in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, in court in Boston, Massachusetts in this May 6, 2013 court ...
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Massive Okla. tornado had windspeed up to 200 mph
The National Weather Service issued an initial finding that the tornado was an EF-4 on the enhanced Fujita scale, the second most-powerful type of twister. The storm seemed to blow neighborhoods apart instantly, scattering shards of wood and pieces of insulation across the scarred landscape. The same suburb was hit hard by a tornado in 1999. That storm had the highest winds ever recorded near ...
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Runaway mom begs for kids forgiveness on Dr. Phil
The Pennsylvania mother who reappeared last month after running away eleven years ago, leaving behind her husband and two children, said she never intended not to return to her family. "I had asked for a raise at work and I didn't get that, and I got turned down for assistance housing and it was just too much," said Brenda Heist, in an emotional interview with television host Dr. ...
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Search for survivors begins after massive Okla. tornado
OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma City officials confirmed there were fatalities after a powerful, 200-mph tornado ripped apart the area Monday. But they scrambled to determine the extent of the devastation in the chaos of debris and search for survivors. Hospitals confirmed they were treating nearly 60 injured, including more than a dozen children. The Moore city police department said it was impossible ...
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The scenes
>For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKIMoore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- The enormity of Monday's Oklahoma City area tornado was heartbreaking as daylight began to slip away. Yellow-helmeted rescue workers in Moore, Oklahoma, continued their desperate search for students and teachers at an elementary school that was almost ...
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Pakistans Sharif urges Taliban peace talks
Pakistan's presumptive prime minister has called for peace talks with Taliban fighters at war with the government, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army. Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that "terrorism" was one of the most serious problems plaguing the country and any offer by the Pakistani Taliban to talk "should be taken ...
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The Doors keyboardist dies at 74
Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, died on Monday at age 74, the group's manager Tom Vitorino said. Manzarek died in Rosenheim, Germany, following a battle with bile duct cancer, the band said in a statement. Singer Jim Morrison and Manzarek formed The Doors in 1965 after a chance meeting at Los Angeles' Venice Beach, and Manzarek's ...
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Oklahoma City tornado Latest developments
>For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKI(CNN) -- At least 10 people were killed and a number of other people were injured when a storm with a massive tornado struck an area outside Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, officials said. At least one school in Moore, Oklahoma, appeared to have been hit by the tornado. ...
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Severe weather
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKI. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Rescue workers raced against time and the oncoming night Monday looking for survivors after a powerful tornado blasted an area ...
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Severe weather
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKI. Shawnee, Oklahoma (CNN) -- At least 10 people were killed Monday when a powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City, ripping roofs off ...
Kuala Lumpur Spotlight
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City's major raw water project
It’s been in the pipelines for several years, but finally the Pahang-Selangor raw water transfer project has found its feet with an official groundbreaking ceremony held in April of 2010, the facility, when completed, will enable a massive region of the country, including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya to cope with increasing demand for raw water treatment from industrial, residential and tourism sectors of the economy.
The raw water treatment project is a massive undertaking: a pipeline is to be constructed run from Sungai Semantan in Pahang to the Hulu Langat water treatment facility in Selangor, it will be 44.6 kilometers long, the longest tunnel of its kind in Asia and the sixth largest in the world. When operating at maximum capacity, over 1,800 litres of raw water will be pumped to Selangor and treated for conversion to fresh water, according to Kuala Lumpur news media. Read more
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