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First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 23 mins ago - 37 reports

Kidnappers free Egypt security personnel

Kidnappers on Wednesday freed Egyptian police and soldiers seized in Sinai, as President Mohamed Morsi vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice and appealed to residents of the lawless peninsula to disarm.The conscripts, seized at gunpoint last week ... [Published Global Times - 23 mins ago]

Entities: Kidnapping, Egypt, Security

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 24 mins ago - 26 reports

'Friends of Syria' gather in hopes of bringing an end to Syria civil war

Diplomats gathered in Amman today for the latest Friends of Syria meeting to discuss the prospects of joint US and Russian sponsored peace talks aimed at bringing an end to the country's bloody two-year civil war. Speaking before the talks began in the ... [Published The Independent - 22 mins ago]

Entities: Friends of Syria, Syria, Civil War

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 25 mins ago - 30 reports

NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Oklahoma tornado tracks mapped via radar

The track of the tornado that devastated Moore, Okla. , has been traced by using radar, according to NOAA .Check out these images :Source: NOAASource: NASA ... [Published Asbury Park Press - 25 mins ago]

Entities: Tornado, NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, NASA

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 25 mins ago - 23 reports

European Union

EU Leaders Pledge to Ensure All Pay Fair Share of Taxes

Faced with the fallout of austerity and embarrassing tax-evasion scandals, European Union leaders pledged Wednesday to ensure that everybody--from high-income earners to big multinationals--pay their fair share toward sustaining cash-strapped governm ... [Published 4 Traders - 5 mins ago]

Entities: Taxes, European Union, Apple Inc, Google Inc, OECD

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 26 mins ago - 238 reports

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

Officials: Suspect lunged at FBI agent with knife

BOSTON Law enforcement officials say a man was shot while he was being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife.Two officials confirmed that 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev came at the agent Wednesday. They ... [Published Tacoma News Tribune - 3 mins ago]

Entities: FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bombing, Ibragim Todashev

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 27 mins ago - 23 reports

Captain of shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship to face trial

ROME -- The captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which crashed on rocks off the Italian coast last year, was ordered by a judge Wednesday to stand trial for manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship.Thirty-two of the more than 4,000 ... [Published Los Angeles Times - 10 mins ago]

Entities: Costa Concordia, Costa Crociere, Plea Bargaining

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 40 mins ago - 32 reports

As rescuers continue search, families deal with loss

Rescue crews in Oklahoma are continuing their search for tornado survivors.Meanwhile parents and teachers are dealing their loss after the tornado ripped through two Moore, Okla., schools.Parents who lost a child have found comfort in church.Ateacher ... [Published KTVL Channel 10 - 40 mins ago]

Entities: Tornado

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 42 mins ago - 47 reports

Judge likens abortions to executions

But sides with panel to strike down Arizona lawPublished: 10 mins ago(SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) A federal appeals court that included an ardent opponent of abortion struck down Arizona’s ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy Tuesday, citing 40 years ... [Published WorldNetDaily - 42 mins ago]

Entities: Abortion, San Francisco (United States), Supreme Court

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 53 mins ago - 37 reports

Oklahoma tornado damage could cost more than $2 billion

MOORE, Okla. — The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday. State authorities meanwhile said two infants were among the 24 people who ... [Published New York Post - 6 mins ago]

Entities: Tornado, Oklahoma City

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 37 reports

IMF: UK economic recovery "tepid"

The UK is "still a long way from a strong and sustainable recovery" according to the International Monetary Fund, as it concludes its annual review of the British economy. While the IMF acknowledged improving economic and financial conditions, such as ... [Published Portfolio Adviser - 14 mins ago]

Entities: International Monetary Fund, United Kingdom, UK Government, Bank of England, Deterrence

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 48 reports

'Our nature is in trouble', warns Sir David Attenborough in new report

'Our nature is in trouble', warns Sir David Attenborough in new conservation reportOUR nature is in trouble – that is the conclusion of a groundbreaking report launched today by Sir David Attenborough and conservation charities.The State of Nature study ... [Published Gloucestershire Gazette - 1 hour ago]

Entities: David Attenborough, Species, Avon Wildlife Trust, Wildlife Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 32 reports

Police 'unlawful, unjustified, unreasonable'

Three children under 10 had rifles with red laser lights pointed at them and were kept under armed guard in a shed for nine hours without food or water during the Urewera police raids in 2 ... [Published Dominion Post - 5 mins ago]

Entities: Police, Laser

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...is operating really fair? The business vows they want it to be ethical, but can it ever be ethical to offer clothes at such a price? Bolton says: "What is ethical is making sure that people work and they are paid well' - he cites the huge progress made in Bangladesh, bringing millions out of poverty since the garment factory. But can that be the case when wages are so low? Of course living costs are much lower in this place than in the UK. Rent for a small room in a very poor area of Dhaka might be just forty dollars a month. Bolton says the average worker in the factory we visited is double the minimum wage - it is still a tiny amount, but perhaps it is better than no work atat all."

Hours are long and hard for Dhaka factory workers [Published itv.com - 3 mins ago]

"Also by his own admission Todashev was recently a former mixed martial arts fighter," the arresting deputy said in his report. "This skill puts his fighting ability way above that of a normal person."

Officials: Suspect lunged at FBI agent with knife [Published Tacoma News Tribune - 3 mins ago]

"Weapons should only be with the authorities. Weapons should only be with the state. Those who have weapons should hand them in" he said

Morsi greets freed troops, cops [Published News24.com - 3 mins ago]

"Oxycontin is clearly more powerful and addictive than medical marijuana, and it's in millions of medical cabinets as we speak" Haine said

Senate OKs Medical Marijuana; Mccarter Recalls [Published Media Awareness Project - 3 mins ago]

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We Need an International Minimum Wage [Published Gawker - 4 mins ago] The deadly collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh has sparked calls for better worker treatment. The revelation that Apple manages to avoid almost all taxes has drawn vague calls for tax reform. A more direct path to fairness: let's just have a reasonable ...
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