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Gunman kills senior member of Imran Khans political party as row over Pakistan election vote rigging continues
Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. She was the vice president of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh. No one has claimed responsibility for the killing. Mr Khan's party has claimed it was the victim of vote rigging in several areas of ...
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US college student being held hostage was shot and killed by police officer
Andrea Rebello was shot once in the head on Friday morning by an officer who had responded to a report of a home invasion at an off-campus home, police said yesterday.The masked intruder pointed a gun at the officer while holding the 21-year-old Hofstra University student in a headlock, Nassau County homicide squad Lt John Azzata said.In a tense confrontation with the officer, gunman Dalton ...
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Single ticket scoops $590m jackpot in Florida lottery
A single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated 590.5 million dollars (389.2m), officials said ...
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Iran hangs two spies working for Israel and U.S. report
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities executed two men on Sunday convicted of working for Israeli and U.S. spy agencies, Iran's Fars news agency ...
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S Africa stunned by fatal circumcisions
More than 20 boys in South Africa have died during coming-of-age rituals in the past week. Police say botched circumcisions are the probable cause. Every year in South Africa, boys from several of the country's tribal groups undergo these traditional "initiation rituals". Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports from Mpumalanga ...
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Drones playing crucial role in East Asia
Drones have become the most controversial aspect of the US military's strategy in places such as Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen. But now, governments in East Asia have also started using unmanned aircraft. The drones play a crucial role in monitoring territorial claims in the region. Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler reports from Singapore. Unmanned aerial vehicles serving different ...
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Russia retrieves mice newts from space
A Russian capsule filled with 45 mice and 15 newts along with other small animals returned from a month's mission in orbit with data scientists hope will pave the way for a manned flight to Mars. Russian Mission Control said the Bion-M craft landed softly with the help of a special parachute system in the Orenburg Region about 1,200 kilometres southeast of Moscow. The capsule was ...
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Upmarket Pakistan district votes again as Imran Khan decries killing
The body of Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior female politician from cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party, is carried at a hospital in Karachi, in this still image taken from video footage, May 18, 2013. Hussain was shot and killed by unidentified assailants on Saturday, according to ...
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Iraq death toll stirs fears of civil war
The death toll in Iraq from four consecutive days of violence has reached at least 140 people, stirring fears that rising sectarian conflicts could lead the country into civil war. Many Iraqis were in mourning on Sunday amid simmering tensions between the Sunni minority and Shia majority despite increased security patrols. In Baghdad, the presence of SWAT teams, army, police officers and ...
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Report Syria has missile batteries aimed at Tel Aviv
Syria has surface-to-surface Tishreen missiles aimed at Tel Aviv and is ready to use them should Israel decide to conduct a strike on Damascus, British ...
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Saudi woman scales Everest summit as country warms to women in sports
Saudi woman Raha Moharrak reached the summit of Nepal's Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, in a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom where women's sports are severely restricted, tourism officials said on ...
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Iran Two executed for spying for Israel and US
Iran has hanged two convicted spies, one found guilty of working for Israel, the other for the United States, the Tehran prosecutor's office announced. Mohammad Heydari was convicted of "receiving payment to provide intelligence on various security issues and national secrets in repeated meetings with the Mossad," Israel's intelligence agency, a statement said. Koroush Ahmadi was found guilty of ...
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Danger and separation from families changing job of U.S. diplomats
Family members of deceased State Department diplomat Anne Smedinghoff, (front row L-R) sister Regina, father Tom, and mother Mary Beth listen to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speak at dedication ceremonies for new names inscribed on the American Foreign Service Association Memorial plaque in Washington May 3, ...
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1 Winning Ticket Sold in Fla. on Powerball
A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. Terry Rich, a lottery official in Iowa, confirmed the ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Florida. Rich told The Associated Press by telephone that details were expected to be announced later by Florida lottery officials about the actual ticket ...
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Indias weakened Congress wondering if early elections will help
Rahul Gandhi, a lawmaker, speaks to Sonia Gandhi (R), who is his mother and India's ruling Congress party chief, during the Indian National Congress meeting in Jaipur, capital of India's desert state of Rajasthan January 20, ...
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One winner in massive US Powerball jackpot
A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than US$590 million. Terry Rich, a lottery official in Iowa, confirmed the ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Florida. Rich told The Associated Press by telephone that details were expected to be announced later by Florida lottery officials about the actual ticket sold. Powerball.com ...
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Remembering victims of 1950s Grand Canyon plane crash including 2 from Camarillo
contributed photo/Grand Canyon National Park Recovery efforts at the 1956 crash site at Grand Canyon National Park. Two United Airlines helicopters wait at a TWA heliport. The site of a 1956 midair collision that killed 128 passengers, including a Camarillo woman and her infant son, is being nominated for national historic landmark ...
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang heads to India to seek improved ties after border standoff
NEW DELHI - NEW DELHI (AP) -- Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier is heading to India on his first foreign trip as the neighbouring giants look to expedite efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. China says Li Keqiang's choice of India for his first trip abroad since taking office in March shows the importance Beijing ...
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Pacers knock out Knicks with 106-99 win in Game 6
New York Knicks guard Raymond Felton, right, shoots under Indiana Pacers forward Paul George during the third quarter of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael ...
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Internet in coma as Iran election looms
Iran is tightening control of the Internet ahead of next month's presidential election, mindful of violent street protests that social networkers inspired last time around over claims of fraud, users and experts ...
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Winning numbers drawn in $590.5 million Powerball jackpot
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Lottery officials have announced winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot. The numbers drawn Saturday are: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and a Powerball of 11. Officials ...
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The War in Chicago
Produced by Josh Yager, Doug Longhini, Josh Gaynor and Kathleen O'Connell When Hadiya Pendleton was shot in a Chicago park, she quickly became a symbol of the deadly street violence in the city. But nearly every day, someone is gunned down in Chicago, often the result of gangs fighting over territory to sell drugs. This past fall, "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher and CBS ...
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Boom in Luxury Towers Is Warping New York Real Estate Market
Only 10 floors have been completed in what is intended to be the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere ...
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The Arrival of Human Cloning
The cloning era began when Dolly the sheep was manufactured in 1996. Dolly was cloned via somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). This is accomplished by removing the nucleus from a skin or other cell (in Dolly's case, a mammary gland cell, hence her naming after Dolly Parton). That nucleus is then inserted into an egg whose nucleus has been removed. The engineered egg is stimulated, and if ...
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Astronauts cover of Space Oddity recorded 220 miles above Earth praised by David Bowie as so beautiful
The astronaut who became an internet sensation after covering one of David Bowie’s most popular songs has received the ultimate accolade – after the singer himself praised it as ‘so ...
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Montreal Metro still trying to replace ageing fleet
The Montreal Metro is ageing, or its trains are at least, with some of them over 60 years old this year, it’s high time for massive investment in an overhaul of the fleet, but the bidding process has been controversial and highly competitive, leading to delays, which it is hoped will provide a lower cost.
Montreal’s metro system is operated by the Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) and was first opened back in 1966, since then it has grown into one of the largest subways in the country and is the busiest in Canada with over 290 million trips taken on the system last year. The 759 trains that operate on the network are ageing and tired, having each carried an estimated 7900 people and plans are afoot to replace them. Read more
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