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Eleven Palestinians have died under PA Hamas detention
Eleven Palestinians have died in Palestinian Authority and Hamas detention centers during 2012, according to a report released Tuesday by the Palestinian Independent Commission For Human Rights [ICHR].Two of the Palestinians died in PA detention centers in the West Bank, while the nine others died in Hamas custody in the Gaza Strip. Seven of the Palestinians who died in detention had been ...
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In my own write Right to die
If I could in any way help to change this law [against assisted suicide], it would let me die a proud man, a very proud man - Briton Paul Lamb, left almost totally paralyzed after a car ...
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Report Top politicians banned from Iranian election
DUBAI - Iranian authorities have barred two prominent politicians from running for president, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, leaving the June 14 election to be contested between mostly hardline conservatives loyal to the country's supreme leader.Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a close aide to president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, failed to make it ...
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From the media’s ‘gotcha’ grip to Zionist fulfillment
Jerusalem Post item this Sunday, sandwiched between sobering Syria updates, was "Israeli restaurateur goes viral with online meltdown."These sideshows reveal a political culture corrupted by media demagoguery and celebrity worship.Naturally, when word leaks out about prime ministerial predilections for designer ice cream, flying beds and fancy threads, cynics delight and moralists ...
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Oklahoma tornado 2013 Moore family of four die including their baby
A family of four have been killed by the monster tornado that roared through Oklahoma on Monday, claiming 24 lives, with dozens still missing, feared dead and hundreds of people ...
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Oklahoma tornado 2013 Video shows touching moment woman finds dog in the rubble
An elderly woman whose home was leveled by the Oklahoma tornado was reunited with her lost dog live on television when it emerged from the rubble as she was being ...
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I love you so much The tear-jerking moment a mother is reunited with her lost son after the Oklahoma tornado
With dozens of people left dead and large numbers of children still missing, there has been little reason to smile for those affected by the Oklahoma ...
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Oklahoma tornado 2013 Shocking before-and-after photos of Plaza Towers elementary school
The two mile wide tornado which tore through the suburbs of Oklahoma City on Monday left devastation reminiscent of a war zone as it leveled entire streets and buildings killing at least 24 ...
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Oklahoma tornado The storm was a monster - even for Tornado Alley
The people of Moore know a twister when they see one. On 3 May 1999, an EF-5 storm tore through the Oklahoma suburb, killing 36 people and injuring 583. So when a dark, spinning cloud appeared in the skies to the southwest on Monday afternoon, they were prepared - or so they thought. The tornado touched down at ...
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Kim Jong-un tries to rebuild bridges with release of Chinese hostages
Pyongyang has backed down from a potentially damaging confrontation with its closest ally by releasing the crew of a Chinese fishing boat held hostage for over two ...
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Osama bin Laden death photos to remain secret
Osama bin Laden is shown in this video frame grab released by the U.S. Pentagon on May 7, 2011. (REUTERS/Pentagon/Handout) WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government had properly classified top secret more than 50 images of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden taken after his death, and that the government did not need to release them. The unanimous ruling by ...
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Jodi Arias urges Arizona jury to spare her death penalty
Jodi Arias looks at her defense attorney Jennifer Wilmott during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 20, 2013 ...
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World Bank boosts funds for Syria refugees Africa
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Bank plans substantial new funds to help Jordan cope with the influx of refugees from the civil war in Syria, and hopes new funds for central Africa will cement a peace deal there, the bank's President Jim Yong Kim said on ...
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Up-close video of Moore Okla. tornado
A giant tornado tore through the middle of Moore, Okla., killing at least 51 people, 20 of them children. Charlie Rose, Norah O'Donnell and Anna Werner ...
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Federal appeals court strikes down Arizonas 20-week abortion ban
SAN FRANCISCO A federal court in San Francisco Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law violates a string of U.S. Supreme Court rulings starting with Roe v. Wade that guarantees a woman's right to an abortion before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. That's generally considered to ...
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Apples Cook says company doesnt use tax gimmicks
AAPL ) CEO Tim Cook, the Senate's bark was far worse than its bite. Cook, testifying on Capitol Hill a day after a congressional panel released a scathing ...
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Watch Couple hiding in bathtub saved by Okla. first responders
A older couple is taking shelter at the First Baptist Church in Oklahoma after they spent the night hiding in the bathtub, as the back of their home was ripped off by the hurricane. Elaine Quijano ...
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Watch Jodi Arias pleads for her life to jury
In this recently released video Jodi Arias, the Phoenix woman on trial for her boyfriend's 2008 stabbing and shooting death, sings and laughs to herself during a break from ...
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LZ Teachers remarkable courage
>Editor's note: LZ Granderson, who writes a weekly column for CNN.com, was named journalist of the year by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and was a 2011 Online Journalism Award finalist for commentary. He is a senior writer and columnist for ESPN the Magazine and ESPN.com. Follow him on Twitter @locs_n_laughs.(CNN) -- Each day more than 55 million students attend the ...
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24 people dead including 9 children
>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 and KOKH. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and ...
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UK wants Belhadj case in secret court
The British government is trying to force a case examining its role in the rendering of a Gaddafi opponent back to Libya in 2004 to be heard in a secret court, or not at all. In the first preliminary hearing over the claim brought by Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a prominent rebel fighter-turned-politician, the government's lawyers held on Tuesday that the case should either not go to trial in the ...
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Myanmar jails Muslims over religious violence
A Myanmar court has sentenced seven Muslims to prison terms in connection with religious violence in March that left dozens of people dead, a justice official ...
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Carney Questions About Sebelius Fundraising Are Like Questions About Presidents Birth Certificate
White House spokesman Jay Carney said that questions about Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius for Obamacare fundraising are similar to questions about President Obama's birth ...
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Hurley Hangs With Kadyrov In Grozny
A screenshot from Ramzan Kadyrov's Instagram account shows actors Elizabeth Hurley (left) and Gerard Depardieu (center) fraternizing with the Chechen leader in ...
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Hamas to close tunnels if Egypt will open border
Hamas said it would be willing to close all smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border upon opening of a commercial crossing, Palestinian news agency Ma'an cited Ghazi Hamad, Hamas undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying Tuesday. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues Thursday by Islamist ...
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Seattle fixing Mercer Mess
Seattle’s Department of Transport has plans to improve the Mercer Corridor or Mercer Mess as it is known to many residents of the city, Seattle news media have been reporting on the plans for some time, but a groundbreaking ceremony now marks the beginning of the major project.
The Mercer Corridor was built over forty years ago when the city’s transportation needs and traffic volumes were entirely different to present day. Mercer Street is a primary artery for the city of Seattle and over 80,000 people drive along it every day, but because of increased traffic and inefficient infrastructure, major bottlenecks occur at peak rush hour and limit access to the South Lake Union area, the Seattle Waterfront, the port, major highways and the Seattle Center. Read more
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