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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Pre-dawn emergency workers searched feverishly for survivors in the rubble of homes, primary schools and a hospital in an Oklahoma City suburb ravaged by a massive Monday afternoon tornado feared to have killed up to 91 people and injured well over 200 residents. The 3-km wide tornado tore through town of Moore outside Oklahoma City, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroyed. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: KEANU REEVES STEPS BEHIND THE LENS The transition from actor to director was not an easy one for Keanu Reeves. Reeves, who showed clips from his upcoming film “Man of Tai Chi” to a select crowd on Monday, said it took him a while to get into the director’s mindset. “The first day of that was not too much fun,” he laughed during an interview. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Asia’s richest man Li Ka-shing said on Tuesday that even if he retired now, business at his companies would continue to do well. Li, 84, was speaking at an annual general meeting of his Cheung Kong conglomerate. A Cheung Kong company and another firm that is part of his other conglomerate Hutchison-Whampoa have been dogged with controversy recently. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Five people died when a 10 metre wide sinkhole opened up at the gates of an industrial estate in Shenzhen local authorities said on Tuesday. The Shenzhen Longgang district government said on its verified page on Sina Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, five people had died and added that it was investigating the incident. The sinkhole formed just outside the Huamao Industrial Park in Shenzhen on Monday evening, at a time when many factory workers would have been changing shifts, according to the website of Beijing-based newspaper the Guangming Daily. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Tuesday announced a US$1.8-billion military upgrade to help defend his country’s maritime territory against “bullies”, amid an ever-worsening dispute with China. In thinly veiled comments referring to China, Aquino vowed during a speech to mark the navy’s 115th anniversary that the armed forces would be given the resources necessary to protect Philippine sovereignty. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Venezuelan opposition has released what it says is an audio tape revealing intrigue within the ruling socialist party of the late Hugo Chavez and Cuban meddling in the country’s affairs. The opposition says the tape is of a conversation between well-known state media presenter Mario Silva and a Colonel Aramis Palacios, identified as a Cuban intelligence agent, about a rift among Venezuela’s top leadership. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Video: The Vatican on Tuesday denied that Pope Francis had performed an exorcism after an Italian religious television channel said footage of the pontiff blessing a boy in a wheelchair showed he had. See for yourself here. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — World stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors waited for the U.S. Federal Reserve to telegraph what it plans to do next with its economic stimulus program. The Fed is conducting its third round of massive bond purchases known as quantitative easing to help drive down interest rates and spur lending. But recently improving data on the U.S. economy has led to speculation that it might consider scaling back the program or winding it down earlier than expected. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s small traditional trade in carving uses ivory acquired through legal auctions and in no way encourages or worsens the problem of elephant poaching in Africa, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday. Demand for ivory as an ornamental item is soaring in Asia and especially in China, driven by the rising purchasing power of the region’s newly affluent classes as well as growing Chinese investment in Africa and demand for its resources. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian army says it has destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed Golan Heights ceasefire line. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said next month’s summit between President Xi Jinping and the US President Barack Obama would have an in-depth exchange on issues of common concerns that would “craft the blueprint of the future Sino-US relationship”. Wang, who is with Premier Li Keqiang on a visit to India, said Xi and Obama would also discuss the Korean Peninsula situation and other regional and international issues. He described the forthcoming summit as historic and said it would be instrumental in establishing peace and stability regionally and globally. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A blast at an explosives plant in China has left 13 people dead and another 20 missing, state media said on Tuesday, compounding the country’s poor industrial safety record. Another 19 people were injured in the explosion on Monday at a three-storey workshop owned by Poly Explosives (Jinan), a state-owned company in the eastern province of Shandong, the Xinhua news agency reported. Rescuers were still searching for the missing on Tuesday but clean-up efforts had also started, the report said, citing the rescue headquarters. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The printer isn’t working, so come back next week to finalise your divorce: The excuses made by a Wuhan marriage registry clerk are credited with thwarting 500 divorces <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Casino industry leaders met in Macau on Tuesday for the Global Gaming Expo Asia, a three-day fair of gambling innovations at the glitzy Venetian Macau hotel. The largest gaming event in Asia, showcasing the industry’s latest products, services and technologies, is taking place amid a decline in growth rates in Macau’s gaming industry as China’s economic boom slows. The gaming sector has, however, boomed in Asia over the past decade, led by Macau which now generates six times the gambling revenue of Las Vegas thanks mainly to high-rolling Chinese VIPs. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> South Korean soldiers were guilty of abusing women in wartime, a Japanese mayor said in comments reported on Tuesday, days after he provoked a storm by labelling second world war sex slaves a military necessity. In a remark that provoked a sharp response from Seoul, further stoking tensions, Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto said the South Korean military used women for sex during the Vietnam war. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Afghan President Hamid Karzai will try to secure more military aid in talks with Indian leaders on Tuesday as he looks to beef up his security forces after international troops pull out next year. Karzai is to hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee after accepting an honorary degree on Monday night from the Lovely Professional University in the northern state of Punjab. The Afghan leader used his acceptance speech to thank India for its support since he came to power in 2001 after the fall of the Taliban. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The family of a US scientist found hanged in Singapore last year walked out of a coroner’s inquiry into their son’s death on Tuesday, saying they had “lost faith” in the proceedings. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> It’s not your educational background, integrity, experience, or people you know that matters. What it takes to be a good communist leader is “emotional intelligence”, or EQ, says Chinese President Xi Jinping. Xi enlightened his audience during a recent visit to a job fair in Tianjin while talking to a local village official. “Intelligence quotient and emotional quotient – which is more important?,” he asked. After an official said “both”, Xi answered his own question, <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Iran’s June 14 presidential election steps up a gear on Tuesday when the Guardians Council releases the approved list of candidates who have passed muster under the vetting process. The unelected council, controlled by religious conservatives appointed by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, must ensure that all candidates meet certain conditions before being allowed to stand. These conditions include being faithful to the principles of the Islamic republic and its official religion. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (AP) — Muslim gets life in prison, 6 get lesser terms for killing of Buddhist monk in Myanmar strife. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Intense rescue efforts as 91 feared dead in tornado-hit Oklahoma
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Pre-dawn emergency workers searched feverishly for survivors in the rubble of homes, primary schools and a hospital in an Oklahoma City suburb ravaged by a massive Monday afternoon tornado feared to have killed up to 91 people and injured well over 200 residents. The 3-km wide tornado tore through town of Moore outside Oklahoma City, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroyed. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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