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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists, but the decision means a sea of change for an organisation that depends heavily on faith-based groups. More than 60 per cent of the group’s National Council, comprised of some 1,400 delegates, voted in favour of ending the ban, effective January 1, next year, the group said in a statement. A prohibition on openly gay adult leaders remains in place. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in a rural area north of Seattle collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles and people into the frigid water below, authorities said. The collapse on Interstate 5 over the Skagit River happened at about 7pm local time between the towns of Mount Vernon and Burlington, 90km north of Seattle, Washington State Patrol spokesman Trooper Mark Francis said. “I’ve got reports of vehicles and people in the water,” Francis said. He added that he did not know if anyone was injured. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Two South Korean women forcibly drafted into Japanese military brothels during World War II have cancelled a meeting with a Japanese mayor who sparked outrage by calling them a wartime necessity. Outspoken Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto and two former “comfort women” were to meet on Friday, but the elderly women reportedly changed their minds over fears of becoming political pawns in a long-running diplomatic dispute that has stoked tensions between Tokyo and Seoul. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> MOUNT VERNON, Washington (AP) — Washington state authorities say no deaths in highway bridge collapse. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An Arizona jury failed on Thursday to reach a unanimous verdict on whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, prompting the judge to order a rerun of the sentencing phase of the trial. Arias, a former waitress from California, was found guilty this month of murdering Travis Alexander, whose body was found slumped in the shower of his Phoenix-area home in June 2008. He had been stabbed 27 times, had his throat slashed and been shot in the face. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China and the United States are hoping for a new chance to set the course for smoother relations through a secluded desert summit as the Asian power’s leader Xi Jinping projects a more confident style. Xi and Barack Obama will meet June 7-8 at the tony Sunnylands resort in Rancho Mirage, California, their first encounter since the Chinese president took power and three months ahead of their first scheduled run-in at the Group of 20 summit in Russia. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Having your name in lights inside a nightclub is perhaps not the best idea when your party is openly cracking down on the extravagent lifestyles of its members. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> MOUNT VERNON, Washington (AP) — Police: Highway bridge collapses in Washington state; sends vehicles, people into water. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China has offered to contribute troops to the new UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, where Islamist jihadists controlled the country’s north until French-led troops launched an offensive in January to oust them, a UN official said on Thursday. Andre-Michel Essoungou, a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping department, said that it “has received pledges and offers of contributions from a number of countries from around the world, including China.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Police investigating the murder of a soldier hacked to death on a busy London street were looking on Friday into whether the two suspected killers, British men of Nigerian descent, were part of a wider conspiracy. The two suspects, aged 22 and 28, are under guard in hospitals after being shot and arrested by police following the murder of 25-year-old Afghan war veteran Lee Rigby on Wednesday in broad daylight. They have not yet been charged. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Switzerland on Thursday for talks set to focus on a landmark free trade deal with the Alpine country, which he has dubbed a touchstone for Beijing’s growing ties with foreign nations. Li, who is on the first stop of his debut visit to Europe since taking over in a once-in-a-decade power transfer in Beijing, flew in to Zurich late on Thursday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a “boundless global war on terror,” restricting deadly drone strikes abroad and signaling that America’s long struggle against al Qaeda will one day end. In a major policy speech, Obama narrowed the scope of the US targeted-killing campaign against al Qaeda and its allies and took new steps toward closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison – controversial elements of the US counterterrorism fight that have drawn condemnation at home and abroad. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Today is Friday, May 31, the 151st day of 2013. There are 214 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1043 – Lady Godiva rides naked through the market square in Coventry, England. 1520 – After being a hostage in Denmark, young nobleman Gustav Vasa slips back into Sweden to start a rebellion against the Danes that will establish Swedish independence. 1790 – The U.S. copyright law is enacted
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys as Scouts; ban on gay adult leaders remains. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> President Barack Obama outlined plans to limit the use of US drone strikes against extremists abroad and took steps aimed at breaking a deadlock on closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Islamist suicide bombers struck an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 20 people and wounding dozens more in attacks that showed militant violence spreading across West Africa. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama: Journalists should not face legal risks for doing their jobs. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — CORRECTS: Obama: No drone strikes without ‘near certainty’ of no civilian casualties. (Corrects APNewsAlert ) <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama announces he’s lifting 2009 ban on transfers of Guantanamo detainees to Yemen. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama:No drone strikes on suspected terrorists without ‘near certainty’ of civilian casualties. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Boy Scouts of America votes to end century-old ban on gay scouts
<!– google_ad_section_start –> The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists, but the decision means a sea of change for an organisation that depends heavily on faith-based groups. More than 60 per cent of the group’s National Council, comprised of some 1,400 delegates, voted in favour of ending the ban, effective January 1, next year, the group said in a statement. A prohibition on openly gay adult leaders remains in place. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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