A bomb explodes in front of a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi killing at least one girl and injuring seven others.
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VIDEO: Bomb explosion at Italy school
A bomb explodes in front of a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi killing a girl and injuring six others, reports say.
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Bomb explosion hits Italy school
Norwich City reject a transfer request from leading goalscorer Grant Holt.
Medellín, Colombia, once famed for murder and cocaine, is now drawing notice for its ambitious urban projects, many aimed at easing life in the city’s slums.
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Architecture Review: Fighting Crime With Architecture in Medellín, Colombia
A notorious Belfast prison that held IRA inmates during the worst of the city’s sectarian troubles is to be transformed into a whiskey distillery.
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VIDEO: From prison to Belfast distillery
CHICAGO — With world leaders set to arrive in Chicago this weekend for a long-planned summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, reinvigorated Occupy protesters plan to take to the streets in large numbers, hoping to disrupt tight security with marches and impromptu street theater in neighborhoods throughout the city. Read full article > >
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Chicago braces for NATO, and Occupy
The city will abandon efforts to lay off teachers who draw full salaries but have no permanent jobs, and potentially solve one of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s most intractable education issues.
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New York City to Offer Buyouts to Idled Teachers
Japan urges businesses and households to cut electricity use by up to 15% to avoid possible blackouts.
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Japan urges cuts in power usage
The sale of the duplex penthouse at One57 for more than $90 million broke the city’s previous record of $88 million.
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Midtown Penthouse at One57 Sells for New York Record
Officials say prisoners have taken control of a jail in the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula where at least one person died in a fight between inmates on Wednesday.
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Inmates take over Honduras jail
The Brazilian government reaches a deal with Rio de Janeiro hotel owners to cut spiralling room prices ahead of a major UN summit in the city.
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Rio hotels agree summit price cut
A subsea turbine which uses tidal power to generate electricity has successfully completed initial tests off Orkney.
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Tidal turbine ‘performing well’
From 7 to 10 tonight, City Room will host an online discussion of the novel “Time and Again,” by Jack Finney.
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City Room: Big City Book Club: Discussing ‘Time and Again’ by Jack Finney
83-year-old passes away at a Mexico City hospital.
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Mexican Novelist Carlos Fuentes Dies
MEXICO CITY — The headless torsos of 43 men and six women were found early Sunday along a highway between the U.S. border and the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, the latest in an escalating series of horrific mass killings among warring drug gangs here. Read full article > >
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‘Total barbarity’ as Mexican cartel dumps 49 torsos along highway
Architecture Review: Fighting Crime With Architecture in Medellín, Colombia
Friday, May 18th, 2012City Room: Big City Book Club: Discussing ‘Time and Again’ by Jack Finney
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