A strong earthquake struck early Sunday in northern Italy, killing at least five people and knocking down a church bell in the region, authorities said.
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Earthquake jolts northern Italy; at least 5 dead
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake in northern Italy kills at least three people and causes thousands of others to flee into the streets.
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Three killed in Italy earthquake
A strong earthquake rocked northern Italy early on Sunday morning, causing at least three deaths and collapsing rural factories and ancient bell towers in towns.
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Strong Quake Hits Northern Italy
A competitor has been killed in an accident on the last day of North West 200 road races.
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Rider dies in North West 200 race
A rally is held to oppose the relocation of 32 ScottishPower office jobs across north Wales.
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Rally opposes office relocation
US President Obama hosts an opening dinner for G8 leaders, discussing North Korea, Syria and Iran, with the eurozone crisis likely to top Saturday’s agenda.
Spain’s Repsol oil company says a first attempt to find oil off Cuba’s northern coast has been unsuccessful.
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Cuban offshore oil attempt fails
HUSSEINYIA, Egypt — Thousands of people crowded into a tent on a dirt lot in this all-but-forgotten town north of Cairo on a recent afternoon to hear Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh. Some came because they had already decided to vote for the moderate Islamist, a front-runner in the presidential campaign. Others wanted to know more. But all shared the anticipation and sense of responsibility that are building here as the May 23 vote approaches, the first time in modern Egypt that the winner of a presidential election is not a foregone conclusion. Read full article > >
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Egyptian presidential hopefuls travel across country in bid for votes
Juan Duran has quite the “Frankenfish” tale to tell, and it begins with a Kinky Beaver lure and a giant northern snakehead out on the Occoquan River in Virginia. It ends — well, who knows where, as things have become murky for the man who caught the enormous snakehead on the water by Woodbridge. Read full article > >
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Angler may have broken world record with snakehead caught in Occoquan River
Turkey says it scrambled two military jets to chase away an Israeli plane which allegedly violated the airspace of Turkish-held northern Cyprus.
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Turkey jets ‘pursue Israel plane’
The latest device to harness the power of the tides is being tested in the stormy waters off Orkney in the far north of Scotland.
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VIDEO: A look at ‘wind turbines’ of the deep
North Korea resumes work on a light water reactor that could be used to support its nuclear programme after months of inactivity, a US institute says.
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A wooden ship believed to be over 200 years old was discovered during a recent exploration of the northern Gulf of Mexico, according to a press release from the U.S. National Oceanic and Astmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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200-year-old shipwreck found in Gulf
Three men are arrested in raids in south Wales and the north west of England as part of an alleged £1.6m fraud probe involving football club apprenticeship schemes.
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Three arrests in football inquiry
A 15-year-old boy is convicted of murdering a student who was stabbed in north London after a row over throwing conkers.
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Boy guilty of conkers row murder
Egyptian presidential hopefuls travel across country in bid for votes
Friday, May 18th, 2012Angler may have broken world record with snakehead caught in Occoquan River
Friday, May 18th, 2012
