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Oklahoma tornado Inside the school that took full force of killer twister
Little more than 24 hours earlier the children of Tower Plaza Elementary school were sat at these desks eagerly waiting for the bell to signal the end of another day in class.As Oklahomans - or Okies as they are known - each and every one of them were not just taught how to read and write.On entering first grade aged five or six, pupils here are trained to look up, recognise the tint of green in ...
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Julian Stevenson Mum of two kids killed by their British dad in France inconsolable
the first photo of the pair was released .Mathew Stevenson, 10, and little sister Carla, five, were found dead on Saturday, by mum Stephanie Morlet at the home of ex-husband Julian, 47, in Lyon. The youngsters' throats had been slit.Ms Morlet, divorced from Stevenson after walking out of a violent marriage three years ago, hid her tears behind sunglasses at the ...
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Shih Tzu puppy swallows lolly stick almost as long as her entire body
A Shih Tzu puppy was saved by vets after she swallowed a lolly stick which was almost the length of her entire body Lady, who is 15 months old, refused to eat and began to act unusually after swallowing the four-and-a-half inch stick, which got stuck in her stomach. Her owner Sarah Anderson suspected something was wrong, and took Lady to the PDSA PetAid hospital in Old Trafford, Greater ...
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Gary Speeds dad comforted by sporting progress of tragic Wales managers sons
The heartbroken father of football star Gary Speed has told how backing the sporting ambitions of his grandsons has helped him cope.Speaking 18 months after the tragic Wales football manager hanged himself, Roger, 70, said that Gary's teenage boys, Ed and Tom, were "keeping me going".And he spoke of his pride when footballer Ed, 15, got his first cap for Wales Under-16s two weeks ...
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The King and Spy Edward VIIIs phone calls were bugged in abdication crisis top secret documents reveal
It shows an extraordinary breakdown of trust between Edward and his ministers as he decided whether he should give up his throne or the woman he ...
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British bill to legalize same-sex marriage passes another parliamentary hurdle
LONDON--A bill to legalise gay marriage in Britain passed a crucial hurdle in parliament on Tuesday, despite efforts by lawmakers from Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party to wreck the ...
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Briton 10 died minutes after injection in India
Gurkiren was killed by health workers in Punjab to illegally harvest her organs, stories of other such unexplained deaths of Britons in Punjab are coming out. The most-shocking case to emerge is that of 10-year-old Damien Herian from Wolverhampton, who complained of a stomach-ache while at a theme park in Jalandhar. The boy was given an injection. Minutes later he was dead, Birmingham labour ...
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British football scores an own goal
The sentimental subtext is clear enough: the words express the awestruck admiration of a grown man reduced, temporarily, to a schoolboy. Football is: gladiatorial heroism, a contest of spirit, technique, physicality and will, with the added spice of luck and (let's be fair here) a bit of acting skill to coax decisions from the referee. That night, this wonderful, heady mix of sport and ...
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Fatal attack near barracks appears ‘terrorist-motivated’ says British government official
LONDON -- Two men attacked another man near a London military barracks Wednesday, in what British authorities were investigating as a possible terror act. One man is dead and two others were injured.While details were scant, Prime Minister David Cameron called the killing "truly shocking" and said he had asked Home Secretary Theresa May to call an urgent meeting of the ...
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National Briefing | New England Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor to Resign
The lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, Timothy P. Murray, said on Wednesday that he would resign on June 2, a move that surprised the political establishment there. Mr. Murray, who has played a prominent role in the administration of Gov. Deval Patrick since 2007, was once considered likely to try to succeed his boss, but his public image suffered from an early-morning accident in 2011 in ...
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British PM London Killing Appears to be Terrorism
British Prime Minister David Cameron says the daylight killing of a man on a south London street near an army barracks appears to be a terrorist ...
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London attack Britain probes possible Nigerian link
Britain is investigating a possible Nigerian link to attackers suspected of hacking a soldier to death in London while shouting Islamic slogans, two sources with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters on condition of ...
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British Litvinenko Coroner Goes Rogue
London coroner Robert Owen is fiercely pursuing a mission of his own. He wants to know who murdered Alexander Litvinenko. There's just one problem with his crusade. It's never been officially established that homicide was involved in the death. Litvinenko is the reputed Russian spy who died suspiciously in London in 2006. It is perhaps equally suspicious that now almost seven ...
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Woolwich beheading How brave woman faced down killers to tend to dying victim
carnage unfolded on a busy street in Woolwich , one brave woman faced down the killers.She calmly asked the two men brandishing knifes and cleavers if she could tend to the decapitated victim."Let me comfort him," she pleaded.The crazed attackers, blood dripping from their hands, shouted that no man could pass before allowing her to kneel beside the headless corpse, where she appeared ...
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James Bulgers mum tells parole board My sons killer Jon Venables still a danger to society
murdered toddler James Bulger has urged a parole board not to release killer Jon Venables - branding him a continuing danger to society.Denise Fergus today gave a personal statement begging the government to keep the 30-year-old behind bars.She argued the killer's twisted mind has not been fully examined and wants evidence reviewed that her son, aged two when he was battered, was sexually ...
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Woolwich attack Watch shocking video of suspect with bloodied hands wielding knives issue warning
Woolwich attackers .The video, obtained by ITV News, shows a bloodied man after the brutal attack on a man in the street.It shows the suspect, wearing a dark jacket, jeans and a beanie hat, calmly walking towards the camera with what appears to be two large knives clasped by the handles in his bloodied left hand.Gesticulating with both hands - while gripping the weapons - the man points to his ...
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Surgeons remove 4-pound hairball from tiger
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from Tampa Bay area surgeons when he couldn't hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself.A 17-year-old tiger named Ty underwent the procedure Wednesday at BluePearl Veterinary Partners in Clearwater, the clinic said in a news release. Dr. Mike Reems, of BluePearl Veterinary Partners, ...
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Eyewitness gives extraordinary account of her confrontation with Woolwich attackers
A passer by has given a shocking first hand account of her encounter with the two men who allegedly murdered a soldier in Woolwich ...
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Angela Merkel is Forbes top woman again
Angela Merkel for the third year running.The German chancellor is ranked ahead of Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff, Melinda Gates, who co-chairs the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Michelle Obama, ...
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British firms face ethical dilemmas in Bangladesh
For the first time, Tesco, one of the largest retailers in the world, opened the doors to its factory in Bangladesh. ITV News visited a production center said to be ethically run. It manufactures many of the 40 million garments made in Bangladesh every year for the supermarket giant Tesco. ITV's Laura Kuennsberg ...
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British soldier hacked to death in apparent act of terrorism
british soldier wearing a charity help for heroes t-shirt was walking along this sidewalk when two men in a car apparently drove into him, then got out and started stabbing him with multiple large ...
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The Pound plunged in a line with a soft PPI report
The appetite for risk improved in the US session on Tuesday. Most foreign currencies reversed at least some of their losses after pausing on Monday on profit taking. The pound plunged in a line with a soft PPI report, which effectively annihilated hopes for additional quantitative easing. The yen remains near a 4 1/-year low. The US stock indexes closed down. Gold and oil are lower. The ...
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Richard Branson To Class Of 2013 Create Your Own Opportunities
you may want to pay attention to Virgin Group founder Richard Branson's advice . "Be ambitious. There probably won't be another time in your life when you have such freedom of opportunity. Grasp it with both hands," Branson wrote. "If you can't find an opening that fits what you want to do, why not try to create one yourself?" Branson was writing ...
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Wartime MI6 had secret plans for liquidation or kidnapping of targets
August 1945: British wartime prime minister Clement Attlee, seated right, with US president Harry Truman, and Stalin. Foreign secretary Ernest Bevin stands behind, centre. Photograph: Yevgeny ...
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Government accused of using anti-GP rhetoric to mask its own failings
Doctors ' leaders and the health secretary are on a collision course over claims the government is using "anti-GP rhetoric" to mask its own failure to effectively reform ...
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Edinburgh's tram of indefinite delays
The development of a new tram system for Edinburgh has not been without controversy. Since the project was first proposed as far back as 1999 it took until 2006 for work to actually begin. Since then, there has been one failing after another, with many Edinburgh residents now wondering whether the new tram system will ever see the light of day and, more to the point, whether it is in fact necessary.
Edinburgh had a tram system up until the 1950s and, like many developed cities, it did away with the network in favor of other forms of public transport, mainly buses. Increasingly heavy traffic jams in the capital, however, have prompted city leaders to reconsider and in 2006 two bills went through parliament and were approved. Read more
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