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Chicago man crushes Ferris Wheel ride world record
A man from Chicago rode Ferris Wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - to break the existing world record. Clinton Shepherd, a park operations manager of Chicago's Navy Pier, who spent 48 hours, 8 minutes and 25 seconds riding Navy Pier's Ferris wheel over the weekend, said that he thought that Chicago - birthplace of the ride - should have the title, People magazine ...
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US report says discrimination against Jews Muslims on rise across globe
Discrimination against Jews and Muslims is on the rise around the world, according to a new report in the US. The annual US Department of State report for 2012 has revealed an increase in anti-Islamic sentiment in Europe and Asia. The report also said there was growing anti-Semitism, especially in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. According to the BBC, the International Religious Freedom Report ...
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Indo- Swiss bilateral meet held at Geneva
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad and Minister of Health Switzerland Alain Berset held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of World Health Assembly at Geneva with the aim of giving further impetus to cooperation in the field of healthcare. Speaking on the occasion, Azad said that friendship between India and Switzerland goes as back as Independence of India, ...
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World Bank UN chiefs to visit African Great Lakes region
The World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a joint visit to Africa's Great Lakes region, a World Bank statement said Monday. The visit is to be undertaken in support of a landmark peace agreement and to push for economic development in the troubled region. "The visit will draw attention to the plight of fragile and conflict-affected countries ...
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Venezuela parliament resumes 3 weeks after brawl
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during the departure of Simon Bolivar's school sailing ship at the naval dock in La Guaira Venezuela, Monday, May 20, 2013. The ship with 175 people on board starts his twenty-fifth cruise abroad instruction. (AP Photo/Ariana ...
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Eagles future hangs on World Cup ticket — Oboabona
"We know the importance of clinching the World Cup ticket and the coach has also let us understand that our careers will be built on this ticket, that is why we can't let it go. We are ready to give everything so that we are victorious at the end," the Sunshine Stars skipper told ...
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China defeats Kazakhstan at China International Mens Volleyball Tournament
Chinese national men's volleyball team defeated Kazakhstan 3-0 at the China International Men's Volleyball Tournament here in Luohe, central China's Henan Province on Tuesday.China beat Kazakhstan 25-20, 25-23, 25-16 with no difficulty because Kazakhstan was not a strong team."My team consists of young players who didn't completely obey my order, so I'm very ...
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US missile test delayed for a day
The US Air Force delayed for a day an intercontinental ballistic missile test Tuesday because of a "range safety instrumentation ...
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Landmark immigration bill passes key Senate hurdle
The sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system took a major step towards viability Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to approve a landmark bill offering a path to citizenship for ...
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Oklahoma tornado was strongest category weather official
The massive tornado that cut a wide and deadly swath through a suburban Oklahoma City town was a top category EF5 system with winds over 200 mph (321 kmh), a weather official told AFP ...
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Sky terrifies and inspires Okies
>Editor's note: Nathan Gunter is the managing editor of Oklahoma Today magazine, the state's official magazine. A graduate of Westmoore High School in Moore, Oklahoma, he holds degrees from Wake Forest University and the University of Oklahoma.(CNN) -- Oklahomans have a special relationship with the sky. We know how to look up. On the prairies of western Oklahoma, the skies are so big, and so ...
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EU set to brand Hezbollah terrorists
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Photographer Discusses Capturing Kids Rescue
Associated Press photographer Sue Ogrocki saw the tornado warnings for the Oklahoma City area Monday, she didn’t run into a storm shelter or take cover in her office. She grabbed her camera equipment and her car keys. Then she rushed outside, got into her car and raced towards the approaching twister. ';We had advanced warning that tornadoes would probably be developing ...
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Man Enters Plea in Picasso Vandalism
A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in a Houston museum -- an act that was caught on cellphone video -- agreed Tuesday to a two-year prison term as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Uriel Landeros had faced felony graffiti and criminal mischief charges accusing him of spray-painting "Woman in a Red Armchair" at the Menil Collection. Emily Detoto, ...
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Updates Child victim identified
>For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKI(CNN) -- At least 24 people -- including nine children -- were killed when a massive tornado struck an area outside Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, officials said. Read more: Heartbreaking scenes in Oklahoma City after disasterAt least seven of those children were killed at ...
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Protesters hurl firebombs as Chile leader speaks
SANTIAGO, Chile -- Bands of young people hurling firebombs and stones clashed with police outside Chile's congress Tuesday after thousands of students and workers staged a protest march before President Sebastian Pinera's final state of the nation speech.The president was not exposed to the violence around the legislature, which is in the port city of Valparaiso.Authorities said more ...
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Journalists shouldnt be prosecuted for doing their jobs Obama
President Barack Obama does not want journalists prosecuted for doing their jobs, his spokesman said Tuesday, amid a furore over a Fox News reporter caught up in a Justice Department leak ...
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Britains gay marriage bill passes major hurdle
British Prime Minister David Cameron headed off another Conservative rebellion after the opposition Labour Party helped him see off a "wrecking amendment" which had threatened his gay marriage ...
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After deadly day new attacks in Iraq kill 13 people and wound dozens officials say
An Iraqi policeman runs his metal detector over the body of Mohammed Adnan, 22, at a checkpoint as the body arrives for burial in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed and wounded dozens of people, police said. (AP Photo/ ...
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Toronto mayor avoids questions about alleged crack video
May 21, 2013: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sits during a City council meeting at Toronto City Hall. Ford ignored a crush of reporters waiting outside his city hall office this morning in the hopes he would address allegations that he was recorded on video appearing to smoke crack ...
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UK coalition to last despite rifts infighting Deputy PM
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (R) and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg attend the State Opening of Parliament, in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster in London May 8, ...
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In Europe a Fed President Urges Quantitative Easing
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Five agencies win Cricket World Cup work
can reveal. The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the ICC Cricket World Cup whittled down the 30-plus expressions of interest (EOI) they received for the three different disciplines to five successful firms. OMD is one of those five having been awarded the media buying duties. CHE Proximity, which was widely rumoured to be on the shortlist along with Ogilvy and GPY&R Melbourne, has ...
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Watch Families Search for Wedding Photos Other Belongings
And there are so many other families poring over the fragments of their lives tonight. Abc's cecilia vega spent the day with them. Reporter: Good evening. They have been out here all day trying ...
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New Evidence of Iran Support to Assad
May 21, 2013 7:43pm The United States has new evidence that Iran and Hezbollah have direct involvement with the Syrian regime, a senior State Department official told reporters traveling with Secretary of State John Kerry in Oman. The official said that, according to the Free Syrian Army, Hezbollah and Iranian fighters have been helping the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad in Qusayr, ...
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Austin among the leading US cities emerging from recession
The financial crisis, now refered to by some as the Great Recession, has battered cities across the country, but Austin has become a pocket of hope where jobs are available and the population is growing, suggesting that the city may be among a few in the US leading the country out of the recession.
Austin has been ranked in the top 20 US cities with strong population growth, the study was done by the Census Bureau, this is a reflection of the sound economic performance of Texas as whole (the state had several of its cities in the top 20), and subsequently may be given four additional House seats following the 2010 census. Read more
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