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  • Twister that hit Oklahoma caused $2 bn in damage Twister that hit Oklahoma caused $2 bn in damage

    MOORE, Oklahoma - Rescue workers were combing through the battered remains of buildings left behind in the path of the gigantic tornado that killed two dozen people, including nine children, in Oklahoma on Monday. Officials say the search for survivors is nearly over as efforts turn towards recovery. Gary Bird, fire chief of the badly hit Moore suburb, said he was "98% sure" there were no ...

  • FBI kill Florida man known to Boston bombing suspects FBI kill Florida man known to Boston bombing suspects

    MIAMI - A man known to the Boston Marathon bombers was shot and killed Wednesday by an Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent after he turned violent during questioning, the investigating agency said. The Orlando Sentinel newspaper identified the man as Ibragim Todashev, 27. He was killed in the early morning incident in Orlando, Florida. The FBI said the shooting occurred in Orlando, ...

  • US Senate panel clears key immigration reform bill US Senate panel clears key immigration reform bill

    WASHINGTON - A US Senate panel has cleared a proposed legislation that relaxes restrictions on IT companies to hire foreign techies, thus clearing one of the major hurdles to ushering changes in American immigration law in a generation. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill after its authors won a bipartisan support with three Republicans joining 10 Democrats in the 18-member ...

  • North Korean special envoy visits China to win confidence North Korean special envoy visits China to win confidence

    PYONGYANG, North Korea - In an indication that North Korea may give diplomacy a chance to end regional tension, its leader Kim Jong Un Wednesday sent a special envoy to China to win the confidence of its most important ally. The trip by Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, a senior Workers' Party official and the military's top political officer, comes after months of ignoring Chinese warnings to ...

  • Belarus dismisses US report on religious freedom

    The Belarusian foreign ministry has dismissed part of the Religious Freedom Report published by the US State Department about the country as "outdated" and failing to take into account the current situation in the country. "As for the State Department's report, it is permeated with trite phrases and usual abstract rubber stamps which the authors of the report rewrite every year, without even ...


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Tarzan and the Lost City

"Tarzan and the Lost City" is one of the most anemic movies to come out in quite a while. Not only it is poorly written, badly acted, and generally incompetent in all cinematic areas, it is thoroughly uninspired and insipid. Unfortunately, it's not bad in the way great, colossal misfires like "Heaven's Gate" (1980) or "Ishtar" (1987) are bad. Instead, it literally drips off the screen like a movi ... ...

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  • Boston bombing probe Man shot dead by FBI

    An FBI agent shot and killed a 27-year-old alleged friend of slain Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in Florida, a day after questioning him as part of the investigation into the April 15 attack, media reports said. The victim, identified as Ibragim Todashev, was shot at a condominium complex Wednesday in Orlando, Florida. The FBI confirmed a man died while one of its agents ...

  • Home Minister Shinde in Washington India seeks access to Rana Headley

    India has sought access from the US to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Rana, both of undergoing sentence awarded by a Chicago court after being found guilty of terrorism charges. While there was no official word from either side on the issues discussed in particular those with reference to Headley and Rana, officials said it was prominently ...

  • Adam Scotts Open winning putt to be history from 2016

    Golfer Adam Scott will need to modify his putting stroke following a confirmed ban on anchoring the club by the Ancient Golf Club and the U.S. Golf Association. The golf's governing bodies will implement the new rule 14-1b from January 2016 onwards, News.com.au reports. According to the report, the ban will not allow the golfers to anchor a club directly against any part of the body and will ...

  • U.S. dollar slips against euro after Fed official remarks

    Beijing, May 22 (Xinhua-ANI): The U.S. dollar advanced against most major currencies on Tuesday, but weakened against the euro after a U.S. Federal Reserve official indicated that the central bank may not taper its bond-purchasing program soon. St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said at an event in Frankfurt that the Fed should continue with the quantitative easing to boost ...

  • U.S. Myanmar sign trade agreement

    Beijing, May 22 (Xinhua-ANI): The United States and Myanmar on Tuesday signed a trade and investment framework agreement, announced the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in a statement. The signing of the agreement came a day after U.S. President Barack Obama met with Myanmar President Thein Sein in the White House. Sein was the first president of Myanmar to visit the White House ...

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