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Massive tornado strikes Oklahoma City (west copy)

Massive tornado strikes Oklahoma City

Search for survivors as death toll rises in devastated Moore.

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Oklahoma tornado toll rises above 50

A monstrous tornado of rare power that roared through an Oklahoma City suburb, has killed at least 51 people, authorities say.
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Sprint gets waiver from Softbank, permitting discussions with Dish

(Reuters) - Wireless service provider Sprint Nextel Corp received a waiver from SoftBank Corp <9984.T> on various provisions of their merger agreement permitting it to engage in disc...
28 minutes ago

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MF Global trustee liquidates broker's CME Group memberships

By Tom Polansek
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The trustee liquidating MF Global has sold a collection of the bankrupt broker's CME Group memberships for amounts below recent selling...
1 hour, 19 minutes ago

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Japan finance minister wants BOJ to have thorough dialogue with government bond market

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that he wants the Bank of Japan to have a thorough dialogue with markets in the wake of volatility in the government bond market.
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1 hour, 26 minutes ago

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Labour deal saves UK gay marriage bill

Tempers have flared during a six-hour debate in Britain's parliament where Tory backbenchers tried to scupper a bill allowing gay marriage.
May 21, 2013, 7:23 am
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AEG spent $US24m on Jackson shows: trial

AEG Live's event controller confirms the company budgeted $US1.5 million to pay for Michael Jackson's doctor.
May 21, 2013, 7:21 am

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Pirate Bay co-founder on trial in Sweden

A Swedish co-founder of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has gone on trial, charged with hacking and stealing data.
May 21, 2013, 7:20 am

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Obama to meet Xi in California in June

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama will hold his first summit with President Xi Jinping in California next month, with Sino-US relations rattled by alleged Chinese cyber spying and tensions in the Pacific.
May 21, 2013, 6:52 am

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The Doors keyboardist Manzarek dies

Keyboardist Ray Manzarek, who founded The Doors with Jim Morrison, has died. He was 74.
May 21, 2013, 6:15 am

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Exclusive - Japan Inc. averse to further yen drop, poll finds

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kaori Kaneko
TOKYO (Reuters) - Signs are that most firms in export-driven Japan Inc, having got the weaker yen they craved, now want the currency to either stab...
May 21, 2013, 6:05 am

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China's Li to pay tribute to heroic Indian doctor

MUMBAI (AFP) - China's premier will pay his respects Tuesday to the family of an Indian doctor who died treating Chinese troops more than 70 years ago, becoming a rare symbol of friendship between the two nations.
May 21, 2013, 5:29 am

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Irish mortgage lending hit fresh low in first quarter

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The number of new mortgages issued in Ireland fell to their lowest first-quarter level since data was first collected eight years ago, further tempering hopes that house prices woul...
May 21, 2013, 5:28 am
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Massive tornado strikes Oklahoma City

UPDATE 9.15am: Children were trapped inside a school and areas of metropolitan Oklahoma City were levelled in a massive tornado that packed winds of more than 320km/h.
May 21, 2013, 5:13 am

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New Xbox more than a game console for Microsoft

Microsoft is set to make a splash this week with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox console, eight years after the last version.
May 21, 2013, 5:12 am

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India, China vow to end long-running border dispute

NEW DELHI (AFP) - The Indian and Chinese premiers pledged on Monday to finally resolve a border dispute that has soured ties for decades, saying good relations between the two Asian giants were key to world peace.
May 21, 2013, 4:40 am

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Chief Palestinian negotiator backs Kerry's efforts

By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The top Palestinian negotiator with Israel on Monday threw his weight behind U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's bid to revive stalled pe...
May 21, 2013, 4:10 am

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IMF says Washington cutting budget deficits too quickly

By Jason Lange
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Monday said the United States was getting carried away with a government austerity drive, offering some of the i...
May 21, 2013, 4:09 am

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Apple, Congress spar over taxes ahead of Tuesday hearing

By Patrick Temple-West and Poornima Gupta
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Using an unusual global tax structure, Apple Inc has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidia...
May 21, 2013, 3:24 am

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Hong Kong launches plan to tackle waste crisis

HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong on Monday launched a ten-year plan to reduce waste by 40 percent per person as part of efforts to catch up with other leading Asian cities and avert a looming environmental crisis.
May 21, 2013, 3:01 am

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US senators approve 5,000 visas for Tibet refugees

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US lawmakers debating a landmark immigration bill on Monday approved the provision of 5,000 visas to Tibetan refugees to enter the United States over the next three years.
May 21, 2013, 2:52 am

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