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Highway bridge collapses in Washington State

Alex Harrison — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:14 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23 (Xinhua) — The Interstate 5 highway bridge collapsed Thursday evening and dumped vehicles and people into the Skagit River at Mount Vernon in the U.S. Pacific Northwest state of Washington, local media reported. Media reports reaching here quoted a Washington State Patrol officer as saying that the incident took place about [...]

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Magnitude-7.4 quake hits south of the Fiji Islands — USGS

Alex Harrison — Fri, 24 May 2013 03:35:03 +0000

An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale jolted south of the Fiji Islands at 1719 GMT on Thursday(0119 Beijing Time on Friday), the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 207.70 km, was initially determined to be at 23.1300 degrees south latitude and 176.5830 degrees west longitude. Editor:Zhang Jianfeng |Source: Xinhua [...]

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Syrian president determined to root out insurgency as Syrian troops making strides in battles

Alex Harrison — Fri, 24 May 2013 03:30:03 +0000

DAMASCUS, May 23 (Xinhua) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed Thursday his resolution to continue fighting “terrorism” in tandem with efforts for a political solution to the country’s crisis, as the Syrian army has pushed deeper into a strategic city against armed rebels. Assad made the remarks while meeting with a Tunisian delegation, to whom [...]

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11 killed, 26 wounded in attacks in Iraq

Alex Harrison — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:15:02 +0000

A total of 11 people were killed and 26 others wounded in separate attacks in Iraq on Thursday, the police said. Unidentified gunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles attacked a checkpoint manned jointly by the army and a pro-government militia in the town of Garma near the city of Fallujah, some 50 km [...]

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Obama sets new rule for drone strikes, renews pledge to close Guantanamo

Alex Harrison — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:05:01 +0000

U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday sought to redefine his administration’s counterterrorism policies, announcing new guidelines codifying controversial drone strikes against militant targets, while renewing his pledge to close Guantanamo Bay military detention facility. Obama made the announcement during a major policy speech delivered at the National Defense University. He said he has signed a [...]

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