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CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS After collapse of Washington state’s Interstate 5 bridge, should drivers worry? No, says top U.S. bridge engineer, but they should be “wary” All bridges must be inspected every two years; new technology offers extra protection President Obama takes action to speed up bridge improvements Like millions of other Americans, Dan and Sally … Continue reading
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THE DAILY BEAST British security officials are drawing comparisons between the Woolwich killers and the Boston bombers, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, arguing they represent a new generation of jihadists either born in the West or raised there. This new generation, security officials say, are difficult to identify in advance because their attacks are often … Continue reading
TELEGRAPH Statistics obtained from Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry by the campaign group Human Rights Watch reveal the number of women and girls convicted of ‘moral crimes,’ which include running away from home has increased by 50 per cent in the last year from 400 to 600. Many of the 600 women jailed in the last year … Continue reading
Updated 11:43am EST on May 21, 2013: CNN “Death toll lowered.” NEW: Authorities revise death toll downward to 24, including nine children ___ Boston Globe At least 91 people died, including 20 children, after massive tornado hit near Oklahoma City. The death toll is expected to rise. ___ Washington Post The Oklahoma state medical examiner’s … Continue reading
AFP, Beirut – More than 94,000 people have been killed in more than two years of conflict in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a newly-revised toll on Tuesday. The watchdog group said it revised the toll — just two days after it announced a tally of 82,257 dead — after receiving … Continue reading
Savar, Bangladesh (CNN) – Across from the detritus of Bangladesh’s deadliest industrial disaster, up four flights of narrow stairs and inside the makeshift offices of the recovery operations, stands a dry erase board that marks, in neat black handwriting, each life a nine-story building claimed when it pancaked to the ground last month. On some … Continue reading
In a Sunday talk show appearance, Issa said he would seek sworn testimony from veteran diplomat Thomas Pickering and retired Adm. Mike Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The two conducted an independent investigation of the Sept. 11 attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Their report was … Continue reading
By Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL | Sat May 11, 2013 11:01am EDT (Reuters) – Twin car bombs killed at least 20 people near Turkey’s border with Syria on Saturday, increasing fears that Syria’s civil war was dragging in neighbors and drawing a swift warning from Ankara not to test its resolve. Turkey supports the uprising against … Continue reading
Associated Press PARACHINAR, Pakistan—A pair of bombings in northwest Pakistan targeting individuals involved in this week’s national elections killed 17 people on Tuesday, police said, taking the death toll from attacks on candidates and party workers to over 100 since the beginning of April. via Bombs Kill 17 in Pakistan – WSJ.com.
