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OKLAHOMA CITY: Five people were killed in central Oklahoma on Friday as tornadoes raced across the area, a spokeswoman for the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said.Two of the deaths occurred in Union City and one was in El Reno, west of Oklahoma City, said Amy Elliott, a spokeswoman for the agency. She could not immediately confirm where the other two deaths occurred.Copyright Reuters, 2013 ...
WASHINGTON: A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a gun reporting rule that the Obama administration adopted in 2011 to try to detect bulk sales of semi-automatic rifles to Mexican drug gangs.A unanimous panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the administration acted within its authority to adopt the rule, which affects firearms sellers in states bordering Mexico.Copyright Reuters, 2013 ...
ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT: The United States must develop "rules of the road" with China and other countries to mitigate cyber threats, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said on Thursday.The defence secretary spoke after a Pentagon report found that Chinese hackers have gained access to secret designs for a slew of sophisticated US weapons programs, possibly jeopardizing the American military's technological edge.Officials say the breaches described in the Defence Science Board paper were part of ...
MOSCOW: The father of a Chechen man shot dead by the FBI during questioning about his links to the Boston Marathon bombers said Thursday he wanted the agents tried for "executing" his son.Ibragim Todashev, 27, was shot by FBI agents in Florida a week ago during questioning at his home about his links to one of the Tsarnaev brothers alleged to have carried out the April 15 Boston bombings.The FBI said the agents had shot ...
NEW YORK: Former CIA director David Petraeus, who resigned in November after revealing he had had an extramarital affair, will join the investment fund KKR, the company said Thursday.Petraeus will lead a new institute created by the fund and specializing in economic and geopolitical forecasts, public policy and emerging markets, the company said, confirming an earlier report by the Wall Street Journal.KKR, which has specialized in taking over large listed companies, hopes to cash in ...
RIO DE JANEIRO: US Vice President Joe Biden began a three-day visit to Latin America's biggest country on Wednesday to meet Brazilian government and business leaders as Washington gears up for a planned state visit by President Dilma Rousseff later this year.The trip, part of a week-long swing by Biden through South America and the Caribbean, comes as Brazil's economy is slowly rebounding from a two-year lull following nearly a decade of sturdy growth.The country, ...
OSLO: US environmentalist, author and journalist Bill McKibben on Tuesday won Norway's Sophie Prize for environmental and sustainable development, the last time the award will be given due to lack of funds, organisers said.McKibben is the author of more than a dozen books on climate change and environmental issues.He was honoured for his "mobilising force to fight global warming", said the Sophie Foundation, which awards the $100,000 (77,500-euro) prize.Born in 1960, McKibben set up the ...
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