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Rescue services say 12 dead after Latvia supermarket roof collapse
Rescue services said on Friday that 12 people had died after the roof of a supermarket collapsed in the capital, Riga, the previous day. "Up to 6 a.m. (local time) 12 people have been found dead, three of them were state fire and rescue service officials," Latvian rescue services spokeswoman…
ReutersHonduras candidate Hernandez says currency devaluation 'not an option'
By Gabriel Stargardter, Miguel Gutierrez and Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran ruling party presidential candidate Juan Hernandez said on Thursday a currency devaluation, which is widely seen as a pre-condition for a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) credit deal, is not on the…
ReutersCalifornia Car Dealers Cut Prices for November
California car dealers are cutting their prices for November. If you're looking for a new car this month, buy now and save as much as you can.
AdChoicesAutoPriceFinder.comSponsoredThousands protest against tough new official secrets law in Japan
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Thousands of people protested in Tokyo on Thursday against a proposed secrets act that critics say would stifle information on issues such as the Fukushima nuclear crisis. The law, proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government, would significantly…
ReutersExposing China's cyber espionage campaign hasn't lessened scope, US says
China is “directing and executing a large-scale cyber espionage campaign against the United States” and has succeeded in targeting networks belonging to the US government, Defense Department, and private companies, according to a new government report. These activities are designed to reap…
Christian Science MonitorIs Senate's 'nuclear option' an Obamacare diversion?
Why did Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) of Nevada choose a cool, fall day just before the Senate’s Thanksgiving recess to drop the “nuclear option” on this chamber and end the right of a minority of senators to block, or filibuster, most presidential nominations? Senator Reid’s move may be…
Christian Science MonitorFoes of an Iran nuclear deal refocus on containing the damage
Opponents and skeptics of an interim nuclear deal being negotiated with Iran are gearing up to ensure that what they fear will be a “bad deal” does not become the means through which Iran obtains a nuclear weapon. So attention is already turning to ways to ensure that Iran face immediate…
Christian Science MonitorTreasury to sell last GM shares from auto bailout. How'd taxpayers fare?
The Treasury Department is finally getting out of the automotive business, five years after interceding to rescue the US industry from apparent annihilation at the onset of the Great Recession. Once the final sale is complete, however, US taxpayers will have lost nearly $10 billion of the $49.5…
Christian Science Monitor17 dead in grocery roof collapse in Latvia
RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Latvia's rescue service says 17 people have died, including three firefighters, after large sections of roof collapsed at a supermarket in the country's capital.
Associated Press41 mins agoKarzai: Sign US-Afghan security pact next year
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — President Hamid Karzai urged tribal elders Thursday to approve a security pact with Washington that could keep thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan until 2024, but he added a wrinkle that he prefers his successor sign the document after elections next April.
Associated PressUK police: 3 women held captive for 30 years
LONDON (AP) — Three women have been freed after spending 30 years held captive in a south London home, including one woman believed to have spent her entire life in domestic slavery, police said Thursday.
Associated PressDeath of a Honduran Taxi Driver
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Benjamin Alvarez Moncada pulled his cab to the front of the taxi stand behind Los Dolores church and half a block from the capital's main police station. He was the first in line, so he was the one to die, the other drivers said.
Associated PressIran nuke talk issues: Enrichment, sanctions
GENEVA (AP) — Iran nuclear talks entered a delicate phase Thursday as negotiators tried to fine-tune a draft agreement that would limit Tehran's atomic program in return for easing some sanctions. Iran's ability to produce nuclear fuel and relief for Iran's oil and banking sectors appeared to be…
Associated PressPortuguese police stage rowdy Parliament protest
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Several thousand off-duty Portuguese police offers protesting against austerity measures have broken through a line of riot police protecting the country's Parliament.
Associated PressJapanese troops welcomed back in typhoon-hit Philippines
Tacloban (Philippines) (AFP) - More than 1,000 Japanese troops were offered a warm welcome in the Philippines on Friday as they prepared to launch relief operations across the typhoon-devastated islands, which Japan brutally occupied seven decades ago. The troops were aboard three vessels that…
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AdChoicesGreek Island LabsSponsoredAmerican held in North Korea, a case of mistaken identity?
By James Pearson and Alex Dobuzinskis SEOUL/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When North Korea dragged an elderly American tourist off a plane and detained him four weeks ago, they may have got the wrong man. Pyongyang may have thought they were detaining a highly-decorated U.S. Korean War veteran, but it…
Reuters26 mins agoU.S. signals North Korea can improve ties by freeing Americans
The United States signaled to North Korea on Thursday that it could improve its strained ties with Washington by releasing U.S. citizens, after Pyongyang detained an 85-year-old retiree from California who is an American veteran of the Korean War. Months of hostile rhetoric early this year pushed…
Reuters47 mins agoAnalysis: Still-pricey ethanol credits show risk of EPA rule challenge
With the 2014 target easily within reach, there should be a surplus of RINs available next year to fulfill the EPA's mandate. Instead, after a brief dip, ethanol RINs are now trading at around 21 cents each, less than a nickel below where they were before the EPA's announcement. "If sometime next…
ReutersGrisly accusations mount in mystery Spain child murder
Passers-by found the dead body of Asunta Yong Fang Basterra Porto, a schoolgirl who was born in China and adopted as a baby by the suspects, in a wood in northwestern Spain on September 22. For weeks since, media have run pictures of the girl's adoptive mother: Rosario Porto, weeping and wrapped…
AFPNorth Korea marks attack anniversary with threat on South's president
North Korea marked on Friday the third anniversary of an artillery attack on a South Korean island with a vow to respond to what it called any similar provocation with a strike on the South Korean presidential compound. North Korea fired scores of artillery shells at South Korea's Yeonpyeong…
ReutersFog stops ships on Houston Channel: U.S. Coast Guard
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Vessel pilots stopped steering all ships along the Houston Ship Channel on Thursday night as sea fog reduced visibility to unsafe levels, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Inbound traffic along the 53-mile (85-kilometer) channel from the Gulf of Mexico to the busiest U.S. petrochemical…
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