Another major earthquake shakes Nepal, killing at least 42
Full Article Philadelphia Daily News
12 May 2015

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A major earthquake hit a remote mountain region of Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least 42 people, triggering landslides and toppling buildings less than three weeks after the Himalayan nation was ravaged by its worst quake in decades. The magnitude-7.3 quake hit hardest in districts northeast of the capital and terrified a...

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Rescue workers stand beside a building that collapsed in an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 12, 2015.
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'Substantial' El Nino event predicted
Full Article BBC News
12 May 2015

12 May 2015 From the section Science & Environment The El Nino weather pattern, which can drive droughts and flooding, is underway in the tropical Pacific for the first time in five years, say scientists. Australia's Bureau of Meteorology...

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The El Nino weather pattern, which can drive droughts and flooding, is underway in the tropical Pacific for the first time in five years
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El Nino Weather Pattern, which can Drive Droughts & Flooding, is Underway in the Tropical Pacific
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White House categorically denies Barack Obama lied over how the US killed Osama bin Laden
Full Article The Independent
12 May 2015

The White House has strongly denied an article by a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist that claims Barack Obama lied to the public about the killing of Osama bin Laden. Seymour Hersh’s article, published in the London Review of Books, alleged that the government of Pakistan played a key role in helping the US assassinate the former...

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In this April 1998 file photo, exiled Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden is shown in Afghanistan.
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Picasso painting sells for $179M; Giacometti sculpture $141M
Full Article Springfield News-Sun
12 May 2015

A vibrant, multi-hued painting from Pablo Picasso set a world record for artwork at auction, selling for $179.4 million on Monday, and a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti set a record for most expensive sculpture, at $141.3 million. Picasso's "Women of Algiers (Version O)" and Giacometti's life-size "Pointing Man" were among dozens of masterpieces...

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Visitors are introduced to the bronze sculpture "L'homme au doigt" by Alberto Giacometti, left, after viewing the Pablo Picasso oil painting "Les femmes d'Alger," right, during Christie's Spring 2015 Evening Sale press preview, Friday, May 1, 2015, in New York.
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A Painting From Pablo Picasso Sets World Record at Auction
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Picasso painting sells for $179M; Giacometti sculpture $141M
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Picasso painting sells for $179M; Giacometti sculpture $141M
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Picasso painting sets world record for artwork sold at auction
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Hollande calls for end to US embargo on Cuba
Full Article Dawn
12 May 2015

HAVANA: French President Francois Hollande on Monday called for an end to the US embargo on Cuba, during the first visit by a Western leader to the island since Washington and Havana moved to restore ties. Addressing the half-century-old trade embargo ahead of meetings with Fidel and Raul Castro, the brothers who have ruled Cuba since its 1959...

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Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro, second right, shakes hands with French President Francois Hollande, while accompanied by Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, right, and an unidentified person, left, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, May 11, 2015.
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French President Hollande calls for end to U.S. embargo on Cuba
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A rescue worker from USAID inspects the site of a building that collapsed in an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 12, 2015.
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A new 7.3-magnitude earthquake and several powerful aftershocks shook Nepal today killing at least 42 people and triggering panic in the Himalayan nation already devastated by a massive temblor less than three weeks back that had claimed over 8,000...
photo: AP / Niranjan Shrestha
Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, right, talks with French President Francois Hollande in Havana, Cuba, Monday, May 11, 2015.
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12 May 2015 From the section Latin America & Caribbean Francois Hollande's visit is the first by a French leader since Cuba's independence French President Francois Hollande has met Cuba's 1959 revolutionary leaders Fidel and Raul Castro on a...
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A North Korean soldier looks at the southern side through a pair of binoculars at the border village of the Panmunjom (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 19, 2013.
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The Obama administration on Monday announced conditional approval for Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. to resume its long and troubled efforts to drill in the Arctic Ocean, a decision that drew broad backlash from environmental groups that warned of...
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BAMAKO (Reuters) - At least nine Malian soldiers were killed in an ambush by separatist rebels near the northern town of Timbuktu on Monday, days before a U.N.-backed peace deal was due to be signed. The ambush highlights persistent tensions and...
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HAVANA (AP) — French President Francois Hollande called on Monday for ending of the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, saying France "will be a faithful ally" as Cuba reforms its centrally planned economy and tries to re-enter the global economic system....
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