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US rescuers comb tornado-hit area 
  Wed, 22 May 2013 08:28:23 GMT 
    The rescue effort after the Oklahoma twister that killed 24 people nears an end, as it emerges the storm was more powerful than thought.


Ahmadinejad to contest bar on ally 
  Wed, 22 May 2013 08:21:29 GMT 
    Iran's President Ahmadinejad says he will contest the disqualification of his ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei from next month's presidential poll.


SAP in autism recruitment drive 
  Wed, 22 May 2013 08:00:05 GMT 
    German software company SAP says it hopes to recruit hundreds of people with autism, saying they have a unique talent for information technology.


Tax and energy to dominate EU summit 
  Wed, 22 May 2013 00:10:36 GMT 
    EU leaders will seek to curb tax evasion, which costs EU states 1tn euros a year, and bring down energy prices to boost competition.


Notre-Dame suicide a 'political act' 
  Wed, 22 May 2013 02:30:37 GMT 
    France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen pays tribute to the man who killed himself in the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, saying it was a "political act".


N Korea leader sends envoy to China 
  Wed, 22 May 2013 08:10:36 GMT 
    North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a special envoy to Beijing, state media announces, amid cooling relations after weeks of tension.


Kenya leaders named in truth report 
  Wed, 22 May 2013 08:14:17 GMT 
    Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy are named in connection with post-election violence in a long-awaited report investigating human rights abuses.


US immigration bill passes hurdle 
  Wed, 22 May 2013 01:32:16 GMT 
    A sweeping immigration bill that would offer a chance of citizenship to millions living in the US illegally takes a stride forward in Congress.


Egyptian hostages freed in Sinai 
  Wed, 22 May 2013 08:24:51 GMT 
    Seven members of the Egyptian security forces abducted in the Sinai peninsula last week have been freed, officials say.


Japan approves child abduction pact 
  Wed, 22 May 2013 08:26:13 GMT 
    Japan's parliament votes to adopt an international treaty on child abductions and cross-border child custody disputes, after years of pressure from Western countries.


Afghan interpreters to get UK visas 
  Wed, 22 May 2013 00:47:19 GMT 
    Up to 600 Afghan interpreters who worked alongside British troops are set to be given the right to live in the UK, in an apparent climbdown by ministers.


Bowie bassist Bolder dies aged 62 
  Wed, 22 May 2013 07:50:47 GMT 
    Trevor Bolder, the bassist in David Bowie's legendary 1970s backing band Spiders From Mars, dies from cancer at the age of 62.


Gandhi's will and sandals auctioned 
  Tue, 21 May 2013 17:24:33 GMT 
    Mahatma Gandhi's last will and testament sells for more than £50,000 as dozens of Gandhi memorabilia is sold at auction.


VIDEO: An orchestra walks into a bar... 
  Tue, 21 May 2013 23:06:36 GMT 
    The Cleveland Orchestra realised long ago that it needed to attract new customers in order to survive.


10% of UK wildlife 'endangered' 
  Wed, 22 May 2013 07:23:06 GMT 
    A stocktake of UK nature suggests 60% of animal and plant species have declined in the past 50 years - and one in 10 could end up disappearing.
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"There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages which is the result of an original eight hundred pages. The six hundred are there. Only you don't see them."

—Elie(zer) Wiesel (b. 1928) Romanian-born writer, lecturer, survivor Nazi camps, Nobel

 
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