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Turkish ship crashes in Greek port
Sep 16th
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Athens: A Turkish ship with 213 people onboard crashed at a port in Greece, injuring 30 people of whom 20 were Britons, officials said. The accident occurred on Wednesday when the Aegean Cat vessel, which had set off for a cruise from the Turkish port of Didim, tried to tie up at the port in Kos island in eastern Greece, Xinhua reported. Witnesses said there was an engine problem with the ship. The 20 injured British tourists were brought to the Turkish Aegean sea town of Bodrum, the Anatolia news agency reported. IANS 1 | 2 | TERMS OF USE: The views represented here are not neccesarily endorsed by www.zeenews.com and its allied websites. All messages will be moderated and no message that…
Over 50 dead in Nigeria floods
Sep 16th
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Abuja: At least 53 people have died and over 35,000 displaced as floods triggered by torrential rains submerged 23 villages in a southern state in Nigeria, an official said. “Some of the victims are missing. We just got information that 53 dead bodies were seen around Argungu in Kebbi state and majority of them are suspected to be from this area,” Zubairu Yari, chairman of the local government of Goronyo area in Sokoto state, was quoted as saying on Wednesday by Xinhua. “I have personally seen three dead bodies of women with their dead children strapped on their backs. It is very catastrophic,” he said. IANS 1 | 2 | TERMS OF USE: The views represented here are not neccesarily endorsed by…
Trapped Chilean miner sees daughter’s birth on video
Sep 16th
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Copiapo: Ariel Ticona, one of the 33 miners trapped deep in a Chilean mine since August 05, may be separated from his wife by tons of rock and earth, but on Wednesday he nonetheless managed to see their daughter’s birth — via video, an official said. Ticona’s daughter Esperanza — Hope in Spanish – was born on Tuesday at a clinic near the town of Copiapo, and a relative recorded the event in order to show it to the proud father. The video was sent down to the miners some 700 metres (2,300 feet) below the surface via a shaft through which they also receive food, water and other supplies. The miners also have phone and video links to talk to families staying at a makeshift tent city pitched…
New York man charged in Times Square financing
Sep 16th
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New York: US prosecutors on Wednesday charged a New York man with unwittingly helping to finance an attempted car bombing in Times Square through the informal hawala money transfer system. The suspect, Mohammad Younis, from Long Island, is accused of facilitating an unlicensed money transfer between the United States and Pakistan, although he did not know the funds were for the attempted May 01 bomb attack. “Younis engaged in two separate hawala transactions with customers who travelled from Connecticut and New Jersey to meet him in Long Island,” the US Attorney’s office said in a statement. “In each of the transactions, Younis provided thousands of dollars in cash to the individuals at the…
Toronto FC fires coach Preki Radosavljevic and soccer director Mo Johnston
Sep 14th
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TORONTO (AP) — Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC fired coach Preki Radosavljevic and director of soccer on Tueday. Toronto is third in the East at 7-10-7 and appears likely to miss the playoffs following Saturday’s 1-0 home loss to D.C. United, which has the poorest record in the league. Preki, inducted last month into the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame, was in his first season with Toronto after earning coach of the year honors at Chivas USA. Johnson had been with the team since its inception, and Toronto has never made the playoffs….
Voting machines face a tough initial test in NY, last state to comply with federal law
Sep 14th
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(AP) — Scattered hiccups with voting machines are flustering poll workers and voters in New York, the last state to comply with the federal Help America Vote Act. New York voters have pulled levers for 80 years. But on…
Elbow soreness knocks Pujols out of Cardinals’ lineup
Sep 14th
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — was held out of the ‘ lineup Tuesday night due to soreness in his left elbow. Pujols had a cortisone injection Monday night and team medical staff decided he should sit out of the second game of the series against the . Manager Tony La Russa said Pujols needed a break to let the…
Futurist: Michigan’s economy could surge in coming decades by producing robots for many tasks
Sep 14th
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s economy, battered over the past decade by hundreds of thousands of lost manufacturing jobs, could surge again in coming decades by making robots for use in everyday life, futurist George Friedman said Tuesday. He told about 500 people at the Michigan Chamber’s annual Future Forum at Kellogg Center that the state is uniquely situated to build robots that can help the disabled, tend the elderly and perform many routine tasks. “I don’t know where the U.S. would put the robotics business but here. … It’s yours to lose,” said Friedman, founder of the STRATFOR…
Haiti’s prime minister defends speed of post-quake rebuilding, says elections are on track
Sep 14th
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — prime minister defended the speed of reconstruction in his -ravaged country in a speech Tuesday, saying rubble in the capital is being cleared as fast as possible. Speaking at the Americas Conference in , Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said presidential elections will be…
NAACP chief wants pardon for sisters serving life in Miss. for their role in $11 robbery
Sep 14th
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The head of the urged ’s governor on Tuesday to pardon two black women who are serving life in prison for their role in an $11 armed robbery. Jamie and Gladys Scott lured two men down a road in 1993 in central Mississippi, where they were robbed by three teenagers who struck both men in the head with a shotgun and took their wallets, according to court documents. The Scotts were convicted of robbery with the use of a deadly weapon and have been in prison ever since. “We’re looking for…