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Nepali-Canadian first to climb Everest without prosthetic limbs
In a bid to prove to the world that "disability was not inability", Sudharshan Gautam, a Nepali-Canadian citizen, became the first amputee to climb Mount Everest without the help of prosthetic limbs, officials said Monday. "We received information that Gautam, who has no hands, climbed Mount Everest," Dipendra Paudel, an official at Nepal's mountain department under the ministry of tourism and ...
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Boxers Nanao Dilbagh settle for silver in Russia
The Indian boxers' campaign came to an end at the Khabarovsk International Competition here with two silver and three bronze medals. The two Indians in the finals -- national games gold medallist Nanao Singh (49kg) and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Dilbagh Singh (69kg) -- had to be content with a silver medal finish after they lost to their respective opponents in the title round ...
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Indian boxers win European title create history
Indian boxers scaled new frontiers as they powered through to claim the top rank and bag the 2013 Invitational FXTM International Limassol Boxing Cup. The Indian pugilists displayed grit and talent throughout the tournament and a stunning performance particularity in the finals Sunday with a total tally of 10 medals -- four gold, three silver and three bronze -- ensured a first place in the ...
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Aaron Herraman 15 finishes second in world online maths competition
MCLAREN Vale teenager Aaron Herrman has defeated more than one million teenagers worldwide to finish second in an online maths competition. The Seaford 6-12 School student, 15, who has autism, is now busy fine-tuning his skills for a national competition later this year after taking second place in UNICEF's (the UN Children's Fund's) World Education Games. Aaron's mother Melinda ...
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Red Widow a mother drawn into the mobs dark world
, a new ABC drama about a devoted stay-at-home soccer mum in tiny Marin County, just north of San Francisco, who finds herself dragged into the Bratva, the world of Russian organised crime, when her husband is gunned down in their driveway. To the Bratva way of thinking, she now owes them her husband's ...
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Court rules against man for emailing NKorean spy
South Korean Army soldiers patrol along a barbed-wire fence near the border village of the Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Monday, May 20, 2103. North Korea fired short-range projectiles into its own eastern waters Monday for a third straight day, Seoul officials said. The North said it was bolstering deterrence against enemy attack. (AP Photo/Ahn ...
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Fighting for 2nd day between army rebels in Congo
GOMA, Congo -; A Congolese military official says that fighting between the M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day near Congo's eastern provincial capital of ...
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New rice contamination reported in China
BEIJING -; Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China following tests that found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country's largest cities was contaminated with a toxic ...
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Bus collides with truck in India killing 11
India has the world's deadliest roads, with more than 110,000 people killed each year. Most accidents are blamed on reckless driving, poorly maintained roads and aging ...
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Oil price down to near $96 as traders wait for Fed
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for June delivery was down 60 cents to $96.11 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 69 cents to close at $96.71 on ...
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Reports Iran bars 2 top figures from June ballot
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian news websites have boosted speculation that election overseers have barred two prominent but divisive figures from next month's presidential ballot.The hardline website Tasnimnews.com says the Guardian Council has rejected former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close confidant of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The ...
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More questions as IRS scandal widens
The report was issued by a Treasury inspector general on May 14, four days after an IRS official had acknowledged, and apologised for, the agency's targeting of conservative groups with names such as ';Tea Party'; and ';Patriots'; that had applied for tax-exempt ...
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Iraq At least 12 dead in bombings as sectarian violence continues
An Iraqi looks at dead sheep killed in two roadside bombs that detonated in a livestock market in the northern city of Kirkuk, on May 21, 2013. (Marwan Ibrahim/AFP/Getty ...
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Algerian prime minister says President Bouteflika convalescing
Bouteflika has been neither heard nor seen in public, raising widespread speculation that he is seriously ailing. France's Le Point magazine said Bouteflika, who was treated for cancer in 2005, was in very poor health, with some of his vital functions damaged. Algerian newspaper ...
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Iraq Reopens Russian Arms Deal Probe
DUBAI, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Iraq's Central Criminal Court has resumed an investigation into officials suspected of corruption in a $4.2 billion deal to purchase Russian weapons, the head of the Iraqi Parliament's Integrity Committee, Bahaa al-Araji, said on Tuesday."The investigation will go ahead. The witnesses and suspects will give evidence, and Defense Ministry experts will ...
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Did the pope perform an exorcism
The pope laid his hands on the head of a young man after celebrating Mass. The man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, convulsed and shook, and then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis prayed over him.The television station of the Italian bishops' conference said it had surveyed exorcists, who agreed that Francis either performed an exorcism or a prayer to free the man from the devil.The ...
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Ottawa Hospital wants $3M for world-class dermatology centre
Doctors at the Ottawa Hospital want to open a world-class dermatology centre - and they've put up some cash to make it happen.The Ottawa Hospital Foundation launched a campaign last week, aiming to raise $3 million for the centre. Dermatologists at the hospital have already given it a kick-start, donating $180,000 on their own. "We felt it was important to show that it matters to us as ...
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In complex world investing should be simple
Conventional Investing in a Complex World " (Journal of Investing, Spring 2013), cautions investors who are thinking about abandoning traditional investment plans. He advocates "policies that are simple, transparent, and focused rather than the increasingly popular alternative tactics, such as illiquid instruments and vehicles, leverage, and complex, opaque investment ...
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Very Graphic Devastation at Okla. Elementary School
devastating tornado that tore through Moore, Okla., were from Plaza Towers Elementary School, which has gone from a search-and-rescue operation to a body-recovery effort, officials said. Monday's tornado tore a 12-mile path of destruction that has killed at least 51 people and destroyed Plaza Towers Elementary School and Briarwood Elementary School in Moore. For many families, Monday ...
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Rock Medicine for Deadheads Punks
Rock Medicine since 1977. Concert injuries vary depending on the performer, said Gordon Oldham, who directs Rock Medicine, a 40-year-old volunteer organization that provides free "nonjudgmental" medical care at more than 700 concerts and events in Northern California each ...
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Apple CEO Defends Offshore Tax Policy
Apple and congressional investigators both tried to get in a preemptive kidney-punch or two in advance of Apple CEO Tim Cook's testimony later today in Washington on the way Apple avoids paying U.S. taxes on money it earns overseas. Apple ...
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NY Gay Mans Death Draws Protesters
The killing of a gay man who police say was taunted with homophobic slurs drew thousands of people to the scene of the crime to restore a sense of safety to one of the nation's most gay-friendly neighborhoods. Fabio Cotza, a gay member of an interfaith Bronx church, said he looked around cautiously when he stepped out of the subway in Greenwich Village Monday evening to join the ...
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Is Pope Francis an Exorcist
Is Pope Francis an exorcist? The question has been swirling ever since Francis laid his hands Sunday on the head of a young man after celebrating Mass in St. Peter's Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, convulsed and shook, and then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis prayed over ...
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Charismatic Mob Lawyer Pens Book
Oscar Goodman ran Las Vegas for 12 years with a showgirl on his arm and a martini in his fist. A former mob lawyer, he promoted his city and himself with antics that lent credibility to his self-given title of "Happiest mayor in the universe." Now, two years into a semi-retirement, Goodman has written a memoir about his career representing figures out of Martin Scorsese films, ...
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Watch Tornado Rips Through Moore Okla.
Okla. Governor on Tornado: 'We're Resilient, Strong' Mary Fallin talks to George Stephanopoulos about the devastation from a 2-mile wide ...
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Silicon Valley's Expo ambitions
Moffet Field, a fairly unknown former military airbase in Silicon Valley near Mountain View and Sunnyvale, may become the centerpiece of the 2020 World Expo if Governor Schwarzenegger and other advocated of a California bid get their way.
California wants one of its cities to host the 2020 World Expo, the event is a seminal one on the world calendar and is expected to draw in over 70 million visitors to Shanghai, the city currently hosting the exhibition, which last six months. Read more
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