Friday May 24, 2013




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NKorean envoy warns 'no guarantee of peace' on third day of fence-mending visit to China

BEIJING, China - China told a top North Korean envoy Friday it wants a peaceful, denuclearized Korean Peninsula, and said the emissary warned there is "no guarantee of peace" but that his country was willing to hold talks with all sides....

posted: May 24,2013





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Emergency landing causes delays at London's Heathrow Airport

LONDON - An emergency landing by a British Airways jet has briefly closed both runways at London's Heathrow Airport....


Mistrial in penalty phase of Arias case sets up whole new proceeding to decide punishment

PHOENIX - As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family,...


IRS replaces official who publicly revealed targeting of tea party groups

WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service official who led the unit that targeted tea party groups and publicly disclosed the activity has been replaced, making her the third top IRS official moved aside since the episode was revealed two...


Washington state bridge disappeared in a pile of dust, says survivor

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - A section of the Interstate 5 bridge over a river collapsed north of Seattle Thursday evening, dumping two vehicles into the water and sparking a rescue effort by boats and divers as three injured people were pulled...


Earthquake hits Russia's Far East, tremors felt as far away as Moscow

MOSCOW - A powerful earthquake on Friday hit Russia's Far East with tremors felt as far away as Moscow, about 7,000 kilometres (4,400 miles) west of the epicenter....


5.7-magnitude quake shakes Northern California; no reports of injuries

GREENVILLE, Calif. - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake was widely felt as it rattled Northern California on Thursday night, breaking dishes and shaking mirrors off walls. But authorities said there were no immediate reports of injury or serious...








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