robwire.com http://robwire.com news and opinion since 2003 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:52:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Germans, French eye plan to create jobs for young http://robwire.com/2013/05/germans-french-eye-plan-to-create-jobs-for-young/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/germans-french-eye-plan-to-create-jobs-for-young/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:52:03 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/germans-french-eye-plan-to-create-jobs-for-young/ BERLIN (AP) — Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high European youth unemployment, which officials in Berlin say will center on trying to get business involved and make better use of already-pledged public money.

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]]> German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)BERLIN (AP) — Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high European youth unemployment, which officials in Berlin say will center on trying to get business involved and make better use of already-pledged public money.



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/germans-french-eye-plan-to-create-jobs-for-young/feed/ 0 Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury http://robwire.com/2013/05/polish-man-gets-quick-face-transplant-after-injury/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/polish-man-gets-quick-face-transplant-after-injury/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:59 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/polish-man-gets-quick-face-transplant-after-injury/ WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation.

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]]> EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT -In this picture provided by the Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice, Poland, a 33-year-old Polish man whose face was torn off by stone-cutting machinery is shown after undergoing a total face transplant. Doctors performed the surgery on May 15 in a 27-hour operation. In a news conference on Wednesday they said it was the first time a life-saving face transplant was carried out soon after a recipient suffered damage. There have been several other transplants in recent years but in those cases doctors had months or years to prepare. The Polish patient suffered his accident on April 23, 2013.(AP Photo/Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice)WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation.



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/polish-man-gets-quick-face-transplant-after-injury/feed/ 0 Intercontinental missile test-launched in Calif. http://robwire.com/2013/05/intercontinental-missile-test-launched-in-calif/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/intercontinental-missile-test-launched-in-calif/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:58 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/intercontinental-missile-test-launched-in-calif/ VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base on Wednesday, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea. Home, commercial, and standby electric generators at GeneratorZoo.Com

]]> VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base on Wednesday, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea.
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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/intercontinental-missile-test-launched-in-calif/feed/ 0 Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai http://robwire.com/2013/05/militants-release-seven-egyptians-kidnapped-in-sinai/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/militants-release-seven-egyptians-kidnapped-in-sinai/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:54 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/militants-release-seven-egyptians-kidnapped-in-sinai/ By Tom Perry and Yousri Mohamed CAIRO/ISMAILIA (Reuters) – Seven Egyptian security men kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were freed on Wednesday and President Mohamed Mursi vowed to pursue a crackdown on lawlessness in the desert peninsula. The abduction underlined the threat posed by jihadists who have exploited a security vacuum that [...]]]> The relatives of seven kidnapped security officers and soldiers celebrate after their return, in the Rafah borderBy Tom Perry and Yousri Mohamed CAIRO/ISMAILIA (Reuters) – Seven Egyptian security men kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were freed on Wednesday and President Mohamed Mursi vowed to pursue a crackdown on lawlessness in the desert peninsula. The abduction underlined the threat posed by jihadists who have exploited a security vacuum that opened up in the isolated Sinai after the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. The state has struggled to restore order there since. …



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/militants-release-seven-egyptians-kidnapped-in-sinai/feed/ 0 Oil falls near $95 on small drop in supplies http://robwire.com/2013/05/oil-falls-near-95-on-small-drop-in-supplies/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/oil-falls-near-95-on-small-drop-in-supplies/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:53 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/oil-falls-near-95-on-small-drop-in-supplies/ The price of oil fell near $95 a barrel Wednesday as the nation’s oil supply fell less than expected and demand for gasoline remained weak. Home, commercial, and standby electric generators at GeneratorZoo.Com

]]> The price of oil fell near $95 a barrel Wednesday as the nation’s oil supply fell less than expected and demand for gasoline remained weak.
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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/oil-falls-near-95-on-small-drop-in-supplies/feed/ 0 2 infants among 10 kids killed in Oklahoma tornado http://robwire.com/2013/05/2-infants-among-10-kids-killed-in-oklahoma-tornado/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/2-infants-among-10-kids-killed-in-oklahoma-tornado/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:51 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/2-infants-among-10-kids-killed-in-oklahoma-tornado/ OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says two infants are among 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week.

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]]> This aerial view shows an entire neighborhood destroyed by Monday's tornado, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says two infants are among 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week.



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/2-infants-among-10-kids-killed-in-oklahoma-tornado/feed/ 0 Bears LB Urlacher announces retirement http://robwire.com/2013/05/bears-lb-urlacher-announces-retirement-2/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/bears-lb-urlacher-announces-retirement-2/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:49 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/bears-lb-urlacher-announces-retirement-2/ CHICAGO (AP) — Star linebacker Brian Urlacher says he’s retiring after spending 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears. Home, commercial, and standby electric generators at GeneratorZoo.Com

]]> CHICAGO (AP) — Star linebacker Brian Urlacher says he’s retiring after spending 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears.
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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/bears-lb-urlacher-announces-retirement-2/feed/ 0 NY funeral for student accidentally shot by police http://robwire.com/2013/05/ny-funeral-for-student-accidentally-shot-by-police/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/ny-funeral-for-student-accidentally-shot-by-police/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:46 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/ny-funeral-for-student-accidentally-shot-by-police/ SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) — Many young people are among the mourners attending the funeral of a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police.

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]]> Pallbearers carry Andrea Rebello's coffin into St. Teresa of Avila Church for her funeral service, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. Police said Rebello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., who was accidentally shot by police Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) — Many young people are among the mourners attending the funeral of a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police.



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/ny-funeral-for-student-accidentally-shot-by-police/feed/ 0 Kenya’s truth report: Killings, land grabs, graft http://robwire.com/2013/05/kenyas-truth-report-killings-land-grabs-graft/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/kenyas-truth-report-killings-land-grabs-graft/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:44 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/kenyas-truth-report-killings-land-grabs-graft/ NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report that names the president and his deputy as being among those suspected of planning and financing Kenya's 2007-08 postelection violence in which more than 1,000 people died and 600,000 were evicted from their homes.

Home, commercial, and standby electric generators at [...]]]> FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008 file photo, a young girl cries as she is carried by a man and woman fleeing an area of wooden kiosks which was set on fire by supporters of Raila Odinga's party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), during post-election violence in the Kibera slum area of Nairobi, Kenya. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta received late Tuesday, May 21, 2013 the long-awaited report from the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission, which was established as part of a reform process aimed at preventing a repeat of the 2007-08 post-election violence in which more than 1,000 people were killed. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report that names the president and his deputy as being among those suspected of planning and financing Kenya's 2007-08 postelection violence in which more than 1,000 people died and 600,000 were evicted from their homes.



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/kenyas-truth-report-killings-land-grabs-graft/feed/ 0 Bernanke signals Fed to maintain stimulus efforts http://robwire.com/2013/05/bernanke-signals-fed-to-maintain-stimulus-efforts/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/bernanke-signals-fed-to-maintain-stimulus-efforts/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:41 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/bernanke-signals-fed-to-maintain-stimulus-efforts/ WASHINGTON (AP) — Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs.

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]]> Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the Joint Economic Committee hearing on "The Economic Outlook" . Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs.



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/bernanke-signals-fed-to-maintain-stimulus-efforts/feed/ 0 House panel seeks to curb military sexual assaults http://robwire.com/2013/05/house-panel-seeks-to-curb-military-sexual-assaults/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/house-panel-seeks-to-curb-military-sexual-assaults/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:39 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/house-panel-seeks-to-curb-military-sexual-assaults/ WASHINGTON (AP) — Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law. They include stripping commanding officers of their unilateral authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction and requiring that service members found guilty of [...]]]> FILE - In this June 2, 2012 file photo, House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass. speaks in Springfield, Mass. Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law. They include stripping commanding officers of their unilateral authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction and requiring that service members found guilty of sexual offenses be dismissed or dishonorably discharged. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law. They include stripping commanding officers of their unilateral authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction and requiring that service members found guilty of sexual offenses be dismissed or dishonorably discharged.



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/house-panel-seeks-to-curb-military-sexual-assaults/feed/ 0 Mugabe signs Zimbabwe constitution, paving way for vote http://robwire.com/2013/05/mugabe-signs-zimbabwe-constitution-paving-way-for-vote/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/mugabe-signs-zimbabwe-constitution-paving-way-for-vote/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:36 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/mugabe-signs-zimbabwe-constitution-paving-way-for-vote/ By Cris Chinaka HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for an election later this year. Approved overwhelmingly in a referendum in March, the constitution clips the powers of the [...]]]> Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signs Zimbabwe's new constitution into law in the capital HarareBy Cris Chinaka HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for an election later this year. Approved overwhelmingly in a referendum in March, the constitution clips the powers of the president and imposes a two-term limit. However, it does not apply retroactively so the 89-year-old Mugabe technically could extend his three decades in office by another 10 years. …



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/mugabe-signs-zimbabwe-constitution-paving-way-for-vote/feed/ 0 FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe http://robwire.com/2013/05/fbi-man-fatally-shot-in-boston-bombing-probe/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/fbi-man-fatally-shot-in-boston-bombing-probe/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:34 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/fbi-man-fatally-shot-in-boston-bombing-probe/ ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The FBI is leaving open the question of who fired the fatal shot that killed a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe.

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]]> Investigators stand outside an apartment complex where a man was fatally shot when a team of FBI agents swarmed his home early Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. The FBI says the man, being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation. (AP Photo/John Raoux)ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The FBI is leaving open the question of who fired the fatal shot that killed a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe.



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/fbi-man-fatally-shot-in-boston-bombing-probe/feed/ 0 Mais non! French universities may teach in English http://robwire.com/2013/05/mais-non-french-universities-may-teach-in-english/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/mais-non-french-universities-may-teach-in-english/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:32 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/mais-non-french-universities-may-teach-in-english/ PARIS (AP) — In France, there’s a brewing debate over whether to speak anglais in universite. Home, commercial, and standby electric generators at GeneratorZoo.Com

]]> PARIS (AP) — In France, there’s a brewing debate over whether to speak anglais in universite.
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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/mais-non-french-universities-may-teach-in-english/feed/ 0 IMF calls on Britain to do more for growth http://robwire.com/2013/05/imf-calls-on-britain-to-do-more-for-growth/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/imf-calls-on-britain-to-do-more-for-growth/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:30 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/imf-calls-on-britain-to-do-more-for-growth/ LONDON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has called on Britain to do more to support the economic recovery, urging the government Wednesday to speed up investment in infrastructure and come up with a plan to privatize its bailed out banks.

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]]> Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, center, accompanied by India's Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram, right, tour the Pudding Mill Lane Crossrail construction site, in east London, Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, Pool)LONDON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has called on Britain to do more to support the economic recovery, urging the government Wednesday to speed up investment in infrastructure and come up with a plan to privatize its bailed out banks.



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/imf-calls-on-britain-to-do-more-for-growth/feed/ 0 Rescuers search Oklahoma tornado town ruins as recovery starts http://robwire.com/2013/05/rescuers-search-oklahoma-tornado-town-ruins-as-recovery-starts/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/rescuers-search-oklahoma-tornado-town-ruins-as-recovery-starts/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:27 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/rescuers-search-oklahoma-tornado-town-ruins-as-recovery-starts/ By Carey Gillam and Ian Simpson MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) – Rescue workers with sniffer dogs picked through the ruins of an Oklahoma town on Wednesday to ensure no survivors remained buried after a deadly tornado left thousands homeless and trying to salvage what was left of their belongings. "Yesterday I was numb. Today I cried [...]]]> Danielle Stephan holds boyfriend Thomas Layton as they pause between salvaging through the remains of a family member's home one day after a tornado devastated the town Moore, OklahomaBy Carey Gillam and Ian Simpson MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) – Rescue workers with sniffer dogs picked through the ruins of an Oklahoma town on Wednesday to ensure no survivors remained buried after a deadly tornado left thousands homeless and trying to salvage what was left of their belongings. "Yesterday I was numb. Today I cried a lot. Now I'm on the victory side of it," said Beth Vrooman, who hid in a shelter in her garage during Monday's storm in Moore, Oklahoma. When the winds died down, she realized a car was blocking her exit. …



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/rescuers-search-oklahoma-tornado-town-ruins-as-recovery-starts/feed/ 0 Zimbabwe’s president signs new constitution http://robwire.com/2013/05/zimbabwes-president-signs-new-constitution/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/zimbabwes-president-signs-new-constitution/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:25 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/zimbabwes-president-signs-new-constitution/ HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s president signs into law a new constitution and vows to hold peaceful and clean elections later this year. Home, commercial, and standby electric generators at GeneratorZoo.Com

]]> HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s president signs into law a new constitution and vows to hold peaceful and clean elections later this year.
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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/zimbabwes-president-signs-new-constitution/feed/ 0 EU leaders discuss fight against tax evasion http://robwire.com/2013/05/eu-leaders-discuss-fight-against-tax-evasion/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/eu-leaders-discuss-fight-against-tax-evasion/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:21 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/eu-leaders-discuss-fight-against-tax-evasion/ BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Wednesday sought to advance their fight against tax fraud and close the loopholes for large corporations' tax avoidance schemes.

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]]> Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev, background third left, talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, as French President Francois Hollande, second left, talks to Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat at an EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Leaders from the 27 European Union countries gather in Brussels for one of their regular European Council sessions. On the agenda is the increasingly controversial subject of tax evasion. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Wednesday sought to advance their fight against tax fraud and close the loopholes for large corporations' tax avoidance schemes.



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/eu-leaders-discuss-fight-against-tax-evasion/feed/ 0 UK, Denmark eye visas for Afghan interpreters http://robwire.com/2013/05/uk-denmark-eye-visas-for-afghan-interpreters/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/uk-denmark-eye-visas-for-afghan-interpreters/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:20 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/uk-denmark-eye-visas-for-afghan-interpreters/ LONDON (AP) — Britain and Denmark proposed Wednesday to give hundreds of Afghan interpreters who worked alongside their troops the right to settle in the U.K. and Denmark in recognition of the risks they face if they stay in their war-battered homeland. Home, commercial, and standby electric generators at GeneratorZoo.Com

]]> LONDON (AP) — Britain and Denmark proposed Wednesday to give hundreds of Afghan interpreters who worked alongside their troops the right to settle in the U.K. and Denmark in recognition of the risks they face if they stay in their war-battered homeland.
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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/uk-denmark-eye-visas-for-afghan-interpreters/feed/ 0 Kerry warns Syria’s Assad against rejecting political solution http://robwire.com/2013/05/kerry-warns-syrias-assad-against-rejecting-political-solution/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/kerry-warns-syrias-assad-against-rejecting-political-solution/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:18 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/kerry-warns-syrias-assad-against-rejecting-political-solution/ AMMAN (Reuters) – Western governments are ready to increase support to opponents of President Bashar al-Assad if he rejects a political solution to Syria’s civil war, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. Kerry said recent military gains by Assad’s forces were only temporary and that if he believed the counter-offensives against the rebels [...]]]> AMMAN (Reuters) – Western governments are ready to increase support to opponents of President Bashar al-Assad if he rejects a political solution to Syria’s civil war, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. Kerry said recent military gains by Assad’s forces were only temporary and that if he believed the counter-offensives against the rebels would be decisive, “then he is mis-calculating”. …
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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/kerry-warns-syrias-assad-against-rejecting-political-solution/feed/ 0 Bernanke’s Q&A testimony to congressional panel http://robwire.com/2013/05/bernankes-qa-testimony-to-congressional-panel/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/bernankes-qa-testimony-to-congressional-panel/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:17 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/bernankes-qa-testimony-to-congressional-panel/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Below are highlights of the question and answer session of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony on the U.S. economy to the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Wednesday. BERNANKE ON BANKS THAT ARE “TOO BIG TO FAIL”: “I think that many of the suggestions to break them up have either involved relatively [...]]]> WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Below are highlights of the question and answer session of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony on the U.S. economy to the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Wednesday. BERNANKE ON BANKS THAT ARE “TOO BIG TO FAIL”: “I think that many of the suggestions to break them up have either involved relatively small changes or a form of Glass Steagall. I think Glass Steagall is not the solution because as we saw in the crisis, investment banks (and) commercial banks separately got into serious trouble. …
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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/bernankes-qa-testimony-to-congressional-panel/feed/ 0 Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion http://robwire.com/2013/05/oklahoma-tornado-damage-could-top-2-billion/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/oklahoma-tornado-damage-could-top-2-billion/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:15 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/oklahoma-tornado-damage-could-top-2-billion/ MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary estimate announced Wednesday by the Oklahoma Insurance Department.

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]]> A man carries a drawer and a bag filled with clothes from Rachel Hernandez' home as residents of the Heatherwood Addition, on the south side of SE 4 and Bryant in Moore, Okla., returned to their homes Tuesday, May 21, 2013, to salvage any items after Monday's destructive tornado. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary estimate announced Wednesday by the Oklahoma Insurance Department.



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/oklahoma-tornado-damage-could-top-2-billion/feed/ 0 Conn. rail service returns to normal http://robwire.com/2013/05/conn-rail-service-returns-to-normal/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/conn-rail-service-returns-to-normal/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:12 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/conn-rail-service-returns-to-normal/ NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Regular train service returned to Connecticut on Wednesday, five days after a derailment injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks.

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]]> Metro North employees, in orange vests, help transfer westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., to buses Monday, May 20, 2012, after a train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. The commuters had arrived from New Haven by train and were being bused to Stamford, Ct., where rail service to New York was available. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Regular train service returned to Connecticut on Wednesday, five days after a derailment injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks.



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/conn-rail-service-returns-to-normal/feed/ 0 Afghanistan: Suicide bomb kills anti-Taliban elder http://robwire.com/2013/05/afghanistan-suicide-bomb-kills-anti-taliban-elder/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/afghanistan-suicide-bomb-kills-anti-taliban-elder/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:11 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/afghanistan-suicide-bomb-kills-anti-taliban-elder/ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Police say a suicide bomber on foot has killed an anti-Taliban village elder and at least three other people in a busy marketplace in central Afghanistan. Home, commercial, and standby electric generators at GeneratorZoo.Com

]]> KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Police say a suicide bomber on foot has killed an anti-Taliban village elder and at least three other people in a busy marketplace in central Afghanistan.
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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/afghanistan-suicide-bomb-kills-anti-taliban-elder/feed/ 0 US test-launches intercontinental missile http://robwire.com/2013/05/us-test-launches-intercontinental-missile/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/us-test-launches-intercontinental-missile/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:10 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/us-test-launches-intercontinental-missile/ VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea. Home, commercial, and standby electric generators at GeneratorZoo.Com

]]> VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea.
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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/us-test-launches-intercontinental-missile/feed/ 0 Iran’s Ahmadinejad denounces election decision http://robwire.com/2013/05/irans-ahmadinejad-denounces-election-decision/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/irans-ahmadinejad-denounces-election-decision/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:06 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/irans-ahmadinejad-denounces-election-decision/ TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from next month's presidential race is an act of "oppression" and that he will take the case to the country's supreme leader.

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]]> In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 photo, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close ally of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks with journalists, during a press conference after registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry, in Tehran, Iran. A hardline news website says Iran's election overseers have rejected a pair of powerful and divisive figures from running in next month's presidential election. Tasnimnews.com says Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president who still wields enormous influence, and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close confident of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been barred by the Guardian Council. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from next month's presidential race is an act of "oppression" and that he will take the case to the country's supreme leader.



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/irans-ahmadinejad-denounces-election-decision/feed/ 0 IRS official refuses to answer questions at scandal hearing http://robwire.com/2013/05/irs-official-refuses-to-answer-questions-at-scandal-hearing/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/irs-official-refuses-to-answer-questions-at-scandal-hearing/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:03 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/irs-official-refuses-to-answer-questions-at-scandal-hearing/ By Kim Dixon and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a tax scandal about extra scrutiny of conservative groups told a congressional hearing on Wednesday she had done nothing wrong but asserted her constitutional right not to answer questions. "I have not done anything wrong. I have [...]]]> Lerner as she takes her seat before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in WashingtonBy Kim Dixon and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a tax scandal about extra scrutiny of conservative groups told a congressional hearing on Wednesday she had done nothing wrong but asserted her constitutional right not to answer questions. "I have not done anything wrong. I have not broken any laws," Lois Lerner, head of the IRS tax-exempt unit, told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. …



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]]> http://robwire.com/2013/05/irs-official-refuses-to-answer-questions-at-scandal-hearing/feed/ 0 Dubai authorities seize shipment of 259 elephant tusks http://robwire.com/2013/05/dubai-authorities-seize-shipment-of-259-elephant-tusks-2/ http://robwire.com/2013/05/dubai-authorities-seize-shipment-of-259-elephant-tusks-2/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:00 +0000 rob http://robwire.com/2013/05/dubai-authorities-seize-shipment-of-259-elephant-tusks-2/ DUBAI (Reuters) – Customs officials in United Arab Emirates have seized hundreds of elephant tusks shipped from Africa marked as furniture, the Ministry of Environment and Water said. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said in a statement that the container came from Mombasa in Kenya. Poaching has risen in recent years across sub-Saharan [...]]]> (Blank Headline Received)DUBAI (Reuters) – Customs officials in United Arab Emirates have seized hundreds of elephant tusks shipped from Africa marked as furniture, the Ministry of Environment and Water said. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said in a statement that the container came from Mombasa in Kenya. Poaching has risen in recent years across sub-Saharan Africa, where well-armed criminal gangs have killed elephants and rhinos for tusks that are often shipped to Asia for use in ornaments and some medicines. …



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