NPR 2011-04-29

President Obama says that while the federal government cannot control when or where a terrible storm will strike, he says it can control how to react to those storms. The president says the federal government will do everything it can do to help the

News & Reports 2011-01-16

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition Chinese scholars and experts believe President Hu Jintao's upcoming state visit to the US will mark the beginning of high-level political exchanges between the two co

AP 2010-11-26

1. The White House is strongly condemning North Korea's artillery attack against the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called on the North to halt its belligerent action. North Korea fired barrages of artillery Tuesday,

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CNN 2008-11-29

From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Nicole Lapin. Here's your NOW IN THE NEWS update. Scores are dead in the ongoing attacks in Mumbai, India, including foreigners, police and at least 11 attackers. The death toll is expected to rise as the authorit

CNN 2011-01-14

The state of Queensland was preparing to move from crisis to recovery when the situation deteriorated sharply. The death toll is expected to rise from flash flooding in the town of Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, with dozens of people still missing.Loca

NPR 2008-05-16

For a crowd of 150 people waiting outside the California Supreme Court today in San Francisco, it was an emotional moment .The crowd erupted with cheers when word came down that the state court, on a four-to-three vote, had decided to overturn a sta

NPR 2009-01-07

An Israeli airstrike near a United Nations school in Gaza has claimed at least three dozen lives and left hundreds more injured. According to UN hospital officials, latest death injuries come as fierce fighting continues amid an Israeli ground assau

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CNN 2008-08-21

Good afternoon I'm Reggie Aqui from the CNN Center in Atlanta and here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. We begin with hospital officials in Ohio who announce Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones is in critical condition after suffer

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At least 7 killed in Mexico landslide

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AP 2011-03-16

1. Japan has declared a state of emergency at another earthquake-affected nuclear plant where higher than permitted levels of radioactivity were measured. Japan also said authorities at another plant have resorted to using sea water to cool a second

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MEXICO CITY, April 13 (Xinhua) -- The death toll for Sunday's road accident in Mexico's eastern state of Veracruz has risen to 36, local civil protection authorities said. The accident occurred early Sunday morning when a passenger bus crashed agains

Death toll in communal violence rises to 77 in northeast India

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