Dozens rescued, hundreds missing, as Bangladesh toll tops 270

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• Dozens rescued, hundreds missing, as Bangladesh toll tops 270
• Analysis: North Korea's epic drama - stage now set for next act
• Dozens rescued, hundreds missing, as Bangladesh toll tops 270
• Fiery Afghan bus crash kills 30, Taliban blamed
• 38 die in mental hospital fire outside Moscow
• North Korea ignores Seoul deadline for talks
• Iranian scientist in Oman after being freed by United States
• 2013 NFL Draft First Round Selections by the Numbers
• Projected EPL Table With Four Matches To Go
• Iranian scientist in Oman after being freed by United States
• Canada Sought to Deport Train-Plot Suspect
• Edwards CEO Sold Stock 2 Weeks Before It Tanked
• Fire in Russian Psychiatric Hospital Kills 38
• Bush Legacy Examined at Library Ceremony
• Flight of Fancy: The Sky's the Limit for Team That Rises to the Occasion
• Philanthropist Who Backed International Studies
• VIDEO: Inside the PKK's headquarters in Iraq
• SAPVoice: How Twitter and Facebook Are Changing Democracy
• VIDEO: Inside the PKK's headquarters in Iraq
• Capriles to challenge Venezuela election in court

Dozens rescued, hundreds missing, as Bangladesh toll tops 270 Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:16 PM PDT DHAKA (Reuters) - The search for survivors from Bangladesh's worst industrial accident stretched into a third day on Friday, with the death toll rising to 273 after the collapse of a building housing factories that made low-cost garments for Western brands.

Analysis: North Korea's epic drama - stage now set for next act Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:03 PM PDT SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If North Korea's bellicose rhetoric threatening the United States and South Korea with nuclear war was aimed at dragging Washington to the negotiating table, it has likely failed.

Dozens rescued, hundreds missing, as Bangladesh toll tops 270 Posted: 25 Apr 2013 10:51 PM PDT By Serajul Quadir and Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - The search for survivors from Bangladesh's worst industrial accident stretched into a third day on Friday, with the death toll rising to 273 after the collapse of a building housing factories that made low-cost garments for Western brands. Almost miraculously, 41 people trapped inside the rubble of the eight-storey building were rescued alive late on Thursday, government minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak said, about 40 hours after the disaster on the outskirts of Dhaka. ...

Fiery Afghan bus crash kills 30, Taliban blamed Posted: 25 Apr 2013 10:16 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An official says a bus in southern Afghanistan has collided with the burning wreckage of a truck that was attacked by Taliban insurgents, killing 30 bus passengers.

38 die in mental hospital fire outside Moscow Posted: 25 Apr 2013 10:40 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — At least 38 people died in a fire in a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow late Thursday night.

North Korea ignores Seoul deadline for talks Posted: 25 Apr 2013 09:56 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says Pyongyang has ignored Seoul's deadline for responding to a demand for talks on a shuttered inter-Korean factory park.

Iranian scientist in Oman after being freed by United States Posted: 25 Apr 2013 09:55 PM PDT MUSCAT (Reuters) - An Iranian scientist held for months by the United States on charges of buying high-tech U.S. lab equipment arrived in Muscat on Friday, Omani state television reported. Oman, a U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state which enjoys good relations with Tehran, has previously helped facilitate the release of Western prisoners held by the Islamic republic. "On the instructions of his majesty Sultan Qaboos... ...

2013 NFL Draft First Round Selections by the Numbers Posted: 25 Apr 2013 09:57 PM PDT What do West Virginia Quarterback Geno Smith and Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o have in common with most of us tonight?

Projected EPL Table With Four Matches To Go Posted: 25 Apr 2013 09:54 PM PDT In what may have been one of the more interesting weekends of Premier League action in a long time, viewers were treated to a wonderful synopsis of each of the top and bottom team's features and faults.  If English teams now lack dominance in Europe, they've at least made up for it in widely inconsistent and thus dramatic results that are culminating in what will be a very close battle for the third through fifth table positions and avoiding the drop.

Iranian scientist in Oman after being freed by United States Posted: 25 Apr 2013 09:55 PM PDT MUSCAT (Reuters) - An Iranian scientist held for months by the United States on charges of buying high-tech U.S. lab equipment arrived in Muscat on Friday, Omani state television reported.

Canada Sought to Deport Train-Plot Suspect Posted: 25 Apr 2013 07:20 PM PDT Canadian authorities tried and failed nearly a decade ago to deport Raed Jaser, one of the two suspects arrested this week in an alleged plot to derail train service between Toronto and New York City, according to official documents.

Edwards CEO Sold Stock 2 Weeks Before It Tanked Posted: 25 Apr 2013 09:10 PM PDT Earlier this week the stock of Edwards Lifesciences tanked after the company announced weak Sapien sales and lowered its sales guidance for the rest of the year. The stock, which had been trading in the low 80s for the past month, dropped a heartbreaking 22% on Wednesday in response to the news and closed at 65 on Thursday.

Fire in Russian Psychiatric Hospital Kills 38 Posted: 25 Apr 2013 08:35 PM PDT A fire raged through a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow early Friday, killing 38 people, including two nurses, emergency officials said.

Bush Legacy Examined at Library Ceremony Posted: 25 Apr 2013 07:27 PM PDT Former President George W. Bush, dedicating the library for his presidential records, said he stayed true to his convictions by lowering taxes, raising school standards and liberating foreign countries from dictators.

Flight of Fancy: The Sky's the Limit for Team That Rises to the Occasion Posted: 25 Apr 2013 09:08 PM PDT Is the race to build a human-powered helicopter hovering near an end?

Philanthropist Who Backed International Studies Posted: 25 Apr 2013 05:54 PM PDT Kathryn Wasserman Davis was one of the nation's leading funders of international studies, and a woman whose 106 years could barely contain her travels and diverse interests.

VIDEO: Inside the PKK's headquarters in Iraq Posted: 25 Apr 2013 08:58 PM PDT James Reynolds reports from the headquarters of Kurdish rebel group, the PKK, in the Qandil mountains in northern Iraq, as it announces the withdrawal of its fighters from Turkish territory.

SAPVoice: How Twitter and Facebook Are Changing Democracy Posted: 25 Apr 2013 08:59 PM PDT Can you guess which country uses Twitter the most? used crowd sourcing to develop its Constitution? publishes photos on Facebook to track attendance in Parliament? launched a citizen website to report bribes? uses social media to gather real-time citizen input to legislation? Answers Saudi Arabia, where 53% of those with Internet access use Twitter. Kenya Tunisia India U.S. In fact, Project Madison in the U.S. is using an open source platform to crowd source the OPEN Act legislation, which protects against online copyright infringement.

VIDEO: Inside the PKK's headquarters in Iraq Posted: 25 Apr 2013 08:58 PM PDT James Reynolds reports from the headquarters of Kurdish rebel group, the PKK, in the Qandil mountains in northern Iraq, as it announces the withdrawal of its fighters from Turkish territory.

Capriles to challenge Venezuela election in court Posted: 25 Apr 2013 08:58 PM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles said on Thursday he will challenge President Nicolas Maduro's narrow election victory in the courts and that an audit of the vote being prepared by electoral authorities risked being "a joke."

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Mexican and Brazilian Vie to Head WTO

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• Mexican and Brazilian Vie to Head WTO
• EU Faces Cold Shoulder in Iceland Vote
• U.N. Sets Mali Peacekeeping Force
• PKK fighters face life after Turkey withdrawal
• South Korea summons Japan envoy over PM's remarks on history
• Iraq PM's coalition leads in eight of 12 provinces after vote
• At War Blog: A Mortuary Affair in Iraq
• Boston Blast Suspects Spoke of a N.Y. Attack Next, Officials Say
• Putin's 9 most notable quotes from in his five-hour Q&A
• Obama's tattoo warning to daughters
• UN approves peacekeeping force for Mali
• Differences with centre-right delay Italy's Letta
• Argentine Leader Wins Say Over Courts
• Death Toll Rises After Building Collapse in Bangladesh
• India Ink: Image of the Day: April 25
• House Panel Says It Will Offer Series of Immigration Bills
• Three important caveats on the Syria chemical weapons report
• Death Toll Rises After Building Collapse in Bangladesh
• Putin: order and discipline not a sign of Stalinism
• Boston suspects 'targeted New York'

Mexican and Brazilian Vie to Head WTO Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:02 PM PDT Brazilian diplomat Roberto de Carvalho Azevedo and Mexico's former trade minister Herminio Blanco are the two candidates selected for the final round of voting for the next leader of global trade talks, people informed about the process say.

EU Faces Cold Shoulder in Iceland Vote Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:55 AM PDT As Iceland prepares to hit the polls Saturday, its EU dream is wilting. Strong tourism and fishing, widening trade relationships and the fact that the crisis that brought down three Icelandic banks is getting cleaned up has fueled skepticism about the idea.

U.N. Sets Mali Peacekeeping Force Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:53 PM PDT The United Nations Security Council established a 12,600-strong peacekeeping force for areas of northern Mali, where a French military intervention has pushed back an Islamist insurgency.

PKK fighters face life after Turkey withdrawal Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:57 PM PDT Rebels face future after Turkey withdrawal

South Korea summons Japan envoy over PM's remarks on history Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:39 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea summoned Tokyo's ambassador in Seoul on Thursday to protest at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's defense of visits by senior officials and lawmakers to a shrine seen by Japan's neighbors as a symbol of wartime aggression.

Iraq PM's coalition leads in eight of 12 provinces after vote Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:31 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition has taken the lead in eight out of the 12 provinces that held provincial elections at the weekend, including the capital Baghdad, preliminary results showed on Thursday.

At War Blog: A Mortuary Affair in Iraq Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:51 AM PDT Teresa Fazio, then a 23-year-old Marine lieutenant, describes her affair with a man who worked in the battalion's mortuary affairs unit in Anbar Province, Iraq.

Boston Blast Suspects Spoke of a N.Y. Attack Next, Officials Say Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:14 PM PDT The surviving suspect told investigators of their intentions, the mayor and police commissioner said, but some federal officials discounted the notion.

Putin's 9 most notable quotes from in his five-hour Q&A Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:40 AM PDT Russian President Vladimir Putin talked American adoptions, the Boston bombings and political corruption for nearly five hours Thursday during the most recent round of the televised Q&A he's held almost every year since 2001. Read full article >>

Obama's tattoo warning to daughters Posted: 24 Apr 2013 03:51 PM PDT US President Barack Obama says in a television interview he has warned his daughters if they get tattoos, he and his wife would get matching ones.

UN approves peacekeeping force for Mali Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:48 PM PDT About 11,000 troops, including 6,000 African soldiers already in Mali, to begin mission in July if situation secure.

Differences with centre-right delay Italy's Letta Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:59 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Italy's prime minister-designate Enrico Letta started "encouraging" talks on Thursday for a new government to end two months of political deadlock, but said significant differences with the centre-right would take more time to iron out.

Argentine Leader Wins Say Over Courts Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:03 AM PDT Argentina's Congress passed legislation giving president Cristina Kirchner and political parties greater control over the judicial system, just days after hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets to protest the measures.

Death Toll Rises After Building Collapse in Bangladesh Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:27 AM PDT Rescuers continue to find survivors of one of the country's deadliest disasters.

India Ink: Image of the Day: April 25 Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:18 AM PDT The lawns surrounding the Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, undergo beautification.

House Panel Says It Will Offer Series of Immigration Bills Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:21 PM PDT The House Judiciary Committee's move was designed to keep the panel in the middle of the debate and to press a bipartisan House group that has been working on its own legislation.

Three important caveats on the Syria chemical weapons report Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:03 AM PDT Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday that U.S. intelligence agencies have "varying degrees of confidence" that forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have used sarin, a chemical weapon, "on a small scale," an assessment they've made "within the last 24 hours." If that assessment goes from preliminary to certain, the revelation would be a big deal not just for Syria's ongoing conflict but for the Obama administration, which has declared the use of chemical weapons a "red line." Read The Washington Post's story on it here. Read full article >>

Death Toll Rises After Building Collapse in Bangladesh Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:03 AM PDT Rescuers continue to find survivors of one of the countries deadliest disasters.

Putin: order and discipline not a sign of Stalinism Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:12 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin rejected comparisons with Soviet dictator Josef Stalin on Thursday in his annual televised question-and-answer session with citizens, denying political persecution but saying Russia needed order and discipline.

Boston suspects 'targeted New York' Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:38 PM PDT New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the Boston bombing suspects planned to detonate the rest of their explosives in Times Square.

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