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Both quick, long-term fixes in works for Wash. bridge, motorists told add 1 hour for travel
SEATTLE – The chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board says the bridge collapse in Washington state is a wakeup call for the nation. Debbie Hersman says transportation officials need to study carefully the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River and learn from it. Investigators need to find out what happened in Washington
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Suspected Maoist rebels attack convoy carrying members of India’s ruling party, killing 17
NEW DELHI – Suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire Saturday on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India’s ruling Congress party in eastern India, killing at least 17 people and wounding 24 others, police said. Senior police officer M. Gupta said the attack occurred in the
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French soldier stabbed in throat outside Paris; unclear yet if any link to UK attack
PARIS – A French soldier was stabbed in the throat in a busy commercial district outside Paris on Saturday, and the government said it was trying to determine if there were any links with the bloody killing of a British soldier by suspected Islamic extremists. French President Francois Hollande said the identity of the attacker,
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Tilda Swinton brings vampires to Cannes, in Jim Jarmusch’s indie tale “Only Lovers Left Alive”
CANNES, France – Tilda Swinton injects her own brand of otherworldly-cool into Jim Jarmusch’s latest movie “Only Lovers Left Alive,” an unusual comedy that puts a spin on the age-old vampire genre. The film, the last English-language entry competing for the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or, sees Swinton play Eve, a grungy but erudite vampire
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Coens, Farhadi, Sorrentino among contenders in wide-open Palme d’Or competition
CANNES, France – After two weeks, 20 films and parade after parade down the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival has not produced a clear-cut frontrunner for the Palme d’Or. The prestigious award, given to the best film in competition, will be handed out Sunday night, decided upon by a jury headed by Steven Spielberg.
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Friend of man suspected of killing UK soldier in London street arrested after BBC interview
LONDON – Counterterrorism police on Saturday questioned a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the killing of an unarmed British soldier, a savage attack that has horrified Britain. The friend, Abu Nusaybah, was arrested immediately after he gave a BBC Television interview describing how Adebolajo may have become radicalized and alleging that
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Female suicide bomber injures 12 in Russian region of Dagestan
MAKHACHKALA, Russia – A female suicide bomber identified as a widow of two killed Islamists blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday injuring at least 12, including two children and five police officers, police said. The bomber detonated an explosives-laden belt in the central square in the provincial capital, Makhachkala,
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At least 7 Filipino marines, 4 Abu Sayyaf militants killed in clash in southern Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – At least seven Filipino marines and four Abu Sayyaf militants were killed in a clash Saturday as the military launched an offensive against al-Qaida-linked gunmen who have been blamed for recent kidnappings and of trying to sabotage a road project in the southern Philippines. Nine other marines and about 10 Abu Sayyaf
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Canadian trucking co. says it had Wash. permit to cross I-5 bridge that collapsed
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major route between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the interstate into the river below as the driver watched the structure collapse in his rearview mirror. Two other vehicles plunged into the Skagit River,
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Chile blocks Pascua-Lama, fines Barrick US$16M for environmental violations.
VALLENAR, Chile – Chile’s environmental regulator has stopped construction and imposed sanctions on Barrick Gold Corp.’s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project, citing “serious violations” of its environmental permit. The $16 million fine is the maximum allowable under Chilean law. It was applied Friday because the world’s largest gold mining company (TSX:ABX) acknowledged that it failed to