Japanese tsunami debris reaches Alaska shores
Two sports balls from Japan may be the first positively identified items from the March 2011 tsunami to reach Alaska. NOAA reports a soccer ball and volleyball found on Middleton Island by technician David Baxter, with Japanese writing linked to a tsunami zone school.
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NOAA
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Chinese villagers riot over mine in Yunnan injure police
Lijiang officials in Yunnan report violent protest near a coal mine as villagers armed with sickles and clubs attack police, killing one officer and wounding 15 others. Authorities say the unrest began Wednesday at a township government office where residents voiced fears of geological disasters from mining activities after days of camping.
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Beijing
Lijiang
Yunnan
Tucson police search for missing 6-year-old girl
The overnight disappearance of 6-year-old Isabel Mercedes Celis triggered a large Saturday search by Tucson police FBI agents and U.S. Marshals. Isabel was last seen in bed at 11 p.m. Friday and reported missing around 8 a.m. Saturday while investigators consider kidnapping or wandering.
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Ariz
Arizona
FBI
U.S
Isabel Mercedes Celis
Maria Hawke
Hawke
Isabel
Tymoshenko moved from prison to hospital in Ukraine
Jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, 51, was transferred from Kharkiv prison to a hospital for severe back pain. Her lawyer says the move may have been against her will, drawing accusations from Tymoshenko’s party of totalitarian methods.
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Kiev
Ukraine
Yulia Tymoshenko
Tymoshenko
Kharkiv
Serhiy Vlasenko
Charles Colson dies at 80 founder of Prison Fellowship
Colson former Nixon aide and Watergate figure died in Northern Virginia after brain hemorrhage complications. He founded Prison Fellowship Ministries growing to 1,367 prisons and 200,000 participants, while turning to evangelical work and BreakPoint radio. He served seven months for Watergate and later became a leading Christian reformer.
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Stuffed animals sit among live ones in Gaza zoo
In Khan Younis Gaza Strip the South Forest Park shows embalmed animals as staff scarce. Ten animals have been taxidermied, flies swarm around them, and many live animals suffer neglect without a local zoo authority or on site zookeeper.
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Khan Younis Zoo
Gaza Strip
Gaza
Khan Younis
Israel
Egypt
Hamas
Kony hunt faces river perils in Central Africa
Ugandan soldiers pursuing Joseph Kony in the Central African Republic confront dangers beyond the LRA. Crocodile attacks drown and maul, while poachers, elephants, snakes, and persistent flies threaten daily life as troops camp near water sources. A previous crocodile attack left a wounded comrade.
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Central African Republic
Joseph Kony
Central Africa
Kony
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Joseph Balikuddembe
LRA
Salvage begins to lift Costa Concordia in one piece
Titan Salvage will start removing the capsized Costa Concordia off Tuscany next month and aims to tow the ship intact to an Italian port. The plan, still awaiting Italian approval, seeks to complete the operation within a year with fuel already removed and environmental protection top priority.
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Tuscany
Titan Salvage
Giglio
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