U S weighs options to push al Qaida from Mali
Pentagon official Michael Sheehan says the United States will consider military aid to direct strikes to remove al Qaida from Mali. Officials seek cooperation with Bamako’s post coup government as coup leaders show reluctant openness to a West African intervention to retake the north.
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Gorillas death at Prague Zoo linked to climbing rope incident
Prague Zoo reports five year old gorilla Tatu found hanging with a rope in a pavilion sleep room. Mammals curator Pavel Brandl says Tatu likely used a climbing rope and caused his own death. attempts to revive him failed.
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Tatu
Michal Stastny
Mammals
Pavel Brandl
Tata
Maryland man threatened to shoot up business during firing
Neil E. Prescott, 28, wearing a shirt reading Guns don't kill people I do, told a supervisor he would blow everybody up and wanted victims spread on the sidewalk. Police found thousands of rounds and about two dozen semi autos in his apartment as he faced a psychiatric evaluation.
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Prescott
Mike Campbell
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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Colorado
James Holmes
New York
Ray Kelly
Neil Prescott
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Defense: Colorado suspect sought treatment at university
James Holmes, the Colorado theater shooter, was reportedly receiving psychiatric treatment at the university where he studied. The disclosure was made in a court motion by his lawyers who seek to identify leaks they say threaten the trial and violate a gag order. No details on when treatment began or illness were provided.
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Washington
Colorado
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Denver
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Holmes
Lynne Fenton
Paris fed up with own incivility in cafe culture
Paris residents complain of rudeness despite Parisian chic as polls show 60 percent of French cite rude behavior as their top stress source. Citizens call for civility while the city’s transit authority launches a summer campaign and holds forums in 20 metro stations to discuss etiquette and the roots of rude conduct.
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Paris
RATP
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Napoleon
Nicolas Sarkozy
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Stephane Gomez
Public Transport Authority
Romney targets small influential Jewish vote in Israel trip
In Washington Romney seeks to narrow the 6 percent of Jews who tie votes to Israel while Obama pursues the same. Donor power from Jews and pro Israel groups shapes Democratic funding up to 60 percent. Gallup shows Obama 68 percent to Romney 25 percent among Jewish voters.
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Israel
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Obama
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
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Hank Sheinkopf
U.S
Robert Wexler
Florida
Gallup
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