Roundup of disputed video claims and crimes sprees
A MSNBC style roundup reports three Democratic congressmen alleging racial slurs during a march to the Capitol, countered by conservatives claiming the video evidence is late. It also covers a France driving instructor suspended after speeding with students, a Dallas man charged with leaving children in a car, and Shiquan Bellamy charged in a five‑slayings case in Jersey City.
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U.S
John Lewis
Andre Carson
Emanuel Cleaver
Capitol
Paris
France
Valence
Claude Bourrelly
Jean-pierre Mounier
Jersey City
N.J
Shiquan Bellamy
New Jersey
Bellamy
Michael Muchiaki
Nia Hagg
Kyrgyz leader signals one year extension for U S air base
Interim leader Roza Otunbayeva told the AP the Manas base lease will be automatically extended for another year beyond the July expiry. She also offered security guarantees to deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev if he resigns and leaves the country, while denying protection for his family.
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Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
Associated Press
U.S
Afghanistan
Roza Otunbayeva
Manas
Otunbayeva
Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Azymbek Beknazarov
Bakiyev
United States
Russia
World leaders back Obama call to secure nuclear materials
At a 47 nation summit in Washington leaders endorsed Obama’s push to secure all nuclear materials within four years to prevent terrorist use. They pledged deeper UNIAEA cooperation, information sharing, and steps like Ukraine and Canada giving up highly enriched uranium. Russia and the US agreed to dispose of tons of weapons grade plutonium, eight years from now.
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Barack Obama
Obama
al-Qaida
Washington Convention Center
United Nations
International Atomic Energy Agency
Ukraine
Mexico
Canada
Russia
U.S
Iran
North Korea
U.N
San Francisco
South Korea
China
Hu Jintao
Strong quake rocks western Qinghai province
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit southern Qinghai near Tibet, causing homes to topple and triggering a disaster in Yushu county. At least 67 people killed and many buried as residents fled to streets while students evacuated from schools and gathered outside.
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Bejing
China
Qinghai Province
U.S. Geological Survey
Qinghai
Tibet
Americans urge Russia to keep international adoptions open
Thousands of U.S. adoption advocates press Russia and the United States to avoid halting adoptions, as they lobby Presidents Obama and Medvedev. The Joint Council on International Children's Services coordinates the effort amid Russia's bid to suspend U.S. adoptions after a Tennessee woman returned her adopted son. About 3,000 U.S. applications for Russian adoptions are pending.
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New York
Russia
Tennessee
Barack Obama
Dmitri Medvedev
Joint Council On International Children’s Services
U.S
Moscow
Sergey Lavrov
Pavel Astakhov
Washington
Missing Florida girl found alive after swamp ordeal
An 11 year old girl with Asperger syndrome Nadia Bloom was found alive four days after disappearing into an alligator infested swamp near Winter Springs. She was treated for dehydration bites and abrasions at South Seminole Hospital in Longwood and later stabilized. A churchgoer, James King, found her and guided authorities to her location, with detectives probing details of the rescue.
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Winter Springs
Fla
Central Florida
Nadia Bloom
Longwood
Kevin Brunelle
Brunelle
South Seminole Hospital
Rakish Parekh
Geo Morales
Nadia
Bloom
James King
King
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Loveland, Colo
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Artyom Savelyev
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