EU seeks broad migrant sharing plan amid opposition
The EU advances a burden sharing proposal to cap asylum arrivals per country based on population and metrics, aiming to relocate migrants once a national limit is reached. Hungary Slovakia and Estonia oppose, raising doubts about passage without concessions.
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House near vote to end NSA bulk data collection
The House moves toward passage of the USA Freedom Act to halt the NSA bulk collection of Americans phone records while allowing case by case data requests via court orders. Senate resistance and a June 1 Patriot Act deadline loom as Obama backs the plan.
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Amtrak Crash in Philadelphia Fueled by Excess Speed
Federal investigators reported the Amtrak train sped at 106 mph into a sharp curve where the limit drops to 50 mph. The engineer slowed to 102 mph before the black box stopped, as officials and mayor Nutter lamented the disaster that killed at least seven and injured more than 200. Amtrak suspended service along the Philadelphia to New York corridor pending investigation.
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Amtrak Train 188 Derails Near New York Bound Route
Amtrak Train 188 derailed after 9 p.m. Tuesday on a Washington DC to New York run. The incident involved seven carriages and the engine, carrying 238 passengers and five crew. The curve near the derailment has a historic fatal past with the 1943 Congressional Limited wreck. Amtrak had inspected the track hours earlier and found no defects.
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Nepal quake death toll rises as US helicopter goes missing
Nepal reports 91 dead from the 7.3 after shock and over 2,400 injured as troops search remote districts for a missing UH-1Y Huey with six U.S. service members and two Nepalese soldiers aboard. Forty seven miles northeast of Kathmandu the tremor triggers landslides while authorities delay school reopenings and fear further aftershocks.
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