U S warns of hotel bombings in Nigeria amid Eid threats
The U S Embassy warned that luxury hotels in Abuja including the Hilton Nicon Luxury and Sheraton may be targeted by Boko Haram as violence rises in Nigeria's northeast. The alert urged diplomats to avoid these sites during Eid al Adha and noted foreign and elite gatherings could be at risk.
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Nigeria
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Boko Haram
United Nations
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Beirut
Homs
Eid al-Adha
Arab League
Qatar
Damascus
U.N
Kabul
Afghanistan
Baghlan
Hassin Tal
Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai
Baghdad
Iraq
Tigris
Nouri al-Maliki
Oklahoma quake rattles Sparks residents and state
Magnitude 5.6 quake near Sparks, Oklahoma, shakes homes and streets, toppling a chimney into a living room and damaging a university building. No injuries reported as aftershocks continue. geologists say a 4.7 foreshock preceded the main event and multiple aftershocks are expected across weeks.
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Okla
Joe Reneau
Oklahoma
Reneau
St. Gregory’s Univer
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Illinois
Wisconsin
Richards
Paul Earle
U.S. Geological Survey
Golden
Colo
Merchants seek trademarks as Occupy protests go commercial
The Occupy movement faces a wave of trademark filings as vendors bid to use phrases like We are the 99 percent and Occupy Wall Street on products. Lawyers warn against profiteering while organizers seek to keep rights for noncommercial use, with competing applications from Stecklow Ferraro and the Marescas.
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San Francisco
Lower Manhattan
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Manhattan
Zuccotti Park
Wall Street
U.S
Stecklow
PTO
Occupy Wall
Occupy
Greece agrees interim government to back debt deal and elections
Greece reached a power sharing accord as Prime Minister George Papandreou agrees to step down and form an interim government with opposition leader Antonis Samaras. They aim to secure the new European debt deal and set a date for early elections amid eurozone finance talks.
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Athens
Greece
Brussels
George Papandreou
Papandreou
Antonis Samaras
Samaras
Karolos Papoulias
Evangelos Venizelos
Wealth gap between young and old hits record high
Pew Research Center analysis of census data shows households led by someone 65 or older hold a median net worth of 170,494, 47 times that of under 35 households at 3,662. The gap, inflated by a prolonged downturn, is now more than double 2005 levels and far above figures a quarter century ago.
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U.S
Congressional Committee
Harry Holzer
Georgetown University
Census Bureau
Pew Research Center
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