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2012 Mar 13 |
Somalia's Shebab rebels banned the aid group Save the Children from operating in regions under their control. It accused Save the Children of distributing expired porridge to children, as well as corruption and failing to comply with the rules laid down by the Al Qaeda-linked group. Links: Somalia 
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2012 Mar 13 |
South African wildlife dealer Jacques Els (39) was sentenced to eight years in jail over 38 horns cut off sedated rhinos. Els was arrested in 2010 after buying the horns for 760,000 rands ($100,000, 77,000 euros) from game farm manager Tommie Fourie who drugged the animals and cut off their trademark spikes. Els claimed the horns were removed from the animals "to protect them from poaching." Links: South Africa, Animal
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2012 Mar 13 |
In Switzerland a bus carrying Belgian students returning from a ski holiday crashed into a wall in a tunnel near Sierre, killing 22 Belgian 12-year-olds and six adults. Another 24 students were hospitalized with injuries. Links: Switzerland, Tragedy, Bus Crash
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2012 Mar 13 |
The Syrian army recaptured the northern rebel stronghold of Idlib near the Turkish border, a major base that military defectors had held for months. An international rights group, meanwhile, said the regime was mining the border with Turkey. The LCC and the Observatory said that bodies of six people were found today near the village of Maaret Shoureen in Idlib province. Links: Syria
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2012 Mar 13 |
The Zimbabwean government and mining firm Zimplats reached an agreement to transfer a 51 percent stake to local investors, as required by the country's controversial "indigenization" policy. Links: Zimbabwe
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2012 Mar 13 |
In Bahrain vandals smashed the windows of one of country’s oldest Shiite mosques and ransacked offices and prayer areas, making sure to pull down some framed parchments with Quranic verses. Shiite clerics claim at least 38 mosques and affiliated sites, such as charity offices, have been destroyed since the revolt began in February 2011. Links: Bahrain
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2012 Mar 13 |
In Colombia oil tankers carrying oil from the Ombu field in Caqueta came under fire from guerrillas leaving 2 civilians dead. Links: Colombia, Oil
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2012 Mar 13 |
Some 3,000 people gathered in Liverpool, England, for the annual Global Entrepreneurship Congress. Links: Britain
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2012 Mar 13 |
Japan, the EU and the US brought a case to the World Trade Organization (WTO) alleging that China was exporting too little of tungsten, molybdenum and 17 rare earth elements. Links: USA, China, Japan, EU, WTO
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2013 Mar 13 |
In Nigeria a strike at Aero Contractors Co. of Nigeria Ltd., halted flights "temporarily." Links: Aviation, Nigeria
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2013 Mar 13 |
In New York Kurt Myers (64) started a fire in his apartment in Mohawk and then killed two customers in a nearby barbershop. He then drove to nearby Herkimer and killed two more people before holing up in an abandoned building. Myers was killed the next day in an exchange of gunfire with police. Links: USA, New York, Murder, Mad Man
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2013 Mar 13 |
Shares of Silver Spring Networks (SSNI) of Redwood City, Ca., closed at $22 in an IPO of 4.75 million shares on the NYSE. The maker of smart meter technology jumped nearly 30% from the $17 offer. Links: USA, Technology, SF Bay Area, NYSE, IPO
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2013 Mar 13 |
Afghan intelligence agents killed five suspected suicide bombers and arrested two others, all members of the militant Haqqani network, during a raid in which a truck was seized with 7,200 pounds of explosive on the outskirts of Kabul. Links: Afghan, Terrorism
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2013 Mar 13 |
In Afghanistan several people were killed and injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of sports fans watching a buzkashi game in Kunduz province. Links: Afghan
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2013 Mar 13 |
Bahrain’s public prosecutor's office said six people have been detained over the last couple of days for allegedly defaming the country's ruler on Twitter. Links: Bahrain, Internet
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2013 Mar 13 |
Croatia's parliament approved the withdrawal of some 100 peacekeeping troops from the Golan Heights amid fears they could be targeted by Syrian government troops fighting the rebels. Links: Israel, Syria, Croatia
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2013 Mar 13 |
In Egypt a leaked report concluded that police were behind the killing of nearly 900 protesters in Tahrir Square during the 18-day uprising that began on Jan 25, 2011. Links: Egypt
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2013 Mar 13 |
German authorities banned three ultraconservative Islamic groups, including one whose Internet propaganda videos helped inspire the extremist who killed two American airmen at Frankfurt airport in 2011. Links: Germany, Islam
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2013 Mar 13 |
Greenland held elections. Aleqa Hammond (47) looked set to be Greenland's first female prime minister after her social democratic Siumut party won 42 percent of the 31-seat parliament on a platform of greater control and heavier taxation of foreign mining. Links: Greenland
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2013 Mar 13 |
Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq freed eight captured Turkish soldiers and officials as part of peace efforts between Turkey and the rebel group aimed at ending a decades-long conflict. Links: Iraq, Turkey, Kurds
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2013 Mar 13 |
Scientists said that the number of Monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico dropped by 59% this year, falling to its lowest level since record keeping began 20 years ago. Links: Italy, Mexico, Insects
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2013 Mar 13 |
New Zealand lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill allowing same-sex marriage, all but assuring that it will soon become law. Links: Gays, New Zealand
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2013 Mar 13 |
In Karachi, Pakistan, gunmen shot and killed pioneering activist Perween Rahman (54), the director of the Orangi Pilot Project, who helped bring services like sewer and water to the city's poorest neighborhoods. Links: Pakistan, Murder
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2013 Mar 13 |
In southwest Pakistan gunmen abducted two female Czech tourists and their police guard as they were traveling on a bus through troubled Baluchistan province. Links: Pakistan, Czech Rep.
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2013 Mar 13 |
In Saudi Arabia 7 men convicted of theft, looting and armed robbery were beheaded, more than a week after their families and a rights group appealed to the king for clemency. One of the men told The Associated Press in early March that he was only 15 when he was arrested as part of a ring that stole jewelry in 2004 and 2005. Nasser al-Qahtani said he was tortured to confess and had no access to lawyers. Links: Mayhem, Saudi Arabia
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2013 Mar 13 |
Syrian government troops fought fierce battles with rebels for control of key neighborhoods in the north of Damascus. A European Union staff member was killed in a rocket attack in an opposition stronghold south of the capital. Fighting also raged in other cities, including in Homs, where the regime pounded rebel positions with artillery and carried out several airstrikes on the Baba Amr district. Links: Syria
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2013 Mar 13 |
Tunisian vendor Adel Khedhri (27) died of full-body burns a day after setting himself ablaze. He was from a poor town in northwestern Tunisia and had struggled to find a steady job to support his mother and siblings. Links: Suicide, Tunisia
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2013 Mar 13 |
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio (76), known for his work with the poor in Buenos Aires' slums, was elected as the 266th Pope. He became the first Jesuit pope and first non-European since the Middle Ages and decided to call himself Francis after St. Francis of Assisi. Links: Argentina, Vatican
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2013 Mar 13 |
Zimbabwe's official election body said it will not back down on its ban preventing a leading human rights group from monitoring a referendum o0n a new constitution on March 16. Links: Zimbabwe
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2013 Mar 13 |
Ken Salazar, US Interior Sec., announced plans for two large federal solar projects in the California desert. Links: USA, California, Environment
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2013 Mar 13 |
Chile officially opened the $1.3 billion Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the world’s most powerful radio telescope. It consisted of 66 dishes. Links: Chile, Astronomy
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2013 Mar 13 |
The 2012 A.M Turing Award for computer scientists was awarded to Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali of MIT. Links: USA, Massachusetts, Computer
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