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Dec 18, 2017
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MULTIPLE FATALITIES IN AMTRAK DERAILMENT IN WASHINGTON

It has been a grim start to the week in Washington where an Amtrak passenger train derailed earlier this morning plunging into the Interstate 5 killing many passengers on board according to authorities. The state's transportation department recently announced that this new route was part of the project to reduce travel time and the derailment occurred on the first day that Amtrak trains began using a new route between the cities of Tacoma and Olympia. According to reports

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Jan 20, 2017
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DONALD JOHN TRUMP BECOMES 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Washington - Donald J Trump became the 45th President of the United States during a time-honored inauguration ceremony that represents a peaceful transfer of power that is become a hallmark of American democracy. Trump took the oath from Chief Justice John Roberts with the new first lady Melania Trump by his side. In what is always a poignant moment, the former President Obama and his family left Capitol Hill on a helicopter bound for Andrews Air Force base for a farewell cer

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Dec 12, 2016
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BRITAIN TO REDUCE STUDENT VISAS

The UK government is finalizing plans to cut annual student visa figures by nearly half, from the current 300,000 to 170,000, a media report said today amid a sharp fall in students coming to the country from outside Europe including India. Some university chiefs are also warning that many Indian students are already being denied visas on minor grounds as part of a wider move to cut immigration into the UK. "They are telling some students there is exactly the same quality of

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Dec 12, 2016
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NE TO SEE SWEEP OF SNOW/COLD

Forecasters say that tough travel conditions, especially in the US Northeast, are ahead of the season's first arctic blast, like the recent snowstorm that pummeled the Midwest and left at least two dead.The cold front that dumped more than 10 inches (25 cm) of snow on northern Illinois has prompted winter storm warnings and advisories as it also brings sleet and rain to New England and parts of the Middle Atlantic states, the National Weather Service said. AccuWeather, a priv

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Dec 12, 2016
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US ELECTIONS - A RUSSIAN HACK?

According to recent reports, the Central Intelligence Agency has concluded that Russia, indeed, interfered in the US Presidential elections in order to help Donald Trump win. While the US Intelligence community had warned, months ahead, during the campaign of Russian meddling, they have just confirmed that the Russians were just acting with one goal in their mind and that was to ensure Trump wins. President-elect, Trump maintains that he does not believe it and the FBI clai

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Dec 12, 2016
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CYCLONE VARDHA CROSESS CHENNAI AND WEAKENS

MET officials said Cyclone Vardha which means RED ROSE, gained momentum and intensity on its path across the Bay of Bengal. S Balachandran, the director of the Chennai-based Area Cyclone Warning Centre, said the tropical storm will dump “heavy to very heavy rain” in many places of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, including its capital city which was battered by devastating floods in December last year. Cyclone Vardah made landfall close to the Chennai coast at about 3 pm and b

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Dec 8, 2016
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6.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE RATTLES CALIFORNIA

The Northern California Coast experienced a magnitude 6.5 earthquake early Thursday morning according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the earthquake, originally reported to have a magnitude of 6.8, wasn't powerful enough to generate a destructive tsunami. No damage or injuries were reported.The epicenter was relatively close to the surface — about 7.5 miles down — and its effects were felt especially by residents in the town of Ferndale

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Dec 8, 2016
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SWIPE YOUR CREDIT CARD AND SAVE ON TAXES IN INDIA

In a move to encourage Indians to move towards a more digital spending economy from a cash based economy, for purchases of up to Rs. 2000 on credit or debit card transactions, the service fee of 15% will be waived on all transactions starting today. The tax breaks for using cards come exactly a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi used an unscheduled televised address to announce that 500- and 1,000-rupee notes would, just hours later, be illegal. They can be deposited in

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Dec 8, 2016
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CONGRESS PASSES MASSIVE DEFENSE SPENDING BILL

With a proposed 3.2 billion dollar increase in military spending, the 2016 bill, the last of Obama's presidency, passed by the US Congress now goes to the White House for veto or to be signed into law. The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a compromise version of an annual defense policy bill on Thursday without controversial provisions such as requiring women to register for the draft or allowing contractors to make religion-based hiring decisions. Ninety-two senators backed

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Dec 8, 2016
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INCREASE IN ACT TESTING FEES OVERSEAS

Due to repeated security breaches in the testing at overseas centers in Asia and Oceania, the Iowa-based, not-for-profit ACT, Inc. is increasing its overseas testing fees by $10 to cover for enhanced security to avoid cheating. The price increase was described in a letter sent last month to a college counselor in China and reviewed by Reuters. "The fee increases will cover costs for new test security measures," it stated. ACT Inc spokesman Ed Colby confirmed the measure. Beg

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Dec 7, 2016
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SRINIVASA IYER RAMASWAMY, PASSES AWAY, AGED 82

CHENNAI: Journalist, political analyst and satirist Cho Ramaswamy died on Wednesday at Apollo Hospital in Chennai, where he was admitted. He was 82. He is survived by his wife, a son and daughter. He founded and edited the political magazine 'Thuglak' and was fearless in criticising the ruling government in the state or at the centre. Ramaswamy had personal rapport with many politicians in the country. Former Tamil Nadu chief minister, the late J Jayalalithaa was a good frien

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Dec 5, 2016
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J JAYALALITHA DECLARED DEAD IN CHENNAI APOLLO HOSPITAL

Chennai: Jayaraman Jayalalithaa, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu state, has been declared dead in a Chennai Apollo Hospital, nearly three months after she was admitted there. She was 68. Jayalalitha is said to have breathed her last at 11.30pm. Apollo Hospitals said in a statement: "It is with indescribable grief, we announce the sad demise of our esteemed Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Puratchi Thalaivi Amma at 11.30 p.m. today (Sunday)." Jayalalithaa's body will

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Nov 29, 2016
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7 KILLED IN TERROR STRIKE AT JAMMU; HOSTAGES SAVED

An officer and three soldiers were killed while fighting the terrorists when they barged into the base around 5.30 am and fired indiscriminately. The terrorists entered two buildings occupied by officers and their families. After several hours, a dozen soldiers, two women and two children were rescued, but in the operation, a second officer and two more soldiers were killed.The Nagrota base is one of four command centres in Jammu and Kashmir and home to over 1,000 officers. I

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Nov 29, 2016
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ISIS CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR OHIO STATE ATTACK

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the OSU attack on November 28, 2016 where a man plowed through a crowd with a car, and attacked people with a knife. The Islamic State news agency AMAQ posted a photo of Abdul Razak Ali Artan wearing a blue shirt and sitting with greenery in the background. It described him as a soldier of the group and carried a caption that read "Brother Abdul Razak Ali Artan, God accept him, implementer of the Ohio attack, a student in his thir

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Nov 29, 2016
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ELAINE CHAO NAMED TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY

Former labor secretary and wife of Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Elaine Chao, has been chosen by President-elect Donald Trump as his choice for transportation secretary, an official briefed on the matter told reporters on Tuesday. The announcement is expected to come this afternoon. Chao served as secretary of labor under President George W. Bush from 2001 through 2009 -- the longest tenure in the position since World War II -- and has been married to McConnell sin

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Nov 29, 2016
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OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ATTACKER KILLED; 9 HOSPITALIZED

The man, who rammed his car into a group of pedestrians on Ohio State University was an 18-year-old student named Abdul Razak Ali Artan, Ohio State Public Safety Director Monica Moll said. The suspect irammed his car into a group of pedestrians before using a butcher knife to cut several people, university officials said. At least nine people were hospitalized, including one in critical condition. "Victim injuries include stab wounds, injury by motor vehicle and other injuri

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Nov 28, 2016
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WISCONSIN ELECTION OFFICIALS APPROVE SPEEDY RECOUNT

Wisconsin election officials pledged Monday they would oversee a fast and fair recount of the presidential vote there, as they race to beat a federal deadline for getting it done, but they declined a request to conduct the new tally by hand. The Wisconsin Elections Commission signed off on a breakneck pace that would have local officials coordinating the recount -- which was sought by the Green Party -- with them this week and starting the actual recount near the end of the

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Nov 28, 2016
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US TREASURY TO PREVENT SERIAL TAX INVERSIONS

Completely contrary to the Republican plans to cut back on federal regulation next year, The U.S. Treasury is moving to finalize a controversial rule intended to make it harder for American companies to avoid U.S. taxes by redomiciling abroad. Known as the "serial inverter" rule, the regulations aim to prevent non-U.S. companies from engaging in multiple merger deals called tax inversions that allow their U.S. partners to rebase in low-tax countries, if only on paper. The rul

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Nov 28, 2016
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RANSOMWARE ATTACK ON SAN FRANCISCO’S MUNI

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency said on Monday it had contained a cyber attack, which disrupted its ticketing systems and forced it to offer free service to some customers during the Thanksgiving weekend.The agency, known widely as Muni, said it was the victim of a ransomware attack on Friday that affected internal computer systems including email, but had no impact on safe operation of transit services. It was the latest high-profile intrusion with ransomwa

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Nov 23, 2016
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THREE ISRAELI COMPANIES REVELUTIONIZE THE CAR

The first phone calls to investors were met with laughter and derision. Gal Fridman and his team were pitching a new kind of internal combustion engine. The idea was simple: a single piston firing continuously would be more efficient and compact than anything currently on the market."Nobody wanted to speak with us," remembers Fridman, the co-founder of Israeli-startup Aquarius Engines. "It sounded so far-fetched that we had to do the first generation by ourselves."Fast forwar

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