Friday, May 24, 2013
 
 

(Reuters) - Tornadoes that struck the United States from May 18 to May 20 caused anywhere from $2 billion to $5 billion in insured losses, disaster modeling company Eqecat said.

The firm said most of the losses were attributed to the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma, last Monday.

Eqecat said some 76 tornadoes struck across 10 states over a three-day span. The worst of it was in Moore, where the fi
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(Reuters) - Tornadoes that struck the United States from May 18 to May 20 caused anywhere from $2 billion to $5 billion in insured losses, disaster modeling company Eqecat said.

The firm said most of the losses were attributed to the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma, last Monday.  [READ MORE]
 
By Aaron Maasho

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - African nations have backed a request by Kenya for charges of crimes against humanity by its president to be referred back to the east African country, African Union documents show.

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, Willi...
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BEIJING (Reuters) - A North Korean envoy told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday that North Korea is willing to take positive actions to safeguard peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, China's state media reported.

Choe Ryong-hae, a special envoy of North Korea's lea...
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-linked group that carried out the raid on the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria in January has claimed to have participated in Thursday's attacks in Niger.

A statement posted on the internet on Friday was signed by Khalid Abu al-Abbas, better known as Mokht...
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BEIJING (Reuters) - A North Korean envoy handed on Friday a letter from North Korea's top leader, Kim Jong-un, to Chinese President Xi Jinping, state media reported.

Choe Ryong-hae, a special envoy of the North Korean leader, handed the letter in Kim's own writing to Xi on Friday...
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By Jonathan Kaminsky

OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A colliding truck may have triggered the collapse on Thursday of part of a four-lane freeway bridge that sent vehicles and drivers tumbling into a frigid river in Washington state, officials said.

A U.S. National Tr...
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