No workers seen at troubled SAfrican platinum mine
A strike at the world’s third-largest platinum mine enters its fourth week with empty buses searching in vain for workers though wage negotiations may start. More: No workers seen at troubled SAfrican...
View ArticleVenezuelan expats saddened by Chavez victory
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Thousands of Venezuelan expatriates living in the United States traveled to New Orleans on Sunday to vote in their country’s election but then had a long, sad journey home after...
View ArticleBackers of jailed religious chief riot in Dakar
DAKAR (Reuters) – Scores of followers of a jailed Senegalese religious leader smashed car windows, set fire to buses, and ransacked shops in the capital Dakar on Monday before riot police scattered...
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Senegal’s Sall replaces interior, foreign ministers in reshuffle
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegalese President Macky Sall has fired his interior and foreign ministers in his first cabinet reshuffle since taking office six months ago, the government announced on state...
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Exasperation builds on Day 3 in storm-stricken NYC
Frustration — and in some cases fear — mounted in New York City on Thursday, three days after Superstorm Sandy. Traffic backed up for miles at bridges, large crowds waited impatiently for buses into...
View ArticleEconomy makes for tougher Thanksgiving journeys
Millions of Americans piled their families into cars, hopped on buses and waited out delays at airports Wednesday as they set off on Thanksgiving treks that many said required financial sacrifice, help...
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AP PHOTOS: Indonesians plagued by blindness
They came from the remotest parts of Indonesia, taking crowded overnight ferries and riding for hours in cars or buses — all in the hope that a simple, and free, surgical procedure would restore their...
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AP PHOTOS: Simple surgery heals blind Indonesians
They came from the remotest parts of Indonesia, taking crowded overnight ferries and riding for hours in cars or buses — all in the hope that a simple, and free, surgical procedure would restore their...
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Chiefs players head to Belcher memorial service
Members of the Kansas City Chiefs dressed in suits and ties after practice Wednesday and boarded a series of buses to attend a memorial service for Jovan Belcher, their teammate who was involved in a...
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6 dead as heavy snow hits Balkans
Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall have killed at least six people and caused travel chaos across the Balkans, with rescue teams struggling to reach passengers stranded in buses and cars in...
View ArticleBomb targeting Shiites kills 4 in Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A government official says a bomb has struck a pair of buses carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims in southwest Pakistan, killing four people. Originally posted here: Bomb targeting...
View ArticleNotre Dame, Alabama arrive for BCS title game
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Brian Kelly walked off the tarmac, hopped aboard one of Notre Dame’s team buses that bore his image on the side and grinned broadly as he sat in the driver’s seat. Original...
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Sandy Hook kids head to school for first time since attack
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) – Hundreds of the children who escaped the harrowing attack on their elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, last month head back to classes on Thursday for the first...
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New Sandy Hook school opens after Newtown attack
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) – Classes resumed on Thursday for the more than 400 surviving students of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, 20 days after a massacre at the school that killed...
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Russians leaving Syria cross into Lebanon
MASNAA, Lebanon (AP) — Four buses carrying Russian citizens escaping the Syrian civil war crossed into Lebanon on Tuesday, in the first evacuation organized by Moscow since the start of the conflict...
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Europe’s costly double parliament: a movable beast
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The morning high-speed train from Brussels pulled into the lonely train station of the provincial French city of Strasbourg. As the doors opened, the chaotic scramble for...
View ArticlePolice say at least 51 killed in Zambia road accident
LUSAKA (Reuters) – At least 51 people died on Thursday when a bus and a truck collided about 100 km (60 miles) north of Zambian capital Lusaka, police said. Police spokeswoman Elizabeth Kanjela said...
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US orders shutdown of bus company in Calif. crash
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal regulators on Friday ordered a tour bus operator involved in a Southern California crash that killed eight people to immediately stop operating because its buses weren't...
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1st buses with cruise ship passengers pull out
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The first buses carrying passengers from a disabled cruise ship are pulling away to take them to next stop on their odyssey. See more here: 1st buses with cruise ship passengers...
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Cruise ship docks after 5 days without power
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The passengers of the Carnival cruise ship Triumph began the process of getting back to normal early Friday, checking into hotels for a shower, hot meal and good night's sleep or...
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