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Germany's Love Parade festival canceled for good
By VANESSA GERA and MICHAEL SOHN
2010-07-25T10:20:43Z
DUISBURG, Germany (AP) -- The organizer of the Love Parade says the yearly techno music festival will never be held again after 19 people were killed and 342 were injured in a panicked crush in an entrance tunnel....
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JASENOVAC, Croatia (AP) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres says Croatia's World War II concentration camp was a demonstration of "sheer sadism" and that Iran's president, who has denied the Holocaust, should visit it....
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Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 25 Jul 2010 | 4:00 am Death toll from German music festival rises to 19The death toll rose to 19 on Sunday and police said that 342 had been injured in a panicked crush of partygoers in an overcrowded tunnel that served as the sole entrance to a German...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Jul 2010 | 4:00 am 3RD LD: 5 killed in rescue helicopter crash on mountain in Saitama+(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING, ADDING DETAILS) A rescue helicopter belonging to the Saitama prefectural government crashed Sunday on a mountain in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, killing fiveSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Jul 2010 | 3:57 am "Love Parade" death toll up to 19, probe under wayBERLIN (Reuters) - The death toll from a stampede at a "Love Parade" techno music festival in Germany rose to 19 on Sunday and police pursued an investigation into how the mass panic occurred.
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2010-07-25T09:37:13Z
ABOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (AP) -- A nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier led an armada of warships in exercises off the Korean peninsula Sunday that North Korea has vowed to physically block and says could escalate into nuclear war....
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2010-07-25T09:22:46Z
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Taliban have offered to exchange the body of a U.S. Navy member they said was killed in an ambush two days ago in exchange for insurgent prisoners, an Afghan official said Sunday....
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TOKYO (AP) -- Police say five people are dead after a rescue helicopter crashed into a mountain in central Japan....
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Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Jul 2010 | 8:05 pm The President of South Africa Jacob ZumaThe President of South Africa Jacob Zuma participates in a Climate Conference prior to the begining of the 15th African Union Summit in Kampala, Uganda on July 24, 2010. Diplomats in Kampala say that Angola,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jul 2010 | 8:01 pm Shebab fighters take part in a military exercise in northern Mogadishu?s Suqaholaha neighborhoodFile photo shows Shebab fighters taking part in a military exercise in northern Mogadishu?s Suqaholaha neighborhood. More than 30 heads of state from the AU's 53 members gathered amid unprecedented security...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jul 2010 | 8:01 pm Ugandan police patrol the road near the African Union summit in KampalaUgandan police patrol the Gagba road that connects Uganda's capital city Kampala with the resort where officials from the African Union are holding a summit. In a year that saw a raft of elections, Africa's...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jul 2010 | 8:01 pm An Ugandan soldier stands guard in Somalia as part of a contingent of African Union peacekeepersAn Ugandan soldier stands guard in Somalia as part of a contingent of African Union peacekeepers at the entrance to one of their bases. African Union leaders begin a three-day summit in Kampala Sunday...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jul 2010 | 8:01 pm Video: Air Show Plane Crash On TapeA terrifying plane crash at an air show in Alberta, Canada was caught on tape. The pilot ejected in time and managed to walk away with very minor injuries.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 24 Jul 2010 | 7:22 pm Focus shifts to EU banks to scrape test passLONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - So few banks failed Europe's long-awaited stress tests on Friday that investors will likely focus instead on the dozen or so banks that just scraped through when markets reopen next week.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Jul 2010 | 7:16 pm Participants of the Love Parade 2010 dance at the festival in DuisburgParticipants of the Love Parade 2010 dance at the festival in Duisburg, western Germany. First held in Berlin in 1989, the Love Parade is one of the biggest techno festivals in Europe, featuring world-renowned...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jul 2010 | 7:09 pm Emergency services ambulances arrive at the scene where panic broke out during the Love ParadeEmergency services ambulances arrive at the scene where panic broke out during the Love Parade in Duisburg, Germany. He said authorities decided not to order an immediate stop to the festival for fear...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jul 2010 | 7:09 pm Participants of the Love Parade dance in DuisburgParticipants of the Love Parade dance in Duisburg, western Germany. At least 18 techno music fans were crushed to death and 80 injured when mass panic triggered a stampede at the Love Parade festival in...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jul 2010 | 7:09 pm Emergency services personal work with the victims of a stampede during the Love Parade in Duisburg, GermanyEmergency services personal work with the victims of a stampede during the Love Parade in Duisburg, Germany, on July 24, 2010. At least 18 people were killed.Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jul 2010 | 7:09 pm 18 Die as Panic Hits German Techno FestivalStampede in Crowded Tunnel at Love Parade Crushes Concert-Goers in DuisburgSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 24 Jul 2010 | 7:00 pm 51 Bodies Found At Mexico Dumping GroundMexico's Bloody Drug War Contines as Investigators Investigate Carnage in Suspected Gang Dumping Ground In Northern MexicoSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 24 Jul 2010 | 6:30 pm North Korea Threatens "Sacred War"Pyongyang Bristles as.Nuclear-Powered U.S. Supercarrier Gets Ready for DrillSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 24 Jul 2010 | 6:30 pm Video: U.S. Troops Missing in KabulTwo U.S. service members went missing in Afghanistan trying to return from a training mission and may have been captured by the Taliban. Terry McCarthy reports embedded within the Helmand Province.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 24 Jul 2010 | 5:35 pm Mexico police find 51 in mass grave near MonterreyMONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Police have unearthed at least 51 bodies in a mass grave outside Mexico's business capital Monterrey since Thursday, a grisly sign of the escalating drug violence in the northern city, authorities said on Saturday.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Jul 2010 | 5:33 pm Video: Parade Leads to Fatal StampedeMusic fans at the "Love Parade" in Duisburg, Germany were caught under a highway overpass trapping them in what quickly became a fatal, suffocating stampede that has killed at least 15. Richard Roth reports.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 24 Jul 2010 | 5:21 pm Video: YouTube Films 'Life in a Day'Ridley Scott and Kevin McDonald put out a call for anyone and everyone's amateur video to assemble what they hope will be a memorable film capturing a "Life in a Day" of the planet. Jeff Glor Reports.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 24 Jul 2010 | 5:17 pm Families open doors to pets impacted by oilJuly 24: They are the victims that can’t explain how it feels, that don’t know what suddenly happened to their families or favorite pillows, but as NBC’s Michelle Kosinski reports, many are finding new homes. (Nightly News)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jul 2010 | 5:12 pm Pilot’s last-moment ejection caught on cameraJuly 24: The pilot – who managed to escape with scrapes and a sore back – was practicing a maneuver when his plane suddenly dove to the ground and exploded in a fireball. NBC’s Lester Holt reports. (Nightly News)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jul 2010 | 5:12 pm Secrecy shrouds Chelsea Clinton’s weddingJuly 24: The tiny town of Rhinebeck, N.Y., – long rumored to be the setting for the former first daughter’s wedding – is getting ready for the possibility of a very public close-up. NBC’s Ron Allen reports. (Nightly News)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jul 2010 | 5:12 pm Cracking down on marijuana in Calif.July 24: While many people associate the drug with San Francisco and the northern part of the state, Southern California has become the place to grow and distribute pot. NBC’s Kristen Welker reports. (Nightly News)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jul 2010 | 5:10 pm Your Olive Oil May Not Be The Virgin It Claims To BeThe next time you reach for a bottle of extra-virgin olive oil, beware. A new study from the University of California-Davis found that more than two-thirds of random samples of extra-virgin olive oil didn't make the grade. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 24 Jul 2010 | 5:00 pm Obama hopes to refocus attention on economyJuly 24: NBC’s Lester Holt speaks with David Gregory, moderator of “Meet the Press.” (Nightly News)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jul 2010 | 4:59 pm Scores killed or injured in stampede at German festivalJuly 24: A rush of thousands trying to get inside the Love Parade festival in Duisburg, Germany, turned into a stampede, leaving concert-goers dead as the show went on. NBC’s Tazeen Ahmad reports. (Nightly News)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jul 2010 | 4:58 pm Search under way for servicemen in AfghanistanJuly 24: Today was a deadly day in what has been a very deadly month for Americans in Afghanistan, with more killed and missing. NBC’s Mike Viquiera reports. (Nightly News)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jul 2010 | 4:57 pm How long will heat, heavy rain last?July 24: NBC’s Lester Holt speaks with Samantha Mohr of the Weather Channel. (Nightly News)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jul 2010 | 4:56 pm Brutal heat slow roasts East CoastJuly 24: As the Gulf Coast feel the remnants of Bonnie, heat and humidity are creating dangerous conditions in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. NBC’s Rehema Ellis reports. (Nightly News)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jul 2010 | 4:55 pm Back to work in Gulf as Bonnie fadesJuly 24: As the storm dissipated over Louisiana, the Coast Guard ordered BP to return its ships to the site of the Gulf oil spill. NBC’s Charles Hadlock reports on the effort to make up for lost time. (Nightly News)Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jul 2010 | 4:54 pm Simon Bolivar an obsession for Venezuela's Chavez
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- For Hugo Chavez, Simon Bolivar is more than a founding father to be feted once a year on his birthday. He's the icon of an entire political movement. He's a muse whose words inspire nearly two centuries after his death....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:04 a... | 24 Jul 2010 | 4:53 pm Concert chaos horrifies German leaderCrowds of people streaming into a techno music festival surged through an already jammed entry tunnel on Saturday, setting off a panic that killed 18 people and injured 80 at an event meant to celebrate love and peace.The circumstances...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 24 Jul 2010 | 4:17 pm Snooker legend Higgins was 'a genius'Alex Higgins, a two-time world snooker champion whose cavalier style helped to popularise the game in its 1970s-80s heyday, died in his Belfast home on Saturday after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 61.Higgins, the Northern...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 24 Jul 2010 | 3:01 pm 51 bodies found at Mexico dumping groundInvestigators said Saturday they have found 51 corpses in two days of digging in a field near a trash dump outside the northern city of Monterrey, as excavations continued at one of the largest clandestine body dumping grounds in...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 24 Jul 2010 | 2:37 pm Obama and Republicans trade charges over economyIn his weekly radio address, the president says a House GOP plan would kill jobs. Republicans respond that the administration's policies have failed.WASHINGTON — President Obama on Saturday took a shot at a House Republican economic plan he said would kill jobs and endanger the country's economic recovery.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 24 Jul 2010 | 2:24 pm Facebook Reaches 500 Million Milestone500 million Facebook users can't be wrong -- can they? The social media monolith is only six years old, yet its impact is global. Guest host Audie Cornish takes a look back at how Facebook went from a single college dorm room to the half-billion mark. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 24 Jul 2010 | 1:00 pm Week In News: McChrystal, Sherrod, SchorrPentagon brass offered Gen. Stanley McChrystal a bittersweet farewell at his retirement ceremony Friday -- weeks after damning comments appeared in a Rolling Stone article that forced him to resign his post in Afghanistan. Guest host Audie Cornish speaks with James Fallows of The Atlantic about the legacy of McChrystal and some of the week's other big news stories. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 24 Jul 2010 | 1:00 pm Zsa Zsa Gabor 'a little better' but still in critical condition, husband saysThe actress fell at her home last week and had hip surgery Monday.Zsa Zsa Gabor is "doing a little better" but still in critical condition, her husband said Saturday morning.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 24 Jul 2010 | 12:56 pm Taliban say 2 U.S. soldiers captured in AfghanistanKABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban said on Saturday they had captured two U.S. servicemen in Afghanistan, and NATO confirmed they were missing and scrambled helicopters and planes to search for them.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Jul 2010 | 12:14 pm 18 Killed In Stampede At German Music FestivalThe chaos started when police tried to block people from entering the already-packed techno music festival, called Love Parade. German media reported the victims were crushed in a large tunnel leading to the event site and that emergency workers had trouble getting to them. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 24 Jul 2010 | 12:04 pm Gabor in critical conditionLOS ANGELES: Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was in critical condition yesterday after undergoing hip replacement surgery earlier in the week. Her husband Prince Frederic von Anhalt said Gabor, 93, had injuries to the right side of her...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 24 Jul 2010 | 11:40 am Stones stop rollingLONDON: The Rolling Stones are finally bowing out after 50 years in music, with a giant farewell tour, according to the Sun newspaper. Drummer Charlie Watts will celebrate his 70th birthday on the tour, and bandmates Ronnie...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 24 Jul 2010 | 11:10 am 2 U.S. Soldiers Missing In Eastern AfghanistanTwo U.S. troops are missing in eastern Afghanistan, a military official said Saturday. An Afghan official said one may have been killed and the other captured by the Taliban. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 24 Jul 2010 | 11:03 am BP to start drilling off Libyan coastThe tortuous saga of BP, the Gulf of Mexico, the Lockerbie bombing and an America which feels itself badly wronged took another turn yesterday when it emerged that the oil company is about to start drilling at an even greater depth...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:00 am Australians get $2000 to buy new carsThe Australian Government will give A$2000 ($2400) to anyone who updates their old car, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced.From January next year anyone who trades in a car manufactured before 1995 for one that meets emissions...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:00 am Canadian jet pilot ejects to safetyA Canadian Forces pilot has survived after ejecting himself from a fighter jet moments before it crashed during practice for an airshow.The pilot was admitted to a hospital in Alberta, Canada, with undetermined injuries.Witnesses...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:00 am Storm heads for Gulf spill siteShips steamed to safer waters and coastal workers packed up oil removal operations as remnants of tropical storm Bonnie gunned for the Gulf of Mexico yesterday.By daybreak, all but a handful of the ships working at BP's broken...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:00 am Unite union backs Ed Miliband for Labour leaderEd Miliband received a big boost to his bid to become Labour's next leader after Unite signalled its support for him.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 24 Jul 2010 | 9:13 am Deadly Trend: Disabled Alarms On Gulf Oil Rig, In W. Va. MineSwitched-off safety equipment may have played a role in both disasters. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 24 Jul 2010 | 9:07 am 5 Americans Die In Blasts In Southern AfghanistanFour of the victims died in a single blast, NATO said in a statement. A fifth service member was killed in a separate attack in the south, NATO said. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 24 Jul 2010 | 7:57 am Ships Return To BP Well Site As Storm EasesThad Allen, the retired Coast Guard admiral running the government's spill response, called the return "very good news." But the setback was still significant. Work came to a standstill Wednesday and will take time to restart. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 24 Jul 2010 | 7:19 am CHELSEA'S BIG DAYChelsea Clinton's wedding to Marc Mezvinsky has been cloaked in secrecy from the get-go. When The Daily Beast's Lynlee Browning broke the Rhinebeck, NY, plans, it was just the beginning of Chelseamania. Here is the biggest news on the nuptials, set for...Source: The Daily Beast - Big Fat Story | 24 Jul 2010 | 6:24 am A Marine Comes Home From WarMarines who fought in the battle at Marjah in Afghanistan are returning home and parents who nervously watched the war from afar are anxious to see their children. Catherine Welch of member station WHQR in Wilmington, N.C., was with one family to witness a homecoming. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 24 Jul 2010 | 6:00 am Spill Workers Take Cover As Storm ApproachesWork at the site of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is at a standstill as Tropical Depression Bonnie approaches. Host Scott Simon checks in on the situation with NPR's Carrie Kahn in New Orleans. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 24 Jul 2010 | 6:00 am BP plans deep-water drilling off LibyaBP defies environmental concerns following the Gulf of Mexico spill and an international row over the Lockerbie bomber's release.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 24 Jul 2010 | 4:29 am Afghan bombing kills 5 U.S. service membersFor Western troops in Afghanistan, IEDs, or improvised explosive devices, pose the greatest threat to life and limb.Bombings in the country's tinderbox south killed five American service members on Saturday, four of them in the same blast, military officials said.
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