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 Commando raid followed Honduran drug shooting  The gunfire from a U.S.-backed Honduran anti-drug mission that appears to have targeted civilians by mistake wasn't the only terror that night more than a week ago, villagers say. They describe heavily armed commandos storming into homes and manhandling residents, and they think American agents joined in.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:07:37Z Eurozone warned 'severe recession' looming  The 17-country eurozone risks falling into a "severe recession," the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned on Tuesday, as it called on governments and Europe's central bank to act quickly to keep the slowdown from dragging down the global economy.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:58:32Z Spain teachers, students strike over spending cuts  Teachers and students from every level of Spain's education system went on strike Tuesday to protest wide-ranging government spending cuts, erecting makeshift tombs at university campuses to symbolize what they claim will be the death of the country's schooling system.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:04:27Z After bombing, somber Yemen marks National Day  Grieving Yemenis held somber ceremonies Tuesday to mark the country's National Day following a suicide bombing a day earlier that killed nearly 100 soldiers and deeply shook the faith of many people in the nation's future.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:55:45Z UAE gives 10 life sentences in piracy case A federal court in the United Arab Emirates has convicted 10 people captured during a raid to retake a ship hijacked by Somali pirates and sentenced them to life behind bars. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:40:24Z Best Buy profit falls, adj. earns tops Street view Best Buy Co.'s fiscal first-quarter profit dropped 26 percent on restructuring charges as the struggling electronics retailer began implementing its turnaround plan. Its adjusted earnings and revenue both topped Wall Street's expectations. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:03:09Z UK awards deals to design new Trident submarines LONDON (Reuters) - Britain awarded contracts to design its next generation of nuclear deterrent submarines on Tuesday, bringing renewal of the controversial and costly Trident weapons system a step closer. Debate has raged in cash-strapped Britain on whether to renew the Trident nuclear deterrent - which currently consists of four submarines carrying Trident warheads - at an estimated cost of some 20 billion pounds ($31.5 billion). ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:58:18Z Joplin commemorates anniversary of deadly tornado  A day of solemn remembrances and forward-looking celebrations is planned Tuesday as Joplin commemorates the anniversary of a tornado that ripped the city in half.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:01:23Z Fitch cuts Japan as politics hinders debt plan TOKYO (Reuters) - Fitch cut Japan's sovereign credit status on Tuesday to the lowest level among global ratings agencies as a political stalemate dims the chance that the country can curb its snowballing debt. Fitch Ratings cut Japan's long-term foreign currency rating by two levels from AA to A plus, the fifth highest investment grade. It cut the more important local currency rating by one notch from AA minus to A plus. Both were given a negative outlook. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:55:01Z From rubble to rebuilding: A year in Joplin, Mo.  The tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., a year ago took 161 lives, injured hundreds more and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings. It also fractured the landscape of the city and opened the door to a massive rebuilding and recovery operation.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:59:43Z |