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 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 Security beefed up at German magazine after threat Security has been stepped up for employees of a German magazine and for members of a small far-right party after a known terrorist called for them to be killed in a video online, officials said Tuesday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:55:13Z Putin consolidates power, hires ousted ministers  Taking a tough stand against dissent, President Vladimir Putin ignored public opposition and hired some Russia's most unpopular former ministers Tuesday and Russian lawmakers debated a draconian bill that raises fines for joining unsanctioned protests 200-fold.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:38:30Z Trapped Zimbabwe miners accounted for, no injuries  HARARE (Reuters) - All of around 60 miners trapped underground after an accident and fire at Zimbabwe's Mimosa platinum mine are accounted for and are being bring brought to the surface, the company said on Tuesday. "A number of employees who were accommodated in refuge bays due to low visibility are now in the process of being moved to the surface," Mimosa, a joint venture between South Africa's Impala Platinum (Implats) and London-listed Aquarius Platinum Ltd, said in a statement. "The fire has been contained. ...Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:57:29Z Indian passenger train rams freight train; 25 dead  A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens more.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:30:33Z 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 Excitement sweeps Egypt ahead of landmark poll  A buzz of excitement swept through Cairo on Tuesday, a day before its first presidential election since an uprising overthrew Hosni Mubarak, ushering in a tumultuous military-led transition.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:33:17Z Painting that ridicules S. Africa's leader defaced  Two men wielding cans of red and black paint entered a Johannesburg gallery on Tuesday and defaced a painting that draws attention to the South African president's genitals and his reputation for promiscuity, witnesses said, as a judge determined the art could be challenged in court by the president and his party.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:41:48Z Ohio family hopes stolen swine statue is returned A life-size swine statue has disappeared in the city once dubbed "Porkopolis," and its owners are hoping the thief will have a change of heart and return their beloved concrete pig. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:24:11Z Mich. jury close to finish line in stabbings trial Jurors must decide whether strong physical evidence in the first trial from a series of stabbings in Michigan is outweighed by the mental health of a 35-year-old Israeli immigrant who is charged with murder. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:34:20Z |