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  • William-Kate gnome statues to raise money for kids

    Tiny gnome statues of Prince William and his pregnant wife Kate, the duchess of Cambridge, will be auctioned online to raise money for children to learn about gardening in schools. The gnome statues were displayed at the Chelsea Flower Show, the Daily Mirror reported. "Gnomes are often associated with good luck, I could not think of a more popular couple that the nation is wishing good luck ...

  • Hindus living dangerously in Balochistan

    Though Hindus have richly contributed in the economic prosperity and development of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province since pre-partition days, they are today faced with the dilemma of survival and living "dangerously". Historically, it is not clear in documents to assert how and when Hindus originally settled in Balochistan. But the Balochistan-based Baloch and Hindu historians and ...

  • Pakistani woman politician shot dead

    A senior woman politician in Pakistan's port city of Karachi was gunned down by motorcycle-riding assailants outside her residence late Saturday, a media report said Sunday. Zahra Shahid Hussain, vice president in Sindh province of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was killed in an attempted robbery on the eve of re-polls in Karachi's NA-250 constituency, ...

  • Homes under flight path of proposed runway

    Tullamarine 3043 Three thousand homes could be under the flight path of a proposed third runway for Melbourne Airport. The airport has released its preliminary draft master plan, which includes the proposal for a new east-west runway.The new runway would be parallel to the existing one and be able to handle big planes like A-380s.The affected properties are mostly to the east of the ...

  • Tornadoes in US flatten homes

    (3 mins ago) One of several tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near into splinters and rubble and sent residents scurrying for shelter. The tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa were part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system in the US that stretched from Texas to Minnesota, AP reports. At least four separate tornadoes hit ...


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  • No injuries reported as twisters hit Kansas homes

    EDMOND, Okla. -- A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged homes and buildings near Oklahoma City and put the Tulsa area on high ...

  • Tornadoes Level Homes in Okla. Hit Other States

    One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter. The tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa were part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota. At least four ...

  • Tornado levels homes in Oklahoma City trailer park

    People survey damage from a tornado that hit Edmond, Okla., on Sunday, May 19, 2013. A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged roofs and structures near Oklahoma City and kicked up debris in Wichita, ...

  • Unofficial start to gardening season kicks off with ‘perfect planting weekend’

    EDMONTON - Gardeners packed Edmonton-area greenhouses Sunday, as a new growing season was ushered in with warm weather and sunny skies."It's a gardener's perfect planting weekend," said David Sproule, co-owner of Salisbury Greenhouse in Sherwood Park. "It's not too hot and not too cool out."Sproule said the May long weekend is traditionally one of the busiest ...

  • Tornadoes touch down in Kansas Oklahoma damage homes

    Several homes were heavily damaged near the Oklahoma towns of Carney and Wellston, where tornadoes reportedly ripped off roofs and walls in the rural center of the state, according to local media footage. Earlier Sunday, a tornado touched down southwest of Wichita in southern Kansas. That storm system knocked out power lines, dumped golf-ball-sized hail and caused some flash ...

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