San Salvador, May 3 (IANS/EFE) Six people were killed and one wounded when five gunmen opened fire at a football field in El Salvador, police said.

Indian torched car to get insurance money for holiday

MELBOURNE - An Indian man, who claimed to be a racist attack victim after suffering burns while setting alight his car in this Australian city, wanted to fund a holiday to India with the insurance claim, a court here was told.

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22 people killed in Mexico

MEXICO CITY - Twenty-two people have been killed in separate incidents in Mexico, authorities said. Seventeen people were killed in Chihuahua state while five died during an uproar at a concert in Nuevo Leon state Sunday.

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Monitor group: Pakistani Taliban release video of leader promising attacks on major US cities

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NYPD: Video has possible SUV bomb suspect in alley

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NYPD: Video has possible SUV bomb suspect in alley

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NYPD: Video has possible SUV bomb suspect in alley

Toll climbs: Storms claim 4 more lives in Nashville; at least 15 killed in Tenn., Miss.

Toll climbs: 15 dead in Tenn., Miss. storms

Eger holds on in final round for 1-stroke win at Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic

Eger wins first Champions Tour event since 2005

NYPD: Failed Times Square car bomb contained non-explosive fertilizer, would not have gone off

NYPD: Car bomb contained nonexplosive fertilizer

Long cleanup ahead as deadly storms kill at least 11 in Tenn., Miss., cause widespread damage

Severe storms kill at least 7 in Tenn., 4 in Miss.

With oil spill widening in Gulf, Obama contemplates an environmental and economic disaster

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BP tapping technology, expertise help to work on 5 possible solutions to Gulf oil leak

Teams working on a fix for the Gulf oil leak

Wildlife officials don’t know if oil spill killed 20 sea turtles found along Miss. coast

20 sea turtles found dead along Miss. beaches

In BP’s best-case scenario, oil geyser could gush unabated for another week of devastation

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Weekend storms, flooding kill 7 across Tennessee, 4 in Miss.; more severe weather expected

Weekend storms kill 7 in Tenn., 4 in Miss.

Southern California commuter train system to unveil new crash-resistant passenger cars

Calif. train line to unveil crash-resistant cars

Ala. Gov. Riley says most booms deployed off state coast are faltering under bad weather

Ala. gov.: booms breaking down due to bad weather

Obama promises ‘relentless’ response to oil spill

LOUISIANA/WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Sunday warned of a “massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster”, as the widening oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico edged to 14 km off the coast of Louisiana.

Mayor: Boston schools, restaurants open despite water break affecting 2 million residents

Mayor: Boston schools open despite huge main break

NYPD: No evidence of Taliban link to failed bomb in Times Square SUV; man videotaped in alley

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Fishing halted as Gulf oil slick threatens disaster

WASHINGTON - The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Sunday closed commercial and recreational fishing for 10 days in waters affected by the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Ships potentially dragging oil into New Orleans will be cleaned; ship traffic restricted

2 ship cleaning stations established in La.

Weekend storms, flooding kill 7 across Tennessee, 3 in Miss.; more severe weather expected

Weekend storms kill 7 in Tenn., 3 in Miss.

BP chairman defends safety record; Obama visits Gulf as massive oil spill grows unchecked

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NYPD commissioner: No evidence of Taliban link to failed bomb in Times Square SUV

NYPD: No evidence of a Taliban link to SUV bomb

White House pledges to do everything ‘humanly possible’ to address Gulf Coast oil spill

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Obama arrives in Louisiana to tour oil spill area

LOUISIANA - US President Barack Obama has arrived in the US state of Louisiana to start his tour of a region that is threatened with an ecological disaster thanks to an oil spill from a sunken oil platform.

Sexual assault case filed against Karnataka ex-minister

BANGALORE - A Karnataka minister Sunday quit following a newspaper report accusing him of sexually assaulting his friend’s wife in his home district of Shimoga. A criminal case was filed later in the evening by the victim, police said.

Wildlife official says amount of oil reaching Gulf wetlands a factor in affecting food chain

Oil flowing into wetlands key to ecological effect

Pakistani Taliban claims NYC car bomb, monitoring group says; police search SUV for evidence

Pakistani group claims NYC car bomb responsibility

Tennessee officials now say 6 killed due to tornado, floods as storms continue to sweep state

Tenn. officials revise storm death toll to 6

NOAA closes fishing waters from La. to parts of Fla. because of massive Gulf oil spill

AP Analysis: New Orleans recovery from Katrina lagged under outgoing Mayor Ray Nagin

Data show New Orleans recovery stalled under Nagin

Obama checking on efforts to cap underwater oil well _ top priority in Gulf Coast spill

Monitoring group: Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for car bomb attempt in New York

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

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Alabama AG says meeting should signal solidarity among Gulf states, not inverse tone with BP

AGs for 5 states talk legal strategy for oil spill

Countless livelihoods along the Gulf Coast hang in limbo as oil spill lurks just offshore

Oil in the Gulf has countless livelihoods in limbo