Euro Economy http://x2see.com/euro-economy Just another X2see.com weblog Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en ‘All you could hear were screams’ http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/all-you-could-hear-were-screams%e2%80%99/ http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/all-you-could-hear-were-screams%e2%80%99/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:45 +0000 http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/all-you-could-hear-were-screams%e2%80%99/ A man and two children walk through debris after a huge tornado struck Moore, OklahomaMOORE, Okla. – The hell he saw was harrowing, but it’s the sounds at Plaza Towers Elementary that Stuart Earnest Jr. says will haunt him forever. “All you could hear were screams,” Earnest said. “The people screaming for help. And the people trying to help were also screaming.” Plaza Towers, a pre-kindergarten through sixth-grade school, [...]

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]]> http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/all-you-could-hear-were-screams%e2%80%99/feed/ More Hezbollah fighters spotted with Syrian army http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/more-hezbollah-fighters-spotted-with-syrian-army/ http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/more-hezbollah-fighters-spotted-with-syrian-army/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 11:45:53 +0000 http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/more-hezbollah-fighters-spotted-with-syrian-army/ Hezbollah fighters in their military uniform, foreground, carry the coffin of Hezbollah fighter Hassan Faisal Shuker, 18, who was killed in a battle against Syrian rebels in the Syrian town of Qusair, during his funeral procession in his hometown of Nabi Sheet in the eastern Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Monday May 20, 2013. Fierce street fighting in Qusair, Syria, near the Lebanese border has killed at least 28 elite members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, activists said Monday, as Syrian government forces pushed deeper into the strategic, opposition-held town. The barefaced Hezbollah involvement -- several funerals for group members were held in Lebanon Monday -- edges the war further into a regional sectarian conflict pitting the Middle East’s Iranian-backed Shiite axis against Sunnis. (AP Photo)The regime tries to drive Syrian rebels from a town near the Lebanese border.

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]]> http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/more-hezbollah-fighters-spotted-with-syrian-army/feed/ In tornado’s wake, worried parents seek out kids http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/in-tornados-wake-worried-parents-seek-out-kids/ http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/in-tornados-wake-worried-parents-seek-out-kids/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 10:34:16 +0000 http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/in-tornados-wake-worried-parents-seek-out-kids/ A parent rushes to embrace her child as a teacher escorts her away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern)MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off — survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community.

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]]> http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/in-tornados-wake-worried-parents-seek-out-kids/feed/ Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/former-irs-commissioner-heads-to-hill-amid-scandal/ http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/former-irs-commissioner-heads-to-hill-amid-scandal/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 09:35:21 +0000 http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/former-irs-commissioner-heads-to-hill-amid-scandal/ FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2012, file photo, then-Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shulman heads to Capitol Hill on May 21, 2013, giving lawmakers their first opportunity to question the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups. Lawmakers want to know what Shulman knew and when he knew it. They also want to know why Shulman didn’t tell Congress that agents had been singling out conservative political groups for additional scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status _ even after he was briefed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Lawmakers will question the man who ran the agency while it targeted tea party groups.

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]]> http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/former-irs-commissioner-heads-to-hill-amid-scandal/feed/ Committee nears final big immigration decisions http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/committee-nears-final-big-immigration-decisions/ http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/committee-nears-final-big-immigration-decisions/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:39 +0000 http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/committee-nears-final-big-immigration-decisions/ Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembles to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions. The panel is aiming to pass the legislation out of committee this week, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to nail down an elusive compromise on high-tech visas and may punt a controversy over gay marriage to the full Senate as it makes final drafting decisions on immigration legislation that grants a shot at citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.

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]]> http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/committee-nears-final-big-immigration-decisions/feed/ Easier travel ahead for Conn. commuters http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/easier-travel-ahead-for-conn-commuters/ http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/easier-travel-ahead-for-conn-commuters/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 07:38:16 +0000 http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/easier-travel-ahead-for-conn-commuters/ Metro North employees, in orange vests, help transfer westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., to shuttle buses Monday, May 20, 2013. The commuters had arrived from New Haven by train and were being bused to Stamford, Ct., where rail service to New York was available. A train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuters facing long delays after a train collision disrupted their route along Connecticut's shoreline can look forward to easier traveling.

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]]> http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/easier-travel-ahead-for-conn-commuters/feed/ Monster Oklahoma tornado kills at least 51 http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/monster-oklahoma-tornado-kills-at-least-51/ http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/monster-oklahoma-tornado-kills-at-least-51/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 07:13:22 +0000 http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/monster-oklahoma-tornado-kills-at-least-51/ An American flag lies on top of an overturned car after a tornado struck Moore, OklahomaTwenty children are among the dead, and the toll is expected to rise.

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]]> http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/monster-oklahoma-tornado-kills-at-least-51/feed/ Israel fires back at Syria after gunshots at its troops http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/israel-fires-back-at-syria-after-gunshots-at-its-troops/ http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/israel-fires-back-at-syria-after-gunshots-at-its-troops/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 06:28:35 +0000 http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/israel-fires-back-at-syria-after-gunshots-at-its-troops/ Israeli soldiers walk together during training close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria on the Golan HeightsIsraeli troops shot at a target across the Syrian frontier on Tuesday.

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]]> http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/israel-fires-back-at-syria-after-gunshots-at-its-troops/feed/ IRS officials back on Capitol Hill hot seat over targeting http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/irs-officials-back-on-capitol-hill-hot-seat-over-targeting/ http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/irs-officials-back-on-capitol-hill-hot-seat-over-targeting/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 06:03:25 +0000 http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/irs-officials-back-on-capitol-hill-hot-seat-over-targeting/ U.S. President Obama delivers a statement about the Internal Revenue Service from the East Room of the White House in WashingtonBy John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry more details out of current and former officials of the Internal Revenue Service about the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they sought tax-exempt status. Lawmakers are also expected to demand answers about why officials did not earlier share with lawmakers evidence that IRS workers in Cincinnati, Ohio, had inappropriately focused on search criteria that included "Tea Party" and "patriots. …

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]]> http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/irs-officials-back-on-capitol-hill-hot-seat-over-targeting/feed/ Images of Oklahoma tornado devastation http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/images-of-oklahoma-tornado-devastation/ http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/images-of-oklahoma-tornado-devastation/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 06:02:18 +0000 http://x2see.com/euro-economy/2013/05/21/images-of-oklahoma-tornado-devastation/ Images of Oklahoma tornado devastationA child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.(AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)

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