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Volunteers retrieve clothing and other household items at a home destroyed by a tornado, across the street from the Plaza Towers elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma, May 22, 2013.

Video Moore, Oklahoma, Begins to Recover from Deadly Tornado

Full impact of disaster may take much more time to assess More

A tornado-damaged bedroom with clothes hanging in the closet is pictured in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma May 22, 2013.

Foreign Students in Oklahoma Confront Tornado Threat

Many foreigners living in Oklahoma have never experienced a tornado More

Activists wearing orange jumpsuits mark the 100th day of prisoners' hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay during a protest in front of the White House in Washington May 17, 2013.

Experts Weigh In on Challenges of Closing Guantanamo Prison

Former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo delivers petition to White House with more than 370,000 signatures, demanding facility be closed down immediatelyMore

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about severe weather impacting Oklahoma, State Dining Room of the White House, Washington, May 21, 2013.

Multimedia Obama to Inspect Tornado Damage on Sunday

President plans to meet with survivors of Monday's storm, as well as first responders who rescued as many as 100 children and adults More

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (l) during a joint a news conference with Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Amman, Jordan, May 22, 2013.

Photogallery Kerry Calls on Syrian Government to Make Peace

US secretary of state is in Jordan for meeting with Friends of Syria group, top diplomats, in joint push with Russia to end Syria's civil war More

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Video Calls Grow For An End to Sexual Assaults in US Military

A recent Pentagon report says the number of sexual assaults among people in the military continues to grow. The estimated number of incidents, ranging from groping to rape, increased by 37 percent last year. Both men and women were victims. This is prompting them, and activists, to push for deep changes in the US military. VOA Pentagon correspondent Luis Ramirez reports.
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Activists wearing orange jumpsuits mark the 100th day of prisoners

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In this May 4, 2013 police mug provided by the Orange County Corrections Department in Orlando, Fla., shows Ibragim Todashev after his arrest for aggravated battery in Orlando.

FBI: Florida Man Fatally Shot During Boston Bombing Probe

Officials say Ibragim Todashev was fatally shot after attacking agent
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Worker checks water levels, temperatures in a series of tanks at an Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. hydraulic fracturing operation at a gas drilling site outside Rifle, Colorado, March 29, 2013.

US Oil Surge Could Impact Mideast Geopolitics

New report says America will become energy self-sufficient in 20 years
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about severe weather impacting Oklahoma, State Dining Room of the White House, Washington, May 21, 2013.

Multimedia Obama to Inspect Tornado Damage on Sunday

President plans to meet with survivors of Monday's storm, as well as first responders who rescued as many as 100 children and adults
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (l) during a joint a news conference with Jordan

Photogallery Kerry Calls on Syrian Government to Make Peace

US secretary of state is in Jordan for meeting with Friends of Syria group, top diplomats, in joint push with Russia to end Syria's civil war
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FILE - Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy (r) and, Republican Senator Charles Grassley, April 22, 2013.

US Senate Committee Approves Immigration Reform Bill

Judiciary Committee votes to send it to entire Senate for debate
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Nathan Ulepich searches outside the back of his house destroyed after a powerful tornado ripped through the area on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma.

On the Scene in Tornado Hit Town: 'Even Trees are Stripped of Everything'

VOA correspondent Greg Flakus describes devastation in Moore, Oklahoma
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Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of Microsoft

Microsoft Unveils New Xbox One Game Console

Microsoft says its third-generation console, coming eight years after Xbox 360, is an 'ultimate all-in-one entertainment system'
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