Amanda Bynes: Cops sexually harassed me

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Amanda Bynes heads for home after her May 23 arrest.

Amanda Bynes has taken to Twitter to claim she was "sexually harassed" during her arrest Thursday night in New York.

"I was sexually harassed by one of the cops the night before last which is who then arrested me," she wrote. "He lied and said I threw a bong out the window when I opened the window for fresh air. Hilarious. He slapped my vagina. Sexual harassment. Big deal."

Bynes said she reported the officer, writing, "I then called the cops on him. He handcuffed me, which I resisted, quite unlike any of the reports stated. Then I was sent to a mental hospital. Offensive."

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a New York Police Department spokesperson says Bynes' claim is being investigated by its Internal Affairs Bureau.

Bynes was arrested Thursday night after police were called to her apartment building reportedly because she was smoking marijuana in the lobby. While they were in Bynes' apartment, she reportedly threw a bong out her 36th floor window. The bong was never recovered.

Bynes spent the night in jail and was released without bail being set Friday morning.

Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/amanda-bynes-cops-sexually-harassed-me-6C10077827

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Syria fighting rages, more chemical attacks reported

By Erika Solomon

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Heavy fighting raged around the strategic Syrian border town of Qusair and the capital Damascus on Monday and further reports surfaced of chemical weapons attacks by President Bashar al-Assad's forces on rebel areas.

The Syrian military pounded eastern suburbs of Damascus with air strikes and artillery and loud explosions echoed around al-Nabak, 80 km (50 miles) north of the capital, where fighting has cut the highway running north to the central city of Homs, the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights group said.

Government offensives in recent weeks are widely seen as a campaign to strengthen Assad's negotiating position before a proposed international peace conference sponsored by the United States and Russia and planned for next month.

Opposition activists said Syrian troops backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters were pressing a sustained assault on Qusair, a town long used by insurgents as a way station for arms and other supplies from Lebanon.

For Assad, Qusair is a crucial link between Damascus and loyalist strongholds on the Mediterranean coast. Recapturing the town, in central Homs province, could also sever connections between rebel-held areas in the north and south of Syria.

Each side gave conflicting accounts of the fighting.

The Homs branch of the National Defence Forces, formed of pro-Assad militiamen, said on its Facebook page that government forces had now divided Qusair into four sectors and had made major gains in all but the one that includes the town center.

"All of the mercenaries' supply routes were cut off completely," it said, referring to the rebels.

Islamist rebel groups, including the Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham, said they had sent reinforcements to Qusair. But one opposition activist said these were stuck on the outskirts and had yet to link up with the town's defenders.

"So far they are just fighting and dying, their assault hasn't resulted in much yet, unfortunately," the activist said.

Rebels posted a video of fighters in what they said was central Qusair.

"We will keep fighting to the last man here who can say 'there is no god but God'," one insurgent said.

Hezbollah's deepening involvement in Qusair has raised the prospect of renewed civil war in neighboring Lebanon, where two rockets hit the Shi'ite Muslim movement's stronghold in south Beirut on Sunday and one was fired from south Lebanon towards Israel.

The rockets struck hours after Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah promised that his anti-Israel guerrillas, fighting alongside Assad's forces, would win whatever the cost.

A Lebanese security source said another 107mm rocket, which did not go off, had been aimed at Beirut airport. The launch sites were near Aitat, in the hills just south of the capital.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced "deep concern" at Hezbollah's admitted combat role and the risk that the Syrian conflict will spill into Lebanon and other neighboring states.

"CHEMICAL ATTACK" AFFECTS DOZENS

The U.S.-Russian initiative so far appears only to have intensified the violence, especially around Qusair and Damascus.

In Harasta, an eastern Damascus suburb largely under rebel control, dozens of people were afflicted by respiratory difficulties after an apparent overnight chemical attack, according to opposition sources. Video showed victims lying on the floor of a room, breathing from oxygen masks.

The sides in the conflict, now in its third year, have accused each other of using chemical weapons. France's Le Monde newspaper published first-hand accounts on Monday of apparent chemical attacks by Assad's forces in April.

The newspaper said one of its photographers had suffered blurred vision and breathing problems for four days after an attack on April 13 on the Jobar front, in central Damascus.

Another video from Harasta overnight showed at least two fighters being put into a van, their eyes watering and struggling to breathe while medics put tubes into their throats.

It was not possible to verify the videos independently.

Syria, which is not a member of the anti-chemical weapons convention, is believed to have one of the world's last remaining stockpiles of undeclared chemical arms.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told reporters in Brussels there was "increasingly strong evidence of localized use of chemical weapons" in Syria and said Paris would consult its partners on what action ought to be taken.

He was in the Belgian capital for a meeting of European Union foreign ministers who discussed calls from Britain and France to ease an EU embargo on arming Syrian rebels.

All EU sanctions on Syria could collapse unless the 27-nation bloc agrees on the fate of the arms embargo before it expires on Saturday, but several EU members oppose any change.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague signaled that his country was ready to see EU sanctions lapse rather than retreat from his demand to expand support for rebels.

Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger, whose country provides U.N. observers posted between Syrian and Israeli forces on the Golan Heights, opposed any arming of rebels, saying the EU should remain a "peace community".

OPPOSITION DISARRAY

The U.S.-Russian initiative provides the first slim hope in almost a year for a diplomatic end to a conflict that has cost more than 80,000 lives and caused a refugee exodus that the U.N. refugee agency expects to top 3.5 million by the end of 2013.

China, which along with Russia, has three times blocked U.N. Security Council action on Syria, said on Monday it would join the proposed talks and would push all concerned towards peace.

Damascus has indicated it will take part in the talks, but the fractured opposition, which has previously required Assad's exit to be guaranteed before any negotiations, has yet to lay out its position and remains mired in internal quarrels.

The opposition crisis deepened on Monday when liberals were offered only token representation, undermining international efforts to lend the Islamist-dominated alliance greater support.

To the dismay of envoys of Western and Arab nations monitoring four days of opposition talks in Istanbul, the 60-member Syrian National Coalition thwarted a deal to admit a liberal bloc headed by opposition campaigner Michel Kilo.

The failure to broaden the coalition, in which a Qatari-backed bloc influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood is prominent, could sap Saudi support for the revolt.

The coalition's Western backers had wanted more seats for liberals, an idea backed by Saudi Arabia, which had been uneasy about Qatar's rising influence, coalition insiders said.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov were due to meet in Paris later on Monday to discuss the conference they want to hold in Geneva in June.

(Additional reporting by Ingrid Melander and Brian Love in Paris, Costas Pitas in London, Ben Blanchard in Beijing, Adrian Croft and Justyna Pawlak in Brussels and Tom Miles in Geneva; Writing by Alistair Lyon)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syria-fighting-rages-amid-reports-chemical-attacks-105151844.html

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Golson suspended for poor academic judgment

In this Saturday, April 20, 2013 photo, Notre Dame junior quarterback Everett Golson leaves the field following the annual Blue-Gold spring football game at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind. After having led the Fighting Irish to an unbeaten regular season and a national championship appearance, Golson was confirmed to have no longer been enrolled at the University of Notre Dame as of Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/The Elkhart Truth, Ryan Dorgan)

In this Saturday, April 20, 2013 photo, Notre Dame junior quarterback Everett Golson leaves the field following the annual Blue-Gold spring football game at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind. After having led the Fighting Irish to an unbeaten regular season and a national championship appearance, Golson was confirmed to have no longer been enrolled at the University of Notre Dame as of Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/The Elkhart Truth, Ryan Dorgan)

FILE - In this April 16, 2011, file photo, Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson sprints out of the pocket during the first half of a spring NCAA college football game in South Bend, Ind. A Notre Dame spokesman says Golson is no longer enrolled at the school. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond, File)

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) ? Everett Golson is out for at least the fall semester at Notre Dame, saying he has been suspended by the university for what he called poor academic judgment.

"I take full responsibility for my poor choices and will do all that is asked of me to regain the trust of my family, friends, teammates, coaches and the entire Notre Dame community," he wrote in a letter released Sunday by the university.

Golson was officially no longer enrolled at Notre Dame as of Friday, university spokesman Dennis Brown said Saturday night.

Golson helped the Irish go 12-0 during the regular season last year, regain the No. 1 ranking for the first time in nearly two decades and get to the national title game against Alabama in January. Coach Brian Kelly was counting on him to play an even bigger role in 2013 after his play steadily improved throughout last season.

Golson did not specify what he did to get suspended, and wrote that he understands his integrity could be in question.

"But I want to reassure my supporters that through this experience I will return a better student athlete as well as a better individual," he said.

He said he chose to attend Notre Dame because of its mission to develop him both on and off the field.

"My parents and the community I grew up in have instilled values in me that have and will continue to allow me to be successful in the future. There have been many lessons learned as I worked to become the starting quarterback at Notre Dame and each was a result of Coach Kelly's belief in me as an athlete and a person," he wrote.

He also thanked the university for the opportunity it already has given him and the opportunity to retain his eligibility in January.

"At this point, I understand how my integrity could be in question but I want to reassure my supporters that through this experience I will return a better student athlete as well as a better individual," Golson said. "Lastly, I want to thank the University of Notre Dame for the opportunity already granted and also the opportunity going forth to regain my eligibility in the winter of 2014."

Golson did not respond to telephone or text messages left by The Associated Press.

Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick declined to elaborate on Golson's situation earlier in the day. Brown said the university would have nothing to add to Golson's statement.

Golson's abrupt exit leaves the Irish unsettled at a position they were hoping would be a strength in 2013. The most likely replacement is Tommy Rees, the 2011 starter who played key roles in four victories last season when Golson either struggled or was injured.

Golson completed 58.8 percent of his passes last year for 2,405 yards with 12 touchdown passes and six interceptions. He also ran for 298 yards and team-high six touchdowns.

Notre Dame also has Andrew Hendrix, a senior with no starts, and freshman Malik Zaire at quarterback.

So now quarterback is question mark for the Irish and Golson's future with Notre Dame is uncertain.

One thing is clear: The good feelings in South Bend produced by the best Notre Dame football season in more than two decades have been muted by everything that has come after 12-0.

It started with an embarrassing 42-14 loss against Alabama in the BCS title game, when the Crimson Tide scored on their first three possessions and jumped to a 35-0 lead.

That was quickly followed by news Kelly had interviewed for the vacant Philadelphia Eagles job the day after the BCS game.

Then the bizarre.

Part Manti Te'o's inspirational story turned out to be the result of an elaborate hoax. The dead girlfriend that supposedly inspired throughout his Heisman Trophy run did not exist. He had been duped and embarrassed.

Since then, it's been a series of smaller setbacks.

In March, Kelly announced Gunner Kiel, one of the top-rated quarterbacks coming out of high school a year ago, was leaving before even trying to challenge Golson for the starter's job during spring practice. Kiel transferred to Cincinnati.

NCAA rules would permit Kiel to return, but texted "I'm a Bearcat" to The (Cincinnati) Enquirer.

Then came reports that standout defensive lineman Eddie Vanderdoes from Auburn, Calif., a five-star recruit who signed a letter of intent in February with Notre Dame, was having second thoughts about playing for the Irish.

Though none of those problems will affect the Irish this season like not having Golson.

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Merkel not scaring off conservative voters, Schaeuble says

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel has not alienated conservative German voters by pushing her Christian Democrats into the center but has instead put the party on course to win for a third straight term in September, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said.

In an interview with Der Spiegel magazine on Sunday, the powerful leader of the CDU's conservative wing made it clear to fellow right wingers they should stop sniping at Merkel if they want to help keep the party in power for four more years.

Schaeuble also ruled out for the first time a "grand coalition" with the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), a right-center alliance that many analysts expect to be the outcome in September. He also ruled out a coalition with the Greens.

Merkel, seeking a third term, has been under fire from the right wing of her CDU for pushing the party away from its conservative roots. Since 2009 the CDU has abandoned conscription, nuclear power and university fees. It is also now opening itself to quotas for women executives and gay rights.

"We're not scaring away anyone," Schaeuble told der Spiegel in a stirring defense of Merkel four months before the election. "On the contrary, the CDU is in a better position right now than ever before and I'm not just talking about opinion polls.

"Merkel's doing a remarkable job," he added, pointing to the political weakness and infighting plaguing conservative parties in France and Britain. "Everyone will tell you that society has changed a lot in the last 20 years. We've got to accept that."

Schaeuble, 70, rejected the suggestion that conservatives feel estranged by Merkel's centrist strategies [ID:nL6N0BQ6HF]

"I also consider myself to be a conservative and I don't know anyone in the CDU who feels estranged by Merkel," he said.

Merkel has high approval ratings although she is viewed skeptically by the right wing of her party. Her popularity has helped the CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), open up a wide lead ahead of the September 22 election.

In a poll published in Bild am Sonntag, the CDU/CSU would win 40 percent, up 1 point in the past week, while the SPD would win 27 percent, also up 1 point. But the CDU/CSU's coalition partners, the Free Democrats, at 4 percent, would fail to win seats in parliament.

The SPD and its preferred center-left partners, the Greens (13 percent), would also fall short of a majority. Analysts expect the CDU/CSU and SPD to form another grand coalition, like the right-center alliance that ruled from 2005 to 2009.

But Schaeuble became the first senior CDU figure to rule a "grand coalition" in the interview published on Sunday - using the threat of an SDP-Greens coalition in power as part of his rallying call.

"We won't form a coalition with anyone - if the center-right doesn't win a majority, then the SPD and Greens will repeat what they did in North Rhine-Westphalia," he said, referring to an inconclusive election in the state in 2010 when the SPD formed a minority coalition with the Greens that got backing from the far left-wing Left party.

He said he was confident the center right would win re-election in September.

(Reporting by Erik Kirschbaum; Editing by Alison Williams)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/merkel-not-scaring-off-conservative-voters-schaeuble-says-135654321.html

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Rocket fired from Lebanon towards Israel: residents

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A rocket was fired from south Lebanon towards Israel on Sunday, Lebanese security sources said, and residents of a northern Israeli town reported hearing a blast.

"An explosion was heard. Soldiers are searching the area. The cause is still being investigated," an Israeli military spokeswoman said. A second Israeli military source said the explosion was probably caused by a mortar.

The incident came amid heightened tensions in the region over Syria's civil war. Damascus has said it will respond to Israeli air strikes earlier this month against suspected Iranian missiles in Syria destined for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

The rocket launch could be heard from the Lebanese town of Marjayoun, about 10 km (six miles) from the Israeli border, residents in the Lebanese town said.

Earlier on Sunday, two rockets were fired into a Shi'ite district of southern Beirut after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah pledged his Shi'ite Muslim guerrilla group would fight in Syria until victory for President Bashar al-Assad.

Assad is battling a two-year rebellion in which the United Nations says at least 80,000 people have been killed.

(Reporting by Karamallah Daher in Marjayoun and Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem; editing by Andrew Roche)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/rocket-fired-south-lebanon-towards-israel-212735309.html

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Obama awards top U.S. honor to girls killed in 1963 racial bombing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama awarded the highest U.S. civilian honor on Friday to four black girls killed in a civil rights-era church bombing 50 years ago, saying their tragic deaths ultimately "helped to trigger triumph."

In a signing ceremony at the White House, marking what he described as "a great moment," Obama awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to 14-year-olds Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, and 11-year-old Denise McNair, who were killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

"That tragic loss, that heartbreak helped to trigger triumph, and a more just and equal and fair America," Obama said

The girls' deaths at the height of conflict over the end to racial segregation were instrumental to the passage of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

"To the families that are here, those who lost daughters, sisters, we just want to express incredible thanks not only for the strength you showed in suffering, but also for your persistence in making sure that we remember those sacrifices," the president said.

In 1963, Alabama was the center of a non-violent civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King Jr. and others that was met with violence from the Ku Klux Klan and state and local officials trying to enforce racial segregation laws.

Those attending the White House ceremony included Birmingham Mayor William Bell and Doug Jones, a former prosecutor who finally brought the last two church bombers to justice in 2001 and 2002.

"We have here a prosecutor who was able to make sure that justice eventually was delivered even if several decades after the fact," Obama said in a tribute to Jones.

Family members of Denise McNair and Carole Robertson also attended.

"We feel that this honor given by Congress means that our great country recognizes the sacrifices made for freedom in our country," Lisa McNair, the 49-year-old sister of Denise McNair, told Reuters.

(Reporting by Verna Gates and Jeff Mason; Editing by Tom Brown and Philip Barbara)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-awards-top-u-honor-girls-killed-1963-222446106.html

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News you can use! : Revelstoke Current

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Special event promotes kids? health ? en anglais et fran?ais

The city?s Francophone school, L??cole des Glaciers, is inviting all members of the community to a special event on Wednesday, May 29, in the Arrow Heights Elementary School gymnasium at 6 pm.

(1950 Park Drive) at 6 pm.

?That?s when La Grande Travers?e group of cyclists will make a bilingual presentation about their national campaign to promote student health,? says Chantale Desmarais told The Current.

?Come and join us!?

The presentation will be bilingual.

?I was the Vice Principal and Coordinator of the International Baccalaureate program at both Rose-des-Vents Elementary School, and Jules-Verne, a new secondary school within the Francophone School Board (CSF) of British Columbia,? Grande Travers?e founder Laurent Brisebois said on the group?s website.

?I found myself fortunate to be able to work in schools with such great students and parents. However, I soon found there was still something missing. It was at that time I made it my goal to promote and implement the following: improve student health and fitness by teaching and promoting healthy habits, as well as to motivate students to get involved in the development of their francophone school environment and cultural enrichment.?

Click here to learn more ? in French and English!

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Blues caravan concert is cancelled

For reasons beyond her control, Performing Arts Centre Manager Miriam Manley says Saturday night?s Blues Caravan concert has been cancelled.

?For people with tickets they can take them to ArtFirst! for a full refund, or hang on to their tickets and exchange them for one of our concerts next season,? she said in an e-mail to The Current.

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Columbia Basin Trust keen to hear your views

What are the challenges in your region? How can these challenges be addressed? CBT wants to hear what you feel are the key social, economic and environmental issues in your region, and invites you to have your say at www.cbt.org/engagement2013 by June 3.

?Over the coming months, CBT is renewing its social, economic and environmental strategic plans,? CBT President ande CEO Neil Muth said in a statement. ?We invite everyone to share their thoughts and ideas to ensure we are considering a wide variety of opinions as we, and others, plan for the years to come.?

This engagement has two steps. First, residents will have an opportunity to respond to six open-ended questions. Next, in a few weeks, participants will be asked to review thoughts and ideas from other residents and assign ?stars? to the ideas they like best. Participant information remains confidential. Finally, CBT will share a final report with all participants.

CBT will be piloting an online engagement tool called THOUGHTstream. An evolution of the typical survey, this tool allows people to contribute individual thoughts on an issue and then arrive at a shared understanding by collectively prioritizing those thoughts.

?This online tool is as easy to use as email, making it accessible to a majority of Basin residents, which means broad public engagement can be done meaningfully and cost-effectively,? Muth said. ?This is an opportunity to nurture mutual understanding?for us to learn from residents and for residents to learn from each other.?

To have your say, visit www.cbt.org/engagement2013. Input is welcome until Sunday, June 3, 2013.

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BC Hydro to provide info about its dams and reservoir water levels?

BC Hydro is hosting an open house to provide information about the operation of its Columbia facilities, in particular Revelstoke and Hugh Keenleyside dams as well as about the expected Arrow Lakes, Revelstoke and Kinbasket reservoirs? water levels during the summer of 2013.

Information will also be available about its capital projects and Columbia River Water Use Plan programs and projects in the area.

The open house is to be held this Monday, May 27, at the Community Centre from 4 until 7 pm.

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Court House roof to be repaired this summer

City Council has awarded a contract to repair the leaky court house roof to a company called Mid-City which had the lowest bid ? $200,245.00 + GST ? for this project.

Two other companies, Flynn Canada and Objective, had bids of $298,651.00 + GST and $298,178.00 + GST, respectively.

Copper was the preferred option for the roof dome repair when Council originally discussed it last year. However, due to budget constraints the Kemper cold process, liquid applied waterproofing membrane was selected. The color cool mint was selected which resembles the copper patina. Warranty on the Kemper product is 20 years, with a life expectancy of 35 + years.

The repairs are expected to be completed by June 15.

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Council approves the 2013 City budget

City Council has approved the 2013 City Budget. All Councillors except Tony Scarcella approved the document.

The budget foresees expenditures of about $20.8 million and revenues of about $22 million.

Click here to read the full budget.

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No room at the inn for the Theatre Company

A request by the Revelstoke Theatre Company that it be permitted to store backdrops, props and other materials at the Centure-Vallens Building has been turned down by City Council.

A report to Council said the building is the largest and most central storage space the City has for storage by the Parks Department, Aquatic Centre, and

The City has received a number of requests over the years by groups to use this storage area and Public Works even budgeted for a new storage building when the old Centennial Pool building was demolished a few years ago. However, that budget item was rejected by Council. The cost of building a new storage building for the City would cost between $75,000 and $100,000, the report said.

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Report explores threats to our drinking water

Residents Robin Brooks-Hill and Virginia Thompson talk with the Columbia Basin Trust?s Jeff Zukiwsky (left), Revelstoke Environmental Coordinator Penny Page-Brittin (left center) and Patti Amison of Golder Associates (right) about the recent Greeley Creek Source Protection Plan, during an open house last week. David F. Rooney photo

?Click here to read the full report on potential threats to our drinking water and ways to beat them.

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?New to Canada? Don?t know where to turn for child care? This workshop can help!

Revelstoke Settlement Services is holding a workshop intended to introduce immigrants to the wide range of child-care services available in Revelstoke.?The workshop is to be held on Thursday, May 10, from 10 am until 11 am at Begbie View Elementary School located at 1001 MacKenzie Avenue.

This is a free workshop and childcare will be provided with very young children. Juice and cookies will be provided after the workshop.

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Source: http://www.revelstokecurrent.com/2013/05/24/news-you-can-use-6/

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New Apple ad kicks competitors right in the music

Turns out that spectacular Photos Every Day ad Apple released last month was just the first in a new series, as today they've introduced Music Every Day and it's every bit as terrific. Like the previous spot, Music Every Day shows people using the iPhone to enjoy music. Many and different people in many and different ways.

It's not caricatures feuding at a wedding, or acting stupidly at a pool party, or rushing to do something or be somewhere they won't even remember a week later. It's people living their lives, and those lives made better in small, constant ways by Apple.

Like Every Day Photos, Every Day Music shot just as beautifully, mixed just as subtly, but this time highlights the iPhone as every bit the inheritor of the iPod, and cultural icon it's become.

I might be overly predisposed to love this spot at the moment, what with all the bitter Apple-is-doomed BS of the last few months, and the cheery but forgettable ads that predated this series, but with both those things as palette cleansers, these last two ads come off especially sweet.

This is an Apple returned to their marketing savvy of old, once again at the height of their commercial powers. Hopefully they keep it up.

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Penguins rip Ottawa 6-2, move to conference finals

PITTSBURGH (AP) ? The Pittsburgh Penguins expected desperation.

Instead, the listless Ottawa Senators offered little more than resignation.

Swarming the Senators from the opening faceoff, Pittsburgh roared to a 6-2 victory Friday night in Game 5 of the Eastern conference semifinals to take the best-of-seven series 4-1.

James Neal picked up his first postseason hat trick as the Penguins capped a five-game onslaught against one of the NHL's best defensive teams to stroll into the conference finals. Pittsburgh scored 22 goals in the series while ending Ottawa's season for the third time in five years.

"We gave them the respect they deserved and we came out and I think we surprised ourselves," Neal said. "We played with a lot of speed and got it behind them and got to the net."

And more importantly, into the net.

Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin and Brenden Morrow also scored, and Tomas Vokoun made 29 saves to help give top-seeded Pittsburgh a few days of rest before facing Boston or the New York Rangers in the conference finals.

The Penguins will take the time off, but considering the way they're rolling at the moment they wouldn't mind if the next round started sooner rather than later.

"We got to our game a lot," Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby said. "The depth we showed, different guys chipping in. The whole way through we didn't have many lulls where we lost momentum at any point."

Certainly not against the overmatched Senators. Milan Michalek and Kyle Turris scored for Ottawa and Craig Anderson stopped 27 shots, but the Senators simply couldn't keep up.

"I hope (the Penguins) don't bill us for the clinic," Ottawa coach Paul MacLean said. "But they really showed the step you have to take to continue to play in the Stanley Cup Playoffs."

The Penguins anticipated taking Ottawa's best shot as the Senators tried to extend their season for at least another 48 hours. It never happened. Not even close.

Outskated, outshot and outworked from the opening faceoff, the Senators put up little resistance as Pittsburgh moved on to the conference finals for the first time since 2009, when the franchise won its third Stanley Cup.

Two more rounds remain, ones that figure to pose a stiffer test than the one the Senators provided. Ottawa destroyed Montreal in the opening round but could never find its footing against Pittsburgh. The series lasted 327 minutes. The Senators led for all of 17.

"We gave them too many freebie chances and you're not going to beat a team like that when they get as many chances as they had," Ottawa forward Jason Spezza said.

The series win was the seventh for the Penguins under coach Dan Bylsma but the first deciding victory to come on home ice. Pittsburgh had gone 0-6 at home in potential series enders, something Bylsma's players insisted was an anomaly.

Pittsburgh made sure a trip to Canada for Game 6 wouldn't be necessary, turning Ottawa forward Daniel Alfredsson into a prophet of sorts. The NHL's longest-tenured captain said the Senators "probably" couldn't rally to win the series after a 7-3 home loss in Game 4 on Wednesday night.

Alfredsson clarified his remarks Thursday, insisting his team still had a chance.

It didn't take long for slim to turn into none, leaving the free agent to be pondering a future that could lead out of Ottawa or out of hockey altogether.

"All I can say is it's been a great year in terms of the group we've had, the adversity we've faced," Alfredsson said. "We became a tight group and stuck together throughout."

Maybe, but the Senators hardly looked together while slogging through the game's first 10 minutes, long enough for Morrow to pay immediate dividends in his return to the lineup.

The veteran forward was scratched from Game 4 in favor of rookie Beau Bennett but appeared re-energized after the night off. He scored his second goal of the playoffs 6:25 into the first period while scoring the kind of goal the Penguins expected out of him when they acquired the 34-year-old from Dallas just before the trade deadline.

Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke beat a Senator to a loose puck along the halfboards then zipped a cross-ice pass to defenseman Mark Eaton. Morrow skated to the net and lifted his stick up to draw Eaton's attention. Eaton patiently waited for Morrow to get in front of the crease before throwing a puck toward the net that deflected off Morrow's skate and into the net.

The goal was held up on review and the Senators found themselves in familiar position: trailing.

Neal scored for the third time in two games when he poked in an idle rebound on the power play to put Pittsburgh up 2-0 7:38 into the second period. Letang followed with a wrist shot over Anderson's glove at the end of a 3-on-2 break to make it 3-0.

Michalek briefly made it competitive with a beautiful deke around Vokoun to pull the Senators to 3-1 with 3:48 left in the second but Malkin scored his fourth goal of the playoffs on a breakaway just before the intermission to restore the three-goal lead.

Ottawa hadn't overcome a deficit bigger than one goal in the postseason and Neal ensured there would be no late meltdown. A pair of sizzling wrist shots in the third period gave him his first career playoff hat trick and sent the Penguins surging into hockey's final four.

As fabulously as Pittsburgh played over the final five periods against the Senators, Neal believes his team's best hockey lay ahead.

"It's something we talked about from Day 1 and each day and each game and you definitely saw it throughout this series," he said. "From Game 1 we liked the way we were playing and we weren't down and it showed."

NOTES: Pittsburgh went 1 for 3 on the power play and improved to 6-0 when it outscores an opponent on special teams in the postseason. ... Ottawa fell to 0-6 in franchise history when it falls behind 3-1 in a series.

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Amanda Bynes freed; says bong was 'a vase'

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Actress Amanda Bynes appeared in court briefly Friday morning after a wild Thursday night confrontation with police at her New York apartment. Bynes was released from police custody until a July 9 court date.

According to NBC New York, Bynes' lawyer told the judge she had never been in any trouble before, and the actress was warned that another arrest or failure to appear would lead to "significant bail." Prosecutors had asked for $1,000 bail on this case but the request was denied, E! Online reports.

In a photo obtained by NBC New York, Bynes , 27, wore a mussed long blond wig for her court appearance. A mug shot revealed close-cropped hair without the wig. Bynes showed off a half-shaved head in photos she shared on Twitter in April.

A doorman in Bynes' Manhattan high-rise reportedly called police Thursday night and said she was smoking marijuana in the building's lobby. When police went to Bynes' 36th floor apartment, they reportedly smelled marijuana and saw the actress throw a bong out the window.

She was taken into custody and charged with tampering with physical evidence, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of marijuana.

Bynes' lawyer denied in court that she threw the bong and said police entered her apartment illegally. Bynes told the police that the glass pipe was "just a vase," The New York Daily News reports. It was not recovered by police.

Bynes is on probation for three years for driving with a suspended license and also has a DUI case pending in southern California.

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BlackBerry 10.2 OS update brings emojis, level 1 notifications plus alarm features

You might still be getting your thumbs around that Q10, or the waiting for that BlackBerry 10.1 update, but already some future tidbits for the platform have come to light. Michael Clewley, product manager at the firm, let slip that version 10.2 of the OS brings with it support for standard unicode emojis, multiple alarms and level 1 notifications (for email). With the 10.2 SDK said to be coming in June, you can expect the update to follow later in the year. Weren't sure what to do with BlackBerry Channels, yet? If you had added Clewley's (PIN C00014277) you'd have got the reveal straight from the man himself.

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Inexpensive, accurate way to detect prostate cancer: At-home urine tests

May 22, 2013 ? Early screening for prostate cancer could become as easy for men as personal pregnancy testing is for women, thanks to UC Irvine research published today in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

After more than a decade of work, UC Irvine chemists have created a way to clearly identify clinically usable markers for prostate cancer in urine, meaning that the disease could be detected far sooner, with greater accuracy and at dramatically lower cost. The same technology could potentially be used for bladder and multiple myeloma cancers, which also shed identifiable markers in urine.

"Our goal is a device the size of a home pregnancy test priced around $10. You would buy it at the drugstore or the grocery store and test yourself," said the study's corresponding author, Reginald Penner, UC Irvine Chancellor's Professor of chemistry. "We're on the verge of a very important breakthrough in a new era of personal health management."

About 240,000 men in the U.S. are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, and 29,000 are expected to die of it in 2013. But current, widely utilized testing does not always catch the disease in its early stages, often yields false positives and can lead to unnecessary, risky treatments.

A recent report concluded that the prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, test can be more harmful than beneficial, although it remains important for detecting recurring prostate cancer. The UC Irvine researchers used a different biomarker, PSMA, and plan to test others to pinpoint if a cancer is growing aggressively or not.

"A big problem is that the approach used now does not catch cancer soon enough," said co-author Gregory Weiss, a UC Irvine biochemist. "We want this to be a disruptive technology that will change how we save lives and that will bring down healthcare costs drastically."

The researchers used a combination of readily available chemicals and unique electronic sensors to create the screening process.

Salt in urine helps conduct electricity but also makes it challenging for typical biosensors to differentiate the "signals" of cancer molecules from "noise" around them in the electrodes. The UC Irvine team developed a new type of sensor: They added nanoscale protein receptors to tiny, pencil-like viruses called phages that live only within bacteria. Double wrapping the phages with additional receptors greatly increases the capture and transmission of cancer molecule signals.

"We add a high concentration of the viruses, and they get trapped directly in the electrode. We're jamming the signal with the cancer marker, and it stays on louder than all the other material," said lead author Kritika Mohan, a graduate student with Weiss' lab. "To our surprise, it works really well in the ingredients that make up urine."

The next step is human clinical trials, which the researchers hope can be conducted fairly quickly since the testing will be noninvasive. The method has been patented and licensed, and a commercial partner has been identified.

Ultimately, the scientists aim to capitalize on related nanowire research to design invisible filaments that could carry cancer signals to a smartphone or other electrical device. Software would notify users whether they're in the safe range or should contact a physician.

Other prostate cancer tests coming to market cost up to $4,000 each. The UC Irvine team made price a key design factor of their work.

"The manufacturing costs would be low, because the material costs are very, very low. The receptors for recognizing the cancer markers are really inexpensive to make. That's why we chose these viruses," Weiss said. "They're grown in a yeasty, brothy solution -- kind of like chicken broth -- that could easily be mixed on a huge scale."

He added that the receptors are also "incredibly tough." They don't need to be refrigerated and can withstand nearly boiling temperatures, meaning the portable tests could be used in myriad weather conditions and storage situations.

UC Irvine graduate students Keith Donavan and Jessica Arter are also study authors.

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Desperate measures for Sony?

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London - Sony admitted on Wednesday it could bow to pressure for a break-up of the Japanese electronics giant.

Kazuo Hirai, the chief executive of the ailing electronics group, said the board would give ?thorough consideration? to a call from billionaire hedge fund manager Dan Loeb for a spin-off of its lucrative music and movies business, Sony Entertainment.

Mr Loeb, whose Third Point hedge fund is Sony's biggest shareholder, argued last week the move would boost the company's shares by up to 60 per cent and free up cash to help its struggling electronics division.

Profits from Sony Entertainment have helped to offset losses from TVs and other consumer devices. The business is home to artists such as Taylor Swift and Beyonc?, films including The Amazing Spider-Man and Skyfall, and the TV show Breaking Bad.

Sony's stock jumped to its highest level in more than two years in the wake of Mr Hirai's admission, closing 5.9 percent up.

The comments came as the Japanese multinational cut its sales targets for digital cameras, smartphones and tablets by 13-17 percent for the year ending March 2015.

Sony moved back into profit for the first time in four years earlier this month thanks to the weaker yen and an aggressive cost-cutting drive that saw it sell its New York headquarters for $1.1bn. - The Independent

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Day 2: Union workers join UC hospital walkout

Workers at University of California hospitals around the state are picketing for a second day over staffing and pension issues.

Day 1: UC hospitals say despite strike, patients are safe

Hospital pharmacists, nursing assistants, operating room scrubs and other health care workers are observing the 48-hour walkout Wednesday as green-shirted picketers march outside medical centers.

There is no clear count of how many union workers have joined the walkout but a spokesman says the numbers are in the thousands.

The strike will end Thursday.

It prompted the postponement of dozens of surgeries on Tuesday but brought reassurances that patients at facilities in San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, San Francisco and Sacramento were safe.

Nurses were not on strike, emergency rooms are open, and about 450 union employees remain in critical jobs under court order.

No major problems are reported.

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New method for producing clean hydrogen

May 21, 2013 ? Duke University engineers have developed a novel method for producing clean hydrogen, which could prove essential to weaning society off of fossil fuels and their environmental implications.

While hydrogen is ubiquitous in the environment, producing and collecting molecular hydrogen for transportation and industrial uses is expensive and complicated. Just as importantly, a byproduct of most current methods of producing hydrogen is carbon monoxide, which is toxic to humans and animals.

The Duke engineers, using a new catalytic approach, have shown in the laboratory that they can reduce carbon monoxide levels to nearly zero in the presence of hydrogen and the harmless byproducts of carbon dioxide and water. They also demonstrated that they could produce hydrogen by reforming fuel at much lower temperatures than conventional methods, which makes it a more practical option.

Catalysts are agents added to promote chemical reactions. In this case, the catalysts were nanoparticle combinations of gold and iron oxide (rust), but not in the traditional sense. Current methods depend on gold nanoparticles ability to drive the process as the sole catalyst, while the Duke researchers made both the iron oxide and the gold the focus of the catalytic process.

The study appears online in the May issue of the Journal of Catalysis.

"Our ultimate goal is to be able to produce hydrogen for use in fuel cells," said Titilayo "Titi" Shodiya, a graduate student working in the laboratory of senior researcher Nico Hotz, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering. "Everyone is interested in sustainable and non-polluting ways of producing useful energy without fossil fuels," said Shodiya, the paper's first author.

Fuel cells produce electricity through chemical reactions, most commonly involving hydrogen. Also, many industrial processes require hydrogen as a chemical reagent and vehicles are beginning to use hydrogen as a primary fuel source.

"We were able through our system to consistently produce hydrogen with less than 0.002 percent (20 parts per million) of carbon monoxide," Shodiya said.

The Duke researchers achieved these levels by switching the recipe for the nanoparticles used as catalysts for the reactions to oxidize carbon monoxide in hydrogen-rich gases. Traditional methods of cleaning hydrogen, which are not nearly as efficient as this new approach, also involve gold-iron oxide nanoparticles as the catalyst, the researchers said.

"It had been assumed that the iron oxide nanoparticles were only 'scaffolds' holding the gold nanoparticles together, and that the gold was responsible for the chemical reactions," Sodiya said. "However, we found that increasing the surface area of the iron oxide dramatically increased the catalytic activity of the gold."

One of the newest approaches to producing renewable energy is the use of biomass-derived alcohol-based sources, such as methanol. When methanol is treated with steam, or reformed, it creates a hydrogen-rich mixture that can be used in fuel cells.

"The main problem with this approach is that it also produces carbon monoxide, which is not only toxic to life, but also quickly damages the catalyst on fuel cell membranes that are crucial to the functioning of a fuel cell," Hotz said. "It doesn't take much carbon monoxide to ruin these membranes."

The researchers ran the reaction for more than 200 hours and found no reduction in the ability of the catalyst to reduce the amount of carbon monoxide in the hydrogen gas.

"The mechanism for this is not exactly understood yet. However, while current thinking is that the size of the gold particles is key, we believe the emphasis of further research should focus on iron oxide's role in the process," Shodiya said.

The Duke team's research was supported by the California Energy Commission and the Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Duke postdoctoral associates Oliver Schmidt and Wen Peng were also part of the research team.

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Full-Time Lecturer, Department of Linguistics (TESOL area), SIU Carbondale Job Code: COLA-703 POSTED: May 22 Salary: Open Location: Carbondale, Illinois Employer: Southern Illinois University Carbondale Type: Full Time - Experienced Categories: Higher Education, Intensive English Programs Preferred Education: Doctorate

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? Responsibilities: 50% of the assigned duties for this full-time position will be in The Center for English as a Second Language (CESL) at SIU Carbondale in the intensive English program. CESL is administratively housed in the Department of Linguistics. Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in TESOL, general linguistics, and intensive English in CESL Advise and mentor students Participate in developing courses and curriculum Develop course materials Evaluate textbooks and materials Participate in department and IEP activities Proctor TOEFL and other diagnostic tests Effective?Date:?August 16, 2013; term position, renewable contingent on performance and departmental need. Application Deadline:?June 7, 2013 or until filled. Application Procedure:??Send application letter, CV, statement of teaching philosophy, three recent (within the past 3 years) letters of recommendation to:? ??? Dr. Elizabeth Klaver, Interim Chair ??? Department of Linguistics ??? Faner 3234? ??? Mail Code 4517 ??? SIU Carbondale ??? 1000 Faner Dr. ??? Carbondale, Illinois 62901 SIU Carbondale is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer that strives to enhance its ability to develop a diverse faculty and staff and to increase its potential to serve a diverse student population. All applications are welcomed and encouraged and will receive consideration.

? Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. at time of application in TESOL, Applied Linguistics, or a related field Two years ESL/EFL experience (TA or faculty) Demonstrated experience in teaching a variety of ESL courses, levels and skills Exceptional English language fluency and communication skills Preferred Qualifications: Expertise in general linguistics topics ESL/EFL teacher training/mentoring skills Course/curriculum development skill and experience Proficiency in a second language International teaching experience Demonstrated willingness to work in new media Dedication to professional development Experience in giving feedback in all ESL skills

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New technique may open up an era of atomic-scale semiconductor devices

May 22, 2013 ? Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating high-quality semiconductor thin films at the atomic scale -- meaning the films are only one atom thick. The technique can be used to create these thin films on a large scale, sufficient to coat wafers that are two inches wide, or larger.

"This could be used to scale current semiconductor technologies down to the atomic scale -- lasers, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), computer chips, anything," says Dr. Linyou Cao, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at NC State and senior author of a paper on the work. "People have been talking about this concept for a long time, but it wasn't possible. With this discovery, I think it's possible."

The researchers worked with molybdenum sulfide (MoS2), an inexpensive semiconductor material with electronic and optical properties similar to materials already used in the semiconductor industry. However, MoS2 is different from other semiconductor materials because it can be "grown" in layers only one atom thick without compromising its properties.

In the new technique, researchers place sulfur and molybdenum chloride powders in a furnace and gradually raise the temperature to 850 degrees Celsius, which vaporizes the powder. The two substances react at high temperatures to form MoS2. While still under high temperatures, the vapor is then deposited in a thin layer onto the substrate.

"The key to our success is the development of a new growth mechanism, a self-limiting growth," Cao says. The researchers can precisely control the thickness of the MoS2 layer by controlling the partial pressure and vapor pressure in the furnace. Partial pressure is the tendency of atoms or molecules suspended in the air to condense into a solid and settle onto the substrate. Vapor pressure is the tendency of solid atoms or molecules on the substrate to vaporize and rise into the air.

To create a single layer of MoS2 on the substrate, the partial pressure must be higher than the vapor pressure. The higher the partial pressure, the more layers of MoS2 will settle to the bottom. If the partial pressure is higher than the vapor pressure of a single layer of atoms on the substrate, but not higher than the vapor pressure of two layers, the balance between the partial pressure and the vapor pressure can ensure that thin-film growth automatically stops once the monolayer is formed. Cao calls this "self-limiting" growth.

Partial pressure is controlled by adjusting the amount of molybdenum chloride in the furnace -- the more molybdenum is in the furnace, the higher the partial pressure.

"Using this technique, we can create wafer-scale MoS2 monolayer thin films, one atom thick, every time," Cao says. "We can also produce layers that are two, three or four atoms thick."

Cao's team is now trying to find ways to create similar thin films in which each atomic layer is made of a different material. Cao is also working to create field-effect transistors and LEDs using the technique. Cao has filed a patent on the new technique.

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Car bombs target Iraqi Shi'ites, killing at least 43

By Kareem Raheem

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 43 people were killed in car bomb explosions targeting Shi'ite Muslims in the Iraqi capital and the southern oil hub of Basra on Monday, police and medics said.

About 150 people have been killed in sectarian violence over the past week and tensions between Shi'ites, who now lead Iraq, and minority Sunni Muslims have reached their highest level since U.S. troops pulled out in December 2011.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Iraq is home to a number of Sunni Islamist insurgent groups, including the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq, which has previously targeted Shi'ites in a bid to provoke a wider sectarian confrontation.

Nine people were killed in one of two car bomb explosions in Basra, a predominantly Shi'ite city 20 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police and medics said.

"I was on duty when a powerful blast shook the ground," said a police officer near the site of that attack in the Hayaniya neighborhood.

"The blast hit a group of day laborers gathering near a sandwich kiosk," he told Reuters, describing corpses littering the ground. "One of the dead bodies was still grabbing a blood-soaked sandwich in his hand."

Five other people were killed in a second blast inside a bus terminal in Saad Square, also in Basra, police and medics said.

In Baghdad, a parked car exploded in a busy market in the mainly Shi'ite eastern district of Kamaliya, killing seven people, police said.

A further 22 people were killed in blasts in Ilaam, Diyala Bridge, al-Shurta, Shula and Sadr City - all areas with a high concentration of Shi'ites.

Iraq's delicate intercommunal fabric has come under increasing strain from the conflict in neighboring Syria, which has drawn Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims from across the region into a proxy war.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's main regional ally is Shi'ite Iran, while the rebels fighting to overthrow him are supported by Sunni Gulf powers Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Iraq says it takes no sides in the conflict, but leaders in Tehran and Baghdad fear Assad's demise would make way for a hostile Sunni Islamist government in Syria, weakening Shi'ite influence in the Middle East.

The prospect of a possible shift in the sectarian balance of power has emboldened Iraq's Sunni minority, embittered by Shi'ite dominance since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein by U.S.-led forces in 2003.

Thousands of Sunnis began staging street protests last December against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, whom they accuse of marginalizing their sect.

A deadly raid by the Iraqi army on a protest camp in the town of Hawija last month ignited a bout of violence that left more than 700 people dead in April, according to a U.N. count, the highest monthly toll in almost five years.

At the height of sectarian violence in 2006-07, the monthly death toll sometimes topped 3,000.

(Additional reporting by Aref Mohammed and Ahmed Rasheed; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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