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Crane survivor search…Dalai Lama wants Tibet probe…Cheney to Mideast
NEW YORK (AP) Rescue crews in New York City have worked through the night, scouring the rubble left behind following yesterday’s crane collapse in an effort to locate potential survivors. Four people were killed and ten more hurt when the 19-story crane came down.
ATLANTA (AP) National Weather Service officials will be in rural northwest Georgia today to determine if a Tornado hit there yesterday. Two people were killed by severe storms that rolled through the area a day after a tornado hit downtown Atlanta Friday.
DHARMSALA, India (AP) The Dalai Lama is pushing for an international investigation into China’s ongoing crackdown against protesters in Tibet. Chinese police and soldiers are patrolling the streets of Tibet’s capital city two days after deadly riots against Chinese rule.
Washington (AP) Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to leave today on a 10-day trip to the Middle East. Fears of Iran’s rising influence in the region is expected to be a key topic during his stops in four countries and the Palestinian territories.
international space station (AP) Astronauts aboard the international space station have completed a successful spacewalk to attach a pair of 11-foot arms to the station’s new robot. It’s designed to help spacewalking astronauts once complete.

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