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Tupelo, Miss (Reuters) – A Mississippi martial arts instructor arrested early yesterday was charged with possession of the biological agent ricin and with attempting to use it as a weapon, the US Department of Justice announced.

(Reuters) Thirteen people were killed and some 65 injured in a prison riot yesterday in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi, local officials said.

TUPELO, Miss., (Reuters) – A Mississippi martial arts instructor was charged on Saturday with attempting to use a biological weapon after a ricin-laced letter was sent to President Barack Obama earlier this month, the U.S.

(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Saturday it had suspended all employee furloughs and that it expects the U.S.

DHAKA (Reuters) – Two factory bosses and two engineers were detained in Bangladesh on Saturday, three days after the collapse of a building where low-cost garments were made for Western brands killed at least 352 people.

ANKARA (Reuters) – If you are looking for one sure way to split public opinion in Turkey, just bring up the word alcohol.

Tupelo, Miss (Reuters) – A Mississippi martial arts instructor arrested early today was charged with possession of the biological agent ricin and with attempting to use it as a weapon, the US Department of Justice announced.

DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh textile workers vented their anger yesterday, burning cars and clashing with police, as the death toll passed 300 following the collapse of a building housing factories that made low-cost garments for Western brands.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City investigators have uncovered a pattern of sexual abuse of children at the prestigious Horace Mann School between the 1960s and 1990s, but the complaints are now too old to prosecute under the statute of limitations, the Bronx District Attorney’s office said yesterday.

BEIJING (Reuters) – China accused the Philippines yesterday of trying to legalise its occupation of islands in the disputed South China Sea, repeating that Beijing would never agree to international arbitration.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama warned Syria yesterday that its use of chemical weapons would be a “game changer” for the United States but made clear he was in no rush to intervene in the civil war there on the basis of evidence he said was still preliminary.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Congress yesterday approved a plan to ease nationwide air-traffic delays caused by federal spending cuts, seeking to calm irritated travellers but sparking a backlash from groups still being hit by budget cuts.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said yesterday that the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad has probably used chemical weapons on a small scale in the country’s civil war, but insisted that President Barack Obama needed definitive proof before he would take action.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Banks and credit card companies can play a crucial role in shutting down human traffickers by flagging the electronic fingerprints they leave behind, according to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.

LONDON/ABUJA (Reuters) – Pirates kidnapped four crew members when they attacked a container ship off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, the vessel’s management company said yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US prosecutors yesterday alleged that a former federal government lawyer helped the Cuban intelligence service recruit a woman who was later sentenced to 25 years in prison for spying.

NICE, France (Reuters) – Police in France and the Netherlands have broken up a smuggling ring that used torpedo-shaped containers, cargo ships and frogmen for years to ship cocaine from South America to Europe’s largest commercial port.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies believe Syria’s government has likely used chemical weapons on a small scale, the White House said on Thursday, but added that President Barack Obama needed “credible and corroborated” facts before acting on that assessment.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The two men suspected of carrying out last week’s deadly Boston Marathon bombing decided after authorities identified them to drive to New York and set off additional explosives in Times Square, New York City officials said on Thursday.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The African Union yesterday brought together for the first time for peace talks Sudan and insurgents fighting government troops in two states bordering South Sudan, in a conflict that has affected almost a million people.