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At least fourteen dead in Alabama tornado – sheriff

(Reuters) – At least fourteen people, some of them children, died after a tornado swept through Lee County, Alabama yesterday, destroying numerous homes and leaving a death toll that could rise as rescuers sift through the rubble, Sheriff Jay Jones said.

Brazil’s Vale to dismiss CEO after fatal dam burst -source

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA is dismissing Chief Executive Fabio Schvartsman, as well as several other high-ranking employees, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters yesterday, after one of its mining dams burst in January killing hundreds.

Rights groups urge release of more Nicaragua prisoners

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – Human rights advocates yesterday urged Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega to free 566 people still in custody that the opposition considers political prisoners following an initial release of detainees from a simmering political crisis.

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