By Greg Flakus Houston 02 July 2007 Flooded streets in Gainesville, Texas, 18 Jun 2007 More than two weeks of heavy rains have produced floods in a large area of the central United States. From central Texas to Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, rivers h

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1. The US Geological Survey has recorded ten aftershocks following a 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Oklahoma. There were reports of building cracks and other damage but no injuries. 2. The head of Connecticut's largest utility says it will get close to

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1. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the government will pursue questions about the electronics on Toyotas that could potentially have sudden and dangerous acceleration. The head of Toyota sales in US testified yesterday about recent Toyota re

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1. President Barack Obama is meeting with Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The two met for several hours at the White House with Iran's nuclear program being a major discussion point. Netanyahu said Israel is a sovereign nation with the rig

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Additional evacuation has been ordered as the remanents of tropical storm Lee send the Susquehanna river near record levels. Everyone in the small town in Maryland has been ordered to leave as along with tens of thousands of people in central NY and

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Topic 1-Chinas central bank steps up efforts to create digital currency Contactless payments, alipay, WeChat wallet, Apple Pay the digital world is turning quickly to electronic money, with cheques and now cash on the endangered list. Recently China'

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