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Mar 18, 2013

USA TODAY - Cyprus delays vote on tax raid on savings, Mar 18, 2013

"NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A vote on a bailout package for Cyprus that includes an immediate tax on all savings accounts has been postponed until Tuesday evening. Yiannakis Omirou, the speaker of Parliament, said the delay was needed to give the government time to amend the deal reached over the weekend that prompted an outcry from those who thought their money was safe."
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FOX NEWS- Bat-eating spiders are everywhere, study finds, Mar 18, 2013

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 "There's only one place in the world to escape bat-catching spiders: Antarctica. These arachnids ensnare and pounce on bats everywhere else in the world, researchers say. Bats rank among the most successful groups of mammals, with the more than 1,200 species of bats comprising about one-fifth of all mammal species. Other than owls, hawks and snakes, bats have few natural enemies. Still, invertebrates — creatures without backbones — have been known to dine on bats. For instance, giant centipedes in a cave in Venezuela were seen killing and eating bats, and the arachnids known as whip spiders were spotted feeding on dead bats in caves of the Caribbean. Cockroaches have been observed feeding on bat pups that have fallen to the floor of caves."
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AFR. com - Cyprus moves to soften bank account tax, Mar 18, 2013

Cyprus moves to soften bank account tax
 "Berlin| Europe is bracing for renewed turmoil as outrage in Cyprus over an unprecedented levy on bank deposits threatens to derail the nation’s bailout. Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, who bowed to demands by euro zone finance ministers to raise €5.8 billion by taking a piece of every bank account in Cyprus, has appealed to legislators in Nicosia to ratify the levy. A vote was delayed from Sunday over the opposition of the European Central Bank amid talks to restructure the levy. While Cyprus accounts for less than half a per cent of the 17-nation euro economy, the raid on bank accounts risks triggering new convulsions in the financial crisis that began in 2009 in Greece. Moody’s Investors Service said the move was a significant step towards limiting support for bank creditors across Europe and showed that policy makers would risk financial market disruptions to avoid sovereign defaults."
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BAILY MAIL - Indiana jet crash: Two killed as private plane smashes into South Bend neighborhood, Mar 18, 2013

Crash-landed: A private jet came to rest inside a house after crashing into a neighborhood in South Bend, Indiana, on Sunday evening
"A young boy miraculously escaped serious injury when a private jet crashed through his house this evening, killing two people and sending three to the hospital. Neighbors say the child received only a scratch on his head as the Beechcraft Premier I twin-jet slammed through a neighborhood in South Bend, Indiana - plowing through two houses before coming to a rest upside-down in the middle of a third. The jet was landing at South Bend Regional Airport after a flight from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Four people were aboard the plane at the time. Two were killed. Two were injured, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Roland Herwig told MailOnline. "
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BRISBANE TIMES - Israel dresses up for Obama's visit but it's shaping up as all show and little else, Mar 18, 2013

The only way is up: There are low ecpectaions ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to Jerusalem.
 "The flowerbeds along King David Street in downtown Jerusalem are blooming and the road markings have been freshly painted as the city continues its meticulous sprucing in preparation for the visit of US President Barack Obama this week. On the other side of Israel's separation wall, Palestinians have been preparing for a different kind of greeting. Huge billboards that line the dusty road leading into the West Bank city of Ramallah highlight the daily challenges Palestinians face after four decades living under Israel's military occupation. ''President Obama, don't bring your smartphone to Ramallah … We have no 3G in Palestine!'' Another billboard reads: ''President Obama, please make sure to come early to your meeting in Ramallah. It may take you two hours to cross Qalandia checkpoint.'' The Qalandia checkpoint, the scene of frequent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces, is the main crossing between Jerusalem and the West Bank and has hours-long delays that make reaching employment, medical appointments and family gatherings challenging for Palestinians."
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NPR - After Helicopter Jail Break, Two Cons Recaptured In Canada, mMar 18, 2013

 "It was a real "James Bond moment," witness Francis Emond tells CNN. And just like in the movies, the bad guys have been tracked down and brought to justice. Sunday around 2:20 p.m. ET a helicopter, which may have been highjacked, swooped down over a prison about a half-hour northwest of Montreal. Two convicts, 36-year-old Benjamin Hudon-Barbeau and 33-year-old Danny Provencal, climbed up ropes and into the chopper, as the CBC reports."
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