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BBC
Imran Khan blames rival for killing: Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan's PTI party, is blaming one of his political rivals for the killing of PTI official Zahra Shahid Hussain.
Syria army 'storms' rebel-held town: Syrian government forces surround the rebel town of Qusair with opposition activists saying at least 16 people have been killed.
Lennon guitar sells for $408,000: A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles in 1967 fetches $408,000 (£269,000) at auction in New York.
Tunisia police clash with Islamists: Tunisian police clash with hundreds of supporters of the radical Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia defying attempts to bar a gathering.

CBC
Spectator killed at Edmonton Jeep event :

A 20-year-old woman died Saturday during an event for Jeep enthusiasts held in a parking lot just west of downtown Edmonton.

Rescue attempt over for New Brunswick fishermen:

The rescue attempt for two missing fishermen has been called off in New Brunswick, hours after one body was found.

1 person hurt after trains collide near Medicine Hat:

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is deploying a team to the site of a two-train collision east of Medicine Hat.

New York Times Science
Joseph Farman, 82, Is Dead; Discovered Ozone Hole: Mr. Farman’s single-minded and at times officially derided study of atmospheric changes in the Antarctic led to one of the most important environmental discoveries of the 20th century

Prototype: At Ministry of Supply, Teamwork in Making High-Tech Apparel: Two groups of M.I.T. entrepreneurs were working on similar ideas for high-tech clothing. But instead of becoming rivals, they combined their efforts into a single, growing company

State of the Beaches: Rebuilding the Coastline, but at What Cost?: Beach nourishment projects will restore shorelines but require expensive upkeep and affect ecosystems; federal taxpayers will foot the bill

State Of the Beaches: In Rockaways, Racing the Clock to Repair the Beach: Hurricane Sandy left the parks department with the onerous task of having the beach ready for a Memorial Day weekend opening

Mountain of Petroleum Coke From Oil Sands Rises in Detroit: Refining Canada’s petroleum-soaked oil sands produces petroleum coke, and the question of what to do with it has found at least one answer in Detroit, where a large coke pile covers an entire city block

Visualizing Science

The structure of a ketone crystal is revealed with crossed polarizers. The crystal rotates the plane of polarization of the light differently for different colors in different regions. Photo by Manfred Kage, 1968.

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