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　　The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah battled Syrian rebels in Lebanese territory today. Hezbollah supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In a Lebanese TV interview, Assad says Russia is still planning to supply weapons to his government. The BBC’s Jonathan Marcus has more.

 

　　Recent successes of the battle field, direct military supports from his Lebanese ally Hezbollah, renew the vision within opposition, a new weaponry from Russia means it’s not quite in the battle the Syrian president that Western powers were hoping to force onto the negotiating table. Mr. Assad shouted confident, he said the Russians were still committed to sending him advanced anti-aircraft missile. But he’s sort of not sure in what he said, that they have been delivered. He warned Israel again any further air attacks against Syria. in wilde open to attend a peace conference in Geneva, he stressed that any peace deal would have to be put to a referendum. The BBC’s Jonathan Marcus.

 

　　A delegation of US congress members said today their fact finding mission to Russia found nothing specific that could have been done to help to prevent the Boston Marathon bombings. NPR’s Corey Fintoff reports that congress members spoke today at the US embassy in Moscow.

 

　　California republican Dana Rohrabacher is leading the 6-member delegation which came to Russia to see whether the FBI have done all that it could with information provided by the Russian Security Services about Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Rohrabacher says his group has producted meetings with Russian lawmakers and security officials. The group was joining by activist Steven Seagal, who’s critic with helping arrange some of the meetings. Seagal has recently visited Russian President Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya. Rohrabacher says the US Russia need to cooperate more on security issues. He says both countries are threatened by radical Islamist. Corey Fintoff NPR News, Moscow.

 

　　Three storm chasers were among the ten people killed during the outbreak of tornadoes in Oklahoma on Friday. NPR’s Eyder Peralta reports, veteran storm chasers Tim Samaras and his 24-year-old son Paul, and his friend Carl Young were caught at large tornado and died.

 

　　In interviews, Samaras often said his love affairs of tornadoes began when he was 6 years old. He was instantly miserified by the circle and the witz storm Kansas and the x x . Later in life, he became an engineer designing instruments to understand tornadoes better. Just last month, Samaras captured the formation of a tornado in South Central Kansas for National Geography. At one point, he steps out the vehicle. The wind is wiping. The sun is setting And the funnel is dancing. And Samaras is in all. “An amazing sight. Wah!” Samaras‘ brother announced his death in the message John Facebook. He said all three men died “doing what they love”. Samaras was 55 years old. Eyder Peralta, NPR News.

 

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　　There’re wildfires burning in the west. In the Mexico center face it’s under a smoky hearth as crule battle fire not far from city. It’s uncontained and has spread to a mountain square miles. Officials have evacuated people for about 140 homes. In California, another wildfire is forced the evacuation about 100 homes and two communities north of Los Angles. The Angeles National Forest fire has grown to nearly 41 square miles, it destroyed five buildings. That fire is about 20% contained.

 

　　An American woman freed after more than a week in the Mexican jail on suspicion of drug smuggling. She’s still recovering from her ordeal. NPR’s Alison Keyes reports.

 

　　Yanira Maldonado returned to her Arizona home yesterday after the judge determined she is not suspected of smuggling 12 pounds of marijuana onto a bus. A surveillance video showed she and her husband getting onto the bus with just a purse, blanket and a bottle of water. Her brother-in-law Brandon Klippel says the family is doing great than similar what they have been through.

 

　　The thing is you don't go from the beginning of the week concrete dirty sheets. It’s just perfect that we pray for her.

 

　　He says the family will need time to heal together when cooperate. Maldonado was a naturalized US citizen who were born in Mexico. Alison Keyes, NPR News.

 

　　The creator of wind-powered whirlgigs has died in Carolina. Vollis Simpson was 94. He built the whirlgigs pieces of art recycle heating and air-conditions systems that turned and tolled in the winds. Simpson worked to cut thousands of tiny pieces that were also shown with lights fell on them. Some of the whirlgigs were 50 feet and weigh three tons. The North Carolina House has approved the measures making whirlgigs the state official falcon.

 

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