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                  Tropical Storm Activity Report On 01st February 2013 at 05:05 |        | Storm name: |   Felleng (13S) |        | Date [UTC]: |   Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:05:07 +0000 |        | Area: |   Indian Ocean |        | Location: |   -20, 50.5 |        | Speed: |   19 km/h [10 NM] |        | Wind: |   130 km/h [70 NM] |        | Gust: |   157 km/h [85 NM] |        | Category: |   Cyclone II |        | Course: |   195 ° |        | Wave height: |   9 meters [30 feet] |        | Pressure: |    MB |        | Eye diameter: |   0 NM |        | Source: |   JTWC |        | More data: |   read |        | Risk analisys |        | SOON |               |               |      |          |   
  
  
 
 
 
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                 |                                                                               |   01/31/2013  |          |                 |              |                     |                 |                                    |                                   |     |         |    |            | NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Parents and neighbors of the   children killed in last month's Connecticut school shooting   implored state lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday to ban the   powerful rifle and high-capacity magazines used in the massacre. |              |     |                                   |    |            | DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co is recalling 13,680 cars   globally to address potential problems with improperly tightened   suspension bolts and faulty airbags, according to the company   and documents filed with U.S. safety regulators. |              |     |                  |                             |    |            | LONDON (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck off   the coast of Alaska on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey   said. |              |     |                  |                            |     |         |    |            | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chuck Hagel will face tough questions   on Pentagon spending cuts and U.S. relations with Israel and   Iran on Thursday as he faces a deeply skeptical Senate panel   considering his nomination to be President Barack Obama's next   secretary of defense. |              |     |                  |                          |     |         |    |            | MIDLAND CITY, Alabama (Reuters) - A gunman suspected of fatally   shooting an Alabama school bus driver before holing up in an   underground bunker with a young child is a Vietnam veteran with   anti-government views, authorities and an organization that   tracks hate groups said on Wednesday. |              |     |                  |                          |     |         |    |            | PHOENIX (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire in an Arizona office   building following a legal mediation meeting on Wednesday, shooting   dead one man and wounding two other people including a prominent   Phoenix lawyer before fleeing in a car, officials said. |              |     |                  |                             |    |            | LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - New England's once mighty   fishing industry suffered a blow on Wednesday after a council   voted to cut cod fishing quotas by more than 50 percent this   year amidst sharply declining North Atlantic stocks of the bottom-feeder. |              |     |                  |                       |    |            | PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Jurors began deliberating on Wednesday   in the trial of a Somali-born man accused of trying to blow   up a Christmas-tree lighting event in Oregon, after prosecutors   and defense lawyers sparred during closing arguments over his   intent. |              |     |                                                       |    |            | SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A military judge on Wednesday rejected   a defense counsel's arguments over whether Major Nidal Hasan,   who is due to stand trial for the 2009 killing of 13 people   at the army base in Fort Hood, Texas, could face the death penalty   if found guilty. |              |     |                  |                                                                          |     |         |    |            | ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - George Zimmerman will seek to delay   the start of his trial in the shooting death of unarmed black   teenager Trayvon Martin to allow him more time to raise money   for his defense, his attorney said on Wednesday. |              |     |                  |                      |                          |                            |                        |                                            | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today |         |                  |                  |              |                          |                  |                                            | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today |         |                  |                  |          |              | » MORE NEWSLETTERS |            |                  |     |              |               |         
          
          
 
 
 
          
      
 
 
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