(Reuters) - The United States on Saturday equaled the record for deaths from tornadoes in a single year with 519 killed in 2011, and more than a month still to go in the tornado season, The National Weather Service said.
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
2011 equals deadliest U.S. tornado year on record | Reuters
Grocery chain expands $1-a-gallon gas discount - Yahoo! News
CINCINNATI – The Kroger Co. is pumping up its fuel discount program, more than tripling the number of grocery stores where regular shoppers can get up to a $1-a-gallon discount on a tankful of gas.
The nation's largest traditional grocery chain has pointed to the fuel discounts as an increasingly successful way to build sales as U.S. households see a rising share of their spending going to gas. Kroger officials said Friday the increase from a maximum 10 cents off per gallon to $1 has rolled out in markets such as Atlanta and Phoenix in time for Memorial Day weekend travel.
Loyalty-card users get 10 cents off a gallon for every $100 spent on groceries. The deal had been capped at 10 cents per fill-up in most markets.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
FT.com / Middle East & North Africa - G8 offers $20bn to aid Arab democracies
Tunisia and Egypt could be offered more than $20bn in international loans if they continue their transformation into “democratic and tolerant societies”, the leaders of the world’s richest countries announced on Friday.
In a gesture of western solidarity, Tunisia and Egypt were invited to the Group of Eight summit in Deauville, where a draft final communiqué declared: “Democracy lays the best path to peace, stability, prosperity, shared growth and development.”
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