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Korean Air boss nut allergy –
Cho Hyun-ah, a Korean Air executive, is under investigation over claims she delayed a plane over the way she was served nuts. Ms Cho, a vice-president of the firm and daughter of the Korean Air president demanded the removal of a crew member from a flight for failing to serve nuts on a plate, forcing the Incheon-bound flight to taxi back to the terminal in New York.

London mayor asked to pay tax in US –
The new American ambassador in London, Matthew Barzun, says London Mayor Boris Johnson should settle a six-figure tax bill in the US on profits on the sale of his home in London in 2009. The London Mayor, who was born in New York and has dual citizenship, revealed last month that he is being pursued by the US tax authorities.
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London mayor asks US embassy to pay charges in London –
Previously Boris Johnson has praised the new ambassador for his diplomatic abilities but wants him get the US to pay the £6 million outstanding in congestion charges run up by diplomats which the embassy refuses to pay.

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Business and economy

• Merck agrees to buy “superbug“-fighter Cubist Pharmaceuticals for $9.5 billion. (FOX Business)

Disasters and accidents

• Typhoon Hagupit
  • The Philippine Red Cross estimates 27 people killed in Eastern Samar province with 15 in Borongan. (Reuters via Trust)
• Two raging fires in Los Angeles destroy a massive residential complex under construction, heavily damage a building undergoing renovations, and snarl rush hour traffic. (The Hollywood Reporter)
• A small plane crashes into a house in the American town of Gaithersburg, Maryland near Washington, D.C. with 5 people dead. (Sky News)

International relations

• The United Nations seeks $16.4 billion to fund humanitarian assistance programs in 2015 with Syria, Iraq, Sudan andSouth Sudan the areas of greatest need. (New York Times)

Law and crime

• May 2014 Ürümqi attack:
  • A Chinese court sentences eight people to death for their role in two deadly attacks in Xinjiang. (AFP via Daily Mail)
• Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme:
  • A U.S. District Judge sentences the back office director, Daniel Bonventre, to ten years. (Reuters via FOX Business)
• The US Supreme Court rejects BP‘s challenge to their Deepwater Horizon gulf oil spill settlement. (Reuters via FOX Business)
• United States President Barack Obama unveils new limits on racial profiling. These new limits outlaw profiling based on race, gender, ethnicity, nationality, religion, or sexual orientation. (NPR)

Politics and elections

• The Israeli Knesset votes to dissolve itself with new elections called for March 17.

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