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• At least 19 UN-affiliated personnel killed in Ethiopian crash: agency chief

  10-03-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 19 affiliated with the United Nations were among those killed in the crash Sunday of an Ethiopian Airlines jet near Addis Ababa, according to the UN migration agency chief.Authorities said all 157 people on board were killed when the Boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa on a flight to Nairobi, where the UN conference was being held."Early indications are that 19 staff members of UN affiliated organizations perished," said International Organization for Migration hea
  
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• Captain Marvel Has Massive Opening

  10-03-2019 23:11 via gamespot.com
  
  The newest Marvel film, Captain Marvel, opened this past weekend and it enjoyed a massive, record-breaking debut at the box office. According to Deadline, the movie made $153 million in the United States and Canada, with a further $302 million coming in from international markets. Globally, Captain Marvel made $455 million for its first weekend. The domestic haul of $153 million represents the third-biggest debut for a movie in March in the history of film, only behind Beauty and the Beast ($174
  
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• WWE Fastlane: Match Card, Live Results, And Updates Of The 2019 PPV

  10-03-2019 22:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Before we can get to WWE's biggest show of the year, Wrestlemania, we have to make a pitstop at Fastlane. Traditionally, this PPV has been a "stay the course" type of show where nothing big happens. However, this year, Fastlane is building on solid storylines that are leading into Wrestlemania.First and foremost, everyone wants to see Becky Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey at Mania. However, considering the story with Lynch kayfabe suspended, she'll have to beat Charlotte Flair at Fastlane in order to rec
  
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• WWE Fastlane Final Results And Updates: The Shield Has Dynamite Reunion At 2019 PPV

  10-03-2019 22:50 via gamespot.com
  
  The final PPV before Wrestlemania, WWE's Fastlane, has come and gone, and it was a roller coaster of a ride throughout the evening. From the Shield reuniting in what turned out to be a very fun match to a weird Ronda Rousey interference, there was certainly high and low points throughout the evening. You can check out the final results of the show and all the matches below.Before we can get to WWE's biggest show of the year, Wrestlemania, we have to make a pitstop at Fastlane. Traditionally, thi
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims capitalism is ‘irredeemable’

  10-03-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that she thinks capitalism is “irredeemable”.Ms Ocasio-Cortez made the comment during an interview at South by Southwest in Austin, where she said that the US should be “scared” that corporations had taken over the country.“Capitalism is an ideology of capital — the most important thing is the concentration of capital and to seek and maximise profit,” Ms Ocasio-Cortez said during a question and answe
  
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• New R. Kelly sex abuse tape discovered: lawyer

  10-03-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Kelly is currently on bail after being accused of sexually abusing four women, including three teenagers, between May 1998 and January 2010.The latest discovery was announced by lawyer Gloria Allred at a press conference where she told journalists it was found by couple Gary and Sallie Dennis in a box of old VHS cassettes at their home.Neither Allred nor Dennis elaborated on how the tape came to be in the couple's possession.
  
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• Wildlife World Zoo says it won't put down jaguar that attacked a woman taking a photo

  10-03-2019 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The attack reportedly took place about 6:40 p.m. Saturday at the Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield Park, Arizona.
  
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• Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crashes killing all 157 on board

  10-03-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa Sunday, killing all eight crew and 149 passengers on board, including tourists, business travellers and UN staff.Ethiopia declared a national day of mourning for Monday amid a global stream of condolences for loved ones, many of whom gathered in tears at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
  
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• Jana Kramer to daughter: No 'drunken, one-night-stand first-time sex'

  10-03-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The "One Tree Hill" alum talked how she'll tell her daughter, now 3, about first-time sex and sharing her own first time. She also shared fertility woes.
  
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• 'We hope he learned his lesson,' Pelosi says of report Trump wants $8.6B more for wall

  10-03-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer warned the new request would suffer the same fate as the $5.7 billion demand.
  
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• Devil May Cry 5 Guide: Tips On How To Find And Complete Every Secret Mission

  10-03-2019 21:56 via gamespot.com
  
  The Secret Missions of DMC5
  As is tradition, Devil May Cry 5 features a series of secret challenges tucked away in several of the game's main missions. Some of these are easy enough to finish in a single attempt, but there are others that will put your combat skills and patience to the test. In this guide, we're breaking down where to find all of Devil May Cry 5's secret missions and how to complete them.Unlike past DMC games, which often used obscure notes to signify the location of a secret mi
  
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• Iran's Zarif in Iraq ahead of president's visit

  10-03-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in Baghdad to prepare the ground for his country's president, Hassan Rouhani, who will begin his first official visit to Iraq on Monday.Baghdad has been under pressure from Washington to limit ties with its neighbour, particularly after the United States withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal and hit Tehran with sanctions.Speaking in a joint press conference with Iraq's top diplomat Mohammed Ali al-Hakim, Zarif said Sunday they had held "very
  
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• At least five more tornadoes cause damage across South; two injuries reported

  10-03-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities were assessing storm damage after tornadoes were confirmed in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi.
  
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• After Second New Boeing Airplane Goes Down, Experts Voice Concerns — But Answers Will Be a Long Time Coming

  10-03-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  "It's an eye opener"
  
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• Decline in readers, ads leads hundreds of newspapers to fold

  10-03-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  WAYNESVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Five minutes late, Darrell Todd Maurina sweeps into a meeting room and plugs in his laptop computer. He places a Wi-Fi hotspot on the table and turns on a digital recorder. The earplug in his left ear is attached to a police scanner in his pants pocket.
  
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• With 18 Canadians dead, Trudeau calls Ethiopia crash 'devastating'

  10-03-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday deplored the "devastating news" that 18 Canadian nationals were among the 157 people killed in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner."Devastating news from Ethiopia this morning," Trudeau said on Twitter.
  
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• Get paid for your data? California governor wants tech companies to show you the money

  10-03-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Gov. Gavin Newsom is considering a bill that would compensate users for their data, but critics warn it could be complicated.
  
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• Dozens protest statue in defeated Syria cradle of uprising

  10-03-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Dozens of people demonstrated Sunday in the defeated cradle of Syria's uprising against a statue of the late father of the president being reinstated eight years after protesters demolished it.President Bashar al-Assad's forces secured full control of Daraa from rebels in July, in a massive blow to the country's ill-fated revolt that erupted in the southern city."We protested in a number of streets... denouncing a statue of Hafez al-Assad being erected in the centre of Daraa," a protester told A
  
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• US-backed Syrian fighters resume attack on Islamic State

  10-03-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian fighters resumed their offensive on the last pocket held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria on Sunday, lighting the skies over the besieged village as artillery shelling and heavy gunfire rang out in the distance.
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Beto O’Rourke Steal Some Thunder From 2020 Democrats

  10-03-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Eight 2020 Democratic hopefuls took the stage at the annual South by Southwest cultural festival in Austin, Texas, over the weekend, attempting to broaden their appeal and test their message with a millennial-heavy audience.New York Representative Ocasio-Cortez and O’Rourke, a former Texas representative, each commanded huge crowds and dominated the conference buzz.O’Rourke made a widely expected “surprise” appearance at the premier of a documentary about his close but ul
  
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• Duke Nukem Devs Unveil A New Shooter That's Straight Out Of The 90's

  10-03-2019 20:19 via gamespot.com
  
  3D Realms, the creators of Duke Nukem and the original Prey, have whole-heartedly embraced its past as old-school game developers. With Ion Maiden still in the wings, a throwback game that strongly emulates old-school shooters, the team at 3D Realms have more plans for another return trip to the past, strengthening the studio's belief that there's more to be said about games from a particular era. In the upcoming Wrath: Aeon of Ruin--launching this summer on PC-- it channels the same sense of ac
  
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• Diver ends up in mouth of massive Bryde's whale off South Africa coast: 'I don't think I had a whale of a time'

  10-03-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  "I don't think I had a whale of a time. I now have the inside knowledge of a whale which nobody else has," Rainer Schimpf said.
  
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• California man arrested after dousing neighbor’s door in diesel

  10-03-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  A California man was arrested after dousing his neighbor’s door in diesel because he ‘saw a ghost.’
  
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• Devil May Cry 5 Tips: There's A Hidden Weapon That's Very Easy To Miss Out On

  10-03-2019 19:43 via gamespot.com
  
  The Legendary Bounty Hunter Dante has his largest arsenal of weapons yet in Devil May Cry 5. Along with his old favorites including Rebellion and his twin handguns, he'll also find new armaments including a demonic hat that uses red orbs as ammunition, and a powerful motorcycle that transforms into massive chainsaw swords. However, there's one weapon in the game that can be very easy to miss, opening up access to a set of firearms, that when combined together, form one of the game's most powerfu
  
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• A Chicago police officer is in critical condition after being shot while serving a warrant

  10-03-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The officer was shot in the shoulder while serving a warrant, a 19-year-old woman is in custody.
  
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• Trump adviser: some time may pass before a third North Korea summit

  10-03-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Speaking on ABC, John Bolton said the United States has no illusions about North Korea's capabilities, but Trump remains confident in his personal relationship with the North Korean leader.Bolton's comments came after two U.S. think tanks and Seoul's spy agency said last week that North Korea was rebuilding a rocket launch site at Sohae in the west of the country.There have also been reports from South Korea's intelligence service of new activity at a factory at Sanumdong near Pyongyang that pro
  
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• Taxes 2019: How long should I keep my tax returns?

  10-03-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  How long you should keep tax returns and supporting documents depends on your tax situation and when the audit period of limitations runs out.
  
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• Devil May Cry 5 Tips: How To Get The Secret Ending In Short Time

  10-03-2019 19:17 via gamespot.com
  
  In Devil May Cry 5, you'll need to up your skills in combat to see some of the game's most exciting and satisfying moments. Just like in previous games in the series, Capcom's action game features some hidden secrets to uncover, and they'll require players to put their skills to the test in order to unlock them. Though in a slight change from past games, which feature post-credits easter eggs at game's end, Devil May Cry 5's secret ending can be seen during the opening mission of the game.In the
  
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• Google sifting through one billion health questions each day

  10-03-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Google wants to harness the billion health-related questions people ask it every day to provide better healthcare, despite criticism that the Search giant has played a role in spreading dangerous misinformation about measles vaccinations. Google Health boss David Feinberg said that around 7 per cent of Google’s daily searches were health related, equivalent to 70,000 every minute. “People are asking us about conditions, medication, symptoms and insurance questions,” he sai
  
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• Trump to Seek $8.6 Billion for Wall, Set Up New Budget Fight

  10-03-2019 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The president’s proposal asks for an additional $5 billion in funding for the Department of Homeland Security and $3.6 billion in new military construction funds, plus an additional $3.6 billion to replace previously appropriated funding that Trump wants to use for the wall, according to a senior administration official, who requested anonymity to discuss the plan ahead of its release.The request is in addition to the funds that Trump is hoping to allocate through executive action after de
  
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• US-backed Syrian forces resume assault on last IS redoubt

  10-03-2019 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  US-backed forces said Sunday time was up for Islamic State group jihadists hunkering down in their eastern Syrian holdout and resumed their assault on the pocket.The extremists once ruled over millions in a swathe of Syria and Iraq, but they have since lost all that land except for a riverside encampment in the village of Baghouz.The Syrian Democratic Forces has slowed down its months-long campaign against IS in recent weeks to allow civilians and surrendering jihadists out from their shrinking
  
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• Trump to demand extra $3bn for border wall from congress, White House officials reveal

  10-03-2019 18:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump plans on asking congress for $8.6bn (£6.6bn) to build a wall on the US southern border in 2020, a figure that far surpasses previous allocations for the project, according to reports.The president’s new demand is six times what was allocated earlier this year for the wall, and six per cent more than what he has sought to reallocate with his emergency declaration.“It gives the president the ability to say he has fulfilled his commitment to gain operational control o
  
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• Factbox: Deal, no deal or delay - How will UK parliament decide on Brexit?

  10-03-2019 18:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Lawmakers will this week decide how and when Britain should leave the European Union in a series of votes that could determine the country's prosperity for decades to come.With Britain due to leave the EU on March 29, and no agreed direction for the world's fifth-largest economy to take, Prime Minister Theresa May will ask lawmakers to vote on up to three possible outcomes.If the deal is rejected, lawmakers will vote on Wednesday on whether the government should pursue a no-deal exit.
  
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• Nvidia nears deal to acquire Mellanox Technologies: source

  10-03-2019 18:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Chipmaker Nvidia Corp is nearing a deal to acquire peer Mellanox Technologies Ltd for more than $7 billion in cash, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday.Nvidia has outbid Intel Corp in the auction for Mellanox and could announce a deal as early as Monday, the person said.Nvidia and Mellanox did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
  
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• 8 Americans among 157 dead after Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes after takeoff

  10-03-2019 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The flight with 157 people thought to be on board crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday from Ethiopia’s capital headed to Nairobi, the airline said.
  
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• Range of patriotic sarees released as Indian election date set

  10-03-2019 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The saree is being deployed as the latest political weapon in India’s elections as the world’s largest democracy prepares to go to the polls. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unveiled a collection of “political sarees”, hoping the women’s garments will act as mobile billboards for voters making up their minds in coming weeks. India’s election commission announced on Sunday that the country’s electorate, numbering over 900 million, w
  
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• NRA targets Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in scathing attack, labelling her a 'self-absorbed socialist darling'

  10-03-2019 18:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The National Rifle Association has launched a scathing attack on Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, branding the congresswoman a “self-absorbed socialist darling”.Grant Stinchfield, who is a host on the TV channel of the largest gun lobbying group in America, said Ms Ocasio-Cortez made him “sick”.Mr Stinchfield, a self-described “firearms enthusiast”, hit out at the Democrat for criticising the war in Afghanistan.
  
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• With shrouded faces, Islamic State fighters stand guard over final enclave

  10-03-2019 18:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of people - many of them the wives of Islamic State fighters and their children - have been streaming out of the besieged enclave at Baghouz for weeks, forcing the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to delay an assault on the last vestige of the jihadists' territorial rule.Reuters TV footage of the Islamic State-controlled frontline shows armed militants, most with only their eyes visible, supervising the evacuations from a scrubby patch of agricultural land scattered with vehi
  
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• Paul Manafort did not live 'an otherwise blameless life': Terry Moran on sentencing

  10-03-2019 18:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas and Senior National Correspondent Terry Moran discuss the latest in the Mueller probe, including Paul Manafort's sentence of less than four years.
  
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• Tibet supporters in India mark 60 years since uprising

  10-03-2019 18:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Huge crowds gathered at the Dalai Lama's temple in India Sunday to commemorate 60 years since the failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule that drove the spiritual leader into exile.Supporters of the 83-year-old peace icon chanted and prayed at the Buddhist shrine in mountainous Dharamsala, where the Dalai Lama established a government-in-exile after fleeing a deadly Chinese crackdown in Tibet in 1959.Devotees in the Indian hill station the Dalai Lama has called home for six decades waved Ti
  
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• Palestinian president meets Israeli left-wing leader

  10-03-2019 18:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas met the leader of Israel's left-wing Meretz party in Ramallah on Sunday and both called for peace efforts to resume.Meretz leader Tamar Zandberg made the trip to the occupied West Bank as she campaigns ahead of Israel's April 9 elections.While Israeli politics has moved firmly to the right in recent years, Meretz has doubled down on left-wing policies, including a two-state solution with the Palestinians and progressive social policies.
  
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• Democracy, DPRK style: North Korea holds election

  10-03-2019 18:07 via news.yahoo.com
  North Koreans went to the polls Sunday for an election in which there could be only one winner.Leader Kim Jong Un's ruling Workers' Party has an iron grip on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as the isolated, nuclear-armed country is officially known.Every five years it holds an election for the rubber stamp legislature, known as the Supreme People's Assembly.
  
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• Rouhani seeks to shore up Iran's influence on Baghdad trip

  10-03-2019 18:01 via news.yahoo.com
  The first Iranian presidential visit to Iraq since 2013 is also meant to signal to President Donald Trump's administration that Tehran retains its influence in much of the region despite U.S. sanctions."Iran and Iraq are neighbors and no country can interfere in their relations," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said after arriving in Baghdad to prepare for the visit.Rouhani's three-day trip starting on Monday includes meetings with Iraq's president and prime minister, tours of Shi'ite Musl
  
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• India to hold mega-election from April 11 - May 19

  10-03-2019 17:26 via news.yahoo.com
  India announced Sunday a general election to be held over nearly six weeks starting on April 11, when hundreds of millions of voters will cast ballots in the world's biggest democracy.The poll will see right-wing Prime Minister Narendra Modi run for a second term against Rahul Gandhi of the Gandhi-Nehru dynasty to lead the world's second-most populous nation.From April 11 to May 19 voters will elect 543 lawmakers to India's lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha, which governs the Asian nation
  
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• US-backed Syrian fighters resume attack on IS

  10-03-2019 17:20 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian fighters resumed their offensive on the last area held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria on Sunday after days of calm that saw thousands of civilians leave the area.
  
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• Pathfinder Legend Guide | Apex Legends

  10-03-2019 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Pathfinder is the fastest Legend and here's how to get good with the Grappling Hook, Zipline Gun, and find the next ring's location.
  
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• Bolton: Trump would be 'disappointed' if North Korea launches missile test

  10-03-2019 16:58 via news.yahoo.com
  National security adviser speaks after reports based on imagery suggest Pyongyang was continuing work at rocket launching site Image of the Sohae satellite launch facility in North Korea.Photograph: APDonald Trump would be “pretty disappointed” if North Korea launches a new rocket or carries out a missile test, the national security adviser, John Bolton, said on Sunday. Bolton spoke on ABC’s This Week, regarding reports based on imagery from commercial satellites analysed by no
  
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• Bolton: Trump would be 'disappointed' if North Korea launches missile test

  10-03-2019 16:58 via news.yahoo.com
  National security adviser speaks after reports based on imagery suggest Pyongyang was continuing work at rocket launching siteImage of the Sohae Satellite Launch Facility in North Korea.Photograph: APDonald Trump would be “pretty disappointed” if North Korea launches a new rocket or carries out a missile test, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday.Bolton spoke on ABC’s This Week, regarding reports based on imagery from commercial satellites analysed by nongovernm
  
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• Media shocked at Manafort sentence

  10-03-2019 16:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Some pundits say 4-year term is an outrage.
  
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• Kim Jong Nam trial resumes as Vietnamese suspect takes the stand

  10-03-2019 16:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The trial of two women accused of killing Kim Jong-un’s half-brother will resume in Malaysia after months of delay on Monday, with a Vietnamese suspect in the case taking to the stand for the first time.  In a brazen plot resembling a spy thriller, Doan Thi Huong, 29, from Vietnam, and Siti Aisyah, 25, from Indonesia, are suspected of assassinating Kim Jong Nam, 45, by smearing lethal VX nerve agent on his face at Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017.  The women were ordered to
  
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