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• 'Pitch up, pitch up': Final moments of Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet before crash

  30-03-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A pilot on the Ethiopian Airlines flight which crashed three weeks ago was heard saying “pitch up, pitch up” just moments before the disaster, the Wall St Journal has reported.  The conversation happened when the plane was just 450ft (137m) off the ground as the aircraft begun to point downwards, according to the paper.  The plane's radio reportedly died moments after the comment was captured. All 157 people on board were killed when the Boeing 737 Max crashed.  T
  
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• Possible US-Mexico border closure sparks concern

  30-03-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Workers and students who frequently cross the U.S. border with Mexico worried over the weekend about the impact on their lives if President Donald Trump follows through on a threat to shut entry points used by hundreds of thousands of people every day. Nathan Frandino reports.
  
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• Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Will Include Tracks From The Sequel Nitro Kart

  30-03-2019 23:20 via gamespot.com
  
  The remaster for Crash Team Racing channels much of the same energy and cartoonish personality that made the classic PS1 title such a well-loved game. Developed by Beenox, Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Refueled also manages to go a bit further than updating the original, including more content than people had anticipated. During PAX East 2019, we spent some time racing on the different tracks in Nitro-Refueled, which included the return of some tracks found from the sequel Nitro Kart.Speaking with Ga
  
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• Ex-vice president Biden doesn't recall inappropriate kiss alleged by activist: spokesman

  30-03-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The allegation was made in an online essay published on Friday by Lucy Flores, a party activist who was running to be Nevada's lieutenant governor.Flores said Biden also touched her shoulders and smelled her hair when they appeared at an event together, making her feel uncomfortable."He proceeded to plant a big slow kiss on the back of my head," Flores wrote in the essay published in The Cut, an outlet of New York Magazine.
  
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• Resident Evil 2 Remake Part 11 - Resident Kinevil

  30-03-2019 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Mary Kish and Mike Mahardy get one step closer to facing Plant 42, and kill an army of Ents in the newest episode of our Resident Evil long play.
  
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• PAX East 2019: Watch First Trailer For Stylish 2.5D Stealth Game, Liberated

  30-03-2019 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Atomic Wolf, the indie developer behind the Bomberman-like Mad Age & This Guy, has given us a first look at a new title called Liberated during PAX East 2019. In stark contrast to the studio's previous effort, Liberated is a stylish, narrative-driven 2.5D stealth game inspired by noir films and graphic novels.Set in a bleak, dystopian future where the government is using technology to surveil and manipulate the public, Liberated tells the story of a group of characters who cross paths with t
  
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• PAX East 2019: First Trailer For Stylish 2.5D Stealth Game, Liberated

  30-03-2019 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Atomic Wolf, the indie developer behind the Bomberman-like Mad Age & This Guy, has given us a first look at a new title called Liberated during PAX East 2019. In stark contrast to the studio's previous effort, Liberated is a stylish, narrative-driven 2.5D stealth game inspired by noir films and graphic novels.Set in a bleak, dystopian future where the government is using technology to surveil and manipulate the public, Liberated tells the story of a group of characters who cross paths with t
  
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• Why Iran Is So Afraid of a Free Iraq

  30-03-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  The octogenarian Iraqi Grand Ayatollah remains an outsized political force that Iran must reckon with.
  
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• US cuts aid for some Central American countries over migrants

  30-03-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States cut off aid to several Central American countries President Donald Trump accuses of doing nothing to stop the outflow of US-bound migrants, the State Department announced Saturday.At the instruction of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, "we are carrying out the president's direction and ending FY 2017 and FY 2018 foreign assistance programs for the Northern Triangle (of Central America)," a State Department spokesperson said.The 2018 budget year ended months ago, and the State Dep
  
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• UK Conservatives may try to stop any early election plan by May: Observer

  30-03-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (Reuters) - Lawmakers from British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party are threatening to vote down any attempt she makes to call a snap national election in the face of the country's Brexit impasse, the Observer newspaper said. The politicians, who come from across the party which is divided over Brexit, have warned that a push for an early election would further split the Conservatives and exacerbate the Brexit crisis, the newspaper said. ...
  
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• University confirms death of missing student from New Jersey

  30-03-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  The University of South Carolina has confirmed the death of a student.
  
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• Ebola treatment center in Congo reopens after attack

  30-03-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  An Ebola treatment center located at the epicenter of the current outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has resumed operations after it was attacked last month, the country's health ministry said on Saturday.The center run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the district of Katwa was set on fire on Feb. 24 by unknown attackers, forcing staff to evacuate patients."For now it is managed by the ministry in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF," it said, refe
  
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• Cook County Sheriff Deputy killed, teen injured in high-speed crash

  30-03-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  A Cook County Sheriff Deputy was killed in a high-speed crash inside of the Chicago Ridge Saturday morning.
  
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• 'This is our moment': Beto O'Rourke attacks Trump and calls for unity

  30-03-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Launching his White House run in El Paso, the Democrat cited the presence blocks away of migrants held behind barbed wireBeto O’Rourke speaks on the streets of El Paso, Texas. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/ReutersBeto O’Rourke, the former punk rocker from a border town in Texas, formally launched his insurgent campaign for the US presidency on Saturday by denouncing fear and division promoted by Donald Trump and calling for a revival of inclusive American democracy.Speaking to several th
  
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• Arrow's Emily Bett Rickards Is Leaving The Series Early - Report

  30-03-2019 20:37 via gamespot.com
  
  When Arrow ends next season, it will already have lost one of its primary players. Emily Bett Rickards, who has played Felicity Smoak since Season 1, is reportedly leaving the series at the end of Season 7.Rickards made the announcement herself on Instagram, writing, "Felicity and I are a very tight two. But after one through seven, we will be saying goodbye to you." That will leave the final 10-episode of Season 8 without the character, who also happens to be Oliver Queen's (Stephen Amell) wife
  
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• Arrow's Emily Bett Rickards Is Leaving The Series Early

  30-03-2019 20:37 via gamespot.com
  
  When Arrow ends next season, it will already have lost one of its primary players. Emily Bett Rickards, who has played Felicity Smoak since Season 1, is leaving the series at the end of Season 7.Rickards made the announcement herself on Instagram, writing, "Felicity and I are a very tight two. But after one through seven, we will be saying goodbye to you." That will leave the final 10-episode of Season 8 without the character, who also happens to be Oliver Queen's (Stephen Amell) wife, mother of
  
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• As Border Crossings Rise, Migrants Held in Makeshift Detention Center Under a Texas Bridge

  30-03-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  In El Paso, Texas, a migrant detention center has was constructed under the Paso Del Norte Bridge.
  
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• O'Rourke holds rally near Mexican border that Trump threatens to shut

  30-03-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  O'Rourke, a former congressman from El Paso, kicked off a series of three rallies in Texas in his bid to become the Democratic nominee a day after Republican Trump threatened to close the U.S. border with Mexico as soon as next week.Speaking in El Paso, a few hundred yards from the border with Mexico, O'Rourke decried the Trump administration's immigration policies and the president's call for a border wall."We'll find security not through walls," he declared to cheers from several hundred suppo
  
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• Trump administration awards $1.7 million family planning grant to anti-abortion group

  30-03-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The non-profit Obria Group says the $1.7 million award it is receiving from the Trump administration will help fund a chain of crisis pregnancy centers that oppose abortion and do not offer contraceptives.
  
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• Venezuelans rally to protest chronic power outages

  30-03-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Electricity has slowly been restored following a blackout on Monday that left most of Venezuela's 24 states without power.President Nicolas Maduro has said the situation was caused by "terrorist attacks" on the Guri hydroelectric dam that powers much of the country.Critics including opposition leader Juan Guaido, who is recognized by most Western nations as Venezuela's legitimate head of state, blame the electricity problems on corruption and mismanagement.
  
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• PAX East 2019: Why Monster Hunter-Like Dauntless Picked Epic Games Store Instead Of Steam

  30-03-2019 19:27 via gamespot.com
  
  Earlier this year, Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs announced it is moving the free-to-play Monster Hunter-like RPG from its own launcher to the Epic Games Store, joining a string of other high-profile games that are skipping Steam for Epic's new storefront. According to the studio, one of the primary reasons behind the move was Epic's player-focused philosophy and its experience in offering cross-play and cross-progression between different platforms."One of the things that we're passionate abo
  
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• PAX East 2019: Why Monster Hunter-Like Dauntless Is Coming To Epic Games Store Instead Of Steam

  30-03-2019 19:27 via gamespot.com
  
  Earlier this year, Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs announced it is moving the free-to-play Monster Hunter-like RPG from its own launcher to the Epic Games Store, joining a string of other high-profile games that are skipping Steam for Epic's new storefront. According to the studio, one of the primary reasons behind the move was Epic's player-focused philosophy and its experience in offering cross-play and cross-progression between different platforms."One of the things that we're passionate abo
  
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• The F-111 Aardvark: The Strike Aircraft That Was Dumped for the F-15 Eagle

  30-03-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Time for a comeback?
  
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• Venezuelans Take to the Streets After Another Round of Blackouts

  30-03-2019 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  “We will continue to hit the streets,” Juan Guaido, head of the National Assembly recognized as interim president by some 50 nations, told protesters Saturday in San Antonio de Los Altos.Unlike other protests since January, Guaido did not call for huge rallies in the capital of Caracas but rather urged Venezuelans to protest at key locations or in their own neighborhoods.“My food is rotting and my appliances are going haywire,¨ said Yolanda Bellorin, a retired lawyer protes
  
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• Teen Charged with Homicide of Four-Year-Old Boy in Virginia

  30-03-2019 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the second-degree murder in connection to a four-year-old boy`s death, according to Norfolk Police.The teen`s mother has been in custody since January on suspicion of child abuse and neglect.
  
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• Japan waits nervously to learn new word that will define era of next emperor

  30-03-2019 18:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Across Japan printers, minters and computer programmers alike are waiting. Since Emperor Akihito announced in December 2017 that he would be abdicating at the end of April this year, one question has stuck on their lips: Which two kanji characters would be chosen to define the new imperial era? In a tradition that dates back to the 7th century, each Japanese emperor's time on the throne is accompanied by a word that helps sets the tone and leaves a mark on history. The name of the current era ap
  
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• Joe Biden accused of kissing former Nevada lawmaker, an allegation he doesn't recall

  30-03-2019 18:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Biden’s spokesman said Friday that the former vice president does not recall kissing Nevada political candidate Lucy Flores on the back of her head during a 2014 event.
  
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• Frequent crossers of U.S.-Mexico border fret over threatened shutdown

  30-03-2019 17:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Faced with a surge of asylum seekers from Central American countries who travel through Mexico, Trump said on Friday that there was a "good likelihood" he would close the border this coming week if Mexico does not stop unauthorized immigrants from reaching the United States.Shutting the southern frontier completely would disrupt billions of dollars in trade and millions of legal border crossings, including those made by U.S. citizen Andrea Torres.The 22-year-old student spends weekdays with her
  
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• Taipei's goes dark for Earth Hour

  30-03-2019 17:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Taiwan's tallest building joined cities around the world to mark Earth Hour by turning off its lights on Saturday in a call for global action on climate change. (March 30)
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez says Green New Deal critics are making 'fools of themselves'

  30-03-2019 17:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Congresswoman hit back at Republicans who claim her resolution would cause ‘genocide’ and the end of hamburgers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to the media after a televised town hall in New York on 29 March.Photograph: Jeenah Moon/ReutersAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez has rounded on her Republican opponents, accusing them of making “total fools of themselves” in criticising her Green New Deal proposals. The Democratic congresswoman from New York has come under increasing atta
  
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• Armed police raid home after parents refuse to take unvaccinated boy with high fever to hospital

  30-03-2019 17:27 via news.yahoo.com
  With guns drawn, the police officers broke down the door of the suburban Phoenix home in the early hours of a February morning.“Come out with your hands up!” an officer yelled, with the dark front porch and foyer inside suddenly flooded with light from the officers’ flashlights.The target of the raid: an unvaccinated 2-year-old boy with a high fever.Video from the officers’ body cameras that was released on Thursday shows that moments later, the child’s father emerg
  
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• Justin Trudeau facing renewed calls to resign as secret tape escalates SNC-Lavalin corruption scandal

  30-03-2019 17:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing renewed calls to resign after a secretly recorded telephone call between two senior figures in his administration was made public, escalating claims he tried to shield an allegedly corrupt firm from prosecution.  The 17-minute call took place in December between Jody Wilson-Raybould, then the attorney general, and Michael Wernick, then Canada’s most senior civil servant, about the engineering company SNC-Lavalin, which was accused of pa
  
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• No foolin! Nor'easter to bring rain, wind and maybe snow to East Coast next week

  30-03-2019 16:49 via news.yahoo.com
  A powerful early April nor'easter storm is forecast to wallop the East Coast with rain, wind, pounding surf, and maybe even some unwelcome snow next week.
  
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• UK's May under pressure to rule out long Brexit delay

  30-03-2019 16:35 via news.yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a new push by members of her Conservative Party to lead Britain out of the European Union in the next few months, even if it means a potentially damaging no-deal Brexit.Conservative lawmakers urged May against a long extension of the Brexit process in a letter sent after her exit deal was rejected for a third time by the House of Commons on Friday, a lawmaker said.The Sun newspaper said the letter was signed by 170 of the 314 Conservative lawmakers in
  
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• Morocco institute trains imams to counter extremism

  30-03-2019 16:34 via news.yahoo.com
  With its watchwords of dialogue and coexistence, the Mohammed VI Institute that trains Muslim prayer leaders to serve in Morocco and abroad was Saturday one of the first stops on Pope Francis's visit to the kingdom.Since 2015, the institute has received trainee imams from Morocco as well as several other African states and France.Under the patronage of King Mohammed, its mission is to counter "radical speech", its director Abdeslam Lazaar said.
  
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• Smollett case tests relationship between police, prosecutors

  30-03-2019 16:22 via news.yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — When prosecutors dropped the charges that accused Jussie Smollett of orchestrating a fake attack, the outrage was swift and overwhelming. Smollett saw his record wiped clean without offering so much as an apology.
  
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• UK's May under pressure to rule out long Brexit delay: report

  30-03-2019 16:21 via news.yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May is under growing pressure from within her Conservative Party to lead Britain out of the European Union in the next few months, even if it means a no-deal Brexit, The Sun newspaper reported.A letter signed by 170 of the 314 Conservative lawmakers in parliament, including 10 cabinet ministers, was sent to May after her Brexit deal was rejected for a third time by the House of Commons on Friday, the newspaper reported.The vote left Britain's withdrawal from the EU
  
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• Tens of thousands protest at Gaza-Israel border as truce holds

  30-03-2019 16:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands of Gazans gathered at the Israeli border Saturday to mark a year since protests and clashes erupted there, but fears of mass bloodshed were averted after late Egyptian-led negotiations.Israel deployed several thousand troops along the border, with the anniversary coming at a sensitive time ahead of its April 9 elections.Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire, one during an overnight demonstration and a 17-year-old in clashes later Saturday, the health ministry in Gaza Cit
  
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• 'That's unacceptable': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stops person who insulted Republican

  30-03-2019 16:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shut down an audience member at an MSNBC town hall after someone called former Rep. Bob Inglis a "moron."
  
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• Sega Genesis Mini Revealed, Has 40 Classic Games

  30-03-2019 16:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Sega has announced the Genesis Mini--or Mega Drive Mini, if you're in Europe. The compact version of its classic 16-bit console will allow fans to indulge their nostalgia and play a range of old school games such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Castlevania: Bloodlines, and Gunstar Heroes on modern displays.The Genesis Mini was revealed as part of Sega's Fes event, which is taking place in Tokyo, Japan, and is scheduled to launch worldwide on September 19. It will cost $79.99 US/£69.99/€79.99/A
  
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• This $20 Alexa smart speaker is just as good as a $50 Echo Dot

  30-03-2019 15:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Okay seriously, don't buy an Amazon Echo Dot. We love the Echo Dot, don't get us wrong, but there's a comparable smart speaker out there that looks the same and gives you the same hands-free access to Alexa. The difference, however, is that it costs half as much. You'll pay $50 for an Echo Dot on Amazon or elsewhere, but the Eufy Genie Smart Speaker with Hands-Free Amazon Alexa can be had for just $19.99. Definitely check it out before you buy a Dot.Here's what you need to know from the product
  
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• Palestinians mass at Gaza border to mark protest anniversary

  30-03-2019 15:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The 'Great March of Return' protests have been marked by sometimes deadly violence and Gaza medical officials said two Palestinians had been killed on Saturday.One man died near the border before dawn, hours before the main afternoon rally, they said, while a 17-year-old boy was killed by Israeli fire at a protest site east of Gaza City.Palestinian protesters threw rocks, grenades and burning tires towards soldiers across the border fence, the Israeli military said.
  
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• Trey Gowdy on Attorney General Barr's decision to release the Mueller report by mid-April

  30-03-2019 15:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Will a redacted report satisfy congressional Democrats? Reaction from Fox News contributor Trey Gowdy, former Republican congressman from South Carolina.
  
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• Israelis fire tear gas to protesters at fence

  30-03-2019 15:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Tear gas was fired as crowds of Palestinians demonstrated Saturday near the Israeli border fence to mark one year of weekly protests in the Gaza Strip. (March 30)
  
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• A look at Sunday's local elections in Turkey

  30-03-2019 14:37 via news.yahoo.com
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is holding local elections on Sunday that are seen as a test of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's popularity amid a sharp economic downturn. Erdogan, who has not lost a vote since his party came to power in 2002, has cast the elections as a "matter of national survival" and has been campaigning for a strong mandate that he says would come as slap to Turkey's enemies. If his party sweeps municipal seats, Erdogan's dominance would be further solidified with his gr
  
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• Comedian leads presidential polling in Ukraine

  30-03-2019 14:28 via news.yahoo.com
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A comedian who's never held political office tops the public opinion polls ahead of Ukraine's presidential election, but even he appears to be falling far short of enough support to win in the first round.
  
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• New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compares the impact of climate change to 9/11

  30-03-2019 14:22 via news.yahoo.com
  AOC faces major backlash after making comments comparing 9/11 to the impact of climate change.
  
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• Sega Reveals Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, And Three Other Olympics Titles

  30-03-2019 14:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Sega has announced a range of video games for the Olympic Games being held in Tokyo next year. Among them is Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, a Switch title that will once again reunite the characters from Nintendo and Sega's most iconic franchises to compete in sporting events.However, Sega also has Olympic Games: The Official Video Games in development for PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Switch. On top of that there's an arcade version of Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games Tokyo 2
  
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• Barr Hints at Wider Release of Mueller Report as Democrats Fume

  30-03-2019 13:56 via news.yahoo.com
  In a letter to lawmakers on Friday, Barr said that sensitive material such as grand jury evidence will be stripped out of the version he sends to Congress.“As I informed the attorney general earlier this week, Congress requires the full and complete Mueller report, without redactions, as well as access to the underlying evidence, by April 2,” House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler said in a statement.
  
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• Three Palestinians dead amid clashes with Israeli military during 'Great Return' border protests

  30-03-2019 13:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands of Gazans gathered at the Israeli border on Saturday to mark a year since protests and clashes erupted there, testing a fragile truce only 10 days ahead of an Israeli general election.   Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire, one during an overnight demonstration and two 17-year-olds in clashes later Saturday, the health ministry in Gaza City said. Another 316 Gazans were wounded. Earlier, another Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire in an ov
  
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